Brutal: Paws of Fury

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Brutal: Paws of Fury
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: GameTek
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega-CD
Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-83136
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-83136-50
Sega Mega Drive
DE
T-83136-18
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Mega-CD
US
T-83015
Sega Mega-CD
EU
T-83015-50
Sega Mega-CD
DE
Sega Mega-CD
BR
063510

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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. A, B and C are used for kicks in ascending strenght, while X, Y and Z 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 A 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

Main article: Brutal: Paws of Fury/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
87 №36, p144/145
80 №39, p157
Sega Mega Drive
84
Based on
2 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[3]
Consoles + (FR)
80
[4]
Digitiser (UK)
80
[5]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
60
[6]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
73
[7]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
65
[8]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[9]
Sega Mega Drive
71
Based on
7 reviews

Brutal: Paws of Fury

Mega Drive, US
BrutalPawsofFury MD US Box.jpg
Cover
Brutal MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, EU
BrutalPawsofFury MD EU Box.jpg
Cover
Brutal MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, DE
BrutalPawsofFury MD DE Box.jpg
Cover
BrutalPawsofFury MD DE Cart.jpg
Cart

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
87 №36, p144/145
88 №154, p86[2]
40 №21, p59
81 №5, p20
36 №23, p80/81[10]
84 №24, p50/51
72 №9, p90/91
41 №59, p52/53
72 №36, p64/65
80 №68, p74-75[11]
Sega Mega-CD
68
Based on
10 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR)
87
[12]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
88
[2]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
91
[13]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
63
[14]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
77
[15]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
70
[16]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
40
[17]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
81
[18]
Joypad (FR) PAL
70
[19]
Mega (UK) PAL
84
[20]
Mega Force (FR) NTSC-U
69
[21]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
70
[22]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
74
[23]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
88
[24]
Magazina Igrushek (RU)
80
[25]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
36
[10]
Play Time (DE)
65
[26]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[27]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
41
[28]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
72
[29]
Video Games (DE) PAL
62
[30]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[11]
Sega Mega-CD
71
Based on
22 reviews

Brutal: Paws of Fury

Mega-CD, US
BrutalPawsofFury MCD US Box Back.jpgBrutalPawsofFury MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
BrutalPawsofFury MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Brutalpawsoffury mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
BrutalPoF MCD US RegCard.pdf
Reg Card
Mega-CD, EU
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Cover
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Spinecard
Brutal MCD EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Mega-CD, DE
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Cover
Mega-CD, BR
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 98d502cd
MD5 00da204408d65c6d8890cf46a6de22c6
SHA-1 51b712e87e8f9cf7a93cfc78ec27d2e80b316ec3
2MB 1994-10 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 7e9a8d32
MD5 4c261cd950ad2ec2740a55ac5b3c64fc
SHA-1 8667fa820e90911f12b682fcd1ac870b84b6b60b
2MB 1994-11 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega-CD
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
421,664,208 CD (EU) T-83015-50
Sega Mega-CD
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
421,219,680 CD (US) T-83015

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 11
  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
  3. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 37
  4. Consoles +, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 157
  5. Digitiser (UK) (1995-01-25)
  6. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 46
  7. GamePro, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  8. MAN!AC, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-11), page 53
  9. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 30
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega23UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 11.0 11.1 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
  12. Consoles +, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 144
  13. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 100
  14. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
  15. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 9 September 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
  16. GamePro, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 68
  17. GamesMaster, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-25), page 59
  18. Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 20
  19. Joypad, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 115
  20. Mega, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 50
  21. Mega Force, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 106
  22. Mega Fun, "09/94" (DE; 1994-08-24), page 92
  23. Mega Play, "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 61
  24. MegaTech, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 24
  25. Magazina Igrushek, "3/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 74
  26. Play Time, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-07), page 108
  27. Sega Magazine, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-xx), page 90
  28. Sega Power, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-01), page 52
  29. Sega Pro, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-11), page 64
  30. Video Games, "10/94" (DE; 1994-09-28), page 86