| Computer Entertainer's videogame chart, which the newsletter says comes from telephone polls of a selected group of retailers and distributors, placed the NES Ikari Warriors second in August 1987, behind The Legend of Zelda. It was still there in May 1988, tenth in the Top Fifteen, the latest placing found. | p. 1, Top Fifteen Videogamesp. 1, Top Fifteen Videogames | Magazine |
| American coverage gives a different cast: Computer Entertainer and Computer Gaming World both make the player Agent 29 of the counter-terrorist force Cobra Blue, sent into the eight-tower complex of Elvin's Los Angeles fortress, and Computer Gaming World says Elvin had been "hiding out for five years". | p. 8, Impossible Mission II reviewp. 8, Impossible Mission II review | Magazine |
| Reviewers describe the agent's lives and time differently. Computer Entertainer, reviewing the Atari ST and Commodore 64 versions, says he has no limited supply of lives but a pressing time limit, and Zzap!64 that on the Commodore 64 each death knocks six minutes off the time limit. Crash's review of the ZX Spectrum version says the agent needs "every single one of your ten lives" and has only three hours. | p. 8, Impossible Mission II review | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reviewed the Atari ST and Commodore 64/128 versions in May 1988, rating the game three and a half stars on each of its two ratings and recommending it at a suggested $39.95. It liked "the idea of eight separate towers, each with its own theme and different level of difficulty", and said an IBM PC version was coming soon and Apple II, Apple IIGS and Amiga versions were planned. | p. 8, Impossible Mission II reviewp. 8, Impossible Mission II reviewp. 8, Impossible Mission II reviewp. 8, Impossible Mission II reviewp. 8, Impossible Mission II review | Magazine |
| By May 1988 Computer Entertainer listed Mighty Bomb Jack, with Solomon's Key, among Tecmo's NES games on Nintendo's list of officially discontinued titles. | p. 11, More Changes in NES Lineupp. 11, More Changes in NES Lineup | Magazine |
| In May 1988 Computer Entertainer, reporting that Bally Midway had recently introduced the arcade game Blasted, named Brian Colin and Jeff Nauman as the team that produced Rampage. | p. 6, New in the Arcadesp. 6, New in the Arcades | Magazine |
| By May 1988 Computer Entertainer listed Solomon's Key, with Mighty Bomb Jack, among Tecmo's NES games on Nintendo's list of officially discontinued titles. | p. 11, More Changes in NES Lineupp. 11, More Changes in NES Lineup | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reviewed the NES game in May 1988, rating it 3½ of 4 stars for graphics and 3½ for play value and recommending it at $34.95. It found it "great fun for gamers who love to explore and find hidden items", and like Pitfall II in its story. | p. 10 (image 10), Super Pitfallp. 10 (image 10), Super Pitfallp. 10 (image 10), Super Pitfallp. 10 (image 10), Super Pitfallp. 2, The Rating System | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's tip in the same May 1988 issue gives the NES game a continue: at the game-over screen, press A three times, Select twice, and then Start, to pick up where Harry lost his last life. | p. 11, Japanese Game Fanatics' Tip of the Monthp. 11, Japanese Game Fanatics' Tip of the Monthp. 11, Japanese Game Fanatics' Tip of the Month | Magazine |