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zarkanian @sh.itjust.works

3 mo. ago • 94%

Feelin' the burn

85 comments

All the 40 somethings in here: "Altered Beast!".

Everyone else: "Uh, what?"

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- As a non 40 something can confirm
  
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- I'm a simple man. I see Altered Beast, I upvote.
  
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- As a 40 something can confirm
  
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- It's funny to see which things haven't transferred over through cultural osmosis through the years. I would have assumed most people here would still recognize this. Clearly I'm an out of touch relic!
  
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  What are you talking about? Every comment I see here is about altered beast.....
  
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- Bro I'm early 30s and I was like "OHHHH SHIT MY CHILDHOOD!" haha
  
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  You must have older siblings, altered beast was released in 1988
  
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Arise from your grave.

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- POWER...up
  
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- Welcome to your doom!
  
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- Wise fwom yo gwave.
  
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  *gigles*
  
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- So nostalgic that you can hear it =)
  
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- That’s exactly what I thought of. Great on Arcade
  
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- And rescue my daughter! I didn't resurrect you so that you could just lounge around. You've got a job to do!
  
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  "Nah." walks left instead of right
  
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- I, for the past several years, have seriously been saying this to my imaginary audience every morning when I wake up and engage the energy necessary to get to the kitchen and make a coffee. I had a girlfriend in 2019 that would get a kick out of it.
  
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  I thought you were going to say you said this to the dishes you left soaking, right before you do the dishes.
  
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- Arise from your grave.
  
  I'd be surprised if there wasn't this exact comment.
  
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Altered Beast, an absolute classic!

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- I really like how the boss at the end rips it's own head off and throws it at you as a weapon.
  
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  I wonder if thats where Aqua Teen Hunger Force got inspiration from.
  
  "BORED!!!! BORED!!!! RIP OWN HEAD OFF!!! BLAARRGGHHH!!!!!"
  
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- So is Altered Beast III !
  
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daaaaaamn fkn altered beast?! hell yeah, I forgot about this game but it was huge in my childhood. RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE

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- Wize fwom yow gwave.
  
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  WELCUM TO YOUR DOOMM'AH!
  
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I don't get it

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- Old game called "Altered Beast". You could transform into a few different beasts. Classic side-scrolling game.
  
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- Details of the game are here
  
  Was a good 2 player monster beat-em-up.
  
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  Good is arguable... Out of all the Genesis games I had I played it the least. Toejam and Earl was where it's at.
  
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Oh hey it's that other game on the Sega Genesis! The one that wasn't Sonic!

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- Altered Beast
  
  "Rise from your graves."
  
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  What was that?
  
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I never saw an arcade cabinet for Altered Beast and only played it in Genesis where it was kind of a shit game compared to Golden Axe.

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- Those bastard gnomes!
  
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  Imagine having to go on some adventure where you sleep directly on the desert floor and it's full of deadly hand-to-hand combat killing hundreds of people, and thinking, "I'm gonna wear my white and red bikini and red boots."
  
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  So there are already tons of annoying enemies in Fromsoft games, but if they ever put one of these fuckers in something, it would be the single most annoying enemy in any of their games.
  
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  that flying kick is hilarious
  
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- Man I gotta go back and play Golden Axe again.
  
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  Featuring the Ax Battler! The famous... swordsman.
  
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  Just played and beat the second Golden Axe Arcade game with my kid. It's great.
  
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  Don't sleep on "Golden Axe: The Revenge of Death Adder", while not available for Genesis, definitely the best version there is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6inP3NQPXY
  
  And if you're ok with some "jankiness", there are several fan made versions worth your time for OpenBOR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUybVkHLRMo
  
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- The consensus seems to be that people only played it because it came bundled with the console
  
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If I had a nickel for every quarter I lost playing this in the arcade...

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- Thats called a tax refund.......I think.......wait.......
  
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it's insane how recognizable that beast is

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Wow, I completely forgot about that game.

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God, I loved that game. I have spent so many fucking quarters in pizza parlors on that shit.

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Altered Beast-Mode

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Musically related:

Master Boot Record

Mega Driver
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lol the beasts derp eyes are great

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- You made me look, now I laugh and agree. Thanks!
  
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BIG AND BUFF!!!!!!

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Bro shinesparked without the booster, what a madlad

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- Not even a blue suit.
  
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  FÜCKING incredible I know, bro even sequence broke the kraid battle, what a legend
  
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This would be an awesome plot for an Alterered Beast sequel (and a satisfying thought to keep while working out)

It would be awesome for those who played the original game and those who have no idea what it is!

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Folks getting tossed around like ragdolls is always funny.

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FYI if you have Nintendo switch online subscription you can still play altered beast, the Sega classic

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