Spectrum games charts

Part 12 - Spectrum games charts

TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
April 1986

TM LM Name                 Company
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1  -  WINTER GAMES         US Gold
2  -  RAMBO                Ocean
3  1  COMMANDO             Elite
4  2  YIE AR KUNG FU       Imagine
5  -  SPELLBOUND           Mastertronic
6  10 SABOTEUR             Durell
7  5  ELITE                Firebird
8  -  TRANSFORMERS         Ocean
9  4  TOMAHAWK             Digital Integr.
10 7  THEY STOLE A MILLION Hit Squad

Commando relinquishes the top spot to a strangely out of place Winter Games in an April chart. The first game in the Rambo series also makes it's presence felt in it's Number 2 entry position. Elite drops, after it's suprisingly low Number 5 entry position the previous month, to be replaced by the first of the familiar "Windimation" Magic Knight games, Spellbound.

TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
April 1990

TM LM Name                   Company
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1  1 GAZZAS SUPER SOCCER     Empire
2  3 CHASE HQ                Ocean
3  - SPACE HARRIER II        Grandslam
4  8 DOUBLE DRAGON II        Mastertronic
5  - ROBOCOP                 Ocean
6  6 BATMAN THE MOVIE        Ocean
7  - FOOTBALL MANAGER I & II Addictive
8  - THE WIZ                 Ocean
9  - WORLD CMPNSHIP BOXING
                     MANAGER Goliath
10 - GHOSTBUSTERS II         Ocean

Gazza mania was in full swing back in 1990 and his otherwise unimpressive game was sitting safely at the top of the chart, holding off such classics as Chase HQ. Robocop returns to the chart which it called it's home for the best part of 2 years! As is the norm for the early 90's charts, Ocean took most of the top placings, although this may have more to do with the fact that they had the best Film/TV licences rather than the best games (although the games were usually excellent.)

TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
April 1991

TM LM Name                         Company
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1  1  T. M. HERO TURTLES        Mirrorsoft
2  2  ROBOCOP II                   Ocean
3  4  HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION         Ocean
4  5  SCI CHASE HQ 2               Ocean
5  6  NARC                         Ocean
6  10 GAZZA 2                      Empire
7  3  GOLDEN AXE                   Virgin
8  13 KICK OFF 2                   Anco
9  7  LOTUS ESPRIT TURBO CHALLENGE Gremlin
10 12 SUPER OFF ROAD RACER         Virgin

In the middle of their massive six month run at number one, Turtle mania throws all other games aside and manages to prevent an Ocean stranglehold on the top of the chart. Robocop 2, the sequel to the massive chart topping game has to be content with remaining at Number 2 for another month. Driving games seem to be the craze this month, with three of the top ten falling into that genre.