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When I found out this game existed I knew I had to get it. Who can forget Altered Beast, the game that came with the Genesis console. It was also in the video game arcades too. I was suspicous about this game because most reviews say its bad. Many reviews say this game plays like the original one, so I got it. This is a COMPLETE remake of Altered Beast, hooray, its not the orignal version. So don't expect starting the game in the "grave yard" level, now you start in "ancient greece". Then you kill away collecting different things. You grow buffer and buffer and eventually turn into a powerful beast with its own attacks. For those who don't know Altered Beast or young generation gamers, this is still a good game, it has actual gameplay.

Dang, all the reviews are wrong! This game totally rocks! The graphics are very nice and impressive but not spectacular. There are multiple layers of background, nice "3-D" effect for a 2-D side scrolling game. Its got a nice mythological and fantasy themes. Like the haunted forest level, Egyptian desert, underwater world, molten lava, Greece ruins, and much more! The sound is good, it has good music, sound effect, and voice effect! The control is solid, predictable, the jump height is variable, movement is allowed in air during jumps. The control is even better than the original one if I remember right, long long time ago! The gameplay is superb, just like the original one. The gameplay is somewhat slow. Many monsters are constantly coming at you and the action is simple yet fast and exciting. The gameplay is so simple that at times you can view the backgrounds or check out other graphics while killing away, cool, so this is not a precise nerdy game but still challenging. One major drawback of this game is that you can't SAVE!

This game is similar to old games like Ghosts n goblin or ghost n ghouls, double dragon, golden axe, kung fu master, rampage, and final fight. New games like.... hmmm, can't think of any.

Instead of just 5 levels like the original version, there are 15! All different! There are a lot of different beast transformations! Overall this game is very good, its even better than the original. A great new remake of a timeless classic. BUY it!

As a big fan of the Sega Genesis version I was excited to see a version for the gameboy. I just upgraded my gameboy and wanted a taste of the past on the new system. At first I was happy but soon I was left feeling jipped.
The screen is just too small to play this game on. Some games transfer well to the gameboy but this just doesnt. Its hard to control your charachter sometimes and I feel my eyes straining when I play this game.
If your feeling a bit of nostalgia for the old altered beast then Id reccomend getting the sega system and the old game. Pass on this update.

I really enjoyed the game on Sega Genesis, but now there's a sequel on GBA? I am quite surprised. As I have not played the sequel yet, I put 3 stars until I have played it. But on GBA? I'm not sure it'll be all that great, but let's hope I'm wrong.