Scotland's Games Ecosystem Cluster
Today, February 14th, 2024, marks the 33rd anniversary of Lemmings, the game that transcended mere entertainment to become a cultural icon and a catalyst for Scotland's thriving game development industry. But before the green-haired hordes invaded screens worldwide, let's rewind to 1991 and trace its remarkable journey. Born from the minds of DMA Design (now …
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Lemmings: Can You Dig It? The feature-length documentary covering the design and development of the iconic Britsoft videogame, has nowbeen released on YouTube.
The History of Grand Theft Auto, Lemmings and DMA Design is an amazing brand new feature-length documentary from the team at Noclip.
Lemmings: Can You Dig It? the new documentary that shines a light on Dundee's first global smash videogame, will be premiered at a for-one-night-only charity screening in the Dundee Contemporary Arts Centre on Thursday, December 2nd 2021.
Lemmings: Can You Dig It? - World Exclusive Documentary Trailer Reveal The first ever trailer for a brand new feature-length documentary on the history and legacy of Lemmings features a galaxy of stars from the games universe
The game which kickstarted Scotland's videogames industry reaches its third decade, with 20 Million sales and counting It's true. Lemmings, the first videogame from Scotland to achieve huge international success, was released on February 14th 1991. Designed and developed by the legendary DMA Design in Dundee, Lemmings was the company's first global megasmash (which was …
The Royal Mail is issuing a new set of video games special stamps for 2020 featuring some of the most iconic games to have been developed in the UK in the 1980s and 1990s. Dundee's legendary DMA Design features prominently, with a 1st class Lemmings stamp as part of the collection, alongside much loved games …
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At the midway point in Dundee's Perth Road, opposite the university, at the top of the steps to the digital media park, you can come face to face with some of Dundee's most famous creations. Dundee is no stranger to public art, with a variety of statues around the city, celebrating local history and wildlife. …
Out now, just in time for Christmas, comes Save Santi the brand new game from Edinburgh's Inceptional. Save Santi is a retro-styled puzzler in which the player must alter each level to help a handful of cute, cuddly, fuzzy and otherwise lovely little critters to reach dear old St Nick and save his jolly old …
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UPDATED - Now with extra added news coverage! (See below) It's actually twenty years ago come Monday, the 14th, but LEMMINGS, one of the first truly international superstar smashes of the home computer era is 20 years old. Created, nurtured, ported and developed in Dundee by DMA Design back in 1991, the game has gone …