Creatures
The first game in the Creatures series, also a catch-all term for the series.
The Creatures Series
Currently the Creatures series stands at:
- Creatures: released 1996
- Creatures 2: released 1998
- Creatures 3: released 1999
- Docking Station: A free, online Creatures game, released 2001
- Creatures Playground
- Creatures Adventures
Recompilations of the above include:
Creatures, the Game
The original Creatures game was set in Albia and featured Norns, Grendels and much in the way of cheese and carrots. The game was limited by the technology of the time, being restricted to a 256-colour palette, bamboo architecture and occasional background sounds rather than the music which evolved in latter titles. The development title for Creatures was "Small Furry Creatures" - the game also became known as 'Creatures 1', or more commonly, simply 'C1' after Creatures 2 was (eventually) released.
The word Creatures is also used in plural to refer to the A-Life animals which are the focus of the games.