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==Updated Genome Development==
Regardless of the legalities of who owned the initial genome (the '''252 genome''' version), while many people enjoyed the game out of the box, others - particularly those who had played the original [[Creatures]] - were unsatisfied, claiming to be experiencing major defects, including a [[C2_Organs#Uterus|loss of female reproductive ability]] and the inability to teach norns to [[eat]] (inspiring fixes such as [[Eat you Stupid Norn]]) or to retain this knowledge, a condition later dubbed ''One Hour Stupidity Syndrome'' ([[OHSS]]).

To address these concerns, Cyberlife decided to make some changes and an update was announced, but both slink and [[Lis Morris]] attempted to fix the problems with their own modifications to the genome before the official release. The official update was planned for the 17th of September but was moved to the 22nd at the last minute, while slink released her update on the 16th.

Lis was credited on the [http://www.creaturesvillage.com/creatures2/downloads/files/eggsb35/eggsrevdoc.php official update], (the '''254''' version) and not slink, yet according to her there was some evidence to suggest that attempts had been made to retrofit slink's later work to the official update; in particular, the fact that release of the update had been delayed after slink announced her modifications, and that the updated genome produced a chemical that was not used by it, but which was used in slink's modifications.

[[Toby Simpson]] said that work [https://groups.google.co.uk/groups?threadm=A41EFAA0620AD111B2B700805F0D182F662118%40cyberserver had indeed been "inspired"] by other people's work (including slink's) but that the specific changes that slink mentioned had been made in an aborted attempt to make the two modified genomes compatible with one another. slink contended that her work had been stolen and the theft inexpertly covered-up. The issue was complicated by the fact that both parties were working off slink's original genome, and was never really resolved - Cyberlife simply stopped posting about it after a month or so, as did slink a little while later.  The 254 version is still available for download on the official site: [https://web.archive.org/web/20170814211003/http://www.gamewareeurope.com/GWDev/downloads_more.php?id=428_0_8_0_M15 information], [https://web.archive.org/web/20170814211003/http://gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/downloads/eggs.exe Direct download].

According to Cyberlife, Lis contributed the myoglobin mechanism (which deals with muscle creation and destruction), and altered anaerobic respiration (energy creation) genes, but not the Upatrophin/Downatrophin modifications. Upatrophin and Downatrophin are responsible for making creatures use the 'uphill' and 'downhill' gaits - in the original 252 genome, they were swapped, leading to creatures trying to use the 'downhill' walk when walking uphill, leading to mobility problems.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20080513110909/http://www.germancreatures.net/c2/kb/genom.html According to] [[GermanCreatures]], there were numerous versions of the 'C256' genome available.  

The '56 genome update', [http://www.webpetz.com/creatures/updatesc2.php available] at [[AmberCreatures]], is an earlier edition of other '56' genomes.  There are different times to begin each [[life stage]], and it has a basic reward and punishment system.

The norn genomes included with [[The Albian Years]] are dated from October 1998 and later.  They include improved reward systems from the [[Amnesia Norn]]s.

[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt.games.creatures/cL7GR0gwshI/6wSYF0WJgUUJ According to Lis Morris], a [[Frog Norn]] genome is very similar to the [[Golden Desert Norn]] genome, but [[amphibious]].

The norn genomes included with the [[Genetics Kit]] at the CDN are dated from November 1998 and later.

The [[Santa Norn]] included with the [[Object_Pack#C2_Christmas_Pack|Creatures 2 Christmas Pack]] (December 1998) is a variety of the C256 genome which is infertile, but is said to be extra-jovial.