Growl

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Growl/Runark
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Genre: Action

















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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).

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. A punches, B jumps. If an enemy drops a weapon, A picks it up and uses it, and C lets it go. If you don't have a weapon in your hand, C performs a spinning kick, Up+C performs a spinning jump kick, and Left+C and Right+C performs a leaping kick in the appropriate direction.

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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №32
62
70 №23, p114
50 №2, p50/51[1]
70 №3, p60/61[2]
58 №18, p67
Sega Mega Drive
63
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[3]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) NTSC-J
30
[4]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
55
[5]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
55
[6]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
78
[7]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[9]
Games-X (UK)
70
[10]
Génération 4 (FR)
70
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[12]
Joypad (FR)
62
[13]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
70
[14]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
59
[15]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC
50
[1]
Power Play (DE)
45
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
70
[2]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
58
[17]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
54
[18]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-J
84
[19]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U
59
[20]
User (GR) NTSC-U
52
[21]
Sega Mega Drive
57
Based on
21 reviews

Growl

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)