Programs, Games
& Utilities
The left-hand column shows which
programs are compatible with the
GOG.com version of creatures.
| Programs, Games & Utilities The left-hand column shows which | |
Note that some need the GOG Remastered Patch to work properly.
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Name |
Description |
Author | Version | Date | |
 | Borland Builder | An example of how to communicate with Creatures 1 or 2 via DDE. Comes with it's own source code, and a bug fix. | Ernest Julyan | 3 | November 1998 | |
 |  | Calculators | This spreadsheet contains for Attributes, Class & Nutrition. It also has a simple script classification table. | MuppetBoy | 1.0 | November 2021 |
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BoBCoB | For creating cobs, and editing
sprites easily. Includes a sprite editor and a cob packager. Download version 1.44 for Windows XP onwards made by Don. Also works for Creatures 2 objects. |
Mark Ashton Further work by Gordnorn & Rhodent |
1.30 1.44 | July 2003 |
| BobTweak | I cannot get these to work, they might well be for C2, please let me know if you can get them to work. | ? | May 1999 | |||
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| | Coblist | This program will check all .cob objects in it's directory and sub directories and extract the script numbers into a text file report. | Eric Leif | 1.1 | July 1997 |
| | Gene Loom | A genetic manipulator that works for all games. More information here. | LisDude | 1.3.0 | December 2025 |
| | Contortioner | An easier wy to fix all sprite positions in breeds. Works for the .ATT files of all creature games. Mac version on their site here | 0.0.7 | June 2026 | |
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BORG | Cheat engine for Creatures. Allows for multiple instances of the game to run, injections of any chemical, exporting the grendel, creature scan and also does a few other things. | Alexander Laemmle |
1.01 | May 1997 |
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Creatures Genetic Manipulator | Creates creatures or eggs by either
crossing two genomes or cloning. But does not produce mutations. |
0.1 | January 1998 |
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Creatures
Object Editor (TransBORG) |
A more advanced program related to
BORG, though does not have the various injectors |
1.5 | September 1997 |
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|  | Creatures Commander | For Creatures 1 or 2 that will run scripts in the game, allowing you to test scripts before adding them to cobs, amongst a great many other things. | Ernest Julyan | 1.0 | November 1998 |
| Creatures Life Saver | Apparently this program is for backing up files in case the game, or your computer crashes whilst playing. | Stefan Kuske | 0.2 | November 1997 | |
| Creatures Object Source Assistant (COSA) | An aid to making cobs, including vendors, infusions, food and toys. | Jérémie Lumbroso | 1.02 | September 1997 | |
|  | Creatures Editor | Allows you to alter genomes,
cobs, sprites & many other aspects of the game. Includes the vcl30.dpl file it requires to run. This is a fantastic program, highly recommended. | Daniel Silverstone | 3.2 | August 1998 |
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ChemMonitor | Allows you to examine the
chemicals in a target creature's bloodstream, also allows you to inject any amount of any chemical. |
Sandra (Slink) |
1.4 | September 1998 |
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Digital DNA Analyser | Analyse and compare the dDNA of creatures and
look for mutations |
1.2 | ||
| Colors | Adds SPR files together making a third file. | 1.0 | August 1997 | ||
| AddSPR | Scans a genome and displays the value of it's pigment genes | 1.1 | |||
| GEL | A genetic editor for Creatures and Creatures 2, the zip contains an update for NT/2k/XP/onwards made by GreenReaper. | Mike Raiford | 1.0.1 | June 2005 | |
 | BMP to SPR | For converting between .BMP and .SPR file formats. | Lee Gaiteri (LummoxJR) | 1.1 | March 1998 | |
| CobCom | An easy way to create cobs. | 1.02 | August 1997 | ||
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GenCompare | Compares any two .gen files,
showing all differences except deletions. |
1.01 | January 1998 |
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Makes images of creatures in any pose from their image files. | 2.02 | ||||
| | Norn Pose C2 | Same as above but for C2, which can be used for C1 breeds as they are found in that game. | 1.02 | September 1998 | |
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Genome Editor CJ | An excellent program for creating or editing .gen files for Creatures or Creatures 2. | CJ | 1.2 | January 1999 |
| Norn Expert | Aids sorting .exp files by displaying the birthday, genetics, sprites, biochemistry and diseases of the creature in the file. I added an English translation to the readme. | Creatures Unlimited Team | 2.96 | December 2001 | |
 | Norn Name | I'm not exactly sure what this program does as it is all in german! However it seems to name norns automatically for you. | David | 4.4 | June 2001 | |
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Norn History | Shows norn's genealogy, it can
also create eggs from any registered creatures. |
Vikram Madan |
1.1 | April 1999 |
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|  | Norn Family Tree | Loads your norn data from your Registry file, showing family relationships and Owner's kit data. | Ricardo J. Méndez | 2.0 | February 1998 |
| Norn Family | MeineNorn-Familie. Shows norn's genealogy. | Elisabeth Witek | 1.2 | November 1999 | |
|  | Smart Scriptorium Extractor | It can extract a copy of all scripts in your world. Useful to look at the original scripting and for cob making. | The Lone Shee | 1 ? | May 2015 |
| | Tricorder | Works in Creatures or Creatures 2, it must be put in the game's main directory. When running alongside the game, it will give you information on cobs your pointer is touching. | 1 ? | June 2015 | |
|  | Spritist | Image editing for all relevant formats: SPR, S16, C16, GIF, PNG. | Sarah Gould (Moonlite) | 1 ? | August 2022 |
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Sprite Builder | Allows you to view, edit and convert image files. (.S16 and C.16) between Creatures 2, 3 and DS. This is helpful for converting between games. A better way to start making sprite files. |
Cyberlife | 1.44 | September 1999 |
|  | One Stop Sprite Workshop | Allows you to view, edit and convert image files (SPR and .S16) from Creatures and Creatures 2. | 1.1 | February 1999 | |
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Wolfling Monitor | Scan for health of all creatures. Inseminate females or create new norns. Also allows for automatic naming, export. I added a .pdf version of the website's documentation. | BRF |
1.4.2 | November 1999 |
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 | Zeus | Helps you to make cobs/agents for the first three Creatures games. Also helps in making metarooms and creatures. As it is in beta, not all features function. | Fuzzie | Beta 14a | July 2001 | |
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 | Quest for the Ancient Shee | A very short text adventure, with a handful of rooms. | Alex Watson | 4 | December 2000 | |
| Creatures 0 | A precursor DOS version of Creatures, more like an RPG, not quite complete, see this article for information. | Steve Grand | - | March 1994 | |
 | Virtual Pet Creature | This is a desktop grendellike the one from Creatures 2, compatible with Windows as late as 7. See this page for information. | Robert John Bolt | 4.7 | October 2000 | |