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/ Genres / Action / Evolution / Play in browser

Evolution - Play Online

PC Booter - 1983
Also available on: Apple II - ColecoVision - Commodore 64

For small DOS games like Evolution, you can play online immediately with your browser (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera...). This feature is experimental, the game may not work properly.

Warning: game save should work, but you should try it early! Also, be careful to select the right game executable in the list above.

Comments and reviews

SpaceShot 28 Mar. 2021

I played this game back in the day from a floppy diskette. I don't think I remember how to play each minigame, and you have to slow it WAY down for a modern machine. Don't overdo it... it should feel like a moderately well-paced classic arcade game... but not too slow... you'll know if you made it too slow.

The controls are A and Z for up and down and K and L for left and right, but it's not THAT simple. When you control the amoeba you'll see what I mean in that each button press changes the direction it is moving. It is not a straightforward joystick. You'll get it, but it's really ha to explain.

Spacebar often controls whatever special ability the creature has. The Amoeba can become immune to the white chasers for a short time. The tadpole jumps, handy to get over fish or reach for flies. The rodent drops poison. And... I forget the rest.. but maybe as I advance in this game I'll remember.

It's a simple little game, but quite challenging and very random. I played it hours upon hours as a kid. Good luck!

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freakedenough 11 Aug. 2017

This website should add manuals or "how to control the game" sections. Really hard to figure that out sometimes.

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