roadrunner Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 (edited) This month we play the arcade classic Altered Beast First time playing this in the Master System high score club Deadline to post scores is August 1st 2020 at 12PM EST Settings - Default No Continues Final high scores - jeremiahjt 234,500 fakecortex 116,400 roadrunner 20,500 jblenkle 9,500 GAME DETAIL Platform: Sega Master System Genre: Action » Beat-'Em-Up » 2D Developer/Publisher: Sega Release: 1989 Franchise: Altered Beast Link to manual scan https://www.gamesdatabase.org/Media/SYSTEM/Sega_Master_System/manual/Formated/Altered_Beast_-_1989_-_Sega.pdf Any corrections please post Edited August 1, 2020 by roadrunner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Oh man, here's another I grew up with. I would always come back to this (and the Genesis version) despite the growing frustration it would inevitably bring. Not a game I focused score on, so this will be a new challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremiahjt Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 123,900 for me at the beginning of the second stage. This game is horrible. You can get hit once with full health and die from being juggled by the enemies. I tried it again and slight improvement to 125,500. I think I am done. Edited July 3, 2020 by jeremiahjt Score update 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jblenkle Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Altered Beast - 9,500 Does this game run slow on all emulators? I've tried three and they all are pretty bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremiahjt Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 hour ago, jblenkle said: Altered Beast - 9,500 Does this game run slow on all emulators? I've tried three and they all are pretty bad. No, that is how the game runs on actual hardware too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 3, 2020 Author Share Posted July 3, 2020 The background is slow to scroll, gameplay footage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremiahjt Posted July 5, 2020 Share Posted July 5, 2020 234,500 is my new score. I got to the beginning of stage 3. Why am I still playing this? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 19, 2020 Author Share Posted July 19, 2020 20,500 Scores updated 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fakecortex Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 "Ma, can I go to the arcade?" "Sure, you only get a quarter." "Oh." "And you can only play Altered Beast." "Oh..." 116,400 level 2 Gotta finish level 1 with extra lives if I hope to get past the first few guys in level 2... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyous Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I think they used background tiles to draw the player character, which is why it moves in increments of 8 pixels, leaving the sprites to be used for enemy characters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted July 29, 2020 Author Share Posted July 29, 2020 Scores updated A few days left 2 play Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share Posted August 1, 2020 This round is over, congrats to jeremiahjt Next round coming up 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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