Alien Hominid HD beams up more content

Two new picture packs and 100 extra PDA levels added to Xbox Live Arcade game's downloadable offerings.

While high-definition graphics were one of the main selling points of Alien Hominid HD when it arrived on the Xbox Live Arcade, the downloadable gameplay content thus far released for the game is not so concerned with eye candy.

A second pack of 100 extra PDA mode levels for Alien Hominid HD is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace, Xbox Live director of programming Larry Hryb announced on his Major Nelson blog today. The PDA mode of Alien Hominid is a series of optional platforming levels for the game, featuring rudimentary graphics and puzzle-solving elements.

While a downloadable content pack released earlier this month featured 100 newly designed PDA levels, the pack released today includes 100 levels from the original Alien Hominid previously only available in Europe. The pack costs 150 Microsoft points ($1.87).

Accompanying the Euro PDA levels to the Xbox Live Marketplace is a pair of Alien Hominid picture packs. The first pack features images of five of the game's bosses, while the second pack contains five shots inspired by the game's Soviet-themed levels, including the KGB Blimp and the Yeti. The two packs are available for 100 Microsoft points ($1.25) each.

47 Comments

  • pandaramaster

    Posted May 29, 2007 12:19 am PT

    I hope they upload patches for a few things, such as music for the Missile Mastar and for the PDA. Yes, the console versions all had music for these modes and they're lacking on the HD version

  • theKSMM

    Posted May 7, 2007 9:28 pm PT

    I keep considering a purchase of this game, but I always think about it's pedigree as a Flash game. It makes me think I shouldn't be paying more than five or ten dollars for it.

  • BigDaveyDogz

    Posted Apr 30, 2007 11:45 am PT

    Castle Crashers pelz0r kthnkxbye!!!

  • Pedro7_2000

    Posted Apr 30, 2007 10:07 am PT

    meh....

  • stripeknight

    Posted Apr 28, 2007 12:23 pm PT

    I like the game, it ranks up there with contra, Metal Slug and all the best super action side scrollers

  • A7Xfan

    Posted Apr 28, 2007 8:26 am PT

    Such a great game when it first came out and still is. It's one of the few GC games i actaully kept. (In the company of games like Killer 7, Metal Gear Solid, and Eternal Darkness)

  • okassar

    Posted Apr 28, 2007 7:28 am PT

    HD for a mediocre game....I don't know what people are thinking.

  • rezaiman

    Posted Apr 27, 2007 4:16 pm PT

    what do you mean by flash app? the game wasn't programmed in flash for the console version (which was reprogrammed with much more features and reworked art and animations than the flash version on newgrounds.com) and the only thing done in flash was the art and animation.

  • Vulpis

    Posted Apr 27, 2007 11:55 am PT

    Alien Hominid...HD? Why in bloody blue blazes did they bother making an HD version of a Flash app?

  • joshuahaveron

    Posted Apr 27, 2007 8:07 am PT

    cool

  • greystone227

    Posted Apr 27, 2007 3:26 am PT

    Pretty sweet. I already downloaded the other level pack, so I might not get this one for a while. But I'll eventually get it. I really love the main game, so I wish they would release some more content for that, but PDA levels are cool too.

  • anarchicgoth

    Posted Apr 27, 2007 1:55 am PT

    the games fun but if it doesnt add more achievement points im prolly not going to buy them

  • DeadBullet

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 11:39 pm PT

    a nice add

  • NFSC0297

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 11:37 pm PT

    I bought them and am lovin em.

  • kappareign

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 11:22 pm PT

    sounds like a good buy

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 9:56 pm PT

    Pretty good value, I think.

  • konradak

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 7:32 pm PT

    Cool.

  • littlestreakier

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 5:51 pm PT

    that's a great price for the pda games thank you for not trying to over charge us *cough* guitar hero 2 *cough* gonna be playing some pda games later

  • hbnmrsmiley

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 5:18 pm PT

    AWESOME! i love playing the pda levels with 4 players.

  • Ahinors

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 5:15 pm PT

    cool! but when are they gonna fix the hat glitch?!

  • sphinx-shadow

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 5:11 pm PT

    love the PDA games bring them on and as for the pix pack i have the yeti as my gamer tag pic

  • zeecorner

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 4:41 pm PT

    the picture packs are probably pretty awesome! I love the art style of alien hominid, fun game!

  • Cormyre_

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 4:40 pm PT

    No more DLC for this game until they fix the hat glitch!
    Players with 100% gamerscore for this game = 0

  • bendick44

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 4:14 pm PT

    pda games are not that fun...

  • Pete5506

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 4:14 pm PT

    cool

  • s3lFc0nTr0l

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:52 pm PT

    i got this game for GC and love it but dont feel like paying another 10 dollars for it (great price tho)

  • DarkSan00

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:46 pm PT

    nice!

  • bloodychimp

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:36 pm PT

    I have the game for GC and I love it. The Behemoth developing for 360 is one of the reasons I want one. Cant wait for castle crashers.

  • patrick5152003

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:27 pm PT

    ChickenHounk911, i just bought the game and it is pretty sweet. but the PDA mode is pretty lame. the PDA mode is just your alien character playing a PDA. you control this stick figure guy and you have to collect green orby things and jump on bad guys' heads. the game already comes with PDA levels so play the ones that are already there and then decide if you want to buy more.

  • Ministry4390

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:24 pm PT

    Nice deal

  • DonutTrooper

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:22 pm PT

    Chicken: Buy them both! It is the ultimate arcade/party game! You could keep your friends playing for hours, trust me. I loved the game, even since it first happened on newgrounds, and when I bought the pack, it made it even better.

  • ChickenHounk911

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:15 pm PT

    I don't have Alien Homonid yet. Should I buy both the game PLUS the PDA levles too? Or should I start with the game only. Also, is it worth it? Thanks!

    -Chicken

  • NeoGamer741

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:09 pm PT

    I don't have the game, what are PDA levels?

  • Theempire30

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 3:09 pm PT

    The original was great.

  • w4rgasm

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:47 pm PT

    who cares? no one plays PDA anyway... i tried searching for a game for 30 minutes and didnt get anything

  • OfficialBed

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:46 pm PT

    sick

  • fshockz

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:38 pm PT

    i want the hat patch!

  • comthitnuong

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:37 pm PT

    I have never liked the PDA levels in the game...They were always so pointless.

  • PackersRock

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:35 pm PT

    I might buy the game now.

  • RaiKageRyu

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:27 pm PT

    I don't care if it is cheap, it's still doesn't make it right.

  • ragincoley86

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:19 pm PT

    Does this change review score since there is an expansion or is there just a review for the expansion. GS said the game was kinda short.

  • Baroque-Legacy

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:15 pm PT

    How about a sound-bug fix?

  • epormada

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 2:03 pm PT

    $1.87 not bad for 100 levels, more reasonable than most the crap on Marketplace. Bonekrusher theme... gimme a break!

  • snake670670670

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 1:55 pm PT

    did they patch the last achievement

  • DoctorFu

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 1:54 pm PT

    I've already bought them and they are very fun.

  • Sokkratez

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 1:53 pm PT

    The amount of content they've come out with so far is awesome. And for cheap, too.

  • him42

    Posted Apr 26, 2007 1:47 pm PT

    That's a lot of levels. I haven't played the PDA mode levels in Alien Hominid HD yet, but if I like them when I do, I'd be willing to play $1.87 for 100 levels.

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