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Creatures is an artificial life (alife) computer program series, created in the mid-1990s by English computer scientist Steve Grand whilst working for the Cambridge video games developer Millennium Interactive. Gameplay focuses on raising alien creatures known as Norns, teaching them to survive, helping them explore their world, defending them against other species, and breeding them. Rather than taking a scripted approach, Creatures series games were driven by detailed biological and neurological simulation and their unexpected results.
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|title          = Creatures
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|developer      = Creature Labs
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|gog            = creatures_the_albian_years
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'''Creatures''' is an artificial life (alife) computer program series, created in the mid-1990s by English computer scientist Steve Grand whilst working for the Cambridge video games developer Millennium Interactive. Gameplay focuses on raising alien creatures known as Norns, teaching them to survive, helping them explore their world, defending them against other species, and breeding them. Rather than taking a scripted approach, Creatures series games were driven by detailed biological and neurological simulation and their unexpected results.
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== Patches ==
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===Official===
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=414_0_8_0_M16 1.02 Update]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=414_0_8_0_M16 1.04 Update] (Some people have problems with this update, so feel free to stay on 1.02.)
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=423_0_8_0_M16 Submarine Update]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=417_0_8_0_M16 Hatchery Update]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=416_0_8_0_M16 Windows NT Patch]
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===Bonus Content===
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=450_0_8_0_M16 Life Kit 1]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=424_0_8_0_M16 Christmas Pack 1]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=426_0_8_0_M16 Christmas Pack 2]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=422_0_8_0_M16 Observation Kit]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=420_0_8_0_M16 Object Pack 1]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=421_0_8_0_M16 Object Pack 2]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=418_0_8_0_M16 Object Injector]
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=419_0_8_0_M16 Norn Download Centre]
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==Mods==
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As the Creatures series gets older and websites fade out of existence, the great amounts of user content is slowly fading away.
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===COBs===
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Many Creatures mods come in the form of Creatures Objects or "Cobs", renamed to Agents in later games.
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*[http://www.creaturesvillage.com/helen/menu.php?name=c1cobs Creatures Village]
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*[http://creatures.treesprite.com/Agents.html TreeSprite]
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*[http://creatures.treesprite.com/Slink.html Slink's Treasures]
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*[http://www.freewebs.com/forestbreeze/downloads.htm Forestbreeze]
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*[http://tazzmann.tripod.com/creuncob1.htm CREATURES UNIVERSE] has a ton of COBs!
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*[http://www.fortunecity.com/underworld/hexen/751/cob1.html Hexen]
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*[http://users.rcn.com/dvoskuil/grendel/cob1.html The Truth About Grendels]
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*[http://www.angelfire.com/wv/KlaymensPage/CheeseWizard.htm The Cheese Wizard]
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*[http://www.webpetz.com/creatures/foodc1.php AmberCreatures]
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===Adoption===
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You can adopt Norns that have been exported from other player's games.
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*[http://creatures.treesprite.com/Agents.html TreeSprite]
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*[http://www.creaturesvillage.com/helen/menu.php?name=c1norns Creatures Village]
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===Breeds===
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*[http://creatures.treesprite.com/Breeds.html Frimlin's Wood Norns]
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==Useful Links==
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*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/creatures.php?id=C0_8_6 Gameware's Website] contains useful information and downloads.
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures_%28artificial_life_program%29 Wikipedia's article] about Creatures which is more about basic information about the game, it's development, story and plot.
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*[http://creatures.treesprite.com/ TreeSprite's Creatures Grove], an excellent fan site.
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*[http://double.co.nz/creatures/ Creatures Developer Resource]
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*[http://thecreaturearch.blogspot.com/ The Ceature Arch], a detailed blog about one individual's adventures in Creatures.
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==System Requirements==
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{{SysReq
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|minOS = Windows 3.1 or Windows 95
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|minproc = Pentium 60 or faster
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|minmem = 8MB
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|minHD = 40MB
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|minGPU1 = 256 Colours @640x480
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}}
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Revision as of 20:27, 12 March 2012

Template:Infobox

Creatures is an artificial life (alife) computer program series, created in the mid-1990s by English computer scientist Steve Grand whilst working for the Cambridge video games developer Millennium Interactive. Gameplay focuses on raising alien creatures known as Norns, teaching them to survive, helping them explore their world, defending them against other species, and breeding them. Rather than taking a scripted approach, Creatures series games were driven by detailed biological and neurological simulation and their unexpected results.

Patches

Official

Bonus Content

Mods

As the Creatures series gets older and websites fade out of existence, the great amounts of user content is slowly fading away.

COBs

Many Creatures mods come in the form of Creatures Objects or "Cobs", renamed to Agents in later games.

Adoption

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

Breeds

Useful Links

System Requirements

Template:SysReq

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