Then, while watching out for pumas and robotic guards, the player has to search through the command center for boxes of supplies.

Once this has been achieved, the player must make their way to the bottom centre of the caves, and escape using the motorcycle which can be found there.

[3] There are nine missions of increasing difficulty level (codenamed Rin, Kyo, Toh, Sha, Kai, Jin, Retsu, Zai and Zen), each with more objectives (such as collecting more pieces of punched tape, or having to disable an electrified perimeter fence protecting the tunnel).

The enemy's command centre and office complex is being built on top of a mountain filled with tunnels and caverns.

[9] According to Luke Plunkett of Kotaku, "for a serious game released in 1987, that was kind of a big deal, especially since she wasn't a princess or cartoon character.

"[2] When the game was re-released in 1989, Your Sinclair's Marcus Berkmann wrote that "if it doesn't perhaps hold up too well now, it's still an entertaining enough chase-and-kick 'em up with the novelty of a female hero".

Deep Cover (a Saboteur 2 prequel for the ZX Spectrum 128) won Best Text Adventure at the Planeta Sinclair 'Game of the Year' awards 2021.