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Developer: Sega WOW, Sega (Shanghai) Software | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Contents
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
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English | Altered Beast | Altered Beast |
Japanese | 獣王記 Project Altered Beast | Juuouki: 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
- 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
- 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
Magazine articles
- Main article: Altered Beast (2005)/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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Based on 2 reviews |
Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/slpm65796.html (Wayback Machine: 2007-04-28 01:52)
- ↑ http://www.playstation.co.kr/game/346 (archive.today)
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mde8FWBfbxU
- ↑ Hyper, "May 2005" (AU; 2005-04-06), page 68
- ↑ PlayStation 2 Official Magazine - UK, "April 2005" (UK; 2005-xx-xx), page 96
Altered Beast (2005) | |
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Main page | Comparisons | Credits | Development | Magazine articles | Reception
Demos: Juuouki: Project Altered Beast Taikenban (2004) |
Games in the Altered Beast/Juuouki Series | |
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Altered Beast (home computers) (1988) | Electronic Altered Beast (1990) | Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms (2002) | Altered Beast (2005) | 3D Altered Beast (2013) | |
Altered Beast related media | |
Altered Beast (2017) | |
Sega Game Attack Manual Book Juuouki (1989) | |
Other | List of Altered Beast merchandise |
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