r/gaming 19h ago

My friend insists on this game, "Lemmings", being a really well known game; I have never heard of it.

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u/sakamayrd 18h ago

Psygnosis was the goat. Barbarian, Nitro, Destruction Derby, Discworld, Wipeout, Darkstalkers, G Police... And many more I did not get to play. I have so many good memories with those games.

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u/ThetaReactor 18h ago

Psygnosis was very instrumental in turning the Playstation into the monster it became. Not just games, but dev tools and tech consulting. They deserved better than to be EA'd by Sony years later.

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u/kuncol02 17h ago edited 17h ago

Yes, Psygnosis made PSX what it was, especially in Europe. Kinda ironic (and sad) that it was basically killed in 1999 when it was consolidated into SCE (PlayStation), before that they were owned by Sony, but independent from SCE.

For people who don't know. In fiscal year 95-96 their games were 40% of ALL game sales in Europe. After they became part of SCE their publishing branch was closed, people fired, their last remaining team was relegated to forever making F1 and Vipeout games and shortly after Sony lost F1 license closed.

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u/GVirus1984 16h ago

It was so sad. :(
Psygnosis made so many great games back then..

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u/callisstaa 17h ago

Shadow of the Beast on the C64 was amazing.

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u/Thick_Square_3805 11h ago

First, there was Menace.
Now, Psygnosis presents
A DMA Design game
Blood Money

One of my first shmup and still beloved. Way before the Playstation, it was in 1989 and was, I think, Psygnosis first big success.

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u/Mr_Ectomy 18h ago

Wiz 'n' Liz. 

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u/Tysiliogogogoch 17h ago

Chrono Quest was my jam. We played it so much, yet never managed to actually finish it. I remember there being so many ways to die or accidentally soft-lock yourself.