| In North America, Data East published the Commodore 64 version. Computer Entertainer reviewed it in April 1989 at $29.95, with MS-DOS and Atari ST versions ($39.95) and an Amiga version ($44.95) coming soon. It described four intermediate objectives before the dictator's palace: from the beach through the jungle to a farm, then a town, a coal mine and the Capitol. It found the game "fairly standard" military action, good for fans of the style but "just a little too similar" to the Ikari Warriors games. | p. 2, Commodore 64/128 Software, read on the page imagep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 2, Commodore 64/128 Software | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer rated the Commodore 64 version three stars of four for graphics and three for game play. | p. 2, Commodore 64/128 Software, read on the page image | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reviewed the NES version in April 1989 as newly released by Mindscape, giving three and a half of four stars for graphics and three for game play, and recommended it at a suggested retail price of $42.95. | p. 13 (image n12), Paperboyp. 13, Paperboyp. 13, Paperboy | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer said Mindscape had done a good job of recreating the crisp, colorful graphics, found the game tougher than first thought because the bike rides diagonally in the bottom right corner with hazards that pop up with no notice, and expected it to be a hit with anyone who knew the arcade game. | p. 13, Paperboy, Good Animation and Sound Effectsp. 13, Paperboy, Good Animation and Sound Effectsp. 13, Paperboy, Good Animation and Sound Effects | Magazine |
| Data East's NES Rampage stood at number 11 in Computer Entertainer's Top Fifteen Videogames in March 1989 and at number 9 in April 1989. | p. 1, Top Fifteen Videogames | Magazine |
| Akagi Masumi's list of arcade games dates Data East's RoboCop to January 1989 in Japan and files it under Data East USA in February 1989. Computer Entertainer wrote in April 1989 that the coin-op had been doing well in the arcades since its release the previous November. | p. 2 (PDF p. 2), review of RoboCop for the Commodore 64/128 | Book |
| In April 1989, reviewing the Commodore 64 game, Computer Entertainer still described an NES RoboCop as planned. | p. 2 (PDF p. 2), review of RoboCop for the Commodore 64/128p. 2 | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer recommended the Commodore 64 RoboCop in April 1989, with three and a half stars for graphics and three and a half for game play. It called it a game by Ocean Software and Data East that "plays very much like Data East's coin-op version" and follows the movie plot "quite closely": RoboCop walks the streets of Old Detroit, rescues a hostage from a criminal, identifies the thug from mug shots, goes into a warehouse that turns out to be a distribution center for cocaine, and learns that the Senior Vice President of "the company that turned him into a bionic crime fighter" leads the worst of the city's crime. It gave the price as $34.95 and listed Atari ST, MS-DOS, and Amiga versions as coming. | p. 2 (PDF p. 2), review of RoboCop for the Commodore 64/128p. 2, rating keyp. 2, rating keyp. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2p. 2 | 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) | Magazine |