Alien Breed: Tower Assault

General information

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Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
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.

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\tower\ta.cfg
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}

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).

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy

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

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

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

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

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.