Editing Altered Beast (section)

==Film adaptation==
In 2014, Sega announced a partnership with Evan Cholfin for film and TV projects based on their games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/sega-taps-evan-cholfin-to-adapt-its-videogames-for-films-tv-digital-platforms-exclusive-1201377268/|title=Sega Taps Evan Cholfin to Adapt its Videogames for Films, TV, Digital Platforms (EXCLUSIVE)|author=Graser|first=Marc|date=December 11, 2014|work=Variety|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141216044851/http://variety.com/2014/film/news/sega-taps-evan-cholfin-to-adapt-its-videogames-for-films-tv-digital-platforms-exclusive-1201377268/|archive-date=December 16, 2014|access-date=December 11, 2014}}</ref> ''Altered Beast'' was announced as a live action project in 2016, which has not materialized as of 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/asia/altered-beast-streets-of-rage-sega-movies-shows-1201933661/|title=Sega's 'Altered Beast,' 'Streets of Rage' Games to Be Adapted for Film, TV|author=McNary|first=Dave|date=December 5, 2016|work=Variety|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206153914/http://variety.com/2016/film/asia/altered-beast-streets-of-rage-sega-movies-shows-1201933661/|archive-date=December 6, 2016|access-date=December 5, 2016}}</ref>

===Popular culture===
''Altered Beast'' has been referenced in other media. In 1993, [[Matthew Sweet]] named his album ''[[Altered Beast (album)|Altered Beast]]'' after the game. Sweet told ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' magazine that the title meant "whatever is inside you that someday might explode, and maybe you don't know it's there", which he found similar to the game, where "you have to find these little [[power-up]] things, and when you eat them you become the Altered Beast, this other creature that's really powerful and violent".<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kelly|first=Christina|date=September 1995|title=King of Pop|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ra1GApGshtQC|magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|page=73}}</ref> The character Neff, in his Rhino form as the boss of the game's final level, appeared in the 2012 [[Disney]] film ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'', along with ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' villain [[Doctor Eggman]].<ref name=":1" />