this post was submitted on 03 Jul 2024
528 points (94.3% liked)

Comic Strips

17962 readers
1693 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
top 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 106 points 1 year ago (5 children)

All the 40 somethings in here: "Altered Beast!".

Everyone else: "Uh, what?"

[–] FlihpFlorp@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago

As a non 40 something can confirm

[–] Denalduh@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

I'm a simple man. I see Altered Beast, I upvote.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 1 year ago

As a 40 something can confirm

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bro I'm early 30s and I was like "OHHHH SHIT MY CHILDHOOD!" haha

[–] Denjin@lemmings.world 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You must have older siblings, altered beast was released in 1988

[–] butwhyishischinabook@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Actually I'm the oldest! I just had a lot of games that weren't exactly cutting edge at the time lol

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's funny to see which things haven't transferred over through cultural osmosis through the years. I would have assumed most people here would still recognize this. Clearly I'm an out of touch relic!

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Deceptichum@sh.itjust.works 60 points 1 year ago (8 children)
[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago
[–] Apepollo11@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago

Welcome to your doom!

[–] Verito@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
[–] jBlight@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

So nostalgic that you can hear it =)

[–] SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

That’s exactly what I thought of. Great on Arcade

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And rescue my daughter! I didn't resurrect you so that you could just lounge around. You've got a job to do!

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

"Nah." walks left instead of right

[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I, for the past several years, have seriously been saying this to my imaginary audience every morning when I wake up and engage the energy necessary to get to the kitchen and make a coffee. I had a girlfriend in 2019 that would get a kick out of it.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago

Arise from your grave.

I'd be surprised if there wasn't this exact comment.

[–] buycurious@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really like how the boss at the end rips it's own head off and throws it at you as a weapon.

[–] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago

Old game called "Altered Beast". You could transform into a few different beasts. Classic side-scrolling game.

[–] ace_garp@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Details of the game are here

Was a good 2 player monster beat-em-up.

[–] Thassodar@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Good is arguable... Out of all the Genesis games I had I played it the least. Toejam and Earl was where it's at.

load more comments (5 replies)
[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh hey it's that other game on the Sega Genesis! The one that wasn't Sonic!

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Altered Beast

"Rise from your graves."

[–] Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
load more comments (2 replies)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I never saw an arcade cabinet for Altered Beast and only played it in Genesis where it was kind of a shit game compared to Golden Axe.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.autism.place 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Imagine having to go on some adventure where you sleep directly on the desert floor and it's full of deadly hand-to-hand combat killing hundreds of people, and thinking, "I'm gonna wear my white and red bikini and red boots."

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It was the 80's (Golden Axe released in 1989, to be specific) . It was the style of the time.

Pic from Red Sonja in 1985

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So there are already tons of annoying enemies in Fromsoft games, but if they ever put one of these fuckers in something, it would be the single most annoying enemy in any of their games.

[–] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Supposedly, there's a movie in the works, because of course there is. I'd better see a gnome getting beat six ways 'til Sunday.

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments (1 replies)
[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Man I gotta go back and play Golden Axe again.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Featuring the Ax Battler! The famous... swordsman.

[–] Grabthar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

He beats up lots of guys with axes tho

load more comments (7 replies)
[–] LunarLoony@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

The consensus seems to be that people only played it because it came bundled with the console

[–] walter_wiggles@lemmy.nz 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I had a nickel for every quarter I lost playing this in the arcade...

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

God, I loved that game. I have spent so many fucking quarters in pizza parlors on that shit.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

it's insane how recognizable that beast is

[–] Squirrel@thelemmy.club 8 points 1 year ago

Wow, I completely forgot about that game.

[–] djvinniev77@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Altered Beast-Mode

[–] Zucca@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago
[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol the beasts derp eyes are great

load more comments (1 replies)
load more comments
view more: next ›