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Thorn EMI

History

Thorn EMI had their greatest success in 1984 after rebranding to "Creative Sparks". In 1985, the software and distribution part of Thorn was subject to a management buy-out becoming Creative Sparks Distribution. The new company bought Mikro-Gen in late 1986 and ended up in receivership soon after.

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)Computer War

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

10738
Cover(s)Danger Mouse in Double Trouble

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

< 1 0741
Cover(s)Delta Wing

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

00874
Cover(s)Tank Commander

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

001047
Cover(s)Submarine Commander

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

001058
Cover(s)Black Hawk

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

001093
Cover(s)Desert Burner

THORN EMI / SPARKLERS

< 1 01104
Cover(s)Tower of Evil

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

001160
Cover(s)Quackshot

THORN EMI / SPARKLERS

< 1 01431
Cover(s)Carnival Massacre

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

001469
Cover(s)Jumbo Jet Pilot

THORN EMI

001476
Cover(s)Submarine Commander

THORN EMI

001497
Cover(s)Soccer

THORN EMI

001552
Cover(s)Slurpy

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

001668
Cover(s)Snooker & Billiards

THORN EMI

001680
Cover(s)Orc Attack

THORN EMI

001776
Cover(s)Orc Attack

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

002006
Cover(s)Mutant Herd

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

002065
Cover(s)Spot The Ball

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

002072
Cover(s)Mine Madness

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

002100
Cover(s)Darts

THORN EMI

002130
Cover(s)Stagecoach

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

002447
Cover(s)Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau

THORN EMI / CREATIVE SPARKS

002471
Cover(s)Chopper

THORN EMI / SPARKLERS

002508