In 1991, "Atic Atac" was ranked as the 79th best ZX Spectrum game of all time by "Your Sinclair", and was voted the 8th best game of all time by the readers of Retro Gamer Magazine for an article that was scheduled to be in a special Your Sinclair Tribute issue. In 2007, Eurogamer described it as a prime example of "what passion can do when properly digitised". The game was Ultimate's third consecutive number one in the UK Spectrum sales chart, following the first two "Jetman" games. In 2015, the game was included in "Rare Replay", a collection of 30 Rare-designed games released for the Xbox One gaming console.