Description

In this coin-op conversion, you are a hero raised from the dead by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena. With a scenery inspired by Ancient Greece, you have to fight hordes of undead and demons, with a boss at the end of each level until you meet the god Neff, who holds the girl captive.

The title refers to your shapeshifting abilities. In this platformer, you can collect spirit balls by defeating two-headed wolves, allowing you to mutate into different beasts such as a werewolf, a dragon, a tiger, a bear and others depending on the version. Each form, tied to a level, comes with special abilities such as flight and powerful attacks, easily superseding the basic set of punches and kicks in your human form.

The game can be played in singleplayer mode, or in same-screen multiplayer co-op mode.

Alternate Titles

  • "獣王記" -- Japanese spelling
  • "兽王记" -- Chinese title (simplified)
  • "Juuohki" -- Japanese title

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User Reviews

Great conversion of the arcade hit, underestimated due to overexposure. Genesis Majestic Lizard (663)
Welcome to your doom Genesis Black Wolf (37274)
An original story comes to life in this coin-op conversion. Genesis aaron pridemore (11)
A cult classic Genesis sprint_car_fan2007 (31)
Unlovable. Genesis The Imperial Darkhorse (131)
Slightly better than average arcade conversion. DOS gametrader (230)
A particularly good conversion of a particularly bad arcade game. DOS Tomer Gabel Bronze Star Contributing Member (4480)
Nice!!! Genesis Thiago Loureiro (3)
Pretty fun DOS emerging_lurker (181)

The Press Says

VideoGame Genesis Mar, 1991 4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars4 Stars 80
Zzap! Amiga Dec, 1989 68 out of 100 68
Pixel-Heroes.de Genesis May, 2004 6 out of 10 60
Nintendo Insanity Wii Dec, 2007 3 out of 5 60
The Video Game Critic Genesis May 01, 2001 C+ 58
GameSpot Wii Nov 19, 2006 5.2 out of 10 52
Pixel-Heroes.de SEGA Master System May, 2004 5 out of 10 50
IGN Wii Jan 16, 2007 5 out of 10 50
The Virtual Console Archive Wii Feb, 2007 2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars2 Stars 40
Game Freaks 365 SEGA Master System Sep 05, 2005 1 out of 10 10

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Trivia

The Brazilian Heavy metal band Megadriver, specialized in SEGA MegaDrive music, did a cover of the first level theme, complete with one of the band members saying "Rise from your grave".


This entry was contributed by Luiz Pacheco (1259), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3051), Guy Chapman (1718), Zovni (9114), Martin Smith (64127), ZZip (811), Terok Nor (10118), koffiepad (10167), Black Wolf (37274) and Syed GJ (1572)
 

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