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Bio Menace

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Bio Menace
Bio Menace cover
Developers
Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS August 3, 1993[1]
Windows (DOSBox) October 23, 2014[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) May 5, 2015[3]
Linux (DOSBox) December 21, 2015[4]
Taxonomy
Monetization Freeware
Modes Singleplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Third-person, Side view, Scrolling
Controls Direct control
Genres Platform, Shooter, Action
Themes Sci-fi
Bio Menace on HowLongToBeat
Bio Menace on IGDB
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Bio Menace on Wikipedia

Bio Menace is a singleplayer third-person, side view and scrolling platform, shooter and action game.

Re-released as freeware on December 23, 2005.[5]

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS
GOG.com
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
ZOOM Platform
DRM-free
Pre-packaged with DOSBox-staging.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
Official website (unavailable)
DRM-free
Windows
Steam (unavailable)
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Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Windows
macOS (OS X)

Essential improvements

Run in DOSBox

To run correctly in DOSBox, set cycles=max and timed=false. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.[6]

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

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\CONFIG.BM*
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358180/pfx/[Note 2]
The extension matches the episode number.
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SAVEGAM*.BM*
Windows <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
macOS (OS X) <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Linux <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1]
Steam Play (Linux) <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358180/pfx/[Note 2]
Save games are SAVEGAM0.BM1 to SAVEGAM5.BM1; the extension matches the episode number.

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

Options menu.
Options menu.

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
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 and 120+ FPS
35 fps frame rate cap.[7]

Input

Key mapping.
Key mapping.

Audio

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music can only be toggled; two volume levels for Sound Effects.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
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

Issues fixed

Cursor/character moves constantly

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

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes EGA

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 3.3
Processor (CPU) 286
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 10 MB
Video card (GPU) EGA


Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
  2. 2.0 2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/358180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

  1. Bio Menace - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters - last accessed on May 2023
  2. 3D Realms Anthology - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters - last accessed on May 2023
  3. News - Now Available on Steam - 3D Realms Anthology, 25% off! - last accessed on May 2023
  4. Happy Holidays from GOG.com & Bethesda - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
  5. 3D Realms News: Bio Menace released as freeware! - last accessed on May 2023
  6. Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 78: Bio Menace
  7. Verified by User:Quiet Bob on September 3, 2019