Bio Menace (from the English. - "Biological Threat") - a computer game in the genre of platformer , released for DOS in 1993. The game was released in two-dimensional graphics by the American company Apogee Software (later - 3D Realms). The game is based on the id Software Commander Keen game engine licensed game engine . At the same time, the rest of the game’s content was created by Jim Norwood.
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| Developer |  Apogee software |
| Publisher | Apogee software |
| Date of issue | August 3, 1993 |
| License | until December 23, 2005 : proprietary after December 23, 2005 : free |
| Genres | platformer |
| Age rating | ESRB : RP -Rating Pending |
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| Technical details | |
| Platform | Dos |
| Game engine | Commander keen game engine |
| Game modes | single user |
| Interface language | English |
| Carrier | 3½ floppy disk (first release) , digital distribution (from December 23, 2005) |
| Control | keyboard |
The player takes on the role of Snake Logan, a CIA operative . After receiving a message about the capture of MetroCity by mutants, he is sent there for reconnaissance. However, his plane crashes, and Snake is forced to carry out his mission on foot.
Gameplay
Each episode consists of 12 levels . Most levels contain a hostage who needs to be saved, or a boss who needs to be killed. Only in four cases the levels do not contain such requirements. At the levels are platforms, monsters, streamlines, water, acids, protective walls and much more. The playing time of the game is not limited.
There are three difficulty levels in the game.
Edition
The game features three episodes: Dr. Mangle's Lab, The Hidden Lab, Master Cain. During the release of the game, only the first of them was available under a free license. Sales in 2000 were discontinued due to the incompatibility of the game on the new operating systems of that time.
On December 23, 2005, 3D Realms made a “Christmas present”: it released the entire Bio Menace game under a free license, and the game itself became available on the company's website. On October 23, 2014, 3D Realms released the game as part of the 3D Realms Anthology collection [1] .
Ratings
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| Aggregator | Rating |
| Mobyrank | 62/100 [4] |
| Foreign language editions | |
| Edition | Rating |
| Aktueller Software Markt | 9/10 [5] |
| Dragon | 2 out of 5 [2] |
| IGN | 4/5 [3] |
The game was reviewed by in 1994 in Dragon magazine in the column Eye of the Monitor, where he gave her two points out of five [2] . Browser of the German PC Games magazine praised the intellectual behavior of animated rivals, the absence of jerks and fast scrolling in all directions [6] .
In a retrospective review, the Hardcore Gaming 101 site observer praised the appearance of the game, noting that thanks to the Commander Keen engine, the game does not have the annoying stiffness characteristic of the era, and management is satisfying [7] . However, he called music the weak point of the game, and that Bobby Prince, who later wrote the soundtrack for Doom , did not show his strong point here [7] .
Notes
- ↑ 3D Realms / @ 3drealms. 3D Realms Anthology - 3D Realms - Firepower Matters . 3D Realms . Date of treatment February 15, 2019. Archived May 22, 2016.
- ↑ 1 2 Petersen, Sandy. Eye of the Monitor // Dragon. - 1994 .-- February ( no. 202 ). - P. 61–65 .
- ↑ Bio Menace on IGN - Walkthrough
- ↑ MobyRank
- ↑ msu. Bio Menace (German) // Aktueller Software Markt: magazin. - Tronic Verlag, 1993 .-- November. - S. 126 .
- ↑ Ungeheuerliche Herausforderung (German) // PC Games Magazine. - 1993. - Oktober. - S. 86 .
- ↑ 1 2 JPX. Bio Menace Hardcore Gaming 101 (September 8, 2017). Date accessed February 16, 2019. Archived February 11, 2019.