the four reviewers of "electronic gaming monthly" panned the game boy version, unanimously concluding it to be "an arcade translation that should never have been attempted on the game boy." they particularly complained of the difficulty in executing moves using only two buttons, the pixelated graphics, and the poor sound. they scored it a 2.5 out of 10. "gamepro", in contrast, declared it to be second only to the game boy version of "street fighter ii" among portable fighting games, arguing that the two-button control is "a little awkward but still masterable" and that the graphics are less than outstanding only when unfairly compared to the snes version.