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The game is a side-scrolling shooter in a similar vein to games like Metal Slug, where one hit instantly kills. Players play as the titular hominid who has to fend off waves of secret agents. His main arsenal is a blaster, whilst players can also melee close-up enemies and use a limited amount of grenades. Advanced moves include rolling under shots, jumping on and biting off enemies heads, temporarily scaring other enemies, and digging underground and dragging enemies down with them. Players can collect a variety of power-ups which simultaneously give players extra grenades, a shield and unique ammo. Players can also drive vechiles, ride on top of a monster and pilot a UFO. Completing certain tasks will unlock hats the players can dress their Hominid in. | |||
== Problems == | == Problems == | ||
===Hang=== | |||
Game hangs shortly after displaying memory card read notice. | |||
===Broken in Many Releases=== | ===Broken in Many Releases=== | ||
This is broken, with black screen under: | This is broken in recent releases, with black screen under: | ||
*r5079 | *r5079 | ||
But reported to work on: | But reported to work on: | ||
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|graphicsplugin = | |graphicsplugin = OpenGL | ||
|graphicspluginnotes = | |graphicspluginnotes = DirectX displays only a black screen, or fails to show text. | ||
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Revision as of 07:29, 9 May 2010
The game is a side-scrolling shooter in a similar vein to games like Metal Slug, where one hit instantly kills. Players play as the titular hominid who has to fend off waves of secret agents. His main arsenal is a blaster, whilst players can also melee close-up enemies and use a limited amount of grenades. Advanced moves include rolling under shots, jumping on and biting off enemies heads, temporarily scaring other enemies, and digging underground and dragging enemies down with them. Players can collect a variety of power-ups which simultaneously give players extra grenades, a shield and unique ammo. Players can also drive vechiles, ride on top of a monster and pilot a UFO. Completing certain tasks will unlock hats the players can dress their Hominid in.
Problems
Hang
Game hangs shortly after displaying memory card read notice.
Broken in Many Releases
This is broken in recent releases, with black screen under:
- r5079
But reported to work on:
- r2276
- r4388
- r5207
Configuration
This title does not need non-default settings to run properly.