# Talk:Altered Beast

NES (and other systems) availability?!:
The game's listed here as having been available for NES and TG16; from what I understand, these only saw release in Japan for the Famicom and PC Engine respectively.  Can anyone confirm a US release on these platforms before I change the entry? Student Driver 17:47, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

Why would you change it?  The infobox isn't just for US releases.  It it were available in Japn, it should be in the infobox. Ace of Sevens 18:02, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
I'm not disputing listing foreign editions, but am disputing the use of American/European names for systems that have different names in Japan.  They have different cartridge formats/pin-outs, different names, etc.  That's why I'm trying to confirm a US release-- if it wasn't released here, then the Japanese systems should be listed instead.Student Driver 04:58, 8 July 2006 (UTC)

How are these nto fair use?  There are illustrating an article about the subject of the pictures.  The differences in the various ports are a topic of this article, so showcasing them seems fair. Ace of Sevens 10:40, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

is there an article for the new game released in europe? does anyone know where i can get it? Marge4 21:47, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[獣王記 Jūōki, literally "Beast King's Chronicle"] should be "Tale of Beast King". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.209.181.211 (talk • contribs) .

Is Neff a god the ancient Greeks actually had, or is he just a god made up for this game? I've never read about him in any Greek mythology book, nor heard of him anywhere outside of Altered Beast. And, besides Athena was never a child like she was in this game, she was born from Zeus's head fully grown and armored, and she was the goddess of battle, she would have kicked Neff's ass inside-out if he tried to capture her. The snare 02:07, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
~I have no idea but maybe it has something to do with all those crosses Neff is surrounded by?  Maybe they were hinting at something there? 207.172.52.41 07:20, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

In stage 5 among the skeletons there is a reference to The Scream:
Screenshot —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.148.97.69 (talk) 17:49, 19 December 2006 (UTC).

Who is the loudspeaker who says "POWER UP" and "Rise from your grave"? What's the name of this loudspeaker? Morris Munroe 16:30, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

A loudspeaker is an inanimate object, not a person. I don't know the actor who is doing the voice-over, but I assumed the character speaking was supposed to be Zeus. --64.149.39.28 04:04, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
I always thought he said "Wise from your gray."... Vaughnstull (talk) 23:20, 18 March
2008 (UTC)
Actually, it may not be any actor at all saying it, it may be a synthesized voice. I remember one that said "sega" at the beginning of Sonic the Hedgehog. 98.217.147.41 (talk) 04:53, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

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The article claims that the game had end-credits as in movies; however, I owned the Sega Megadrive port, and upon completion it just started from the first stage again.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.184.84.18 (talk) 07:43, 9 October 2008 (UTC) 
JoaoLesado
See the "Reference 2" that I linked. In Arcade version, the ending reveals that all whole game was a production of a movie, but in Genesis/Megadrive not.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.56.253.103 (talk) 03:30, 22 October 2012 (UTC) 

"Wise fwom your gwave" links to Elmer Fudd?  Seriously?  What 12 year old thought that was funny?  Changed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.141.39.100 (talk) 14:24, 2 July 2010 (UTC) 

The section currently states that the pop culture phrase "Beast Mode" is a reference to Altered Beast, but provides no citation. No gameplay videos I could find say or show "Beast Mode." I believe the reference actually comes from Transformers: Beast Wars. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.227.255.18 (talk) 22:16, 29 October 2012 (UTC) 

I understand that the 2005 Altered Beast got its own page. I suggest we make a page for Altered Beast: Guardians of the Realms complete with an expanded plot. Rtkat3 (talk) 7:16, December 17 2012 (UTC)

Well, it is more of a very enhanced remake than a brand new game, unlike the 2005 Playstation title. :) ·Salvidrim!· ✉ 04:07, 1 April 2013 (UTC)

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I can't find any confirmation that the Altered Beast sections on Murder of the Universe are named after this game. Seeing as the only source given in this article is a link to the King Gizzard wikipedia page, I think it's safe to say that it's mere speculation. The closest thing I could find to confirmation was this reddit thread where Stu MacKenzie apparently said something like "Hey, that's the game!", but this is just hearsay.
Fredo699 (talk) 17:24, 30 March 2019 (UTC)

This review is transcluded from Talk:Altered Beast/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.
Reviewer: Namcokid47 (talk · contribs) 18:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

Will hopefully get to soon. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 18:20, 13 February 2020 (UTC)

@Namcokid47: Any idea when we might get to begin this one?  Red Phoenix talk 21:50, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
I'm so sorry! I entirely forgot about this one. I greatly apologize. I promise to take care of this once I finish up Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 21:51, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
Hey, it's cool, man.  I've forgotten a few GA reviews I've signed up for before.  It happens when you're busy ;) . Red Phoenix talk 13:09, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
@Red Phoenix:: Not a full, detailed review, but I'll leave a few comments for the time being.


### Lead
"Altered Beast's arcade release and its various ports have all received mixed reviews." - Same comment I brought up with Hang-On. Why did it get mixed reviews? Gameplay wasn't that good? Graphics were yucky? The general consensus of reviewers should be specified in the lead.
This one was actually tougher than Hang-On since there's so much mixing, but I gave this a shot.  Even the expected criticism of the lack of gameplay had more positive comments than I imagined when I did the research.


### Gameplay
The tidbit about the ending can be put into the second paragraph, instead of being on its own.
Done.  I agree, looks better.


### Release
I noticed that a lot of stuff in here isn't sourced, specifically the platforms it came out on. Does the Retro Gamer one cover it all?
It does - the Retro Gamer article is quite thorough, and even includes a section with almost all the ports getting a couple of sentences of description and review (although I thought listing 10 short reviews without scores was just plain ridiculous and undue weight).  I don't like to duplicate in-line citations if everything before is covered by that ref, but rest assured I have vetted every line and ensured everything is cited to the next in-line citation.


### Reception
A lot of the review scores don't have a source attached to them, which I think is a bit odd. Any chance you're able to fix that?
I suppose I can - anything that doesn't have a source is because its review is cited in the article prose - a style I had seen in other articles.  Unlike the in-line citation duplication, though, I don't see any harm in duplicating the links into the table.  I was more or less being lazy; I edit mostly through VisualEditor, and it's a pain in the neck to put references in the Video game reviews template in VE.
I'll provide a more detailed review soon. Namcokid47 (Contribs) 22:58, 19 March 2020 (UTC)

All comments addressed so far.  Red Phoenix talk 13:09, 20 March 2020 (UTC)
@Red Phoenix:: I took another look at this article, and I couldn't find much else wrong with it. I think this is ready to be promotion. Great work! Namcokid47 (Contribs) 01:41, 1 April 2020 (UTC)