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Part 9 - September games charts.
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* PART 9 - SEPTEMBER GAMES CHARTS *
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TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
September 1984
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TM LM Name Company HCP IS
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1 2 SABRE WULF Ultimate 1 93 6
2 3 PSYTRON Beyond 2 91 5
3 4 CODENAME MAT Micromega 3 93 4
4 1 MUGSY Melbourne House 1 73 6
5 6 TRASHMAN New Generation 5 83 4
6 7 FIGHTER PILOT Digital Integr. 2 86 2
7 5 JET SET WILLY Software Proj. 1 95 4
8 - NIGHT GUNNER Digital Integr. 8 91 3
9 10 ATIC ATAC Ultimate 1 92 1
10 9 BLADE ALLEY PSS 9 85 5
A classic Spectrum games chart, which sees
Sabre Wulf heading the list, where it will
remain for a massive three months. It's
sequels, Underwurlde and Knight Lore will
both emulate the feat at the start of
1985. Relinquishing the top spot to Sabre
Wulf is Melbourne House's Mugsy. The
resident games of 1984, Jet Set Willy and
Atic Atac, eventually spend almost a year
in the top ten. Obviously Crash
appreciated this top ten, with only one
game out of the ten earning less than 80%,
with six out the ten getting a coveted
Crash Smash. Hovering just outside the top
ten was JSW's ever popular prequel, Manic
Miner, despite being over a year old.
TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
September 1989
TM LM Name Company HCP CR IS
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1 1 ROBOCOP Ocean 1 92 59
2 - FORGOTTEN WORLDS US Gold 2 90 65
3 2 MICROPROSE SOCCER Microprose 2 90 65
4 3 RUN THE GAUNTLET Ocean 1 90 62
5 4 DRAGON NINJA Ocean 2 46 62
6 -EMYLN HUGHES SOCCER Audiogenic 6 70 63
7 8 FOOTBALL MANAGER 2 Addictive 1 79 54
8 - RUNNING MAN Grandslam 8 80 66
9 - CRAZY CARS 2 Titus 5 79 66
10 - SILKWORM Virgin 3 73 66
An unimpressive top ten on the whole, but
nevertheless containing some classic
games. Robocop sits happily on top of the
pile, remaining in the top ten well into
the Christmas season, and retaking the top
spot a number of times. Ocean continues
its firm grip on the top ten, as it did
throughout much of the late eighties, with
the only strong competition coming from US
Gold. Resident game of 1989 was Football
Manager 2, spending most of the year in
the top ten. Football was obviously as
popular theme among games buyers. Crazy
Cars 2 having a good showing, but being
outdone by its prequel which was, at the
same time, topping the budget charts.
TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
September 1992
TM LM Name Company HCP YS IS
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1 1 ITALIA '90 Tronix 1 44 77
2 2 RAINBOW ISLANDS Hit Squad 1 61 75
3 5 BUBBLE DIZZY Codemast. 3 80 74
4 - GRAEME SOUNESS S. Zeppelin 2 24 82
5 - DIZZY D.T.R Codemast. 3 65 79
6 3 DIZZYS EXC. ADV Codemast. 3 == ==
7 11 S. OFF ROAD RACER Tronix 7 89 77
8 9 1 DIVISION MANAGER Codemast. 8 50 70
9 8 THE WORLD CUP D&H Games 8 31 76
10 14 F16 COMBAT PILOT Action16 10 92 62
A chart full of Budget re-releases was
nothing unusual for a 1992 chart, nor was
the domination by Codemasters. Much of
their success was due to a certain egg and
similar games, and three of his games
feature in this top ten. Italia 90 sits
happily on top, with another world cup
game at number 9 despite the fact it was
over 2 years since the actual tournament!
Obviously Your Sinclair not too keen on
the football games, with all 4 of them
receiving marks under 50% The only full
price piece of software featured was the
Dizzy compilation, itself a gathering of 5
budget games. NOTE:Due to the
disappearance of Crash in 1992, the YS
scores are used.
TOP TEN SPECTRUM FAVOURITES
September 1995
TM LM Name Company PTS HCP CR IS
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1 -ELITE Firebird 31 1 92 22
2 -JET SET WILLY Software P.26 2 95 4
3 -LORD OF MIDN. Beyond 26 3 100 7
4 -LASER SQUAD Target G. 24 4 89 59
5 -JETPAC Ultimate 18 5 NR NR
6 -HEAD OVER HEELS Ocean 17 6 97 39
7 -WHERE TIME S.S. Ocean 17 7 94 54
8 -SCRABBLE Psion 16 8 62 47
9 -BOMBJACK Elite 15 9 92 27
10 -MANIC MINER Software P.14 10 NR NR
10 -DIZZY Codemast. 14 10 78 46
Just inching ahead on the last few votes,
the space trading classic Elite beats Jet
Set Willy to become your favourite
Spectrum Game. Lords Of Midnight, even
with Jet Set Willy on points, just loses
out on number of votes cast. Laser Squad
manages fourth, helped greatly by its
Number 1 rating on the Top 250 games list.
The Dizzy games just manage a look in, as
does Jet Set Willy's prequel, Manic Miner.
KEY: TM=This Month LM=Last Month
HCP=Highest Chart Position CR=Crash Rating
IS=Issue Reviewed
If you would like to send in your top ten
Spectrum Games, to be used when compiling
next months chart, just send it to the
main E-MAIL address and mark your letter
TOP TEN VOTES.
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