Growl

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NTSC-J

Growl

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Taito (JP, US, FR) Samsung (KR)

Developer: I.T.L

Original system(s): Taito F2 System

Developer(s) of original games: Taito

Sound driver: SMPS Z80

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-11-15^[1]	¥6,8006,800	T-11153
US	1991		11076
FR	199x		11076
KR	199x		GM4016JT

Non-Sega versions
Arcade

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Growl, known in Japan as Runark (ルナーク), is a Sega Mega Drive beat-'em-up game developed by I.T.L. and published by Taito. A port of the publisher's titular 1990 arcade game Growl, it was first released in Japan in November 1991^[1], and was later brought to the United States in the following months. The American release would eventually be officially distributed in France with a French-language manual^[2], and Growl would even be published in South Korea by Samsung.

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, + performs a spinning jump kick, and + and + performs a leaping kick in the appropriate direction.

Battlefields

	Machanga

	The Unwelcome Passenger

	Down on the Docks

	Cargo of Death

	Jungle Battle

	Daggers in the Dark

	The RAPO Base

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

Main article: Growl/Promotional material.

Physical scans

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

^[16]

Power Play (DE)

45

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

70

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

58

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

54

^[20]

Supergame (BR)

NTSC-J

84

^[21]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

NTSC-U

59

^[22]

User (GR)

NTSC-U

52

^[23]

	57
Based on 21 reviews

Growl

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	f60ef143
MD5	3152ebc067925b0ca35d20290de0985a
SHA-1	63a08057fe9fd489590f39c5c06709266f625ab0

512kB

1991-11

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	0894d8fb
MD5	5a41a9e23515f2a6097fcb279e345ba8
SHA-1	25a0322db3b82e3da6f1dab550b3e52f21be6b58

512kB

1991-11

Cartridge (JP/KR)

?

CRC32	aa973de7
MD5	0f6115db9cee69227fb9b14799d444fb
SHA-1	554885a8ec5fcd238cd6fce667f2c082ab138786

512kB

1991-08-26

CD-R disc

Page

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ http://www.guardiana.net/MDG-Database/Mega%20Drive/RunArk/#v290
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 132
↑ 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
↑ Génération 4, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 138
↑ Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89
↑ Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 90
↑ Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 114
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 89
↑ MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 50
↑ Power Play, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-12), page 136
↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 60
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Supergame, "Julho 1992" (BR; 1992-07-xx), page 17
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
↑ User, "Ioúlios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88

Growl
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[3] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 132

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 197

[:File:ASM_DE_1992-03.pdf_p116-5] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1992" (DE; 1992-02-14), page 116

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-12.pdf_p38-6] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-08), page 38

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p133-7] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133

[8] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 179

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0153.pdf_p39-9] Famitsu, "1991-11-15,22" (JP; 1991-11-01), page 39

[:File:GamesX_UK_32.pdf_p30-10] Games-X, "28th November-4th December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-28), page 30

[:File:Generation4_FR_040.pdf_p138-11] Génération 4, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 138

[12] Hippon Super, "December 1991" (JP; 1991-11-05), page 89

[:File:Joypad_FR_004.pdf_p90-13] Joypad, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 1991-12-1x), page 90

[:File:Joystick_FR_023.pdf_p114-14] Joystick, "Janvier 1992" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 114

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-02.pdf_p89-15] Mega Drive Fan, "February 1992" (JP; 1992-01-08), page 89

[:File:MegaTech_UK_02.pdf_p50-16] MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 50

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1992-03.pdf_p136-17] Power Play, "3/92" (DE; 1992-02-12), page 136

[:File:SegaPro_UK_03.pdf_p60-18] Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 60

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p67-19] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[:File:Supergame_BR_12.pdf_p17-21] Supergame, "Julho 1992" (BR; 1992-07-xx), page 17

[22] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83

[:File:User_GR_26.pdf_p88-23] User, "Ioúlios 1992" (GR; 1992-0x-xx), page 88

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Growl

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Contents

Gameplay

Battlefields

Versions

Localised names

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References