Altered Beast

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Altered Beast
Developer(s)	Sega
Publisher(s)	Sega
Distributor(s)	Xbox Live Arcade, Wii Virtual Console, GameTap
Designer(s)	Rieko Kodama, Makoto Uchida
Release date(s)	Arcade  1988 Sega Genesis  November 27, 1988  August 14, 1989  November 30, 1990 Sega Master System  1989  1989 TurboGrafx-CD  September 29, 1989  1989 NES  July 20, 1990 Wii Virtual Console  November 19, 2006  December 7, 2006  December 8, 2006 Xbox Live Arcade  June 10, 2009
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
System(s)	Arcade, NES, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Commodore 64, Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Atari ST, MS-DOS, TurboGrafx-CD, TurboGrafx-16, Tapwave Zodiac, Wii, Xbox 360
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Everyone OFLC: Parental Guidance PEGI: Ages 7+

Altered Beast (獣王記, Jūōki^?, lit. "Beast King's Chronicle") is a 1988 arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. After its initial arcade release, it was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers. Makoto Uchida was the primary developer of the game and also was responsible for the creation of Golden Axe. A re-worked arcade version was released for Xbox 360's Xbox Live Arcade on June 10, 2009 with HD support, online leaderboards and network play.

Altered Beast is a side scrolling, platform, beat 'em up game that puts the player in control of a centurion who has died in battle. The centurion has been raised from the dead to rescue Zeus' daughter, Athena. The player battles undead and demonic hordes, controlling the shapeshifting hero. He must fight through several levels in order to save the kidnapped goddess. Although 'Centurion' was a rank in the Roman Army, the game takes place in a setting resembling Ancient Greece, complete with gods, temples and ruined Ionic columns.

Arcade cabinet for the game.

Sega Master System cover art.

Amiga cover art.

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