Here is the latest version of my time attack of Altered Beast for Genesis. It is 6:21.58 long, which is a 22.73 second improvement over my previous version that I didn't submit. Every attack hits an enemy, even if they are off the screen. Just check the score and it'll go up. It was recorded in Gens, like normal.

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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #32: Dan_'s Genesis Altered Beast in 06:21.57
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This movie has been published. The posts before this message apply to the submission, and posts after this message apply to the published movie. ---- [96] Genesis Altered Beast "1 player" by Dan_ in 06:21.57
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I would love to see somebody do a 2-playerime-attack of this game. I can't due to keyboard limitations. The main reason I haven't improved this movie is because I'd like to see a 2-player version, which I cannot make. Anybody up to the task?
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Altered Beast is a game that looks like it could have been found in an arcade playing machine.
This game was indeed first released as an arcade game, later on ported to the Genesis/Mega Drive.
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Wow! Nice bounce. Long since anybody talked about this game. Wonder if a 2p run would be slower or faster. I might do some testings later in my life. It's a good game, and the first one I got for my mega drive. I was 7 years old I think. :)
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It's probably faster since the screen has 2 edges (duh hehe) so you can kill enemies that appear from both sides faster than just 1p.
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Ain't this game semi-autoscroller?
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The scroll speed depends on how fast you can kill all the enemies. Unless there's lag, more enemies, or the bosses have more health, 2 players would be faster.
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More precisely, the screen scrolls at 2 fixed different speeds: - slow when there are enemies on the screen. - fast when there are no enemies on the screen.
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Ah. I'll put it to my personal todo list. 1p controls 2p Altered beast run. :)
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there are actually 3 speeds, because at some points, there's no scrolling (in the normal version) A 2P run is much faster, taken the example of me and my friend Danny, who roughly tied THIS score without emulator
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Maybe one at the hardest difficulty? Remeber that you could press B and START at the titlescreen to bring up the option meny.
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