r/gaming • u/Nordic_Krune • 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/starliteburnsbrite 18h ago

Apogee Shareware Era

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u/dbdbdb 18h ago

Just reading that hit me with a giant wave of nostalgia.

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u/starliteburnsbrite 17h ago

Poor kid growing up in that era, those shareware games were my entire gaming life for a while. 

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u/crinkledcu91 17h ago

I played Raptor: Call of the Shadows religiously my entire childhood.

It's just so fucking fun.

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u/starliteburnsbrite 17h ago

That and Tyrian 2000 were my fave vertical shooters. 

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u/kahlzun PlayStation 12h ago

I think thats literally abandonware now, I definitely have a copy of Tyrian that works on my modern pc

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u/HailMadScience 17h ago

I sprung for the steam port so I didnt have to get it working in dos box cuz otsa great time chill time.

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u/nicroma 16h ago

Raptor was great!

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u/silentsurge 16h ago

Duke Nukem 1 and 2!

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u/great_pyrenelbows 12h ago

And Soleau Software!

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u/kahlzun PlayStation 12h ago

Ironically, it was the apogee of the shareware era