| On the Spectrum Bubble Bobble went on to compilations: a mail-order advertisement in Your Sinclair of July 1989 lists it in Taito Coin-Op at £9.99, with Rastan, Flying Shark, Arkanoid and its sequel, Slap Fight, Renegade and Legend of Kage. By June 1992 it sold at £3.99 as a budget game, and with Rainbow Islands and The New Zealand Story in Addicted to Fun. | p. 17, mail-order advertisementp. 17, mail-order advertisement | Magazine |
| In Your Sinclair's June 1992 round-up of the best £3.99 budget games, Jon Pillar listed the Spectrum Bubble Bobble, then a Hit Squad release, at number 2 in its section, calling it "Playability overload in this classic arcade conversion", the best two-player game of all, with 100 single-screen levels, and "Nearly unbeatable". | p. 54, What a Barg!p. 54, What a Barg!p. 54, What a Barg!p. 54, What a Barg!p. 54, What a Barg! | Magazine |
| By 1992 the Spectrum Renegade was a Hit Squad budget game. Your Sinclair's budget round-up of June 1992 ranked it third among beat-'em-ups: five levels, too easy by some players' account, and no two-player option. Target Renegade came first. | p. 55, What a Barg!, beat-'em-upsp. 55p. 55p. 17, mail-order price list | Magazine |
| Your Sinclair's budget round-up of June 1992 ranked the 128K Spectrum version, re-released by Kixx, second among its driving games: "a blazingly fast racer" with 50 levels, though spoiled for the reviewer by the 48K version. | p. 54 (image 54), What a Barg!, driving gamesp. 54 (image 54), What a Barg!, driving gamesp. 54 (image 54), What a Barg!, driving games | Magazine |
| By June 1992 the Spectrum Target Renegade was a Hit Squad budget game, and Your Sinclair's budget round-up ranked it first among beat-'em-ups: "Renegade with two players", with huge levels, weapons to pick up, and a final enemy with a gun. | p. 55, What a Barg!, beat-'em-upsp. 55p. 55 | Magazine |