Unnatural Selection is a 1993 game for DOS by Maxis.

Gameplay

In the game, the player breeds mutant animals to fight battles. The game has two phases, the first is the breeding phase in which the player uses various objects and methods (food, drugs, radiation) etc. to breed the animals which will fight future battles. The second is the battle phase in which the animals are deployed on the battlefield in order to combat those of a rogue scientist.

Reception

A 1994 ''

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'' survey of strategic space games set in the year 2000 and later gave the game three-plus stars out of five, stating that it was "A different concept, ''almost'' carried off with success".

References

1993 video games Artificial life Biological simulation video games DOS games DOS-only games Maxis Sim games Video games about evolution Video games developed in the United States Video games set on fictional islands Video games scored by Howard Drossin {{videogame-stub