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Melbourne House

History

Melbourne House was the UK based publisher of Australian development studio Beam Software and responsible for two of the biggest chart hits of the decade, The Way of the Exploding Fist and The Hobbit. They also the created the three Horace games that were published on the ZX Spectrum by Sinclair.

In 1987, the publisher was sold to Mastertronic, who themselves were soon taken over by Virgin.

Note

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

TitleTop 10No. 1Rank
Cover(s)The Hobbit

MELBOURNE HOUSE / SINCLAIR

6113
Cover(s)The Way of the Exploding Fist

MELBOURNE HOUSE

7517
Cover(s)Penetrator

MELBOURNE HOUSE

5021
Cover(s)Double Dragon

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / AMERICAN TECHNOS

4 < 1 106
Cover(s)Horace and the Spiders

SINCLAIR / MELBOURNE HOUSE

31143
Cover(s)Horace Goes Skiing

SINCLAIR / MELBOURNE HOUSE

10204
Cover(s)Mugsy

MELBOURNE HOUSE

30225
Cover(s)Supremacy

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE

10232
Cover(s)Rock 'n Wrestle

MELBOURNE HOUSE

2 < 1 246
Cover(s)Fist II: The Legend Continues

MELBOURNE HOUSE

3 < 1 250
Cover(s)Fighting Warrior

MELBOURNE HOUSE

30279
Cover(s)Sherlock

MELBOURNE HOUSE

1 < 1 300
Cover(s)Starion

MELBOURNE HOUSE

30311
Cover(s)Hungry Horace

SINCLAIR / MELBOURNE HOUSE

< 1 0366
Cover(s)War in Middle Earth

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE

20392
Cover(s)Terror-Daktil 4D

MELBOURNE HOUSE

10589
Cover(s)The Wizard And The Princess

MELBOURNE HOUSE

00614
Cover(s)Lord of the Rings

MELBOURNE HOUSE

< 1 0742
Cover(s)Zim Sala Bim

MELBOURNE HOUSE

< 1 01228
Cover(s)Terrormolinos

MELBOURNE HOUSE

< 1 01448
Cover(s)Gyroscope

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001470
Cover(s)Hampstead

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001530
Cover(s)Classic Adventure

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001573
Cover(s)Obliterator

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / PSYGNOSIS

001608
Cover(s)Asterix and the Magic Cauldron

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001723
Cover(s)Mordon’s Quest

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001831
Cover(s)Games Pack I

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001985
Cover(s)Roller Kong

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001986
Cover(s)Dark Tower

MELBOURNE HOUSE

001989
Cover(s)Star Trooper

MELBOURNE HOUSE

002397
Cover(s)Sports Hero

MELBOURNE HOUSE

002438
Cover(s)Dodgy Geezers

MELBOURNE HOUSE

002531
Cover(s)Judge Dredd

MELBOURNE HOUSE

002544
Cover(s)Bazooka Bill

MELBOURNE HOUSE / ARCADE MACHINE

002546
Cover(s)Shadows of Mordor

MELBOURNE HOUSE

002563