| Computer Entertainer's Top Fifteen Videogames for February 1989 had the NES Bubble Bobble second, behind Super Mario Bros. 2 and ahead of Double Dragon. | p. 1 (image n0), Top Fifteen Videogamesp. 1, Top Fifteen Videogames | Magazine |
| In February 1989 Computer Entertainer counted three Ghostbusters games: one Activision made for the Atari 2600, one it licensed to Sega for the Master System, and one it made for the NES under license from Nintendo. The Atari 2600 and Sega versions came before the NES one. | page image 10, NES and Competing Systemspage image 10, NES and Competing Systems | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's February 1989 chart of the top fifteen computer games put Platoon sixth, tagged "(DE/Co)". | p. 1 (image 1), Top Fifteen Computer Gamesp. 1 (image 1), Top Fifteen Computer Games | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's Availability Update of February 1989 listed Predator (Activision) for the NES in March 1989. In August 1989 the update listed it under July with the "x" mark for games shipped by press time. | p. 14 (image 14), Availability Update, Nintendo, March | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's February 1989 review gave the NES version three stars for graphics and three for game play, out of four, and recommended it at $44.95. | p. 11, Rampage (NES)p. 11, Rampage (NES)p. 2, rating keyp. 2, rating key | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer found the NES version "silly, destructive, and loads of fun to play", built around George and Lizzie, two of the arcade game's three monsters, with 128 levels and a cooperative two-player game. Its one complaint was an overly generous continue that restarts indefinitely with no loss of points. | p. 11, Rampage (NES)p. 11, Rampage (NES) | Magazine |
| In February 1989 Computer Entertainer's release schedule listed Activision's Rampage for the second quarter of 1989 on both the Atari 2600 and the Atari 7800. | p. 14, Availability Update, Atari 2600 and Atari 7800p. 14, Availability Update, Atari 7800 | Magazine |
| In America, Computer Entertainer reported in February 1989 that Tengen showed computer versions of Road Blasters at the Consumer Electronics Show, its first showing of computer games, with versions planned for most formats including MS-DOS, Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST. | p. 3, Tengen Introduces New Line of Computer Games at CESp. 3p. 3 | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's availability list of February 1989 placed Tengen's Rolling Thunder among the NES games due in the first quarter of 1989. In October 1989 it named the game in Tengen's NES schedule for that year. Its November 1989 issue listed the cartridge under October 1989 as shipped by press time, and reviewed it. | page image 14, Availability Update, NES, first quarter | Magazine |
| The Master System version was in Computer Entertainer's chart of the top fifteen videogames in early 1989: 12th in February and 13th in April. | p. 1 (image 1), Top Fifteen Videogamesp. 1 (image 1), Top Fifteen Videogames | Magazine |