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Today in game history: the first (Amiga) version of Lemmings, by DMA Design, was released thirty years ago!
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The genesis of Lemmings, according to Mike Dailly, was in trying to prove a point to the team. He demonstrated that he could do a walk cycle with an 8-pixel-tall sprite. Gary Timmons made Dailly’s animations more fluid, and everyone was enamoured by the little guys.
The signature green hair and blue outfit were similarly born of constraints: the PC’s 16-colour EGA palette. The team overwhelmingly preferred the green hair to blue, the other option on the table. 
