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Table of Contents

1  Creatures Games
     1.1  What is The Albian Years?
     1.2  What is Creatures Exodus?
     1.3  What is Creatures Village?
     1.4  What is Creatures Internet Edition?
     1.5  What is Creatures Gold?
     1.6  What is Creatures Trilogy?
     1.7  What is Creatures Triple Pack?
2  Creatures Terminology
     2.1  What do the abbreviations such as "C1" stand for?
     2.2  What are COBs and agents?
     2.3  What are Norns, Ettins and Grendels?
     2.4  What is a breed?
     2.5  What are meta-rooms?
3  Updates and Add-ons
     3.1  What types of addons are available?
4  Creatures Support
     4.1  Who currently holds the copyright on Creatures?
     4.2  Where can I find technical support?
     4.3  Common Issues
          4.3.1  Having trouble connecting to the free DS online gaming server?
5  Play Docking Station for Free
     5.1  Can you download Creatures for Free?

1   Creatures Games
1.1   Q: What is The Albian Years?
A: The Albian Years contains Creatures 1, Creatures 2 and all the Life Kits, remastered to be compatible with Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME and XP.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 20:52:46
1.2   Q: What is Creatures Exodus?
A: Creatures Exodus is a remastered release of Creatures Internet Edition, compatible with Windows 95 to XP.
There is also a Mac OS X release of this title available from Kutoka Interactive.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 20:53:54
1.3   Q: What is Creatures Village?
A: Creatures Village is a Creatures title for the younger gamer. It contains both Creatures Adventures and Creatures Playground, which together form one larger game with extra hidden features unlocked. Creatures Village is compatible with Windows 95 to XP.
There is also a Mac OS X release of this title available from Kutoka Interactive.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 20:55:34
1.4   Q: What is Creatures Internet Edition?
A: Creatures Internet Edition contains Creatures 3, Docking Station and the Magma Norns. The two games can be played separately or 'docked' together as one larger game. Creatures Docking Station supports online game play.
There is a Windows and a Linux release of this title. The Windows version has been superseded by Creatures Exodus, but the Linux copy is still available from Tux Games.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 20:57:05
1.5   Q: What is Creatures Gold?
A: Creatures Gold is another name for the Windows release of Creatures Internet Edition.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 20:57:32
1.6   Q: What is Creatures Trilogy?
A: Creatures Trilogy contains Creatures 1, 2 and 3 for Windows. This box set was also sold under the name Creatures Trilogy Gold.
These titles have since been superseded by Creatures Triple Pack.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 20:59:05
1.7   Q: What is Creatures Triple Pack?
A: Creatures Triple Pack contains Creatures Exodus, Creatures Village and The Albian Years. This product is thus compatible with Windows 95, 98, 2000, ME or Windows XP.
It is currently available from Avanquest (GSP).
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:24:51
2   Creatures Terminology
2.1   Q: What do the abbreviations such as "C1" stand for?
A: C1 stands for Creatures 1, the original Creatures game. Similarly, C2 is Creatures 2, C3 is Creatures 3, CP is Creatures Playground, CA stands for Creatures Adventures and CV is Creatures Village. DS is Docking Station, and CGBA is the Creatures game released on the Game Boy Advance.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:04:00
2.2   Q: What are COBs and agents?
A: A COB is short for Creatures object. These are new addons you can download for your Creatures games, such as new toys, small animals, food, plants or vending machines. They can be created by the maker's of Creatures, Creature Labs, or by third party developers. An agent is a form of COB for the later C3, DS or CV games.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:05:37
2.3   Q: What are Norns, Ettins and Grendels?
A: A Norn is the primary species available to interact with in Creatures. They are an intelligent species with the ability to learn from the user. Ettins are a small but cutely mischievous species who steal anything they can pick up. Grendels on the other hand are dangerous creatures, often considered to be evil.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:06:41
2.4   Q: What is a breed?
A: It is possible to download and install up 26 different breeds of Norn, of Grendel and of Ettin within the Creatures games, each with a unique look and personality. The exception to this is Creatures 1 which only supported ten breeds per species.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:09:21
2.5   Q: What are meta-rooms?
A: Since Creatures 1 and Creatures 2 are both set on the planet of Albia, you can download and add new 'worlds' to the games. Creatures 3 and Docking Station however are set on the Shee space ship so it was logical that these games would support the addition of new 'rooms' for download, known as 'meta-rooms'.
by don21a at 2008-02-06 12:01:14
3   Updates and Add-ons
3.1   Q: What types of addons are available?
A: The main expansion downloads for Creatures are adoptions, COBs/agents, breeds and worlds/meta-rooms. You can find these at either the official Creatures website, Gameware Development, or from the third party developers' websites listed on DMOZ.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:14:15
4   Creatures Support
4.1   Q: Who currently holds the copyright on Creatures?
A: Creature Labs became a division of Gameware Development Ltd in May 2003. Therefore the official updates and downloads for each game can be found at the Gameware website.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:15:24
4.2   Q: Where can I find technical support?
A: You can ask for help on the Creatures games at the official Gameware Forums or through looking at the community's Creatures Wiki.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:29:40
4.3   Common Issues
4.3.1   Q: Having trouble connecting to the free DS online gaming server?
A: If you last played Creatures Docking Station online prior to April 2003 your game will have saved the location of the old Creature Labs gaming server. To connect to the new Gameware server, close the game, open the directory C:\Program Files\Docking Station\ on your computer and rename 'server.cfg' to 'server.cfg2' (or 'server' to 'server2' if you have file extensions hidden in Windows).
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:30:50
5   Play Docking Station for Free
5.1   Q: Can you download Creatures for Free?
A: Yes, the online, multiplayer game Creatures Docking Station can be downloaded free for Windows or Linux. It can also be played offline when preferred, and you will find plenty of free add-ons available for this title if you check the DMOZ listings.
by don21a at 2007-12-10 21:23:20

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