Sega Genesis Game Altered Beast

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Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Android, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, iPad, iPhone, Linux, Macintosh, MSX, NES, Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 3, SEGA Principal System, TurboGrafx-16, TurboGrafx CD, Wii, Windows, Xbox 360, Zodiac, ZX Spectrum | Combined View

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You are a hero raised from the expressionless by the god Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena. With 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 Contradistinct Beast championship refers to your shapeshifting abilities. In this platformer, y'all tin can collect spirit balls past defeating ii-headed wolves, assuasive y'all to mutate into dissimilar beasts such equally a werewolf, a dragon, a tiger, a bear and others depending on the version. Each grade, tied to a level, comes with special abilities such as flying and powerful attacks, easily superseding the basic fix of punches and kicks in your human course.

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

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Alternating Titles

"獣王記" -- Japanese spelling
"兽王记" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"Jūōki" -- Japanese title
"Altered Brute Archetype" -- iOS and Android release title
"3D Altered Beast" -- Nintendo 3DS title

Part of the Post-obit Groups

Altered Beast serial
Animals: Cats
Mythology: Greek
SEGA Forever serial
SEGA Vintage Drove series
Theme: Werewolves

User Reviews

Great conversion of the arcade hit, underestimated due to overexposure.	Majestic Lizard (676)
Welcome to your doom	Katakis \| カタキス (42829)
An original story comes to life in this coin-op conversion.	aaron pridemore (11)
A cult archetype	AaronGamer (45)
Dainty!!!	Thiago Loureiro (3)	unrated

Critic Reviews

All Game Guide	1999		80
Jeuxvideo.com	Aug 17, 2009	16 out of 20	lxxx
VideoGame	Mar, 1991		fourscore
Oldies Rising	Aug 05, 2008	xiv out of 20	70
Sega-16.com	Oct 05, 2004	7 out of 10	lxx
VicioJuegos.com / uVeJuegos.com	Aug 28, 2010	66 out of 100	66
The Video Game Critic	May 01, 2001	C+	58
Lens of Truth	Apr 04, 2009	4.5 out of 10	45
Retro Game Reviews	Feb 20, 2016		30
GameTrip.net	Sep 20, 2009	2 out of 10	20

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Trivia

Compilation

A version of Contradistinct Animate being is included in Sega'south Smash Pack compilation CD.

Genesis pack-in game

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

Megadriver

The Brazilian Heavy metal band Megadriver, specialized in SEGA MegaDrive music, did a cover of the offset level theme, consummate with one of the band members maxim "Rising from your grave".

References

The ride-able lizard-birds from Gilt Axe brand a cameo appearance in the second stage. Bizarrian, a hybrid betwixt an amphibious and a parrot, is also present in Gilded Axe.

Version differences

The NES version adds iii new stages and 2 unique transformations: a shark, an a bird. On the other hand, the SMS version removes the tiger level. The Zodiac release is an emulation of the Genesis version, but for one player simply.

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- Event 01/1990 - Biggest Failure of 1989

Data too contributed by Mad_Griffith, Matthew Melbourne, Robbb and Zovni

Related Web Sites

Altered Beast coin-op game entry on KLOV (The Altered Brute coin-op game entry on the Killer List of Videogames.)
Hardcore Gaming 101 (In depth look at the Altered Animate being series of games)
Wikipedia: Altered Beast (article in the open up encyclopedia virtually the game)
X360A Achievement Guide (X360A'due south achievement guide for Altered Creature.)

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