Lemmings for Cell Phones

This is from an official IFone Press Release:

iFone, the leading global wireless entertainment publisher, today
announced that the addictively playable Lemmings game will be launched
for wireless devices in the US from August 2005. The classic console
franchise has been optimised for mobile phones with excellent graphics
and 28 engaging levels for consumers to work through and will be
available on allpopular Java-enabled handsets.

Originally
selling over 10 million copies since its introduction in the 1990s,
Lemmings is one of the world’s most successful console games. The
memorable Lemmings characters of the game are small, green-haired
beings that mindlessly walk en masse
into any danger in their path. The Lemmings game, with its mass market
appeal, will complement iFone’s portfolio of mass market best sellers
such as Monopoly and Clue. The original console version of Lemmings
game broke new ground in gameplay, winning multiple maximum review
scores in games magazines and iFone promises to continue this pedigree
with the wireless version.

Morgan
O’Rahilly, CEO of iFone, commented, “The Lemmings franchise has been
one of the most successful franchises in the world. This game
translates extremely well to mobile phones and we’re extremely pleased
to be bringing the ultimate in playability to the consumer. We feel
that Lemmings will be a huge success in the US and will match the
popularity of our Monopoly game.”

iFone’s
expertise in developing mass market appeal games is demonstrated in the
phenomenal success of Monopoly in the US and across Europe. This
success underlines iFone’s excellent reputation for publishing
blockbuster games to the mobile phone environment.