[2] Atari Corporation and Acclaim announced a partnership in March 1995 that included plans to release three game for the Jaguar.

[9] GameSpot, reviewing the Saturn version, said that "every aspect of Heavy Metal is a letdown — the graphics, sound, and gameplay," and concluded that the game "feels as though it was hastily thrown together.

"[10] Lee Nutter of Sega Saturn Magazine commented that while the two playable characters have varying abilities yet are evenly matched, giving the game replay value, the action is extremely repetitive, the music is poor, and the graphics are barely above what consoles of the previous generation were capable of.

The reviewer praised both the action and platform jumping, the rendered player characters, and "simple, clean backgrounds", though he criticized the music and sounds.

[14] The video game was adapted into a 2 issue comic book crossover featuring the two heroes teaming up to save the world.