Bob's Retro Reviews



Altered Beast

獣王記 Jūōki
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Platform Genesis Year 1988
Publisher Sega Developer Sega
Region NA Language English
Tags Action, Beat'em up, Two Player, Simultaneous Multiplayer, Arcade Conversion
Platform Genesis
Year 1988
Publisher Sega
Developer Sega
Region NA
Language English
Tags Action, 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.
 
Good Bad
  • 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
 
4 A 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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