Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure
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| Developers | |
|---|---|
| Cryo Interactive | |
| Publishers | |
| Mindscape | |
| Release dates | |
| DOS | May 25, 1995 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Microtransactions | None |
| Modes | Singleplayer |
| Perspectives | Cinematic camera |
| Controls | Point and select |
| Genres | Adventure |
| Art styles | Cartoon |
| Themes | Horror, Sci-fi |
| Series | Alien |
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| 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 |
Aliens: A Comic Book Adventure is a point and select adventure loosely based on Aliens comic book series. It was developed by French studio Cryo Interactive and published Mindscape. In the game player takes on the role of Lt. Col. Henry Hericksen an ex-Colonial Marine aboard the USS Sheridan who is now the commander of a three-man terraforming team.
The game was released for MS-DOS and Windows 95 (still utilising DOS) on May 25, 1995 generally mixed reviews.
The game currently remains unavailable for purchase with only rare second hand copies of original game being available. It is however playable on modern operating systems by using DOSBox, although increasing the amount of reserved RAM is recommended to increase the time after which the game crashes.
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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- This game is not available in digital distribution.
Essential improvements
Patches
Depending on a language 2 patches are available:
- 1.0.3 for English version of the game
- 1.0.2 for French version of the game
They can be downloaded here (or Patches Scrolls).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | C:\ALIENS.CFG C:\ALIENS1.CFG |
- Note that when using DOSBox these locations are moved to a root of disk mount point.
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| DOS | <path-to-game>\*AL95.SAV |
Save game cloud syncing
- No save game cloud syncing information; you can edit this page to add it.
Video
Input
| 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 | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| French |
Issues unresolved
Game crashes after a while
- This issue is likely caused by the game having a memory leak, as increasing the amount of available memory delays the crash. However, even with maximum memory size available for DOSBox, the game will eventually crash.
| Increase amount of available RAM[1][2] |
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Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DOS video modes | SVGA |
Command-line parameters
- Following command-line parameters have to be used with
ALIENSP2.EXEavailable for patched version of the game.
| Command line parameter | Result |
|---|---|
1 |
No timer |
2 |
Go combat mode |
3 |
No intro sequence |
n |
? |
f |
? |
j |
? |
System requirements
| DOS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | ||
| Operating system (OS) | MS-DOS 5.0 | |
| Processor (CPU) | 80486 DX2 66 | |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 MB | |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 20 KB | |
| Video card (GPU) | SVGA Vesa compatible 1 MB of VRAM |
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References
- ↑ DOSBox notes - last accessed on 2020-07-25
- ↑ Verified by User:Suicide machine on 2020-07-25