Man Overboard! (1994)

Odysseus Software

Port of Sink or Swim

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · Super Nintendo Entertainment System

3.38 from 8 ratings

26 members have it in their collection · 10 backlogged · 2 wish listed

S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard! is a platform game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear in 1994. Originally developed by Zeppelin Games for the Commodore Amiga, it was ported to Sega's consoles by Odysseus Software and published by Codemasters. Non-Sega versions of the game are called Sink or Swim, and the working title for the Sega versions … Read more
S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard! is a platform game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear in 1994. Originally developed by Zeppelin Games for the Commodore Amiga, it was ported to Sega's consoles by Odysseus Software and published by Codemasters. Non-Sega versions of the game are called Sink or Swim, and the working title for the Sega versions was simply Man Overboard!. The game has you play as Kevin Codner, rescue mariner extraordinaire tasked with saving passengers from the S.S. Lucifer. Similar to Lemmings, this requires guiding the passengers to an exit by interacting with the environment. If the player takes too long the room will be flooded. Neither the Mega Drive or Game Gear versions of S.S. Lucifer: Man Overboard! were released in North America or Japan. They remained exclusives for Europe and Australia. Read less
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Developers
Odysseus Software
Publishers
Codemasters, Titus Software
Genres
Puzzle

Release dates

  • 1994 (Europe) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • 1994 (Worldwide) Super Nintendo Entertainment System

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Review scoopings 3/5 · Nov 7, 2025

Neat Lemmings-Like With A Twist

Preliminary: I like the music, I surprisingly like the gamepaly (I like that you have action/platforming to accompany the otherwise Lemmings gameplay), and although it felt a bit overwhelming at first, after restarting the game and re-reading the intro screen a few times I got through the first 2 levels.

Lol ok on level I believe it was 6, I …

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Preliminary: I like the music, I surprisingly like the gamepaly (I like that you have action/platforming to accompany the otherwise Lemmings gameplay), and although it felt a bit overwhelming at first, after restarting the game and re-reading the intro screen a few times I got through the first 2 levels.

Lol ok on level I believe it was 6, I got the Feel of Abe's Odysee rescuing the Mudokons, so this is likely gonna earn at least a 3 star. If only the Look were more profound. But still, for 93 (turns out this was released for DOS a year before it was in the database, which had the SNES release), it's not bad looking, and it's decidedly better looking than Lemmings and other similar games. I think what I also like is, i haven't had to turn to a guide yet. Tho I'm sure eventually I will or will give up, it still deserves recognition as a nice surprise.

Welp I played it two more days. The music continued to be great, but I burned out in the gameplay. Still, an excellent Lemmings-esque game.

Look: 7.5/10

Sound: 8/10

Play: 7.5/10 Neat combination of action platforming with Lemmings

Feel: 7.5/10

Attachment: 7/10

Overall: 7.5/10

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