Editing Elevator Action (section)

===Retrospective===
''[[Eurogamer]]'' wrote that it was "astonishing just how playable it remains".<ref name=":2" /> In ''The Video Games Guide: 1,000+ Arcade, Console and Computer Games'', Matt Fox wrote that the game was an "enjoyable arcade game", giving it three out of five stars according to the book's own rating system.<ref name=":0" />

Reviewing the Taito Egret II mini-arcade version in March 2022, ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]'' said it is "simple stuff but enjoyable" and not as "ridiculously" hard. They also praised the "unusually deliberate action" and said it has elements found in the later games ''[[Impossible Mission]]'', ''[[Rolling Thunder (video game)|Rolling Thunder]]'' and ''[[Shinobi (series)|Shinobi]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Taito Egret II mini review – all 40 games reviewed from Qix to Bubble Bobble |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/03/08/taito-egret-ii-mini-review-all-40-games-reviewed-from-qix-to-darius-16234321/ |access-date=26 March 2022 |work=[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]] |date=8 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>