Spore
Create your own personal universe and guide your unique creatures on epic journeys of discovery with Spore. Made up of five games, each corresponding to a stage of evolution, every stage of Spore presents different challenges and goals for would-be deities.
- See your universe evolve from microscopic to macrocosmic
- Guide your creatures through generations
- Explore other players’ galaxies
- Share your creations with the world
Please note: This is an English language product.
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Overview
Spore is your own personal universe from “The Sims" creator Will Wright and Electronic Arts. You can create and evolve life, establish tribes, build civilisations, sculpt worlds and explore the cosmos.
Made up of five games, each corresponding to a stage of evolution: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilisation, and Space, every stage of Spore presents different challenges and goals for you and your creatures.
Rule your own universe
From tide pool amoebas to thriving civilisations to intergalactic starships, everything is in your hands. Evolve your creatures through five phases of evolution: Cell, Creature, Tribe, Civilisation, and Space.
Decide the fate of your civilisation
It’s survival of the funnest as your choices reverberate through generations and ultimately decide the fate of your civilisation. Will your creature rule the universe, or will your beloved planet be blasted to smithereens by a superior alien race?
Share with the World
Everything you make is shared with other players online and vice versa, providing tons of cool creatures to meet and cool places to visit.
Features
- Build your creature using easy drag-and-drop parts
- Paint with unique colours and patterns and make your creature stand out in a crowd
- Watch your universe develop from microscopic to macrocosmic
- Lead your creatures through five phases of evolution
- Explore other players galaxies online
- Share your creations with the world
Did you notice?
- You can share your creations with the world online.
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Budding demi-gods and fans of the Sims game series, watch your universe develop and flourish.
System requirements
Mac
Spore requires at least the following:- Mac OS X 10.5.3 Leopard or higher
- Intel Core Duo Processor
- 1024 MB RAM
- ATI X1600 or NVidia 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM, or Intel Integrated GMA X3100
- At least 4.7GB of hard drive space for installation, plus additional space for creations.
This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems (PowerMac).
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:- Intel Integrated Chipset GMA X3100
- Dual 2.0GHz CPUs, or 1.7GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
Supported Video Cards:
ATI Radeon(TM) series X1600, X1900, HD 2400, HD 2600
NVIDIA GeForce series 7300, 7600, 8600, 8800
- Intel(R) Extreme Graphics GMA X3100
- This game will not run on the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.
Install space subject to change.
Most Useful Reviews
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Spore
WARNING: Will Only Run With Administrator Rights!
Written by DG from Bury St. Edmunds
Sep 11, 2008
I've just finished an email conversation with EA support and they tell me (and I've confirmed it) that SPORE will ONLY run on a Mac if you login as a user with Administrator privileges. This is such an obviously bad idea that I can't quite work out what EA are playing at frankly - I would only use an Administrator account to do system admin work, never for day-to-day use so I'm now trying to get a refund from EA :-(
Just utter madnes!
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Spore
amazing game
Written by RP from Reading
Sep 12, 2008
I love this game. It's fresh and different to a lot of games on the market. You start life as a single-celled lifeform and evolve from the sea to the land to the stars! The graphics are brilliant and the imagination behind this is inspiring. The variety of different forms of creatures are almost endless.
I know that EA have copy-protected this game, which a lot of people don't like but but my review is about the game itself and it deserves 5 stars. …More70 of 89 people found this useful
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Spore
Superb Game
Written by AW from Chester
Sep 18, 2008
Superb game, though its only £30 in game and spore runs on pc and mac
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Most Recent Reviews
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Spore
Good on PC Bad on a MAC
Written by AJ from BARNSLEY
May 25, 2009
I tried this game on OSX to begin with and it was really laggy even on LOW settings. I then uninstalled, booted to bootcamp xp and installed on windows xp. This game on the PC runs really well (30fps average on macbook pro).
Also the game comes with ONLY THREE activations. This means you can only install this on 3 different computers. This game also requires the internet even though the game is a single player.
Avoid if a mac user, try if a PC user. …More9 of 16 people found this useful
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Spore
Be Prepared...
Written by JC from Manchester
May 24, 2009
Spore is the latest zany creation to come from Maxis - otherwise known as 'those people who made The Sims'. Not only did this people make The Sims, they also came up with SimCity, allowing you to control not only a family's life, but a city's life. So obviously, their God-Complex not being fulfilled, they've made Spore so now you can conquer planets... and control their lives too.
The gameplay is fairly intuitive, allowing not only the hardcore gamers to understand it, but new players too. The cartoony creations or aliens you make are surprisingly comical, and allow it to be used safely within the family and means that its good for children and adults alike.
However, be prepared for EA's new strict piracy control. The DRM within this title is strangling, and can be fairly noticeable. For starters, people have complained that you do need to be on a administrator account and that you can only install the game on up to 3 computers, and does require constant verification when used online (Which will be often seeing that most of the content is downloadable).
The game can be played offline, but online usage is definently a must have.
In conclusion, a great game to have, but the DRM is a problem that needs to be rectified. …More10 of 12 people found this useful
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Spore
Buggy!
Written by PV from Brighton
Apr 23, 2009
Reasons not to buy:
1. Crashes all the time.
2. EA only interested in releasing patches for the Windows version (even though the Mac version is actually a Windows app running under some virtualisation system)
3. Ludicrously restrictive DRM (which they have now removed in the Windows version, but not the Mac - see 2 above)
4. Almost impossible to launch on a 3GHz iMac (requires much force-quitting to finally persuade it to run) (see 2 above) …More17 of 30 people found this useful
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