Creatures (Commodore 64)

In Creatures, Clyde Radcliffe exterminates all the unfriendly, repulsive, earth-ridden slime.
The game's also not to be confused with the much later identically named but totally different Creatures on PC.

Hidden Picture#

This picture is a hidden Easter egg in both versions of the game. Instructions to view:

Disk
Insert side 1 of the disk.
Load the file "UNCLE CLYDE" (LOAD"UNCLE CLYDE",8,1 and then RUN)

Tape
Load the game as normal on Side A of the tape. Once prompted to insert side B, don't do this, instead stop the tape and reset the computer.
From here load the tape again (SHIFT + RUN/STOP). Note most online .tap versions of the game are truncated and are missing this file.

Unused Graphics#

There is an unused extra life graphic loaded into RAM. In the final game extra lives just appear as the normal Clyde sprite, without the "1-UP" text above.

Unseen Text#

The file "MENU" on side A of the disk version has the following hidden text in it:

 CLYDE RACLIFFE SAYS "GIVE 'EM SOME SHIT"

The file "LA" on side B of the disk version has the following hidden text in it:

 THIS GAME TOOK 1 WEEK AND 10,000 CALLORIES TO MASTER AND TURNED US INTO VEGETABLES. SO, IT'S THANKS TO ABLEX FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY AND SUPPORT (AND ALL THE FREE FOOD).

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