Lemmings
The Classic, Recreated in PICO-8
Guide your little green-haired friends through all 100 levels from the original NES version, lovingly recreated in PICO-8 and inspired by the Amiga and SNES classics, with faithful gameplay, charming pixel art, and toe-tapping music.
How to play
- Move cursor : Arrow keys or Mouse
- Select & assign Task : X or Mouse Button
- Quick select Task : O + Left / Right
Credits
This Pico-8 version of Lemmings was created by John Buise.
A huge thank you to Eric Billingsley for creating the fantastic soundtrack, faithfully recreating the original NES score in true Pico-8 fashion and truly making the whole project feel complete.
Special thanks to MissMouse for creating the amazing CANVAS and PAKRAT libraries. Without these tools, this project simply wouldn't have been possible.
This Pico-8 demake is an unofficial, non-commercial fan project,
created purely as a tribute to the original game.
Original game by DMA Design (1991)
Pico-8 version by John Buise (2026)
Also Check out these other games I made using Pico-8
Duck Hunt , Walker and 8SH
Download
Development log
- V1.016 hours ago
Comments
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A very small detail: The lemmings on the title screen who are scrolling the text are not pulling the same way, so the illusion of them actually scrolling the text is gone. :) Also, any chance of starting with the more difficult levels....? (option to press mayhem, taxing, etc...)
Haha, that’s actually intentional! 😄 The lemmings on the original title screen don’t pull in sync either, so I kept it that way to stay faithful to the original.
And you can use up and down to quickly skip between difficulty levels (Fun, Tricky, Taxing, and Mayhem).
this game is really creative and fun 🤩🤩
I hope you continue to update and develop this game
I could have sworn this was the GameGear or Lynx version. Great work!
This is absolutely awesome! Looks and feels like the original while being a more "on the go"-version. I'm not sure why you made the lemmings pink-skinned, though....? I realise they are pink in illustrations, but in game lemmings are usually white, right?
Thanks so much! Really glad you like it! 😊 They are a little paler in the original, although definitely not pure white. I went with the closest skin tone available in the PICO-8 palette.:)
Lemmings - An all time classic has arrived on the Pico-8 by Buzzard, and it's seriously good! https://www.indieretronews.com/2026/07/lemmings-all-time-classic-has-arrived.html
Does lemmings.p8 contain all the levels, also in the folder?
Yes! The
lemmings_p8.zipcontains 12 carts in total: 1 main cart and 11 data carts.Just put them all in the same folder, launch
lemmings.p8.png, and you'll have the complete game with all 100 levels.