Altered Beast

About Altered Beast

Altered Beast is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega.

The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the ruler of the underworld, Neff. Through the use of power-ups, the player character can assume the form of different magical beasts (wolf, dragon, bear and tiger).

After its initial arcade release, it was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers, including the Sega Genesis, for which it was a pack-in game.

How to Play

Altered Beast is a side scrolling beat 'em up game with light platform elements. It has five levels and can be played by up to two players simultaneously.

The game's premise is that the player is originally dead but then resurrected and empowered by the Olympian god Zeus to act as his champion. The task is to rescue the goddess Athena from the underworld ruler Neff, who will appear at the end of each level and take on different forms to defeat the players.

Players can punch, kick and jump. Combat takes place across five levels set in Ancient Greece and populated by Neff's minions, aggressive undead creatures and monsters resembling those from Greek mythology.

Whenever a player defeats a white two-headed wolf, they can obtain a Spirit Ball power-up increasing their strength and size. Collecting three Spirit Balls allows transformation into a powerful beast form before the player has to face Neff. The beast forms include a werewolf, a thunder weredragon, a werebear, a weretiger, or a golden werewolf. Each beast form grants its own abilities, such as the dragon's lightning bolts or the bear's petrifying breath.

If the player fails to collect at least three Spirit Balls and cannot transform, Neff will appear regardless when enough time has elapsed in each level.

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Game Controls

Enter = START

← → ↑ ↓ = LEFT / RIGHT / UP / DOWN

Q W E = X / Y / Z

A S D = A / B / C