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From: jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan)
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Subject: Re: Lemmings ----- a preview of a great game
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Date: 3 Jan 91 00:10:59 GMT
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In-reply-to: bryce@cbmvax.commodore.com's message of 30 Dec 90 03:43:04 GMT

In article <16966@cbmvax.commodore.com> bryce@cbmvax.commodore.com (Bryce Nesbitt) writes:

>The computer lemmings, like their namesakes, will walk off cliffs.  For that
>matter, they will walk off anything at all.  Your job is to get "most" of your
>lemings from the entrance to the exit.  I say most because you will often need
>to blow up a few to get the job done.
>

Just a nit, but the truth is that Lemmings do NOT leap off cliffs.
This was an old wives' tale that grew to common belief because of a
Nature Movie that showed them doing it (they were in fact thrown off
the cliff by PAs).  The director "knew" they did it, but couldn't get
them to do it on their own, so he gave them some help...

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