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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Is Lemmy short for lemmings? Like those little guys that follow each other. The walkers, the diggers and the ones that stopped the others from plunging off the cliff.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I thought lemmy was the guy from motorhead

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is their logo

Image: Lemmy logoimage

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Ah so it is a lemming but a different lemming. I think it might be tongue in cheek though. Haha.

[–] calhoon2005 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

One of my favourite games. I had it on Commodore 64 first I think. On tape.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Haha. That tape extension was expensive. We had some formula 1 game and cricket.

Also I remember skateboarding, PGA golf and the Summer Olympics. ☺

[–] calhoon2005 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I broke so many joysticks playing Summer Olympics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha. If I can remember correctly you had to slam that joystick left and right a million times just make your athlete run fast.

[–] calhoon2005 1 points 1 year ago

Yep. Ended up with a crate full of joysticks. Sometimes, if you left them for a while, they'd start working again. Had about 10 in the crate I think, as my older cousin gave me his. There was always one that worked, but it could take a while to find it.