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Original system(s): Taito F2 System | |||||||||||||||||
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Genre: Action | |||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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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).
Contents
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,
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performs a spinning jump kick, and
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and
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performs a leaping kick in the appropriate direction.
Battlefields
Machanga | |
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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
Language | Localised Name | English Translation |
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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
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Based on 11 reviews |
Mega Drive, US |
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Mega Drive, SE (Rental) |
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Technical information
ROM dump status
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512kB | 1991-11 | Cartridge (US) | |||||||||
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512kB | 1991-11 | Cartridge (JP/KR) |
References
Growl | |
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Main page | Comparisons | Maps | Magazine articles | Promotional material | Region coding
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