All the 40 somethings in here: "Altered Beast!".
Everyone else: "Uh, what?"
I'm a simple man. I see Altered Beast, I upvote.
As a non 40 something can confirm
As a 40 something can confirm
It's funny to see which things haven't transferred over through cultural osmosis through the years. I would have assumed most people here would still recognize this. Clearly I'm an out of touch relic!
Bro I'm early 30s and I was like "OHHHH SHIT MY CHILDHOOD!" haha
You must have older siblings, altered beast was released in 1988
Actually I'm the oldest! I just had a lot of games that weren't exactly cutting edge at the time lol
I really like how the boss at the end rips it's own head off and throws it at you as a weapon.
daaaaaamn fkn altered beast?! hell yeah, I forgot about this game but it was huge in my childhood. RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE
I don't get it
Old game called "Altered Beast". You could transform into a few different beasts. Classic side-scrolling game.
Details of the game are here
Was a good 2 player monster beat-em-up.
Good is arguable... Out of all the Genesis games I had I played it the least. Toejam and Earl was where it's at.
Oh hey it's that other game on the Sega Genesis! The one that wasn't Sonic!
Altered Beast
"Rise from your graves."
What was that?
... The name of the game?
I'm sorry, a podcast I listen to has that sound bite as part of their intro. I wasn't sure if you were a fan, "Rise from your grave" is inextricably linked with "what was that?" In my brain.
I never saw an arcade cabinet for Altered Beast and only played it in Genesis where it was kind of a shit game compared to Golden Axe.
Those bastard gnomes!
Imagine having to go on some adventure where you sleep directly on the desert floor and it's full of deadly hand-to-hand combat killing hundreds of people, and thinking, "I'm gonna wear my white and red bikini and red boots."
It was the 80's (Golden Axe released in 1989, to be specific) . It was the style of the time.
Pic from Red Sonja in 1985
And these days you get arrested for having a 6 inch replica of the master sword.
She's so hench she doesn't need armour
So there are already tons of annoying enemies in Fromsoft games, but if they ever put one of these fuckers in something, it would be the single most annoying enemy in any of their games.
Supposedly, there's a movie in the works, because of course there is. I'd better see a gnome getting beat six ways 'til Sunday.
Mostly because, SORRY. YOU CAN ONLY KICK STRAIGHT UP.
Man I gotta go back and play Golden Axe again.
Featuring the Ax Battler! The famous... swordsman.
He beats up lots of guys with axes tho
Just played and beat the second Golden Axe Arcade game with my kid. It's great.
The consensus seems to be that people only played it because it came bundled with the console
If I had a nickel for every quarter I lost playing this in the arcade...
Wow, I completely forgot about that game.
it's insane how recognizable that beast is
God, I loved that game. I have spent so many fucking quarters in pizza parlors on that shit.
Altered Beast-Mode
This would be an awesome plot for an Alterered Beast sequel (and a satisfying thought to keep while working out)
It would be awesome for those who played the original game and those who have no idea what it is!
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