Altered Beast (2005)

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Altered Beast
System(s): PlayStation 2
Publisher: Sega Corporation (JP), Sega Europe (EU)
Developer: Sega WOW Div, Sega (Shanghai) Software
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 2005-01-27 ¥6,800 (7,140)6,800 (7,140) 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
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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).

Versions

Localised names

Also known as

Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English	Altered Beast	Altered Beast
Japanese	獣王記 Project Altered Beast	Juuouki: Project Altered Beast

Production credits

Main article: Altered Beast (2005)/Production credits.

Magazine articles

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

Promotional material

PDF

JP press release

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Press release

UK print advert

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score (AU) PAL 48 (UK) PAL 30

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Based on 2 reviews

Altered Beast (2005)

PlayStation 2, JP
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PlayStation 2, UK
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PlayStation 2, FR
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PlayStation 2, DE
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PlayStation 2, ES/IT
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PlayStation 2, AU
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Disc

PlayStation 2, KR
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Technical information

Main article: Altered Beast (2005)/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 (archive)
• Altered Beast on PlayStation.com: JP (archive), UK (offline), KR (offline)