| Sinclair User gave the ZX Spectrum version (Firebird, £7.95) 10 and its Classic award in January 1988; the review is signed Tamara Howard. It wrote that the game had changed programmer halfway through and that the replacements were Dominic Robinson and Steve Turner; its Programmers box gives Robinson most of the coding, John Cumming the graphics and Turner the soundtrack. It called the game "a truly wonderful conversion" whose waves and bonuses come in the same patterns and places as the arcade game's, and regretted only that everything is monochrome yellow. The same issue offered the game to readers at £6.95. | p. 18, review textp. 18, review textp. 18, review textp. 18, review textp. 18, review ratingp. 19, review textp. 104, Smash Offerp. 104, Smash Offer | 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. 29 (image n29), Gauntlet II, Programmers boxp. 29 (image n29), Gauntlet II, Facts box | Magazine |
| Sinclair User's January 1988 review of the Spectrum version set it against Gauntlet, "easily the biggest selling game of last year", and found no progression in the game's format, "merely enhancements and tweaks": upwards of a hundred levels, four characters with their own attributes, Lobbers that throw over walls, and the IT monster, which makes the player it jumps on the target of every monster in the dungeon until he touches another player. | p. 29, Gauntlet IIp. 29, Gauntlet IIp. 29, Gauntlet IIp. 29, Gauntlet IIp. 29, Gauntlet II | Magazine |
| Sinclair User gave the Spectrum version 10 out of 10 and its Classic badge. Its facts box said fast action and superb gameplay made Gauntlet II, with MASK II, "probably the first sequels worth the cash". | p. 29 (image n29), Gauntlet II, Facts boxp. 29 (image n29), Gauntlet II | Magazine |
| U.S. Gold put the Spectrum version on its Solid Gold compilation, at £9.99, with Gauntlet, Ace of Aces, Leader Board, and Winter Games; Sinclair User's review of January 1988 said Infiltrator "gives you the chance to fly a helicopter in great style". | p. 97, Solid Goldp. 97, Solid Gold | Magazine |
| In January 1988 Argus Press Software advertised Pac-Land for the Spectrum, Amstrad and MSX on cassette at £8.95, the Commodore 64 at £9.95 on cassette and £14.95 on disk, and the Atari ST and Amiga at £19.95. | p. 10 (image n10), advertisementp. 10 (image n10), advertisementp. 10 (image n10), advertisement | Magazine |
| Sinclair User's January 1988 issue previewed Ocean's ZX Spectrum Platoon from a demo seen at Ocean's offices and gave its street date as after Christmas, probably around February. | p. 111 (image 111), Preview, "Platoon Splashes Out"p. 111 (image 111), Preview, "Platoon Splashes Out"p. 111 (image 111), Preview, "Platoon Splashes Out" | Magazine |
| Sinclair User's review of US Gold's Spectrum compilation Solid Gold in January 1988 found it a good-value package, listing Winter Games among its five games for "all the thrill of speeding about in the snow". | p. 97, Solid Goldp. 97, Solid Gold | Magazine |