| Computer Entertainer reported in November 1989 that Atari Games had shipped Cyberball 2072, a sequel to the previous year's Cyberball with larger players and two interactive screens that let each team play from its own perspective. | p. 2 (image 2), arcade newsp. 2 (image 2), arcade news | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's November 1989 availability update listed King's Knight from Square Soft under November among the NES titles and marked it as shipped. | p. 14 (image 14), Availability Update | 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 12, review of Rolling Thunderprinted p. 14 (page image 14), Availability Update, Nintendo, Octoberpage image 16, Availability Update, note | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer recommended the NES version in November 1989, under the heading "Good Action, Average Graphics": the figures were good sized but "rather 'stick-figured'", with some blinking, and action lovers should enjoy the challenge. | page image 12, review of Rolling Thunderpage image 12, review of Rolling Thunderpage image 12, review of Rolling Thunderpage image 12, review of Rolling Thunder | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's November 1989 review rated the NES version two and a half stars of four for graphics and three for game play. | page image 12, review of Rolling Thunderpage image 2, The Rating Systempage image 2, The Rating System | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reviewed the Master System version in January 1989 and recommended it, with four stars out of four for both graphics and play: it called Shinobi "the best game with a martial arts theme that we've seen on a video game system" and loved its realistically animated martial arts moves. The suggested price was about $45-$50, and versions for the Commodore 64 ($34.95), MS-DOS ($39.95), and the Amiga and Atari ST ($49.95) were coming soon. | p. 2 (image 2), The Rating System | 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. 3 (image 3), Commodore 64/128 Software, Shinobi | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer's Availability Update of November 1989 lists "Shinobi (TEN)", the Tengen game, in its Nintendo column under December, without the x it gives games already shipped. | p. 14 (image 14), Availability Update, Nintendo, December | Magazine |
| Computer Entertainer reviewed Sega's Commodore 64 version in November 1989, gave it two stars out of four for graphics and two for play, and did not recommend it. The game had "lost a lot in its translation": none of the graceful animation of martial arts moves, blocky graphics, and the look of "a very quick programming job". The review gives the story as a Master Ninja against the Ring of Five, terrorists who have kidnapped the children of world leaders, over five rounds. The suggested price was $34.95; it listed the Master System version as available and MS-DOS ($39.95), Amiga and Atari ST ($49.95) versions as coming soon. | p. 3 (image 3), Commodore 64/128 Softwarep. 3 (image 3)p. 3 (image 3)p. 3 (image 3)p. 3 (image 3)p. 3 (image 3)p. 3 (image 3)p. 3 (image 3), end of reviewp. 2 (image 2), The Rating System | 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. 14 (image 14), Availability Update, Nintendo, November | Magazine |