Brutal: Paws of Fury

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Brutal: Paws of Fury

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: GameTek

Developer: GameTek

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	Code
US	1994-11^[1]	T-83136
EU	1994	T-83136-50
DE	1994	T-83136-18
AU	199x
US	1994-11^[1]	T-83015
EU	1994	T-83015-50
DE	1994
BR	199x	063510

VRC

ELSPA

Tectoy

Brutal: Paws of Fury is a fighting game released for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Mega-CD. In Germany, it is simply known as Paws of Fury.

An update to this game, Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw was released for the Sega 32X.

Gameplay

The player travels a fictional island to face opponents and learn new moves. Enemy order is fixed and identical for each character.

Brutal follows the basic formula laid out by Street Fighter II very closely. , and are used for kicks in ascending strenght, while , and are used for punches. When using a 3 button pad, START switches between kicks and punches.

Special attacks aren't available from the start and need to by learned during the game in training sessions. CPU opponents start with the full moveset. The game also incorporates RPG elements by using a password system to keep record of your character development. Further curiosities inclued the ability to change characters before a fight (pushing on the versus screen) and being able to ring out your opponent in certain stages, as also seen in Virtua Fighter.

The game's CPU controlled opponents act extremly aggressive, making the single player mode focused on finding AI exploits

Playable Characters

Kung Fu Bunny
Prince Leon
Rhei Rat
Tai Cheetah
Kendo Coyote
Foxy Roxy
Ivan

Further characters can be unlocked/accessed through cheat codes

Dhali Lhama
Karate Croc

Versions

The game is region locked

Magazine articles

Main article: Brutal: Paws of Fury/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Mega-CD print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #58: "May 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #1: "July 1994" (1994-07-19)^[3]

Mega-CD print advert in GamePro (US) #60: "July 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)^[4]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[5]

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0710: "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)^[6]
GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[8]

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #65: "December 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #158: "January 1995" (1994-12-15)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #159: "February 1995" (1995-01-15)^[9]
Computer & Video Games (UK) #160: "March 1995" (1995-02-15)^[10]
Sega Magazine (UK) #15: "March 1995" (1995-02-15)^[11]
Computer & Video Games (UK) #161: "April 1995" (1995-03-15)^[12]

Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #40: "Février 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[13]

Consoles + (FR)

80

^[14]

Digitiser (UK)

80

^[15]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[16]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

73

^[17]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

65

^[18]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

78

^[19]

	71
Based on 7 reviews

Brutal: Paws of Fury

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, DE
Cover
Cart

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Consoles + (FR)

87

^[22]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

88

^[2]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

91

^[23]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

63

^[24]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

77

^[25]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[26]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

40

^[27]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

81

^[28]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

70

^[29]

Mega (UK)

PAL

84

^[30]

Mega Force (FR)

NTSC-U

69

^[31]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

70

^[32]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

74

^[33]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

88

^[34]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

80

^[35]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

36

^[20]

Play Time (DE)

65

^[36]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

72

^[37]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

41

^[38]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

72

^[39]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

62

^[40]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[21]

	71
Based on 22 reviews

Brutal: Paws of Fury

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc Manual Reg Card

Mega-CD, EU
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Mega-CD, DE
Cover

Mega-CD, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	98d502cd
MD5	00da204408d65c6d8890cf46a6de22c6
SHA-1	51b712e87e8f9cf7a93cfc78ec27d2e80b316ec3

2MB

1994-10

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	7e9a8d32
MD5	4c261cd950ad2ec2740a55ac5b3c64fc
SHA-1	8667fa820e90911f12b682fcd1ac870b84b6b60b

2MB

1994-11

Cartridge (EU)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 11
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 154.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 154.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content
↑ EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 97
↑ EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 43
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 39
↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 93
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 97
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 261
↑ Computer & Video Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 11
↑ Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 31
↑ Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 15
↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 25
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37
↑ Consoles +, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 157
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-01-25)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
↑ GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
↑ MAN!AC, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-11), page 53
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 30
↑ ^20.0 ^20.1 File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 File:VideoGames US 68.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 68.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 144
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
↑ GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 68
↑ GamesMaster, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-25), page 59
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 20
↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 115
↑ Mega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 50
↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
↑ Mega Fun, "09/94" (DE; 1994-08-24), page 92
↑ Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 61
↑ MegaTech, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 24
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 74
↑ Play Time, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-07), page 108
↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 90
↑ Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 52
↑ Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 64
↑ Video Games, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-28), page 86

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0710.pdf_p11-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 11

[:File:CVG_UK_154.pdf_p86-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 File:CVG UK 154.pdf, page 86 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 154.pdf_p86" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:EGM2_US_01.pdf_p97-3] EGM², "July 1994" (US; 1994-07-19), page 97

[:File:EGM2_US_02.pdf_p43-4] EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 43

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p39-5] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 39

[:File:EGM2_US_05.pdf_p93-6] EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 93

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p97-7] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p261-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 261

[:File:CVG_UK_159.pdf_p11-9] Computer & Video Games, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 11

[:File:CVG_UK_160.pdf_p31-10] Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 31

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_15.pdf_p15-11] Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 15

[:File:CVG_UK_161.pdf_p25-12] Computer & Video Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 25

[13] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_039.pdf_p157-14] Consoles +, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 157

[digitiser1995-01-25-15] Digitiser (UK) (1995-01-25)

[:File:EGM_US_065.pdf_p46-16] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:GamePro_US_066.pdf_p46-17] GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-02.pdf_p53-18] MAN!AC, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-11), page 53

[19] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 30

[:File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf_p80-20] 20.0 ^20.1 File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:VideoGames_US_68.pdf_p74-21] 21.0 ^21.1 File:VideoGames US 68.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 68.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_036.pdf_p144-22] Consoles +, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 144

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_24.pdf_p100-23] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 100

[:File:EGM_US_061.pdf_p34-24] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0709.pdf_p78-25] Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78

[:File:GamePro_US_062.pdf_p68-26] GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_021.pdf_p59-27] GamesMaster, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-25), page 59

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_05.pdf_p20-28] Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 20

[:File:Joypad_FR_035.pdf_p115-29] Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 115

[:File:Mega_UK_24.pdf_p50-30] Mega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 50

[:File:MegaForce_FR_31.pdf_p106-31] Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-09.pdf_p92-32] Mega Fun, "09/94" (DE; 1994-08-24), page 92

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0504.pdf_p61-33] Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 61

[:File:MegaTech_UK_34.pdf_p24-34] MegaTech, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 24

[35] Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 74

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-10.pdf_p108-36] Play Time, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-07), page 108

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_09.pdf_p90-37] Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 90

[:File:SegaPower_UK_59.pdf_p52-38] Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_36.pdf_p64-39] Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 64

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-10.pdf_p86-40] Video Games, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-28), page 86

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Brutal: Paws of Fury

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Playable Characters

Versions

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References