Top Releases by Platform
These rankings show the most popular releases on each platform and are based solely on platform-specific charts. This page shows the sources used to compile these charts. There is no chart for the MSX as very few MSX charts were published.
AMSTRAD
| 1 | Grand Prix Simulator | CODEMASTERS |
| 2 | RoboCop | OCEAN |
| 3 | Paperboy | ELITE SYSTEMS / ENCORE / ATARI |
| 4 | BMX Simulator | CODEMASTERS |
| 5 | Fantasy World Dizzy | CODEMASTERS |
| 6 | Airwolf | ELITE SYSTEMS / ENCORE |
| 7 | Professional Ski Simulator | CODEMASTERS |
| 8 | Bomb Jack | ELITE SYSTEMS / ENCORE / TECMO |
| 9 | Quattro Adventure | CODEMASTERS |
| 10 | Yogi Bear | ALTERNATIVE |
COMMODORE 64
| 1 | Paperboy | ELITE SYSTEMS / ENCORE / ATARI |
| 2 | RoboCop | OCEAN |
| 3 | Dizzy Collection | CODEMASTERS |
| 4 | Soft Aid | ARGUS PRESS / QUICKSILVA |
| 5 | Quattro Adventure | CODEMASTERS |
| 6 | Impossible Mission | CBS / US GOLD / EPYX |
| 7 | The Way of the Exploding Fist | MELBOURNE HOUSE |
| 8 | Golden Axe | VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / SEGA |
| 9 | Creatures | THALAMUS |
| 10 | Big Box | BEAU JOLLY |
ZX SPECTRUM
| 1 | RoboCop | OCEAN |
| 2 | Flight Simulation | SINCLAIR |
| 3 | Treasure Island Dizzy | CODEMASTERS |
| 4 | The Hobbit | MELBOURNE HOUSE / SINCLAIR |
| 5 | Penetrator | MELBOURNE HOUSE |
| 6 | Jet Set Willy | SOFTWARE PROJECTS |
| 7 | Ghostbusters | MASTERTRONIC / RICOCHET |
| 8 | Out Run | US GOLD / SEGA |
| 9 | Paperboy | ELITE SYSTEMS / ENCORE / ATARI |
| 10 | BMX Simulator | CODEMASTERS |
BBC
| 1 | Elite | FIREBIRD / GOLD / ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE |
| 2 | Combat Lynx | DURELL |
| 3 | Planetoid | ACORNSOFT |
| 4 | Rocket Raid | ACORNSOFT |
| 5 | Revs | ACORNSOFT |
| 6 | Fortress | PACE |
| 7 | Commando | ELITE SYSTEMS / CAPCOM |
| 8 | Strike Force Harrier | MIRRORSOFT |
| 9 | Killer Gorilla | MICRO POWER |
| 10 | Yie Ar Kung-Fu | OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI |
BBC/ELECTRON
ACORN ELECTRON
| 1 | Soccer Boss | ALTERNATIVE |
| 2 | Joe Blade II | INTERCEPTOR / PLAYERS |
| 3 | Around the World in 40 Screens | ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE |
| 4 | Combat Lynx | ALTERNATIVE |
| 5 | Paperboy | ELITE SYSTEMS / ATARI |
| 6 | Four Great Games Volume 1 | TYNESOFT / MICRO VALUE |
| 7 | Yie Ar Kung-Fu | OCEAN / IMAGINE / KONAMI |
| 8 | Play It Again Sam 10 | ACORNSOFT / SUPERIOR SOFTWARE |
| 9 | Beach-Head | US GOLD / AMSOFT / ACCESS |
| 10 | Frankenstein 2000 | ATLANTIS |
ATARI 8-BIT
| 1 | Zaxxon | DATASOFT / US GOLD / SEGA |
| 2 | Miner 2049er | BIG FIVE |
| 3 | Action Biker | MASTERTRONIC / 199 |
| 4 | Slinky | COSMI / US GOLD |
| 5 | Decathlon | FIREBIRD / SILVER 199 |
| 6 | Gauntlet | US GOLD / ATARI |
| 7 | Preppie | ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL |
| 8 | Rally Speedway | ADVENTURE INTERNATIONAL |
| 9 | Bruce Lee | DATASOFT / US GOLD |
| 10 | Speed Ace | ZEPPELIN GAMES |
VIC-20
| 1 | Arcadia | IMAGINE |
| 2 | Gridrunner | LLAMASOFT / QUICKSILVA / SALAMANDER SOFTWARE |
| 3 | Wacky Waiters | IMAGINE |
| 4 | Snooker | VISIONS |
| 5 | The Wizard And The Princess | MELBOURNE HOUSE |
| 6 | Mickey The Bricky | FIREBIRD / SILVER |
| 7 | Flight Zero-One Five | CRAIG COMMUNICATIONS |
| 8 | Duck Shoot | MASTERTRONIC / 199 |
| 9 | Hunchback | SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / OCEAN / CENTURY ELECTRONICS |
| 10 | Crazy Kong | INTERCEPTOR |
ZX81
DRAGON
| 1 | The King | MICRODEAL |
| 2 | Chuckie Egg | A’N’F SOFTWARE |
| 3 | Hungry Horace | SINCLAIR / MELBOURNE HOUSE |
| 4 | Dragon Chess | OASIS |
| 5 | Hunchback | SUPERIOR SOFTWARE / OCEAN / CENTURY ELECTRONICS |
| 6 | Ring Of Darkness | WINTERSOFT |
| 7 | Frogger | MICRODEAL / SEGA |
| 8 | Dragon Trek | SALAMANDER SOFTWARE / WINTERSOFT |
| 9 | Planet Invasion | MICRODEAL |
| 10 | Space War | MICRODEAL |
COMMODORE 16
| 1 | Winter Events | ANCO |
| 2 | Gun Law | MASTERTRONIC |
| 3 | Kikstart | MASTERTRONIC / 199 |
| 4 | Formula 1 Simulator | MASTERTRONIC / 199 |
| 5 | Storm | MASTERTRONIC |
| 6 | Street Olympics | MASTERTRONIC |
| 7 | Four Great Games Volume 1 | TYNESOFT / MICRO VALUE |
| 8 | Big Mac | MASTERTRONIC / 199 |
| 9 | Fingers Malone | MASTERTRONIC |
| 10 | Mr Puniverse | MASTERTRONIC / 199 |