The Humans

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31K plays 1992 #Platform#Puzzle

The Humans is a 1992 puzzle-platform game developed by Imagitec Design and published by Mirage Technologies for the Amiga. It was ported to other home computers and consoles. The goal of the game varies per level but usually revolves around bringing at least one of the player-controlled humans to the designated end area marked by a colored tile. Doing this requires players taking advantage of the tribe's ability to build a ladder and use tools such as spears, torches, wheels, ropes and a witch doctor in later levels.

The Humans was conceived by Rodney Humble during his time working with Imagitec Design as a project for the Atari Lynx spawning a trilogy based upon the human evolution inspired by Psygnosis' 1991 game Lemmings, creating and drawing his ideas before transferring the design work to Imagitec programmers in developing them further, serving as the first game to be published by MicroProse offshoot Mirage, while Atari Corporation liked the title and commissioned two additional conversions for their systems.

The Humans was well received by video game magazines with praise for originality, presentation, and audio upon its initial Amiga launch. Other versions of the had a more mixed reception from critics and reviewers alike. It was followed by three sequels: The Humans: Insult to Injury in 1992, Humans 3: Evolution - Lost in Time in 1995, and The Humans: Meet the Ancestors! in 2009.

From Wikipedia's article The Humans (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

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Keyboard controls

Game BoyPlayer 1
D-pad↑↓←→
BZ
AX
SelectShift
StartEnter

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Pixel Verdict

The HumansGame Boy

2.5 Could be better

Critics 67 · 2 reviews

What the reviews talk about

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What the critics said

  • VideoGames & Computer Entertainment's David N. Eadington proclaimed that "Lemmings succeeded largely because it combined constant action with solid puzzles; the lack of speed and the repetitiveness of The Humans should limit its appeal".

    — VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, 1993 (David N. Eadington)

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's The Humans (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Amiga Action 92% (other versions)
  • Amiga Computing 92% (other versions)
  • Amiga Format 72% (other versions)
  • Amiga Power 70% (other versions)
  • Amiga User International 91% (other versions)
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly 7/10, 7/10,7/10, 6/10; 7/10, 7/10, 6/10, 6/10, 6/10; 6/10, 7/10, 6/10, 6/10 (other versions)
  • GameFan 70%, 74%, 72%, 69%; 85%, 84%, 85%, 82% (other versions)
  • VideoGames & Computer Entertainment 6/10 (other versions)
  • Giant Bomb true
  • Computer and Video Games 71/100 (other versions)
  • GamesMaster 64/100; 80% (other versions)
  • Official Nintendo Magazine 74/100
  • Super Play 70% (other versions)
  • Total! (UK) 60% ; (DE) 2-; (UK) 72% ; (DE) 2
  • Hyper 62/100 (other versions)
  • IGN 1999 7/10 (other versions)
  • ST Format 78% (other versions)
  • ST Review 81% (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' archived average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Players on RetroGames.cz: 63/100 · 13 votes

Full reviews

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  1. 1.00+
  2. 1.540+
  3. 2.050+
  4. 2.560+
  5. 3.068+
  6. 3.575+
  7. 4.080+
  8. 4.585+
  9. 5.090+

5.0 Outstanding! · 4.0 Great job! · 3.0 Good job · 2.0 Could be better · 1.0 Wake me up when it's over · A thumbs-up adds half a point. Our own drawings, in the spirit of the faces GamePro magazine used in the '90s.

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