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Revision as of 20:47, 5 May 2015

Bio Menace
Cover image missing, please upload it
Developers
Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS August 3, 1993[1]
Windows October 23, 2014[2]
macOS (OS X) May 5, 2015[3]
Bio Menace on Wikipedia

Key points

Re-released as freeware.

General information

Steam Community Discussions
3D Realms page

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Official website
DRM-free
Freeware.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty
Steam
Icon overlay.png
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox, set cycles=max and timed=false. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.[4]

The freeware version includes a DOSBox patch; newer versions of DOSBox don't need this and it can cause problems.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358180/pfx/[Note 1]
The extension matches the episode number.

Save game data location

Template:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/rowTemplate:Game data/row
System Location
Steam Play (Linux) <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358180/pfx/[Note 1]
Save games are SAVEGAM0.BM1 to SAVEGAM5.BM1; the extension matches the episode number.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Issues fixed

Cursor/character moves constantly

Ensure you have set the DOSBox joystick timing correctly (see Run in DOSBox).

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) DOS
Processor (CPU) 286
System memory (RAM) 575k of conventional memory
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) EGA

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:

References