the game received 5 out of 5 stars in "dragon"; the final boss battle was criticised, however, for being too difficult. "megatech" magazine praised the "smart gameplay, graphics and sound". "mega" placed the game at #18 in their top mega drive games of all time. reviewing the game's appearance in "sega arcade classics", glenn rubenstein said it "was one of the first genesis games released, and it shows how far sega has come since then."