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Alien Legacy

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Alien Legacy
Alien Legacy cover
Developers
Ybarra Productions
Publishers
Sierra Entertainment
Release dates
DOS 1994
Alien Legacy on MobyGames
Alien Legacy on Wikipedia

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS

Version differences

The CD-ROM version has digitized voices.

Game data

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVES
In-game settings are stored in each save file rather than shared.
The CD-ROM version supports save files from the floppy version, but saves made using the CD-ROM version are not backwards compatible with the floppy version.[1]

Video

In-game options menu.
In-game options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 386-20SX
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 7 MB
Video card (GPU) VGA


References

  1. Verified by User:Garrett on June 6, 2020
    From README for the CD-ROM version: "Old saved games from the floppy version of Alien Legacy can be used with the CD version [...] Saved games generated by the CD version should not be loaded into the floppy version because of improvements made to the game."