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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | ||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Taito | ||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: I.T.L | ||||||||||||||||||||
Original system(s): Taito F2 System | ||||||||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Taito | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: SMPS Z80 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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, + performs a spinning jump kick, and + and + performs a leaping kick in the appropriate direction.
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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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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
- ↑ ', "" (; ), page 38 (36)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 138
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 114
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 50/51 (50)
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 60/61 (60)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 17
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 132
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 197
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 116
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 38
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 133
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 179
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 39
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 30
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 89
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 90
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 50
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 136
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 60
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 67
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 88
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