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| Best Sellers The tables below show the top selling titles for our most popular formats for 8-bit computers. The source is the original database of sales that I compiled when in charge of Mastertronic's accounting systems. Sadly the sales figures from Mastertronic Inc, for North America, are not available and so the rankings and sales figures are those for Mastertronic UK sales only (which include exports to Europe and beyond) The figures have been adjusted to reflect multipacks and bundling deals, as far as possible. Sales on disk are included, however the vast majority of 8-bit sales were on tape. My data goes from the start of trading on 1st April 1984 to 30 April 1991; however the data for 1991 is patchy. The following tables are on this page
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| BEST SELLING TITLES - ALL FORMATS TOP 40 | ||
Rank |
Sales ('000s) | |
1 |
568 |
FORMULA 1 SIMULATOR |
2 |
450 |
GHOSTBUSTERS |
3 |
349 |
BMX RACERS |
4 |
334 |
DOUBLE DRAGON |
5 |
331 |
FINDERS KEEPERS |
6 |
310 |
VEGAS JACKPOT |
7 |
304 |
SPEED KING |
8 |
295 |
KIKSTART 2 |
9 |
291 |
KIKSTART |
10 |
282 |
CHILLER |
11 |
269 |
KANE |
12 |
253 |
ACTION BIKER |
13 |
220 |
180 |
14 |
216 |
ONE MAN & HIS DROID |
15 |
210 |
MOLECULE MAN |
16 |
209 |
NINJA |
17 |
207 |
FEUD |
18 |
198 |
STORM |
19 |
188 |
SPECTIPEDE |
20 |
184 |
WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST |
21 |
180 |
MILK RACE |
22 |
167 |
MASTERCHESS |
23 |
162 |
LA SWAT |
24 |
152 |
SPELLBOUND |
25 |
144 |
ROCKMAN |
26 |
143 |
BIG MAC |
27 |
133 |
LAST V8 |
28 |
130 |
VIDEO POKER |
29 |
125 |
NONTERRAQUEOUS |
30 |
124 |
CURSE OF SHERWOOD |
31 |
123 |
SQUIRM |
32 |
121 |
HEKTIK |
33 |
121 |
SPACE WALK |
34 |
112 |
SOUL OF A ROBOT |
35 |
102 |
DUCK SHOOT |
36 |
101 |
HYPERBOWL |
37 |
99 |
BUMP SET SPIKE |
38 |
99 |
SPEED KING 2 |
39 |
97 |
1985 |
40 |
96 |
COLONY |
| SPECTRUM TOP 20 | ||
| 1 | GHOSTBUSTERS | |
| 2 | FORMULA 1 SIMULATOR | |
| 3 | KIKSTART II | |
| 4 | FINDERS KEEPERS | |
| 5 | SPEED KING 2 | |
| 6 | BMX RACERS | |
| 7 | ACTION BIKER | |
| 8 | DOUBLE DRAGON | |
| 9 | 180 | |
| 10 | EMPIRE FIGHTS BACK | |
| 11 | FEUD | |
| 12 | WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST | |
| 13 | AGENT X | |
| 14 | CHILLER | |
| 15 | SPELLBOUND | |
| 16 | INCREDIBLE SHRINKING FIREMAN | |
| 17 | MILK RACE | |
| 18 | MOLECULE MAN | |
| 19 | VIDEO OLYMPICS | |
| 20 | GNASHER |
| C64 TOP 20 | ||
| 1 | GHOSTBUSTERS | |
| 2 | KIKSTART | |
| 3 | DOUBLE DRAGON | |
| 4 | BMX RACERS | |
| 5 | CHILLER | |
| 6 | KIKSTART 2 | |
| 7 | SPEED KING | |
| 8 | FORMULA 1 SIMULATOR | |
| 9 | ACTION BIKER | |
| 10 | KANE | |
| 11 | VEGAS JACKPOT | |
| 12 | 1985 | |
| 13 | BMX TRIALS | |
| 14 | FINDERS KEEPERS | |
| 15 | 180 | |
| 16 | WING COMMANDER | |
| 17 | LAST V8 | |
| 18 | HUNTER PATROL | |
| 19 | LA SWAT | |
| 20 | HUMAN RACE |
| AMSTRAD TOP 20 | ||
| 1 | FORMULA 1 SIMULATOR | |
| 2 | GHOSTBUSTERS | |
| 3 | SPEED KING | |
| 4 | DOUBLE DRAGON | |
| 5 | FINDERS KEEPERS | |
| 6 | SOUL OF A ROBOT | |
| 7 | KANE | |
| 8 | CHILLER | |
| 9 | NONTERRAQUEOUS | |
| 10 | STORM | |
| 11 | LOCOMOTION | |
| 12 | CAVES OF DOOM | |
| 13 | KIKSTART 2 | |
| 14 | THE APPRENTICE | |
| 15 | FEUD | |
| 16 | MOLECULE MAN | |
| 17 | 180 | |
| 18 | CURSE of SHERWOOD | |
| 19 | 5 A SIDE SOCCER | |
| 20 | ONE MAN & HIS DROID |
| C16 TOP 20 | ||
| 1 | FORMULA 1 SIMULATOR | |
| 2 | BMX RACERS | |
| 3 | VEGAS JACKPOT | |
| 4 | KIKSTART | |
| 5 | TUTTI FRUTTI | |
| 6 | SPEED KING | |
| 7 | BIG MAC | |
| 8 | ROCKMAN | |
| 9 | SQUIRM | |
| 10 | SPECTIPEDE | |
| 11 | MR PUNIVERSE | |
| 12 | STREET OLYMPICS | |
| 13 | FINGERS MALONE | |
| 14 | VIDEO MEANIES | |
| 15 | RETURN OF ROCKMAN | |
| 16 | GUNLAW | |
| 17 | POWERBALL | |
| 18 | HEKTIK | |
| 19 | BANDITS AT ZERO | |
| 20 | KANE |
| ATARI TOP 20 | ||
| 1 | ACTION BIKER | |
| 2 | KIKSTART | |
| 3 | NINJA | |
| 4 | LA SWAT | |
| 5 | ONE MAN & HIS DROID | |
| 6 | GHOSTBUSTERS | |
| 7 | CRYSTAL RAIDER | |
| 8 | GUNLAW | |
| 9 | LAST V8 | |
| 10 | VEGAS JACKPOT | |
| 11 | DESPATCH RIDER | |
| 12 | MILK RACE | |
| 13 | HENRY'S HOUSE | |
| 14 | SPELLBOUND | |
| 15 | FEUD | |
| 16 | MOLECULE MAN | |
| 17 | MASTERCHESS | |
| 18 | PANTHER | |
| 19 | COLONY | |
| 20 | HOVER BOVER |
| VIC TOP 10 | ||
| 1 | DUCK SHOOT | |
| 2 | UNDERMINE | |
| 3 | VEGAS JACKPOT | |
| 4 | BULLET | |
| 5 | PHANTOM ATTACK | |
| 6 | 3D MAZE | |
| 7 | PYSCHO SHOPPER | |
| 8 | SPACE SCRAMBLE | |
| 9 | NEW YORK BLITZ | |
| 10 | NEUTRON ZAPPER |
| BBC TOP 10 | ||
| 1 | GALACTIC PATROL | |
| 2 | KANE | |
| 3 | VEGAS JACKPOT | |
| 4 | STARMAZE 2 | |
| 5 | SPECTIPEDE | |
| 6 | EDDIE KIDD | |
| 7 | GEOFF CAPES | |
| 8 | CHALLENGER | |
| 9 | THUNDERBALL | |
| 10 | BRIAN JACKS |
| MSX TOP 10 | ||
| 1 | FORMULA 1 SIMULATOR | |
| 2 | CHILLER | |
| 3 | SPEED KING | |
| 4 | SPACE WALK | |
| 5 | FINDERS KEEPERS | |
| 6 | MOLECULE MAN | |
| 7 | KNIGHT TYME | |
| 8 | STORM | |
| 9 | OCTAGON SQUAD | |
| 10 | FEUD |
(Including re-releases of other publishers games on the Americana, Rackit, Rebound and Ricochet labels)
| machine | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMSTRAD | 8 | 20 | 49 | 25 | 21 | 15 | |
| ATARI | 1 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1 | |
| BBC | 4 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 1 | ||
| C16 | 8 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | ||
| C64 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 69 | 58 | 35 | 11 |
| DRAGON | 1 | 1 | |||||
| ELECTRON | 3 | ||||||
| MSX | 3 | 6 | 21 | ||||
| S128 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| SPECTRUM/AMSTRAD Duo tape | 18 | 10 | |||||
| SPECTRUM | 17 | 26 | 30 | 68 | 42 | 27 | 16 |
| VIC | 12 | 5 | |||||
| Total releases | 55 | 78 | 120 | 252 | 133 | 98 | 44 |
| machine | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AMIGA | 3 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| ATARI ST | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 |
| IBM PC | 8 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
| Total releases | 14 | 37 | 33 | 29 | 9 |
