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• The recent release of Nocturne has fuelled the fire slightly, but what we're really waiting for - what we've always waited for - is Alone In The Dark 4. French Innovation. That wait is almost over. Charged with bringing the series up to 21st Century standards is the unenviable task of French developer Darkworks.
• Alone in the Dark 4 - The New Nightmare - Manual: Game Title: Alone in the Dark 4 - The New Nightmare. Document Type: Manual: Platform: PC (DOS/Windows) Author: Sleepy: Author website: Filesize: 1.93 MB: Date: Monday 04 April 2005 - 13:52:31: Downloads: 1598: Download: Game Info: MobyGames: Report broken download.

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare Demo. Edward Carnby is back-and this time it's personal! The supernatural detective returns with archeologist, Aline Cedrac to avenge the murder of his friend and recover three ancient tablets before they unleash an unspeakable evil in Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare.

Key points

Unplayable under Windows 10 due to serious graphical glitches,^[1] check Issues fixed for a solution. The GOG.com version (all languages) has been fixed since early October 2018.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability[edit]

Game data[edit]

Configuration file(s) location[edit]

Save game data location[edit]

Save game cloud syncing[edit]

Video[edit]

Only two graphics options are available; resolution can be manually set, and a 'high quality' mode can be enabled, greatly improving shadow quality.

Input[edit]

Audio[edit]

Localizations

Issues unresolved[edit]

Cheat mode and resolution settings[edit]

Running cheat mode will not allow the game to save the launcher resolution setting.

Issues fixed[edit]

Fix serious graphical issues under Windows 10[edit]

Common issue is white block in menu, and the blue characters models on white backgrounds.

Alternative solution for any windows version[edit]

No movies, audio only[edit]

Sometimes running High Quality means the movie video becomes disabled.

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Alone In The Dark 4 The New Nightmare Pc Download Version

Launch.exe does not work on the Steam version[edit]

Launch.exe does not work on the Steam version, preventing you from adjusting the resolution from the default 640x480.

The following is a corrected version of launch.exe for Steam. It also comes bundled with a partial fix for the game not running on Windows 8 or 10, as well as higher-quality movies ripped from the Dreamcast version.

Other information[edit]

API[edit]

Middleware[edit]

Activate cheat mode[edit]

Running cheat mode will not allow the game to save the launcher resolution setting.

System requirements[edit]

The game is not compatible with the Savage 4, 4 Pro +, Savage Rage II C, SIS 6326, Permedia 3, Riva 128ZX chipsets

Notes

1. ↑ ^1.01.1File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/259190/ in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (259190) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
2. ↑When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below %PROGRAMFILES%, %PROGRAMDATA%, or %WINDIR% might be redirected to %LOCALAPPDATA%VirtualStore on Windows Vista and later (more details).

References

1. ↑https://www.gog.com/forum/alone_in_the_dark_the_new_nightmare/graphics_glitch
2. ↑Verified by User:Cptmold on 2019-06-21

   Tested with an Xbox One wired controller on Windows 10 v1809

3. ↑https://steamcommunity.com/app/259190/discussions/0/357287935551283008/?ctp=1
4. ↑AITD4 Patch (with 15 save slots bonus) - YouTube
5. ↑https://www.gog.com/forum/alone_in_the_dark_the_new_nightmare/cant_see_movies
6. ↑Fix pack and higher quality FMVs :: Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare General Discussions - last accessed on 2017-04-17
7. ↑ ^7.07.1Verified by User:Expack3 on 2019-12-04

   Tested using GOG version and apiTrace (build 2019-11-28 07:35).

8. ↑https://www.gog.com/forum/alone_in_the_dark_the_new_nightmare/help_with_the_cheats

Overview

Aline Cedrac found an ancient Abakanis Indian statue, but it has been stolen and she has hired Charles Fiske to find out what happened to it. Unfortunately, Charles has been found dead near Shadow Island, where rich industrialist Alan Morton has a huge mansion. So now it's up to Fiske's partner, Edward Carnby, to uncover the horrifying truth of why his partner is dead and what happened to the statue. He will have to travel to Shadow Island, where he will face his worst nightmare alone in the dark.

Gameplay, Controls, Interface

Alone in the Dark: The New Nightmare is an action/puzzle game set in a 3D environment. As with most games of this style, the interface is a little complicated at first but you will pick it up as you play and it becomes quite simple to manipulate. The game is broken up into explore mode, battle mode, and inventory mode.

As Edward, you will walk around, screen by screen, to different locations where you'll fight off monstrous creatures and solve puzzles. There's a good mix of both, although you'll spend most of your time exploring and solving puzzles. You can tell that a good chunk of the cartridge's memory was taken up with background graphics, which means there was less to put into the puzzles. Although there are a good amount of puzzles, most aren't very challenging, as the item you need to solve the puzzle is usually pretty close by, hiding somewhere, and most are pretty obvious solutions. Less seasoned puzzle players will find these a good challenge. As you roam Shadow Island, you'll find many items that will be of use to you. And yes, everything is used somewhere -- after it's no longer useful it'll disappear from inventory. You'll also find that many areas are simply inaccessible at any time during the game -- best I can guess is that they exist in versions of the game on other platforms but had to be pulled for this one. Moving around each screen is simple, just push the D-pad in the appropriate direction. If you can't go somewhere, the character won't go there. You can also examine or pick up items by pressing the B button. You'll need to examine everything and you will find that although there is a lot to look at, you won't necessarily need everything you examine.

When you enter a room that has monsters you'll get a quick cut-scene to get you prepared and then the view changes to more of a A?-style to get a better perspective. I particularly liked this as I often have trouble in these types of games with the perspective while fighting (Game Boy Color's limited memory saves the day!). I found the aiming to be somewhat temperamental since hitting those corners on the D-pad and leaving Edward facing in that direction can be slightly frustrating. Also, Edward moves slower than normal in these scenes and the weapon you're holding will also affect this too. During the battles you have access of up to three different weapons. You start with a revolver and some ammo, but later can acquire a more powerful shotgun and a crossbow. Ammo can be found around the island and also in some battle scenes too. One aspect of the game I wasn't happy with is that you cannot ever escape a battle scene -- you must fight and win to get out. This becomes quite the problem if you run out of ammo and since ammo is limited, you need to conserve and be very careful.

The enemy AI isn't really very smart, but since the enemies are usually as fast as you, if they get close it's hard to outrun them. The puzzles are somewhat challenging and will get the player's brain working without too much frustration to solve, though.

Inventory mode is, well, where you see your inventory. You can take a closer look at certain items such as journal pages and the map. You can also see what weapons you have available as well as the amount of ammo for each. If there's no description for something you can pretty much bet that you'll use it somewhere else.

One feature that I really liked about this game is that you can save anytime you want. When you first start the game you can choose one of three different save slots. I'd suggest saving early and often, as you never know what will happen next.

Graphics

Well, this is an interesting topic for this game. They're both good and bad. The backgrounds are very nice for a GBC game and you can tell that this is where the bulk of the cartridge's memory is used. There aren't a whole lot of bright colors, which is to be expected in a game as this. I was impressed with how bright the screens are, in that you can see things well (assuming you can see the GBC screen well). The problem with the backgrounds is that there is so much detail on a screen that can't handle it all that well so you end up thinking, 'what is that blobbish thing anyway?' I found that squinting helped. Most of the icons you pick up are icons until you look in inventory. The inventory and cinematic cut-scenes both have nice art all around and, again, it's impressive for a GBC game. Since the game is attempting to pull off a 3D environment, when Edward walks around he is scaled. This means that when he gets closer to you he also gets very blocky. Actually, on first glance I thought Edward looked like a wonderful rendition of one of the apes from the original 'Planet of the Apes.' There are some screens where they tried to skew the camera angle and he looks even worse -- fortunately there aren't many of those.

Audio

I found that sounds and music were very limited. I'd guess this is most likely due to much of the cartridge's memory being used up with graphics. There are some ambient sounds on some screens and while they aren't the greatest, they're fitting for the various environments you're in at the time. The music is appropriate, but dull, droning, and repetitive. The music is mostly heard during cut-scenes.

Documentation

I was surprised at how simple the manual is considering how complicated the game is (complicated for a GBC game anyway). Most everything you need to know is explained and most of the rest will be explained throughout the game. There are a couple things that are left to question such as the display showing how much ammo remains (which is not explained, but you'll figure it out if you're smart enough to be playing this game in the first place).

Originality / Cool Features

While this style of game may not be so much original in the grand scheme of video gaming these days, it is pretty original on the GBC platform. Yeah, there are different rooms to explore and such, like so many other games, but the viewpoint changing from room to room and the detail of the backgrounds give it a much different feel than a game such as Zelda.

Bottom Line

I hate these kinds of games, they just aren't my cup of tea. I grudgingly accepted the game for review and in the end I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed solving the puzzles and the battle scenes weren't bad at all (I've been scarred by these and camera angles on other higher end gaming systems). Everything was reasonable to manage yet challenging enough to be fun. I found the game overall was easier than I anticipated, but fans of the Alone in the Dark series or any games in this genre will probably enjoy it (although probably not nearly as much as the versions on the higher end systems). Even if you don't prefer the genre, but do like action/puzzle style games, Alone in the Dark may be worth checking out which is why I give this game a score of 85.