Bio Menace

Bio Menace is a singleplayer third-person, side view and scrolling platform, shooter and action game.

Re-released as freeware on December 23, 2005.^[5]

General information

Availability

To run correctly in DOSBox, set cycles=max and timed=false. Leave all other DOSBox settings at their defaults.^[6]

The freeware version includes a DOSBox patch; newer versions of DOSBox don't need this and it can cause problems.

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\CONFIG.BM*
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358180/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

The extension matches the episode number.

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVEGAM.BM
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
macOS (OS X)	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Linux	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/358180/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save games are SAVEGAM0.BM1 to SAVEGAM5.BM1; the extension matches the episode number.

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Options menu.

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		35 fps frame rate cap.^[7]

Key mapping.

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No cursor; mouse is used only for menu navigation.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers

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

Audio settings.

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Music can only be toggled; two volume levels for Sound Effects.
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

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Ensure you have set the DOSBox joystick timing correctly (see Run in DOSBox).

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	EGA

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to <path-to-game>/cloud_saves/ even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in the cloud_saves folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings).
↑ ^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>/358180/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (358180) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.

Developers

	Apogee Software
Release dates
DOS	August 3, 1993^[1]
Windows (DOSBox)	October 23, 2014^[2]
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox)	May 5, 2015^[3]
Linux (DOSBox)	December 21, 2015^[4]
Taxonomy
Monetization	Freeware
Modes	Singleplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Third-person, Side view, Scrolling
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Platform, Shooter, Action
Themes	Sci-fi