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Creatures

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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
Windows
Mac OS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Includes Creatures and Creatures 2 plus all expansions for both.
Windows
Wikipedia details the various editions/bundles and their differences.

DLC and expansion packs

Name Notes
Life Kit #1
Windows
Mac OS

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

System Location
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Creatures\Creatures
Mac OS (Classic)
*.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

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
OneDrive
Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

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

References