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{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1994}}
 
{{Infobox game/row/date|DOS|1994}}
 
|steam appid  =  
 
|steam appid  =  
|gogcom page  =  
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|gogcom id    =
|wikipedia    = Alien_Legacy
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|strategywiki =
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|mobygames    = alien-legacy
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|wikipedia    = Alien Legacy
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|winehq      = 4799
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|license      = commercial
 
}}
 
}}
 
'''General information'''
 
{{mm}} [http://www.mobygames.com/game/alien-legacy MobyGames entry]
 
  
 
==Availability==
 
==Availability==
 
{{Availability|
 
{{Availability|
{{Availability/row| Retail | | unknown |}}
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{{Availability/row| Retail | | disc | | | DOS }}
{{Availability/row| Amazon | B0002S50O6 | unknown |}}
 
 
}}
 
}}
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===Version differences===
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{{ii}} The CD-ROM version has digitized voices.
  
 
==Game data==
 
==Game data==
===Configuration file(s) location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data/row|DOS|{{p|game}}}}
 
}}
 
 
 
===Save game data location===
 
===Save game data location===
 
{{Game data|
 
{{Game data|
{{Game data/row|DOS|{{p|game}}\SAVES}}
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{{Game data/saves|DOS|{{p|game}}\SAVES}}
 
}}
 
}}
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{{ii}} In-game settings are stored in each save file rather than shared.
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{{ii}} 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.<ref>{{Refcheck|user=Garrett|date=June 6, 2020|comment=From {{file|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."}}</ref>
  
==Video settings==
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==Video==
[[File:Alien Legacy Options.png|290px|right|thumb|In-game options menu.]]
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{{Image|Alien Legacy Options.png|In-game options menu.}}
{{Video settings
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{{Video
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|wsgf link                  =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
 
|widescreen wsgf award      =  
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|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov                        = n/a
 
|fov notes                  =  
 
|fov notes                  =  
|windowed                  = true
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|windowed                  = false
|windowed notes            = Toggle with {{key|Alt|Enter}} (when using [[DOSBox]]).
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|windowed notes            =  
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed        = false
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
 
|borderless windowed notes  =  
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|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync                      = false
 
|vsync notes                =  
 
|vsync notes                =  
|oculus rift                = unknown
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|60 fps                    = unknown
|oculus rift notes         =  
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|60 fps notes               =  
|high frame rate            = false
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|120 fps                    = false
|high frame rate notes     =  
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|120 fps notes             =
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|hdr                        = unknown
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|hdr notes                  =  
 
|color blind                = unknown
 
|color blind                = unknown
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
|color blind notes          =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Input settings==
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==Input==
{{Input settings
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{{Input
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap                = false
 
|key remap notes          =  
 
|key remap notes          =  
|acceleration option      = na
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|acceleration option      = n/a
 
|acceleration option notes =  
 
|acceleration option notes =  
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|mouse sensitivity        = unknown
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|mouse sensitivity notes  =
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu                = true
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
 
|mouse menu notes          =  
|invert mouse y-axis      = na
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|invert mouse y-axis      = n/a
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
 
|invert mouse y-axis notes =  
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|touchscreen              = unknown
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|touchscreen notes        =
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support        = false
 
|controller support notes  =  
 
|controller support notes  =  
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|controller remap          = unknown
 
|controller remap          = unknown
 
|controller remap notes    =  
 
|controller remap notes    =  
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|controller sensitivity    = unknown
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|controller sensitivity notes=
 
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis  = unknown
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
 
|invert controller y-axis notes=  
|touchscreen               = unknown
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|xinput controllers        = unknown
|touchscreen notes        =  
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|xinput controllers notes  =
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|xbox prompts              = unknown
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|xbox prompts notes        =
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|impulse triggers          = unknown
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|impulse triggers notes    =
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|dualshock 4               = unknown
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|dualshock 4 notes        =
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|dualshock prompts        = unknown
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|dualshock prompts notes  =
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|light bar support        = unknown
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|light bar support notes   =
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|dualshock 4 modes         = unknown
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|dualshock 4 modes notes  =
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|tracked motion controllers= unknown
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|tracked motion controllers notes =
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|tracked motion prompts    = unknown
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|tracked motion prompts notes =
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|other controllers        = unknown
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|other controllers notes  =
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|other button prompts      = unknown
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|other button prompts notes=
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|controller hotplug        = unknown
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|controller hotplug notes  =
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|haptic feedback          = unknown
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|haptic feedback notes    =
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|simultaneous input        = unknown
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|simultaneous input notes  =
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|steam input api          = unknown
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|steam input api notes    =
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|steam hook input          = unknown
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|steam hook input notes    =
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|steam input presets      = unknown
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|steam input presets notes =
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|steam controller prompts  = unknown
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|steam controller prompts notes =
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|steam cursor detection    = unknown
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|steam cursor detection notes =  
 
}}
 
}}
  
==Audio settings==
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==Audio==
{{Audio settings
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{{Audio
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume          = false
 
|separate volume notes    =  
 
|separate volume notes    =  
|surround sound          = na
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|surround sound          = n/a
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|surround sound notes    =  
 
|subtitles                = true
 
|subtitles                = true
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|eax support              =  
 
|eax support              =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
 
|eax support notes        =  
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|red book cd audio        = false
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|red book cd audio notes  =
 
}}
 
}}
  
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  |notes    =  
 
  |notes    =  
 
  |fan      =  
 
  |fan      =  
|fan notes =
 
 
}}
 
}}
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}}
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==Other information==
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===API===
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{{API
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|direct3d versions      =
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|direct3d notes        =
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|directdraw versions    =
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|directdraw notes      =
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|opengl versions        =
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|opengl notes          =
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|glide versions        =
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|glide notes            =
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|software mode          =
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|software mode notes    =
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|mantle support        =
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|mantle support notes  =
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|metal support          =
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|metal support notes    =
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|vulkan versions        =
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|vulkan notes          =
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|dos modes              = unknown
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|dos modes notes        =
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|shader model versions  =
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|shader model notes    =
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|windows 32-bit exe    =
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|windows 64-bit exe    =
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|windows exe notes      =
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|macos 32-bit app      =
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|macos 64-bit app      =
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|macos app notes        =
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|linux 32-bit executable=
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|linux 64-bit executable=
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|linux executable notes =
 
}}
 
}}
  
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|recGPU  =  
 
|recGPU  =  
 
}}
 
}}
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{{References}}

Revision as of 04:42, 7 June 2020

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.

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

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."