| The Commodore 64 version was out by December 1984, when Computer Entertainer's list of the ten best-selling computer entertainment programs included it. Crash said the C64 release was timed to be on sale before the film opened in December. | PDF p. 1, Top 10 Sellers, Computer Entertainment | Magazine |
| Activision moved the Atari 8-bit and Apple II versions up to early January 1985 because of demand. By February 1985 Computer Entertainer had reviewed the Atari version, noting that it was also available for the Apple II and the C64. | PDF p. 11, Ghostbusters Take Over Europe! | Magazine |
| In December 1984 Computer Entertainer reported that Ghostbusters was doing well in the United States but "going crazy" in Europe, where the film was then opening. | PDF p. 11, Ghostbusters Take Over Europe! | Magazine |
| Championship Lode Runner, a follow-up of 50 harder screens, was out for the Commodore 64 by December 1984, when Computer Entertainer called it a superb climbing game for experts and recommended it; Broderbund sent a certificate to anyone who completed all 50 screens. | p. 9, Critically Speaking, Commodore 64-compatiblep. 9, Critically Speaking, Commodore 64-compatiblep. 9, Critically Speaking, Commodore 64-compatiblep. 9, Critically Speaking, Commodore 64-compatiblep. 9, Critically Speaking, Commodore 64-compatible | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's November 1983 review of the MicroGraphic Image release gave it four stars of four for graphics and four for play, and recommended it for one player. It described the opening to Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, an elevator that carries the Spelunker down the left of the screen, ropes, ladders, conveyor belts and an abandoned mining train, a cavern of thirty screens, and a battery-powered fan as the only defense against ghosts. It noted the resemblance to Bill Hogue's Miner 2049er but called Spelunker "an original", and warned that a nudge of the joystick while hanging on a rope or ladder easily cost a life. | p. 2, rating legend | Magazine |
| Broderbund published Spelunker for Atari computers and the Commodore 64. Computer Entertainer's December 1984 Availability Update lists "x-Spelunker (BRO)" for the fourth quarter under both Atari computers and the Commodore 64; the page's legend for the x is cut off at the scan's edge after "x - indicates sh". Electronic Games gave Broderbund's Atari version as a 48K disk at $29.95, and COMPUTE! reviewed it in July 1985 for the Commodore 64 with a disk drive and for Atari 400, 800, XL or XE computers with at least 48K and a disk drive, at $29.95. | p. 144 (image 16), Availability Update, Atari Computers, Fourth Quarter; read on the page imagep. 144 (image 16), Availability Update, legend; read on the page image | Magazine |