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Altered Beast

獣王記 Jūōki
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PlatformGenesisYear1988
PublisherSegaDeveloperSega
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Beat'em up, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Arcade Conversion
PlatformGenesis
Year1988
PublisherSega
DeveloperSega
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsAction, Beat'em up, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Arcade Conversion

A side scrolling beat'em up set in ancient Greece where you fight to save Zeus' daughter Athena from the ruler of the underground. Each round you collect power-ups to transform into a beast form with different abilities. Once you transform into a beast, you fight a boss and your transformation is taken away.
 
GoodBad
  • Beast abilities are better than regular form
  • Digitized voices
  • Large bosses
  • Bland graphics
  • Boring level design
  • Repeating enemies
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Spend little time to play in the beast form
  • Short levels
Good
  • Beast abilities are better than regular form
  • Digitized voices
  • Large bosses
 
Bad
  • Bland graphics
  • Boring level design
  • Repeating enemies
  • Repetitive gameplay
  • Spend little time to play in the beast form
  • Short levels
 
4A faithful recreation of a mundane and repetitive arcade game. The digitized voices sound ok but it would be nice to play in the beast form more.

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