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NOVEMBER GAMES CHARTS

TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
November 1984

TM  LM  Name                    Company                 HCP     CR  IS

1 1 SABRE WULF Ultimate 1 92 6 2 - FULL THROTTLE Micromega 2 91 7 3 2 MATCHPOINT Psion 2 89 8 4 - DALEY THOMPSONS DECATH Ocean 1 82 10 5 - MONTY MOLE Gremlin Graphics 5 == == 6 - MICRO OLYMPICS DATAbase 6 77 8 7 8 JET SET WILLY Software Projects 1 95 4 8 5 LORDS OF MIDNIGHT Beyond 5 10 7 9 3 TLL Vortex 3 81 7 10 6 MUGSY Melbourne House 1 73 6
Back in the bygone days, the top ten chart was home to many a classic game, this chart being no exception. Sabre Wulf made a nest for itself on the top of the charts for three months at the end of 1984, but a hot new contender for the gold medal was Daley Thompson, who would soon reign supreme. Further down the list are appearances from Monty Mole, in his first incarnation, as well as the ever-popular Jet Set Willy. Those of you worrying about the low mark for Lords of Midnight, the score was actually 10/10 ie, 100%!

TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
November 1987

TM  LM  Name                    Company                 HCP     CR  IS

1 - EXOLON Hewson 1 90 43 2 - ROAD RUNNER US Gold 2 73 43 3 - GAME OVER Imagine 3 55 44 4 7 GAUNTLET US Gold 2 92 37 5 1 BARBARIAN Palace 1 85 41 6 8 PAPERBOY Elite 5 88 33 7 2 ENDURO RACER Activision 2 92 40 8 5 ARMY MOVES Imagine 5 54 41 9 4 SIX PAK Hit Pak 4 == == 10 9 LEADERBOARD Access-US Gold 9 80 39
Three new entries take over the top positions of the chart, with Exolon, the first game from Raf Cecco, coming out on top. A good chart for US Gold, who take three out of the five positions, with a surprise abscence of Ocean games, especially with the run up to Christmas.

TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES
November 1989

TM  LM  Name                    Company                 HCP     CR  IS

1 - RICK DANGEROUS Rainbird 1 2 - NEW ZEALAND STORY Ocean 2 3 - LICENCE TO KILL Domark 3 4 - INDIANA JONES US Gold 4 5 1 ROBOCOP Ocean 1 6 4 FORGOTTEN WORLDS US Gold 2 7 3 SILKWORM Virgin 3 8 - APB Tengen 8 9 2 DRAGON NINJA Ocean 2 10 - BATMAN Ocean 1
Every so often in the charts, especially at the end of the eighties, there would be chart "clear-outs" where a rush of new entries would take over the top-ten. Nov 1989 was an example of such a rush. Rick Dangerous storms to the top, breaking the stranglehold of Robocop, which had been top of the pile for six out of the last seven months. But the Ocean game wasn't going down quite yet - it would return to number one the following month. As usual, most of the top ten is occupied by Ocean and US Gold releases. Lower down, Batman the Movie begins a laborious ascent of the charts, taking some months to reach pole position.


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