The Creatures Trilogy (Creatures 1, Creatures 2, Creatures 3)

-=The Creatures Trilogy 3 in 1 Gold Pack=- (PC VERSION, no Mac or Linux, sorry) A compilation CD of the '97, '98, and '99 releases of Creatures 1, 2, and 3, from Creature Labs. Released by Encore Software. Life Kit #1 for Creatures 1 and Creatures 2 are allegedly included, although I've yet to find evidence of that. Included as a bonus in case their site ever goes down permanently, are most of the important downloadable patches, upgrades, and object packs from Creature Labs. Docking Station (the free game linkable with Creatures 3) and its one or two addons are NOT included, as if the Creature Labs homepage does perish, Docking Station will become unusable, as it requires an online registration and connection to the master server to function. If you want to download that, go to http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/creatures_index.php and hit up the Free Downloads area. Also not included are no-CD cracks for any of the games. They're a pain in the ass and typically require registry edits, so just Google them if you're that desperate. Being able to run all three of them from one CD is pretty convenient anyway. INSTRUCTIONS: Burn it, mount it, pretty much anything should work. This was designed to run on Windows 9x, so if you're having problems running it on XP, compatibility settings are your friend. The autorun (LAUNCHER.EXE) will most likely crash before even displaying, so you can either try going into the subfolders and launching the individual setups manually, or try compatibility settings. If you're trying to run this on Vista, best of luck, you'll need it. It is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED that you install the extras, at the very least the updated executables and probably the Life Kits, preferably before playing for the first time. Some of the updates also require other updates to be installed before they'll function. Creatures 1: Creatures_Update_2.exe patches the game to 1.02 and should be run first. The 1.04 update doesn't fix very much and personally made things worse for me, so you might just want to bypass that. Life Kit 1 should be installed next, followed by the updated Injector.exe. The rest is up to you. Creatures 2: Install the EXE upgrade first. Eggs.exe is the genome update to supposedly prevent the notorious One Hour Stupidity Syndrome, and should come next. (There are a couple other fixes for OHSS if you need an alternative, check out http://creatures.wikia.com/wiki/OHSS) Injector.exe needs to be installed before Hatchery.exe. The rest is up to you. Creatures 3: Update2 should probably be installed before anything else. That's it. Bear in mind that these games were never the most stable, and you'll likely end up with two or three add-ons or updates that won't install regardless of what kind of setup you're trying to play on. God help you if you start installing the fanmade COBS willy-nilly. Enjoy, and slap a Grendel for old time's sake.

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Civoknay (2008-03-24)

Correction from description: guess I hadn't used this in longer than I thought, it looks like it actually includes Creatures 1 Deluxe and Creatures 2 Deluxe, meaning that the Life Kit #1 comes preinstalled with both, and quite possibly the first version update as well.

knaar (2008-05-18)

The "ISO" is actually a clone CD image. I figured this out through trial and error. On mac/linux if you run the image through ccd2iso you can then mount it/burn it properly. Otherwise you get a filesystem unrecognized error.
On windows, I presume you can just burn it with CloneCD and it should work great. PowerISO claims to be able to convert formats, if you insist on using a different burning software.

BeanMachine0412 (2008-09-01)

would anyone be able to give me some more detailed info on how to get this to work on vista?
what we're told in the readme is very polished and cynical but not helpful at all.
thanks.

lysje (2008-11-11)

hey thanks for the games, i love them^^ But I have a problem with the language. I installed the game C2 on my laptop and it's automatically in dutch. But I would like to play the game in english or italian. Is there a way to change the language?

Finflame13 (2008-11-20)

More seeds please, this thing is taking almost 8 hours.

gomibako (2008-12-22)

I had a "patch.catalogue" problem when installing the update for Creatures 3, but this can be solved by simply deleting the patch.catalogue file in the "catalogue" directory.

chickenteeth (2009-02-20)

I'm trying to mount this via Virtual CDRom, and I keep getting a 'mount failed' pop-up. Is the iso corrupted or something?

MacGregor91 (2009-08-05)

From gamespot forums: "You can run Creatures on Vista. Go to My Computer or whatever its called. Then right click on Creatures 3 and go to Explore. Then click on the Install folder. You go through a few more folders and you should find a Setup icon. Right click on it then go to Properties. Go to Compatiblility at the top. Click the box to run the compatibility mode and set the mode to Windows 2000 for the best results. Apply the changes then exit out. Then double-click on the Setup icon. You might have to right click again and go to Run as Administrator. This will install the program on your computer. You'll have to go to the Start menu with the disc in to play. Vista doesn't recognize the startup engine to Creatures for some reason so every time you want to play, put the disc in, wait for the message telling you that the engine won't work, click out of the message, go to the Start menu and start your game up from the Start menu."
It worked for me (tried it with Creatures 3 and Vista and Daemontools)

DerBuecherwurm (2009-08-23)

Thank you for this torrent, Civoknay! These games bring back wonderful memories. =) I've installed all three games now, thanks to MacGregor91's comment. I went into My Computer and went into all the Creatures folders separately and changed the compatibility settings for all the setup applications I could find, then double clicked on the Setup for each game, and it worked! No crack was needed at all! Thanks again!

DerBuecherwurm (2009-08-24)

Okay, nevermind - You do need a NoCD patch for these games. =P But TreeSprite's Creatures Grove has NoCD patches for Creatures 1 & 2. If you go to the links I posted at the bottom and scroll all the way down to where it says "My CD is cracked what should I do?" just click on the NoCD cheat and follow the instructions. I'm still trying to find a safe NoCD patch for Creatures 3, though. Any help? Danke schoen!
Creatures 1 NoCD Patch:
Creatures 2 NoCD Patch:

misanthropichud (2009-09-27)

heard this was good thanks!

modlovecat (2010-03-10)

I cant get the life kits or any breeds to install to this game, it can never find it. Ive even tried moving it. At least the basic game works

rastas959 (2010-03-26)

people, pls seed. im stuck on 99.9%. pls pls plsssssssss

rastas959 (2010-03-26)

thx. i just completed my download. will seed in a bit. the ame is quiet old but it works on xp and it should be able to work on vista and 7. will check what i can find out about vista and 7 to help the people that are stuck.

ArachD206 (2010-05-07)

Does anyone know how to uninstall the addons for Creatures 2? Ive tried reinstalling, deleting them, even deleting the files from the download folder itself. They just wont go away!
I'd appreciate the help.

Wifeofthebeast (2010-05-15)

Thanks for the torrent. I'm still having issues for the XP. Bear with me, I'm sort of new at this. I attempted mounting the image, with came as a launcher crash just as expected. I went in all folders for 1, 2, and 3, and changed the compatibilities of everything that allowed (setup.exe files) to windows 2000. Although double clicking each setup after that unfortunately will not work, I believe this could be because the game never installed and created a database folder in my program files folder perhaps?
I also followed DerBuecherwurm's advice and got the nocd's for 1 and 2 but it seems this is the end of the road for my computer abilities. Anyone care to guide this noob? :) ty

jadinmarie (2011-03-27)

I'm having troubles getting this installed. I tried playing around with the compatibility settings and even tried launching the setups individually. I must be doing SOMETHING wrong--could someone please post a thorough set of instructions on how to install this? MUST PLAY CREATURES 3!

HypnoticHeart (2011-07-07)

I mounted with PowerISO and then extracted the files into a new folder. Installed them separately by changing compatibilities and "perform as administrator" (or however it is in English, my system language is Dutch) which worked fine. I tried to play C3 but it said I had to insert the CD disk. Something about the launcher. Then I clicked on the .exe file of C3 but then I get an error message about the system register? Something with REGEDIT.
I installed this on Vista by the way. You said "best of luck". Is there a way I can play these games on Vista? I remember I played Creatures 1 years ago when I was little so I really want to play 2 & 3 as well. Please help.

lfm7 (2011-08-17)

I feel like a real idiot. When running the setup files - which you do from each separate folder - run it under compatibility mode for Windows 2000. I kept doing it in 98, and got no dice. Great set of games (at least 1 and 2,) thanks a lot!

DosGod (2011-09-17)

Tried installing with daemon tools on windows 7. Get to 99% and get a critical error saying that I have an incorrect version. Tried running compatibility to no avail.

DosGod (2011-09-17)

Keep getting: ISDX_ERR_BADWINDOWSVERSION error

ajoan (2012-01-04)

I wasn't able to install Creatures 1 either Dosgod, i'm trying to install 3 now on a visa machine...here's hoping!

ajoan (2012-01-05)

manged to get creatures 3 installed, but 1 n 2 getting the above error from Dosgod, any suggestions?

zmthall (2012-04-19)

If you are having problems downloading creatures 1 or 2 on windows 7 i have an easy solution:
Its actually very simple playing with the compatibility a bit i figured it out ok so here we go!
*ONE THING TO NOTE*
If your on vista or windows 7 i would suggest that you make a new folder in your C: drive (or whatever your main drive is) named Program before even starting the installation of Creatures 1 or 2, i seemed to have had a bit of complications after installing, with installing the updates but once i did that and installed into Program instead of Program Files it worked wonderfully.
Creatures 1:
Okay first thing you need to do is go into computer and go to the mounted iso you have, that would be located underneath Devices with removable storage, once found right click it and click open (you should know how to find this)
Don't use the creatures setup inside the main folder on the Creatures iso that has the buttons that you install all three of them with, instead go up to the subfolder Creatures 1, once inside the creatures 1 folder locate SETUP.exe (its the .exe with the bluish computer screen for an icon image) after you find Setup.exe right click it and click properties. After you click properties click compatibility (for people that cannot find it it is on the list right above, that includes: General, security, shortcut, etc.) after clicking compatibility the first thing you want to do is make sure that you have the Setup.exe checked to be ran as administrator (this applies to both windows 7 and windows vista). After you have it set to run as administrator then you need to go up to the top under "Help me choose this setting" and "Compatibility mode" and check the box. After you check the box the drop down selection box should now let you browse and see, just click that and change the compatibility to Windows 2000 and your done. After that click apply and ok and then double click Setup.exe and go through the installation like normal.
Creatures 2:
Creatures 2 is pretty much the same deal the only difference is that you don't go to the creatures 1 subfolder you go to the creatures 2 one, make sure you take that note about saving it into a folder under your C: drive called Program (It would look like this location wise: C:ProgramCreatures 1)
If you have other issues try downloading an up to date Directx and see if that resolves it if not then i don't know what to tell you, what i wrote above worked for me when installing the game on windows 7.
Good luck and please seed :) Have fun playing the Creatures Trilogy, also if you are having complications installing why not buy the game? With my instructions above you can try it out, but if you like the game truly just buy it.