Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
Developers | |
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JAM Productions | |
Publishers | |
Apogee Software | |
Engines | |
Wolfenstein 3D engine | |
Release dates | |
DOS | December 3, 1993[1] |
Windows (DOSBox) | March 10, 2009[2] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | June 18, 2013[3] |
Linux (DOSBox) | July 24, 2014[4] |
Blake Stone | |
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Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold | 1993 |
Blake Stone: Planet Strike | 1994 |
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
- Official site
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | Floppies or CD-ROM. See run in DOSBox (retail). | |||
Official website | ||||
GOG.com | Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5] | |||
Steam | Also sold as part of The Apogee Throwback Pack. | |||
ZOOM Platform |
Essential improvements
Patches
The latest retail patch is v3.0. Digital distribution versions are already fully patched.
BStone
BStone is a native port of the engine source code with support for higher resolutions and other features. Linux users should download the hosted precompiled version if you do not wish to compile the software from source code and extract bstone bin file into the installation folder.
Skip intro videos
Use bstone with the --no_screens
command line argument.
Run in DOSBox (retail)
To run Blake Stone correctly in DOSBox change cycles=auto
to cycles=max
. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.[6]
WDC game editor
WDC supports editing maps, enemies, music and many other game features. You must start a new game for the map changes to take effect.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\CONFIG.BS6 |
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) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358190/pfx/[Note 2] |
- 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*.BS6 |
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) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358190/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
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 | Frame rate is capped at 70 FPS. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | ||
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers |
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PlayStation controllers |
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Generic/other controllers |
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Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | Dialogue is text-only (enemy taunts etc. are not subtitled). | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
Executable | PPC | 32-bit | 64-bit | ARM | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Linux | PowerPC requires the Bstone source port[7] or a PPC DOSbox installation different from that of GOG.com. |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | ||
Processor (CPU) | 386/20 | 486 |
System memory (RAM) | 528k of conventional memory | 2 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 MB | 8 MB |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | 486 |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard) or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
Notes
- ↑ 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 thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (358190) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters
- ↑ New release: Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold - GOG.com
- ↑ Mac Game Update: System Shock 2 + 10 more titles ● GOG.com
- ↑ GOG.com Now Supports Linux! - July 24, 2014
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Settings recommended by Gemini in Ancient DOS Games --- Episode 128: Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold
- ↑ FreshPorts -- games/bstone: Source port of Blake Stone - last accessed on 2021-03-26