Creatures

Creatures

Developers
	Creature Labs
Publishers
	Mindscape
Release dates
Windows	November 11, 1996
Mac OS (Classic)	1996

Creatures
Creatures	1996
Creatures 2	1998
Creatures Adventures	1999
Creatures 3	1999
Creatures Playground	2000
Creatures Docking Station	2001
Creatures Village	2001

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Gameware's Website - Useful information and downloads

Creatures Developer Resource

TreeSprite's Creatures Grove - A long-standing fan site

Creature Caves An active community complete with forums!

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both.

Wikipedia details the various editions/bundles and their differences.

Essential improvements

Patches

The GOG.com version comes pre-patched to version 1.04.

• Creatures Remastered Patch Adds support for official and third party addon0installers/development tools to The Albian Years, Creatures Exodus and Creatures Village titles.
• 1.02 Update
• 1.04 Update Some people have problems with this update, so feel free to stay on 1.02.
• Submarine Update
• Hatchery Update
• Windows NT Patch Add Windows NT support to the original Creatures release

Bonus Content

The GOG.com version comes with all official DLC.

• Life Kit 1
• Christmas Pack 1
• Christmas Pack 2
• Observation Kit
• Object Pack 1
• Object Pack 2
• Object Injector
• Norn Download Centre

Mods

COBs

A COB is a Creatures Object - an object in the game for either Creatures or Creatures 2, in Creatures 3 COBs are known as agents.

• Creatures Village
• TreeSprite
• Slink's Treasures
• Forestbreeze
• CREATURES UNIVERSE has a ton of COBs!
• The Cheese Wizard
• AmberCreatures
• Creatures Wiki A large index of COBs linking to other sites
• Creature Caves

Adoption

You can adopt Norns that have been exported from other player's games.

• TreeSprite
• Creatures Village

Breeds

• Frimlin's Wood Norns
• AmberCreatures

Utilities

NornVerter

Converts your creatures into a format Creatures 2 can read allowing you to export your creatures from Creatures and then import them into Creatures 2.

• NornVerter

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

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System	Location

Save game data location

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System	Location

*.cob and *.rcb mod files are stored in <path-to-game>

*.spr mod files are stored in <path-to-game>\Images

*.wav mod files are stored in <path-to-game>\sounds

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System requirements

Original release.

Windows

Mac OS (Classic)

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	3.1, 95
Processor (CPU)	Pentium 60 MHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	40 MB
Video card (GPU)	256 colours @ 640x480

The Albian Years re-release.

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)	292 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7.0 compatible	DirectX 9.0 compatible

References