Altered Beast/Round 1

Boss
When you collect the necessary powerups, you will enter wolf form. Your first attack is charging yourself at the enemy, and your second is to throw a ranged fireball.

The stage boss will stand on the right edge of the screen. It attacks by throwing its head some distance before it heads directly down. Try to avoid its heads, using your dash attack if you get cornered, and attack the main body using your fireball at close range between waves of heads.

Common attack patterns include:
 * Sending three-and-a-half pairs at the extreme close and far ranges.
 * Throwing three heads requiring you to dodge to the back, followed by a head at long range, requiring you to move forward again.
 * Throwing heads in a semi-chaotic pattern.

On the Genesis version, you can simply kick dash back and forth through the boss without any risk. This is not a working strategy in the arcade.