alien soldier | kainetertainment

Hack Showcases and RPG Hack Showcases are a series where I show off various game and rpg hacks. I try to stick with hacks that improve gameplay or add quality of life features, completely or partially change the plot and characters, along with additional content, dialogue, graphical and sound improvements. Non-rpgs I try to give a full run to, or at least enough for a solid review. Rpgs I will stick with titles that have enough changes in the beginning to show off, and when I can, show parts later in the games where more differences appear. There may be spoilers in the reviews and videos. Some of these I may stream fully in the future or play on my own. Reviews are open to later revisions due to bug and content updates or me playing them and finding anything new I wish to bring up.

Seeing how both of these are more gameplay/translation hacks, I won’t have that much to say about them except for how they work, etc, so I’ll include some mini-reviews of both games too.

Alien Soldier: 6-Button Controller Support by NaOH gives Alien Soldier for Genesis, a game never officially released in the US except on the Sega Channel until emulation and the Mini systems, this hack enables 6-button support and makes it easier to perform your special moves just by pushing a button, instead of hitting a button and the directional pad.

Complete list of changes:

You can now dash by pressing Z. (Down+C no longer dashes in 6-button mode.)
You can now perform the “Counter Force” parry manoeuvre by pressing Y. (Double-tap B no longer parries in 6-button mode.)
You can now toggle shoot modes by pressing X or Mode at any time. (Down+A no longer swaps shoot mode in 6-button mode.)
The new controls are displayed in the “control test” screen, assuming a 6-button controller is inserted.
On the password input screen, pressing up now increments the number and down decrements. Furthermore, A, B, and C can now all be used to confirm password.
Bypasses internal checksum verification and region lock.

Alien Soldier – Weapon Cycling by i_hate_drm allows players to cycle through their weapon arsonal just by pushing the A button, instead of hitting A and cycling through them with no pause in the action!