Bio Menace
1993 video game
Bio Menace is a 1993 game developed and published by Apogee Software for MS-DOS. A 2D multidirectional scrolling platform game, it was built on a licensed version of id Software's Commander Keen game engine. Apart from the engine and music, all in-game content was created by the game's designer, Jim Norwood. In 2014, the game was re-released on Steam, and in 2015 on GOG.com with support for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. A remastered version was released on Steam and GOG.com in December 2025.
The player controls Snake Logan, a top CIA operative. Upon receiving reports of Metro City being invaded by mutants, Logan is ordered to fly recon over the city. However, after crash landing in Metro City, Logan is forced to complete his mission on foot.
Gameplay
The object of the game is to lead the main character Snake Logan to the exit of each level. In most cases the exit is blocked off by an energy field which will kill Snake instantly if he touches it, and must be turned off with either a keycard obtained when rescuing the level's hostage or a crystal shard acquired by killing the level's boss, depending on the level.
As is typical of the run and gun genre, the player character can walk, jump, shoot, and crouch.
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