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[sonycowboy]

like anyone cares

http://ps2.ign.com/articles/562/562416p1.html

 

[sprsk]

what on earth is going on at sega?

 

[commish]

Life ain't fair.

RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE.

 

[neptunes]

it's been canned before hasn't it? (canned>resurrected>canned)

 

[Razoric]

http://www.razoric.com/viewtoon.php?tag=alteredbeast

ahhh memories

 

[jarrod]

what on earth is going on at sega?

Seriously... their 2004 library of games has to be the worst they've ever had and 2005 isn't looking much better. :/

Sega-Sammy need to clean house and get things in order.

 

[D2M15]

and 2005 isn't looking much better. :/

Yet.

 

[jarrod]

Yet.

Spill it!

 

[Dan]

Compared to this year, 2005 isn't looking much worse either.

Yet.

 

[Link316]

maybe some US publisher will pick it up, $15 Mastiff budget release maybe?

 

[Cimarron]

 

[D2M15]

Spill it!

Who am I, Dekajelly?

 

[MassiveAttack]

No surprise here. It was absolute shite at TGS - embarrassing really.

Most certainly Mastiff acquisition material.

And yes, wtf is going on with Sega/Sammy?

 

[Ultra Magnanimous]

Its looked/looks super-shit. No loss really.

 

[Buffy4ever]

No new Altered Beast what the...........? The game been canceled again? I was hoping for more PS2 love from Sega.

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

What a day we live in where Atari is a more important company than Sega.

 

[jenov4]

Judging by the 'upgrades' sega has been doing with their Sega Ages series of games, I don't think we'll be missing out too much.

 

[callous]

The original game sucked, the GBA game sucked and I'm pretty sure this one sucks as well. No big loss.

I never understood why people rave about this piece of mediocrity. Must be because it was one of the first things they saw moving on their Megadrives. A great game it was not.

 

[DECK'ARD]

I want to know what's going on with Phantasy Star Universe.

That's the only interest I have in Sega now :-S

 

[xexex]

godamnit.

oh well not much of a loss ... still i would have been a sucker and bought it because i must have everything Sega :/

 

[Koshiro]

The original game sucked, the GBA game sucked and I'm pretty sure this one sucks as well. No big loss.

At last, some sense on the subject.

 

[gunstarhero]

The original game sucked, the GBA game sucked and I'm pretty sure this one sucks as well. No big loss.

I never understood why people rave about this piece of mediocrity. Must be because it was one of the first things they saw moving on their Megadrives. A great game it was not.

Buy that man a beer!

Seriously - has anyone who is upset about this news ever PLAY the original? It's crap -

Now give me my Alex Kidd sequel sans the mutton chops. (yea, I know nobody will buy it...)

 

[xexex]

the original Altered Beast coin-op was awesome and saw alot of play in arcades. it was literally everywhere. every arcade i visited in 1989-1990 had an AB machine. the Genesis version sucked, as did the GBA version. actually EVERY version of Altered Beast sucked, save the original coin-op, IMO.

 

[vireland]

actually EVERY version of Altered Beast sucked, save the original coin-op

Errr...I call rose colored glasses. Even the coin-op is pretty crappy by 21st century standards. I don't think they could have done much to make it cool without making it a completely different game. Forget AB anyway. Give me an updated Final Fight - and not some crap like Fighting Force.

 

[Buffy4ever]

after reading the IGN article..it sounds like more of a rumor. They say Alter Beast is still being developed by Sega of Japan, and will be published in Japan and Europe. They claim that a close source , say that Sega oF America will pass on the game. If they pass on the game..i have to question them, since I think Altered beast is more of an importanat IP then Astro Boy and Blood Will Tell, and both those games are said to be crap. I think some publisher will bring it over.

 

[Riskbreaker]

No new Altered Beast what the...........? The game been canceled again? I was hoping for more PS2 love from Sega.

You still have Shining Tears for Spring 2005...

 

[WarPig]

Sega's issued an official statement. It's not coming here. Japanese version's still due out on January 27.

Funny trivia: the official genre on Sega's Japanese page is "Violence Action."

DFS.

 

[FortNinety]

What a day we live in where Atari is a more important company than Sega.

That statement sent shivers down my spine.

 

[WarPig]

Atari isn't bigger than Sega, by any rational measuring stick. Atari is rapidly becoming a purveyor of crap anime spinoffs and naught else. If they survive 2005 without getting eaten, I'll be surprised.

DFS.

 

[Soul4ger]

Funny trivia: the official genre on Sega's Japanese page is "Violence Action."

DFS.

Talk a genre that's made for American audiences!!

 

[MassiveAttack]

Atari isn't bigger than Sega, by any rational measuring stick. Atari is rapidly becoming a purveyor of crap anime spinoffs and naught else. If they survive 2005 without becoming the next Acclaim, I'll be surprised.

DFS.

FIXED!

 

[belgurdo]

the original Altered Beast coin-op was awesome

no

 

[Ultra Magnanimous]

no

YES.

Er, meaning I agree, Altered Beast is and always has been, in all its' incarnations - RUBBISH.

 

[Brannon]

Altered Beast Arcade was awesome because every time I kicked the token slots I got a free game. Two years of free Altered Beastiness; YOU CAN'T BEAT THAT.

Except when you get bored and gravitate toward games that are actually good. U.N. Squadron fan fo' lyfe!

 

[Jonnyram]

Atari is just a badge bought by Infogrames. It shouldn't even be compared to Sega.
...until someone buys the Sega brand :lol

 

[Cerebral Palsy]

Sega died with the Dreamcast.

 

[Andy787]

Next gen. All shall be good and just, next gen.

 

[jarrod]

Atari is just a badge bought by Infogrames. It shouldn't even be compared to Sega.
...until someone buys the Sega brand :lol

Sammy?

 

[goodcow]

Sega died with the Dreamcast.

Bingo.

 

[Yusaku]

Who would've thought Sega would be looking back on the Saturn days with fond memories?

also RISE FROM YOUR GRAVE!