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Creatures is the first game in the Creatures series (full listing). The game takes place in Albia, an annulus-shaped world with an unique ecology, which is inhabited by norns and a grendel. The player, represented by the hand, can raise and care for their norns so they learn to survive and evolve to thrive. The original game is no longer available by itself, but can be purchased as part of Creatures: The Albian Years.
The word Creatures is also used in plural to refer to the A-life animals which are the focus of the games.
Creatures, the Game[edit]
The original Creatures game was set in Albia. It featured Norns, Grendels, and a few minor inhabitants of Albia to occupy the player's creatures. There was no set objective - although players were given a 'score' in the Performance Kit, no restrictions were placed on gameplay, and breeders, COBblers, and even norn torturers were free to pursue their own objectives. The game was limited by the technology of 1996, being restricted to a 256-colour palette (background images are available at C2 Back), bamboo architecture and occasional background sounds rather than the ambient music which evolved in later titles.
System Requirements[edit]
Creatures was originally published for Windows 3.1/95. It was later ported to Mac OS 7.5. A version of Creatures: The Albian Years may be purchased from GOG.com which is designed to work on newer Windows systems, such as Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Original Windows System Requirements[edit]
- Windows 3.1 or Windows 95
- Pentium 60 or faster
- Double Speed CD-ROM (300k/sec)
- 16-bit Sound Card
- 256 Colours @640x480
- 8MB RAM & 40MB of hard drive disk space
Windows NT/2k/XP compatibility is possible through an installer patch and upgrading to at least Creatures 1.02.
Original Macintosh Requirements[edit]
- PowerMac
- System 7.5 to 8.1
- Double Speed CD-ROM (300k/sec)
- 256 Colours @640x480
- 8MB RAM with 8MB Virtual Memory (16MB without Virtual Memory)
- 35MB of hard drive space (+memory size if using Virtual Memory)
Official Breeds[edit]
- Santa Norn '96
- Santa Norn '97
Interesting Facts[edit]
- A realmodel was used to create the Albian backdrop in Creatures.
- The original boxed edition of the game was accompanied by a helpful booklet, The Chronicles of Nornia.
- Creatures was first pitched by Steve Grand in the form of a 'Mouse for Windows' - a little desktop pet that would need to be fed and watered, and who would interact with the desktop icons and windows. Millennium didn't bite.
- A second attempt at a pitch was dubbed 'Little Computer Ewoks' (compare Little Computer People) by Steve Grand himself, for lack of a better name. It is interesting to note that this proposal appears to be the earliest manifestation of Creatures as we know it today. It also interesting to note that the phrase 'Little Computer Ewoks' was also used by Erin's father when he was first shown the game!
- The development title for Creatures was eventually set to 'Small Furry Creatures' - the game also became known as 'Creatures 1' (or just 'C1') after Creatures 2 was (eventually) released.
- Creatures was first envisaged and developed as a top-down adventure/RPG game set in the Amazon, where the player would find an abandoned Norn community; much time was spent on this before deciding to base the game around the A-life concept itself (See Vanimals)
- The final design of the Norn as we know it is actually quite different that the original: Steve Grand originally imagined Norns to be 'gawky and awkward' - early images of Norns even resembled chickens!
- Grendels were originally described as monsters, resembling huge, titanium spiders, complete with eight eyes and a voracious appetite for Norns. Eek!
- As aging and disease was introduced late in the game (See history), the death of Norns was meant to be enforced by a gene... however, the gene misfired and had no effect! Norns died through illness though, as originally intended, which greatly pleased Steve Grand. (Tarlia later created the Edited C1 Genomes, which included a working 'die of old age' gene.)
- The music from the title movie ended up as part of a published CD from the Cyberlife musician Andrew Barnabas - You can listen to the extended version of the Creatures Montage!
See Also[edit]
External links[edit]
- Creatures History as told by Steve Grand
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Description of Creatures Windows
Creatures, a really nice simulation game sold in 1996 for Windows, is available and ready to be played again! Also available on Mac, time to play a puzzle elements video game title.
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Quil the Great2019-02-010 point Windows version
In case anyone is wondering, this game works fine on a Windows XP SP3 virtual machine in virtual box. I'm not sure about the versions here, but my old CD always worked fine.
Star2018-05-151 point
You all should look into Oracle VM and running/installing 95/98 (You can install newer) and trying the old programs. Of course these old games wont play on a non-dos based operating system. Its not that the files are broken. You just need the old system or a custom emulator. (Search for it. So many step by step walk throughs. Doesnt take too long. ) Anyways. Enjoy. Im going to check out this and other games. Im loving the nostalgia.
DAS2018-04-062 points
I miss this game so much
bee2017-08-190 point
I downloaded the pc version on my pc and the mac version on my mac. Neither of them work. Please fix, I'd really love to play this game.
Norni2017-04-180 point
Is suprised to see this game around HERE O.o
Also - does it excist in english for windows?
Also - does it excist in english for windows?
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Effy2017-03-160 point
I LOVED this game as a kid.
Too bad the file is corrupted :c Won't let you unzip it all the way. Really looked forward to playing this again
Too bad the file is corrupted :c Won't let you unzip it all the way. Really looked forward to playing this again
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- Year:1996
- Publisher:GT Interactive Software Europe Ltd.
- Developer:Cyberlife Technology, Ltd.
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