Altered Beast (Sega Genesis, 1989)

Altered Beast is one of the original video games that shipped with the Sega Genesis systems before the popular Sonic the Hedgehog was released. Like Sonic The Hedgehog, this is one game you will enjoy playing if for no other reason that the cool graphics.

The object of the game is obviously to win, but besides that, the goal is to destroy all the zombie creatures who want to kill you and defeat the beast at the end of the level.

The game is like many video games, in that the screen scrolls while the character walks, and enemies pop up in front and behind. Like other Sega Games, the character can move forward, move backward (To the edge of the visible screen), punch, kick, jump and squat. (Nothing especially exciting)

One of the cool things about Altered Beast is the power-ups. As you kill the evil mummies leading up to the boss at the end of each level, you have the possibility to gather up power-balls. As you gather these floating balls of energy, your character becomes stronger in all aspects until finally it alters into a werewolf. In order to defeat the boss at the end of each level, you just about have to have enough power-balls collected and transform into the Altered Beast before you get to the end. It's not impossible to defeat the boss without them, but it's not easy.

Unfortunately this game only has five levels, and while they do get more challenging, with practice you should be able to win someday. That should make some of you happy!

I still find the game a little challenging when I haven't played it for a while, and get my butt kicked by the boss, but that's o.k.

The game moves at a steady speed forwards and basically, you just pound the crap out of as many zombies, flying animals and frustrating running animals like Pigs, Were-Hogs and other beast and within no time, your staring face to face with the boss who at first looks like a bald headed monk that transforms into a seriously gnarly looking monster intent on kicking your face in.

Altered Beast remains one of my favorite games, though not on my top pick list, merely because quite a few games that came out after Altered Beast seemed really similar. I prefer more toonish games with stupid themes like Boogerman for instance. If you like Golden Axe, you'll enjoy this game.

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altered beast is one of the first games to come out for the sega genesis system and it has great graffix and smooth gameplay with easy controllers. morf into bears and wherewolfs and other cool creatures in every new level. a must have for sega genesis collectors and players!!!

Words that ecco from the very first Sega Genesis game released. If you love the Sega Genesis and arcade games, this one's for you. This is a great addition to your Genesis game collection and is a great claasic game to play again.

I remember playing this in the arcade.....seemed to be much harder there LOL. This is a really awesome fun game to play but it is really short...I mean if you dont beat it in an hour then you must have been side tracked by something. All in all i will still go back to it ocassionally to remind myself of what life was before mmorpg's....ahhhh the good ol'days

I love playing the coop mode with my brother...even though we can never beat the darn thing...I think some parts are confusing but overall its a great game :D

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Its the nastalgia the newer high tech games are great but I think that the older games are more challenging. They are like the the classic cars of the 1950's and 1960's they seem to stand out from the other stuff. Its the saying that they don't make things like they used too.

Um, there isn’t too much to write about. This game is super old, but has not lost its touch. It is one of my classically favorite games for the Sega and I am glad to have it again! (now all I need is a new Genesis because mine is slowly dying!! (@_@ Its been dying for 6 years now!)

Every once and a while I bust out my Genesis and play Streets of Rage, Mutant Academy Football, Samurai Showdown, and Barbie (don’t laugh! It was hard!)
The games of yore are nothing like the present games. This game is classically fun, and for it’s time tantalizingly scary. (at least to me, I was like 4 when I played this) It has some of the most memorable punch lines: “Welcome to your doom”, “Rise from your Grave”. When I say that to gamers of that time they all know what I am talking about.

It is by no means difficult though, its and old game. What used to take me 20 minutes of trying is only taking me 5, and that’s me casually playing!!
I only got to the third level before my Sega Died completely <(;_;)> but it is fun!! I highly recommend this to anyone who has a Sega Genesis, or is buying one, to round up a group of friends, play, and enjoy!

This was the first Genesis game I played, but considering that before Sonic most Genesis consoles came with Altered beast, that isn't too surprising. Being only in Jr. High when I got my Genesis, I didn't have much money to go and spend on new games, so I had to make due with what I had. Unfortunately, Altered Beast didn't have much substance to it and I was forced to play my NES until I was able to get more Genesis games.

The graphics are incredible. Anyone who played the arcade version will noticed how closely the two versions are. The enemies are huge and detailed as well as the backgrounds. The sounds are great with digitized voice samples and music that helps set up an atmosphere.

Unfortunately, gameplay must of been an afterthought for the developers. The levels are short and there are only five in total. An average player would get through this game in a couple of hours, if that. After you finish the game, you get to play through it again, only this time it is more difficult. This was a trait common in arcade ports and other early video games. This didn't really add to the gameplay and, to me, seemed unnecessarily repetitious.

Altered Beast was a great showcase of the Genesis power of the day, but really there wasn't much else to it. I quickly grew bored and went back to playing my NES where I had much more games and more importantly, games with longevity. Eventually I would get more Genesis games and the Genesis is now my favorite system of all time, but Altered Beast didn't give me a great first impression of the Genesis.

ALTERED BEAST IS AN EXCELLENT GAME FOR THE SEGA GENESIS AN EXCELLENT GAME FOR ANYBODYS COLLECTION OF GAMES