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Revision as of 21:33, 12 January 2021

Alien Trilogy
Alien Trilogy cover
Developers
Probe Entertainment
Publishers
Acclaim Entertainment
Release dates
DOS November 30, 1996
Reception
IGDB 80
Alien Trilogy on IGDB
Alien Trilogy guide on StrategyWiki
Alien Trilogy on MobyGames
Alien Trilogy on Wikipedia
Alien
Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure 1995
Alien Trilogy 1996
Aliens Online 1998
Aliens versus Predator (series)
Aliens: Colonial Marines 2013
Alien: Isolation 2014
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2021
Aliens: Dark Descent 2023

Key points

Difficulty is set in options and not when starting a new game.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\TRILOGY.CFG

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\TRIL.SG*
10 save slots available. Game can only be saved between levels.

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
fixed 640 x 480 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)
60 FPS and 120+ FPS
Game never goes above 45 FPS

Input

In-game general control settings.
In-game general control settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game key map settings.
In-game mouse settings.
In-game mouse settings.

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
Map/Inventory button cannot be rebound away from Esc. Quick weapon selection cannot be rebound away from the number keys.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Mouse Y-axis permanently bound to moving forward/backward.
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
While it is possible to scroll through menu items and access submenus, it seems impossible to go back
Controller remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion
Controller types
XInput-compatible controllers
PlayStation controllers
Generic/other controllers
Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Digital movement supported
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

In-game audio settings.
In-game audio settings.

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Music and Sound Effects
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Red Book CD audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
Spanish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
LAN play
4
Online play
Requires DOSBox's IPX tunneling

Connection types

Type Native Notes
Matchmaking
Peer-to-peer
Dedicated
Self-hosting
Direct IP
See "Online play notes"

Issues fixed

Running the game with DOSBox

Alien Trilogy may run at ludicrous speed if launched using DOSBox's default settings.

Change core setting to normal for correct game timing[citation needed]
  1. In DOSBox's .conf file, change core=auto to core=normal.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS
Processor (CPU) 66 MHz
System memory (RAM) 8 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 MB Free
Video card (GPU) VGA
1 MB of VRAM


References