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Creatures 1

The original Creatures game was released for both Windows and the Macintosh, but the port was of a low quality and suffered from many bugs.

It should be noted that the game does not run on modern Mac machines - it only works on a Power Macintosh running System 7 or Mac OS 8. This means it will NOT run in Mac OS X's 'Classic' mode, which runs Mac OS 9, or on most Mac emulators. For further discussion on OS compatibility and emulation see the Creatures 1 talk page.

System Requirements

  • 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

Mac Compatibility with Windows files

Creatures 2

An in-house port of Creatures 2 was started by Cyberlife Technology, but never completed.

Creatures Exodus and Creatures Village

The Mac rights to Creatures 3 were bought by Cognition Games in early 2003, a month before Creature Labs went into liquidation. It was ported to Mac OS X by Broadsword Interactive but due to the port overrunning and lack of money it did not get completed.

At the start of 2005, Kutoka Interactive offered to complete the port and distribute the title in North America, which was re-branded Creatures Exodus, and additionally port Creatures Village to the Mac too. This deal was announced on 19 May 2005 at E3 (more info).

Mac Requirements

  • PowerPC: G3 (900MHz), G4 (700Mhz), G5
  • OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
  • 12 Speed CD-ROM
  • 800x600 Minimum Resolution
  • Standard Macintosh Sound
  • 128MB RAM
  • 600MB of hard drive space


Purchasing

The titles are now available for ordering online (French Canada, North America) and in retail stores beginning from the 30th of September 2005. The Mac OS X port of Docking Station is available within Creatures Exodus, but it is not yet known if it will be made available for free download like its Windows and Linux counterparts.

Key Commands

Some of the key commands on the Macintosh versions of Creatures Exodus and Creatures Village are different to the Windows ones. This is a list of the known key commands.

Key Commands
Windows Macintosh
Right-click Command-click


Mac Compatibility with Windows/Linux files


Advanced Keyboard Commands

Advanced Commands
Command Function
Control + i Same as Tab. Scroll through available Creatures.
Control + s Pause/Resume Game
Control + r Manual Save Game
Control + Left Arrow Place item from Inventory into Hand / Next object in Inventory
Control + Right Arrow Place item from Inventory into Hand / Previous object in Inventory
Control + Shift + f Wolfling Run Mode. Screen does not refresh.
Control + Shift + x Show/Hide X,Y coordinates of the Hand
Control + Shift + a Toggle Autokill On/Off
Control + Shift + c Open/Close CAOS Command Line
Control + 1 Open/Close Creatures Import/Export window
Control + 2 Open/Close Options window
Control + 3 Open/Close Inventory window
Shift + F1-F12 Assigns last phrase said by Hand to Function Key pressed.
Command + F1-F12 Assigns current Creature to Function Key pressed.
Shift + Option + Return Toggle between Full Screen and Windowed Mode.
Home Go to the first location in your Favorite Places row.
End DS - Go to the last location in your Favorite Places row.
C3 - Go to the Grendel's Jungle.
Page Up Move to the left one location in your Favorite Places row.
Page Down Move to the right one location in your Favorite Places row.


Unsupported Commands

Contrary to the provided documentation, several of the commands for Creatures Exodus do not work in the Macintosh version.

Unsupported Commands
Command Intended Function
Shift + S Repeat last phrase said by Hand
Shift + Right Click/Control Click Pick up Creatures
Control + Shift + W Enable Wolf Control
Control + Shift + T Display agent classifier numbers


Intermittent Errors

Occasionally, the hand *will* pick up Creatures, simply by Option or Right Clicking.
Left or Right Clicking has also been known to produce characters in the text bubble instead of the intended function.

Openc2e

Openc2e, an unofficial open-source 'clone' of the Creatures Evolution Engine, runs on Mac OS X. Openc2e is currently in development.

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