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Altered Beast

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This page is for the original DOS release. For the emulated Sega Genesis version, see Altered Beast (Genesis).

Altered Beast
Altered Beast cover
Developers
Team Shinobi
DOS Unlimited Software Inc.
Publishers
Sega
Release dates
DOS 1990
Taxonomy
Modes Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing Real-time
Perspectives Scrolling, Side view
Controls Direct control
Genres Arcade, Brawler, Platform
Themes Classical
Series Altered Beast
Altered Beast on HowLongToBeat
Altered Beast on IGDB
Altered Beast guide on StrategyWiki
Altered Beast on MobyGames
Altered Beast on Wikipedia
Altered Beast
Altered Beast 1990
Altered Beast (Genesis) 2010

Altered Beast is a singleplayer and multiplayer scrolling and side view arcade, brawler and platform game in the Altered Beast series.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM details are not known
DOS

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SETUP.DAT

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
High scores are saved in <path-to-game>\SCORES.DAT.

Video

General settings (F1).
General settings (F1).

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
On/off only.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Shared-screen.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes CGA, EGA, VGA, Tandy, Hercules

System requirements

DOS
Minimum
Operating system (OS)
Processor (CPU)
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD)


References