A side-scrolling brawler that puts the player in control of a resurrected centurion who possesses the ability to shape shift into many beasts, such as a wolf, dragon, tiger and bear.
Altered Beast was the original pack-in game for the Genesis in North America.
First released
Nov 27, 1988
Aliases
3D Altered Beast, 3D Juuouki, 3D Jūōki, Juuouki, Jūōki
Franchises
Altered Beast, Sega Vintage Collection
Developed by
Sega, Software Studios, Asmik Ace Entertainment, M2, Unlimited Software, Inc.
Published by
Sega, Activision, Ocean Software Ltd., Interchannel, Ltd., Asmik Ace Entertainment, Tec Toy Indústria de Brinquedos S.A., The Hit Squad
Platforms
Amiga, Genesis, Sega Master System, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, ZX Spectrum, Nintendo Entertainment System, TurboGrafx-CD, TurboGrafx-16, Zodiac, Arcade, Xbox 360 Games Store, Wii Shop, PlayStation Network (PS3), PC, iPhone, iPad, Android, Nintendo 3DS eShop
Genres
Action, Brawler, Platformer
Themes
Fantasy, Alternate Historical
Rating
ESRB: E, ESRB: E10+, PEGI: 12+, CERO: B, OFLC: PG, OFLC: M, ESRB: T, PEGI: 7+, CERO: A
Releases
- 3DSE - 3D Juuouki Japan
- 3DSE - 3D Altered Beast Australia
- 3DSE - 3D Altered Beast United Kingdom
- 3DSE - 3D Altered Beast United States
- ANDR - Altered Beast United States
- GEN - Altered Beast United Kingdom
- GEN - Altered Beast United States
- GEN - Juuouki Japan
- IPAD - Altered Beast United States
- IPHN - Altered Beast United States
- NES - Juuouki Japan
- PC - Altered Beast Australia
- PS3N - Altered Beast United States
- PS3N - Altered Beast United Kingdom
- SMS - Altered Beast United States
- SMS - Altered Beast United Kingdom
- SPEC - Altered Beast United Kingdom
- TG16 - Juuouki Japan
- TGCD - Juuouki Japan
- WSHP - Altered Beast (Arcade Version) United Kingdom
- WSHP - Altered Beast (Genesis) United States
- WSHP - Altered Beast (Arcade Version) United States
- WSHP - Altered Beast (Genesis) United Kingdom
- WSHP - Juuouki (Genesis) Japan
- XBGS - Altered Beast United States