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Revision as of 04:04, 7 August 2018

Alien Trilogy
Alien Trilogy cover
Developers
Probe Entertainment
Publishers
Acclaim Entertainment
Release dates
DOS November 30, 1996
Alien Trilogy guide on StrategyWiki
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

Cutscenes and level music are stored on the CD rather than in the game files.
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 settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

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.

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

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

Template:Audio settings

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