Alcatraz: Prison Escape
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Developers | |
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Zombie Studios | |
Publishers | |
Activision Value Publishing | |
Engines | |
LithTech Talon | |
Release dates | |
Windows | October 19, 2001 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | First-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | North America |
Warnings
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
Alcatraz: Prison Escape is a singleplayer and multiplayer first-person stealth game.
General information
- Official site - retrieved with Wayback machine from February 6, 2002.
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | SafeDisc DRM[Note 1]. Game also requires running it via a shortcut created in the desktop after installation to run it. |
- SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
- This game is not available digitally.
Essential improvements
Patches
Official
- Patch 1.01 is available here.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\autoexec.fg[Note 2] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <path-to-game>\*.sav[Note 2] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | Set a custom resolution in <path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg and use the FOV fix. |
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Multi-monitor | Setting a multimonitor resolution crops the menus too much. | ||
Ultra-widescreen | Setting a ultrawide resolution crops the menus too much. | ||
4K Ultra HD | Set 4K resolution in <path-to-game>\autoexec.cfg and use the FOV fix. |
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Field of view (FOV) | Use the FOV fix. | ||
Windowed | Start the game's shortcut with +windowed 1 parameter. |
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Borderless fullscreen windowed | Start the game's shortcut with +windowed 1 +borderless 1 parameters. |
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Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | Capped at 60 FPS. | ||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | |||
Ray tracing (RT) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio | ||
Red Book CD audio | On Windows, CD music might not play correctly; see the troubleshooting guide for solutions. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | ||||
LAN play | 12 | |||
Online play | 12 | GameSpy services have been shut down;[3] see GameSpy for workarounds. |
Connection types
Type | Native | Notes |
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Self-hosting | ||
Direct IP |
Ports
Protocol | Port(s) and/or port range(s) |
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UDP | 27888 |
- Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) support status is unknown.
Issues fixed
Jittery mouselook when mouse polling rate exceeds 125 Hz
Wrapping the old DirectInput calls into DirectInput 8 seems to fix the issue[4] |
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Starts on second monitor
Set display manually[5] |
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Notes
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Game has a 2048 pixel resolution limit
Use dgVoodoo 2[6] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 7 | [7] |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Audio | Miles Sound System | 3.0.0.0 |
Input | DirectInput | |
Cutscenes | Smacker Video Technology | |
Multiplayer | GameSpy |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | ||
System memory (RAM) | ||
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Notes
- ↑ SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).
References
- ↑ Not Loading in Windows 10; this will break thousands of - Microsoft Community - last accessed on 2017-01-16
- ↑ Microsoft - MS15-097: Description of the security update for the graphics component in Windows: September 8, 2015 - last accessed on 2018-02-16
- ↑ Pricing | GameSpy Technology
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-21
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2023-12-21
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-03-13
- ↑ Verified by User:AlphaYellow on 2024-04-05
- According to System Informer, the game loads d3dim700.dll. dgVoodoo2's traces point to Direct3D 7 (e.g: "Direct3DDevice7").