| Computer Entertainer reviewed Taito's Sky Shark in July 1989 on MS-DOS and the Commodore 64, at $29.95 for the Commodore 64 and $34.95 for MS-DOS, with Amiga and Atari ST versions to come. It called the game "fun for the action lovers out there". Its text speaks of one or two players, but its summary line says one player. | p. 8, Multi-System Softwarep. 8, Multi-System Softwarep. 8, Multi-System Softwarep. 8, Multi-System Softwarep. 8, Multi-System Softwarep. 8, Multi-System Software | Magazine |
| North American magazines described the NES game without names or a country. EGM had you lead a revolution against an evil dictator deep in the jungle, alone or with a partner, rescuing P.O.W.s and taking allied tanks. Nintendo Power described a struggling revolution against a cruel dictator, through jungle and city to the king's palace-fortress. Computer Entertainer set it in a small island country under a cruel dictator. | p. 12, Guerrilla War review | Magazine |
| EGM counted nine levels in the NES game and gave a code for choosing among them: hold A and B on the title screen, then press Start. Computer Entertainer counted ten stages, among them a jungle, the city, a river and a coal mine. All but the last, the dictator's palace, can be chosen at the start. Both mention simultaneous two-player play and a continue feature. | p. 12, Guerrilla War reviewp. 12, Guerrilla War reviewp. 12, Guerrilla War review | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reviewed the NES game in July 1989 as SNK's newest, "quite similar" to Ikari Warriors but faster, with nicely detailed graphics and furious shooting action. It added that the military-action theme was thoroughly overworked. | p. 12, Guerrilla War reviewp. 12, Guerrilla War reviewp. 12, Guerrilla War reviewp. 12, Guerrilla War review | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer rated the NES version three and a half stars of four for graphics and three for game play. | p. 12, Guerrilla War review, headingp. 12, Guerrilla War review | Magazine |
| 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. 12, Guerrilla War review | Magazine |