10 Cruelest Things We All Did In Famous Video Games
8. Killing Your Lemmings
Ah Lemmings, those little idiotic creatures who seem to be determined to simply wander over whatever sheer edge that presents itself to them, falling to their deaths in the process.
Granted, that's something that generally doesn't happen outside of Disney-backed documentaries where the behaviour is encouraged for the sake of drama, but it was enough to form the germ of an idea based around their suicidal antics that eventually went on to become one of the top puzzlers of its era.
The key to victory in Lemmings is guiding your little group of creatures past various hazards by using different tools and abilities to create a safe passage to the goal. As long as you have saved enough Lemmings at the end of the level you can proceed.
Of course, in most levels you don't have to save every single one. This led to many a player simply inventing creative ways to guide the last few that weren't required to their deaths, likely cackling with glee as they did so.
Is it any wonder that this game came from the beautifully twisted minds that would eventually bring us the Grand Theft Auto series?