Back in Japan, Sega was delighted with how the team were getting on. The games took around five months to complete, with Stuart travelling between Southampton and Horely, where Jeff was based, to check on progress. Not that it was an easy task, the Atari ST was known for being unable to scroll games within the hardware, so Jeff would have to work around it. This enabled him to not only practice, but to truly emulate sections of the game perfectly. The difficulty was of their time.” Jeff mentions that he managed to get rather good at the game, but he did have an arcade cabinet in his home while he worked on the code. That attitude translated from arcades to home computers. Those days, they were about being satisfying, but being difficult enough to keep putting money in. Discussing the difficulty, Jeff Gamon who was a bedroom coder, says “These days, games aren’t about beating them. It's tough to find many people who can name all of the transformations, as Altered Beast was insanely difficult. Many will remember the first incarnation, the wolf, who could dash forward and back in a triangle shaped burst of power, or punch forwards, unleashing a ball of energy to kill his foes. ![]() ![]() Collecting these would gradually ‘power up’ the centurion, boosting his damage until he transforms into a beast, ready for the boss fight. ![]() It’s a plot that is, ultimately, forgettable (you were saving Zeus’ daughter Athena), because most of us played for the three glowing orbs which would appear in battles. The best Sega Master System games of all time (opens in new tab)Īs the game opens, the God Zeus booms out that immortal line “Rise from your grave” and our hero, an unnamed centurion must slowly plod through scrolling levels fighting creatures spawned from the underworld.
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