Heart of the Alien - Alpha Test Release 2 - 1.2.4 CVS
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This is a test release of Heart of the Alien: Redux for the GP2X, it would be appreciated if this alpha test distribution was not mirrored and that people be directed to http://www.distant-earth.com/gp2x instead, until the port is a little more mature, to ensure people download the most recent builds.

This build is still in a very heavy state of development and as such no ‘expected’ behaviour can be guaranteed ;).
I tested with firmware 1.2.1 for reference.

WHAT IS IT:
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Heart of the Alien is the highly underrated (or so they say) sequel to Another World. 

It was only released on the SegaCD system and Heart of the Alien: Redux aims to bring the game to many other platforms. In this case the GP2X ;-).

WHERE TO GET THE DATAFILES?:
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You can make an ISO of the games date files using the origional SegaCD CDROM

Download CDDissect from http://xport.xbox-scene.com/cddissect.php
Insert the HOTA CD on 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 fovourite audio encoder but this is currently unsupported in this alpha.

HOW TO INSTALL:
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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.

SUPPORTED AUDIO OPTIONS:
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NONE: It will support OGG Vorbis audio when I get the kinks out.
Just to make it clear - There is NO sound.

RECENT CHANGES:
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Tweaked key map.
Disabled sound until it is a little cleaner.

HOW TO SAVE:
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CONTROLLER MAPPING:
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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 (well Duh!)

MAJOR TODOS:
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Fix sound.
Fix my scalar code.

SOURCE:
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Port source is available on request. Note this is development code (and VERY messy). Once it is cleaner I intend to release the code on my site.

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

John Willis
Tuesday 17th Jan - 2006