Improvement Mega Drive / Genesis

Altered Beast ReToned

Juuouki · 獣王記

Recolours the Mega Drive Altered Beast closer to the arcade original, cleans up its voice samples and, in the Music Transposed build, reworks the soundtrack to sound and play in the arcade's key.

Weredragon in the caves with the new palette
Weredragon in the caves with the new palette 1 / 8

What's changed

Byros's patch retouches the Mega Drive version's palette so it sits a little closer to the arcade game, with stronger contrast in some stages, and smooths out several voice samples that popped and clicked on the console.

There are two versions to choose from:

  • ReToned 1.17: the graphics and voice changes only, with the Mega Drive's own YM2612 music untouched.
  • ReToned 1.19, Music Transposed: everything above, plus fuller music and sound effects that imitate the arcade board's YM2151 sound, with every theme moved into the same key as the arcade soundtrack.

The author tested the patch in GENS and on a model 1 Genesis.

Playing it

The patch is made for the Rev 2 USA/Europe cartridge; apply it to your own copy of the game following the instructions on the hack's page. All credit goes to Byros.

#arcade accuracy #beat 'em up