Sega System 16

It's the start of something enormous and we'll definitely be coming back to it on this show.

So, the game, and I'm going to try and stay calm, Altered Beast hit arcades in 88, running on Sega's System 16 board.

You play a Roman centurion who died in battle and Zeus brings you back so you can save his daughter, Athena.

Off you stroll to the right, thumping zombies and kicking skeletons.

Time for the sound desk and today it's all Sega.

The arcade original, then the Mega Drive, then the Master System.

First the arcade, where the System 16 had a Yamaha FM chip, plus that famous speech.

This is round one, so listen out for the voice.

Yeah, I saw that you had a lot of...

Yeah, you all played through a lot of Sega System 16 games, which is what these would be, like Cotton, Alien Syndrome.

I think I saw Golden Axe and Fantasy Zone listed also, like...

Yeah, they were, uh, they're 16, like they're non super scaler games.