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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I thought altered beast was the pinnacle of two player gaming at one point. I played it recently and decided to do laundry instead.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I remember Altered Beast's graphics being a lot better than they are.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

IIRC, the sprites were pretty large for the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I was impressed by them, but I was also a child. I remember them being comparable to SNES graphics and...they aren't.

[–] Psythik 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I could never beat the first level when I was a kid. But I played that game over and over and enjoyed every minute of it.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

My tolerance for repetition has gone waayy down. It used to be so common to die and then start over in a game, trying to make it just a little further at each go. It never seemed boring to me, but I have very little tolerance for games that make me do this now.

[–] Iheartcheese 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Was down-right haunting for me to hear a game console actually talking!

[–] Iheartcheese 2 points 1 month ago

SEEEEEEEGGGGAAAAAAA

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Lol I'm working on a MAME emulator system and saw the roms for Altered Beast yesterday, and I wondered if I should bother, because I remember playing it some in the arcade. Sounds like I should skip it!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It was cool to waste a few quarters on at the arcade, but the entire game is actually only 15 minutes long, has terribly unrewarding gameplay beyond going beast mode, and is super repetitive.

MKII is still sweet. So is killer instinct, Mike Tysons punchout, tecmo bowl, super dodge ball, most of the Mario games, ff 6 and 7, chrono trigger, the first Mario kart, some of the zelda's, and a ton more.