Alien Carnage

Alien Carnage
Alien Carnage	1993
Zombie Wars	1996

Alien Carnage is a singleplayer side view and scrolling platform game in the Alien Carnage series.

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

General information

Originally released as Halloween Harry.^[3]

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
Developer website
Developer website		Includes fixes not present in retail versions. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
ZOOM Platform		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.
Steam (unavailable)		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.

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

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]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358280/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

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]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358280/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

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

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
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 and 120+ FPS		48 fps frame rate cap.

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 feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

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

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

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

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	VGA	320x200

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS 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.

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]
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Side view, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform
Series	Alien Carnage