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Kosta 09-10-2004 12:18 PM

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)

Kon-Tiki 09-10-2004 01:12 PM

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 09-10-2004 03:24 PM

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

FreeFreddy 09-10-2004 04:50 PM

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 10-10-2004 06:12 PM

An absolutely great game, I highly recommend. B)

muaddib 21-10-2004 07:21 AM

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

Doubler 24-10-2004 10:44 AM

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 24-10-2004 11:36 AM

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 24-10-2004 11:38 AM

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

FreeFreddy 24-10-2004 08:10 PM

Quote:

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 24-10-2004 08:18 PM

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

FreeFreddy 24-10-2004 08:54 PM

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

MasterP 31-10-2004 02:19 AM

Haha, I remember this one too. Crazy fun.

HighProtein 30-12-2004 02:32 AM

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

Guest 25-04-2005 01:38 PM

God I used to play this game years andy1eq1`

Indignus IV 29-05-2005 08:02 PM

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 13-09-2005 08:33 PM

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 13-09-2005 08:47 PM

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 13-09-2005 08:54 PM

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

Mr.Snuggles 18-10-2005 12:21 PM

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

Data 18-10-2005 12:52 PM

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

swiss 18-10-2005 06:00 PM

Quote:

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 ?

Quote:

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 18-10-2005 06:14 PM

yes that is correct.

Scarface 19-10-2005 12:07 AM

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

davy dude 30-10-2005 01:26 PM

Quote:

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 08-11-2005 11:39 AM

Me to and the ep 3 please

Gamefreak 08-11-2005 11:59 AM

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

Data 08-11-2005 01:59 PM

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

Master MC 11-11-2005 11:34 PM

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 12-11-2005 08:42 AM

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 12-11-2005 09:38 AM

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 12-11-2005 10:18 AM

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 12-11-2005 11:44 AM

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 15-11-2005 09:35 AM

Quote:

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 16-11-2005 05:26 PM

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 16-11-2005 07:18 PM

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 17-11-2005 06:16 AM

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

a15drian 17-11-2005 11:56 AM

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 17-11-2005 12:55 PM

Quote:

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 17-11-2005 03:33 PM

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

Gamefreak 17-11-2005 03:44 PM

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

a15drian 18-11-2005 09:13 AM

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

Master MC 18-11-2005 11:15 PM

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

AA 19-11-2005 10:49 PM

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 19-11-2005 11:01 PM

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

R4Z0R|W1R3 20-11-2005 07:56 PM

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 20-11-2005 08:05 PM

Quote:

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 20-11-2005 08:07 PM

Daily? :eeeeeh:

Sebatianos 20-11-2005 08:08 PM

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

R4Z0R|W1R3 20-11-2005 08:14 PM

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 08-12-2005 12:40 PM

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

AngelGuard 17-12-2005 02:36 PM

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 17-01-2006 06:45 AM

Awesome game!

Theowne 19-02-2006 09:17 PM

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 05-04-2006 02:45 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????

The Fifth Horseman 05-04-2006 03:01 PM

Seems like a corrupted archive. Try redownloading the game.

Master MC 05-04-2006 07:43 PM

Quote:

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 13-04-2006 05:55 PM

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 13-04-2006 05:57 PM

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 13-04-2006 07:40 PM

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 14-04-2006 04:45 AM

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 03-10-2006 04:28 AM

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 27-10-2006 01:37 AM

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 14-03-2007 01:05 AM

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 04-04-2007 11:52 PM

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

catchaserguns 30-12-2007 09:31 AM

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 30-12-2013 05:19 PM

best game when i was young
 
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 22-12-2015 07:20 PM

Bio Menace is free now on GOG.
Code:

http://www.gog.com/game/bio_menace


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