Altered Beast

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Released Jun 14, 1988

By: Team Shinobi, Activision, Mediagenic, Ocean Software, Sega Corporation, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

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Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed by Team Shinobi and published by Sega for arcades. Set in Ancient Greece, the game follows a Roman centurion who is resurrected by the Olympian god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from Neff, the demonic ruler of the underworld. By collecting three power-ups in a level, the player character can transform into one of five mythical beasts. In the original arcade, the end credits are interspersed with images of actors in costumes for the different characters and monsters of the game, implying the whole game was a film production.

Genres: Hack and slash/Beat 'em up Platform
Platforms: Amiga Amstrad CPC Android Arcade Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS MSX ZX Spectrum iOS
Themes: Action Fantasy Historical Survival
Franchises: Altered Beast
Collections: Altered Beast
Game modes: Co-operative Single player Split screen
Perspectives: Side view
Engines: Sega System 16
Keywords: achievements anthropomorphism body builder boss fight brawler catch phrase cheat code classic damsel in distress death destructible environment digital distribution extreme violence fan translation - english gods human launch titles lycanthropy male protagonist multi-tier combat original soundtrack release pack-in game pixel art recurring boss resurrection retro sega forever shape-shifting shared screen side-scrolling steam undead vintage werewolves white noise wolf
Languages: English · Interface Japanese · Interface
Multiplayer: Campaign co-op Offline co-op Split screen

Complete release history (16)

Arcade · Jun 14, 1988
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Arcade · Jun 14, 1988
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Arcade · Jun 14, 1988
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Amstrad CPC · 1989
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Amiga · 1989
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Atari ST/STE · 1989
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Atari ST/STE · 1989
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Commodore C64/128/MAX · 1989
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MSX · 1989
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ZX Spectrum · 1989
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Commodore C64/128/MAX · February 1990
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Amiga · March 1990
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DOS · June 1990
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iOS · Dec 15, 2010
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Android · Jun 22, 2017
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iOS · Jun 22, 2017
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