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Altered Beast

General info

1989, 1991
Not Amiga Original

Relationships

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Abaddon, JOTD, CFou!
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Stats

8,669

Genre

Beat-'em-up
Beat-'em-up - Progressive
2D
Sideways

Conversions

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Arcade
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 CD/SCD
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Nintendo Virtual Console (Wii/Wii U/3DS)
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)
Sega Dreamcast
Sega Master System
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
Sony PlayStation 2
Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)

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Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 2
Software Studios (Activision)

Features

Credits

Jeff Gamon
Mark A. Jones (MAK Computer Graphics)
Dave Lowe (Uncle Art)

Hard Disk Installer

No

Compilations

Power Up (Ocean)
Party Time
Mega Mix (Ocean)

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1989
Altered Beast
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
Activision
English
English, French, German, Italian
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1989
Altered Beast
Commercial
Full Price
USA
Sega [Sega Enterprises]
English
English
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1991
Altered Beast
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
Hit Squad, The (Ocean)
English
English
2
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

Conversion Notes

Based on 1988 Sega coin-op.
PC versions: CGA, EGA, VGA

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Scan info

Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

Original Release (front)

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Original Release (back)

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Budget Release (front)

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Budget Release (back)

Disk: OCS
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Original Release

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Budget Release

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 4, November 1989, Page 155)

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French Advert [1] [Source: Atari Mania]

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French Advert [2] [Source: Atari Mania]

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German Advert (PowerPlay 11/1989, Page 2)

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German Advert (PowerPlay 12/1989, Page 17)

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UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 28, 11/1991, Page 88) [Budget]

Manual info

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Manual (English/French/German/Italian) [Source: Retro Commodore]

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Instructions (English) [Budget]

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No cheats found.

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Conversion Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128

Arcade
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Atari ST/E
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Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

MSX 1/2
Conversion MSX 1/2

Conversion MSX 1/2

NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 CD/SCD
No conversion screens found.
NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress
Conversion NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress

Conversion NEC PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16/PCE GT/TurboExpress

Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Japanese version (Juuouki)

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Nintendo Virtual Console (Wii/Wii U/3DS)
No conversion screens found.
PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

CGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

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EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

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VGA

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PC (Windows)
No conversion screens found.
Sega Dreamcast
No conversion screens found.
Sega Master System
Conversion Sega Master System

Conversion Sega Master System

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Conversion Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048
No conversion screens found.
Sony PlayStation 2
No conversion screens found.
Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP)
No conversion screens found.

Map info

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MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ACE: Advanced Computer Entertainment
26 (Nov 1989)
825/1000
Laurence Scotford
View
1
Amiga Action
28 (Jan 1992)
40%
Peter Lee
Re-release
View
1
Amiga Computing
Vol 2 No 7 (Dec 1989)
82%
Green
View
2
Amiga Format
5 (Dec 1989)
33%
Andy Smith
View
1
Amiga Joker
Dec 1989
59%
Michael Labiner
View
1
Amiga Power
9 (Jan 1992)
54%
Stuart Campbell
Re-release
View
2
Amiga User International
Vol 3 No 12 (Dec 1989)
5/10
Dan Horgan
View
2
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 7 No 2 (Feb 1990)
Tony Smith
View
1
Computer + Video Games
96 (Nov 1989)
69%
Paul Rand
View
0
CU Amiga
Oct 1989
87%
Mark Patterson
View
2
Génération 4
16 (Nov 1989)
70%
View
0
The Games Machine
25 (Dec 1989)
69%
Warren Lapworth
View
1
Zzap
56 (Dec 1989)
68%
Stuart Wynne
Phil King
View
0

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Issue
Rating
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Release type
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