Wiiab

Wiiab - Alien Breed for Wii
General
Author(s)	User:Habitualcoder
Type	Arcade game
Version	bld 18 (beta)
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Alien Breed for the Wii

A homebrew clone of FlashJesterPunk's excellent PC retro remake of the classic Alien Breed games for the Wii console.

Alien Breed is one of the all time great Amiga games. Top down maze game play similar to the arcade classic Gauntlet combined with themed levels and characters from the film Aliens made this a true Amiga classic.

Installing

Wiiab for the Nintendo Wii comes in a Homebrew Channel friendly package.

Simply unzip the archive into the apps directory of your homebrew SD card and it will create an apps/abinst directory suitable for its use with the Homebrew Channel.

Start the Homebrew Channel, locate the Alien Breed Installer entry and click on its icon using the Nintendo Wii Remote, then click on the Load button.

The installer must download some game media from the PC version on the internet. A working Wii Wifi is required. If you do not have working Wifi then download FlashJesterPunk's PC version [1] and place the zip file within the apps/abinst directory on your sdcard.

Follow the on screen instructions to install the game.

Once the installer has finished a new apps/alienbreed directory will have been created on your SD card.

You may now delete the Alien Breed Installer entry from the Homebrew Channel.

Running

Start the Homebrew Channel, locate the Alien Breed entry and click on its icon using the Nintendo Wii Remote, then click on the Load button.

Alien Breed will start after a few seconds.

Controls

	Action
	Move player
	Fire
	Run (hold and move)
	Enter Intex terminal (when at terminal)
	Cycle weapon (when purchased more weapons through Intex terminals)
	Cheat button (if cheats enabled)
	Quit

Screenshots

Technical

Wiiab is written in Python (yes Python on the Wii!) and uses SDL for graphics, sound and controls.

More information about its development is available on the developer blog [2].

The project is open source [3] should you wish to hack on the code.

A level designer is available if anyone feels like designing a new set of levels.

Thanks

• Team Twiizers for quickly and easily making homebrew on the Nintendo Wii possible
• Everybody behind SDL_Wii and Devkitpro
• tehpola and comex for WiiPy

Disclaimer

THIS PROGRAM IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH NINTENDO.

THIS PROGRAM IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH TEAM17.

THIS PROGRAM IS NOT AFFILIATED WITH FLASHJESTERPUNK'S VERSION.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE TO ANY PARTY FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE AND ITS DOCUMENTATION, EVEN IF THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

THE AUTHOR SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ANY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE SOFTWARE PROVIDED HEREUNDER IS ON AN "AS IS" BASIS, AND THE AUTHOR HAS NO OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE, SUPPORT, UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS.