Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life

Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life (1997)

by Crossover Technologies, Interplay Entertainment
Genres:Simulator, Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Themes:Educational
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:Evolution: The Game of Intelligent Life is a life simulation and real-time strategy computer game that allows players to experience, guide, and control evolution from an isometric view on either historical earth or on randomly generated worlds while racing against computer opponents to reach the top of the evolution chain, and gradually evolving the player's animals to reach the "grand goal of intelligent life".Show more
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user avatar@ion00user avatar@ion00
January 30, 2025
This is a very unique strategy/management/sim type of game where you take control of several species that you have to guide through the evolutionary path. The goal is to be the first player to evolve to intelligent life. HINT: the first intelligent species does not necessarily have to be H0mo Sapiens. ;) (nice censor there GOG) It's a very fun game that is almost impossible to get running nowadays. Even Windows XP struggles with it. If GOG could get their hands on it and somehow manage to get it working on modern machines it would be amazing!
user avatar@nobody1999user avatar@nobody1999
January 30, 2025
That game is very interesting and feels like simulation Sid Meier's Games . I played it a long long time ago when I was a teenager... but never understood how the game worked... but I would like to find out and experience it once again.
I absolutely LOVED this game as a kid and I would desperately like to play it again (maybe i'd even be able to understand why i was constantly losing all my little amphibian guys). I've never been able to get my copy to work on newer PCs, even wth emulators.
This game has such a interesting premise and quite good sprite art. I'd love to be able to play it easily, given even installing this on Windows XP causes issues.
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