Spy vs. Spy — stories left

In the "Game Report Card" reader poll run by the magazine Family Computer Magazine,it scored 15.16 out of 30, as listed separately.

In the "Cross Review" feature of the magazine Famitsu, the four reviewers gave 6, 6, 7, and 7, for a total of 26 out of 40. Reviewers compared it with the Family Computer version and said that "it can be enjoyed as a new game as well". There were also comments that its simple content makes it easy to get into and that deep battles are possible, and high marks were given to the versus play over a link.

Computer and Video Games scored the Master System version 90% in 1989 and 88% in 1990.

The NES version sold 300,000 units in North America.

Video magazine described it as "a rousing action-strategy contest" and praised the game's "excellent" graphics as "befit[ting] a game so rooted in a visual medium.

Ahoy! agreed in the Commodore 64 version's faithfulness to the original, and praised both the simultaneous two-player and one-player options.

The magazine later praised the game's graphics, theme song, and humorous fatalities.

The magazine praised the simultaneous two-player display and concluded, "I cannot recommend this game highly enough.

Video magazine described it as "a rousing action-strategy contest" and praised the game's "excellent" graphics as "befit[ting] a game so rooted in a visual medium.

Antic called it "one of the most original and clever games for the Atari computers yet".

It was released overseas on PlayStation 2 and Xbox, and the GameCube version was cancelled.

The ZX Spectrum version was rated number 20 in the Your Sinclair Official Top 100 Games of All Time, and awarded a Crash Smash in the August 1985 issue.