Growl

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Growl
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Developer(s) of original games: Taito
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP
¥6,8006,800 T-11153
Sega Mega Drive
US
11076
Sega Mega Drive
KR
GM4016JT

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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).

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. 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.

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

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Growl Growl
Japanese ルナーク Runark

Magazine articles

Main article: Growl/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #31: "February 1992" (199x-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-09: "September 1991" (1991-08-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-10: "October 1991" (1991-09-07)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-11: "November 1991" (1991-10-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1991-12: "December 1991" (1991-11-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-01: "January 1992" (1991-12-07)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-02: "February 1992" (1992-01-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-03: "March 1992" (1992-02-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-04: "April 1992" (1992-03-07)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
70 №32
70 №40, p138[1]
62 №4
70 №23, p114[2]
50 №2, p50/51[3]
70 №3, p60/61[4]
58 №18, p67
84 №12, p17[5]
Sega Mega Drive
67
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[6]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) NTSC-J
30
[7]
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
55
[8]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
55
[9]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
78
[10]
Cool Gamer (RU)
50
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
50
[12]
Games-X (UK)
70
[13]
Génération 4 (FR)
70
[1]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[14]
Joypad (FR)
62
[15]
Joystick (FR) NTSC-J
70
[2]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
59
[16]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC
50
[3]
Power Play (DE)
45
[17]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
70
[4]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
58
[18]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
54
[19]
Supergame (BR) NTSC-J
84
[5]
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
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Manual
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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Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 f60ef143
MD5 3152ebc067925b0ca35d20290de0985a
SHA-1 63a08057fe9fd489590f39c5c06709266f625ab0
512kB 1991-11 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 0894d8fb
MD5 5a41a9e23515f2a6097fcb279e345ba8
SHA-1 25a0322db3b82e3da6f1dab550b3e52f21be6b58
512kB 1991-11 Cartridge (JP/KR)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 File:Generation4 FR 040.pdf, page 138 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Generation4 FR 040.pdf_p138" defined multiple times with different content
  2. 2.0 2.1 File:Joystick FR 023.pdf, page 114 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 023.pdf_p114" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 File:MegaTech UK 02.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 02.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
  4. 4.0 4.1 File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:Supergame BR 12.pdf, page 17 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Supergame BR 12.pdf_p17" defined multiple times with different content
  6. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 132
  7. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 197
  8. Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 116
  9. Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 38
  10. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
  11. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 179
  12. Famitsu, "1991-11-15,22" (JP; 1991-11-01), page 39
  13. Games-X, "28th November-4th December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-28), page 30
  14. Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89
  15. Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 90
  16. Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 89
  17. Power Play, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-12), page 136
  18. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
  19. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  20. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
  21. User, "Ioúlios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88