Altered Beast [Model 317-0066]

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38 Years old Arcade Video game SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. [Tokyo, Japan]

Altered Beast [Model 317-0066] screenshot

Altered Beast © 1988 Sega.

Export release. Game developed in Japan. For more information about the game itself, please see the original Japanese release entry; "Juuouki".

TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

Runs on the Sega "System 16B" hardware.
Game ID: 317-0066

Machine Picture
Machine Picture
(members only)
TRIVIA

Altered Beast was released in August 1988.

Re-Editions:
Altered Beast [Model 317-0069]
Altered Beast [Model 317-0076]
Altered Beast [Model 317-0078]

An Altered Beast unit appears in 1998 movie 'The Replacement Killers'.

SERIES
📜
1. Altered Beast (1988)
2. Altered Beast - Guardian of the Realms (2002, Nintendo GameBoy Advance)
3. Altered Beast (2005, Sony PlayStation 2)
PORTS
The American release of the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive) in 1989 all came bundled with a port of this game, making it the first American Genesis game.

CONSOLES

flag flag Sega Master System (1989) Altered Beast [Model 7018]
BR Sega Master System (1989) by Tec Toy
flag Sega Genesis (aug.14, 1989) Altered Beast [Model 1100]
BR Sega Mega Drive (1990) by Tec Toy
flag Sega Mega Drive (1990) Altered Beast [Model 1100-50]
flag Sega Mega Drive (1990)
flag Tapwave Zodiac (2004)
flag Sony PS2 (nov.7, 2006) Sega Genesis Collection [Model SLUS-21542]: as an unlockable extra.
flag Sony PS2 (feb.2, 2007) Sega Mega Drive Collection [Model SLES-54333]: as an unlockable extra.
flag Sony PlayStation 2 (feb.8, 2007) "Sega Mega Drive Collection": as an unlockable extra.
flag Sony PlayStation 3 (feb.10, 2009) Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection [Model BLUS-30259]: as an unlockable extra.
KO Sony PlayStation 3 (feb.10, 2009) "Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection": as an unlockable extra.
flag Microsoft XBOX 360 (feb.10, 2009) Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection [Model 68034]: as an unlockable extra.
flag flag Sony PlayStation 3 (feb.20, 2009) Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection [Model BLES-00475]: as an unlockable extra.
flag Microsoft XBOX 360 (feb.20, 2009) SEGA Mega Drive Ultimate Collection [Model 384-40210]: as an unlockable extra.
flag Microsoft XBOX 360 (feb.26, 2009) Sega Mega Drive Ultimate Collection: as an unlockable extra.
flag Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] (june.26, 2009) [Model E6XP]
flag Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] (sept.28, 2009) [Model E6XE]
flag Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (sept.7, 2011)
flag Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (sept.20, 2011)
KO Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (oct.11, 2011)

HANDHELDS

flag Nintendo 3DS [eShop] (dec.5, 2013) 3D Altered Beast [Model CTR-JA7E-USA]
flag Nintendo 3DS [eShop] (dec.5, 2013) 3D Altered Beast [Model CTR-JA7P-EUR]
flag Nintendo 3DS [eShop] (dec.5, 2013) "3D Altered Beast [Model CTR-JA7P-AUS]"

COMPUTERS

flag MSX (1988)
flag Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988)
flag Commodore C64 flag (1989)
flag Amstrad CPC (1989) by Activision
[SP] Amstrad CPC (1989) Altered Beast [Model AMC-786]
flag Commodore Amiga (1989)
flag Atari ST (1989)
flag Amstrad CPC (1990) by Ocean
flag PC [MS-DOS, 5.25"] (1990)

OTHERS

flag LCD handheld game (1988) by Tiger Electronics.
flag Apple iPhone/iPod (dec.16, 2010) [Model 407812054]
SOURCES
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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's picture.
F.A.Q. by Kevin Butler A.K.A. War Doc