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Main data
Romset and name:
runark Runark (Japan)
Short name:
Runark
Manufacturer:
Taito Corporation
Year:
Genre:
Fighter
Category:
Fighter / 2.5D
Serie:
-
Driver source:
taito/taito_f2.cpp
Language:
Japanese
Similar games:
Input / Controls
Players:
Up to 4 players (solo, 2-4 concurrents)
Input:
Joystick 8 ways
Buttons / keys:
Coins:
Cabinet:
-
Free-play:
Not supported
Rankings
Average user rating:
AntoPISA BestGame:
-
MASH All-Time:
-
Video
Display:
320x224@60 Hz, CRT 15kHz
Orientation:
Horizontal
Scrolling:
Unknown
Colors:
-
CPU:
Motorola MC68000, Zilog Z80
Audio
Sound:
2 audio channel
Audio chips:
Speaker, YM2610 OPNB
Romset
First release:
Mame 0.36b7 released on oct-17 1999
Last release:
Mame 0.271 released on oct-31 2024
Clone of:
growl Growl (World, Rev 1)
Bios:
Not required
Use rom of:
-
Use sample of:
-
Previous romset:
None
New romset:
None
Files
Dump:
GOOD
Required files:
Status
OVERALL:
GOOD
Emulation:
Good
Graphic:
Good
Color:
Good
Sound:
Good
Cocktail:
Good
Protection:
Good
Save state:
Supported
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  • Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

    Runark © 1991 Taito Corp.

    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
    Runs on the "Taito F2 System" hardware.

    Board Number: K1100638B
    Prom Stickers: C74

    Players: 4
    Control: 8-way joystick
    Buttons: 2

    TRIVIA
    Even if the title screen says 1990, Runark was released in January 1991 in Japan.

    This game is known in US as "Growl".

    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 April 4, 1991.

    Zuntata Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Zuntata History L'ab-normal 1st - ZTTL-0038) on April 1, 1999.

    TIPS AND TRICKS
    INSCTRUCTIONS:
    • Press the Attack button to perform various attacks and to use weapons.
    • Press the Attack and Jump buttons together for head-butt and spinning kick special attacks.
    • Press the Attack button in mid-air to perform a flying kick.
    • Press Attack when standing next to a weapon to pick it up.
    • Press Down and Attack together to exchange your current weapon for the one you are standing on.
    • Press Down, Attack and Jump together to discard your weapon.

    COLLECTABLE WEAPONS:
    • Gun (six shots)
    • Knife
    • Sword
    • Club
    • Grenade
    • Machine Gun (seven shots)
    • Whip
    • Rocket Launcher (four shots)

    STAFF
    Promotion object: Hiromitsu Mihara
    Music & Sound effects (Zuntata): Yasuhisa Watanabe (Yack.)
    Character designers: Yasuhiko Kikuchi, Kohzoh Igarashi (Aya Inochi Igarashi), Fujiwaran X, Senba Takatsuna, Hisakazu Kato
    Hardware: Eikichi Takahashi, Bruiser Kushiro
    Trifling work: Insector Fjw
    Software: 3D Master Sugawara, Muscle Sato, Masaki Yagi (Yamabanga Yagi Ymot), On a Ninja Daisuke Yasukouchi, Chinpuson Mr2 Tanaka, Yuichi Kohyama (as God Mountain Y. Kohyama)
    Software support: Hideki Hashimoto, Takashi Kitabayashi
    Base game plan: Exit Yab
    Game direction: Hide Chan
    Project management: Hidehiro Fujiwara

    PORTS
    • CONSOLES:
    Sega Mega Drive [KO] (1991) "Runark [Model GM 4016 JT]"
    [JP] Sega Mega Drive (nov.15, 1991) "Runark [Model T-11153]"
    [JP] Sony PS2 (jul.28, 2005) "Taito Memories Joukan [Model SLPM-66057]"

    CONTRIBUTE
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