In Vigilante 8, Y the Alien's skin color seems a light pink, but disguised as The Garbage Man, his hands and feet appear green.However, with normal-sized cars, the special can be varied using the special on the target's front/back to load them into the compactor, while hitting in from the side will slam the target. Afterwards, a hatch on the back of the truck opens up, and releases them. On lighter vehicles (except Team FAST, randomly), the garbage truck's loading arms will grab the opponent and put them into the compactor, trapping them for a short amount of time as they are shaken and dismantled from inside the garbage truck. On heavy vehicles, the garbage truck's loading arms grab onto the opponent, slams them against the ground twice, then throws them away. In V8: 2nd Offense, Garbage Man's Special Weapon was the Compactor, which has two different forms of attack, depending on the weight of the vehicle he uses it on. In V8 and V8: Arcade, Y the Alien's Special Weapon was the Blue Laser, which was a laser gun mounted on top of his UFO that shot a blue-coated laser that dealt massive damage.
Vigilante 8: Arcade Statistics: Strength: In V8: 2nd Offense, he drove a beat up Grubb Dual Loader garbage truck, a vehicle that lacked speed, but had great armor. The Grubb Dual Loader as it appears in V8: 2nd Offense. In V8, it had wonderful speed and decent armor, while in V8: Arcade, it had maximum top speed and acceleration, but had low radar evasion. In V8 and V8: Arcade, Y piloted the 1964 Luxo Saucer, the only vehicle capable of flight in the game. Y the Alien does not have a quest in Vigilante 8: Arcade. tailed him back to his UFO and forced Y to take him along to his home planet. In his V8: 2nd Offense ending, after stealing Astronaut Bob O's Moon Trekker, Garbage Man (Now revealed to be Y the Alien), is able to repair his damaged UFO, which he has been hiding in a trench deep in the mountains. Y returns with the fuel in his hand only to discover his ship crashed into the ground, leaving him stranded on Earth. During that time, Loki hijacks his UFO and crashes it after a few short moments. In his V8 ending, Y leaves his ship to acquire more fuel. Y the Alien configuring his spaceship to travel to his home planet in his ending in Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense. His actions drew the attention of the general public, along with the mysterious Astronaut Bob O., who seemed to want to take his "treasures." How he acquired his garbage truck is unknown, but with it, the newly identified Garbage Man stole garbage as far as Alaska all the way back to Florida. It's unknown what his purpose was, but some would argue that he just wanted to escape site-4, or perhaps rescue his fellow alien from the hands of the American government.ĭuring the events of Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, Y went incognito under the alias Garbage Man. According to his Vigilante 8 quest, he had come into contact with Dave and was told about another alien who was captured and dissected, causing him to swear revenge. Y is an alien who crash landed on Earth during the events of Vigilante 8.