Data Discs of London published the Altered Beast remastered vinyl LP, composed by Tohru Nakabayashi and sourced from the Mega Drive console.

The sidescrolling beat-em-up takes place in Ancient Greece and tasks the player with rescuing Athena from the underworld by transforming into various beasts, from a wolf, to a bear and a tiger. Designed by Makoto Uchida, Sega's arcade platformer launched in 1988. A console port shipped with the Sega Genesis and Mega Drive in Europe and North America the following year.

Altered Beast for Sega Genesis joins Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Catalog, featuring music composed by Tohru Nakabayashi. A remastered excerpt from the vinyl publication is streaming on distributor PixelCrib's SoundCloud channel.


From the product page:

The gameplay for Altered Beast may have become dated; but not so for its iconic soundtrack. Composed by Tohru “Master” Nakabayashi, the music of Altered Beast moves between intense battle themes and cavernous dirges; the perfect backdrop to traversing the netherworld, punching pigs and powering up. Sourced from a Japanese Mega Drive and carefully mastered for vinyl, Altered Beast is presented as a 45RPM cut LP in a 400g matt varnished sleeve and printed inner sleeve, both of which feature hand-painted artwork from the SEGA archives.

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These classic SEGA Mega Drive games are now available for Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members!

☑️ Thunder Force II
☑️ ToeJam & Earl
☑️ Sword of Vermilion
☑️ Dynamite Headdy
☑️ Altered Beast pic.twitter.com/dwEyV8GJZ5

— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) December 17, 2021