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Altered Beast: What Did Critics Say Back in 1989?

Rise from your grave, because it's time to take a look at one of Sega's earliest Genesis games. For many, Altered Beast was more than a pack-in with Sega's system; it was their very first 16-bit experience. Talk about disappointing. These days Altered Beast is mocked and considered one of Sega's worst Genesis games. Did the critics agree with this assessment when it first came out? We turn to Sega Pro, MegaTech, Mean Machines and Mega Drive Advanced to find the answer.

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Aldous_Snow3633d ago

Ahh man... amazing game in its day. Was only a kid but it used to piss me off rotten if I missed a power up & then couldn't turn into one of the beasts lol

PREPARE FOR YOUR DOOM!!!

Eldyraen3632d ago

I spent so much money at Wal-Mart on this and other games as a kid although got a Sega Genesis later on ;)

For all that though one of my favorite games on the system had to be Mutant League Football! Hockey was cool too but not quite the same and the cartoon was a blast.

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Inception3632d ago

SEGA, can you just hire Vanillaware to make a new Altered Beast or Golden Axe?!

I definitely buy it day 1 if that's happening :3

thebudgetgamer3632d ago

It was a really short game, but everything in it was fun gorgeous to look at.

MartinB1053632d ago

Wise Fwom Your Gwave!

For some reason I totally remember Dominick Diamond's comments about this game back in the day on the Channel 4 TV show GamesMaster:

Dominick: "Walk along, kick, walk along, kick, walk along, kick. What an experience!" :D

Knushwood Butt3632d ago

I wonder what he's up to these days.

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SEGA announces Fearless: Year of Shadow

SEGA has announced Fearless: Year of Shadow, a campaign that celebrates Sonic the Hedgehog and his brooding acquaintance, Shadow.

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Sega sells Relic and will cut 240 jobs across UK studios

GamesIndustry.biz writes: "Relic is best known for the Company of Heroes and Dawn of War games, and recently developed the new Age of Empires for Microsoft. Relic will transition to an independent studio and will no-longer be part of the Sega group of studios.

The majority of the 240 job cuts are across Creative Assembly and Sega Europe, while there will be a ‘small number’ cut from Sega HARDLight. There was no mention of other Sega UK studios, including Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive."

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-Foxtrot28d ago

Shame about Creative Assembly, they should have just been allowed to do an Alien Isolation sequel.

just_looken27d ago

It was that garbage coh 3 that did them in only a special team can make a sequel worse in every way even though it was a 10 year gap and the same era.

gold_drake28d ago

I hope they find new jobs in the industry soon.

Jingsing27d ago

Two Point Studios and Sports Interactive probably run on a shoe string budget so that fits into SEGA better lol

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SEGA’s Switch Predecessor: What Happened to the Nomad?

Sega had such a turbulent existence from the mid-90s to when they dropped out of console manufacturing entirely in 2001, it’s understandable if you’ve never heard of the Genesis Nomad.

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