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| Altered Beast | |
|---|---|
 European Mega Drive box art | |
| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Makoto Uchida |
| Artist(s) | Rieko Kodama |
| Composer(s) | Tohru Nakabayashi |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Famicom, Atari ST, Amiga, Master System, Genesis, PC Engine, PC Engine Super CD-ROM² System, Commodore 64, Game Boy Advance |
| Release | |
| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, 2 player co-op |
| Arcade system | Sega System 16 |
Altered Beast[a] is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade video game developed and published by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character chosen by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the demonic ruler of the underworld, Neff. By collecting three power-ups in a level, the player character transforms into one of five magical beasts. It was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers. Altered Beast was the pack-in game when the Genesis launched in North America and the Mega Drive in Europe.
The game's development was led by Makoto Uchida which was his first time as a project lead. Uchida and his team used the System 16 arcade system board.
Altered Beast's arcade release and its ports received mixed-to-positive reviews, mainly praising the gameplay and graphics. The game has been re-released several times for various consoles and as part of video game compilations, and there have been one sequel and one reboot.
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