| Genre: | Arcade Game: Beat-em-up/Gang |
| Series: | Number 38 in Arcade Collection (Spectrum) |
| Publisher: | The Hit Squad |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K, Spectrum +2, Spectrum +3 |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Amiga 500, Amstrad CPC464, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Nintendo, PC Engine (EU Version), PlayStation 2, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive (EU Version), Sega Mega Drive (JP Version) & Spectrum 48K/128K/+2/+3 |
| Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
| Original Release Date: | 5th December 1991 |
| Original Release Price: | £2.99 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Paul Hiley, Mark A. Jones & Jason Austin |
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Arcade Collection (Spectrum)
Crash
1st January 1992
The programmer of this should have been shot at birth! The colour scheme is horrendous, but the real problem is that the scrolling rarely keeps up with your movements... When you advance it often takes a few seconds for the screen to catch up! Read Review
Crash
1st December 1989
Walking along the screen scrolls character by character, which makes it very jerky, and with it being slow to boot the game is not a joy to play. Read Review
Sinclair User
28th July 1989
A big licence gets the Activision treatment. Read Review
Sinclair User
2nd September 1991
You'd be hard pushed to find anything, even the lowest of games, looking this dire today. Could be fun for some, I suppose. Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st November 1989
Pushes the Speccy to its limits, and although it's a flawed execution in some ways, I'd still say it's a good game. Little niggles here and there but very adventurous (and gory!). Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st December 1991
To get the most out of this game, you'll have to possess the oriental skills of the next Bruce Lee. Read Review
Full Instructions
Awaken The Beast
Zeus has called upon you! Only a brave and fearless warrior can save his beloved daughter Athena from the cunning clutches of Nelf, evil Lord of the Underworld.
Risen from the grave, you are presented with Supernatural powers beyond this world. Collect the 'mystical' spirit balls and transform into an awesome array of creatures - as Strongman, punch and kick harder than ever before, as WereWolf and WereTiger rip the flesh of the demons of hell and as Bear, knock out your enemies with one bad breath!
You hear the distant cries of the beautiful Athena and as the terrors of the Underworld tighten their grasp, the beast within you rises to face the final battle!!
Game Controls
Sinclair joystick, Kempston joystick, cursor joystick, redefinable keys.
8 1 2
7 3
6 5 4
1 ... Low Jump
2 ... Low Jump Right
3 ... Walk Right
5 ... Crouch
7 ... Walk Left
8 ... Low Jump Left
With fire button pressed:
1 ... High Jump & Punch
2 ... High Jump Right & Punch
3 ... Punch Right
5 ... Crouch & Low Punch
7 ... Punch Left
8 ... High Jump Left & Punch
H/SPACE - Pause/Resume, Q - Quit (after pausing game)
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Altered Beast is a multi-load game. Each level will be loaded as you complete the previous one. This means that to enjoy continuous play, you must keep your Altered Beast cassette in your cassette player.
In addition, on a cassette version the main game is on side 1, with the levels on side 2. When prompted, turn over the cassette and rewind to the start of side 2 and press play. When you lose all your lives, rewind the cassette to the start of side 2 and press play.
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