Basically Wolfenstein 3D with aliens. Controls and gameplay are identical to Wolfenstein, as this game is clearly based on the same engine. You are Blake Stone and, well, you kill aliens and other bad guys. There are 6 episodes in this game, with only the first episode playable in the shareware version.

Mission 1: Star Institute
Mission 2: Floating Fortress
Mission 3: Underground Network
Mission 4: Star Port
Mission 5: Habitat II
Mission 6: Satellite Defense

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Downloads

Complete version history:

Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold v3.0 Shareware Episode (1,495,394 bytes)	1994-11-02	DOS	Play online
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold v2.1 Shareware Episode (1,408,802 bytes)	1994-07-15	DOS
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold v2.0 Shareware Episode (1,373,318 bytes)	1994-02-11	DOS
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold v1.0 Shareware Episode (1,278,086 bytes)	1993-12-03	DOS

Patches

Availability

Apogee still sells the registered version of this game for $5.99 by download.

It can be downloaded in a Windows-compatible format from GOG for $5.99.

Cheat Codes

Customer Cheat

[J] [A] [M] [Enter] - These keys are to be pressed one at a time. When all are pressed, the message "Now you're Jammin'" appears, and you will be given all keys, and you will get 100% health. Your score will also be taken to 0. This will only work on the registered version of the game.

Debug Mode - Command Line Parameters

POWERBALL - Enables debug keys. This also requires that you hold down the left and right shift keys during the JAM Logo intro. Don't hold them down until the white letters start to appear. Once the PC-13 screen is loaded, you can let go. You will hear a "ching" sound during the intro when debug mode has been successfully enabled. The "ching" sound will only happen if you have a sound card. If you have a PC speaker, you won't hear this.
TICS - Display TIC INFO in score area.
MUSIC - Enable music test mode: [backspace] [arrows] changes music.
RADAR - Displays a rotating overhead view during gameplay. Please note that this REALLY slows the game down, to the point of being unplayable.

These cheat keys can be use during gameplay only if you invoked the program with the "powerball" parameter:

[backspace] W - Warp to level ([shift] [W] loads the default map)
[backspace] D - Player invisible (dumb objects)
[backspace] G - God mode
[backspace] I - Item cheat
[backspace] M - Memory info
[backspace] P - Pause screen
[backspace] Q - Fast quit
[backspace] A - Add Actors to Automap.
[backspace] U - Unlock all floors
[backspace] O - Show hidden walls on auto mapper
[backspace] E - Quick Win Mission
[backspace] B - Border color
[backspace] C - Count objects
[backspace] F - Facing spot
[backspace] H - Hurt self (only if not in God mode)
[backspace] S - Slow motion
[backspace] V - Extra VBLs (Vertical Blanking Signal -- this will do nothing for most users)
[backspace] [home] - Dec sky color (if ceiling textures are OFF)
[backspace] [pgup] - Inc sky color (if ceiling textures are OFF)
[backspace] [end] - Dec ground color (if ground textures are OFF)
[backspace] [pgdn] - Inc ground color (if ground textures are OFF)
[backspace] + - Add shading depth (if textures are OFF)
[backspace] - - Dec shading depth (if textures are OFF)
[backspace] ] - Inc shading drop off (if textures are OFF)
[backspace] [ - Dec shading drop off (if textures are OFF)
[shift] [tab] - Show full Automap containing all live actors.

These cheat keys can be used during gameplay:

[6] [7] - Collect all bonus items (gold, ammo, health, etc).
[7] [8] - Kill all actors.
[6] [8] - Collect all bonus items and kill all actors.

Tech Support Command Line Parameter

These aren't really debug codes, or cheats, either. They're in here for Apogee's Tech Support to use in assisting customers who might be having problems running the game.

VERSION - Display version information.
SYSTEM - Display system information.
HIDDENCARD - Disable checking for video card.
NOJOYS - Disable checking for joysticks.
NOMOUSE - Disable checking for mouse.
NOMAIN - Disable checking for main memory.
NOEMS - Disable checking for EMS memory.
NOXMS - Disable checking for XMS memory.
NOAL - Disable checking for Adlib.
NOSB - Disable checking for Sound Blaster.
NOPRO - Disable checking for Sound Blaster Pro.
NOSS - Disable checking for Sound Source.
SST - Disable checking for Tandy Sound Source.
SS1 - Disable checking for Sound Source on LPT1.
SS2 - Disable checking for Sound Source on LPT2.
SS3 - Disable checking for Sound Source on LPT3.
NO386 - Disable checking for 386.
ENABLEGP - Enables notebook GamePort checking. (This will do bad things if you try it on an Acer.)