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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Merchant Title Platform Price  
Amazon
Altered Beast Genesis $2.85  
Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms Commodore 64 $4.24  
Altered Beast SEGA Master System    
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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 (37231)
An original story comes to life in this coin-op conversion. Genesis aaron pridemore (11)
A cult classic Genesis ARProductions2009 (32)
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 (4476)
Nice!!! Genesis Thiago Loureiro (3)
Pretty fun DOS emerging_lurker (181)

The Press Says

Jeuxvideo.com Xbox 360 Aug 17, 2009 16 out of 20 80
VicioJuegos.com Wii Feb 19, 2007 69 out of 100 69
Nintendo Insanity Wii Dec, 2007 3 out of 5 60
The Games Machine (UK) TurboGrafx CD Jan, 1990 60 out of 100 60
Defunct Games SEGA Master System Aug 28, 2005 55 out of 100 55
IGN Wii Jan 16, 2007 5 out of 10 50
Lens of Truth Genesis Apr 04, 2009 4.5 out of 10 45
Retro Gamer Xbox 360 Aug, 2009 44 out of 100 44
Eurogamer.net (UK) Xbox 360 Jun 17, 2009 3 out of 10 30
Game Freaks 365 SEGA Master System Sep 05, 2005 1 out of 10 10

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Trivia

This game was the first pack-in game to come with the Genesis when it first came out in 1989.


This entry was contributed by Luiz Pacheco (1259), PCGamer77 Bronze Star Contributing Member (3025), Guy Chapman (1722), Zovni (9141), Martin Smith (64035), ZZip (806), Terok Nor (10544), Ben K (19178), koffiepad (10156), Black Wolf (37231) and Syed GJ (1572)
 

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