Altered Beast FAQ/Walkthrough for the Sega Master System Written by: PickMeUp Version: 1.0 - 2/29/04 E-Mail: PickHuttt at aol dot com =============================================================================== Table of Contents =============================================================================== I. Introduction II. Story III. Controls IV. Gameplay -In Game Indicators- -Spirit Balls- -The Altered Beasts- -Enemies- V. Walkthrough -Round 1- -Round 2- -Round 3- -Round 4- VI. Ending VII. Codes VIII. FAQ IX. Version History X. Legal Section XI. Credits/Thanks/Other Stuff -If you want to find a certain section without having to manually scroll down, press Ctrl and F at the same time and a search box will pop up. Enter the name of the section (ex: enter I. Introduction if you want to go to that section) and press the find button. =============================================================================== I. Introduction =============================================================================== Hello and welcome to my Altered Beast FAQ/Walkthrough. Well, I don't really like this port of this game since it can get REALLY frustrating. But, I've decided to make this for people who are playing it and really want to beat this game. I'll try my best to help you get through this game, so hopefully this Walkthrough will be helpful. =============================================================================== II. Story =============================================================================== Athena has been kidnapped by the evil Neff and Zeus, the father of Athena, searched for a strong warrior to rescue her. He has chosen a Roman Centurion who has been dead for over a hundred years and brought him back to life. Not only that, but has given him supernatural powers, the ability to tranform into different beasts. Now the nameless warrior has to fight through Neff's army of demons and Neff himself to rescue Athena. =============================================================================== III. Controls =============================================================================== LEFT - Moves player to the left. RIGHT - Moves player to the right. UP - Jumps higher when pressed with Buttons 1 & 2. DOWN - Player kneels. BUTTON 1 - Starts game. Kicks. Special attack* when transformed into a beast. BUTTON 2 - Starts game. Punches. Special attack* when transformed into a beast. BUTTON 1 & 2 - Makes player jump. *Go to -The Altered Beasts- section for more info. =============================================================================== IV. Gameplay =============================================================================== -------------------- -In Game Indicators- -------------------- At the top of the screen you'll see the following indicators: ------------------------------- SCORE 00000 HI-SCORE 00000 ( )( )( ) Qx2 ------------------------------- -Score/Hi-Score The score shows how many points you currently have. You gain points by killing enemies and defeating the boss at the end of every stage. Depending on when you fight the boss in each stage, the points you get will will differ. The Hi-Score shows the current highest score in the game, whenever you play the game after turning on the system, the Hi-Score will always be set at 50000. -Life Gauge When you start the game or come back after losing a life, you'll have three blue life bars. Depending on how you get hit and who you get hit by, the life bars will change colors. They go from blue, to yellow, to red and then disappear after that, once all of you life bars are gone, you lose a life. -Lives At the beginning of the game you'll have 3 lives, when you lose all of your lives, the game will end and you'll be sent back to the title screen. -------------- -Spirit Balls- -------------- These floating blue balls fly out of the Two Headed White Wolves when you kill them. The first time you get it, you'll transform into a slightly stronger and bigger human. The second time you get a spirit ball, you'll transform into an Altered Beast that has special attacks in place of your punches and kicks. If you want to fight the boss early in the round, then you need to be an altered beast. You can fight the bosses in human form, but you need to go through all three sections of the round (this is explained in the walkthrough section) and reframe from turning into a beast to do so. -------------------- -The Altered Beasts- -------------------- -WEREWOLF ~ ROUND 1 Button 1: Fireball. Press this to shoot fireballs from your hands. Button 2: Flame Arrow. This will make your character fly across the screen, depending on which side he's facing and destroy the enemies in his path with fire. -WEREDRAGON ~ ROUND 2 D Pad: Makes the Weredragon fly anywhere on screen. Button 1: Lightning Smash. Shoots lightning bolts out of his arm straight forward. Button 2: Inner Strength. Your whole body becomes consumed with electricity, anything that your boby will get hurt. -WERETIGER ~ ROUND 3 Button 1: Bouncing Flame. It's like the fireball except it bounces up and down as it moves forward. Button 2: Pillar of Fire. You bounce up and down the screen, your whole body becomes a ball of fire as you hurt any enemy that's in your path. -GOLD WEREWOLF ~ ROUND 4 Button 1: Golden Fire. Exactly like the fireball, balls of fire come out of your hands. Button 2: Golden Arrow. Same as the Flame Arrow, this will make your character fly across the screen and destroy the enemies in his path with fire. --------- -Enemies- --------- -SLOW FOOT - 100 pts. Of all the enemies in the game, this is the easiest to deal with. They don't really attack you, they just slowly walk towards you. You can easily take them out, the only time you'll have problems with them is if there's too many enemies on screen and happen to bump into one of them. If you happen to bump into one of them, they'll start blinking and explode seconds later, this will hurt you if you're near it. -HEADLESS HORROR - 100 pts. These headless skeletons can be annoying if you don't know how to approach them properly. If you just walk up to them, then they'll punch you before you even get a hit in. When you get near them, kneel down and let them walk towards you, once they get close enough you should be able to kill them without much trouble. -SKINNY ORCUS - 500 pts. This flying demon usually appears in pairs that appear from the upper left and upper right sides of the screen. You should try and take them out while they're still in the sky, Cause if you don't they'll fly down and try to bump into you. If you missed them in the sky and are coming right at you, then kneel down and use the kick button to attack them when they get closer. -TWO-HEADED WOLVES - 1,000 pts. These animals are fast and run across the screen in groups. Among these you'll spot a white two headed wolf, if you kill these a spirit ball will come out and slowly float upward. -GRAVE MASTER - 300 pts When you see this giant yellow demon, don't just walk up to him, he'll hit you multiple times before getting knocked back. You want to approach them in the same way you did with the Headless Horrors, kneel down and wait for them to come closer before attacking them. -ROUND LEECH - 300 pts. This purple round creature will slowly bounce towards you, but when it gets closer it'll start jumping much higher then before, so you may want to time it right when you approach them. When they touch you, they'll stick to your head and slowly suck the life out of you. Rapidly wiggle the D Pad left and right to get them off. -CHICKEN STINGER - 300 pts. This demon will be difficult to take out if you're in your normal state. When you get near it, it'll swing it's tail at you and knock you down. Since it has a long reach, getting close enough to hit it will be hard. It will be easier to take out when you get stronger or transformed into a beast. -RATTLE TAIL - 500 pts. Appearing only in Round 2, this dragon like creature will come flying up or down the screen. You'll know when they're about to pop out because they'll wiggle their tails right before they do so. You can hit the wiggling tails to prevent them from popping out and punch any part of their body to stop them from moving. -CAVE NEEDLE - 100 pts. These giant yellow wasps will quickly run across the screen, if you're not fast enough to take them out then you'll get knocked down. -HAMMER DEMON - 500 pts. Kinda like the Skinny Orcus, except it stays at the top and flies by. When you walk under it's path though, it'll drop down and hit you if you stay in place. If you move away just in time, then you can attack it while it slowly moves back up. If you're in your stronger human state, then when it falls down, kneel down and kick it when it gets close enough. -GORY GOAT - 200 pts. This goat creature will hop on screen looking like he's gonna start boxing someone. Don't let them get too close because they'll hit you real quick, when they get near just kick them. -SAW FISH - 100 pts. This creature can be quite an annoyance if you don't kill them right away. This small grey fish with spikes will roll right on screen right through you if you don't do anything and turn right around and do the same thing. When they approach you, kick them. -DARK UNICORN - 300 pts. This tiny purple unicorn will normally walk towards you, but when they get near you they'll jump towards the upper part of your body. If you're in your stronger human form, when it jumps, kneel down and kick it when it gets close enough. In your normal human state, it can be a little tricky taking them out. -BAD BOAR - 500 pts. These yellow Bad Boars are just like Grave Masters, let them get near you, kneel down and attack them. =============================================================================== V. Walkthrough =============================================================================== Each round has three sections to it. The first part is before the first appearance of Neff, the second is between Neff's first and second appearances and the third section appears after Neff's second appearance. You can ignore the other sections if you finsihed the round early and go straight to the boss sections. Also, keep in mind that when you're in beast form that the round will probably move/end much quicker. --------- -Round 1- --------- -Section One- As soon as the screen starts scrolling, walk over to the right, three Slow Foots will pop out of the ground. After knocking them out, stay in the middle of the screen and Slow Foots will pop up from each side 3 times in a row. When you're finished with them, a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right. Kneel down and punch it before he jumps again and do the same to the other one the jumps out afterwards. Two Headless Horrors will fall down the screen after that and a white Two Headed Wolf will jump out and stand beside them. You should be able to punch all of them at the same time if you don't get it by one of the Headless Horrors. Grab the spirit ball that comes out of the white wolf and stick to the left side of the screen. Get ready to jump up and hit the Skinny Orcus that appears, three Slow Foots will pop up from the ground below it at that moment, ignore them and quickly jump up and attack the other Skinny Orcus on the right. Take care of the three Slow Foots and two other slow foots will pop up on the right. After that, two Skinny Orcus from the left and one on the right will appear, if you weren't able to take all of them out then kneel down and kick the remaining ones that get near you. At this point, two Headless Horror will fall from the screen on the left side of the screen, stay kneeled and take them out. Now move to the right side of the screen to kill the Headless Horror that appears then quickly take out the Skinny Orcus' that appear on the left and right side of the screen. Afterwards, kneel down and face the left side to be ready for three Two Headed Wolves, one of which is white, that comes charging out. Get rid of the 2 Slow Foots that pop out from the right and kill the 3 Slow Foots that appear just ahead of them. Get in the middle and get ready to jump up and hit the two Skinny Orcus' on the left and one on the right, at this point a Grave Master and Slow Foot will pop out on the right side. After that, three more Slow Foots will pop out on the right and two Headless Horrors will walk out behind them, two Skinny Orcus' on the right and one on the left and a Slow Foot on the left will appear also. After taking them all out, Neff will appear on the right, if you are a beast at this point then you'll fight the boss, if not, then you'll in the second part of the round. -Section Two- When Neff starts walking away after his first appearance, move to the middle right side of the screen to avoid getting hit by the Slow Foot that pops out of the ground on the middle left side. After that the screen will start moving again and two Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left side, after you take them out, kill the 3 Slow Foots on the right, each one appearing after the other. Right after you kill the third one, 2 Two Headed Wolves will jump out from the left and one from the right. Quickly take them out because a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right, but don't attack them just yet. Shortly after there appearances, a Headless Horror will appear from the left and right and a white Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the left a second later. Kick the white wolf, then the Headless Horror on the left, then the two Skinny Orcus' and finally the Headless Horror on the right. After you're done with them, jump on the platform above you, a Two Headed Wolf will come running out from the right and a white one shortly after it. When you're finsihed with them, get back done to the ground level. A Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left and right and a Grave Master will appear from the left and right below, don't jump up to kill the Skinny Orcus', instead deal with all of them on ground level. Stay in the middle afterwards, a Two Headed Wolf jump out from the left on the ground and the platform above, another one on the right and a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right. Kill the two Wolves on the ground and ignore the one above, then take care of the two Skinny Orcus' that will be coming down right about then. After that, a Grave Master will appear from the right and another Two Headed Wolf will jump down from the platform on the left, try and kill the Wolf first if you can. Now when you're finished with both of them, stay under the platform, 2 Two Headed Wolves will jump out from the platform above to the left. Ignore them and quickly kill the Skinny Orcus that appears from the right. Afterwards, a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the left on the ground and the platform above and a Skinny Orcus will also come out from the left and right side. Take out the bottom wolf and move to the left, the other wolf should have just jumped over your head at this point and then kill the Skinny Orcus' when they come down. Right after that, 2 Two Headed Wolves, the second one a white, will come running down from the left, destroy them quickly. After them, two Skinny Orcus' from the left and another from the right and a Grave Master will appear from the right below. Kill the right Skinny Orcus, then the Grave Master, then the two other Skinny Orcus' that's coming down to you at this point. Then take out the other Grave Master that appeared from the left, further ahead a Grave Master will appear from the right and 2 Slow Foots will pop out from the left and another on the right. After that, three Slow Foots will come out from the right with a Headless Horror following after them and two Skinny Orcus' from the right and another from the left will appear. Take care of the Slow Foots and Headless Horror first, then the Skinny Orcus' will they come down. Right after that, two Slow Foots will pop out from the left, a Skinny Orcus above them and a Grave Master from the right. Take out the Slow Foots and Grave first, then the Skinny Orcus. Now after that, two Headless Horrors will appear from the left, a Slow Foot from the left and right and a Skinny Orcus' above from the left and right. Kill the Slow Foots and Headless Horrs first and then the Skinny Orcus', afterwards Neff will make his second appearance. -Section Three- The screen will start moving again after Neff walks off and ahead to the right, two Slow Foots and a Headless Horror will appear. Kill them quickly, seconds later a Skinny Orcus will come out from the right and two Slow Foots from the left, take out the Slow Foots first. Afterwards, two Skinny Orcus' from the left and one on the right and a Slow Foot on the left and right below will appear. Take out the first Skinny Orcus on the left, then the two Slow Foots on the ground and then kill the two remainung Skinny Orcus' from the ground. A Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right afterwards, take them out quickly, then kill the two Headless Horrors on the left and the Slow Foot from the right. Right after that a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left, kill it quickly and the Grave Masters that appear from the right and left. Move to the middle of the screen when you're finished, two Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left and one on right and two Headless Horrors will fall from the sky on the left, take care of all of them on ground level. Further ahead, a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from thr right, then another will jump out from the platform on the left and then two more will run out from the left below, jump on the platform above to avoid the last two. While you're up there, a Skinny Orcus' from the left and right will appear, kill them quickly. Seconds later a white Two Headed Wolf will run out from the right platform, take it out quickly because another Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right shortly after. When you're finished with them, move back down to the ground level and take out the Headless Horror that appears from the right and left. When you're finsihed with them, two Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left and another from the right, kill them real quick. Right at this point a Slow Foot will appear out of nowhere on the left and another afterwards and then another will appear out of nowhere on the right. Afterwards, a Two Headed Wolf will run out from the right and another from the left platform, kill the one on the right and left the left one jump over you. When that happens, a white Tow Headed Wolf will run out from the right, kill it with a kick then take care of the Skinny Orcus' that appears from the left and right. Now a Two Headed Wolf and another afterwards will run out from the right, a Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left and right and then two Headless Horrors will fall from the sky on the right. Take care of all of them on ground level, after that a Two Headed Wolf will run out from the left and a white one will run out from the right, two Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left and two Slow Foots from the right afterwards. Take care of the Wolves and Slow Foots first and then the Skinny Orcus'. Afterwards, two Slow Foots from the left and one on the right will appear, the screen should stop moving at this point. When you're finished with them, three Slow Foots in a row will pop out from the right, a Headless Horror right behind them and a Skinny Orcus on the left and right will appear. Right after that, another Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left and right and three Slow Foots in a row will pop out from the left below, take them all out from the ground level. Another Skinny Orcus will appear from the left, kill it quickly, then two Grave Masters will appear from the right, a Headless Horror on the left and a Skinny Orcus on the left and right above. Deal with them all on ground level and then finally, kill the two Slow Foots the appear from the right. After that, Neff will make his third and final appearance in the round. -Round 1 Boss: Aggar- The boss stays on the right side the whole time but he cuts off his heads and throws them at you. They float at the top of the screen and usually drop in the last place you were standing, so it's always good to keep moving. You can easily hit him with your fireball attacks while dodging his heads, you'll most likely hit some of the heads doing so but you shouldn't have much of a problem defeating him in beast form. In human form, you have to walk right in front of the boss and punch him. Since this boss throws 7 heads at a time, use the break in between to punch him as much as you can then avoid the heads when he starts throwing again. Keep doing this over and over again and you will eventually defeat him. --------- -Round 2- --------- -Section One- After the round starts, walk to the right and kill the two Round Leeches that appear, then a Round Leech will appear to your left and right. Afterwards, a Chicken Stinger will appear from the right, kick it, if your timing is right then you can hit it before it gets a chance to hit you with it's tail. Now get ready for a Two Headed Wolf and another one after it to jump out from the right, a couple of seconds following them will be a white one. There shouldn't be any distractions so you should be able to easily get the spirit ball from it. Now after that, get ready for Skinny Orcus' from the left and the right to appear and another pair will appear after you take them out. At that point, a Grave Master will appear on the right and a Round Leech on the left. When you're taking care of these two, another Skinny Orcus' and another Grave Master will come out from the right. After killing them both, just ahead three Round Leeches will fall from the sky from the left. Also at this point, Rattle Tail's should be popping out from the top and bottom from the screen, so watch out where you're standing. When dealing with the Leeches, a Skinny Orcus from the left and right will appear and another pair will appear after taking them out. After killing them, a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the left and two will jump out from the right, the second one on the right being a white one. A Skinny Orcus will appear on the right afterwards and the screen should stop scrolling at that point. A Grave Master will appear on the left and right, you should be able to take them out without trouble. After that, two Skinny Orcus' will appear on the left and one on the right and two Round Leeches will hop out from the right. At this point, a couple of Rattle Tails will appear. When they stop coming, Neff will make his first appearance. -Section Two- After Neff walks off, two Skinny Orcus' will appear from the left and right, take them out and stay in the middle. Two Round Leeches from the left and one on the right will fall from the sky, when you're finished with them, a Skinny Orcus' will fly out from the left and another after it and one from the right will come out afterwards. After that, a Grave Master from the left and a Chicken Stinger from the right will appear, a Rattle Tail will come down from the top right after them. Now when you're finished with that, 2 Two Headed Wolves will run out from the right and a white one shortly after. When you're done with the white one, a Skinny Orcus will come out from the left and right and three Round Leeches will fall from the sky from the left, try and kill the Leeches first and then the Skinny Orcus'. After that, two Skinny Orcus' will come out from the left and a Grave Master below them, kill the Grave Master first and then the Skinny Orcus' when they come down. Now kick the Chicken Stinger that appears from the left and then attack the Skinny Orcus' that appears on the left and right afterwards. At this point another Chicken Stinger will come out from the left, but stay in the middle, two Round Leeches will fall from the top from the left and another on the right. Kick the Leeches and Chicken Stinger on the left first, then the one on the right. Afterwards, a Grave Master and 2 Two Headed Wolves after him will appear from the right, seconds later a white Two Headed Wolf will also jump out from the right. Right after this, a couple of Rattle Tails will come out from the top and bottom, stick to the middle to avoid them. When that's done, another Chicken Stinger will appear from the left and two Skinny Orcus' will appear on the left and right above, take care of the Stinger first. Following that, a Round Leech will appear from the left and right and two Skinny Orcus' will appear above from the left and another from the right, kill the Leeches quickly before taking on the Orcus'. Another Round Leech will appear from the left, wait for it to come to you because a Rattle Tail will come out from the bottom left. Ahead, a Grave Master from the left and right will appear, at this point the screen will stop moving. When you're done with them, a Round Leech will appear from the left and a Chicken Stinger on the right, after killing them another Grave Master will appear from the left and right. Now when you finished the two of them off, move to the left part of the screen, a Round Leech will fall from the sky somewhere near the middle, kill it and then the two Skinny Orcus' on the left and one on the right that appears shortly after. When you're done with them, Neff will make his second appearance in the round. -Section Three- After the screen starts moving again, two Round Leeches will hop out from the right, kill them right away. After them, a Grave Master will appear from the left, a Round Leech from the right and a Skinny Orcus from the left and right above. Take care of the Grave Master and Round Leech first and then the Skinny Orcus' when they come down. Afterwards, a Skinny Orcus will appear on the left and two Round Leeches on the left botton and another from the right, since the Skinny Orcus appears first, take it out quickly. When you're done with them move to the middle of the screen, two Rattle Tails, one on the left and right bottom, will wiggle their tails, kick both of them to stop them from coming out. Right after them a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right, kill them and then the Grave Master that appears from the right and move back into the middle again. A Rattle Tail will come down from the left and right top of the screen, at the same time a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right sides. Since you won't have much room to jump up wait until they come down to you to attack them, after that kill the Grave Master that appears from the right. Right after him a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right and a Skinny Orcus from the left and right, kill the Wolf and the two Orcus' quickly. When you're finished with them a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right and two Round Leeches from the left, kill the Wolf first. After that a white Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right and just ahead of the wolf, two Rattle Tails will come down from the right side, just let them move by. Right after them two Round Leeches will fall from the top on the right, kill them quickly. Afterwards, a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right and a Chicken Stinger on the left and a Round Leech on the right bottom, take care of the Chicken and Leech first and then the Skinny Orcus' when they come to you. After that a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right and a Round Leech will fall from the top on the left and right side, kill the Leeches first, move to the middle after that, two Rattle Tails will come out from the top left and another on the bottom right, just ignore them. A Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right afterwards, kill them quickly then take care of the two Round Leeches that appear on the right and another that falls from the sky on the left. After that a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right, kill it right away, then another Wolf will jump out from the right and a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right, kill the Wolf first. When you're done with them two Round Leeches will hop out from the right, kill them quickly and move to the middle, a Rattle Tail on the left and right top will come down and another on the left out out from the bottom left, you can ignore them if you want. At this point you'll see a white Two Headed Wolf standing to the right, kick it to get the Spirit Ball, right then the screen will stop moving. Now two Skinny Orcus' from the left and another from the right will appear and a Round Leech on the bottom right, kill the Orcus' first if you can. Afterwards another Skinny Orcus will appear from the left and right and a Grave Master on the bottom right, kill the Grave Master first. Kill the Chicken Stinger that comes out from the left with a kick, after that a bunch of Rattle Tails will come out from the top and bottom, just stick to the middle to ignore them. When that's done, Neff will make his last appearance in the round and you'll then fight the boss. -Round 2 Boss: Octeyes- This boss also stays on the right side of the screen while throwing stuff at you. In this case, it will throw a bunch of spores that look like eyeballs, most of which will be thrown in the direction you were last in. In beast form, use your Lightning Smash attack and shoot in the middle of the boss where the one eyeball usually sticks out. Make sure to move out of the way when it unleashes another batch of spores, you can shoot them if you want. Keep this up and you should take him out without much of a struggle. If you're fighting the boss in human form, then you WILL get hit alot. You have to walk right of to it and start punching and move away when the spores come out and try to avoid them. Then go back and start punching the boss again, this is a very long method that will get you hurt alot and possibly make you lose all your lives. So make sure you're in beast form by the time you reach him. --------- -Round 3- --------- -Section One- Walk over to the right and you'll see three Slow Foots fall from the sky, after killing them three other Slow Foots will appear on the left. Don't approach them yet because a Round Leech will fall from the sky on the left and right. After taking care of them, a Headless Horror will appear on the the right and another one above on the platform and a Round Leech will hop out from the left. Afterwards, a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right, after this a Hammer Demon will appear at the left and right of the screen and another Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right. When you're fighting the two Hammer Demons, make sure you're on the higher platform to get ready to attack the white Two Headed Wolf that jumps out. After taking care of them, get back to ground level, a Headless Horror will appear to the left and the right. Take them out quick before the two Skinny Orcus' on the left and one on the left appear. There will be a Slow Foot on the right too, but be careful approaching it because a Round Leech will fall from the sky around that area. A Hammer Demon will appear on the left and right afterwards and two Round Leeches will fall from the sky on the right. After that, a Skinny Orcus on the left and right will appear and a Chicken Stinger will come out from the right. If you want to avoid the Chicken Stinger then jump on the higher platform if possible. Afterwards, a Two Head Wolf will jump out from the left on the platform, you can let him jump over you if you want. Then a Headless Horror will fall from the sky on the left and right, a 2 Two Head Wolves, the first being white, will run out from the left around the same time. After taking them all out, you'll see two Slow Foots appear on the right. When you're finished with them, a Grave Master will appear on the left and right side. At this point the screen will stop scrolling and the following will appear in this order: a Headless Horror on the right, a Skinny Orcus on the left and right, a Slow Foot on the left and two Cave Needles will jump out from the right. Take out the Headless Horror first, then stay on the left side to wait for the two Cave Needles, then take care of the Skinny Orcus' with the kneeling down and kicking up method and then finally take out the Slow Foot. Afterwars, three Slow Foots will appear on the right, take them out quickly. After that, a Skinny Orcus will appear on the right and two Hammer Demons will alos appear on the right and another on the left. After you take care of this mess, Neff will make his first appearance in the round. -Section Two- After Neff walks off and the screen starts moving again, a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right, kill them quickly. A Round Leech and another shortly after will fall from the sky from the left, kill them quickly also. Ahead, a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right, two Round Leeches from the right and a Skinny Orcus from the left. The best advice I can offer here is to fight them all on ground level, don't jump up to the higher platform to fight, you'll just get knocked all over the place. Right after you finsih them off, another Hammer Demon from the left and right and a Skinny Orcus from the left will appear, you should also fight them on ground level too. When you're done with them, a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the left, kill it quickly and afterwards a Skinny Orcus from the left and right and 2 Two Headed Wolves will come running out from the left, the second being a white one. Take out the Two Headed Wolves first and then the Skinny Orcus' when they come down. After that, a Grave Master will appear from the right, kill him quickly, another Grave Master will appear from the left on the platform. Stay in the middle though, two Round Leeches will fall from the top on the left, when fighting them a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right. After you're finsihed with them, two Slow Foots will pop out from the left and a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right, kill the Slow Foots first. Just ahead, a Chicken Stinger will appear from the left and two Round Leeches will fall from the sky shortly after. When you're done with them, 3 Two Headed Wolves will jump out from the left, one after after another, the last one being a white one. After that, a Skinny Orcus will appear from the right and then left and afterwards a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right, take them out fast. At that point, two Round Leeches will fall from the left, and just ahead after killing them, a Grave Master will appear from the left and two Round Leeches will fall from the top left, kill the Leeches first. Afterwards, a Skinny Orcus from the left and right and a Grave Master from the right will appear, at this point the screen will stop moving. When you're done with them a Headless Horror will come out from the right, kill him quickly because seconds later a Hammer Demon from the left and right and a Skinny Orcus behind both of them will appear. Attack all of them from the ground level, using your kick attack while kneeling down. After that, the following will appear in this order: a Slow Foot on the left and a Headless Horror behind it, a Grave Master on the right, two Slow Foots behind him and then two Round Leeches after them, take them out in this order also. When you're done with them, Neff will make his second appearance. -Section Three- When the screen starts moving again, two Round Leeches will hop out from the left and two others will fall from the sky on the right. When you're finished with them a Hammer Demon will appear from the right with another behind it and another one on the left, after you're done with them a Skinny Orcus will appear from the left. After killing it, take out the two Headless Horrors on the left and the Round Leech on the right, another will appear after it and two other Round Leeches will appear from the right. Right after that a Chicken Stinger will appear from the right, kill it and then a Two Headed Wolf will jump down from the platform on the right, then kill the Hammer Demon that appears from the left afterwards. When you're done with that, two Round Leeches will fall from the sky on the left, another will fall from the right and a white Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right. Kill the Leeches on the left first if you can, then the other Leech on the right and finally the white Two Headed Wolf. At this point a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right with another coming out behind them afterwards. After that, two Round Leeches will hop out from the right and three Slow Foots will slowly appear, one right after the other from the left, kill the Leeches first. Further ahead two Round Leeches will appear from the left and a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right, with another behind just standing still, kill the Leeches first. When you're done with them, kill the Skinny Orcus that appears from the right, then kill the Grave Master that appears from the left and finally the Skinny Orcus from the left above when it comes to you. Then go over to the right and kick the white Two Headed Wolf that's motionless, two Round Leeches will fall from the sky on the left and a Grave Master will appear from the left, kill the Leeches first. Afterwards, take out the Skinny Orcus that appears from the left, the screen will stop moving at this point. Now kick the Chicken Stinger that walks out from the right, kill the three Slow Foots that appears after it and then the Headless Horror that appears behind them. Right after that, a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right, a Slow Foot on the left bottom and a Grave Master on the bottom right, take them out in that order. Afterwards, kill the Headless Horror that appears on the left, then the three Slow Foots on the right and then the Hammer Demon that appears on the left and right. When you're done with them, punch out the Slow Foot that pops out from the left and right and the ones that pop out after them. Now, a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right and a Slow Foot on the left and right bottom, try to take out the Hammer Demon on the right if you can, then the Slow Foot on the right, the other Hammer Demon and finally last Slow Foot. Afterwards, Neff will make his last appearance before the boss fight. -Round 3 Boss: Crocodile Wyrm- Unlike the previous bosses, this one actually moves around the screen. When the fight begins, he'll be at the right bottom of the screen and shoot 5 balls in a row, then move at the top middle of the screen and shoot a ball to the left, the middle and the right. After that, he'll move to the upper right side and shoot another row of 5 balls then move back down in the lower right corner and shoot one ball. Then he'll repeat the whole process again. Now when the fight starts, you have to jump over the row of balls the first time and when he moves in the top middle position, stay in the left side and try and slide through the left and middle balls that he shoots. Now as either in beast form or human form, the only times you should attack him is when he's coming down and before and after shooting the one ball at you. Just hit him about three times when he's coming down and back up so you can jump over the ball, then quickly move back to the right and get as close as you can and kneel down. The row of balls in shoots out SHOULD just barely miss and fly over you. During this part, punch the boss as many times as possible before he gets away. Keep repeating these methods over and over again until he's defeated. --------- -Round 4- --------- -Section One- Walk over to the right and two Gory Goats will hop out, after taking them out, another one will appear on the right and two others on the left. At that point, a Hammer Demon will appear on the left and right, kill them quickly because a Skinny Orcus will appear on the left and right after them. When you're finished with them, a Two Headed Wolf and another following it will jump out from the right. Afterwards, a Hammer Demon will appear on the left and right again, try and stay on the ground level if you can because a white Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right in a couple of seconds. After you're done with that, stick to the middle and a Bad Boar will appear on the left. Take him out fast because a Hammer Demon and a Skinny Orcus will appear on the left and another Hammer Demon on the right. When you're finished with them, a Gory Goat will appear on the left and right sides, and seconds later a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right. After you're done with them, make sure you're on the right side of the screen because 2 Two Headed Wolves, the second being white, will appear on the left on the platform and jump done from there. Take them out quickly because two Gory Goats will hop out from the right, after you're done with them, a Bad Boar will come out from the left and right side. After killing them, three Dark Unicorns in a row will come out from the right, take care of them quickly. Shortly after they appear, a Bad Boar and Hammer Demon will come out from the right and seconds later a Saw Fish will come rolling in from the left. If you have the chance, try and take out the Saw Fish first because it'll just constantly get in your way. After you're done with them, Neff will make his first appearance in the round. -Section Two- Seconds after Neff walks off and the screen moves again, two Dark Unicorns, one right after another, will appear from the left and another from the right shortly after, take them out quickly. Right after the one on the right appears, a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right and two Gory Goats on the left and one on the right below. Try fighting them all on ground level, kneeling down and kicking when the Hammer Demons drop. Afterwards, a Bad Boar will come down from the platform on the right and 2 Two Headed Wolves will jump out from the left with two Dark Unicorns following behind them. When you're finished with the two Unicorns, a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right, while you're fighting them a white Two Headed Wolf will run out from the left. After you're done there, a Bad Boar will appear from the right and then the left shortly after, then a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right and a Gory Goat on the left and two on the right will hop on screen, deal with them all on ground level. Right after them a Saw Fish will roll on screen from the left and right, try kicking both of them if you can, 2 Two Headed Wolves will jump out from the left seconds later. A little bit ahead, a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the left platform and 2 other Wolves, the second being white, will jump out from the platform shortly after. When you're done with them, a Saw Fish will roll out from the right and then the left, a second one rolling out from the left seconds later. After that, a Dark Unicorn will appear from the left and another from the left shortly after it, further ahead a Bad Boar will appear from the right, at this point the screen should stop moving. A Saw Fish will roll out from the right and left, kill them quickly, right after them a Hammer Demon will appear from the left and right and two Dark Unicorns from the right and another from the left with a Bad Boar behind it. Try to take out the Hammer Demons first if possible. Immediately following that, two Dark Unicorns will appear from the right with two Hammer Demons above them, a Bad Boar will come out from the right seconds later and after that, a Saw Fish will roll out from the right and two others from the left. Finally, two Hammer Demons from the left and right will fly on screen, kneel down and try kicking them all in a row, shortly following Neff will make his second appearance. -Section Three- As the screen starts moving again a Hammer Demon will appear from the right, kill it and the other one behind it quickly. Afterwards, another Hammer Demon will appear from the left and a Gory Goat on the bottom left and two others on the bottom right. Kick the Goar Goat on the right first, then kill the Hammer Demon and then the other Goar Goay on the left. At this point another Gory Goat will appear from the right and a Saw Fish will roll out from the left, kick the Fish first. After that a Hammer Demon will appear from the right and another from the left with a Skinny Orcus behind it, quickly jump up and kill them iff possible. When you're done with them, two Dark Unicorns will appear from the right, kill them quickly, another one will walk out from the left. But don't go over to it yet, a Saw Fish will roll out on the left, kick that first, then kill the Unicorn and then kick the other Saw Fish that rolls out from the platform from the right. Right after that a Two Headed Wolf will jump out from the right platform, take him out and the white Two Headed Wolf that jumps out from the bottom right seconds later. Afterwards, kill the Bad Boar that was behind the white Wolf, further ahead three Goar Goats will hop out from the left, when you've kill the last Goat two Hammer Demons from the left and one on the right will appear. Just ahead there will be a Two Headed Wolf to the right standing still and another one will jump out in front of it, kick both of them then take care of the Hammer Demon on the right and two others on the left. After that you'll see a white Two Headed Wolf on the right standing still and a Hammer Demon will appear from the left, kick the Wolf first, then the Hammer Demon and then the Bad Boar that appears from the bottom left, at this point the screen will stop moving. Afterwards a Saw Fish will roll out from the right and left sides, kick the right one first, after that a Dark Unicorn will appear from the left and two others from the right, kill the one on the left first. Right after that a Bad Boar will appear from the right and a Hammer Demon above it, kill the Boar first, after that two Gory Goats will hop out from the left and one on the right. Kick the first left one, then the right one and then the last one on the left, after that two Hammer Demons will appear from the right and one on the left. When you're done with them, kill the Bad Boar that appears from the right and then kick the Gory Goat that hops out from the left and right after that. Finally kill the Hammer Demons that appear from the left and right, after that Neff will make his third appearance in the round. -Round 4 Boss: Neff (demon form)- There's really no easy way in fighting Neff, if you're close to him then he'll just walk towards you and start punching, if you're far away, he'll charge towards you real fast. Never get stuck in a corner, there's a 95% chance in beast form you'll get stuck until you die and in human form there's a 100% chance of getting stuck until you die. Now when fighting him in beast form, and I HIGHLY recommend you do fight him in beast form, there is two methods you can fight him. The first being a bit hard, when the fight starts, quickly move to the left and try and hit him once with a Golden Fire. Now when he starts charging at you, jump up and use your Golden Arrow attack to fly to across to the other side, land, shoot a Golden Fire at him a repeat over and over until he's defeated. The other method can be a bit tricky, at the beginning of the fight, quickly move to the left so that he'll charge towards you. At this point jump real high, he should stop right under you. Just when you're about to land on top of him, use your Golden Arrow attack, it should cause damage to him. Repeat this over and over again until he's defeated, you can actually use both of these methods at the same time but it will require alot of work and timing. Now if you're fighting him in human form then you'll most likely lose all of your lives because it will be difficult. The only chance you have in defeating him is if you haven't lost any lives, have 5 life bars using the code and haven't used any of the 4 continues with the other code. =============================================================================== VI. Ending =============================================================================== After defeating Neff, a bird will start flying around on screen. It'll then land on the ground and turn into Athena, you'll walk over to her and revert back to your human form. You and her will stare at each other while the words GAME OVER appear above them, it will stick to this scene for approximately 1 minute and 30 seconds then return to the title screen. =============================================================================== VII. Codes =============================================================================== These codes came from Raistlin212 on GameFAQs, so credit goes to him/her. -Four Continues When you lose all your lives and the words GAME OVER appears, hold the upper-left side of the D-Pad and press both the buttons at the same time. The words CONTINUE will scroll by the screen and you'll be able to continue from the point where you last died. Hold the lower-left and the two buttons for the second continue, lower-right and both buttons for continue three and the upper-right and the two buttons for the fourth and final continue. -Two Extra Life Bars At the title screen, hold the upper-left side on the D-Pad and press the two buttons at the same time. You'll now have two extra life bars for a total of five life bars when you start the game. =============================================================================== VIII. FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions =============================================================================== Q: Four rounds? I thought there were five. A: The cave round was left out of the SMS version. Q: *looks at end of faq* Wha? A: In this version Zeus says "I COMMAND YOU TO RISE FROM YOUR CRAVE AND RESCUE MY DAUGHTER". =============================================================================== IX. Version History =============================================================================== Version 0.98 - Started FAQ/Walkthrough on February 18, 2004. Finished Version 0.98 on February 22, 2004. Finished sections I-IV and VI-X, still need to work on the second and third sections of each round in the Walkthrough. Submitted to GameFAQs on February 22, 2004. Version 0.99 - Finished the second sections for each round in the Walkthrough. The third and final sections will be up in the next update, also added a codes section. Submitted Version 0.99 to GameFAQs on February 25, 2004. Version 1.0 - Finished the third sections for each round in the Walkthrough. Also added/changed some of the tips in the enemies section along with some other tiny changes in this guide. Submitted Version 1.0 to GameFAQs on February 29, 2004. =============================================================================== X. Legal Section =============================================================================== This may be not be reproduced under any circumstances except for personal, private use. It may not be placed on any web site or otherwise distributed publicly without advance written permission. Use of this guide on any other web site or as a part of any public display is strictly prohibited, and a violation of copyright. This document should only appear on GameFAQs, if you find this FAQ on another website, please inform me about this by e-mail. This document is Copyright 2004 Wendell Baugher. All trademarks and copyrights contained in this document are owned by their respective trademark and copyright holders. =============================================================================== XI. Credits/Thanks/Other Stuff =============================================================================== -Thanks to CJayC for hosting this document on his site. -Thanks to the game and instruction manual, if it wasn't for these then this faq wouldn't have been created in the first place. -If you think anything is missing in this document then please e-mail about it with the heading "Altered Beast F/W contribution". I'll give you credit of course, if you don't want your name mentioned then I'll just put "anonymous contributor" in place of your name. -If you're gonna e-mail me any comments (good or bad) or questions about this document then have the heading be "Altered Beast F/W C/Q". -If you want to see screenshots of this game or the ending then check out The Video Game Museum at www.vgmuseum.com. =============================================================================== ARISE FROM YOUR CRAVE ===============================================================================