Altered Beast (Genesis)

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

Altered Beast

Developers
	Team Shinobi
Publishers
	Sega
Release dates
Windows (emulator)	June 1, 2010
macOS (OS X) (emulator)	May 29, 2018
Linux (emulator)	May 29, 2018
Taxonomy
Microtransactions	None
Modes	Singleplayer, Multiplayer
Pacing	Real-time
Perspectives	Scrolling, Side view
Controls	Direct control
Genres	Arcade, Brawler, Platform
Themes	Classical
Series	Altered Beast

Altered Beast
Altered Beast	1990
Altered Beast (Genesis)	2010

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

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Steam

All versions require Steam DRM; DRM-free versions are no longer sold.

Game data

Configuration file location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Mega Drive Classics\setup.dat %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Genesis Classics\setup.dat
macOS (OS X)
Linux

It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Configuration settings are shared between all Sega Mega Drive Classics games.

These locations are for the "Simple" launcher interface only

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	%USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Mega Drive Classics\0000\ %USERPROFILE%\Documents\SEGA Genesis Classics\0000\
macOS (OS X)
Linux

Folder name varies by region for Simple launcher; for "hub" launcher, all saves are found in the Mega Drive Classics folder.

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
OneDrive		Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers.
Steam Cloud

Video

General settings.

Graphics feature	State	WSGF	Notes
Widescreen resolution			Pillarboxed/stretched 4:3.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
60 FPS
120+ FPS
High dynamic range display (HDR)		See the glossary page for potential alternatives.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		Full button remapping (axes are automatically assigned).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Controller types

XInput-compatible controllers

DualShock 4 controllers

Generic/other controllers
Button prompts

Additional information
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Available only in the "hub" launcher
Surround sound
Subtitles		Most speech is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		Only with auto-pause.
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
Direct3D	9

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Linux

Windows
	Minimum
Operating system (OS)	XP
Processor (CPU)	Intel Pentium 2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	2 GB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	50 MB
Video card (GPU)	32 MB of VRAM