Genesis
Altered Beast

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Published by

SEGA of America, Inc.

Developed by

SEGA Enterprises Ltd.

Released

Aug 14, 1989

Also For

Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, MSX, NES, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Xbox 360, ZX Spectrum | Combined View

Genre

Action

Perspective

3rd-Person Perspective, Platform, Side-Scrolling

Non-Sport

Arcade

Misc

Coin-Op Conversion

MobyRank

100 point score based on reviews from various critics.

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3.4

MobyScore

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Written by	:	The Imperial Darkhorse (131)
Written on	:	Jan 03, 2004
Platform	:	Genesis
Rating	:

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Summary

Unlovable.

The Good

I guess the storyline was kind of cool. Nope, it wasn't.

The Bad

Pretty much everything. The format is completely dumb: follow the moving screen. There's like no freedom of movement whatsoever. The game is profoundly boring. Beat up the bad guys to rescue the princess. Whoopee. And the game lasts about 10 minutes, so once you beat the final bad guy, you play the game on a loop again!! It gradually gets harder too. I don't think it ever ends. If you beat go-around 3 then I think it plays that same go-around on a loop!