Super Gamer reviewed the SNES version and gave an overall score of 70% writing: "Another vertical scroller with the addition of simultaneous two-player action. Sadly graphics and gameplay are rather dull and unoriginal."3 In 1995, Total! rated Super SWIV 72nd on its Top 100 SNES Games writing: "It looks a bit dated but this shooter is brilliantly designed. It’s a two-player jobby too."4 Glenn Rubenstein of Wizard praised Firepower 2000 for there finally being an above average shooter for the SNES that was not produced by Konami, however not much effort was put into the graphics or plot. He commented that the gameplay being heavy on action made it an overall winner concluding: "Should be big with shooter fans, but the general player probably won’t get too into it."5
"Firepower 2000 SNES Review Score". Archived from the original on 2019-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190513171129/https://www.gamerankings.com/snes/588336-firepower-2000/index.html ↩
Rubenstein, Glenn (April 1993). "At the Controls". Wizard (20): 18–20. Retrieved April 24, 2022. https://archive.org/details/WizardMagazine020/page/n19/mode/2up ↩
"Super Swiv Review". Super Gamer (2). United Kingdom: Paragon Publishing: 123. May 1994. Retrieved March 23, 2021. https://archive.org/details/super-gamer-02/page/122/mode/2up ↩
"Top 100 SNES Games". Total! (43): 47. July 1995. Retrieved February 27, 2022. https://archive.org/details/total-43/page/n45/mode/2up ↩