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[ P r e s e n t s ]                   AB!DF2^SAC

Creatures Adventures (c) Mindscape

Protection : CD Check                     : Released   : October 7th, 1999
Game Type  : Simulation                   : # of Disks : 38 * 2.88mb

P200, 32MB RAM, 350M HDD, Direct X 6.x , Win 95/98

[ G a m e   N o t e s ]
Now you can discover a world of fun with your very own virtual pet. Norns
are real artificial life creatures with their own Creatures Digital DNA,
brains, and biochemistry. They learn and think for themselves, but they need
you to love them, care for them, and play with them.
So What Can You Do with Your Norns?
We provide you with a nest of Norn eggs and a rich, diverse environment
where they can live and breed. You cannot force your baby Norns to do
anything in particular, but you can nurture them and nudge them along the
right way by rewarding or punishing them for their actions. Baby Norns
inherit the Digital DNA (our artificial version of real DNA) from their
parents, along with the chance of some random genetic mutations. When your
Norns reach adolescence and become more interested in Norns of the opposite
sex a whole new realm of experiences begin. Eventually, Norns will die but
hopefully after living a long, fruitful life under your care!
Creatures are endearing and loveable because they're so believable. And
they're believable because they're unpredictable. Just like a mischievous
child, Creatures' Norns don't always do what they're told and sometimes do
the most unexpected things -- providing a play experience that is never,
ever the same twice!
The Story Behind Creatures

Creatures Adventures is one of a whole new breed of Creatures products, all
using the remarkable CyberLife artificial life technology Creature Labs, the
entertainment division of CyberLife Technology Ltd, quite possibly the
world's leading developer of artificial life software, has already released
the original Creatures November in 1996, followed by Creatures 2 in
September 1998.
Creatures came about as a result of research into modeling biological
systems during the early '90s. CyberLife was born from the belief
that if you want to get the properties of real living systems inside
computers, you should copy Mother Nature as she's spent a whacking 3.7
billion years ironing out the bugs.
We constructed a set of "biological building blocks," such as chemical
reactions, brain components and physical appearance genes. These
building blocks are a little like "nature's Lego" and we can use them to
build complete artificial organisms inside a computer. Our biological
blocks can be genetically specified, in a sort of DNA-style structure that
we called Creatures Digital DNA.
As research continued, it became clear that computers were rapidly becoming
powerful enough to create animals that behaved as though they really were
alive, and perhaps eventually yield human level intelligence. We expected
the animal to behave like a cross between a toddler, a cat, and a dog -- a
sort of virtual pet. It was this that led to the design of Creatures as we
know it. Why is Creatures so appealing? For the same reason people enjoying
having pets to nurture, people enjoy taking care of and raising their
virtual pets. However, with Creatures, these pets can be interesting on
another level - for their technological and scientific interest. Creatures'
creatures can be taken apart, examined and altered to create a whole new
pet. Creatures Adventures is a huge living playground where you and your
Norn can experience all that virtual life has to offer.
Features :

The Adventure Begins

If you want to have fun, you have to play Creatures Adventures! Because our
Norns are based on advanced artificial life technology, they need to eat,
sleep and play! You'll know what they're thinking and feeling by the looks
on their faces! Keep them fed, give them lots to do, and they'll be your
friends for life. Exciting features include:
* Bold, colorful graphics
* Four different Norn breeds, each with their own characteristics! They'll
pass these on to their children but develop their own, individual
personalities
* Fifteen cool themed areas where your Norns can play and explore
* Dynamic living environment where the weather and seasons change

Check : http://www.creaturesadventures.com/  for more info about the game.
Be sure to check out our other two games for today, Scooby Doo: Mystery
of the Fun Park Phantom (c) Southpeak & Snowmobile Racing Championship
2000 (c) GT Interactive

[  R i p p i n g   I n f o r m a t i o n  ]

Intro movie only thing gone, rest is here!

[ I n s t a l l   N o t e s ]
Unzip, unace or run our installer, then run CREATURE.BAT to start
the game. Don't forget to run REGSETUP.EXE if you unaced manually.
IMPORTANT! If any probs, copy the 2 .DLL files in THE SYSTEM DIRECTORY
of the ACE FILES into your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory! And if I see
a lame file fix, heads will roll! Also included in the first zip file
as SYSTEM.ZIP.

[ C o n t a c t i n g   C L A S S ]
Use the Force!
If you enjoy this game, buy it!

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