| In Zzap!64, a Commodore 64 magazine, the readers' Top 30 chart had Elite's Commando at number 4 in March 1986, with 5% of the votes, up from 23 the month before, and at number 10 in April 1986, with 3%. | p. 66, readers' Top 30p. 66, readers' Top 30 | Magazine |
| In the United Kingdom Ariolasoft published the Commodore 64 version, on cassette at £9.95; Computer and Video Games reviewed it in November 1985. | scan p. 67, Readers' Top 30 | Magazine |
| The Commodore 64 version was 27th in the readers' Top 30 of Zzap!64 in March and in April 1986, where the chart gives Zzap!'s own rating of it as 80%. | scan p. 67, Readers' Top 30scan p. 67, Readers' Top 30scan p. 66, voting form | Magazine |
| In Britain the Commodore 64 version came from US Gold and Datasoft, at £9.95 on cassette and £14.95 on disk; Zzap!64 reviewed it in March 1986. | p. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Master | Magazine |
| Zzap!64's review of the US Gold version tells the story with Thomas, who grew up to be a Kung Fu Master, rescuing Princess Priscilla from the Wizard, who holds her on the top floor of his five-floor temple. The joystick's button gives a set of kicks, and the space bar switches it to punches. The review notes that the player can choose to tackle any of the floors. | p. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Master | Magazine |
| Zzap!64 gave the US Gold Commodore 64 version 79% overall, with 53% for presentation, 71% for graphics, 66% for sound, 81% for hookability, 82% for lastability, and 76% for value for money. | p. 31, Kung Fu Master, ratingsp. 31, Kung Fu Master, ratingsp. 31, Kung Fu Master, ratingsp. 31, Kung Fu Master, ratingsp. 31, Kung Fu Master, ratings | Magazine |
| One of Zzap!64's three reviewers called the conversion "very faithful", containing every aspect of the original, with graphics about as accurate as they could be and nearly identical sound; another found it a great game for its playability despite dodgy graphics and sound; the third, unimpressed at first, found that it "plays quite well" despite tacky graphics, though it might get "a bit too repetitive". The ratings box summed up that fighting fans might flip, but others might not be so taken with it. | p. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Masterp. 31, Kung Fu Master, ratings | Magazine |
| In the UK the Commodore 64 version came from Ariolasoft. Its full-page advertisement in Zzap!64's July 1985 issue sells Broderbund's Spelunker as a "U.S. TOP 20 HIT", out on cassette at £9.95 and on disk at £12.95, with six levels of increasing challenge, and Zzap!64's high-score table of March 1986 lists "SPELUNKER (Ariolasoft)". | p. 79 (image 79), high scores | Magazine |
| Imagine's Commodore 64 version came out after many months of delay, on cassette at £8.95, joystick only, and was reviewed in Zzap!64's April 1986 issue. | p. 14, letters, "More Rockford" | Magazine |
| A version for the BBC Micro was out by March 1986, by a reader's letter to Zzap!64. | p. 14, letters, "More Rockford" | Magazine |