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Species choice

Other (objects, etc.) concept

29

platforms

Player can choose the species of the main character.

Notable people involved: Ralph Thomas 'Cooksey', Ron Calonje, George Alistair Sanger, James Ohlen and Rob Bartel

Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant (MS-DOS)

Wizardry VII: Crusaders of the Dark Savant

Neverwinter Nights 2 (Mac OS X)

Neverwinter Nights 2

OSX 2008-05

Wizardry 8 (Windows)

WIN 2001-11-15

Destiny (PlayStation 3)

PS3 2014-09-09

Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol (Windows 3.1)

Mordor: The Depths of Dejenol

Dekaron (Windows)

Pillars of Eternity (Windows)

Pillars of Eternity

WIN 2015-03-26

Harbinger (Windows)

WIN 2003-02-25

Nahlakh (MS-DOS)

DOS 1994-07

Below the Root (Apple II E)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Xbox 360)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

X360 2011-11-11

Wizards & Warriors (Windows)

Wizards & Warriors

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.

Parent group

Character creation

Games by year

The first Species choice video game was released in 1983.

SSI, Beamdog, Atari and Bethesda Softworks published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows	62
Linux	28
MS-DOS	13
Mac OS X	12
X360	6
Internet Only	6
Mac OS Classic	5
PS3	5
Apple II E	2
OS/2	2
BeOS	2
C64	2
Xbox One	2
BSD	2
Tandy Coco	2
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
Saturn	1
PS	1

Most common companies

Atari	11
SSI	9
Beamdog	9
Bethesda Softworks	8
Almost Human Games	6
Activision	5
Digital Extremes	4
Paradox Interactive	3
Black Isle Studios	3
Windham Classics	3
NIS America	3
Interplay	3
BioWare	3
QCF Design	3
EA Partners	3