| Computer Entertainer reviewed the Apple IIGS version in October 1989, rated it three and a half stars in both of its ratings, and recommended it: "an outstandingly colorful and musical version" of Taito's sequel, with 67 new levels, more Power Capsules than the original, and mouse control of the Vaus. The IIGS and MS-DOS versions both had a construction set for editing or building screens. It listed the IIGS at $34.95 and versions for MS-DOS, the Commodore 64/128 and the Atari ST. | p. 9, Apple IIGS softwarep. 9, Apple IIGS softwarep. 9, Apple IIGS softwarep. 9, Apple IIGS softwarep. 9, Apple IIGS softwarep. 9, Apple IIGS softwarep. 9, Apple IIGS softwarep. 9, Apple IIGS software | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reported in October 1989 that Tengen/Atari Games had four to five Sega Genesis games planned for release in 1990, the first a conversion of Cyberball. Its January 1990 report from the Consumer Electronics Show listed Cyberball among the games licensed to Sega for conversion to the Genesis, designed for two-player play over the TeleGenesis modem but with a one-player mode too. | p. 10 (image 10), Third Party Developers Announcedp. 10 (image 10), Third Party Developers Announced | Magazine |
| Acclaim published Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine for the NES in North America in December 1989. | p. 14, release schedule, December | Publisher |
| Computer Entertainer's availability list of August 1989 placed Sky Shark for the NES in the third quarter of 1989; in October 1989 the list had it under September, marked as shipped. | p. 14, Availability Update, Nintendo, September | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reviewed the NES Sky Shark in October 1989, rating it three stars for graphics and three for play (one or two players, MSR $42.99): a fast-paced World War II aerial game "translated nicely" from the arcades, similar to 1943, with bright and crisp graphics, worth a look for fans of the genre. | p. 12, NES reviewp. 12, NES reviewp. 12, NES reviewp. 12, NES reviewp. 12, NES review | 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 10, Tengen's NES schedulepage image 10, Tengen's NES schedule | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer liked the Master System version. Its November 1989 review of the Commodore 64 version said "we loved Sega's home version for the Sega Master System", and in January 1990 it called The Revenge of Shinobi a "very satisfying sequel" to the 8-bit Sega game that it had reviewed a year before. Its October 1989 issue said that the Genesis game would feature the familiar martial arts character from the Master System game. | p. 10 (image 10) | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's October 1989 issue reported that Sega had licensed four of its Master System hits to Tengen, due that year in new versions for the NES: Afterburner, Alien Syndrome, Shinobi and Fantasy Zone. | p. 10 (image 10), Tengen's NES schedulep. 10 (image 10) | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's October 1989 issue listed Vindicators in Tengen's schedule of NES games for that year, and the same issue's Availability Update listed it under November in its Nintendo column, without the x it gives games already shipped. The November 1989 update still listed it there for November, unmarked. | p. 10 (image 10), Tengen's NES schedulep. 10 (image 10)p. 14 (image 14), Availability Update, Nintendo, November | Magazine |