GOG is Good to the Creatures Games
Written onFinding working versions of the Creatures games can be a challenge, since most of the CD versions won’t work on newer operating systems. Luckily, there is one awesome site that has Creatures 1, Creatures 2, Creatures 3, Docking Station, and even Creatures Village available for sale: Good Old Games (GOG)! Today marks the start of the Big Fall Sale, with discounts on hundreds of games. These major sales usually encompass a wide variety of games, although Creatures may or may not be included. I try my best to announce discounts for our beloved games, but be sure to check in each day yourself! Regrettably, I missed out on posting about a deal on Creatures Exodus that happened last month. Yet the game got a great shoutout from Piran Jane of GOG’s Twitch stream:
Piran Jade enjoys many things. Those include 90’s cRPG, jRPGs, Hoppity Hops and Creatures Exodus. Like, a whole lot. “Creatures Exodus is THE sandbox-virtual life sim for me. You set the goals yourself, you modify the world with all the great user-created content out there, and do whatever you want. Want to breed colourful Norns? Do it. Longliving? Fighters? Illness-resistant? Go for it. Or just let the game run overnight and have a look the next day at what happened. By the way: Creating a proper biome can be just as exciting as breeding Norns. You can also breed Grendels, or Ettins, or rainbow sharks…”
What a perfect way to describe the game! Maybe Creatures will make it into a GOG Twitch stream at some point. The standard game pricing is really quite reasonable. I remember shelling out about $40 USD for each game when they were released. Even without a discount, each game bundle is just $5.99 USD, which is discounted even more when the entire series is purchased! GOG is a wonderful place to pick up many different games, old and new, although I mostly recommend it for the Creatures games. Wouldn’t want to encourage abandoning those Norns for other games. Ha ha! Enjoy playing!
Images and Quote Credited to GOG.com
Full Disclosure: I participate in the GOG affiliate program, which means that I earn a portion of sales generated from the unique links around Discover Albia. My motivation for recommending GOG is almost entirely based on their excellent customer service and policy about providing DRM-free games. Even without the affiliate program, I would still point Creatures players toward GOG for game purchases. Keep an eye out for more deals in the future!
GOG really is a great place. Without them, there’s no way I ever would have been able to get hold of the Creatures games!
I’m sure there are plenty of players who never would have been able to play Creatures without GOG… Including me! Although I have the CD versions, the last time they worked was on a Windows Vista system, and that involved a whole lot of playing around with settings and getting through some issues. So glad it’s a simple install from GOG! I’ve still heard conflicting reports about compatibility with Windows 10, but hopefully those things can be worked out so the games can continue to be introduced to new (and old) players!
Hi Jessica! What does one need to do in order to become a GOG.com affiliate, and how is it possible to embed the link images? Is it HTML?
It looks like the affiliate program link I had in the past no longer works. There are some specific terms that must be followed, which are outlined in a contract. Affiliates may use images from GOG, and there is a special code that is appended to their links. It’s all standard HTML coding, thankfully! The way you get rewarded is a little unique, and only specific sorts of sales count. If it’s something you might be interested in, I can get in touch with my affiliate contact to see if the program is still open, and if there’s someone you can contact. Hope this helps!
Sure, I’d love to get involved. :)
I’ll let you know privately how to contact them. Hope it will work out for you!