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Altered Beast (1988)

Team Shinobi

Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Android · Arcade · Atari ST/STE · Commodore C64/128/MAX · DOS · MSX · ZX Spectrum · iOS

2.83 from 695 ratings

1363 members have it in their collection · 19 playing now · 160 backlogged · 64 wish listed

How long? Main story 1h · with extras 1h · 100% 1h (from 6 logged playthroughs)

Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed by Team Shinobi and published by Sega for arcades. Set in Ancient Greece, the game follows a Roman centurion who is resurrected by the Olympian god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from Neff, the demonic ruler of the underworld. By collecting three power-ups in a level, the player … Read more
Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed by Team Shinobi and published by Sega for arcades. Set in Ancient Greece, the game follows a Roman centurion who is resurrected by the Olympian god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from Neff, the demonic ruler of the underworld. By collecting three power-ups in a level, the player character can transform into one of five mythical beasts. In the original arcade, the end credits are interspersed with images of actors in costumes for the different characters and monsters of the game, implying the whole game was a film production. Read less
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Details

Developers
Team Shinobi
Publishers
Activision, Mediagenic, Ocean Software, Sega Corporation, Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Platform
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Historical, Survival
Franchises
Altered Beast
Series
Altered Beast
Steam
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Release dates

  • Jun 14, 1988 (Full Release) (Europe) Arcade
  • Jun 14, 1988 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
  • Jun 14, 1988 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
  • 1989 (Full Release) (Europe) Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX, ZX Spectrum
  • 1989 (Full Release) (North_America) Atari ST/STE
  • Feb 1990 (Full Release) (North_America) Commodore C64/128/MAX
  • Mar 1990 (Full Release) (North_America) Amiga
  • Jun 1990 (Full Release) (North_America) DOS
  • Dec 15, 2010 (Full Release) (Worldwide) iOS
  • Jun 22, 2017 (Full Release) (Worldwide) Android
  • Jun 22, 2017 (Next-Gen Optimization Patch Release) (Worldwide) iOS

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Rating distribution

5 stars
38
4 stars
102
3 stars
313
2 stars
185
1 star
56
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EjKejEj

Status EjKejEj Sep 12, 2024

A Classic side-scrolling beat'em up. You start as a weak human, but as you defeat more enemies you POWER UP and evolve into various beasts and finally, you defeat Neff and rescue Zeus's daughter Athena. Very simple and easy to pick up, and also very short (you can beat it in about 20 minutes). Definitely recommend it (especially the 3D …

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A Classic side-scrolling beat'em up. You start as a weak human, but as you defeat more enemies you POWER UP and evolve into various beasts and finally, you defeat Neff and rescue Zeus's daughter Athena. Very simple and easy to pick up, and also very short (you can beat it in about 20 minutes). Definitely recommend it (especially the 3D port for the 3DS).

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FiretheFlameLord

Status FiretheFlameLord Oct 8, 2022

ALTERED BEAST REVIEW: (GENESIS) Altered Beast is a 1988 progressive fighting game.Team Shinobi, the game's producer, and Sega, who have taken over the distribution of the game, have done a great job.The story of the game is the same as the previous review.The gameplay is the same.The music of the game is beautiful.If you are not too obsessed with graphics …

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ALTERED BEAST REVIEW: (GENESIS) Altered Beast is a 1988 progressive fighting game.Team Shinobi, the game's producer, and Sega, who have taken over the distribution of the game, have done a great job.The story of the game is the same as the previous review.The gameplay is the same.The music of the game is beautiful.If you are not too obsessed with graphics and you like retro games like me, this game is for you.My rating for the game: 10/10 (y) Good games to everyone 🙂

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ApramPepo

Status ApramPepo Sep 1, 2021

I used to play on a "non-official" Genesis hardware back in the early 2000s. I had SNES and loved playing games on it but I had troubles playing the Genesis games, maybe because it was an Unofficial Sega product, I couldn't finish or even beat Genesis games back then, and even now I still have problems.

I'm going back to …

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I used to play on a "non-official" Genesis hardware back in the early 2000s. I had SNES and loved playing games on it but I had troubles playing the Genesis games, maybe because it was an Unofficial Sega product, I couldn't finish or even beat Genesis games back then, and even now I still have problems.

I'm going back to try from the beginning, Starting with the Launch title and see if I was that bad at Genesis games.

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AlucardEmblem

Status AlucardEmblem Apr 13, 2021

While dated and frustrating since it has no continues and the attacks are incredibly puny until you're in beast mode, this is actually kinda cool? I love the creature designs (even if the main character looks goofy) and when you do land hits it's very satisfying and feels oddly enough like boxing.

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