Sega Altered Beast (Amiga) Reviews

Altered Beast is a 2d-scolling fantasy-themed beat-em-up platformer that was originally released as an arcade machine in 1988 and ported to a wide range of platforms including the Amiga and Sega Megadrive soon after. The game opens with some rather ropey digitised speech that says "Rise from your graves!" as your character bursts from a ...  Read the complete review

Having just recently got the Mega Drive Ultimate Collection on the Xbox 360 I though I'd play some games I never got the chance to, as well as those with fond memories. For every Columns there is a Streets of Rage, for every Alien storm there is a Sonic the Hedgehog, for every Gain Ground there is a Golden axe and one of the best collections of ...  Read the complete review

This game originally came out for the Sega Master System. The Megadrive has basically copied the exact game and improved the graphics. The game was already a joy to play and the fact that it has been kept the same with improved graphics makes it even more fun. You start the game as a normal man. A man who can become stronger by picking ...  Read the complete review

Altered Beast was Sega's conversion of their own arcade game. It was initially bundled with the Megadrive as a freebie, until Sonic became the bundled game of choice. Despite what the PR hype said, it was far from arcade perfect and received pretty poor reviews. You have been murdered by Neff, had your girlfriend stolen and must get her ...  Read the complete review

Back in the day of the sega megadrive, you used to get this as the free game that came with the console, talk about being forced on you! In all fairness it wasnt that bad. The game itself is a side scrolling beat em up. You play a deceased soilder who has been raised from the dead to rescue Zeus' daughter from the clutches of the evil ...  Read the complete review