Upon release, SkiFree attained a cult status in the PC community.[18] In his 1992 review for MEPs 2 and 3, Richard Mansfield of Game Player's PC Entertainment favorably rated them as "visually sophisticated and...entertaining" as the first Pack.[19] While ranking Klotski as the best of the packs and only noting SkiFree as a "simple skiing simulation", he recommended all of the sixteen games and praised each of them for taking advantage of effects that "show off the visual beauty that Windows can bring to a computer."[19] In another 1992 review, Barry Simon of PC Magazine described the game's graphics as humorous and "not very extensive", and while he chose Pipe Dream of Entertainment Pack 2 as the game to purchase as a standalone title, at a bargain of US$5 per title, he recommended both of the packs.[20] Computer Gaming World described the MEP franchise as providing short gaming experiences, and noted its lead in the "gaming lite" category.[21] By September 1992, the first three MEPs sold a total of over 500,000 copies.[21]