Alien Carnage

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Alien Carnage
Alien Carnage	1993
Zombie Wars	1996

Key points

Originally released as Halloween Harry.^[3]

Re-released as freeware on May 24, 2007.^[3]

General information

Official site

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail		Use DOSBox.
Developer website		Includes fixes not present in retail versions.

Essential improvements[edit]

Run in DOSBox[edit]

To run correctly in DOSBox, set cycles=max and timed=false. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.^[4]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\HARRY.CFG
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358280/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location[edit]

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SLOT.*
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux (Proton)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358280/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

High scores are stored in <path-to-game>\HARRY.TOP

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video settings[edit]

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		Toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (when using DOSBox).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		48 fps frame rate cap.

Input settings[edit]

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity		For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file.
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

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio settings[edit]

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost

The original release (Halloween Harry) includes a jukebox, which can be run with <path-to-game>\STUDIO.EXE.

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Issues unresolved[edit]

"Runtime error 203" level restart on death[edit]

Dying may cause this error and restart the level instead of returning to the last checkpoint.^[4]^[5]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA	320x200

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
macOS (OS X)

System requirements[edit]

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	3.3	6.0
Processor (CPU)	286	386
System memory (RAM)	640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	10 MB
Video card (GPU)	VGA

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter game data.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/358280/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358280) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

References

[DOSBox_mounted-5] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS and/or PC booter game data.

[Proton_path_note-6] 2.0 ^2.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/358280/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358280) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

[1] 3D Realms Anthology - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters

[2] News - Now Available on Steam - 3D Realms Anthology, 25% off!

[freeware-3] 3.0 ^3.1 3D Realms News: Alien Carnage Released as Freeware

[Ancient_DOS_Games-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Pixelmusement - Ancient DOS Games - Episode 173

[7] VOGONS • View topic - Odd problem with Alien Carnage

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Developers

	Interactive Binary Illusions
	SubZero Software
Publishers
	Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS	October 10, 1993
Windows (DOSBox)	October 23, 2014^[1]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	May 5, 2015^[2]

Alien Carnage

Contents

Availability[edit]

Essential improvements[edit]

Run in DOSBox[edit]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video settings[edit]

Input settings[edit]

Audio settings[edit]

Localizations

Issues unresolved[edit]

"Runtime error 203" level restart on death[edit]

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

System requirements[edit]

Notes

References