Creatures Internet Edition
Creatures Internet Edition was a recompilation of Creatures 3 and Docking Station with the addition of the Magma norns. The game was later repackaged (unfortunately without the CIE instruction manual) as Creatures Gold to re-boost sales.
CIE for Windows has been effectively superseded by Creatures Exodus, which contained all this as well as the Harlequin and Fallow breeds (again without a paper manual though).
Creatures Internet Edition was published by:
- Fasttrack Games
- Linux Game Publishing in December 2001
- Focus Multimedia (re-released as Creatures Gold) in November 2002
Linux Creatures Internet Edition
The game was also released in a playable form for Linux, which used the Linux-ported version of the Docking Station engine for both the Creatures 3 and Docking Station games. Prior to its release, players could download an installer from the files section of the CreaturesLinux Yahoo group to allow the Linux version of Docking Station to connect with the Windows Creatures 3.
Did you know? Francis Irving and Ben Campbell worked on the Linux port in their spare time.
System Requirements
- Linux kernel 2.2, or above
- Pentium II processor, or better
- At least 64Mb of RAM
- OSS-compatible 16-bit sound card
- X-compatible video card capable of 800x600 resolution
- 400MB free hard disk space
- Glibc 2.1
- Other common software: GTK/Gnome libraries, Wget or Lynx, bzip2
It only runs on the x86 architecture, as can be guessed from the processor requirement.
Related Links
- Macintosh Creatures Exodus - A Mac-ported version of the Linux CIE