Granada

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Granada
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Project EGG, Nintendo Switch
Publisher: Wolf Team (Japan) Renovation Products (US) Edia
Developer: Wolf Team D4 Enterprise
Distributor: Tec Toy (BR)
Original system(s): X68000
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1990-11-16 ¥6,8006,800 T-32023 US 1990-12 49036 EU 199x BR 199x JP ▼ 2012-05-15 ¥880880 TEL0044 JP ▼ 2023-12-07 ¥1,800 (1,980)1980i US ▼ 2023-12-07 $15.0015.00 DE ▼ 2023-12-07 €13.5013.50 UK ▼ 2023-12-07 £12.1912.19 AU ▼ 2023-12-08 $20.2520.25 KR ▼ 2023-12-07
Non-Sega versions X68000

Granada (グラナダ) is a 1990 shoot-'em-up by Wolf Team released in the US and Japan for the Sega Mega Drive and in Japan for the X68000.

A European release was planned by Ubisoft, but it did not materialise.

The game was re-released for Nintendo Switch in December 2023 as a stand-alone release from Telenet Shooting Collection, keeping the Sega logo at the startup.

Story

The game is set in a futuristic Africa in 2016. A war has erupted over mining rights for rare metals and has quickly escalated due to the development of an advanced new type of tank called Maneuver Cepters. A mysterious Maneuver Cepter of unknown origin called "Granada" has been destroying heavy mobile weapons from both the north and south factions.

Leon Todo, a private mercenary, accepts a task from an enterprise agent that takes him to Japan, where he finds the Granada and uses it in an attempt to stop the conflict once and for all.

Gameplay

The game is a multi-directional shooter that plays similarly to the overhead missions of Thunder Force II. The player is situated on a large field full of enemies, obstacles, and mission targets that may be freely moved upon (unlike most conventional shoot-'em-ups). The goal of each stage is to destroy all of the targets, which vary for each stage, and then a boss before the timer runs out. The player is given a radar in the bottom-right corner of the screen, which displays targets as solid red dots, the boss as a flashing red dot, and the Granada as a flashing white dot.

The player moves the Granada around with the D-pad. It fires its normal weapon with , which has rapid-fire. It can also fire missiles with . Missiles are slower-firing and therefore require more precision to use effectively, but they are more powerful, allowing them to destroy larger targets in fewer hits, and can penetrate through multiple targets, making them useful for clearing out masses of smaller enemies. Shooting a missile knocks the tank backwards a bit. Weapons are fired in the direction that the tank is facing and have unlimited supply. The tank normally rotates in the direction that it is moving, but the player can lock its orientation by holding , which allows for strafing maneuvers. The tank can be rotated in 16 different directions.

The Granada has a shield that can sustain multiple hits from enemies, indicated by a bar at the top of the screen. The tank explodes if it sustains too much enemy damage, costing the player a life. The player also loses a life if time runs out or if the Granada falls off the stage. If all lives are lost, the game is over. Otherwise, the Granada is respawned where it was destroyed. The game has four selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Mania). The Granada has fewer maximum shield points at higher difficulty levels.

Support Units

Support units supplement the Granada with additional capabilities. They last for the rest of the stage or until the Granada is destroyed.

	Reflector (リフレター)
	The unit follows around the Granada. The Granada's normal weapon reflects off of it at an angle. Hitting it with a missile causes it to spin around shooting bullets in every direction for a duration. Collecting this item multiple times equips more units to follow the Granada.
	Epalet (エバレット)
	Adds homing missiles to the Granada's standard attack. Collecting this item multiple times adds additional missiles to the attack.
	Paul Bunyan (ポールバニアン)
	Attaches a plate-shaped shield to the front of the Granada. It is launched forward when the Granada fires a missile with , which causes it to spray bullets in multiple directions before returning to the Granada.
	Chromleck (クロムレック)
	The unit follows the Granada and damages enemies that it touches. The unit revolves around the Granada when it fires its normal weapon or seeks and destroys an enemy when the Granada fires a missile with .
	Hidden (ヒドン)
	The unit follows the Granada. The unit explodes in a large radius, destroying enemies as well as itself, with . Collecting this item multiple times equips more units to follow the Granada, which are detonated separately.

Stages

	Stage 1
	Stage 2
	Stage 3
	Stage 4
	Stage 5
	Stage 6
	Stage 7
	Stage 8
	Stage 9

Production credits

• Original: T.Toyota
• Game Design: T.Toyota
• Program: T.Toyota
• Graphics: M.Sato, M.Matsushima, K.Nagata
• Music: M.Uno, M.Sakuraba
• Ad Design: F.Ishii
• Business Works: J.Asanuma, M.Uno, K.Goshima, K.Iijima, H.Kayano
• Thanks: H.Izumino, K.Ueno, Y.Ushijima, H.Ogasawara, Y.Ohnishi, T.Ogura, A.Kabaya, K.Goto, Y.Kohama, F.Shimoyama, M.Sugiyama, K.Suzuki, H.Suzuki, S.Sekizuka, T.Sou, T.Takeda, K.Tajima, Y.Tani, C.Tokuhiro, A.Nakamura, T.Hagiwara, T.Hamada, A.Higurashi, F.Fukaya, T.Hori, S.Miyoshi, T.Yamada, T.Yamamoto, S.Rokumoto, O.Watanabe
• U.S. Staff: S.Yazel, H.Hiraga, R.Lee, D.Izat
• Special Thanks to: K.Fukushima
• Producer: M.Akishino
• Presented by Wolf Team

Source:

In-game credits

Digital manuals

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 US manual

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  Mega Drive Mini 2 JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Granada/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

US print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #19: "February 1991" (1991-xx-xx)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-09: "September 1990" (1990-08-XX)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-11: "November 1990" (1990-10-XX)
also published in:

• Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1990-12: "December 1990" (1990-11-08)

Print advert in Mega Drive Fan (JP) #12: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-02: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 83 Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 80 The Complete Guide to Sega (UK) 80 Consoles + (FR) 76 Console XS (UK) PAL 83 Cool Gamer (RU) 40 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U 80 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 79 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 58 The Games Machine (IT) 96 Game Zone (UK) PAL 80 Joystick (FR) 71 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC 71 Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J 76 MegaTech (UK) PAL 86 Mean Machines (UK) NTSC-J 82 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 80 Sega Power (UK) NTSC 75 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 83 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 83 Sega Pro (UK) 73 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 73 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 67 User (GR) PAL 84

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Technical information

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