U.N. Squadron on their September 15, 1989 issue as being the sixth most-successful table arcade unit of the month. In North America, it was a major hit, becoming the top-grossing software conversion kit on the RePlay arcade charts in February 1990. Upon its home console release, the Japanese gaming publication Weekly Famitsu gave the Super Famicom version a score of 28 out of 40. Entertainment Weekly gave the Super NES version of the game an A, and picked the game as the #12 greatest game available in 1991. Super Gamer gave the SNES version an overall score of 93% writing: "Graphically impressive with nicely varied levels, a choice of aircraft, plenty of power-ups and atmospheric sound. Highly recommend for shoot-'em-up fans." Accolades IGN ranked U.N. Squadron 37th on its "Top 100 Super NES Games" list, which made it the highest ranking side scroller shooter game on that list. In 2018, Complex listed U.N. Squadron 23rd on its "The Best Super Nintendo Games of All Time" list and called the game the best side scrolling shooter on the SNES. In 1995, Total! rated the game 63rd on their Top 100 SNES Games. References External links U.N. Squadron at Arcade-History UN Squadron SNES review from Mean Machines Archive 1989 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Arcade video games Atari ST games Cancelled Capcom Power System Changer games Capcom games Commodore 64 games Cooperative video games CP System games Head-to-head arcade video games Horizontally scrolling shooters Super Nintendo Entertainment System games U.S. Gold games Video games based on anime and manga Video games developed in Japan Video games scored by Manami Matsumae ZX Spectrum games Single-player video games