A sequel, The Blues Brothers: Jukebox Adventure, was released for the SNES in 1993 (as The Blues Brothers) and for IBM PC compatibles and the Game Boy in 1994.

The theme music of the video game is an electronic arrangement of Peter Gunn.

Zzap!64 ranked the Commodore 64 port the eighth-best all-time Commodore 64 game in 1993,[22] and the game was the best platformer for PC, Atari ST and Amiga consoles of 1991 of Zero journalist David Wilson.

[23] The characters have the ability to pick up boxes to throw them at enemies.

The game can be played by two players simultaneously, but the scrolling screen only focuses on one of them.