Play Alien Hominid Online Free for Nintendo GameCube.
That clip up top is the real Alien Hominid — the actual Nintendo GameCube game from its publisher. Grab the free RetroPlayers.Club Player and it runs full-speed on your PC, no cartridge required.
Alien Hominid
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Alien Hominid can be relived on your own PC through the free RetroPlayers.Club Player app — full speed, with a controller and saves just like your hardware. You confirm you own the game from your library, and no need to connect your console.
🎮 USB or Bluetooth controller? Plug it in, Once Detected Click Here to Open Your Controller Options
| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| D-Pad Up | ↑ | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | ↓ | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | ← | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | → | D-Pad right |
| B (bottom) | X | Bottom face |
| A (right) | Z | Right face |
| Y (left) | S | Left face |
| X (top) | A | Top face |
| L | Q | Left shoulder |
| R | E | Right shoulder |
| Start | Enter | Start |
| Select | V | Select |
🎮 GameCube controls
These are the keys the RetroPlayers.Club Player app uses for GameCube, shown for reference. Your controller still lights up below so you can confirm it is detected — Premium members can remap here (keyboard or USB controller) and the app applies the map at the next launch.
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Press buttons — your controller lights up here so you can see it is detected. Go Premium to save a custom map.
| Action | Keyboard | Controller |
|---|---|---|
| Control Stick Up | W | Analog up |
| Control Stick Down | S | Analog down |
| Control Stick Left | A | Analog left |
| Control Stick Right | D | Analog right |
| C-Stick Up | ArrowUp | C buttons |
| C-Stick Down | ArrowDown | C buttons |
| C-Stick Left | ArrowLeft | C buttons |
| C-Stick Right | ArrowRight | C buttons |
| D-Pad Up | T | D-Pad up |
| D-Pad Down | G | D-Pad down |
| D-Pad Left | R | D-Pad left |
| D-Pad Right | Y | D-Pad right |
| A | J | GC A |
| B | K | GC B |
| X | U | GC X |
| Y | I | GC Y |
| Z | Space | GC Z |
| L | Q | Left trigger |
| R | E | Right trigger |
| Start | F | Start |
| Walk (Half Stick) | Shift |
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An expanded console version was released on the PlayStation 2, GameCube and Xbox across 2004 and 2005. A high-definition version titled Alien Hominid HD was released for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade in 2007.
How to Play Alien Hominid
The app maps Alien Hominid for you out of the box; the table below is the starting point, and Controller Mapping tunes it to a keyboard or any USB / Bluetooth pad.
The Story Behind Alien Hominid
Alien Hominid is a run and gun video game developed by The Behemoth and first released as a Flash game on the multimedia website Newgrounds on August 7, 2002. While being transported in a cage by an Area 51 agent across the desert, a bump in the road causes the cage to fall out from behind and break, freeing the alien. A port for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Tuna Technologies, was released in 2006 for PAL regions.
With the Area 51 agents on the kids' tail, the alien places a tractor beam over the kids, lifting them out of the truck. While the eyeball helps the alien, a similar-looking buff alien fights the alien as the agents cheer it on. The alien then retrieves the ship a second time, before being captured by an Area 51 spaceship.
What You'll Play
After defeating the buff alien, the "fat kids" seize an Area 51 truck, place the alien and eyeball back in the alien's ship, set it to take off, and begin to drive away. Players can also drive vehicles, ride on top of a yeti, and pilot a UFO. With the Area 51 agents on the kids' tail, the alien places a tractor beam over the kids, lifting them out of the truck.
During the alien's third search for his ship, he befriends a sentient eyeball that piloted robots the alien fought previously. Outside of the main game, there are three multiplayer modes (Challenge, Neutron Ball, and Pinata Boss), a PDA game (featuring around 200 levels and a level editor), an extra mode called All You Can Eat, and a retro minigame, Super Soviet Missile Mastar. Players take over as the titular hominid, who has to fend off waves of secret agents.
Why It Still Hits
Hominid appears during one of the levels in The Behemoth's second game, Castle Crashers, using a lance weapon based on his ray gun. The game received "generally favorable reviews" on all platforms except the Game Boy Advance version, which received universal acclaim, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The game also won many small awards, most notably at the Independent Games Festival (for Innovation In Visual Arts, Technical Excellence and the Audience Award).
It was nominated for GameSpots annual "Funniest Game" award, which went to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Developer Tom Fulp has cited the PDA Games as being the inspiration for The Behemoth's third game, BattleBlock Theater, which features unlockable Hominid character heads for those who own Alien Hominid HD. The Super Soviet Missile Mastar minigame from Alien Hominid was released as a free app for iOS on February 7, 2011.
Alien Hominid — Frequently Asked Questions
Who developed Alien Hominid?
Alien Hominid was developed by its developer and published by its publisher.
How do I play Alien Hominid?
Grab the free RetroPlayers.Club Player linked on this page and launch Alien Hominid in it. It plays the genuine Nintendo GameCube game natively on your computer; the clip above is a live preview.
What console was Alien Hominid released on?
Alien Hominid was released for the Nintendo GameCube in .
Can I save my progress in Alien Hominid?
Yes, with Premium: the app lets you save a state at any point in Alien Hominid and resume from exactly there.
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