Bio Menace

[Kosta]

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Review and Download (if available) (http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/236)

[Kon-Tiki]

Woo! Biomenace. If my bros know 'bout this and they can run Dosgames on their Linux-comps (why take Linux if you can't run Dosgames on it? :rolleyes: ) they'd be here already to get it. Good job on this one :ok:

[Durak]

Never tried it, but I'm sticking with Halloween Harry for now. =) I don't think that I've ever beaten it.

[FreeFreddy]

This cheats can provide great advantage in the game, but also kill you if you use them too often, so use them wisely. :sneaky:

Super Plasma Bolt - hold down the UP-key for 2 seconds till you hear
"Charge up". Then press fire. This will cost you one hitpoint.

Fireballs - move six or seven times from left to right and then press
jump. This will cost you one hitpoint.

Shield - move six or seven times from right to left and then press
jump. You get a different colour and a shield appears. Last for a
very short time.

Invulnerability - hold down the UP-key for 2 seconds then press the
DOWN-key. You will blink and be invunvulnerable for a very short
time.

[Guest]

An absolutely great game, I highly recommend. B)

[muaddib]

Cool game, just as any Apogee platform game :).

[Doubler]

Too bad it's just the first episode; I believe I have it shareware somewhere. Still it's a great game. If anyone could upload the other episodes I'd be forever in his or her debt...

[Fluxy]

This is an awesome game that I used to play when I was younger. It was nostalgic to download it a while ago, only to find out it freezes after a while and won't run on my Windows ME system.

Le sigh.

[Martin]

This game is so awsome. It's funny, not to easy and cool in the same time.

[FreeFreddy]

Originally posted by Doubler@Oct 24 2004, 12:44 PM
Too bad it's just the first episode; I believe I have it shareware somewhere. Still it's a great game. If anyone could upload the other episodes I'd be forever in his or her debt...
I have all the three episodes, though I'm not sure if this game is abandoned... :unsure:

[Fenris]

At least it isn't available on 3D Realms Homepage any more...

Here is a Link to Apogee's FAQ. It lists all games that aren't sold anymore:
Old Apogee Games (http://www.rinkworks.com/apogee/s/3.1.2.shtml)

[FreeFreddy]

It just tells that the shareware versions are free to distribute. Nothing about the full versions... :ph34r:

[MasterP]

Haha, I remember this one too. Crazy fun.

[HighProtein]

This guy has a freak'n mullet!
I've never seen a hick make a game but I guess anything can happen LOL

[Guest]

God I used to play this game years andy1eq1`

[Indignus IV]

Man, you guys are obsessed! I got of this game within an hour. Run, jump, shoot, blow up, die, rescue, exit, win. Woop dee doo. I like the strategy games much better. You get to actually think.

:not_ok: :not_ok: :not_ok: :not_ok: :not_ok: :not_ok:

[Tom Henrik]

Data discovered that the version we had on the site was simply the Shareware version, so he took it upon himself to bring you all the FULL version.

So now you can enjoy all the episodes in the game :cheers:

[Doubler]

I knew that. In fact, I once asked for the full version. :D
Wow, finaly I'll be able to play this game in all it's glory. Thank you!
:tnx:

[Scarface]

Thanks for the full version... I want to play it so bad
gotta love his mullet :D

[Mr.Snuggles]

Im running Windows ME. I got it to run in DosBox very smooth. I also have the full version by the way. :w00t:

[Data]

updated the archive. one file went missing and a configuration file got included.

[swiss]

Originally posted by Data@Oct 18 2005, 12:52 PM
updated the archive. one file went missing and a configuration file got included.
I think that was this issue, right ?

From:xxxxx
Hallo
While playing the game "Bio Menace" the message <Critical file FILE_ID.DIZ missing or modified. If you purchased the game from Apogee simply reinstall the game. [So I did] You can call Apogee at (xxx) xxx-xxxxxx or refer to Ordering Info for more details.>

The game will not run to the next level.

Greetings

Peter

got it via the german site contact form ...

[Data]

yes that is correct.

[Scarface]

Thanks for the update. I'm going to download it again

[davy dude]

Originally posted by FreeFreddy+Oct 24 2004, 08:10 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (FreeFreddy @ Oct 24 2004, 08:10 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Doubler@Oct 24 2004, 12:44 PM
Too bad it's just the first episode; I believe I have it shareware somewhere. Still it's a great game. If anyone could upload the other episodes I'd be forever in his or her debt...
I have all the three episodes, though I'm not sure if this game is abandoned... :unsure: [/b][/quote]
:wall: it bangs my head in that i cant get episode 2 of bio but i really would b gratfull if you could tell me how to get episode to of bio menace plaese?? :tomato: :ok:

[a15drian]

Me to and the ep 3 please

[Gamefreak]

I have all three episodes...I could send them to you :ph34r:

[Data]

the current archive on the site contains all 3 episodes.
be sure to download it again if you got a while ago.

[Master MC]

The game freezes when running the game on DOSBox, but the music continues to play. Usually when encountering and/or shooting enemies. I am using the latest version of DOSBox, on Windows XP. Any tips?

[Gamefreak]

Well, first of all try to increase the emulation speed in DosBox with CTRL+F12 (CTRL+F11 decreases again). And don't play the game in Windows XP, failure is guaranteed.

[another_guest]

And if increasing the emulation speed doesn't work, try frame skipping (no idea how to do this in Dosbox itself, I use D-Fend as a front end to Dosbox).

[Master MC]

20,000 CPU cycles: the game does freeze, but less quickly. Shooting a monster now makes the game go very slowly, followed by a freezement.

[Gamefreak]

LOL, 20.000 is far too much, you don't need much more then just 8.000-9.000 for the game to run pretty fast. In fact, 20.000 would rather slow your system down again because of too high value, which it seems to do, too.

[a15drian]

Originally posted by Gamefreak@Nov 12 2005, 01:44 PM
LOL, 20.000 is far too much, you don't need much more then just 8.000-9.000 for the game to run pretty fast. In fact, 20.000 would rather slow your system down again because of too high value, which it seems to do, too.
gamefreak if you got them please send them to me please :help:

[Master MC]

I am still facing the problem (the game freezes when shooting or killing) and I consulted the help file, which says this:
If your game locks up for no apparent reason (especially when firing a weapon, or when hitting one of the purple slugs), you'll need to try adding this to your CONFIG.SYS file.

STACKS=9,128

This seemed to be the answer to my problem, but I soon discovered there is no CONFIG.SYS, only CONFIG.BM1, CONFIG.BM2 and CONFIG.BM3. Was this file deleted or altered for compatibality? Any tips?

[Data]

config.sys is a file that exists on DOS instalation.
has nothing to do with biomenace.

at the moment you can't run biomenace with dosbox.
You'd better wait till 0.64 or higher comes out as that one runs it fine.

[Gamefreak]

Actually I was able to play Bio Minace with DosBox without any problems... :eeeeeh:

[a15drian]

I finished 1 and 2 without the DosBox and it works fine so i am going to finish the 3rd i am at the Mutant Attacks and i can't pass it awww
My DosBox doesn't works on my WinXp home edition why i don't know
:cheers:

[another_guest]

Originally posted by a15drian@Nov 17 2005, 12:56 PM
My DosBox doesn't works on my WinXp home edition why i don't know
:cheers:
That's just plain weird... Do you have the right version? (latest & Dosbox for Windows, if that makes a difference)
And have you tried using D-Fend as a front end to Dosbox? Sometimes Dosbox isn't that easy to use, but with D-Fend it's a breeze :)

[Master MC]

I finished 2 episodes, but number 3 is strange; when completing level 2 or 3 the game just stops. Bah.

[Gamefreak]

Maybe the episode file is corrupted, either downloaded incorrectly or is corrupted already on this site...

[a15drian]

I don't know mine works fine and i can't pass the stinckin level MUTANT ATTACKS aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :angel:

[Master MC]

http://www.dosgames.com/biopatch.zip - this fixed the problem, now I can play with sound. Although I must say the sounds stink.

[AA]

Me and my friend used to have a camp appreciation for this game due to all the corny, perhaps over-the-top corny humour and storyline involved in this game.

I liked this one particularly due to its cyberpunk, "apocalyptic" setting (I especially liked the no man's land level in ep1 ) and variety among level (the ant's cave level in ep3 was a favorite of mine).

It also had interesting robots and mutants. Like the "pogo-bots".


Snake Logan is my hero.

[JimmyJ]

Ive got some old memories with playing the demo od this, trying those 60 second previews of episodes 2-3 ;)

[R4Z0R|W1R3]

This awesome game was crashing everytime I usedin DOS. :wall:

So I took a little pill of speed and in one day, I did what I couldn't do in a week: Set my two sound cards up to work in Win98SE & MS-DOS6 as 4 different drivers, 2WDM and 2VXD. Now on Windows, it works great! :Brain:

:Titan:

[Sebatianos]

Originally posted by R4Z0R|W1R3@Nov 20 2005, 10:56 PM
So I took a little pill of speed and in one day, I did what I couldn't do in a week
Yup. I guess it would take at least a year of daily stupidity to match up the stupidness of that one day in your life. :sick:

[R4Z0R|W1R3]

Daily? :eeeeeh:

[Sebatianos]

Taking wierd little pills rates a huge negative number on the scale of smart things to do <_<

[R4Z0R|W1R3]

Yeah.. :crazy: Let's say if rating a huge positive number of them pills, also....... :ot:
I--I'll just go try my other old games now. :cheers:

:sniper:

[a15drian]

ha ha ha ha i did it i finished it at last phew not that hard if you start right

[AngelGuard]

Yep! I've played this before and I say this is the best arcade ever! Hope 2nd part will be realised.... :ok: PLAY A LOT AND HAVE FUN!!! :ok:

[Logan]

Awesome game!

[Theowne]

Yeah, I remember playing the demo of this thing over and over, it's really fun, the visuals are pretty nice as well.

[Charly P]

It freezes always when I kill the first purple monster. Dunno what to do, I use d-fend, frameskip is on 9000, i use th biopatch. But it freezes always. Could anyone help me????

[The Fifth Horseman]

Seems like a corrupted archive. Try redownloading the game.

[Master MC]

Originally posted by Charly P@Apr 5 2006, 04:45 PM
It freezes always when I kill the first purple monster. Dunno what to do, I use d-fend, frameskip is on 9000, i use th biopatch. But it freezes always. Could anyone help me????
Hah - I can feel your pain. I had exactly the same problem.
Try re-downloading the game and make sure you use the right patch - just to be sure.
http://www.dosgames.com/biopatch.zip

[Steve Tripod]

Yeah i remember this game back in the 90's i beat the first episode in 2 hours. It i still a good and fun game to play when you get that feeling to play a retro game. Its cool that Apogee/3d realms no gives all 3 episodes because i was too and couldn't order the other episodes, and VMDSound really helps, DOSBOX is a little annoying but its still playable...and the worst part there isn't any support, why dont they freeware all the old games, their like 10 even 15 and so on old...who wants to spend the time spending money on something like that...only a knucklehead would try and call 3drealms now...hehehe...=) I'm sure someone agrees with me..

[Steve Tripod]

Yeah it crashed for me when i played in DOSBOX...best bet is to use VMD it always works when i use VMD Sound...you can get it off of dosgames.com in the utilities section..try that...

[Data]

use 0.63 with the biopatch of dosgames.
0.65 needs a different patch.
You can get from here:
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=11661

[Ism960]

I enjoyed this game many years ago any only had the shareware version looking at the other episodes I'd say that the first episode was probably the best, still its funny seeing the Purple blobs again :)

[Guest]

I remeber this game back in my elementary days.
insted of actually learning anything in our computer class we would play this game

[Vinny da Medic]

This was one of the games I remember as a kid....holy crap....it's been a long time....geezus, now I really feel old....I got it off Compu-Serve....

[Doctadeth]

3d realms offer this as a stand-alone download, all three episodes plus patch. It's certified as freeware now YAY!

I can't beat the 3rd level (ant town) in the 2nd episode, it really annoys me. Gah.

[MatCauthon]

I love biomenace. One of the greatest games ever! Never new about cheats

[catchaserguns]

I've got this game to work without it crashing. Do not use a front end for it and use Dosbox 0.72

[fuck yeah]

this was the best game when i was a young boy.
it was better then comander keen and prince of persia, that's my opinion

[roarke]

Bio Menace is free now on GOG.
http://www.gog.com/game/bio_menace