 It received extensive coverage and won several awards from video gaming magazines, while criticism focused on its high and unforgiving difficulty, particularly in the later levels.More than fifteen years after its release, the game continued to receive acclaim from print and online publications, being cited as one of the greatest video games of all time.It was novelized as part of the "Worlds of Power" game adaptations written by Seth Godin and Peter Lerangis, and it spawned a soundtrack CD.