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Revision as of 07:05, 27 August 2018
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Taito | ||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: I.T.L | ||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Taito | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Growl, known as Runark (ルナーク) in Japan, is an arcade beat-em-up by Taito developed in 1990 and released in 1991. The game was ported to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991 and released only in the US and Japan (though the arcade version was also released in Europe).
Contents
Gameplay
You play as one of four early-20th-century rangers trying to stop a group of poachers from making many species of wild animals extinct. punches,
jumps. If an enemy drops a weapon,
picks it up and uses it, and
lets it go. If you don't have a weapon in your hand,
performs a spinning kick,
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performs a spinning jump kick, and
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and
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performs a leaping kick in the appropriate direction.
Versions
Even though the arcade machine supported up to four players simultaneously, the Mega Drive version of Growl is a one-player only game. All sampled speech has been removed in the Sega conversion, and is substituted with captions at the bottom of the screen.
Localised names
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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English (US) | Growl | Growl |
Japanese | ルナーク | Runark |
Magazine articles
- Main article: Growl/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: Growl/Promotional material.
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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512kB | 1991-11 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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512kB | 1991-11 | Cartridge (JP/KR) |
References
- ↑ File:BeepMD_JP_1991-12.pdf, page 38
- ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:Generation4 FR 040.pdf, page 138 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 197
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 116
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 38
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
- ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 179
- ↑ Famitsu, "1991-11-15,22" (JP; 1991-11-01), page 39
- ↑ Games-X, "28th November-4th December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-28), page 30
- ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89
- ↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 90
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 89
- ↑ Power Play, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-12), page 136
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
- ↑ User, "Ioúlios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88
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