Altered Beast (Jūōki "Beast King's Chronicle") is a 1988 beat 'em up arcade game developed and manufactured by Sega. The game is set in Ancient Greece and follows a player character resurrected by Zeus to rescue his daughter Athena from the ruler of the underworld, Neff. Through the use of power-ups, the player character can assume the form of different magical beasts. After its initial arcade release, it was ported to several home video game consoles and home computers, including the Sega Genesis, for which it was a pack-in game.
Two sequels to the game have been developed.
Altered Beast is a side scrolling beat 'em up game with light platform elements. It has five levels and can be played by up to two players simultaneously. The game's premise is that the player is originally dead but then resurrected and empowered by the Olympian god Zeus to act as his champion. The task is to rescue the goddess Athena from the underworld ruler Neff, who will appear at the end of each level and take on different forms to defeat the players.
Players can punch, kick and jump. Combat takes place across five levels set in Ancient Greece and populated by Neff's minions, aggressive undead creatures and monsters resembling those from Greek mythology. Whenever a player defeats a white two-headed wolf, they can obtain a Spirit Ball power-up increasing their strength and size. Collecting three Spirit Balls allows transformation into a powerful beast form before the player has to face Neff. The beast forms include a werewolf, a thunder weredragon, a werebear, a weretiger, or a golden werewolf. Each beast form grants its own abilities, such as the dragon's lightning bolts or the bear's petrifying breath. If the player fails to collect at least three Spirit Balls and cannot transform, Neff will appear regardless when enough time has elapsed in each level. In the original arcade game, the end credits include the revelation that the whole game actually depicted a staged film production and not a true battle between magical beings.
In addition to the Genesis and Master System, Altered Beast was ported to several platforms, including for PC Engine, PC Engine-CD, Famicom, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Amiga. Several of the conversions for European systems were completed by Activision. Certain differences are seen between the several versions of the game. Some of them, like the Master System version, were missing levels. Others provided different beasts to mutate into, such as a humanoid lion, or a shark form seen in the Famicom version, ported by Asmik.
Altered Beast has received two sequels. Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms, developed by 3d6 Games and published by THQ, is a 2002 sequel for Game Boy Advance in the style of the original arcade game. It adds new features like power-ups and beast forms, as well as 15 levels. While the graphics are improved compared to the original game, the scrolling mechanic is the same. A PlayStation 2 title known as Jūōki: Project Altered Beast in Japan and Altered Beast in Europe was released by Sega in 2005. It was planned for a North American release as well, but was later cancelled. Rather than serving as a sequel to the original game, the newer title features a more modern setting that is unconnected to the original game, with a darker and more violent tone.

NES/FC Playlist:
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00:00 - Intro
00:38 - Stage 1 01:53 - Boss 1 (Aggar/Hugger)
02:45 - Stage 2 03:57 - Boss 2 (King Ogre)
04:35 - Stage 3 05:47 - Boss 3 (Octeyes)
06:26 - Stage 4 07:37 - Boss 4 (Moldy Snail)
08:16 - Stage 5 09:26 - Boss 5 (Kraken)
10:28 - Stage 6 12:02 - Boss 6 (Crocodile Worm/Fatty Crocodile)
13:39 - Stage 7 15:06 - Boss 7 (Great Demon)
15:53 - Stage 8 17:31 - Boss 8 (Van Vader/Neff)
18:14 - Ending

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