Altered Beast

Information

Genre

Arcade - Beat'em Up!

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1, 2 (sim.)

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Gamon, Jeff

Graphic Artist(s)

Jones, Mark A.

Game design

Sega

Musician(s)

Lowe, Dave

Sound FX

[unknown]

Year

1989

Publisher

Activision UK

Distributor

-

Developer

Software Studios

Licensed from

SEGA

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English, French, German, Italian

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

2, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.9/10 · Votes: 291 · Downloads: 5,202 · Hits: 19,470

Additional Comments

Screenshots (32)

Cover Art (4)

Instructions (8)

Ads (5)

Tips (2)

Trivia (7)

Origins

Based on Sega 1988 coin-op.

Development

Copy protection by (C)1988 Rob Northen Computing. All Rights Reserved.

Produced by Stuart Hibbert in association with Marjacq Micros.

Graphics

Features up to 21 colours on-screen simultaneously (introduction screen)
Features up to 21 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game)

Hardware

Supports Drive B

Sound

Features partially digitized sound fx at 7KHz

Charts

Top UK charts position: 17 (2/1990), 15 (1/1992, budget)
Months on charts: 5 between 1/1990 - 3/1992

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for Commodore 64 (10/1989)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (10/1989), Amiga (10/1989)

Book / Magazine Reviews (7)

ST Format · November, 1989 · Rating: 82%

Computer + Video Games (C+VG) · November, 1989 · Rating: 68%

ST Action · November, 1989 · Rating: 67%

ST Format · November, 1989 · Rating: 82%

The Games Machine · December, 1989 · Rating: 70%

Games X · November 21st-27th, 1991 · Rating: 1,5/5

ST Action · January, 1992 · Rating: 84%