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Flaws in the emulation and lack of two-player support make Altered Beast a real drag.
In its day, the Genesis version of Altered Beast was a middling translation of a great arcade game. Now it scrapes by on decent action and some nostalgic value.
Who wouldn't like to be able to turn into a monster and battle huge bosses. One of the greatest parts of this game was the multi-player. You get to play the hole game with a friend and share the experience. In every leve... Read Full Review
5 of 5 users found the following review helpfulOne of the selling points for any good video game system, is that it should have a good, strong, video game, capable of showing off what the video game system is capable of, right out of the starting gate! Some video gam... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulIn Altered Beast, Zeus resurrects a warrior and gives him the task of rescuing his daughter from the evil Neff. Not sure why Zeus couldn't do it himself, but this warrior seems special because he can turn into a beast. ... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulI first played Altered Beast in 2009 on a potable Mega Drive console which came with this game as well as a few others. I also have the ROM for the game on the Wii. Altered Beast is a beat-em-up game which is centered ar... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulAltered Beast was originally the pack in title that came with the Sega Mega Drive. The graphics and sound are pretty solid for a Mega drive launch title, although they are inferior to the arcade machine. Being an arc... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpfulAltered Beast was originally an arcade game which was ported over to several home consoles including the Sega Master System, Famicom, ZX Spectrum and obviously the Sega Genesis. By far the best home console version was f... Read Full Review
3 of 3 users found the following review helpfulWhy there is so much fondness and nostalgia for this game I will never know. It's an absolute incomprehensible mess. And what's the deal with the title 'Altered Beast'? It's like calling Die Hard 'Exhausted Cop'. I'm ass... Read Full Review
1 of 2 users found the following review helpfulAfter the dreaded Video Game Crash of 1983, Nintendo came and made a daring move to the U.S. to introduce a new video game system. After some criticism by retailers and some consumers Nintendo eventually released their N... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulHi everyone now I wanted to review another classic from my child hood: Altered Beast on Sega Genesis. I remember finding it in an store on the shelves loving the cover of the game while wondering how it like. Well it bec... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpfulTheir is nothing complex or interesting about "Altered Beast," but people still talk like its some sort of ancient relic of gaming history, which it most certainly is not. Whats worse is that people criticize both the m... Read Full Review
0 of 0 users found the following review helpfulAltered beast for the Genesis has got to be one of the coolest games ever. Arguably one of the best, but undisputedly one of the coolest . As a dead Roman soldier, you get commanded to rise from your grave and rescue Zeu... Read Full Review
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