Runark (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 DETAILS
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Taito F2 System hardware
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 : 2

>>> TRIVIA
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Even if titlescreen 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 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.

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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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

>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, 'Taito Memories Vol. 1'

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.