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Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw

System(s): Sega 32X

Publisher: GameTek

Developer: GameTek

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-03^[1]	$79.9979.99^[2]	T-8301B

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Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw is a one-on-one fighting game developed by GameTek for the Sega 32X. It is an update to Brutal: Paws of Fury, released only in North America. Working titles for this game were Totally Brutal and Brutal: Paws Unleashed.

The scenery and graphics have been highly improved, making use of the capabilities of the 32X, changing drastically. The most notable change being in Leon Prince's stage, on which it was previously possible to push the rival off the bridge for a instant win.

Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw introduces two new characters: Chung Poe and Psycho Kitty; and there are four more stages than the original game, totaling fourteen, although some of them are simply doubles with different palettes/shading.

Gameplay

The game is compatible with six-button controllers, with assigned for light kick, medium kick, hard kick, light punch, medium punch and hard punch. + performs a taunt, which also recovers your life gauge, but in turn makes you vulnerable for a little. If using a three-button controller START toggles kicks and punches, otherwise it pauses the game. To block rival attacks press +. Pressing any attack button while holding does a roundhouse attack, doing the same holding does a rear attack.

Like in the previous game, the characters only have regular kicks and punches at start, with special moves (taunt inclusive) and "katas" (sequences of moves) being unlocked after certain fights, following the game's "belt system" - to acquire new moves, you are given three chances to follow Dali Llama's instructions and if you fail it is not learned. Also similar to Brutal: Paws of Fury, this game has more stages than characters, making Pantha and Chung Poe appear to challenge you twice each.

On this version all characters are playable without the need of cheats, passwords or the like; and they were also placed at different stages than seen before.

Characters

"HOLD" means the button(s) must be held for two seconds.

	Chung Poe
	Chung Poe is 61cm tall, weighs 22kg and his style is Sabbaal. Special moves: Fists of Death (), Space Warp () and Makron Overpower () Katas: Hate of the Ancients (HOLD ), The Dark (HOLD ), Winter Storm (HOLD ) and The Faminewind (holding +, press and hold it).
	Dali Llama
	Dali Llama is 198.1cm tall, weighs 38.04kg and his style is Divine. Special moves: Headbutt (+) and Smoke Attack () Katas: Mind of the Gods () and Apocalypse! ().
	Foxy Roxy (Indrah Prashmet)
	Foxy Roxy is 182.9cm tall, weighs 72.75kg and her style is Penjat Silat. Special moves: Whiplash Kick (+), Spinning Attack () and Rolling Attack () Katas: Kuntao (++), Call of the Lotus (HOLD ) and Pentjak Silat Mind Throw ().
	Ivan Bear
	Ivan Bear is 182.9cm tall, weighs 113.40kg and his style is Soviet Military. Special moves: Big Belly Attack () and Earthquake () Katas: Strength of the North (), Jab Al Nar (HOLD ) and Rage of the World (HOLD ++).
	Karate Croc
	Karate Croc is 182.9cm tall, weighs 131.54kg and his style is Street Brawler. Special moves: Tail Whip (HOLD +), Torpedo Attack (HOLD ++) and Flying Tail Whip (HOLD +++) Katas: Escrima (HOLD , The Swallow (++) and The Path of the Empty Hand (HOLD +).
	Kendo Coyote
	Kendo Coyote is 188cm tall, weighs 90.71kg and his style is Kenjutsu. Special moves: Slam Punch (++), Headbutt (close +), Cannonball! () and Spinball! () Katas: The Five Rings (), Ki Force (HOLD ), Hapkido (HOLD ).
	Kung Fu Bunny
	Kung Fu Bunny is 177.8cm, weighs 45.36kg and his style is Relaxed Paw. Special moves: Flash Kick (HOLD ), Double Flash Kick (), Hi Flash Kick (HOLD ) and Scissors Kick (+) Katas: Dance of Death (HOLD ), Iron Fist (HOLD ) and Devil's Kiss ().
	Pantha
	Pantha is 172.7cm tall, weighs 86.18kg and his style is Chin Na. Special moves: Fireball (), Energy Drain (HOLD ) and Cloak Attack (+) Katas: The Gentle Path (HOLD ), Serpents Kiss (HOLD ) and Summon Chi (HOLD +).
	Prince Leon
	Prince Leon is 182.9cm tall, weighs 113.40kg and his style is Tan Ku, the Iron Rage. Special moves: Bite (+), Swim Attack (), Roar! () and Powerchord () Katas: Rage Within (close HOLD +), Leon Experience (HOLD ) and Wild Side (HOLD ).
	Psycho Kitty
	Psycho Kitty is 91.4cm tall, weighs 45.36kg and his style is Cat Fight. Special moves: Catfight (), Fur Ball () and Toshidan (+) Katas: Too Much Whiskers (HOLD ), Face Gouge (HOLD ), Nine Lives (HOLD ) and Hacker (HOLD +).
	Rhei Rat
	Rhei Rat is 180.3cm tall, weighs 72.57kg and his style is Thai Boxing. Special moves: Neck Choke (close +), Knockout Punch (++), Frenzy Attack () and Face Pull (close ) Katas: Tsumai (HOLD ), Berzerk! (close HOLD ) and Lightning Fury (close HOLD ).
	Tai Cheetah
	Tai Cheetah is 188cm tall, weighs 63.50kg and his style is Tai Chi Chuan. Special moves: Fire Kick (), Fire Run () and Fire Punch () Katas: Divine Wind (HOLD ), Fist of the North (HOLD ) and The Way of the Crane (++).

Stages

	Beach
	Pantha's first stage.
	Waterfall
	Psycho Kitty's stage.
	Idol
	Ivan Bear's stage.
	Swamp
	Karate Croc, introduced in the previous Mega-CD game, earned his own new stage.
	Point
	Tai Cheetah's stage. The background is the same seen at "Beach", with different color palettes.
	Bridge
	Prince Leon's stage. Like "Point" and "Beach", "Bridge" and "Waterfall" share the same scenery.
	Courtyard
	Kung Fu Bunny's stage.
	Screens
	Kendo Coyote's stage.
	Dojo
	Foxy Roxy's stage.
	Battlements
	Rhei Rat's stage. A double of this stage features in "Battle mode" under the name "Tower", although unlike the other clone stages it has no difference.
	Pass
	Pantha's second stage.
	Volcano
	Chung Poe's first stage.
	Cavern
	Chung Poe's second Stage.
	Boat
	Dali Llama's stage.

Production credits

Team Brutal

Design: Rod V. Humble
Artwork and Animation: Andie Gilmour, Dave Hall, Juan Sanchez and Eurocom Entertainment
Program: Dave Exile
Music: ppdix
Creative Director: Steve Curran
VP of Product Development: Liz Curran
Project Coordination: Charlene Carty
Sound Editing: Larry Pacie
Special Thanks to the Following: Sherry Kross, John Tombley, Wendy Weber, Executive King, Travis Williams, Stacey Ruderman, All at G.T.U.K
Annoying: William B. McCormick

Source:

In-game credits

Team Brutal

Programming: Dave Lincoln

Additional Support

Creative Direction: John Tombley
Testing: Travis Williams, Larry Pacey
Music: Doug Brandon, Robin Heifitz

Packaging/Manual

Art Director: Dwight Alnor
Writer: Rod Humble
Design: Dwight Alnor
Technical: Sherry Kross, John Tombley
Illustration: Mark Fredrikson
Calligraphy: Glen Yoshiyama

Source:

US manual^[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[6]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

64

^[7]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

79

^[8]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

88

^[2]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[9]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[4]

Ultimate Gamer (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[5]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[10]

	70
Based on 8 reviews

Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	7a72c939
MD5	1738a479b0253bcb0bcfb7bf09c03add
SHA-1	40aa2c787f37772cdbd7280b8be06b15421fabae

3MB

Cartridge (US)

References

↑ File:GamePlayers US 0802.pdf, page 11
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:GamePro US 070.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 070.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:Brutal 32x us manual.pdf, page 43
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf, page 105 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf_p105" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 File:UltimateGamer US 01.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:UltimateGamer US 01.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 73
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 35
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 5 May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 43
↑ Game Informer, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 35
↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0802.pdf_p11-1] File:GamePlayers US 0802.pdf, page 11

[:File:GamePro_US_070.pdf_p62-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:GamePro US 070.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 070.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:Brutal_32x_us_manual.pdf_p43-3] File:Brutal 32x us manual.pdf, page 43

[:File:NextGeneration_US_06.pdf_p105-4] 4.0 ^4.1 File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf, page 105 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf_p105" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_01.pdf_p86-5] 5.0 ^5.1 File:UltimateGamer US 01.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:UltimateGamer US 01.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_34.pdf_p73-6] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 73

[:File:EGM_US_069.pdf_p35-7] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 35

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0805.pdf_p43-8] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 5 May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 43

[:File:GameInformer_US_025.pdf_p35-9] Game Informer, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 35

[:File:VideoGames_US_77.pdf_p79-10] VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 79

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Difference between revisions of "Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw"

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Contents

Gameplay

Characters

Stages

Production credits

Magazine articles

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References