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APRIL GAMES CHARTS

TOP TEN SELLING SPECTRUM GAMES

April 1986

TM  LM  Name                            Company
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 Integration 10 7 THEY SOLD 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
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 BIZ 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
1 1 TEENAGE MUTANT 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.


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