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Revision as of 20:29, 28 September 2014

Creatures
Creatures cover
Developers
Creature Labs
Publishers
Mindscape
Release dates
Windows November 11, 1996
Mac OS (Classic) 1996
Creatures on Wikipedia
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
DRM details are not known
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both.
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Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Wikipedia details the various editions/bundles and their differences.

Essential improvements

Patches

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

Bonus Content

The GOG.com version comes with all official DLC.

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.

Adoption

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

Breeds

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.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
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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Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

System requirements

Original release.
Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 3.1, 95
Processor (CPU) Pentium 60 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Video card (GPU) 256 colours @ 640x480
The Albian Years re-release.[1]
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 292 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 7.0 compatible

References