Altered Beast (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- A playthrough of Sega's 1989 action beat 'em up game for the Sega Genesis, Altered Beast.
The years may have dimmed the the game's luster a bit, but the original pack-in game for the Sega Genesis is still an incredibly fun, if short-lived and simplistic, bit of arcade fun. It doesn't look or sound quite as good as the 1988 arcade game, but it does feature parallax scrolling, which looks pretty nice. I've always found it pretty creepy - between "Rise from your grave!" (complete with speech impediment), the foreground of the final stage, and the beast transformations, the game freaked me out as a kid. That didn't stop me from tearing through it over and over again, though. Not by a long shot.
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I've always loved how he was polite enough to at least WELCOME the hero to his doom.
Not to mention let him keep his power ups before the fight.
Such a nice laddie
nice and a evil and a polite dude
@@gamerramley9178 good ol' Neff. We need him to overthrow incontinent incompetent Joe. At least he would welcome us to our doom and not lie about it... unlike Mr. Poopy pants
You are bad guy, but it does not mean that you are BAD guy
Seeing how long this game actually is after all this time really makes me feel bad that I've never gotten past the second level.
Same lol
Ditto.
Haha, true story. 😢😅😂
We were bad LOL
Don't feel bad! The game is quite difficult. Try eïnhander next
Fun fact:
One of Altered Beast's head designers, Takeshi Uto, was a massive Judas Priest fan and got the idea for the boss on level 2 from Judas Priest's hit song Electric Eye. How cool is that!
Awesome!🤘🏻
getcha pull brutha \,,/
Thats mad dope
Priest also recorded an outtake from that same album that Electric Eye was on called Prisoner of Your Eyes. So who knows..
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I'll never forget it. Christmas Morning, 1989. My new Sega Genesis came with this game. The music for this game is seared into my memory as my soundtrack for Christmas '89.
Did you ever get sonic?
I got my genesis Christmas 1989 as well 😄 and, of course, it came with Altered Beast. And the music is burned into my head permanently as well, which is hilarious. Madden football and Madden '92 intro music are also permanently etched Iinto my memory as well
Tommy Lasorda's baseball has what sounds like late 80s shot-on-videotape cheap porno music that I couldn't forget if I tried
@@Curlyheart Yes I got Sonic a bit later, can’t remember the exact year. That one isn’t burned into my memory as much, other than the sounds of hitting the little floating coins.
Another banger from back then was Golden Axe.
Same here, got it for Christmas 1989. I remember turning it on and being blown away by the graphics - I literally thought at that time that you had to have a computer monitor to have graphics so crisp and clear as the 'high definition' Genesis produced. Then, after playing this for a half-hour or so, I put in Ghosts'N Goblins, and was blown away again because it looked even better and the sound was stunningly good. Then, finally, my third and last game, was
Thunder Force II, which was also amazing. Also I got a Gameboy that year from my grandparents, and learned that it made me motion sick if I used it in a car, so I traded it for a Sony Walkman. But, overall, that was probably my top Christmas haul ever - it's been all downhill since then.
The sound chip for the sega genesis was great compared to VHS and cassette tapes that sounds muffled most of the time
2nd boss battle
Villain: Welcome to your doom!
*is defeated in less than 4 seconds*
Btw the villain is called Neff
@@laseorel3k690 okeh
To be fair, if you don't spam that lightning storm right to his face, that boss can be a true fucking nightmare.
@@MrDibara happened to me. lol.
Guile/Nash: Too easy!!!!
I swear this game was loads longer when I was a boy. Now I find out it’s ten minutes lol
So true I am shocked it's only 10 minutes.
Could never get past level 3. Doesn't look so bad now that I watch it all these years later. I guess I just sucked.
I could never get past round 2
It is! If youre not a beast by the time the boss comes the stages keep going. By the third “beast check” you fight the boss anyways.
Exaclty bro lmfao!
I have played this game so many late nights back in the 90s. So damn frustrating to not be able to save the game. Love my childhood
Loved the 90s too, omg awesome
well I got this for Christmas 1989, so by 1990, it was old news.
This game was a staple of my childhood and I remember the day my best friend's game bought this game. We sat for hours playing this game as he watched us from the comforts of his Ea-Z-Boy. Even now, I still talk with my friend and his dad about this game and many more we have played over the years. Thanks for the memories, NintendoComplete!
I get so hyped during the transformation scenes haha.
Same here.
@@misterwesleysworld the wolf form always been my favorite mad hype when he turns into a wolf
They were the best part!
Best part lol
Yesss
Bruhhh I’ve been looking for this game for sooo long. Y’all don’t understand how many times I’ve searched up “old school game that lets you transform into animals” 😂 but hey this is brining back memories
You can play it for free on IPhone or Android if you DL on App Store
It's on PS4
I used to search up sega genesis game wolf transformation
I searched it by "welcome to your doom game". This was the first video.
@@petjuska211 lol
This came with the Sega Genesis when I got mine on Christmas Day 1991.. Man, this brings back memories. I played this SO much, that I remember every sound and scene so well. I remember being BLOWN AWAY by the graphics when the character would become the "altered beast".. I thought it was so life-like. lol. Little did I know what we'd have now.
I believe there were various bundles. I grew up in the Detroit area in Michigan. I was born in 1984 I remember seeing all different kinds of bundles. My first console I got was a NES for Christmas in 1989, basically a few 8 days before 1990. When my friend got a Genesis 1991 it came with the not for resale Sonic the Hedgehog, and Golden Axe. When I got my Genesis in 1992 in came bundled with Streets of Rage 2, and Sonic 2.
Altered Beast is super trippy and a ton of fun - it's too bad that it's only ten minutes long once you know it well enough to beat it.
i still remember playing this as a kid, it is super fun. the first boss theres a spot you can stand and just fire the blasts and not get hit by the heads, but all the other bosses you do just like you did in the video. i dont think any of these tactics work in the other versions though
🤔👻 Jogo de idade de 12 anos Jogo de Terror
JOGO DE Terror 👻🎮
Final Deles👍😁😀
Ah, that game brings back memory.
This takes me way back to my childhood. Altered Beast was one of my most favorite SEGA games.
i love those purple pictures with music between stages
I remember playing this back in 93, I was 10yrs old...i never made it past the Bear level... Back then it was much harder than you made it seem.
"Wise from your gwave" lol.
lmao
That's when the cannibalism started
It quite clearly says "rise from your grave," with a low sample rate. You just have bad hearing.
To be fair, it is a pretty bad recording, but it isn't so bad I can't understand it.
@@MickeyD2012 you just have bad humor
*I just uncovered so many childhood nightmares, this was a full on PTSD attack*
remember this at the arcade. This is on the genesis mini and my 5 year old daughter and I love it. And Golden Axe.
Would love to see a modern reboot of this game
I love how the first power up just makes the hero's shirt go away.
Kenshiro vibes.
The powerup knows it's the first step to being a badass!
Woah. The memories! I never finished this game. There was a boss that was just too hard back in the days. I loved this game.
This was probably my favorite Genesis game I remember playing it in the arcades back in the day Then I got a Genesis in 1989 along with a copy of altered beast for Christmas Oh my God was That a great day I love this game
couldnt pass the second stage as a kid lol
Same
Really? I think that was easier than the first. I remember getting to level 5 often enough as a kid, but never finished the rhino. I didn't know it was the last level, and was always dying to know what was next.
Saaaaaaame
lol same
the levels were the money eater the bosses....... took care of what ever hope you had along with the little life you had remaining
This right here is a straight up classic, I have no idea why when I was a kid I struggled hard to beat some levels 🤣😅
Love this game! One of my favorites of all time! Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo!
What an awesome soundtrack by Toshio Kai, who also did the sounds for Pac-Man!
Really?!?! I didn't know that!!!
I remember this being a much deeper game lol .
This, Golden Axe, and Castle of Illusion were my favorite games on Sega💕💕. We played at my Grandma's house, until we got our own system a few years later.
Does it meat that your grandma was a hard player for years before you as a kids got your own system?
Haha, i would see or even meet your grandma.
Bro golden axe was so coooool
*Altered Beast:* I'm gonna be the definitive game for the Sega Genesis!
*Sonic:* I'mma end this man's whole career.
Makes me wanna cry flash backing on this one..so many memories.. I think this game came with the unit
We love altered beast we can't stop playing it
so all this time the entire game was only 10 mins long we all been fooled lmao
Kids, this is what "next gen" was back in 1989! Compared to the NES' that we all had and loved, the striking features here were the three button gameplay, four times the colors on screen, four times larger player sprites (with two players simultaneous!) with little to no sprite flicker, screen-filling animated boss sprites that you couldn't even imagine on the NES, smooth parallax scrolling giving you a perception of depth, way more realistic sound effects and voices, colorful full screen animations and music that didn't sound like the "blip bloop blop" 8-bit stuff. All in smooth 60 fps! This game blew me away when I first saw it and made me want a Genesis more than anything. It helped that Genesis system itself was a masterpiece of modern design back then. So slick and sexy... I still get the goose bumps thinkin about it!
Yet the gameplay was a backwards step. Any Natsume game on Famicom urinates on this 'classic'.
@@parallaxview2143 It was a rather flashy arcade game with an interesting setting and aesthetic, unique power-up scheme, as well as tight, responsive controls. Not everything has to be Super Mario Bros 3 or whatever. Yeah. The Genesis game mostly worked as a 16-bit side scroller tech demo, didn't last very long and didn't age too well. Still, at the time it WAS impressive as heck and I did have fun with it.
@@Prizrak-hv6qk it did look nice. Mind you, I had the Master System version which ran at 3 FPS. Super Monaco GP was the game that made me beg my parents for a Mega Drive.
@@parallaxview2143 From what I recall, the Master System version used the trick of getting around the system's ridiculously low (typical for 8-bit hardware) max sprite size by using animated background tiles to represent the characters. Unfortunately, these tiles could only animate at 7 FPS, making everything very jerky. One of the biggest improvements brought about by the 16-bit hardware were the much larger max sprite sizes.
*Fun Fact:* Clara “Where’s the beef?!” Pell recorded the “Welcome to your doom!” bit for this Genesis port.
I was today years old when I finally noticed the beast bodies are just various power up bodies with different colors and heads. That's hilarious!
I also loved how he was able to jump in the hole at the VERY last minute before the vortex closed.
The art of this game is glorious.
Those jumping demon kangaroo things were so hard for me to kill back in the day 🤣
I've only just noticed that the icon in the top left corner next to the lives counter changes when you power-up.
And to think, this was the game that was supposed to be the 'mascot' for the Sega Genesis (READ: The pack-in game) pre-Sonic.......
Randy Dubin yeah...Sega was really desperate to have a mascot that they passed over many better games until they designed sonic. I remember when Toejam & Earl were gonna be their mascot, and before that it was Alex Kidd.
Dexter Riley Haha I remember how hard they pushed Alex Kidd. A friend had it and everytime I suggested playing it we'd end up at my house playing Mario instead.
Nintendo has only one mascot and one mascot only, and that's Mario and Sega had two mascots: before 1991, Alex Kidd, and since 1991, and for the past 25 years, Sonic the Hedgehog!
@@danalong1237 nintendo also had Link, Donkey Kong, Kirby, samus, etc. it wasn't just mario.
@@ItsJustMilkISwear yup & star fox. I mean Nintendo got so many mascots, but Mario is clearly their biggest one.
First videogame I ever played. I just bought it on sale on the Microsoft store. Brought back good memories 😌
This game brings me back!
Me too.
i still play altered beast
daminmancejin THUMBS UP! (power up voice) lol
daminmancejin this and NHL 94 on Sega were my childhood HELL even my early 20s loved those games
Same
Plying this on the old wooden tv right now would be peak nostalgia! Throw in some madden with the 16 team game play and I’m set for the weekend!
Bro this game scared the hell out of me when I was younger😂Looks so creepy
3:35 I always wondered what this cut-scene was about but now I see the girl pinned to a crucifix on the left as the bald dude is performing is ritual.
Haha I always thought the guy with the arms in the air was being boiled alive!
Yes.
Who's the guy on the left then?
@@TheRexhim He's bald guy #2 or #3 (you pick). There are Three blad dudes.
@@danr2652 lol
Power up, music restarts. I love that
i love how the bosses explode into clouds of popcorn o3o
Fuck this game. When I was around 5, I found a dusty Sega Genesis with this game plugged in, presumably my uncles, in my grandmas basement. Played the hell out of it but never got past the eyeball boss, and that god damn electric sound from the altered dragon beast is ingrained in my soul. Luckily I also found Road Rash, thus beginning my love affair with gaming and hitting people with hard random objects.
Man, I used to LOVE this game!
ALTERED BEAST... ALTER ME!
Got the Genesis with this game when I was 9. I’m now 42 and this brings back a lot of memories. I miss my childhood.
Bro this was legit a furry game
I love seeing the playtime clock in at just over 10 minues, while as a child I don't think I ever beat the second level 😂😂
The cutscenes with the daughter scared the shit outta me
why would you think was gonna happen???
I remember playing this game when I was 5 in a California Burrito shop and I couldn’t even make it to the 1st level boss cause I died trying to focus on just getting the orbs lol. 50 cents well spent
This game costed 50 cents. 25 cents in my day. Or you had some slopes owning it to try and milk it for all it's worth. It was LA after all
Level 1: Announced Death Chronicle... Tombs in Cemetery have the names "Alex" and "Stella", the first one a former SEGA mascot until 1991.
... all those times I fought that Final Boss as a kiddo... I never once thought of trying ducking under the Punches... :O
Please note what an excellent port this was, and how very humble the developers were to spread a message of peace instead of taking credit for this amazing console seller.
On the Genesis Mini the first level's song sounds like "we are the champions." cuz its pitched up by 4 octaves i believe. IDK why, but i always thought that.
Kids these days don't even know
I do im a kid I’ve played this game
They don't know how frustrating it is to not be able to save and get hit so cheaply
Man WHAT!!
...paying $49.99 for a game and then beating it in 10 minutes :(
They don’t know shit!
Simply the best first level in history of gaming it gives you everything great music great action and incredible suspense it's a shame that this game never got a sequel it was too short
I remember playing this game at 4 years old with my dad😂 I sucked so bad but my dad was a god at this game, crazy to see how fast time flies
8:07 when I stub my toe and I'm home alone
0:11 "Wiseee fwom your gwave"
Elmer Fudd beseeches you, oh bwave warrior!
Thank you for posting this. I couldn't remember what this game was from my childhood
The first power up being just him losing his shirt is lowkey hilarious
My brother used to piss me off so much when he would take both powerups so he could transform before me 😂 i miss those simple late nights.
I still get goosebumps when i hear him say raise from your grave... I remember when i first saw this game as a kid i was afraid of it
Geez this game is super old. It's from the 80's, which is pretty old even for Genesis standards. You can tell by looking at the gameplay, and graphics that it's early Genesis.
This was my beloved brother's favourite game. Miss you brother.
I think this was the 1st game I had on SEGA. I played this game to death!! Brings back memories.
The graphics upgrade from NES to this blew my mind as a kid
I love how intergenerational this game is. I had some knock off compilation sega machine from walmart in the 2000s that had this and a bunch of other genesiss games on it and i loved them so much! Even though i never got passed the first level lol
Played this with my best friend on two gamers mode as a kid and we actually got to the final level and final boss, but we never realized that we were that close to victory...! This is true revelation!
Does anyone notice that the werewolf's howl in the transformation sounded just like the howl from An American Werewolf in London? Well for does who hadn't played the game but see the movie will remember it.
It is
The memories!!!!! Thank you for this upload!!!!
I never got to beat this game but now I've seen it all!
I used to go over to my neighbours house to James this out when I was a kid because we had a Nintendo. I remember loving it so much! So many games seemed harder back then as expected. I remember legend of zelda ocarina of time had me going for maybe a year and a half.
I could not find this game anywhere!!! swore to my life this was Castlevania back when I was a kid lmao
It's on the app store and Google play.
I can't imagine the direction that was given for the "power up." "Yeah, uhhhhhh we need you to sound like you were defrosted from caveman times and just had a shot of Vodka."
I remember playing this game as a kid. Talk about short. The stages could've been longer. Once you got the beast power-ups, you were already at the boss battle!! It would've been nice to use the beast mode for a lot longer.
Happy day’s playing this 🐻
I remember beating this game without getting the final orb. Nothing changed with the ending, but it was cool to have won as a monstrosity of a human being, and not the beast in question
Bro I used to have horrible nightmares as a kid for playing this game with my brothers, good old times when I was 6 years old❤
*Me too. The transformation sequences jumpscared me when I was 9 or 10. Now I'm 23. I started to like it.*
one thing that always irked me about this game was you got the beast transformation right as you fought the state boss. You didn't get to wreck stuff with your beastly power at all
Cool to see these games on here. Interesting, it's so short.
The bears like blowing bubbles with his spearmint lmao
I play altered beast on the genesis and it's an excellent port of the arcade game. 😀👍🎮
The blast sound effects just sound like someone blowing into a microphone
I like how the low kicks in the game would have been the kind used in Pankration. Small detail, but nice.
This soundtrack is so damn cool considering the limitations! It really sticks with you
I've been trying for basically 30 years to beat this game. It's pretty fun, despite a lot of hate nowadays.
Just like all game of its time (8 bit and early half of 16 bit era) games were largely limited in their length due to cartridge memory limitations and costs. So they were hard. Did I mention costs? You didn't have many games because of this. So you just kept playing the ones you had. Make it further and further each time, there are no continues in this game but there is a code for the. Anyway I made it to stage 3 a lot but never further. I'm gonna try to beat it this weekend!
I've sunk hundreds of hours into a game I just watched someone beat in about 15 minutes... wow
I used the continue code until I beat it. It's the same as original Super Mario...
Story of my life man. I never saw what was beyond the 3rd stage
10:09 Does this mean you'll only stop playing it if you lose the game?
This brought back memories buried deep in my childhood
I know right? I can't believe how when I hear the intro music and the "welcome to your doom", how it brings back the memories so much. I hadn't seen this since like 1993.
Wow! My childhood I couldn’t get past the 4th stage and after watching this I’m like geez I could’ve beat it lol nice one bro 🤙
Its so damn hard
Once I made it to the dragon and the creepy eye boss. I don't recall beating it.
My friend could make it to bear mode though.
Still love this game. The Eye boss can literally be beaten in five seconds! lol
one of the first games i remember playing along with ice hockey on nes and mario of course
How are these levels so short?!
It feels like they were longer when I was a kid. :(
Im 43 i just showed my son 7 of all the nes n sega games. He likes this haha power up lol ...old memories.
I remember I use to do a trick with the cartridges where I removed a cartridge while the game was still running and swapped in Altered Beast and hit reset. This result in invincibility and transforming into a wolf on every stage. I can't remember what game it was I had to remove while it was still running and it only worked with that one cartridge.