Like many pop culture references to the number 666, this was meant as a joke and wasn't intended as an overt reference to Satanism or anything else of that nature, but the matter was sensitive enough that the 'Menacing' and 666 levels were removed from several versions of the game that were released for family-friendly consoles. It also contains a total of 66 lemmings, requires 66% to be saved, provides 66 of each skill, and provides 6 minutes in which to finish. Probably most (in)famous of all, however, is level 21 on the 'Tricky' difficulty rating, entitled 'All the 6's.' and consisting entirely of a playfield which is shaped like the number 666. This is particularly prevalent on the 'Hell' levels on which the exit portal is a horned pig's head, and especially on level 14 of the 'Tricky' difficulty rating (the level title is 'MENACING!!') which contains several skeleton limbs hanging from what appears to be dripping blood, and a large skull with a snake crawling through its eye sockets.

The original Lemmings had a strong edge of macabre imagery in it, perhaps to offset the excessively 'cutesy' look and feel of the lemmings themselves.

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