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Activision

History

Activision entered the UK software market in 1984 and had its biggest hit, Ghostbusters, at the end of that year when it became the Christmas Number One. It later became Mastertronic's most successful budget re-release. They also owned the Gamestar sports label which had only one hit, Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing, and the more prolific Electric Dreams label run by Paul Cooper and Rod Cousens, formerly of Quicksilva. Their best performing titles were R-Type and Spindizzy, although neither performed well enough to get into Activision's Top 10. Between 1987 and 1990 they also published titles for developer System 3, including the first two Last Ninja games.

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)Ghostbusters

ACTIVISION

7428
Cover(s)The Last Ninja

ACTIVISION / SYSTEM 3

4262
Cover(s)Enduro Racer

ACTIVISION / SEGA

4180
Cover(s)Afterburner

ACTIVISION / SEGA

4089
Cover(s)Last Ninja 2

ACTIVISION / SYSTEM 3

31176
Cover(s)Ghostbusters II

ACTIVISION

20213
Cover(s)The Activision Decathlon

ACTIVISION

1 < 1 279
Cover(s)Power Drift

ACTIVISION / SEGA

10301
Cover(s)Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing

ACTIVISION / GAMESTAR

< 1 0330
Cover(s)Spindizzy

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS

< 1 0341
Cover(s)Predator

ACTIVISION

< 1 0373
Cover(s)Star Raiders II

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / ATARI

20419
Cover(s)R-Type

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / IREM

< 1 0465
Cover(s)Little Computer People

ACTIVISION

< 1 0498
Cover(s)The Eidolon

ACTIVISION / LUCASFILM

< 1 0505
Cover(s)Wonder Boy

ACTIVISION / SEGA

10507
Cover(s)Koronis Rift

ACTIVISION / LUCASFILM

00562
Cover(s)Hacker

ACTIVISION

10648
Cover(s)Vendetta

ACTIVISION / SYSTEM 3

00742
Cover(s)The Real Ghostbusters

ACTIVISION / DATA EAST

00796
Cover(s)Altered Beast

ACTIVISION / SEGA

10815
Cover(s)Ninja Spirit

ACTIVISION / IREM

00905
Cover(s)Tusker

ACTIVISION / SYSTEM 3

00927
Cover(s)Rescue on Fractalus

ACTIVISION / LUCASFILM

001029
Cover(s)S.D.I.

ACTIVISION / SEGA

001043
Cover(s)Off the Hook

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS

001125
Cover(s)Fighter Bomber

ACTIVISION

001137
Cover(s)Dandy

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS

001192
Cover(s)Dynamite Dux

ACTIVISION / SEGA

001227
Cover(s)Pitfall II: Lost Caverns

ACTIVISION

001339
Cover(s)Super Wonder Boy

ACTIVISION / SEGA

001342
Cover(s)Super Sprint

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / ATARI

101356
Cover(s)Master of the Lamps

ACTIVISION

001380
Cover(s)Ballblazer

ACTIVISION / LUCASFILM

001397
Cover(s)Back to the Future

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS

001414
Cover(s)H.E.R.O.

ACTIVISION

001475
Cover(s)Rock n’ Bolt

ACTIVISION

001480
Cover(s)Myth: History in the Making

ACTIVISION / SYSTEM 3

001546
Cover(s)Predator

ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / ACTIVISION

001605
Cover(s)Pastfinder

ACTIVISION

001680
Cover(s)Knightmare

ACTIVISION

001777
Cover(s)Winter Sports

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS

001799
Cover(s)The Great American Cross Country Road Race

ACTIVISION

001986
Cover(s)Tempest

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / ATARI

002049
Cover(s)River Raid

ACTIVISION

002132
Cover(s)Sonic Boom

ACTIVISION / SEGA

002235
Cover(s)Dragon Breed

ACTIVISION / IREM

002237
Cover(s)Pitfall

ACTIVISION

002399
Cover(s)Beamrider

ACTIVISION

002403
Cover(s)Enduro

ACTIVISION

002410
Cover(s)Zenji

ACTIVISION

002411
Cover(s)Toy Bizarre

ACTIVISION

002414
Cover(s)Tour De France

ACTIVISION

002467
Cover(s)Hacker II

ACTIVISION

002506
Cover(s)Aliens

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS

002522
Cover(s)Quartet

ACTIVISION / SEGA

002554
Cover(s)Rampage

ACTIVISION / BALLY MIDWAY

002586
Cover(s)Super Hang-On

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS / SEGA

002587
Cover(s)Millennium 2.2

ACTIVISION / ELECTRIC DREAMS

002663
Cover(s)Fighting Soccer

ACTIVISION / SNK

002681
Cover(s)Time Machine

ACTIVISION

002727
Cover(s)Hunter

ACTIVISION

002785