Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings

Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings
Also known as: Lemmings VS (JP) Developer: J-Wing Publishers: J-Wing (JP), Take-Two Interactive (US) Platform: Game Boy Color Released in JP: April 7, 2000 Released in US: December 20, 2000 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has unused modes / minigames. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article

Lemmings & Oh No! More Lemmings is a fairly rough Game Boy Color port of the first Lemmings game and its expansion pack, featuring an entirely original (worse) soundtrack which would inexplicably go on to be used in a string of bootleg platform games by the unlicensed developer Sintax.

This was also the last time the series would appear on a Nintendo console, being released shortly before Psygnosis was absorbed into Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

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Prototype Info

Development Tool Text

To do: The text for the error handler as seen in Animal Breeder 3 is here too.

This game contains similar text to Animal Breeder 3 (from the same developer), left over from some kind of development tool.

Starting at 0x1FEA44:

sp buf full
undefined cgen group No.(BW)
undefined cgen group No.(CL)
undefined cgen No.
undefined chain group No.(BW)
undefined chain group No.(CL)
undefined chain No.
obj buffer over
TAG_TABLE:undefined tag table

LCD_STAT_INT:undefined lcd status interrupt
trance queue full
QUEUE_AFTER:trance count over
WDIV:division by ZERO
BDIV:division by ZERO
proc_stack over(other)
proc_stack over
proc_stack under
Undefined proc No.
full graphics:nou found null char

Regional Differences

VS Mode

The Japanese version features a VS Mode, where players compete via link cable to be the first to complete a level, but for some reason the option was removed from the US release.

Japan	US

However, the mode is still present, still fully functional, and was even (sort of) translated to English!

You can access it in the US version using the GameShark/Action Replay code 0101D3C8 (which will force VS Mode selection on the title screen).

Menu

The level selection menu was already in English in the Japanese version, but had a spelling mistake which was corrected. The unusual "r" in "Normal Game" was also modified to something a bit more standard-looking.

Japan	US

Header

The Japanese internal cart header gives the game's name as VS.REMMINGS. This was fixed in the US version.

Level Names

The Japanese version has a number of typos in level names, which were mostly fixed for the US version:

Japan	US
DON'T DO ANYTHING TO O HASTY	DON'T DO ANYTHING TOO HASTY
LEMMINGS LEMMING EVERYWHERE	LEMMINGS LEMMINGS EVERYWHERE
NIGHITMARE ON LEM STREET	NIGHTMARE ON LEM STREET
LE'T BE CAREFUL OUT THERE	LET'S BE CAREFUL OUT THERE
HERE'S ONE I PREPARED EAELIER	HERE'S ONE I PREPARED EARLIER
I HAVE A CUNNING	I HAVE A CUNNING PLAN
FEEL THE HERT!	FEEL THE HEAT!
THE FOR SIDE	THE FAR SIDE
JUST A MINUTE (PRAT TWO)	JUST A MINUTE (PART TWO)
JUSTY WINTSY... LEMMING	INTSY WINTSY... LEMMING
JUST A QUICKLY	JUST A QUICKY

One that was toned down:

Japanese	US
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES	LEMMING TENDENCIES

A couple which featured typos in the Japanese version but were changed outright in the US one, possibly due to their reliance on a British reference (the sitcom Only Fools and Horses) and a Coca-Cola trademark (the juice drink 5 Alive) respectively:

Original Amiga	Japanese GBC	US GBC
Luvly Jubly	LUVLY JIBLY	LOVELY LEM
Five Alive	FAVE ALIVE	ALL ALIVE

And one named in romanized Japanese in the original, misspelled in romanized Japanese by the Japanese developers of the GBC port, then "helpfully" translated back into English by the US localizers:

Original Amiga	Japanese GBC	US GBC
Konbanwa Lemming san	KONBABWA LEMMING SAN	Hello, Mr. Lemming!