Growl (Genesis) Playthrough - NintendoComplete

A playthrough of Taito's 1991 arcade beat 'em up for the Sega Genesis, Growl.

Played through as Jack on the normal difficulty level.

I remember playing the arcade version of this one quite often in a pizza shop back in the mid-90s, and I remember it being pretty in your face and over the top, and usually pretty funny because of how ridiculous everything was.

The Genesis version retains a lot of the goofiness, even if the 2P mode and voice samples were cut and the graphics were heavily scaled back. The important part, the gameplay, is still intact and pretty fun. You still begin the game in a bar being blown up, and whip/shoot/kick or otherwise maim illegal traders to free the animals. The freed animals also will come to your rescue at certain points, stampeding through the enemy or diving down on them from above.

It's a bit on the easy side and awfully short, but it feels like a reasonable beat 'em up of its era. Think of it as a rough draft of Capcom's later arcade beat 'em up Cadillacs and Dinosaurs - a very rough, but still enjoyable, draft. The arcade version is definitely the preferred way to go, but the Genesis port really isn't too shabby.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.

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