Altered Beast (2005)

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Altered Beast
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega WOW, Sega (Shanghai) Software
System(s): PlayStation 2
Genre: Action
Release Date RRP Code JP 2005-01-27 ¥6,800 (7,140) SLPM-65796 UK 2005-02-25 £? SLES-53024 FR 2005-02-25 €? SLES-53024 DE 2005-02-25 €? SLES-53024 ES 2005-02-25 €? SLES-53024 IT 2005 €? ? AU 2005 $? ? KR 2005-01-27 ₩? ?
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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).

Magazine articles

Main article: Altered Beast (2005)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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PDF

Press release

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UK print advert

Physical scans

PlayStation 2, JP
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PlayStation 2, UK
Cover

PlayStation 2, ES/IT
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PlayStation 2, AU
Cover
Disc

PlayStation 2, KR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	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