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Unnatural Selection

An evil scientist has used genetic engineering to create a race of rampaging monsters. As a fellow scientist you must take back a chain of islands by breeding your own creatures that are faster, smarter, more…

31 December 1993

Unnatural Selection is a simulator developed by Maxis, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.

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What Unnatural Selection is

Unnatural Selection is a simulator game developed by Maxis and released in 1993. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An evil scientist has used genetic engineering to create a race of rampaging monsters. As a fellow scientist you must take back a chain of islands by breeding your own creatures that are faster, smarter, more aggressive, and faster at breeding. Raise your creatures in a lab where you can mate them, examine them, and even create random mutations by introducing radiation into the environment.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction.

What it launched against

Unnatural Selection launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Unnatural Selection come out?
Unnatural Selection was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS.

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