You are a hero risen from the dead on a mission to rescue Zeus' daughter from the clutches of an evil magician. Horizontally scrolling beat 'em up. Collect power-ups and transform into different animals.
Altered Beast was produced by Sega in 1988.
Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega is based in Japan.
Other machines made by Sega during the time period Altered Beast was produced include: Super League, Bullet, Wonder Boy - Monster Land, Thunder Blade, Super Hang-On, Gain Ground, Galaxy Force, Galaxy Force II, Global Defense, and Hot Rod
Name | Altered Beast |
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Developer | Sega (Japan) |
Year | 1988 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 6873 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Fighting |
Fighting Style | Scrolling Fighter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Sega System 16 |
Game Specific | Altered Beast Pinout |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Joint |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Instructions | Altered Beast Instructions Image |
Control Panel | Altered Beast Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Altered Beast Side Art Image |
PCB | Altered Beast PCB Image |
You have been raised from the grave according to the digitized speech at the beginning by Zeus to rescue his daughter from an evil, bald magician. Fight various types of nasties and end-of-level bosses along the way. At the end of each level, "evil baldy" appears and takes your power-ups away. The scoundrel also turns the daughter into a pigeon or something.
Level two features head suckers that can be shaken off by moving the joystick left and right quickly very difficult to work out if you don't know the game. Kill the flashing white wolves to reveal power-ups. As you collect more power-ups you gain more muscles are these steroids? and eventually you will transform into a beast -- a different one each level. These beasts are: a werewolf, a flying weredragon, a werebear, a weretiger and finally the Golden Werewolf. After the evil magician has been defeated on the fifth level, Zeus' daughter will appear as a bird and then change back to her normal self again. After that, the game ends.
Overall Like |
2.80 |
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Fun (Social) | 2.75 |
Fun (Solo) | 2.60 |
Collector Desire | 2.75 |
Gameplay | 2.60 |
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Graphics | 3.20 |
Originality | 2.00 |
Sound/Music | 2.60 |
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The wiring harness is directly compatible with such titles as:
Shinobi, Golden Axe, Aurail, Alien Syndrome, and other Sega System 16 PCBs.
COPY OF: Juuouki
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Very Common - There are 206 known instances of this machine owned by Altered Beast collectors who are active members. Of these, 23 of them are original dedicated machines. 50 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 130 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Altered Beast machines for sale. There are 9 active VAPS members with a Altered Beast circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - There are 8 active VAPS members currently looking for Altered Beast. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Altered Beast circuit board set.
This game ranks a 55 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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This PCB also suffers from the same problem as Shinobi, however the sound fix varies slightly. You still replace the custom Sega chip at with a standard Z80, however you replace the ROM at location A10, as opposed to A7 on Shinobi.
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