| Ocean published Operation Wolf on British home computers. Crash reviewed the ZX Spectrum version in its December 1988 issue, Sinclair User in November 1988, Your Sinclair in December 1988, and Zzap!64 the Commodore 64 version in January 1989. | p. 42 | Magazine |
| Your Sinclair's December 1988 review says the coin-op drew a huge crowd on Ocean's stand at that year's PC Show. The reviewer found the Spectrum version's authenticity to the arcade machine extremely good, with the player as Lone Wolf over six levels. | p. 42p. 42p. 42p. 42p. 42 | Magazine |
| Your Sinclair gave the Spectrum version 9 out of 10, with 9 for graphics, 9 for playability, 10 for value for money, and 10 for addictiveness. Its verdict: "Beg, steal or borrow a copy of this game if you really enjoy a bit of mindless violence on your machine." | p. 43 (image n42), score boxp. 43 (image n42), score boxp. 43 (image n42), score boxp. 43 | Magazine |
| Nintendo Power's NES guide credits the game design to Data East USA under license from Ocean Software. Your Sinclair reported in December 1988 that Ocean had secured the license long before the coin-op company, which had to get it from Ocean. | p. 84 (scan p. 84), RoboCop preview by Pete Shawp. 84 | Magazine |
| Previewing Ocean's Spectrum version in December 1988, Pete Shaw of Your Sinclair wrote that where the arcade game had only a streetfighting scenario, Ocean had packed nine sections into the Spectrum game, among them a streetfighting section, a warehouse section, an identikit section, a battle with Ed 209, and an alley off the main street where a girl has been kidnapped. He expected it with the film's video release in December. | p. 84 (scan p. 84), RoboCop preview by Pete Shawp. 84p. 85 (scan p. 85)p. 85p. 85p. 85p. 85p. 85 | 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. | image 101, subscription offerimage 101, subscription offerimage 101, subscription offer | Magazine |