game
| title | Growl (US) |
| set name | growlu |
| manufacturer | Taito America Corporation |
| year | 1990 |
| genre | Fighter (hof) |
| category | Fighter / 2.5D (hof) |
| driver status | good |
| driver source | taito_f2.c |
| snapshots | MW: in game
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| rating |   71.3% after 23 votes |
| parent | Growl (World) |
| other clones | Runark (Japan) |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 4096 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 320x224 |
| frequency | 60.000000Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | stereo |
controls
| players | 4 |
| nplayers | 4P sim |
| controls | 8 way joystick |
| buttons | 3 |
| coin slots | 4 |
hardware
data
| version added | .034b08 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| last change(s) | .100u4 .053 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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cabinet art
| marquee | growlu.png |
| control panel | growl.png |
| flyer | growlu.png |
| PCB | growl.png |
additional information
| info | 0.34b8 [Brad Oliver] NOTE:
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| history | Growl (c) 1990 Taito. A huge melee battle featuring 4 forest rangers out to save the animals from the sinister poachers. Lots of enemies onscreen make for a hectic fight! - TECHNICAL - Taito F2 System hardware Board Number : K1100638B Prom Stickers : C74 Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz) Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz) Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 4096 Players : 4 Control : 8-way joystick Buttons : 3 - TRIVIA - Even if titlescreen says 1990, Growl was released in February 1991 in US. This game is known in Japan as "Runark". This game was dedicated to the late Mr. Katsujiro Fujimoto. The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to 'KOU'. Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Runark, Gun Frontier - PCCB-00060) on 21/04/1991. Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on 01/04/1999. - STAFF -
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