Alien Breed: Tower Assault
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Developers | |
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Team17 | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1994 |
Windows (DOSBox) | January 10, 2012[1] |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase |
Microtransactions | None |
Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Top-down view |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Shooter |
Themes | Sci-fi |
Series | Alien Breed |
Alien Breed | |
---|---|
Alien Breed | 1993 |
Alien Breed: Tower Assault | 1994 |
Alien Breed: Impact | 2010 |
Alien Breed 2: Assault | 2010 |
Alien Breed 3: Descent | 2010 |
Alien Breed: Tower Assault is a singleplayer and multiplayer top-down view action and shooter game in the Alien Breed series.
General information
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Use DOSBox. | |||
GOG.com | Bundled together with Alien Breed. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[2] |
- On the GOG.com version, the copy protection has been bypassed. Type anything and press ↵ Enter to start the game.
- A demo is available.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\tower\ta.cfg |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | <path-to-game>\tower\highscores.dat |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
- This game does not support saving (
highscores.dat
contains high scores).
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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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
- Use Space ␣ in order to use the Action Button, which can be used to selected items in the main menus and attack.
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 | ||
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
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 | Go to <path-to-game>\tower\ and open ta.cfg . |
|
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 |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 2 | Co-op |
||
LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes |
System requirements
DOS | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 4.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | 80386SX | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | XP, Vista, 7, 8 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1.8 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 200 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
References
- ↑ New Release: Alien Breed + Alien Breed: Tower Assault ● GOG.com - last accessed on 9 June 2023
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023