| Imagineer published the NES version in Britain in late 1992. Nintendo Magazine System's October 1992 review gives £39.95 and a November release; Total!'s review in November gives £40 and "out now". Nintendo Magazine System called it the only console version of Elite so far. | p. 72 (image 72)p. 72 (image 72)p. 73 (image 73), Tek-Spex | Magazine |
| The two British reviews print different player counts for the NES version. Nintendo Magazine System marks it "2 PLAYER" and describes a two-player mode, in which player one fires and works the icon system and player two navigates. Total! lists it as "1 player", in its review and again in its December directory. Nintendo Magazine System also notes that the Blue Danube plays during automatic docking, with an option to turn it off. | p. 72 (image 72) | Magazine |
| Total!'s reviewer, Chris, gave the NES version a final rating of 96%, with 8, 7, 9 and 9 out of 10 for looks, sounds, gameplay and life span. He called it "one of the best games around on any system" and couldn't recommend it strongly enough; the verdict calls it "One of the best NES games ever!". The review's specs give eight levels, hard difficulty and a battery back-up. | p. 73 (image 73)p. 73 (image 73), comment signed Chrisp. 73 (image 73), verdictp. 73 (image 73), score boxp. 73 (image 73), Tek-Spex | Magazine |
| Nintendo Power's NES Lemmings feature prints two copyright lines on its first page, "1991 Ocean Software Ltd." and "1991 Psygnosis Ltd". In Britain, Total! gave the NES game as "From Ocean". | p. 78 (image 78), review heading | Magazine |
| Total! reviewed the NES Lemmings in its November 1992 issue: one player, from Ocean, £43, out now. The review, signed James, found it "just as addictive a game as on the 16-bits" and gave it 85 percent, with 8 for looks, 7 for sounds, 9 for gameplay and 9 for life span. Total!'s directory in the next issue repeats the 85% and sums the game up as the "world's most sadistic brain-bender" made onto the NES with its puzzles intact, with fewer levels than other versions but good looks and sound. | p. 78 (image 78), review headingp. 78 (image 78)p. 79 (image 79), facts boxp. 79 (image 79) | Magazine |
| Total!'s review lists what the NES version gives up. A screenshot caption says a cluster of lemmings that could number up to 100 on other versions is just 14 on the NES, and the reviewer saw at most 14 in play on any level. The speed selection is dropped, and so is a warning for when a Builder is about to stop. Moving along the selector bar with the joypad takes some getting used to. There are four difficulty settings with 20-odd levels each. | p. 78 (image 78), captionp. 79 (image 79)p. 79 (image 79)p. 78 (image 78), captionp. 78 (image 78)p. 79 (image 79) | Magazine |