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Altered Beast

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Altered Beast
Developer(s) Sega
Publisher(s) Sega
Release date(s)
Famicom

July 20, 1990

VC (Genesis)

November 19, 2006
December 2, 2006
December 8, 2006

VC (arcade)

June 2, 2009
June 26, 2009
September 28, 2009

Genre(s) Beat 'em up
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: Everyone (VC);
Everyone 10+ (VCA)
Platform(s) Famicom, Virtual Console
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Altered Beast is a Nintendo Entertainment System and Virtual Console video game initially released in arcades in the late eighties and later on various other consoles. The Virtual Console re-release is that of the Sega Genesis and arcade versions. The Genesis and arcade versions have been re-released worldwide on the Virtual Console.

[edit] Trivia

  • The phrase "Welcome to your doom!" at the start of the first boss battle was used on Strong Bad's (of Homestar Runner fame) website.