Heart of the Alien

Heart of the Alien: Redux
Download	1.2.4 CVS
Original Developer	Gil Megidish
Ported By	DJWillis
Version	1.2.4 CVS
Webpage	DJWillis's BLOG
Status	Released and Playable without sound

Heart of the Alien is the highly underrated (or so they say) sequel to Another World. Heart of the Alien was developed back in 1994 by Interplay exclusively for the Sega CD console.

This is a port to the GP2X of the open-source project Heart of the Alien: Redux which aims to bring this game to all modern consoles and computer platforms.

Where to get the datafiles?

You can make an ISO of the games date files using the original Sega CD CD-ROM

Download CDDissect from http://xport.xbox-scene.com/cddissect.php Insert the HOTA CD into your CD-ROM drive and type:

cddissect.exe hota -data

The file hota01.iso will be created, rename this Heart Of The Alien.iso.

You may also wish to rip the audio tracks to OGG Vorbis using your favourite audio encoder but this is currently unsupported in this alpha.

Installation

Place your GPE anywhere you want on your SD card.

The ISO of Heart of the Alien must be placed in the following folder

/games/hota

and MUST be called "Heart Of The Alien.iso" (no quotes) - Note the capitals.

Saves will also be stored in this folder.

Controls

Stick

Up, Down, Left, Right

Stick Click

NOTHING

A

Jump

B

Use your whip

X

Shoot, keep down in order to run

Y

NOTHING

Start

NOTHING (Will be toggle scaling)

Select

Leave game, or skip current animation

Left Trigger

Quick Save

Right Trigger

Quick Load

Volume Buttons

Increase and Decrease volume

Known Issues

No sound. OGG support for the CD Audio is being worked on when I get a some free time here and there.

Credits

Gil Megidish for the original HOTA:Redux code - http://hota.sourceforge.net/. A600 on GP32x as I pinched his CD ripping instructions :-).