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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

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

Creatures Developer Resource

Availability

Template:Availability Table

Essential improvements

Patches

The GOG.com version comes with Version 1.04 as part of the installation.

Official

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

Bonus Content

Mods

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

Frimlin's Wood Norns

Utilities

NornVerter

Converts your norns from Creatures 1 to your Creatures 2 game allowing you to bring them with you. [1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

System requirements

Original version

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

The Albian Years version

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

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 |gogcom page  = creatures_the_albian_years
-|wikipedia    =
+|wikipedia    = Creatures (artificial life series)#Creatures
 }}
 {{Series|Creatures}}
+'''General information'''
+{{mm}} [http://www.gog.com/forum/creatures_series GOG.com Community Discussions] for game series
+{{mm}} [http://www.gog.com/support/creatures_the_albian_years GOG.com Support Page]
+{{mm}} [http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/creatures.php?id=C0_8_6 Gameware's Website] - Useful information and downloads
+{{mm}} [http://creatures.treesprite.com/ TreeSprite's Creatures Grove] - A long-standing fan site
+{{mm}} [http://double.co.nz/creatures/ Creatures Developer Resource]
 ==Availability==
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 {{Availability Table/row| [http://www.gog.com/game/creatures_the_albian_years GOG.com] | {{ID|DRM-free}} | Includes Creatures and [[Creatures 2]] plus all expansions for both.}}
 }}
-== Patches ==
-{{ii}} The GOG version comes with Version 1.04 as part of the installation.
+==Essential improvements==
-=== Official ===
+===Patches===
+{{ii}} The GOG.com version comes with Version 1.04 as part of the installation.
+====Official====
 *[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=414_0_8_0_M16 1.02 Update]
 *[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.)
@@ Line 27: / Line 37: @@
 *[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=417_0_8_0_M16 Hatchery Update]
 *[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=416_0_8_0_M16 Windows NT Patch]
-=== Bonus Content ===
+====Bonus Content====
 *[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/downloads_more.php?id=450_0_8_0_M16 Life Kit 1]
 *[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=419_0_8_0_M16 Norn Download Centre]
-== Mods ==
+===Mods===
-As the Creatures series gets older and websites fade out of existence, the great amounts of user content is slowly fading away.
+====COBs====
-=== COBs ===
 Many Creatures mods come in the form of Creatures Objects or "Cobs", renamed to Agents in later games.
 *[http://www.creaturesvillage.com/helen/menu.php?name=c1cobs Creatures Village]
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 *[http://www.angelfire.com/wv/KlaymensPage/CheeseWizard.htm The Cheese Wizard]
 *[http://www.webpetz.com/creatures/foodc1.php AmberCreatures]
-=== Adoption ===
+====Adoption====
 You can adopt Norns that have been exported from other player's games.
 *[http://creatures.treesprite.com/Agents.html TreeSprite]
 *[http://www.creaturesvillage.com/helen/menu.php?name=c1norns Creatures Village]
-=== Breeds ===
+=====Breeds=====
 *[http://creatures.treesprite.com/Breeds.html Frimlin's Wood Norns]
-== Useful Links ==
+===Utilities===
-*[http://www.gamewaredevelopment.com/creatures.php?id=C0_8_6 Gameware's Website] contains useful information and downloads.
-*[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.
-*[http://creatures.treesprite.com/ TreeSprite's Creatures Grove], an excellent fan site.
-*[http://double.co.nz/creatures/ Creatures Developer Resource]
-*[http://thecreaturearch.blogspot.com/ The Ceature Arch], a detailed blog about one individual's adventures in Creatures.
-==Utilities==
 '''NornVerter'''
 Converts your norns from Creatures 1 to your Creatures 2 game allowing you to bring them with you. [http://www.computerpetz.com/creatures/tools_life_c2.php]
 ==Video settings==
-<!--[[File:Creatures 2 settings.png|290px|right|thumb|General settings.]]-->
 {{Video settings
 |wsgf link                  =
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 ==System requirements==
+{{ii}} Original version
 {{System requirements
 |OSfamily = Windows
 |minOS    = 3.1, 95
-|minproc  = Pentium 60MHz or faster
+|minproc  = Pentium 60 MHz or faster
-|minmem   = 8MB
+|minmem   = 8 MB
-|minHD    = 40MB
+|minHD    = 40 MB
-|minGPU   = 256 colours @640x480
+|minGPU   = 256 colours @ 640x480
-|minother = Original game
 }}
+{{ii}} The Albian Years version
 {{System requirements
 |OSfamily = Windows
 |minOS    = XP, Vista, 7
 |minproc  = 1 GHz Processor
@@ Line 160: / Line 166: @@
 |minHD    = 292 MB
 |minDX    = 7.0
-|minother = The Albian Years version
 |recOS    = XP, Vista, 7

Developers

	Creature Labs
Publishers
	Mindscape
Release dates
Windows	July 16, 2004