Comments on: Altered Beast http://blowthecartridge.com/2011/08/01/altered-beast/ Name an old video game. I will make a comic about it! Sun, 05 May 2013 11:44:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Gazunta http://blowthecartridge.com/2011/08/01/altered-beast/#comment-23 Gazunta Fri, 16 Sep 2011 23:46:20 +0000 http://blowthecartridge.com/?p=10#comment-23 Oh yeah, character sprites, the saviour of many otherwise impossible home conversion. I forgot all about that little trick! Space Harrier used it tons too. The modern Altered Beast was terrible. :( Oh yeah, character sprites, the saviour of many otherwise impossible home conversion. I forgot all about that little trick! Space Harrier used it tons too.

The modern Altered Beast was terrible. :(

]]> By: Samael http://blowthecartridge.com/2011/08/01/altered-beast/#comment-15 Samael Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:08:54 +0000 http://blowthecartridge.com/?p=10#comment-15 The reason for the jerkiness in any 8-bit game with large character graphics is that the lazy design team got around the system limitations by using background tiles instead. ( See also: Golden Axe on the Master System. ) This allowed them to just cut and paste art assets designed for the more powerful systems. Also, it looked great on the back of the box and in advertisements. Despite this, Altered Beast was great. If only other games allowed you to become so powerful it broke the game, while remaining so short you never become bored of the rush. The reason for the jerkiness in any 8-bit game with large character graphics is that the lazy design team got around the system limitations by using background tiles instead. ( See also: Golden Axe on the Master System. ) This allowed them to just cut and paste art assets designed for the more powerful systems. Also, it looked great on the back of the box and in advertisements.

Despite this, Altered Beast was great. If only other games allowed you to become so powerful it broke the game, while remaining so short you never become bored of the rush.

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