Release Dates
(Game Gear) Japan
Jul 26 1991
(PS5, Xbox Series, PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC) Worldwide
Q1 2025
Japanese Title
グリフォン
Buy
Steam

Griffin is a shoot ’em up video game developed by Telenet Japan and published by Renovation Game. The 2025 re-release is developed by Edia and published by Ratalaika Games and Shinyuden.

About

The Japanese cult classic hits the West for the first time!

Ready for some tank battle action?

A nation developed the Griffin battle tank as a countermeasure against the growing power of a neighboring country. However, the chief engineer of the project was kidnapped during testing…

His granddaughter then boards the Griffin and begins her solo mission to rescue her grandfather!

Key Features

  • Rewind / Turbo function: repeat something until you achieve perfection, or speed things up.
  • Save state function: save wherever you want to in the game, and restart from that exact point.
  • Screen filters: select from several filters to modify how the game looks (retro-style monitor, black-and-white, etc.).
  • Gallery: view images from the original game’s manual and box design.
  • Cheats function: activate cheats that will make your mission a lot easier (infinite lives, invulnerability, etc.).
  • Jukebox: listen to the fve music tracks included in the game whenever you want.