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History

Elite is the biggest hit of the software wing of Acorn Computers. First released in 1984, it could still be found in the All Formats charts in 1989 long after the Acornsoft brand had been absorbed by Superior Software. Elite was also hugely successful on non-Acorn machines where it was published by British Telecom's Firebird.

Note

The figures for Months in the Top 10 and Months at No. 1 are based on the All Formats chart only.
Columns are sortable, sorting by the cover column will sort by chart appearance date.

TitleTop 10No. 1Rank
Cover(s)Elite

FIREBIRD GOLD / ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

7116
Cover(s)Around the World in 40 Screens

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

00455
Cover(s)Planetoid

ACORNSOFT

00483
Cover(s)Rocket Raid

ACORNSOFT

00492
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 10

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

00530
Cover(s)Revs

ACORNSOFT

00536
Cover(s)Snapper

ACORNSOFT

00618
Cover(s)Aviator

ACORNSOFT

00622
Cover(s)Stryker’s Run

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

00685
Cover(s)Hopper

ACORNSOFT

00733
Cover(s)Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / PALACE SOFTWARE

00770
Cover(s)Codename: Droid

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

00774
Cover(s)Monsters

ACORNSOFT

00894
Cover(s)Repton Thru Time

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

00920
Cover(s)Meteors

ACORNSOFT

001014
Cover(s)Chess

ACORNSOFT

001018
Cover(s)Superior Soccer

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001044
Cover(s)Starship Command

ACORNSOFT

001047
Cover(s)Arcadians

ACORNSOFT

001060
Cover(s)Repton 3

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001064
Cover(s)Philosopher’s Quest

ACORNSOFT

001213
Cover(s)Sphinx Adventure

ACORNSOFT

001214
Cover(s)Magic Mushrooms

ACORNSOFT

001219
Cover(s)Galaforce

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001223
Cover(s)JCB Digger

ACORNSOFT

001243
Cover(s)Ravenskull

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001252
Cover(s)Snooker

ACORNSOFT

001255
Cover(s)Creative Graphics

ACORNSOFT

001268
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 9

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001297
Cover(s)Super Invaders

ACORNSOFT

001372
Cover(s)Countdown to Doom

ACORNSOFT

001408
Cover(s)Graphs and Charts

ACORNSOFT

001456
Cover(s)Castle of Riddles

ACORNSOFT

001463
Cover(s)Missile Base

ACORNSOFT

001465
Cover(s)The Life of Repton

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001483
Cover(s)Boxer

ACORNSOFT

001490
Cover(s)Spellbinder

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001535
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 2

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001536
Cover(s)The Last Ninja

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / SYSTEM 3

001540
Cover(s)Quest

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001602
Cover(s)Predator

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / ACTIVISION

001605
Cover(s)Ballistix

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / PSYGNOSIS

001606
Cover(s)View

ACORNSOFT

001632
Cover(s)Crazee Rider

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001870
Cover(s)Elixir

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001871
Cover(s)Spy Cat

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001873
Cover(s)Exile

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

001878
Cover(s)Tree of Knowledge

ACORNSOFT

001885
Cover(s)Forth

ACORNSOFT

001886
Cover(s)Arcade Action

ACORNSOFT

001888
Cover(s)Chemical Simulations

ACORNSOFT

001893
Cover(s)Palace of Magic

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002000
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 3

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002003
Cover(s)Algebraic Manipulation

ACORNSOFT

002017
Cover(s)Desk Diary

ACORNSOFT

002018
Cover(s)Linkword French

ACORNSOFT

002042
Cover(s)Business Games

ACORNSOFT

002106
Cover(s)Linkword German

ACORNSOFT

002126
Cover(s)Labyrinth

ACORNSOFT

002137
Cover(s)Draughts and Reversi

ACORNSOFT

002180
Cover(s)Freefall

ACORNSOFT

002186
Cover(s)Chemical Analysis

ACORNSOFT

002224
Cover(s)Lisp

ACORNSOFT

002255
Cover(s)Bonecruncher

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002614
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 4

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002622
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 5

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002638
Cover(s)Repton Infinity

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002643
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 8

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002654
Cover(s)Play It Again Sam 6

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002661
Cover(s)Ricochet

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE

002695