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Species choice

Other (objects, etc.) concept

Player can choose the species of the main character.

165
games
29
platforms
The Elder Scrolls: Arena (MS-DOS)
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
DOS 1994-07
Heirs to Skull Crag (Macintosh OS Classic)
Heirs to Skull Crag
MAC 1993-05
ArcheAge (Windows)
ArcheAge
WIN 2013-01
Legend of Grimrock II (Windows)
Legend of Grimrock II
WIN 2014-10-15
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Windows)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
WIN 2011-11-11
Dragon Age: Origins (Windows)
Dragon Age: Origins
WIN 2009-10-23
Wizardry Gold (Windows)
Wizardry Gold
WIN 1996-05-31
Desktop Dungeons (Windows)
Desktop Dungeons
WIN 2010
Space Rangers (Windows)
Space Rangers
WIN 2002
Forsaken World (Windows)
Forsaken World
WIN 2011-03-22
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Windows)
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
WIN 2012-02-07
Wizards & Warriors (Windows)
Wizards & Warriors
WIN 2000
See also: race choice.
This also includes "race" choice for games that do the scifi/fantasy error of calling species as races (though they also often allow interbreeding between every species as well). Generally races (caucasian, asian, etc.) aren't applicable.

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Parent group

Character creation

Games by year

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The first Species choice video game was released in 1983.

Atari, SSI and Beamdog published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 62
Linux 28
MS-DOS 13
Mac OS X 12
X360 6
Internet Only 6
PS3 5
Mac OS Classic 5
Tandy Coco 2
Apple II E 2
OS/2 2
BeOS 2
C64 2
Xbox One 2
BSD 2
Saturn 1
PS 1
Pandora 1
iOS 1
Mega Drive 1
PS4 1
NEC PC9801 1
GamePark 32 1
PS Vita 1
NeXT 1
Xbox 1
Unix 1
Win3.1 1
Amiga 1

Most common companies

Atari9
SSI9
Beamdog9
Bethesda Softworks8
Almost Human Games6
Activision5
Digital Extremes4
Paradox Interactive3
NIS America3
QCF Design3
BioWare3
EA Partners3
Windham Classics3
Sir-Tech2
Data East2