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In the meanwhile, BioMenace Remastered is still being updated. From Niko (yesterday):

Update 1.0.10 is now live on Steam and GOG!

Added a new bonus level by Roobar, new winter themed tiles for use in the level editor, and a few fixes.

Full release notes:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ...

As 2025 is approaching its very end in some time zones and it's already 2026 in other time zones:

From what I've seen, self-nominations are allowed, so I guess it's the time now (as part of a team).
It might not exactly be a Commander Keen game or the usual Keen mod, but it's still based on Keen ...

Myrgharok (TheUltimateDoomer666) has published a video with the new soundtrack via YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf83MSMqLGQ

Audio files have been made available for download for free from Bandcamp. It further looks like you may choose a price: https://myrgharok.bandcamp.com/album ...

Only about 21 hours left for the game's planned release time!

Expect a stream with Niko and Bart to start about an hour later, including a look at episode 4 and a chance to win a Steam key!

Two stream links from different YouTube channels follow.

Stream on the Rigel Gameworks channel: https://www ...

Haven't gotten to building any executable, but as usual, that is an important milestone.

I've been in contact with K1n9_Duk3 recently, mostly with relation to BioMenace Remastered testing. I've also been aware of the plan to update the reconstructed BioMenace sources, with my feedbacks having their ...

While work on BioMenace Remastered's upcoming release is getting closer to completion, I was checking old audio files from the DOS versions. Turns out two sounds (mostly noticeable for the acid dripping sound) have a few variations across the episodes. Additionally, there's an APOGEESND playing in ...

Only 2 weeks left before the planned release date!

Episode 4's new bosses are fully implemented now. All contents are in a very close to complete state, but more tweaks are still being done, based in part on input from testers.

In addition to the planned release on Steam, it is also known by now ...

Quoting Niko from about 3 days ago, more-or-less:

We're now ready to announce the exact release date for BioMenace Remastered: 18 December! Time to get started on your mullet and look for some jeans and green shirt, so you'll be ready to save Metro City!

And here's another dev log with some new ...

As the release is getting even closer, a new blog post is available from Niko now. Currently, the primary focus is completing the implementation of episode 4's new bosses. Further discussed is the level editor:

https://lethalguitar.wordpress.com/2025 ... dev-log-2/

The BioMenace Remastered Demo should be featured on Steam Next Fest atm: https://store.steampowered.com/sale/nextfest

As a reminder, version 2.0 of the demo was released earlier in this month. I'll further quote Niko again:

As we're getting closer to release with BioMenace Remastered, we want to ...

This Bio Menace mod is very nice.
But these playable levels, did you already design them all back in 2012, or did you create them recently?


Thanks for showing interest and having a look!

All of the new levels were made in 2025. Except for one, the levels were constructed after Bart made me ...

Hi all,

While I found myself getting involved in BioMenace Remastered during this year, I was also working on a BM1 (DOS) level pack back in 2011-2012. It was named "Mangle is back from the dead" as of 2012.

Here's a link to the May 2012 release thread: https://pckf.com/viewtopic.php?t=2380
An ...

Quoting Niko from about two days ago:

We're participating in the upcoming Steam Next Fest starting October 13, and we've just released a big update for the demo in preparation! Including brand new bonus levels, per-pixel hit detection, a kill streak system, and many many improvements and fixes ...

Today is BioMenace (Bio Menace) DOS v1.0's 32nd anniversary, which looks like a good opportunity for the following post.

About 16 days ago, within the Rigel Gameworks Discord server, Dark of the PCKF linked to a copy of a May 1993 slide show for the game. Bart (Dosgamert) replied with a screenshot ...

I've thought a separate thread may be created for occasional general posts related to BioMenace / Bio Menace. Other threads were created beforehand, but this could maybe be used for general technical bits, if not just general BM discussions not already covered elsewhere (like the remaster.)

If it's ...