Alien Hominid Coming to GameCube

July 30, 2004, 9:09 am EDT
Total comments: 12

Do you like 2D side scrolling shooters? Do you like your GameCube? Well, you're in luck!

"Alien Hominid” Lands on PlayStation®2 Computer Entertainment System and Nintendo GameCube™

One of the Most Popular Internet Games of this Millennium Coming in a Bigger, Better Form!

SANTA CLARA, CA - (July 30, 2004)- O~3 Entertainment, an interactive entertainment publishing and distribution company, today announced it is taking custody of “Alien Hominid,” a short yellow alien with spherical black beady eyes, three teeth, and a little green gun. O~3 and game developer, The Behemoth, intend to feature Alien Hominid in its very own videogame for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo GameCube™.

Alien Hominid, is the debut console title from O~3 Entertainment, and developer, The Behemoth. It is an evolution of classic 2D side-scrolling platform shooters, blending old school play mechanics with stunning hand drawn graphics (in other words, it looks pretty AND plays great).

Born on the internet in 2002, a prototype version of Alien Hominid has become one of the most downloaded games of all time, with over six million downloads from the entertainment portal www.newgrounds.com, the first of hundreds of websites now mirroring the prototype.

“We were immediately attracted to this game after seeing the prototype on the web,” commented Bill Gardner, CEO of O~3. “There’s a good reason why this game has over six million downloads – it’s truly original and addictive.”

About the Game

While joy riding in its new spaceship, Alien Hominid crash lands in front of FBI headquarters, and narrowly escapes with only its alien hide. Alien Hominid must find its spaceship and get off this rock before its vicious human enemies find it and cart it off to Area 51. Along the way A.H. relies on its deadly melee skills and advanced weapons to out smart the ever-cunning enemies who want to probe it for alien secrets.

About Alien Hominid

Although half the size of a fully grown human, Alien Hominid has a voracious capacity to digest human skulls and is an expert marksman. The FBI and their mechanical marvels have been designed to keep A.H. from retrieving its UFO, but it will not be deterred. Hominid befriends the most unlikely of humans, who aid it with insane weapon upgrades. Alien Hominid will shoot, bomb, toss, eat and slash anything in its path – and bring on the heat in multiplayer co-op mode at any time.

Talkback

KDR_11kJuly 30, 2004

The Flash game that this game was derived from is available here. Warning: LOTS of gore!

SgtShiversBenJuly 30, 2004

WOW!! I just played the flash game...and jesus if it controls like that or is that easy to get killed, they better rework it. I thought it was pretty funny though the fact that you're controlling this little creature and he takes out a helicopter. I'll be looking forward to this one, of course after my usual round of game buying.

RadiostormJuly 30, 2004

Fun game, but I'm not liking the one-hit deaths. Has potential though.

mouse_clickerJuly 30, 2004

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Fun game, but I'm not liking the one-hit deaths. Has potential though.

It's the same way in most vehicle shooters, just picture this one as being on the ground.

Anywa, I played the flash game and loved it- I can't wait for the console versions.

SPhil64July 30, 2004

Not exactly new news, but at least people are more likely to hear about it now. Click here for the game's official site.

couchmonkeyJuly 30, 2004

I'm all about the small yellow aliens, hand-drawn graphics and independent developers, so I'll definitely check this out when it is released.

Bartman3010July 30, 2004

Wow, Newgrounds?
Most of the stuff they have there is crap. How did this hapen?

joshnickersonJuly 30, 2004

Dude. Playing a little psychotic alien bent on killing every human on earth... AWESOME! I played the flash game and found the controls to be quite iffy, but I'm sure it's gonna be a lot more intuitive with a standard control pad. I may have to look into this one, if only to support independent developers with wacked out ideas.

WindrunnerJuly 30, 2004

I have a feeling this one may become Gamecube exclusive, considering Sony's track record on 2d games (i.e. the Sony Retardation effect). Could also be wishful thinking on my part...

Long live the 2d shooter!

Shin GallonJuly 30, 2004

This game looks utterly amazing, I can't wait. Apparantly the GC version looks a bit sharper than the PS2 version (big surprise there) so I guess that's the version I'm getting : )
Oh, and one-hit deaths are the way of seperating the men from the boys in these games, it's all about getting through the game without getting hit once (like Contra or Metal Slug)