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It was also distributed in 2023 as the 1st title in Arcade Archives, for the PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch.
In the 5th Gamest Grand Prix (1991) run by the magazine Gamest, it took 44th place among the year's hit games.
In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu,the game scored a total of 20 out of 40.
It was developed by Taito's Central Research Laboratory in Japan, but it began with Taito America asking for a title for the local market, and American-comic touches were worked in throughout.
It is a good port, but the gory scenes in which bodies are blown apart by rockets and grenades were removed, and scenes with heavy screen flashing were replaced.
A censored version was also included in the arcade game compilation Taito Legends 2 for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and Microsoft Windows.
In Japan, Game Machine listed Growl on their March 15, 1991 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
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