| Electronic Game Player's review of the NES version describes the same overhead shooting as Ikari Warriors, with weapons and bonus items hidden under objects and some enemies. A subscreen called up with Select lets the player choose among the weapons found; the power-ups include wings, armor, and thunder, which destroys all the enemies on the screen. Each stage has a Barshop, not in the arcade game, where the player can buy equipment from a soldier of fortune or fight one of three bounty hunters for more Heart Marks. Scullion's encyclopedia adds that body armour replaces the first game's tanks and that money buys weapon upgrades. | p. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page image | Magazine |
| The NES version gives one life, but pressing A, B, B, A before the Game Over screen continues the game, as many times as the player likes. Electronic Game Player gave the code in its review, Nintendo Power's November 1988 issue reported that the first game's continue code works in the sequel, and Scullion's encyclopedia notes the single life. | p. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page image | Magazine |
| Electronic Game Player's May/June 1988 review of the NES version found it "every bit as good as Ikari Warriors; maybe even better" and gave it a thumbs up. Its complaints were the difficulty; the continue feature, which lets average players get further but can be used without limit, where a limited number would have been "a perfect compromise"; and the voice. The review is unsigned on the page; the issue's contents page credits Ed Semrad with it, while the reviews around it are signed "- SR". | p. 4 (image 4), contents, The Home Frontp. 47 (image 47), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Freedom Force and Zanac reviews; read on the page imagep. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Roadp. 46 (image 46), The Home Front, Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road | Magazine |