For the 2005 video game, see Altered Beast (2005 video game). For the Matthew Sweet album, see Altered Beast (album).
1988 video game
Altered Beast
European Mega Drive box art
Developer(s)
Sega
Publisher(s)
Sega
Designer(s)
Makoto Uchida
Artist(s)
Rieko Kodama
Composer(s)
Tohru Nakabayashi
Platform(s)
Arcade, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari ST, Amiga, Master System, Sega Genesis, PC Engine, PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance
Release
JP: June 14, 1988[3]
WW: June 1988[1][2]
Genre(s)
Beat 'em up
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade system
Sega System 16
Altered Beast[a] is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character chosen by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the demonic ruler of the underworld, Neff. Through the use of power-ups, the player character can assume the form of different magical beasts (wolf, dragon, bear, tiger, and golden wolf). It was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers. It was the pack-in game for the Mega Drive when that system launched in 1988.
The game was developed by Makoto Uchida, who developed the game as his first project as a lead developer. Uchida and his team used the System 16 arcade system board for its graphical capabilities with sprites. Altered Beast was ported numerous times in addition to its Genesis conversion, including for the Master System by Sega and to several computer systems and video game consoles by various third parties.
Altered Beast's arcade release and its various ports have all received mixed reviews, mainly targeting the game's gameplay and graphics. The game has been re-released several times for various consoles and as part of video game compilations, and two sequels to the game have been developed.
^Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 131. ISBN 978-4990251215.
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^"Altered Beast (Registration Number PA0000370979)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
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