[1] GENETIC SPECIES was released as Volume 4 of Vulcan's MegaSeries of games.

[2] Game concept by Tommy Damskov; game ideas/storyboard by Martin Halberg; level design by Tommy Damskov and Martin Halberg.
Main coding by Per Bloksgaard; additional coding by Steffen Häuser, Aske Simon Christensen and Henrik Münther.
Main graphics by Tommy Damskov; additional gfx by Magnus Thielsen, Mark Sheeky, Bo Selmer Hansen, Jakob Eriksen, Mikkel Bo Smith and Paul Carrington; animation ideas by Martin Halberg; 3D animation/modelling by Zafar Iqbal.
Intro music by Martin Halberg and Simon Ravn; game over/outro music by Martin Halberg; CD digital audio (CDDA) music by Simon Ravn; sound FX by Martin Halberg; additional sound FX by Tommy Damskov, Paul Carrington and Lisa Tunnah; animation sound FX by Martin Halberg and Simon Ravn.
Multilanguage translations/localisations by the Amiga Translators' Organization (ATO).

[3] Min. Specifications (AGA only):

- AGA Amiga
- 68020 CPU
- 2MB chipram + 8MB fastram
- 2xCDROM drive
- HD
- AHI Audio System (manually HD installed from the game CD, Aminet or developer website / repository)

Min. Specifications (RTG only):

- OCS/ECS or AGA Amiga + gfx card (CyberGraphX/Picasso 96 supported)
- 68020 CPU
- 512K chipram + 8MB fastram
- 2xCDROM drive
- HD
- AHI Audio System (manually HD installed from the game CD, Aminet or developer website / repository)
- RTGMaster (manually HD installed from Aminet or the game CD)

Recommended Specifications:

- Amiga or DraCo/DraCo Motion
- 68030/040/060 CPU
- 512K+ chipram, extra fastram (i.e. >8MB; at least 14MB needed for 24-bit colour graphics via gfx card)
- CyberGraphX/Picasso 96 supported gfx card (for 640*XYZ screenmodes and 24-bit colour graphics)
- 4xCDROM drive or faster and/or HD (for smooth viewing of the 3D rendered intro animation)
- sound card
- AHI Audio System (manually HD installed from the game CD, Aminet or developer website / repository)
- RTGMaster (manually HD installed from Aminet or the game CD)
- RTGMaster PIP Sublibrary (manually HD installed from Aminet; required for WB window play/PIP only; Picasso IV, CyberVision64/3D or similar gfx card is needed)
- GENETIC SPECIES V4605 Engine Update (manually HD installed; required for WB window play/PIP, 24-bit colour gfx + other features/bugfixes)

[4] GENETIC SPECIES boasts a number of features including:

- coding in 100% assembly language
- full multitasking (memory permitting)
- optimised code for 68030/040/060 CPUs
- DraCo/DraCo Motion support
- single/double screen buffering (gfx card required for single screen buffering)
- 200MB 3D rendered intro animation in HAM8 mode
- fast 3D light-sourced, texture-mapped environment
- 4 huge plot-based levels that feature puzzle-solving
- 16 rendered enemies with high level artificial intelligence and a massive array of weapons
- 256 colour (AGA/RTG) or 16-bit/24-bit colour display (RTG only using GS V4605 Engine Update), high quality (1x1) pixel resolution definition, changeable window sizes for gameplay, screen promotion, NTSC/PAL/multiscan screenmode support
- WB window play/PIP (RTG only using GS V4605 Engine Update)
- sound card/Paula support via AHI
- high quality digital sound and FX with stereo surround sound
- 30 minutes of high quality, atmospheric, in-game CDDA music soundtracks inspired by Vangelis
- mouse/joystick/joypad/keyboard control
- savegames
- quit back to WB option

[5] Some goodies for GENETIC SPECIES enthusiasts, available on Aminet and previously supplied online by developer Marble Eyes, are available for download below:

- GENETIC SPECIES (Official Troubleshooting FAQ)
- GENETIC SPECIES (Official Language/Localisation Packs)
- GENETIC SPECIES (Official Weapons Guide)
- GENETIC SPECIES (Official Enemy Info. Database + ID Chart)
- GENETIC SPECIES (Audio Bugfix Startup Script) (dir: /game/patch/GeneticScript.lha)
- GENETIC SPECIES (CDDA soundtracks, MP3 format)

[6] ***GENETIC SPECIES (full release)*** was deemed freeware by developer Marble Eyes in 2001, and is available for download from these sources:

- GENETIC SPECIES V4605 (HD version, 100% patched, no CDDA tracks) [Source: Aminet]
- GENETIC SPECIES V4605 (HD version/AmigaCD, 100% patched, no CDDA tracks) [Sources: Face of Mars / Aminet / BTTR / EAB FTP site]
- GENETIC SPECIES V4605 (HD version/AmigaCD, 100% patched, no CDDA tracks) [Sources: Face of Mars / Aminet / BTTR / EAB FTP mirror site]
- GENETIC SPECIES V4421 (full CD version incl. CDDA tracks) [Source: EAB FTP site]
- GENETIC SPECIES V4421 (full CD version incl. CDDA tracks) [Source: EAB FTP mirror site]
- GENETIC SPECIES V44xx/V1.00 (full CD version incl. CDDA tracks) [Source: EAB FTP site]
- GENETIC SPECIES V44xx/V1.00 (full CD version incl. CDDA tracks) [Source: EAB FTP mirror site]
- GENETIC SPECIES V44xx/V1.00 (full CD version incl. CDDA tracks) [Source: KG.WHDownload.com]


Known releases:

- V1.00 / GENETIC SPECIES V44xx Engine (03-May-98) [download HERE]
- V2.00 / GENETIC SPECIES V4418 Engine (11-Jun-98)
- Vx.xx / GENETIC SPECIES V4419 Engine (14-Jun-98)
- Vx.xx / GENETIC SPECIES V4420 Engine (1x-Jun-98)
- Vx.xx / GENETIC SPECIES V4421 Engine (17-Jun-98) [download HERE]
- Vx.xx / GENETIC SPECIES V4422 Engine (25-Jun-98)
- Vx.xx / GENETIC SPECIES V44xx Engine (23-Sep-98)
- Vx.xx / GENETIC SPECIES V4440 Engine (27-Oct-98)
- Vx.xx / GENETIC SPECIES V4605 Engine (13-May-99) [download HERE]