 "The One" criticized the frequent disk swapping required, and further called "Total Recall" 'unoriginal', expressing that the game ought to have incorporated more elements from the film, and further stating that there are "so many better platform and race games [than "Total Recall"]".The game reached number 2 in the UK sales charts, behind "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles".In 1997 "EGM" ranked the NES version number 5 on their "Top 10 Worst Games of All Time".