| Computer Entertainer's editors gave the Commodore 64 version their Award of Excellence for sports program of the year, in the newsletter's sixth annual awards (January 1988). | p. 3, Awards of Excellence Announcedp. 3p. 3p. 3 | Magazine |
| At the January 1988 Consumer Electronics Show, Tradewest, one of eight companies newly made Nintendo licensees there, announced that it would bring Double Dragon, which Computer Entertainer called an extremely popular martial arts arcade hit, to the NES at $44.95. | p. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, TradeWestp. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, The Licenseesp. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, The Licensees | Magazine |
| At the January 1988 Consumer Electronics Show, Computer Entertainer listed Tengen, Inc. among the eight companies just announced as Nintendo licensees, and reported that Tengen would bring Gauntlet to the NES at $39.95, with a password feature and two-player cooperative play. | p. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, The Licenseesp. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, The Licenseesp. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, Tengenp. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, Tengenp. 10, Nintendo Makes Big Impression at CES, Tengen | Magazine |
| In its January 1988 report from the Winter Consumer Electronics Show, Computer Entertainer said that Epyx had also shown Impossible Mission II, a sequel to its 1984 game, at $39.95 for the Commodore 64/128, Apple II, Atari ST and IBM PC. The player had to avoid surveillance cameras, suicide robots and other dangers to foil Elvin's plot. | p. 6, Winter CES reportp. 6, Winter CES reportp. 6, Winter CES reportp. 6, Winter CES report | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's January 1988 issue, in its round-up of Nintendo licensees' titles, reported Karnov as the one more game Data East had due soon, at $34.95. | p. 10, Data East USAp. 10, Data East USAp. 10, Nintendo licensees | Magazine |
| In January 1988 Computer Entertainer's arcade column described Taito's Operation Wolf as commando action with a gun that recoils when fired and a button on its front that launches mortar rockets, oversized characters, five camps to invade to rescue hostages, and an escape from the enemy airport. | p. 16, New In The Arcadesp. 16, New In The Arcadesp. 16, New In The Arcadesp. 16, New In The Arcadesp. 16, New In The Arcades | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's January 1988 impressions of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas counted Platoon among the blockbuster titles whose licenses were secured in private meetings, without saying by whom or for which machine. | p. 1, C.E.S. Impressionsp. 1, C.E.S. Impressionsp. 1, C.E.S. Impressions | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's Nintendo release lists expected Sunsoft's Platoon in June 1988 (January 1988 issue), then in the second half of 1988 (March 1988 issue). | p. 14 (image 14), Availability Update, Nintendo, June '88 | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's release schedules of January and February 1988 put Data East's Rampage for the Nintendo system in the second half of 1988, beside Robo-Cop. The February issue also listed both under Sega's second half, and in March the newsletter corrected that Data East was making games for the Nintendo system only. | p. 6, Availability Update (continued from p. 14) | Magazine |
| In January 1988 Computer Entertainer reported from Activision's suite at Las Vegas that Activision had acquired the license for Rampage, for the Commodore 64 and 128 and Apple II at $34.95 and IBM PCs at $37.95. | p. 3, Activision Shows Variety of Products | Magazine |
| Vic Tokai, one of the Nintendo licensees just announced at the January 1988 Consumer Electronics Show, announced its NES version of the Nichibutsu arcade game there, not expected before mid-1988. Computer Entertainer's December 1988 schedule still listed it under January, which in that issue means January 1989, more than a year before the March 1990 release. | PDF p. 10, CES report, The LicenseesPDF p. 10, CES report, The LicenseesPDF p. 10, CES report, Vic TokaiPDF p. 10, CES report, Vic TokaiPDF p. 10, CES report, Vic Tokai | Magazine |
| In the NES version's story as Nintendo's 1987 player's guide, Computer Entertainer's preview, and Nintendo Power's first issue give it, Paul and Vince, the two commandos of Ikari Warriors, are flying home in a plane the general gave them when a time warp over the ocean throws them far into the future (thousands of years, says Computer Entertainer; a thousand, says Nintendo Power), where Zang Zip, "the WarDog", has enslaved the people of Earth. The settings and enemies are alien, far from the first game's jungles. | p. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road | Publisher |
| Computer Entertainer's sneak preview of the NES version in January 1988 expected it to be "every bit as big a hit" as Ikari Warriors, with equally good graphics and gameplay, and rated it four stars of four for graphics and four for game play. It described machine pistols and grenades seen from overhead, called the action "fast and very challenging" for one player or two cooperating, and marked it Recommended at a suggested retail price of $42.95. | p. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 10, CES report, SNK Corporation of Americap. 11, Sneak Preview, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 2, The Rating Systemp. 2, The Rating Systemp. 2, The Rating System | Magazine |