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Altered Beast is a 1988 arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. After its initial arcade release, it was ported to several home video game consoles.
Overview
This fighting game puts the player in control of a hero who has been raised from the dead to rescue Zeus' daughter, Athena. The player battles undead and demonic hordes, controlling the shapeshifting hero. The player must defeat several levels in order to save the kidnapped goddess.
Game description
Altered Beast is a platform/fighting game. The game casts the player as a hero resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter, Athena. The game takes place in a setting resembling Ancient Greece, complete with gods, temples and ruined Ionic columns. The game play is accompanied by lively background music.
The player must battle armies of fictional and undead creatures to his goal of defeating the evil sorcerer Ned, who is holding Athena captive. Along the way, the player may obtain power-ups which increase his strength and appearance. If four are collected, the hero transforms into a beast with exceptional abilities.
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Altered Beast the player plays a hero who must fight undead hordes. The hero gets more powerful and eventually turns into a powerful mythical beast.
The game contains several levels which the player must battle through. At the end of each level is a "boss" creature, each one attacking in novel though somewhat similar ways. The enemies the player encounters differ depending on level as is the "beast" the hero transforms into. These beasts include the werewolf, dragon, tiger, bear, and the more powerful golden werewolf. Each beast has it's own special ablilities, such as the dragon's ability to fly. Between each level is are small animations giving the player glimpses of Athena's peril.
The game was moderately successful, the player's ability to transform into different creatures being a big draw. The game actually does have an ending where the player rescues Athena. At the completion of the game, when you have defeated Ned in the city of Dis, Zeus thanks you for your help, whereafter the game treats you to a long series of credits.
Altered Beast was produced as a standard upright only with custom artwork on the cabinet. The game's controls consist of an eight-direction joystick and three buttons, one each for "punch," "kick" and "jump." The game has single player and cooperative two-player modes.
Ports
Altered Beast was ported to several platforms beginning in 1988. It was released for DOS, NES, Atari ST, Amiga, Sega Master System, Sega Genesis and Commodore 64. Of note is the Sega Genesis version, which was the original pack-in game for that system in North America.
A PlayStation 2 version of Altered Beast is currently in development.
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