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.

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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 (4480)
Nice!!!	Genesis	Thiago Loureiro (3)
Pretty fun	DOS	emerging_lurker (181)

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The Press Says

VideoGame	Genesis	Mar, 1991		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		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".

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This entry was contributed by Luiz Pacheco (1259), PCGamer77