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American McGee's Alice

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American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice cover
Developers
Rogue Entertainment
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Engines
id Tech 3
Release dates
Windows December 5, 2000
Mac OS (Classic) July 2001
macOS (OS X) July 2001
American McGee's Alice guide on StrategyWiki
American McGee's Alice on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.
American McGee's Alice
American McGee's Alice 2000
American McGee's Alice (2011) 2011
Alice: Madness Returns 2011

Key points

Updated PC remaster in 2011 adds widescreen resolution, controller support, support for newer operating systems and updated character textures.
The game doesn't install correctly on Windows 10 without a custom fix program.

General information

Alice Wiki - A wiki for the series

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
CD key
DRM: CDILLA 2 disc check.
Windows
Mac OS
macOS (OS X)
Amazon.com
Origin
Remastered version included as part of the Alice: Madness Returns Complete Collection.
Windows

Essential improvements

HD Texture Pack

This texture pack updates far more textures than the 2011 remaster
Compatible with 2011 remaster and AHK Injector

Higher-resolution:

  • Environment, object and character textures
  • Animated textures (visual effects)
  • Menu screens
  • HUD

Expanded tweaks/cheats menu

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Save game data location

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Origin

Video settings

General settings.
General settings.
Video settings.
Video settings.

Template:Video settings

Widescreen resolution

Instructions

Field of view (FOV)

Template:Fixbox/fix Use Peixoto's patch

Vertical sync (Vsync)

Instructions

High frame rate

Instructions

Input settings

2011 remaster controller screen.
2011 remaster controller screen.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
Dutch
Use the Alice Dutch Patch.
English
French
2011 remaster only
German
2011 remaster only
Italian
Spanish
2011 remaster only

VR support

Issues fixed

The game doesn't install correctly on Windows 10

The game's installer seems to skip over several files during the installation process.
Instructions

The game won't run

Instructions

The game launches in a window

The 2011 remaster doesn't retain the fullscreen setting.
Instructions
Instructions

"Archiving recursive error" freeze

Instructions

Low framerate

The game may run poorly even on modern hardware (especially the 2011 remaster)
Instructions

Can't enable A3D surround sound

Instructions

Audio issues

Instructions

Other information

API

ExecutablePPC16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 95
Processor (CPU) AMD K6-2 400 MHz
Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
System memory (RAM) 64 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 600 MB
Video card (GPU) 16 MB of VRAM
DirectX 7 compatible

References