| Crash's February 1988 news said Ocean should be ready by the end of February with Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh, another Breakout clone from the arcade machine. | p. 110 (image 110), newsp. 110 (image 110), newsp. 110 (image 110), news | Magazine |
| Crash gave the Spectrum version 75% overall in October 1987. Its three reviewers split: Ben gave it 60%, Ricky 80%, and Nick 86%. | p. 86 (image 86), Psycho Soldier review | Magazine |
| Psycho Soldier, the arcade sequel, reached the Spectrum through Imagine too. Crash reviewed it in February 1988 as the sequel to Imagine's Athena, with Athena again battling through a six-level world. | p. 86 (image 86), Psycho Soldier reviewp. 86 (image 86), Psycho Soldier reviewp. 86 (image 86), Psycho Soldier review, facts box | Magazine |
| U.S. Gold published the ZX Spectrum version in Britain, by the reviews of early 1988; Crash lists Epyx as its author and £8.99 as its price. | p. 27p. 27p. 27 | Magazine |
| The three Spectrum reviews all mention that the events load one at a time from tape: Sinclair User called the multi-load "a definite pain", and a Crash reviewer found each event not worth the wait to load it. | p. 27 | Magazine |
| Crash's three reviewers panned the Spectrum version. One called it "a real disappointment" with poor graphics and little playability, another "definitely not recommended", and the third "a total waste of time and money"; the comments box's general rating calls it "the poorest Epyx release yet; lacking playability and addictiveness". | p. 27, Criticismp. 27, Criticismp. 27, Criticismp. 27, Commentsp. 27 (image n26), Comments, General rating | Magazine |
| Crash's comments box rates the Spectrum version 55% for presentation, 42% for graphics, 43% for playability, 43% for addictive qualities, and 36% overall. The second reviewer's own mark, after that reviewer's comment, is 41%. | p. 27 (image n26), comments boxp. 27, Criticism | Magazine |
| In the UK, Ocean sold home-computer versions as Gryzor, "the coin-op smash hit from Konami" in its advertising. Crash reviewed the Spectrum version (£7.95, written by P Owens and M Jones) in February 1988, and Zzap!64 the Commodore 64 one (£8.95 on cassette, £12.95 on disk) in June 1988. | printed p. 22, Gryzorprinted p. 22, Gryzorprinted p. 22, Gryzor | Magazine |
| Crash scored the Spectrum Gryzor 49% overall in February 1988. | printed p. 23, ratings box | Magazine |
| Crash's reviewers split on the Spectrum Gryzor. Nathan called it "a very poor game graphically" but "surprisingly addictive", and Dave "not a bad game overall", both at 56%; Mike called it "poor, bad value, and unattractive", at 35%. The verdict was that it fell short of the arcade original. | printed p. 22, Nathan's commentprinted p. 22, Dave's commentprinted p. 23, Mike's commentprinted p. 23, ratings box | Magazine |
| Crash reviewed the ZX Spectrum version (Firebird, £7.95) in February 1988, naming Dominic Robinson and John Cumming of Graftgold as authors, and gave it 85% overall (Presentation 81%, Graphics 80%, Playability 85%, Addictive qualities 89%). It describes five levels, the later ones over the sea against battleships and patrol boats, with the first extra plane at 50,000 points. Ben (82%) found the monochrome graphics off-putting and the attack patterns fixed; Paul (85%) called it "superbly playable"; Dave (87%) ranked it among the best arcade conversions he had played. | p. 20, facts boxp. 20, facts boxp. 20, review textp. 20, review textp. 20, second reviewer's commentp. 20, second reviewer's commentp. 20, third reviewer's comment | Magazine |
| US Gold published the ZX Spectrum version, programmed by Tony Porter. Sinclair User's programmer box says Porter wrote it, as he had the first Gauntlet, for US Gold under license from Gremlin Graphics. Crash listed it at £7.99 and Sinclair User at £8.99, for the 48K and 128K Spectrum. | p. 94 (image n94), Gauntlet IIp. 94 (image n94), Gauntlet II | Magazine |
| Crash gave the Spectrum version 65% overall, with 71% for presentation, 61% for graphics, 62% for playability, and 63% for addictive qualities. | p. 94 (image n94), Gauntlet II, ratingsp. 94 (image n94), Gauntlet II, ratings | Magazine |
| Crash's ratings box found the Spectrum graphics small and effective but no improvement on the original's, the sound poor, with no decent tune, and gave the option of four players. One reviewer called Gauntlet II not much of an improvement on the original, "just different", and said the differences didn't merit buying the sequel for owners of Gauntlet; another counted it with Gauntlet and its Deeper Dungeons in an "elite group of classics". | p. 94, Gauntlet II, ratingsp. 94, Gauntlet II, ratingsp. 94, Gauntlet II, ratingsp. 94, Gauntlet II, second commentp. 94, Gauntlet II, third comment | Magazine |
| Crash's February 1988 issue expected Ocean's Platoon at the end of January 1988, calling it a Vietnam game based on the antiwar film. | p. 110 (image 110), Heavy on the Tie-insp. 110 (image 110), caption | Magazine |
| In the same issue Crash offered Platoon free with every new subscription, advertising six scenarios based on the film. | p. 106, subscription offerp. 106, subscription offerp. 106, subscription offer | Magazine |
| Crash credited the Spectrum version to Bob Pape, published by Activision at £9.99. | p. 13, Rampage | Magazine |
| Crash gave the Spectrum version 69% overall, with 78% for presentation, 73% for graphics, 67% for playability, and 65% for addictive qualities. | p. 13, Rampage, ratings | Magazine |
| Crash's ratings box called the Spectrum game "a competent conversion that should appeal to fans of the original". Of its reviewers, Nick thoroughly enjoyed it, more so with an extra player or two, while Bym found the action soon dull. | p. 13, Rampage, general ratingp. 13, Rampage, Nick's commentp. 13, Rampage, Bym's comment | Magazine |