Night Creatures

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Night Creatures
System(s): TurboGrafx-16
Publisher: NEC Technologies
Developer: Manely & Associates
Supporting companies: Magic Music Company (audio)
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code US 1992-05 TGX040069

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Night Creatures is an action game for the TurboGrafx-16.

Story

The nameless protagonist has been bitten by Hecate, the Queen of Darkness, in the form of a bat and has been cursed to become a Creature of the Night. As a result, he is gradually metamorphosing into a vampire as time passes, and by dawn his transformation will be complete. In order to break the curse, he must destroy Hecate before dawn breaks, or the curse will become permanent.

Gameplay

Forms

	Man
	The player's default form, and the only one that can use weapons. Has fair jumping ability.
	Badger
	A ground-bound fighter. Has a low height and cannot jump.
	Owl
	Can fly anywhere for as long as the form lasts.
	Wolf
	Has excellent jumping ability and effective against rats and cats. Can also see Hecate's true form.
	Bear
	A very powerful fighter that is effective against almost any enemy.

Stages

	Mire
	Catacombs
	Cave
	Sky
	Moors
	Graveyard
	Village
	Darkwood
	Hecate's Den

Production credits

• Developed by: Manley and Associates
• Designed by: Dave Albert
• Programmed by: Glen Kirk
• Original Concept by: Carol Manley
• Code Support: Rick Saenz, Ivan Manley, Daniel Lucas
• Background Art: Jonathan Sposato
• Character Art: Hans Piwenitzky
• Sound: Magic Music Company
• Music Composition: Tom McMail
• No Function At All: Doug Deardorff

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Night Creatures/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

TurboGrafx-16, US
File:NightCreatures TG16 US Manual.pdf Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 c159761b MD5 e658e63f886560e9c388e2a9ee2eb349 SHA-1 16c4b43f92f5bc6c99fe84f71daff76cf1c0d0a6	512kB		Card (US)

References

Night Creatures
	Main page | Magazine articles