Abuse
 

Feel free to comment and discuss this game here. Also, if you have any useful tips or tricks don't hesitate to share them with the others! Thanks!

Reivew

I used to love this game, then when I played it again I ofund out I still love it

This is "old school" PC gaming for me. I remember it had a level editor and the character sprite animation was awesome.

This game is *dirty word* great. It's a kind of game that became "underground classic". Though and clean graphic, keyboard & mouse used, great combination. A full action game that make your nerves up. :sneaky:

to the cheaters (who would cheat in this great game ?) anyways

Abuse

Level Skip:

Start up with abuse -f levels\\level## (##=Level number 00-21).

Cheat:
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Start up with : abuse -edit

Then press [Shift]+[Z].
Be sure the cursor is in the window while doing this,
and then press [Tab] to start playing.

You should get a God mode.

you can even use this commend in xp via the command promt

ok
so I am having problems getting any of the games I download from this site to work...Am I missing something here?

Probably DOSBox.

Dosbox is a program that lets you play all these old DOS based games.
(You can find it in the menu to the left on the site - entitled Programs)

muck this game was one of my favorite when i wass young (im still young buut anyway) but been so much since then i dont even remember how old i was in that time but i remember have a lot of fun to play it !!!! :D

This game always used to rock, especially the bomb level editor! I installed it and ran it with dosbox but unfortunatly its being really really chunking in game and takes really long to load anything. I have a superb system here I dont see what the problem could be?

I don't want to step on anyone's toes, but go to The Home of the Underdogs. They have a Windows remake of Abuse.

Most people do not know that bungie actually published this one awhile back. I think EA developed it or something like that. Anyway, yup....

I bought this game when it cam eout about 10 years ago and loved it then, so I can't wait to play it now. Thnx for the link MasterGrazzt :ok:

:ok: SWEET i just got this game today and man it rocks!!! ive only played it for about and hour or so but man its an adictive game. I like that you have a good veriaty of weapons such as plasma spray and rockets/gernades. Another cool thing i like about the game is the many save points so if you die you dont have to start way back at the beginning! :sniper:

Man is this soo caled hero is alien?Answer plz :tnx:

This game is awsome. It's one of my fovourites action games. It has great graphics, music and climate. I love it :w00t:

if anyone has trouble with the game, theres a windows version available here :)

I discovered this game just a few months ago and I was completely gripped by it. I don't quite agree with the graphics becoming dull part of the review, but Abuse would be even better if it had more different type of monsters. But the sounds are superb, reminds me of the first time I played Doom: very atmospheric, oddly familiar. I'd give it a 4.5 if the option was available, so.. a 5. :ok:

Abuse was the first old school game I downloaded this year (out of 300 others), and I LOOOOOVE it. :ok:

wow the game just gets harder and harder more guns more baddies more doors and less ammo :cry: Well no pain no gain :D

I just wanted to know, since I've played this game on linux. Isn't thing game made by Crack dot com, and not EA?

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It's one of my fovourites action games. Thanks.

:help: Soy fanatico de este juego, yo lo baje el 13/3 y lo termine en media hora. :ok: GRACIAS, CHAU

:sneaky: Hola soy cantu un tramposo de mierda que uso los trucos para terminar el juego y les digo son todos unos boludos :whistle: :not_ok:

This game is the best action game ever. On a scale from 1-5 I'd give it 10 :ok:
When I first played the game it was with my friend, he was controling our hero and I was firing :D :D

im having trouble with the windows version, my monitor says something about frequencies. pls help.

I have also had diffaculty with this most worthy of games. When i try to run the program it makes this thing about how i should run pkunzip or some such with the d/ option to make sure all the files go in the right folders. also it makes a nose as if some file was missing. WAAAAAAAA!!! :help:

Yea, I thought I recognized this game somewhere. I bought the Bungie Action Pack Sack awhile ago. It included this one and a couple other old mac games.

There was an additional feature to this game, which put it ahead of its time. A good portion of it was written in LISP, and the baddies have learning ability. That's right, if you keep using a long range weapon, they'll try to mob you at close range, and if you use a close weapon they'll stand back and shoot. It takes them some time to learn, which gives you space to find a new weapon or technique. Also, there are destructible walls hiding secret sections.
Unfortunately, ABUSE was issued as 3D games were becoming popular, and ppl didn't give this side scroller the attention it deserved.
Did I mention that sometimes the bad guys hide behind the wall and burst out when you pass? You're only warning is the creepy chittering getting louder.

Hey, its a kickass game, although I have one problem with it. I downloaded the windows remake, and I can't get any music at all. Can anyone help me out?
If system specs are nescessary I'll post them

what can i say :max: this game Rocks!!! :kosta:

after i have finish the game i edited the levels so that i get a lot of flame launcher and a lot of monsters(and i do mean a LOT! of monsters :D ) and it was great!!! :Brain: i just love burning things up :evil: (but even with an unlimited supply of Flame thrower i still get overun by monsters :ph34r: )

This game only got a 4 from the reviewers? An outrage! LOL. This is just one of the most action packed games that I've played, pure fun. You just get in and start shooting, and the constant stream of weapons and new level challenges make it addictive. Too bad it's short, I finished it pretty quickly, practically in one go LOL

Get it, anyone who enjoys a minimal amount of action should.

Maybe we should do a map challenge? The game was great, and having a contest to do the best map would give us all a lot of fun - both making and playing them.

I love this game, I downloaded it and played it a few hours straight. :D But alas, Little fighter 2 is taking up a lot of my life (hehe :whistle:) So I haven't played this in a while, great game..

This definitely rulez!!
Now im stuck in a big chamber wheres like 10 afterburner-firing badass hovering bastards!!GRR

Anyway i,ve seen version with 100+ levels somewhere. I thought that was the original Abuse
you started in a Big room full of teleports and evry one took you to cluster of levels
firs 3 was original game

This game is incredible, at first I didn't download it cause I thought it was just your basic platform action game but now I have downloaded it and I was amazed!

I got this only a few days ago and Im done but what a ride!!!!
Very fun. :ok:

Now to look for the version Toxik was talking about.

I definetly think this is one of the best, if not THE best, sidescrollers of all time.

why is it written that there's no multiplayer mode when there sure is a mp mode? though i think it only works in win 95/98...

it certainly is.though i dont get why the company behind this went bankrupt..quote from czech games magazine:we would give buttons from all our joysticks to see those guys make more games like this

Sorry, but this game have MP like DM and COOP, me and my friends play on it, mabe in CD version of Abuse or Win95/98 only?!?

:help: it makes no sense,i download the game and i can't play. I press on it and the screen blinks and does not start. Please help me

How about reading the Troubleshooting section of the board? Everything is explained there in great detail...

Dude i didn't know that this was a bungie release - asome! :ok:

used to play this as a little kid!! rules!!

is this full? more than 4 levels?

Abandonia hosts no demos, therefore the answer should be obvious.

This game has it all, when i got to play it it made me feel like this :brain: it also has an easy to use level editor. you can edit the levels already on the game or, you can start from scratch. from a blank screen you design everything, from the way it looks to the way it sounds. the game mode is excellent but i spend most of my time creating my own levels, believe me when you start creating your own levels you wont want to stop. i give this game 9.5\10. this game "ROCKS"

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(UnHoly @ Feb 19 2005, 03:46 PM) [snapback]69080[/snapback]</div>

Abuse has it all and made me feel like :brain: when i found the game. it has excellent gameplay
and a really cool level editor. the game its self is superb but the best feature in the game is the level editor, you can either edit the levels already on the game or, "and this is the best bit" you can actually creat your own levels from scratch. from the way it looks to the way it sounds. i rate Abuse 9.0/10 because you can have hours and hours of fun with both the game and editor.

Hey, guys. I'm new here. My name's Dan, and I'm from Romania (you know, that small eastern Europe country with Ceausescu, communism, Basescu and all that crap). Anyway, I love this game!!! It's great: graphics, sounds, gameplay, everything's great. Anyway, I was just wondering... :sos: How do I get the editor for this thing and maybe a manual?

Anybody?

You get both with the game, in the same archive.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Dan N. @ Jun 30 2006, 09:15 AM) [snapback]240665[/snapback]</div>a word of advise when uslng the level editor, its a good idea to toggle the light settings
to off as this makes it better and faster to controll. you will find the settings on the bottom of the screen in the middle

I try to run the game in dosbox, but it lags a lot, i tried to change the framerate and such, but it doesn`t make it any better... Any suggestions?

Dynamic Core.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(the_fifth_horseman @ Jul 21 2006, 03:05 PM) [snapback]244294[/snapback]</div>How do I fix that in mac os x?

By using Mac OS X version of DosBox and appropriately modifying DosBox.conf.

Hello, before I present my problem i'd like to say that i've already read this entire board and the "troubleshooting" section of the forum. This is probably the only place I can get help.

I downloaded "Abuse" and everything appeared to be well, it got unzipped to C:/unzipped/abuse but when I went into the folder and clicked on the "Abuse" application my computer was completely locked up. I had to restart my computer with CTRL+ALT+DLTE, and after doing so, I tried to go to the "setup" application thinking that it would help...what I got was this:

[a bunch of code and stuff I can't understand]
Crash address (unrelocated) = 1: 000057A0

However, upon trying setup again...it worked. It seems I get this crash every other time I try to run it...i'm too afraid to run "Abuse" for fear of it crashing right now and me losing this post, but i'll just try it after I post this.

EDIT: Ah, sorry about that. I just got the game to work by clicking on the application...it seems a bit odd to me that it would crash like that though...if it does it again, i'll say something...

This game is hard!




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:kosta: :kosta: :kosta:
i praise this game! i first played it on a linux, and i wanted it for windows, so i googled it and came upon this site!

Iowa, are you running it in Dos or Windows? What exact version?
If in Windows, are you using VDMSound or DOSBox?

Well, I didn't run it from straight DOS, but from Windows 98. I don't really know what VDMsound is, but I know that i'm certainly not using DOSbox, and my sound card is Soundblaster.

I'm glad that I got it to work, but I have no idea why it crashed that first time. And I appreciate your concern.

Abuse is a primarily DOS-based game, so crashes may occur when trying to run it in Windows. However, as you have Win 98, you can reboot your computer into pure DOS mode and run the game from there.

These two topics should help a bit:
How to configure DOS for gaming
Win98 - Memory
Another option is to use Abandonia's bootdisk.

Thanks a bunch...i've always had trouble understanding DOS...stupid microsoft...

[size=2] :unsure: Hy guys!I just wanna' ask ya' how can i set the sound in Abuse, because my game seems to have no sound.Please help me!Thank you! :ok:

What OS do you have? Are you using VDMSound or DosBox?

Im using DosBox on XP, however the gameply is choppy. Which framerate should i use? Im having some trouble setting the right framerate on most games, i have to go by trial and error, any tips?

Rather try to adjust the cycles than the framerate. That should do it. :ok:

EDIT: That is done by Crtl+F12 (up) and Crtl+F11 (down)

just downloaded it
and its amazing!

probably the best action game ive ever played ;)

Wow, cant believe theres still ppl out there playing this ^_^! and some that have only recently discovered it :-o

I remember getting a demo of this game from a mag cd in the mid 90s and insanely enough it included the editor!!! I was hooked... man the amount of time I spent making lvls hehe...

Well a decade on and I just went about downloading it! Without any messing about the game just worked (frabs)! However, I am having a slight problem trying to adjust the res :s (320x200 or whatever the default is looks pretty freaking awful on a 30'' widescreen >< LOL) the commands for changing it dont seem to work (-size xxxx yyyy), nor can I get it to work in a window...

Dont think they envisioned such machines a decade ago ;-) Perhaps I should be using some mod to run it? Im currently running it direct from XP. Any thoughts or feedback would be appreicated xD

Try using DosBox or VDMSound to run the game. You can get them from our programs page.

This game is so much fun. In my mind, its the perfect platformer. It has good controls, fluid movement, fun weapons, good enemies. I know the source code was released in the late 90s, and I thought some people ported the game to run well in XP, has anyone else heard of this? It would be nice. Although it runs well for me in Dosbox or compatibility mode, it still would be nice to have an XP version on hand.

I once knew a site where they hosted the win32 version or something like that. But the site is now closed. :(
But the Win-version exists! It's out there... :ph34r:
Maybe you can google for it? And maybe we can even host it!? :sneaky:

:ok: It appears that Abuse was put out by various companies. I found my cd it was made by Crack Dot Com(who may be the original maker of Abuse) and produced by Origins(before they merged with EA). Abuse came out in 1996 and ran under DOS and Win95. I ran my copy and it ran fine under XP. I brought this game back when it first came out, and however, I never loaded it up until today. I am so glad I still have all my old school games.

Anybody knows how to get the sound to work without dosbox? I've bought this game a very long time ago and played it alot since, yet I never heard the sounds. :sos:

Recently I tried using dosbox and the sound did work, but adjusting the CPU cycles and Frame skip gets so tiresome, so I stopped using dosbox for that game.

you could try using vdmsound. but abuse isnt realy much for cpu. i could run it fine with increased cycles, without any frameskip. and actually i think that in pure windows (at least here) it runs too fast

It was me who posted that last reply, I forgot to log in.

I just tried playing the game I have on a disk in a new computer I bought a week ago. It works heavenly on this one, sound, music, everything. The sounds and music do add lots of atmosphere the this game.
Seems like my last computer didn't support soundblaster, as well as VGA. :(
Thanks anyway.

I have a little question, I remember seeing a picture showing the character in a level where he walks on big golden cylinders, yet I don't remember ever seeing it, though I finished this game more then once.
Was there ever an extention for this game with more levels? :huh:

By the way, the version I own seem a bit diffrent from the one on this site. It's nothing really that diffrent but still. Only when I played my version the music worked, it allowed me to adjust the volume of both sound and music and instead of three bars in the brightness adjustment it had one grey one.
It's all really nonsense but if you like I can zip it and send it.

this version is ripped so you wont find everything which you would find in an original (like the music).. and of course we would like if you packed it and sent to us

btw are you sure you didnt forget to log on this time too?=P

So it seems, lets hope I didn't forget this time too. :P
Ok so I'll send it right away by email, first I have to download winace, I hardly had anytime to install anything on my computer. :)

Edit:

399 new messages in my Email box... I should really clean it up. :P

This game rocks
 

In a strange way, the action reminded me of games like Unreal Tournament....
The action gets addictive pretty soon

great game! i had a demo when i was like 3-6 years old!
lol i hacked the game with CE XD

This game is absolutely fantastic...remake version is nothing better from this one, only thing I noticed is that it has music and this version don't(I know it's a rip ;))!
Str8 to favorites! :amused:

Abuse really is a cool game, I got hooked into it once when I was a kid, 'bout ten years ago

Funny thing, it's 2009 already and the game predicted things quite accurately with the science related stuff, gene, cloning, etc. Haha, the only thing is that there are no hi-tech guns and illegal facilities in real life.. Or is there?

Lol

Has anyone tried multiplayer for this game?

This game has multiplayer mode??

Whoever took those screenshots had the brightness WAY up! (way to ruin the mood!)

I remember spending hours making different levels for this game; the WYSIWYG style editor was awesome.

I captured a short gameplay video of this game with dosbox but for some reason the video lacks the music although I could hear it while playing. I tried different dosbox versions with same results.

Is it just me or is this a common problem?

EDIT: Abuse uses HMI for music. HMI is an alternative (and incompatible) MIDI format and DOSBox's internal video capture doesn't record MIDI. You can record raw MIDI commands with DOSBox (Ctrl+Alt+F8), works also with Abuse.

I think there is something about DOSBox were it does not record sound at all, but I can'r remember if that was just for people talking over it or for all sounds.

I love stumbling upon games I couldn´t remember but recognize when I see them... happens a lot here ^^ The atmosphere in this game is just incredible!

Very weird how every game on this page ends up with an 3.x score...

€: This game is just addictive somehow... with most games like this I´d play some levels and forget about it, but this one always draws me back to play some more

Sorry but PUSH!

Does anyone know where I can get the version with the real story line? This one just babbles something about ants in the beginning and that´s it... in the other one you´re an inmate fighting mutants and there are more cutscenes when you finish levels, elaborating the story. This version doesn´t seem to have any story besides the beginning text.

I found a demo of the other version here:
http://www.acid-play.com/download/abuse/

€: Okay I´ve learned that this one has the original story line(with the A.N.T. aka Aggressive Non Terrestials), but the other one is still much more interesting I think.

€²: Abuse 1.0 is the one with the Ant story and abuse 2.0 is the one with the inmate story. I´ve found 2.0 but it doesn´t seem to be for dosbox but windows and I can´t get it to run under Vista. Okay I guess the story isn´t *that* important ;)

How about taking the demo's executable - which was built for DOS - and trying to run it with the full version's data files?

Abuse in 1280x1024 resolution :wacko:

http://imageshack.us/a/img6/8026/abuse001.th.png

You can almost see the entire level on the screen at once. The game was meant to be played at 320x200 resolution but if you want to cheat you can use higher resolutions (helps finding secret areas, enemies can't really sneak attack you, ...).

You can select different resolutions with the -size parameter although my version of the game (2.00) can use other resolutions only in the edit mode:

Interesting, thanks for sharing this! :D

DOS games have so many "hidden" stuff that can be activated only via undocumented (or overlooked) command line parameters...

Well, I can't seem to get this one going either.

All it says is "unable to open cache file for compiled code. Please delete all your files named lcachexx.tmp and make sure you have written permission to directory (c:/)"

I heard about this being a well known error from years back, but the solutions given online are utterly cryptic and I can't make heads or tails of it at all.

Well, you could start by giving us link to this solution... ;)

Figured out that it just had to be in C.