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American McGee's Alice

Windows - 2000
Also available on: Mac

Not living happily ever after

Ever wondered what it would be like if Lewis Carroll's infamous Alice were to revisit Wonderland several years after the original tale ended? Me either, but that's precisely what has happened in EA's latest release, American McGee's Alice.

All is not well as we first meet our heroine in the stylish FMV introduction; lying comatose in a mental asylum bed, poor Alice has been traumatized by the death of her family in a house fire, which only she escaped alive and was then forced to stand back helplessly and listen to their final screams. Clutching at her last shred of sanity, Alice appears to have journeyed back to a very different Wonderland, deformed and macabre. Old friends, the white rabbit and Cheshire cat, are pleading for her help -- can she rescue her familiar yet altered fantasy world from the evil Red Queen's clutches and perhaps save herself along with it?

Intriguing plot, wouldn't you say? Dreamt up by ex-id Software level designer, American McGee (yes, his real name), he and Rogue Entertainment(creators of several successful Quake/Q2 mission packs) chose the 3rd-person action/adventure format to tell this exciting new chapter based on the Alice in Wonderland story.

He's still late

As you begin the game, Alice finds herself once again chasing after the white rabbit -- he's no longer the adorable bunny people will remember from the Disney cartoon. His face crinkled menacingly, ears bent back behind his head and an overbite that looks like fangs is just an example of how things in Wonderland have been skewed. It's Alice's job to traverse the 15 massive environments, jump some platforms, pull a few levers, and fight the hazards of the land and Red Queen's minions once again.

The controls and interface are pretty much as standard as they come -- seasoned gamers can dive right into the customization screen and set up their mouse/keyboard combination, just how they like it, in no time at all. Alice has little in the way of special controls -- just an alternate fire option for certain weapons and a key to call on the Cheshire cat's (enigmatic, and usually quite useless) advice when you need it.

Most noteworthy is the very well designed aiming system, which can often be a pain in the unmentionable bits for most 3rd-person games. Whenever you carry a ranged weapon, a targeting reticule is always visible to show you where you're aiming; more importantly, when you manage to get it over an enemy, it circles around them to denote Alice has locked in on the target, so the issue of preciseness and never knowing exactly what you're aiming at is not a problem. Another smart feature involves when you look towards the ground -- footprints will appear to help you anticipate where Alice is likely to land if you jump forward from your current position. This is immensely helpful for tricky platform hopping, which was also a common frustration with the 3rd-person viewpoint.

Fundamentally, gameplay remains pretty conventional for the genre. In true Tomb Raider fashion, your underlying objective is to always push linearly forward, find the exit, and possibly trip upon a few secrets/bonuses along the way. As Alice enters a new area, you'll usually get a helpful camera pan of the nearby environment -- it'll often show you the exit you need to reach, which isn't much of a spoiler, because it's getting there that's the real challenge. With a few exceptions, puzzles remain simplistic enough; agility (ie. jumping) and exploration are the keys to progressing.

Original

But wait - ***Alice ***is *far *from being easily dismissible. It's obvious that in the early developmental stages, instead of the traditional focus being on gameplay with a half-baked story tacked on at the end, the Alice universe is so finely and professionally crafted, it doesn't just mask what is essentially generic gameplay... it makes it completely irrelevant. The story, characters and overall attention to detail in the many wondrous environments is the driving force behind what is otherwise a tried-and-tested gameplay formula, and that's why Alice is a significantly more exciting title to play over other offerings in the genre.

So, what makes it special? Firstly, Alice utilizes the Quake3 engine in probably the most stunningly impressive way to date. Technically, everything about the graphics is first-rate: beautiful crisp textures, highly detailed characters, great animation etc. But it's the creative side of things that makes you literally gawk at the screen. There are not many action games where you'll find yourself wishing some sections weren't so fast paced, because you really just want to stop and take a look around. The endlessly unique and inventive level designs are constantly a sight to behold, and what better theme is there for levels like these than a warped Wonderland? From the floating "fortress of doors" to the colorless chess land, to the looking glass hall of mirrors, the environments almost make the levels in MDK2 seem common and dull! Combine these fantastical locations with an absorbing plot and characters, and Alice keeps you pressing on just to see what happens next.

I rarely pay attention to in-game music but in Alice's case, the ambient soundtrack possesses a fantastic chilling quality that perfectly complements the dark and sinister atmosphere of the game. While there are no real scare moments, the chorus of young voices and creepy instrumentals in the score (all originally composed by former Nine Inch Nails member, Chris Vrenna) keeps tension levels high. Sound effects, on the other hand, do not have as much presence and the voice acting could have been much better - it's not that the characters sound wooden per se, but you can tell each of the actors recorded their lines separately and the dialogue doesn't flow smoothly.

The minions

There are quite a number of enemies vying for Alice's blood, mostly from the Red Queen's army of card guards that chase you throughout; they get tougher and wield more powerful weapons as the game goes on. You also spend a good portion of the game shrunk down in size to only a few inches tall (much of the game parallels the original Alice in Wonderland story), and so come up against many enemies of the insect variety, such as huge bayonet-carrying ants and mutated ladybugs. You also have to be careful of the hazards in the environment itself -- flowers will pop up and spit spikes at you, and mushrooms come alive trying to suck you into their fang-filled orifice.

As in any action-adventure, you can expect to find your share of boss creatures to deal with too. Many of the bosses are also twisted incarnations of the characters from the original story that the rather snobby Alice didn't get along with, including the Mad Hatter and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. The Hatter's lair is actually one of the most depraved environments, as he's turned his home into a factory that manufactures automatons from living creatures. And what of the Hatter's companions, the hare and sleepy dormouse? You can find out their horrible fate if you delve far enough in.

On the weapons side, things remain just as imaginative and bizarre. Alice starts with a rather standard, but icky, blood-stained kitchen knife (or "vorpal blade"); but from then on, she finds much more interesting contraptions to fight with. These include the playing cards, which you can rapidly hurl; the mallet that serves as a club and a way of lobbing fiery Croquet balls at the bad guys; the Jackbomb that's a Jack-in-the-box which can explode like a timed bomb or rotate while breathing a stream of fire; and don't forget the toy "Jacks", which home in on targeted creatures and pummel them to death.

Conclusion

Admittedly, underneath the incredible level designs, absorbing original storyline and constantly delightful visual assault is your standard 3rd-person action/adventure, with a few of those familiar frustrations, like having to reload ad nauseam when you keep missing that required perfectly-timed jump. But what makes American McGee's Alicestand out is that it's the sort of game that you don't play for the usual satisfaction and ego-boost of completing the last level; you play because, like any expertly-crafted tale, you want to know what happens next and see more of the fascinating, seemingly alive world of Wonderland in its new, depraved form. If id were having any problems selling their Q3 engine license, this would be the game to showcase that anything in your imagination can be magnificently crafted onto the screen. The new variation on the Alice theme is obviously intriguing enough to attract attention from the mainstream crowd outside of gaming, as it was recently announced that Nightmare on Elm Street creator, Wes Craven, has signed up to direct a movie based on this game.

Alice is suffering and she needs help out of her dementia -- and even if you can't save her, you still get to venture forth through an obscenely twisted Wonderland. It's really a no-lose situation.

Review By GamesDomain

How to Play

Windows

The game with NoCD has been tested on Windows 7 64-bit and Windows 10, it works fine. You may experience some small troubles when you play the game on modern systems, check our Guide and Notes for details.

Here's also alternative guide by PlayOldPCGames, we recommend to check it too

Install & play guide:

  • Mount the disc image. You will need the utility for mounting disc image files, like WinCDEmu, UltraISO, Alcohol 52%/Alcohol 120% or Daemon Tools Lite
  • Launch the installation. Select "Typical" installation, to install full game with all files. "Low memory" option will install the game only with minimum requirement of files
  • Install game not in default path C:/Program Files/American McGee's Alice, but in some non-system folder, like C:/Games/American McGee's Alice, otherwise you may have difficulties with fixes and configs
  • Also it is recommended to enable DirectPlay, read this or this guide how to do it
  • After you installed the game - install NoCD, copy Alice.exe from the archive and put it into game directory, agree to replace original file
  • Open the directory with installed game and find Alice.exe. Right click on Alice.exe - Properties - Compatibility - Set "Run this app in compatibility mode with Windows 98" and "Run as administrator"
  • Launch the game and play. If the game doesn't work in compatibility mode with Windows 98 - try to launch it in compatibility mode with other version of Windows (Windows 95, 2000, XP, etc.)

For Windows 10 users: for unknown reason the installer of original game doesn't work correctly on Windows 10 - it just doesn't copy all files from the disc. To install the game do the next: install it as usual, then mount CD1 in virtual drive and run Alice Windows 10 Fixer, show the path to installed game - Fixer will automatically copy all required files

How to play the game in widescreen:

  • Like many idTech3 engine games, American McGee's Alice can be launched in widescreen and high resolutions by simple edit of config-files. To play the game in widescreen run it one time, so the game will create config.cfg American McGee's Alice/base folder, then edit config.cfg like in this guide
  • Also, in same config-file you can set many other graphics settings Vsync or Level of detail, check PCGamingWiki and PlayOldPCGames for possible options
  • If you not sure how to edit config-files - use our ready config.cfg, it is edited for 1280x720 resolution with Vsync, but you can change it to any other resolution
  • Additionally, you can improve visuals even better with mods like Madly Enhanced

What is American McGee's Alice Remastered and how to launch it:

  • American McGee's Alice Remastered is a 2011 remaster that was available as pre-order bonus for Alice: Madness Returns Complete Edition. That remaster never was released separately, also it never was released with any other versions of Alice: Madness Returns, only with Complete Edition, so it is not available for digital purchase. "Remastered" version of American McGee's Alice featuring native widescreen resolutions, controller support, updated character textures, and compatibility fixes for modern systems. The visuals can be further improved with American McGee’s Alice HD 2020 mod
  • Unfortunately, for unknown reason, Chesire Help (key "C" by default) doesn't work in this remaster. Also, developer console (~) from the original game is completely disabled in this remaster
  • Remaster was running only through the launcher of Alice: Madness Returns, but luckily there's a way to play remaster without it. You just need to create bat-file or desktop shortcut -RunningFromAlice2 command line argument, here's the guide how to do it. We added bat-file in the archive on our website, also we added fixed exe-files that allows to run the game as it is, without any commands
  • Like in original game, you can change many graphics settings like Level of detail (LOD) or Field of view (FOV) by edit of config-file, check PCGamingWiki for details
  • Support for EAX sound is disabled in remaster, but you can return it with ALchemy utility, read this guide how to do it
  • If remaster works too slow - try to edit config-file like in this guide. Also, don't forget to check PCGamingWiki page if you have any troubles with remaster, additionally you can check this or this threads

What to do if you get "Z_Free: memory block wrote past end" error or game crashes:

The game works on idTech3 engine, and it is common trouble in all idTech3 games. If your game crashes when you try to start new game, the possible solutions are next:

  • Change the resolution of the game. For example, you most likely will get that error if you run the game in 1366x768 resolution - change it to 1360x768 or 1280x720, and try to start new game
  • In remaster you can change the resolution in Options, but if you can't do it for some reason - change it manually in config-file, here's the guide how to change it (it's for MoH:AA, but the steps are similar for all idTech3 games)
  • Run the game in windowed mode - disable Fullscreen mode in Options
  • Try to enable Vsync for this game in control panel of your video card, and see if it will help
  • Also, disconnect all gamepads or other controllers before running the game, leave only 1 keyboard & 1 mouse

Notes:

  • If the installation doesn't start - try to launch Setup.exe in compatibility mode with old version of Windows (98, 2000 or XP)
  • NoCD is required for the launch because the game is using SafeDisc DRM protection, which doesn't work correctly on modern systems. That NoCD "breaks" DRM protection and allows the game to work on modern systems
  • It is recommended to install all versions of Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for the correct work of the game
  • Also it is recommended to install RAD Video Tools and K-Lite Codec Pack for the correct work of the game
  • If the game works too slow, you have low framerate or random stutters - rename alice.exe to quake3.exe, this will make the graphics card use Windows' compatibility shims for Quake III: Arena instead, the game should work better that way
  • If it didn't help - try to edit config-file, In the Cvars section, add seta r_primitives "2" as a new line
  • A lot of people on Windows Vista and after complain about no audio in their game. If you have troubles with in-game audio - use Audio fix, simply copy & replace files in game folder
  • If you can't enable A3D surround sound - you will need to HeX-edit Alice.exe, here's the guide
  • Sometimes the game cannot save the progress, showing "Hard disk full, try deleting save files" error. To solve the saving problem always run the game as administrator, if it didn't help - you need to change folder permission, so that your user account has full control, read this guide how to change folder permission
  • Another possible solution is to install the game in default path, but then you may have difficulties with NoCD and other fixes. To bypass it you can install the game in non-system folder (like C:/Games/American McGee's Alice), then use NoCD and fixes you need, and after that copy the game folder in default installation path
  • If your mouse responses slowly on movements - edit config-file like in this guide, also lower the DPI of your mouse
  • Original version of the game doesn't have native support for controllers, so if you want to play with controller - use tools like Xpadder, check PlayOldPCGames guide for instruction. Remastered version has full controller support and you should have no problem with it
  • US version of the game is multilingual, the language is automatically selected based on language of your Windows system. If you want to change the language - open CD2/base folder, you will see files for different languages: pak4_english.pk3 for English language, pak4_french.pk3 for French, pak4_german.pk3 for German, pak4_spanish.pk3 for Spanish, pak5_dutch.pk3 for Dutch. Select the language you need and copy that file to American McGee's Alice/base folder, delete any other language file with prefix. For example, your game is on English but you want it on French - copy pak4_french.pk3 to American McGee's Alice/base folder and delete pak4_english.pk3, don't delete any other files. Now when you start the game, it will be on French language
  • Don't forget to check PCGamingWiki page if you have troubles, there's also separate page for Remastered version

Mac

Visit MacintoshGarden for more details about Mac version and how to run it on modern Macs

Comments and reviews

guro 05 Oct. 2026

thank you guys for uploading this :') i love this game so much

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Anika 04 Oct. 2026

Im soo desperate to play this game goshhhh im literally whining yearning dying forrr thisss can't i fkin play on my phone why cant i😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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F1f3f0x 16 Sep. 2026

Hey MC, I managed to make it work on Windows and Linux (Wine) with SafeDiscLoader https://github.com/nckstwrt/SafeDiscLoader2

Just run VersionInjector and then open the alice.exe

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mc 26 Jul. 2026

How to play Japanese ver

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vvvvv 31 May. 2026

Hi, I installed the Repack version of the game for Windows and additional patches and everything works, however when I play the Beyond the Wall lvl and I have to adjust the switches in the Three-Tone Room, it just doesn't work for me and I can't do it. I don't know how I am supposed to pull them, there's no signs... pls help...

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Jake 27 Apr. 2026

I ran it on Kubuntu 24.04, via WINE. it works well. I used the NOCD version I downloaded from this website.
I ran it on 640 x 480 I think. In the config.cfg, I put in, after seta nextmap "map pandemonium$player_start"
seta r_customwidth "1920"
seta r_customheight "1080"
seta r_swapinterval "1"

That doesn't work. Of course, this is based on Quake 3 which is a very ancient game and is a bit retarded. (Needs some code fixing, It probably doesn't use the Win API properly.)
I ran alice.exe and it has no effect. Still runs at 640 x 480

Also, installing it from the CD has the same effect as on Win 10. It forgets to copy some pk3 files from the CD, but you can manually copy these to your HDD.

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Whiterabbit-uk aka Stephen Brown 24 Apr. 2026

I bough this via Steam years ago. You can find a decent how to play guide via the Steam community:

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=645862676

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Take 22 Apr. 2026

How can I set the game to Spanish? It's supposed to use the default Windows language, but it always shows up in English.

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Levi Kim 08 Mar. 2026

i finally dowmload tihs game yay

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Levi Kim 07 Mar. 2026

this game is very weird but alice is so cute.

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IzzyStuido2001 16 Jan. 2026

As I downloaded this, my computer made a weird noise and now won't boot up, on inspection by a professional computer person the drive was killed.

Suspected virus attached to this file, now is going to cost me about £400 to repair it 🤬😤

Proceed with extreme caution

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Mike 11 Jan. 2026

"Repack by MagiPack (configured for modern systems, includes sound fix) English version 605 MB" for Windows fails to download. I tried twicw under linux and once under Windows 10. It seems to download the whole file and says "Failed". The file cannot be unzipped.

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SerendipitouSin 23 Sep. 2025

This is amazing, a real mind trip. The game runs perfectly and it is a true time caplse

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wwww 14 Sep. 2025

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kcl6r58acbhxoeijp9jns/ww.jpg?rlkey=aakx37h1qk184zd2ywolyaii6&st=a8melhqa&dl=0

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Levi 18 May. 2025

i very ike this game cuz you cant download if you cant have account but you need a acoount and you can download with click and play thats so easy right.

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Levi 16 Apr. 2025

wow well l think this wonderful game

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MJ 14 Apr. 2025

it says "could not load opengl driver" I'm using it on crossover how to fix

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Stonemaster 12 Feb. 2025

I don't know what kind of error this is but i only get the savefiles working after launch by starting a new game while having protected folder access blocking my alice.exe.

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Citizen 01 Nov. 2024
Top comment

The remastered version works great with the VorpalFix ( https://github.com/Wemino/VorpalFix/releases/ ), it does the following:

- Allows the game to launch without Alice: Madness Returns and/or prevents the game from launching back into Alice: Madness Returns.
- Ability to switch the game's supported language (English, German, French, or Spanish).
- Restores the random sound selection function (e.g. Cheshire Cat summoning, Vorpal Blade hit sounds).
- Fixes "Hard Disk Full" when the game is installed on a disk with more than 2TB of free space.
- Options to correct GUI, HUD, and FMV scaling in widescreen resolutions.
- Custom framerate limit, with the option to match the monitor’s refresh rate.
- Configurable Field of View (FOV), with the option for automatic adjustment based on aspect-ratio.
- Force the game to use highest quality models with enhanced LOD.
- And many other bug fixes and features.

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Ravenheart 01 Sep. 2024

Unable to save game after trying every fix imaginable. No save game directory is recognized, I keep getting the "Hard Drive is Full" error but there's no saved games to delete to make space.

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Kitty 12 Aug. 2024

Just want you all to know that the only thing there work without any crash is the "repack" version. The other solution just crash and have some weird video graphic problems.

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Sound Guy 11 Aug. 2024

The sound is all crunchy and messed up, I downloaded the sound mod and I don't know how to use it

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HaraTaee 10 Jul. 2024

Can someone help me? when i run the game, it doesn`t working and show me this message:

GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL subsystem

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random_human 23 May. 2024

if you're looking for the remastered version which has fewer bugs try this link
https://archive.org/details/alice_202106

Its not perfect but less buggy than the original release

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Darkman 08 May. 2024

thank u My Abandonware, great game!!!

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Moth 17 Apr. 2024

When trying to run the remastered version i get the error can not load default.cfg. Has anyone had this issue ( **note this is specifically the remastered version)?

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CluelessRookie 05 Jan. 2024

@ADMIN It's the version I downloaded from this site, so it should apply?
My only guess is that the Windows 10 fix doesn't contain/fix the language code.
Like I said, the version defaults to US and the availiable .pk files are pak0.pk3, pak1_large.pk3, pak2.pk3 and pak3.pk3. I can add/remove any pak4_(language).pk3 but it doesn't change anything. The only remaining option would be if the other .pk3 files are the english version but split and must be completely substituted by the new pak4.pk3 but the game straight up doesn't work if I remove them.

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admin 04 Jan. 2024
Admin

@CLUELESSROOKIE Try to rename copied file, giving it same name as old file, I guess. Also, language file not necessary should be .pak3, it can be called like pak1_french.pk3 or something, but it should have prefix/postfix with selected language (like _english, _french, _german, etc.)
Check in Windows settings if hidden files are visible, maybe language file is hidden. And that instruction is only for USA CD version, I don't know if it will work for any other versions

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t3h_m00kz 03 Jan. 2024

this is literally 1:1 the Quake 3 engine, meaning i can create crazy aliased commands and controls.

here are a few useful ones:

seta cg_cameraScale "1" ;Removes Camera smoothing / laggy aim
seta cg_3rd_person "0" ;Enables First Person View

and an entire .CFG I built with scrollable camera distance, togglable 1st / 3rd person, and weapon sets.

https://pastebin.com/g7HtmMAC

5 out of 5 game. psychological af.

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CluelessRookie 26 Dec. 2023

@ADMIN No, the problem is that you cannot replace the default language .pak because it doesn't exist (they only go from pak0 to pak3). Even if you copy another pak4 from disc 2 into /base, the program simply ignores it. In other words the pak4 don't exist as far as the game is concerned.

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admin 25 Dec. 2023
Admin

@CLUELESSROOKIE the language files are on CD2, not in the folder with installed game. Read my instruction more carefully, it was the example if you want to change the English language to French. If you have the game on some other language, like Dutch, and want to play it on English - delete pak5_dutch.pk3 in American McGee's Alice/base folder, then copy pak4_english.pk3 from CD2 and put in American McGee's Alice/base folder

@NIGHTMARE Use specialized utility like WinCDEmu or Daemon Tools Lite, MDF/MDS files could be opened only with disc image utilities

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nightmare 24 Dec. 2023

I can't instore(open) Japanese version.
This File [ALICE00A.mdf]

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CluelessRookie 16 Dec. 2023

About the language change: The /base folder does not show any pak4 files except the one I copied into it so I cannot delete pak4_english and the language never changes
(In fact it shouldn't have been in english to begin with because that's not my system language)

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admin 02 Dec. 2023
Admin

@ED MURPHY
- Magipack repack is for original game, it is the installer with all files included, we added it for users who may have troubles with configuring the game for modern systems. It has full English version of original 2000 game
- Remaster doesn't have Cheshire Cat's tips probably because of some technical reason, other than that it has same content as original game

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ed murphy 27 Nov. 2023

thank you for letting these gems still available. i have a couple of questions:

-is the magipack repack the original version or the 2011 remake?
-is that repack a stand alone version or an installer?
-besides the cheshire cat tips not working, is there other content missing in the 2011 remaster?

thank you in advance

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4foksake 03 Nov. 2023

Make sure you download the HD pack on Nexus mods for this, makes the game look amazing in 2023

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AWreck 26 Oct. 2023

guys just download the Magipack repackaged version, it works without any fixes or additional downloads :-))

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admin 25 Oct. 2023
Admin

We have updated this page, added new files for PC versions: new language versions, many fixes and Remastered edition. All instructions are in description, make sure to check it.
Also, we converted old disc images to ISO images, for convenience. And added Mac version that wasn't added before

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vivi916 21 Aug. 2023

just have to mount the cue files not the image and you wont get an error

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Borgkube 20 Aug. 2023

This is one of those games that has a unique style that pulls you in. it is also entertaining well written and the eerie soundtrack really draws you into the experience. Ifind that I pull it out every few years and play it again. one of my favorites!

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oz 03 Aug. 2023

Doesn't work at all, tried everything with w10's image tool and Daemon tools, NONE WORKED

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osirisgothra 01 Jul. 2023

THEY ARE NOT CORRUPTED, these images are in a format not supported anymore natively by newer versions Windows (8, 10, 11, etc) and wont mount that way. You will need to get Daemon Tools lite or some other ISO mounting software, or, burn it to a CD using nero or other disc burning tool. DO NOT USE WINDOWS TO BURN THE DISCS, IT WILL NOT USUALLY WORK CORRECTLY!!

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BingChiling 10 May. 2023

The CD's are both saying it's corrupted. Can someone help?

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HikariWisp 01 May. 2023

Can you fix the ISO version? Both CDs are corrupted.

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Donovan W 22 Apr. 2023

hello! i do not understand how to run it. when i click mount it says the file is corrupted

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DudeAbides 07 Mar. 2023

Works great on my vista box. I don't download old games to play on my win11 machine.

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Harry 25 Feb. 2023

Using low definition install & windows 10 the game freezes my system when loading the first level. Any ways to fix?

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david 03 Feb. 2023

Check this link if you're having trouble installing

https://www.pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/American_McGee%27s_Alice#Game_does_not_install_correctly_on_Windows_10

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A 03 Dec. 2022

Can someone help?? I keep getting the error message "Couldn't mount file, the disk image is corrupted".

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Ælfwynn 28 Nov. 2022

Strange it works fine for me tho I am playing one from steam bundled with madness return

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WatsonatorTV 20 Nov. 2022

I can't even get the base install to work on Windows 10. Whenever I mount the CD1 image, the loader comes up to install it and then Install Shield gives me an error about the CDCode being invalid and to fill out EReg Config Form to obtain a valid CDCode Build. I tried putting in the CD Key ahead of time in the American McGee's Alice_eReg.exe that is inside the eReg folder on CD 1, but this didn't help. I have tried a bunch of other stuff too like running as admin, etc.

I know that usually on Win 10 you need the installer fix (which I have) but I'm pretty sure to even apply this you must first install the game (which I can't get too because of that error).

After doing some searching I can't find anything related to this, does anyone else have this issue or have a solution?

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Rat 23 Oct. 2022

fix for the voicelines issue: put the folder in your C drive, this gets the non-alice voicelines to play

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idk 23 Aug. 2022

This game keeps glitching in the 2nd grayd area when I get the mushroom jumbo or whatever, it keeps making the camera give an over view of the room and I can't adjust it and only one that works is the low definition one, can anyone help with the camera problem though?

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thank 07 Aug. 2022

i like smoking cheese sticks and taking shots of mozzarella water

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FluffMeSideways 12 Jul. 2022

worked like a charm thx

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ivy 16 Jun. 2022

after months of searching for a good download, i found this. following another comment (thank you so much wanrich), i installed the low definition version...only to find that the only voicelines working are alice's. help!

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Floof 03 Jun. 2022

Never mind it was the mods -_-

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Floof 03 Jun. 2022

The low definition version was the only one I managed to get working because the other two kept having "the disk image file is corrupted" error, no matter what I did. Plus that version automatically runs at 1920 x 1080. But the pool of tears runs at such a low framerate its impossible to play, and very nauseating. I did install an enhanced textures mod, so I will try my backup clean install, but if it isn't that, does anyone know what I can do to fix it? I was hoping there would be something like the fix for fallout new vegas where it would let the game use more cores, but I haven't found anything, most results are for madness returns.

2
Gorbstonk 28 May. 2022

A user on patreon named Dr Peixoto made a patch software that can put this game into fullscreen resolution automatically without using the console, this patch also offers graphical improvements for many other games. You can download it here, follow the instructions to make a unique shortcut for the game to get the program to work. Download for free at the second link

https://www.patreon.com/user?u=44312848

https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=%21ALVhB0MrkWKtjVk&cid=0619FB6EE413CE91&id=619FB6EE413CE91%2119598&parId=root&action=locate

1
Bhuvi 05 Apr. 2022

I wanted to play

1
Joyceee 04 Apr. 2022

i didnt know there's an older version!!! thanks

1
wanrich 02 Apr. 2022

the low definition version works on windows 11

2
r 17 Mar. 2022

doesn't work, even on windows 7 vm :/

0
George 10 Mar. 2022

There is an artist called "English-Sheep-Shagger" from London who has released a new HD texture pack for AM-Alice this on his website.
It also fixes the black screen issue when running on Windows 11.

1
Jay 02 Feb. 2022

Image is corrupted

2
Xelaric 14 Jan. 2022

The ISO version says "disk image is corrupted" when I try to mount it

4
Aqua 08 Jan. 2022

The game is not working at all
(Windows 7 and Windows 10)
- All compatibility modes tested
- Install have multiple missing files
- Image also damaged

4
H Liddell 31 Dec. 2021

I love this game!

1
yadin 18 Dec. 2021

I have no idea how to play this now that it's downloaded.

-1
Pattt 11 Sep. 2021

Anyone having issues with the dialogue not playing for anyone but Alice just move the folder into your programfiles(x86) folder.

2
Lady_Rapture 17 Aug. 2021

The only dialogue that works is Alice, and even the sound effects do not work. Downloading the "High quality sounds" did not fix the issue. Just download from this site instead: https://steamunlocked.net/american-mcgees-alice-free-download/

1
Sky 12 Aug. 2021

The first PC game I ever bought, still have the original CD :) The in-game music is absolutely gorgeous, composed by Chris Vrenna former Nine Inch Nails member (apparently with some input from Trent Reznor).

0
"Valerie" 08 Aug. 2021

growing up it was only my brother who got brand new gifts and video games and it would make me sad whenever I'd tell my parents which games I'd want only to see my brother get them for his birthday or Christmas instead. So as soon as I was able to work and buy my own computer I very quickly learned I can buy games online and bought myself a copy of Alice Madness returns on steam! Thank you for such a wonderful game! My goal now is to be able to play the first Alice

0
Yamato 16 Jul. 2021

Audio and frame rate isn’t perfect but it runs fine aside from that

0
Mox 05 Jul. 2021

Their is no voices during gameplay

0
qassa 05 Jul. 2021

the text is going by way to fast to read

1
David 24 Jun. 2021

Vorpalnose - The "sound" folder should go into the folder in the game directory called "Base"

0
VorpalNose 02 May. 2021

Where exactly do we place the higher quality audio to? Do we place the "sound" folder on the root of the games folder?

0
david 20 Apr. 2021

Phatoume: You don't need the Madly Enhanced mod or any other mods for it to work properly on Windows 10, just the Windows 10 fix file in the mega.nz link is enough.

2
Phatoume 19 Apr. 2021

The OG Version doesn't install correctly on windows 10, you need certain files for it to fully install and run, I'll link them here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxsjlkG4eTY&t=218s

https://www.moddb.com/mods/american-mcgees-alice-madly-enhanced

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1P54riPxUKFMFYR8ifhoK30xx89nSzfRK

https://mega.nz/file/CdpBXYxK#9DxJkL5Hfz5BwEXgrQP-vPG2qJu-BHy3U1Mifvbhu-c

https://www.nexusmods.com/americanmcgeesalice/mods/1?tab=files

https://www.play-old-pc-games.com/2014/02/09/american-mcgees-alice/

3
david 16 Apr. 2021

JACKO - in the "ALICE" folder there is alice.exe which you can double click to start the game

1
david 16 Apr. 2021

This copy of the game has low quality audio for some reason. You can download higher quality audio for it from this link, just extract it and drop it into the "ALICE" folder

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TVzD1TBQnAKne-4RcqTSNuJu9jTGnNIy/view?usp=sharing

2
StealingYourComponents 14 Apr. 2021

Grew up with this game, holds a special place in my heart as it was my very first 'violent' videogame. Hell, my father had the original copy when it came in those silly art boxes, I even have the journal that came with the game box detailing Alice's treatment at Rutledge insane asylum. This game holds alot of great memories for me, much like Thief 2 and Thief: The Dark Project before it became 'Thief Gold'.

I highly recommend this game to anyone who likes grim twists on childhood fairytales.

1
The Simstress 19 Mar. 2021

Thank you so much. I am obsessed with "Alice In WOnderland" and played this game when it came out, also played "Madness Returns." With help from this site, I am finally playing American McGee's Alice in Windows 10 and I am so thrilled, I cannot believe it. Thank you!

1
JAcko 20 Jan. 2021

This Archive has no Setup.exe or Alice.exe to run the game.

-1
Hatter 23 Sep. 2020

StixsmasterHD:

I'd still consider it abandonware because you can't just buy it, you have to buy the sequel. Plus the version here is the original release version while the sequel is bundled with an HD remaster which some people might not want since remasters usually have things not working properly or change things in a way that not everyone likes.

4
StixsmasterHD 19 Sep. 2020

technically this isnt abandonware

you can buy it legally from here with its sequel: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/alice-madness-returns-the-complete-collection

-16
phoenixbyrd 06 Sep. 2020

I can understand the -1 point on the Raspberry Pi 4 comment but let me explain... I'm using Twister OS with a program called box86 that let's me run x86 wine which let's me run this game and a ton of others.

0
phoenixbyrd 06 Sep. 2020

This runs great on my Raspberry Pi 4!!!

0
Swiftarm 31 Jul. 2020

It almost runs perfectly for me... except that all the ingame conversations are skipped and I can't hear any audio from them. All other audio works just fine.

0
Cedar1974 13 Jul. 2020

If you are having trouble with the DRM, get the Good Old Games front end and register Alice in it. They remove the DRM and make it boot up.

1
Hatter 01 Jun. 2020

"Not allowing me to save? Keeps saying full hard drive and to delete saved games, but there almost 4tbs free on my hard drive.... and this is my first play through, just launched it .."

If you installed the game into your "Program Files" folder, sometimes it causes problems because Windows won't allow the game to modify any of the files, which could include creating a save file. Try running the game as an administrator, or moving the game folder somewhere outside of the Program Files folder.

0
Secretlyinsane 29 May. 2020

Not allowing me to save? Keeps saying full hard drive and to delete saved games, but there almost 4tbs free on my hard drive.... and this is my first play through, just launched it ..

0
Chesh 22 May. 2020

I had problems running this game above 640x480 but I found a fix. If anyone ekse has graphics problems with Alice on a modern system here's how to fix it. Install the program called "nGlide" and check the compatibility section of the nGlide website for the rest of the instructions on how to make it work properly. You need to install another file into the Alice directory and use a console command, but after that it should work properly at any resolution.

0
Firstime 01 May. 2020

I need an entire code that can be found in a white box at the left of the back of the cd. Does any one have it?

1
Regis 13 Apr. 2020

It worked for me with W10 x64 without any tweaks.

0
Mar 10 Apr. 2020

Hi, I just downloaded it. I'm using Windows 10, it does run it, however the screen is cropped and moved a bit down and to the right. I can't get it to center. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks a lot.

0
Carlos S. Ramirez Ch. 24 Mar. 2020

This game is lovely!

0
DixiePenguin 17 Mar. 2020

I am having trouble with graphics. The blue Will bar is in the middle of the screen. No red Sanity bar visible except golden line to left of will level, again mid screen. Toy indicator is crammed behind these two. ANy fix?
Thanks,
Bill

1
The Corgi 04 Dec. 2018
Top comment

Thank YOU!

8
Matyas 28 Sep. 2017
Top comment

I recommend playing it in FullHD, it's awesome :-)
just open console by "~" key and type:
seta r_customwidth "1920"
(enter)
seta r_customheight "1080"
(enter)
seta r_mode "-1"
(enter)
vid_restart
(enter)
and it's done. Enjoy! (of course you can use other resolutions too, depending on your monitor)

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Downloads

Windows version
Repack by MagiPack (configured for modern systems, includes sound fix)
United Kingdom English
605 MB
American McGee's Alice Remastered

2011 remaster version that was available as pre-order bonus for Alice: Madness Returns

United Kingdom English
945 MB
US version (Multi-language)

Disc 1

United Kingdom English
France French
Germany German
Spain Spanish
Netherlands Dutch
636 MB
US version (Multi-language)

Disc 2

United Kingdom English
France French
Germany German
Spain Spanish
Netherlands Dutch
209 MB
Japanese version
Japan Japanese
732 MB
Russian version
Russia Russian
643 MB
Mac version
CD version 1.0
United Kingdom English
629 MB
CD version 1.1.1
United Kingdom English
628 MB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Extra file
Windows 3 MB English English
Patch Patch 2
Update 1.1.1
Mac 4 MB English English
Update 1.1.2
Mac 6 MB English English
Fix Fix 2
Alice Windows 10 Fixer - Fixed installer for Windows 10, read the Notes
Windows 1 MB English English
Configuration file for 1280x720 resolution with Vsync - Ready config.cfg with enabled widescreen, read the Notes
Windows 1 KB English English
Misc Misc 8
Bonus disc with concept arts and sketches
Windows 30 MB English English
Serial Key
Windows 52 B English English
Rutledge Private Clinic and Asylum Casebook - Booklet of Doctor Notes that was coming with the game
Windows 266 MB English Russian
Czech Translation from Mrazík (RARE)
Windows 85 KB Czech Czech
Hungarian translation patch
Windows 7 MB Hungarian Hungarian
Italian translation patch
Windows 56 KB Italian Italian
Polish translation patch
Windows 436 KB Polish Polish
Portuguese (Brazilian) translation patch
Windows 474 KB Portuguese (Brazil) Portuguese (Brazil)
Mod Mod 1
High Quality Sounds mod
Windows 189 MB English English
Demo Demo 1
Demo version with unique level
Windows 79 MB English English
Guide Guide 1
Prima Official Guide
Windows 11 MB English English
NoCD NoCD 2
Extra file
Windows 1 MB English English
Extra file
Mac 6 MB English English

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