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Revision as of 06:33, 6 March 2023

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Alien Blast: The Encounter
Alien Blast: The Encounter cover
Developers
Made by Kiddies
Publishers
Strategy First
Release dates
Windows February 9, 2004
Reception
Metacritic 41
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer

Alien Blast: The Encounter is a singleplayer and multiplayer game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Windows

Essential improvements

Patches

Patch v1.3 updates the game to the latest version.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows

Save game data location

System Location
Windows

Video

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
4
Online play
4

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Self-hosting
Direct IP
Maximum length of 10 characters for IP addresses.

Issues fixed

Corrupted graphics

Use dgVoodoo 2[1]

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 7
DirectDraw 7
Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows

Middleware

No middleware information; you can edit this page to add it.

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) 98
Processor (CPU) 500 MHz cpu
System memory (RAM) 128MB (512k swap space)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 110MB free hard drive space
Video card (GPU) 32 MB Direct 3D compatible video card


References

  1. Verified by User:Demon272481 on 2023-03-06