Altered Beast

This page is for the original DOS release. For the emulated Sega Mega Drive version, see Altered Beast (2010).

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Altered Beast
Altered Beast	1990
Altered Beast (2010)	2010

Availability[edit]

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SETUP.DAT

System	Location
DOS

High scores are saved in <path-to-game>\SCORES.DAT.

General settings (F1).

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		320x200 only.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		For DOSBox toggle with `Alt`+`↵ Enter` (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus		No mouse support.
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
Full controller support
Controller remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller sensitivity
Controller Y-axis inversion

Additional information
Button prompts
Controller hotplugging
Haptic feedback
Simultaneous controller+KB/M

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, VGA, Tandy, Hercules