| Crash's January 1989 roundup of compilations, in its box for Imagine's Taito Coin-Op Hits (£12.95 on cassette), lists Arkanoid with the Crash issue that reviewed it and its score: issue 39, 59%. That is the ZX Spectrum version's original Crash rating, reported again, not a new one. | p. 93 (PDF p. 94), Collectable Consumables, Taito Coin-Op Hitsp. 93 (PDF p. 94), Collectable Consumables, key | Magazine |
| Crash's compilations roundup of January 1989 listed Imagine's Taito Coin-Op Hits (£12.95 on cassette, £17.95 on disk) with Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh among its games. The table gives each game's Crash issue and score: "51/80%" for this title, the April 1988 review in issue 51. | p. 93 (image 94), compilations tablep. 93 (image 94), compilations tablep. 93 (image 94), compilations table | Magazine |
| By early 1989 Cybernoid was on two Gremlin compilations, Space Ace and Ten Mega Games. Your Sinclair's review of Space Ace called it "The biggie in most people's minds", "a megagame and a half". | p. 92 (image n92), Collectable Consumables, Greedy Gremlinp. 92 (image n92), Collectable Consumables, Greedy Gremlinp. 92 (image n92), Collectable Consumables, Greedy Gremlin | Magazine |
| Beau Jolly's compilation Supreme Challenge, advertised in October 1988 for the ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 at £12.95 on cassette and £16.95 on disc, put Elite with The Sentinel, Tetris, Ace 2 and Starglider. Crash's review of compilations in January 1989 called Elite, Starglider and The Sentinel its "three true mega games", and its table recalled Crash's 92% for Elite from issue 22. | p. 93 (image 94), Collectable Consumablespp. 92-93 (images 93-94), table of CRASH issue and review percentage | Magazine |
| Crash's January 1989 roundup of compilations lists Gauntlet II first in US Gold's Giants (£12.99 on cassette, £19.99 on disk), with the issue and mark of Crash's own review of the Spectrum game, 49 and 65%. | p. 93 (image n94), compilations table, Giantsp. 93 (image n94), compilations table, Giants | Magazine |
| In Britain Imagine advertised the home-computer versions in January 1989, calling the game "the coin-op smash hit" from the SNK stable. The advertisement in Crash gives £8.95 for the Spectrum and £9.95 for the Amstrad and Commodore versions. The same advertisement in The One adds the Atari ST at 19.95 and the Amiga at 24.95. Both carry Imagine's logo and its Manchester address, with a telex line reading OCEANS G. | p. 69 (image 70), advertisement, read on the page imagep. 69 (image 70), advertisement, read on the page imagep. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War review | Magazine |
| Crash reviewed the ZX Spectrum version in January 1989, calling it SNK's third game in the Ikari Warriors line after Victory Road. Its box names Imagine as producer and Sentient as author, at £7.95 on cassette and £14.95 on disk. A mercenary, with a friend in two-player mode, tries to free a tropical island from an evil tyrant over five levels, each ending with a special baddie. The hero carries 50 grenades and endless bullets, can commandeer tanks, and scores 1,000 points for each hostage walked over and loses 500 for shooting one. The options are one or two players, with rotate or normal controls. Mark's main review called it "distinctly average". Phil liked the explosions and 128K music but found the graphics poor and the collision detection dubious, though the game still "fairly playable". Nick found its monochrome play area silly and its toughness infuriating, and told readers to avoid it. | p. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War reviewp. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War reviewp. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War reviewp. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War reviewp. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War reviewp. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War reviewp. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War reviewp. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, Nick's commentp. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, The Essentialsp. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War review, info box, read on the page imagep. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War review, info box, read on the page imagep. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, Phil's comment, read on the page image | Magazine |
| Crash gave the Spectrum version 54% overall, with 55% for presentation, 53% for graphics, 62% for sound, 54% for playability and 52% for addictive qualities. | p. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, ratings boxp. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, ratings boxp. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, Nick's comment | Magazine |
| Crash's three reviewers of the Spectrum version gave it 58% (Mark), 63% (Phil) and 42% (Nick). | p. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, Mark's review, read on the page imagep. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, Phil's comment, read on the page imagep. 31 (image 32), Guerrilla War review, Nick's comment | Magazine |
| Crash reported in January 1989 that buyers of the Fists 'n' Throttles compilation in Germany wouldn't get Ikari Warriors, which it said the West German government had banned, though the package held German instructions for it. | p. 93 (image 94), Collectable Consumables, Fists 'N' Throttlesp. 93 (image 94), Collectable Consumables, Fists 'N' Throttles | Magazine |
| By January 1989 the Spectrum Karnov was one of eight games on Ocean's compilation The In Crowd, at £12.95 on cassette and £17.95 on disk, beside Combat School, Gryzor, Barbarian, Predator, Platoon, Crazy Cars, and Target Renegade; Crash's roundup said Karnov added "a touch of colour". | p. 93 (image n93), The In Crowdp. 93 (image n93) | Magazine |
| The ZX Spectrum version had not appeared by January 1989. Your Sinclair's December 1988 subscription offer listed Victory Road, "A classic coin-op hit from SNK", worth £7.95 or £14.95 on disk, among "brand new games" whose despatch it couldn't yet date, and in January 1989 Crash called it "still unconverted" and due from Imagine. | p. 30 (image 31), Guerrilla War review | Magazine |
| Crash rated the Spectrum version 92% overall in February 1986: use of computer 86%, graphics 93%, playability 89%, getting started 85%, addictive qualities 93%, and value for money 88%. | p. 93 (scan p. 94), Konami Arcade Collection | Magazine |
| Yie Ar Kung Fu and Yie Ar Kung Fu II were both in the Konami Arcade Collection compilation, whose contents Crash listed in January 1989 with each game's original review score; by July 1989 a mail-order advertisement in Your Sinclair offered the pack at £6.99. | p. 93 (scan p. 94), Collectable Consumablesp. 93 (scan p. 94), Collectable Consumablesp. 93 (scan p. 94), Collectable Consumables | Magazine |