"Sega Force" reviewers gave it scores of 95%, 93%, and 92%, with one reviewer describing it as the "first 16 Meg" (2 MB) "cartridge to grace the MD," possibly "the best MD game to date and "definitely" the best beat 'em up on "any" console," and "the best thing to happen to MD owners since the rise of a certain blue hedgehog," while another described it as "an awesome game" and another stated that it "deserves a place in any gamer's collection"; they gave it an overall score of 93%, concluding that it "Wipes the floor with "Street Fighter II".