"Total Recall wasn't on the top of my list for games I was looking forward to I must confess. However, it is in fact quite good." Amiga Format rated the game 77% and said "A solid, polished package, only its late arrival, due to slipping in the schedules, deprived it of a full review." Zzap! #72 (Apr 1991) rated the game 70%. The NES version was much more negatively received. A reviewer from German magazine Power Play rated the NES version at 39% and wondered why Quiad is so stupid, trying to get rid of every bad guy on the right path and lure them into dark alleys only to offer a boring fight. He commented that these sequences should not have been programmed at all, and that a lot of parts seem like a graphically strong, stripped-down Double Dragon. Three of the four reviewers for Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM) gave it a 3 out of 10, with the remaining reviewer, Sushi-X, giving it a 2 out of 10. Steve Harris called it "a new low" for NES games due to its poor graphics and weak action, and Ed Semrad regarded it as a shocking disappointment given publisher Acclaim Entertainment's strong track record at the time. According to EGM, Acclaim pulled their ads from the magazine in response to the negative review. Amiga Mania rated the Hit Squad re-release of the game at 81% and said "It's all full of style and all the things you wouldn't expect to find in a normal budget game, from the way Quaid crouches and fires to the fact that there's even a car chase!" Amiga Format #40 (Nov 1992) rated the game at 79% and said "The overall impression is one of a competent game which doesn't push the Amiga to within a tenth of its abilities." Amiga Action #37 (Oct 1992) rated the game 78% and said "If you like your games to give you a challenge at an affordable price then this is worth checking out, but there are far better products out there." CU Amiga rated the game 63%. Amiga Power rated the game 41% and said "Nice graphics, not-very-nice gameplay. Total Recall? (Totally predictably) Total Rubbish, more like." The One gave the Amiga version of Total Recall an overall score of 70%, noting it has having 'limited lastability' due to its gameplay 'feeling the same throughout', but expressed that