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{{quote|''[[Memetic Mutation|''WISE FWOM YOUR GWAVE!'']]''|What ''"Rise from your grave"'' sounds like. <ref>[[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|Have in mind this sounded AWESOME when it was released!]]</ref>.}}
{{quote|''[[Memetic Mutation|''WISE FWOM YOUR GWAVE!'']]''|What ''"Rise from your grave"'' sounds like. <ref>[[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|Have in mind this sounded AWESOME when it was released!]]</ref>.}}


A [[Beat Em Up]] by Sega, appearing at the arcades in the late 1980's, and later ported to home consoles like the [[Sega Master System]] and [[Sega Genesis]]. Two pseudo-sequels were made, one for the [[Game Boy Advance]] titled ''Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms'', and a [[Play Station 2]] sequel titled ''Project Altered Beast'' (which was released in Japan and Europe, [[No Export for You|but not in America]]). The main gimmick is that your character can turn into various humanoid monsters, like werewolves and dragons.
A [[Beat'Em Up]] by Sega, appearing at the arcades in the late 1980's, and later ported to home consoles like the [[Sega Master System]] and [[Sega Genesis]]. Two pseudo-sequels were made, one for the [[Game Boy Advance]] titled ''Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms'', and a [[Play Station 2]] sequel titled ''Project Altered Beast'' (which was released in Japan and Europe, [[No Export for You|but not in America]]). The main gimmick is that your character can turn into various humanoid monsters, like werewolves and dragons.


Interestingly enough, the first game of this series is considered by many as a cult-classic game and [[So Okay Its Average|an average game]] at the same time. The reason is because the [[Sega Genesis]] port was the first '''perfect''' port from an arcade game, being extremely similar to the arcade version in gameplay, sounds and even graphics<ref>although hardware limitations prevented the inclusion of the rather impressive (for the time) scaling effects sequences seen on the arcade original</ref>. [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|This doesn't sound awesome nowadays]] (we even have a trope called [[Porting Distillation]]), but don't forget we are talking about the late 80's, ports were either [[Porting Disaster|terrible]], [[In Name Only|different]] or simpler games.
Interestingly enough, the first game of this series is considered by many as a cult-classic game and [[So Okay It's Average|an average game]] at the same time. The reason is because the [[Sega Genesis]] port was the first '''perfect''' port from an arcade game, being extremely similar to the arcade version in gameplay, sounds and even graphics<ref>although hardware limitations prevented the inclusion of the rather impressive (for the time) scaling effects sequences seen on the arcade original</ref>. [[Seinfeld Is Unfunny|This doesn't sound awesome nowadays]] (we even have a trope called [[Porting Distillation]]), but don't forget we are talking about the late 80's, ports were either [[Porting Disaster|terrible]], [[In Name Only|different]] or simpler games.


Story-wise, the original game has [[Greek Mythology|Zeus]]' daughter Athena being kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Neff and two centurions being [[First Episode Resurrection|resurrected]] to rescue her.
Story-wise, the original game has [[Greek Mythology|Zeus]]' daughter Athena being kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Neff and two centurions being [[First Episode Resurrection|resurrected]] to rescue her.
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* [[Classic Cheat Code]]: Allows for reaching other levels, changing health/lives and order the beasts appear.
* [[Classic Cheat Code]]: Allows for reaching other levels, changing health/lives and order the beasts appear.
* [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome]]: Probably unintentional([[Narm|ly hilarious]]) in the [[Sega Genesis]] port.
* [[Elmuh Fudd Syndwome]]: Probably unintentional([[Narm|ly hilarious]]) in the [[Sega Genesis]] port.
* [[Everythings Worse With Bears]]: Level 3's beast.
* [[Everything's Worse With Bears]]: Level 3's beast.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: The main villain goes "Ho ho ho ho" when stealing your spirit orbs.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: The main villain goes "Ho ho ho ho" when stealing your spirit orbs.
* [[Faceless Eye]]: Level 2 boss.
* [[Faceless Eye]]: Level 2 boss.
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* [[Giant Flyer]]: The pterodactyl-like enemy.
* [[Giant Flyer]]: The pterodactyl-like enemy.
* [[Growing Muscles Sequence]]: the effect of the first two powerups.
* [[Growing Muscles Sequence]]: the effect of the first two powerups.
* [[Half Human Hybrid]]: The final boss, the half-goat and half-horse enemies.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: The final boss, the half-goat and half-horse enemies.
** Don't forget most of the beasts.
** Don't forget most of the beasts.
* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Dragons]]: Level 2 beast, Level 3/4 bosses, a Chinese dragon-like enemy in Level 2.
* [[Instant Awesome Just Add Dragons]]: Level 2 beast, Level 3/4 bosses, a Chinese dragon-like enemy in Level 2.
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** Though [[Clothing Damage|the shirt still gets shredded with each expansion]].
** Though [[Clothing Damage|the shirt still gets shredded with each expansion]].
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: The arcade version and its ports.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: The arcade version and its ports.
* [[One Winged Angel]]: All the bosses.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: All the bosses.
* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]: All the transformations of Neff. Including a weird flesh monster who throws his head at you, a eye-composed thing, a literal dragon-snail (too much snail) and a crocodile-jewel thing. His last form is a Rhino-man.
* [[Our Monsters Are Different]]: All the transformations of Neff. Including a weird flesh monster who throws his head at you, a eye-composed thing, a literal dragon-snail (too much snail) and a crocodile-jewel thing. His last form is a Rhino-man.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Level 1 and 5 beast.
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Level 1 and 5 beast.
* [[Panthera Awesome]]: The Level 4 beast, a weretiger.
* [[Panthera Awesome]]: The Level 4 beast, a weretiger.
* [[Personal Space Invader]]: The enemy that goes on your head and stays there until you punch it out.
* [[Personal Space Invader]]: The enemy that goes on your head and stays there until you punch it out.
* [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]]:
* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]:
{{quote| '''Neff:''' [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM!]]}}
{{quote| '''Neff:''' [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM!]]}}
* [[Rise From Your Grave|Wise Fwom Youw Gwabe]]: Possible [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Rise From Your Grave|Wise Fwom Youw Gwabe]]: Possible [[Trope Namer]].
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== The [[PS 2]] game ''(Project) Altered Beast'' has examples of these tropes: ==
== The [[PS 2]] game ''(Project) Altered Beast'' has examples of these tropes: ==
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: This is Luke's specialty. He can equip different types of Genome Chips and transform into the beast most suited to deal with the current situation.
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: This is Luke's specialty. He can equip different types of Genome Chips and transform into the beast most suited to deal with the current situation.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The [[Humanoid Alien|U.W.H. (Unidentified Weightless Human)]] twenty-hit combo. On the plus side, it can [[One Hit Kill|kill any enemy]] except bosses. On the negative side, it requires [[Some Dexterity Required|memorizing a twenty button sequence, good timing]] and it only targets one enemy at time; in a game where monsters love to swarm you. Nonetheless, it's still necessary to defeat one of the [[Metal Slime|rare enemies]].
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: The [[Humanoid Alien|U.W.H. (Unidentified Weightless Human)]] twenty-hit combo. On the plus side, it can [[One-Hit Kill|kill any enemy]] except bosses. On the negative side, it requires [[Some Dexterity Required|memorizing a twenty button sequence, good timing]] and it only targets one enemy at time; in a game where monsters love to swarm you. Nonetheless, it's still necessary to defeat one of the [[Metal Slime|rare enemies]].
* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: The Balrog.
* [[Bat Out of Hell]]: The Balrog.
* [[Body Horror]]: The transformation cutscenes. They're all quite detailed and [[Painful Transformation|painful looking]].
* [[Body Horror]]: The transformation cutscenes. They're all quite detailed and [[Painful Transformation|painful looking]].
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* [[Monster Compendium]]: Aside from the [[Flavor Text]], it also includes a small detail of the elemental tolerances and the option of looking at the monster's 3D model from different angles.
* [[Monster Compendium]]: Aside from the [[Flavor Text]], it also includes a small detail of the elemental tolerances and the option of looking at the monster's 3D model from different angles.
* [[Mysterious Waif]]: Anastasia.
* [[Mysterious Waif]]: Anastasia.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: [[Morally Ambiguous Doctorate|Dr. Eric Jobs]] quickly forgets about his previous subjects once he starts working on a new one. This gets to the point it becomes the cause of {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Anastasia]]'s Start of Darkness}}.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate|Dr. Eric Jobs]] quickly forgets about his previous subjects once he starts working on a new one. This gets to the point it becomes the cause of {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Anastasia]]'s Start of Darkness}}.
* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: The Leviathan.
* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: The Leviathan.
* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: There are 3 of these', first is a flashback sequence showing a fight between {{spoiler|Luke and Brad}} shown upon getting the Minotaur form, the second is an actual playable fight against {{spoiler|Brad}} and the third is against {{spoiler|Anastasia}}
* [[Shapeshifter Showdown]]: There are 3 of these', first is a flashback sequence showing a fight between {{spoiler|Luke and Brad}} shown upon getting the Minotaur form, the second is an actual playable fight against {{spoiler|Brad}} and the third is against {{spoiler|Anastasia}}

Revision as of 20:40, 8 January 2014
WISE FWOM YOUR GWAVE!
—What "Rise from your grave" sounds like. [1].

A Beat'Em Up by Sega, appearing at the arcades in the late 1980's, and later ported to home consoles like the Sega Master System and Sega Genesis. Two pseudo-sequels were made, one for the Game Boy Advance titled Altered Beast: Guardian of the Realms, and a Play Station 2 sequel titled Project Altered Beast (which was released in Japan and Europe, but not in America). The main gimmick is that your character can turn into various humanoid monsters, like werewolves and dragons.

Interestingly enough, the first game of this series is considered by many as a cult-classic game and an average game at the same time. The reason is because the Sega Genesis port was the first perfect port from an arcade game, being extremely similar to the arcade version in gameplay, sounds and even graphics[2]. This doesn't sound awesome nowadays (we even have a trope called Porting Distillation), but don't forget we are talking about the late 80's, ports were either terrible, different or simpler games.

Story-wise, the original game has Zeus' daughter Athena being kidnapped by the evil sorcerer Neff and two centurions being resurrected to rescue her.

In Project Altered Beast the story follows a man called Luke Custer who is a "Genome-Cyborg", a human whose DNA and other genetic make-up has been artificially altered allowing micro-chips containing the genetic make-up of other creatures to transform him into an anthropomorphic beast. After surviving a helicopter crash, Luke loses his memory and sets off to learn about the truth behind his past and the Genome-Cyborgs.

Altered Beast uses the following tropes:

  Neff: WELCOME TO YOUR DOOM!

The PS 2 game (Project) Altered Beast has examples of these tropes:

  1. ↑ Have in mind this sounded AWESOME when it was released!
  2. ↑ although hardware limitations prevented the inclusion of the rather impressive (for the time) scaling effects sequences seen on the arcade original
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