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Altered Beast
System(s): PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega WOW , Sega (Shanghai) Software
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
2005-01-27[1]
¥6,800 (7,140 )6,800 (7,140 )[1]
SLPM-65796
EU (ES/IT)
2005-02-25
SLES-53024 INL-P53024-SI
DE
2005-02-25
SLES-53024 INL-P53024-GE
FR
2005-02-25
SLES-53024 INL-P53024-FR
UK
2005-02-25
SLES-53024 INL-P53024-UK
AU
2005
SLES-53024 INL-P53024-AU
KR
2005-01-27[2]
Altered Beast , known as Juuouki: Project Altered Beast (獣王記 Project Altered Beast) in Japan, is a beat 'em up released for the PlayStation 2 in 2005. Developed by Sega WOW and Sega (Shanghai) Software and published by Sega , the game is a remake of the 1988 arcade game Altered Beast . As in the original, the player can become different types of beast, but the setting has been changed from ancient Greece to a modern sci-fi theme.
Gameplay
Initially the player has the ability to transform into a werewolf for a limited time, with additional power-ups allowing transformation into other creatures. Each creature has its own "element" and attacks. The werewolf has the element of light; other creatures are the merman (water), garuda (wind), wendigo (ice), minotaur (fire) and dragon (thunder). Further unlockable creatures are weretiger (darkness), grizzly bear (earth) and alien (gravity).
Versions
Localised names
Also known as
Language
Localised Name
English Translation
English
Altered Beast
Altered Beast
Japanese
Juuouki: Project Altered Beast (獣王記 Project Altered Beast)
Production credits
Cast
Luke (Player Character): Abbey Hadjitarkhani
Anastasia: Evelyn Huynn
Brad: Daniel Shorago
Dr. Eric: David Nowlin
Agent: Roger Labon Jackson
Movies and Motion Capture
Motion Capture: Studio IBUKI Inc.
CG Movies: POLYASSETS UNITED INC
English Voice Recording
Webtone Productions: Greg Weber, Kim Weber, Steven Duell, Christian Pizzirani
Produced by: Sega Corporation
Altered Beast Shanghai Team
Director: Shinichiro Okumoto
Game Designers: Chen Jian, Zhu Enhua
Chief Programmer: Tomoaki Takayanagi
Programmers: Lu Ming, Mei Yingguang, Cui Min, Lu Chao, Chao Lian, Qiu Yu, Jiang Zhixin, Xie Qing, Zhou Yiwen
Chief Motion Artist: Kei Yamada
Motion Artists: Liu Yun, Chen Ning, Li Wei, Pu Yu, Nie Zhong, Liang Jiani
Character Artists: Wang Zheng, Zhang Wei, Shao Xiaofang, Zhang Yanli, Huang Hai
Movie Artists: Shi Haochong, Lin Tao, Xu Chunhua, Yang Simin, Gou Diheng, Huang Fulin, Lu Yang, Ling Jun
Background Artists: Xu Jianjun, Cheng Li, Bai Daixun, Yu Yongqing, Shao Mingzhu, Ye Weizhong, Li Muzhang, Jin Chuanzhong, Tang Hairong, Zhang Jun
Effect Artists: Liu Huajun, Hu WenJie
Altered Beast Japan Team
Directors: Makoto Sugawara , Takashi Oda
Game Designers: Arata Jumonji, Nobuyuki Nomura, Akihito Fujiwara, Yuji Nakazawa, Yoko Takeuchi
Artists: Masaki Kondoh , Taku Makino , Norihito Omoda , Hirotaka Kanazawa , Takeshi Matsuura, Hiroshi Kanazawa , Daisuke Tabayashi, Akihiro Suzuki, Shun Miyanaga , Masaharu Ijichi , Naozumi Yamaguchi
Technical Adviser: Tatsuya Watanabe , Koji Ohto
Sound: Makito Nomiya , Eriko Sakurai , Susumu Tsukagoshi
Programmers: Hiroshi Ando , Yuichi Matsuoka , Hideto Fujishita , Akira Wada , Yuichi Ogawa, Hiroaki Kawamura, Arata Kono, Ho Kee Ping, Chionh Jason, Lee Jerome
US Localization: SEGA OF AMERICA INC. , Osamu Shibamiya , Klayton Vorlick
Localization Support: Etsuro Sakaguchi, Shinobu Shindo , Eiko Akiyama
Package & Software Manual: Sega Logistics Services Co., Ltd., Yoshihiro Sakuta , Naohiko Iida , Masaru Kobayashi
Sega Europe Staff: Naoya Tsurumi , Michael Hayes , Jin Shimazaki , Matthew Woodley , Gary Knight , Akiko Uchida, Mark Fisher , Daniela Kaynert , Brigitte Nadesan , Marta Lois González , Giuseppe Rizzo , Darius Sadeghian, Marlon Grant , Nicholas St Louis, Roy Boateng, Ricky Ip, Denver Cockell, Andrew Theocharis, Olivier Banal, Antonella Marras , Rafal Pigulak, Matthew Espinoza
Special Thanks: Li Weihong, Seijirou Sannabe , Kagasei Shimomura , Noriko Yamada, Tomoyuki Ito , Herbert Sutejo Wongsodirejo, Song Fangzhou
Supervisor: Makoto Uchida
Executive Management: Hideki Okamura , Masanao Maeda
Producer: Rieko Kodama
Executive Producer: Hisao Oguchi , Kazunari Tsukamoto , Noriyoshi Ohba
©SEGA CORPORATION, 2005
Source : In-game credits [3]
Magazine articles
Main article: Altered Beast (2005)/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
PDF
JP press release
PDF
Press release
Physical scans
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Division by zero.
Based on0 review
PlayStation 2, JP
Cover
PlayStation 2, UK
Cover
PlayStation 2, FR
Cover
PlayStation 2, DE
Cover
PlayStation 2, ES/IT
Cover
PlayStation 2, AU
Cover
Disc
PlayStation 2, KR
Cover
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
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CRC32
d9e68af7
MD5
3e02527e6bb5fff0c1c09f46bd81c449
SHA-1
61a95269522098e57e1ff3c552f6ff1bc531d590
2,128,019,456
DVD-ROM (EU)
SLES-53024 (V1.00)
External links
Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): PlayStation 2
Altered Beast on PlayStation.com: JP , UK , KR
References