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History

Many of US Gold's earliest titles were already available in the UK, imported by shops like Calisto Computers via Centresoft, US Gold's parent company. Six months after US Gold was formed on 12th March 1984, a 50% stake in the company was sold to Jon Woods and David Ward of Ocean Software.

In late 1985 they took control of the Ultimate Play The Game label for several years, releasing a number of disappointing new titles and a lot of compilations exploiting the back-catalogue.

US Gold's first budget label was Americana Software. Later releases were handled by Mastertronic, before the label was taken back in-house and relaunched in August 1988 as Kixx.

Their biggest hits came from their arcade conversions with Gauntlet and Out Run taking the Christmas Number One position for two years running. They also had what is regarded as one of the most notorious number one hits with World Cup Carnival - a slightly modified version of Artic Computing's 1984 hit World Cup Football.

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)Beach-Head

US GOLD / AMSOFT / ACCESS

7127
Cover(s)Out Run

US GOLD / SEGA

6 < 1 32
Cover(s)Gauntlet

US GOLD / ATARI

5247
Cover(s)Spy Hunter

SEGA / US GOLD / BALLY MIDWAY

5057
Cover(s)Out Run

US GOLD / KIXX / SEGA

3166
Cover(s)Winter Games

US GOLD / EPYX

4168
Cover(s)Leader Board

US GOLD / ACCESS

3183
Cover(s)Impossible Mission

CBS / US GOLD / EPYX

4087
Cover(s)Street Fighter II

US GOLD / CAPCOM

0094
Cover(s)Raid over Moscow

US GOLD / ACCESS

3097
Cover(s)Multimixx 1

US GOLD / KIXX

3099
Cover(s)Kung Fu Master

US GOLD / DATA EAST

3 < 1 108
Cover(s)World Class Leader Board

US GOLD / ACCESS

3 < 1 109
Cover(s)Bruce Lee

DATASOFT / US GOLD

40118
Cover(s)Zaxxon

DATASOFT / US GOLD / SEGA

10125
Cover(s)Street Fighter

US GOLD / KIXX / CAPCOM

00129
Cover(s)Summer Games 2

US GOLD / EPYX

30136
Cover(s)Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

US GOLD / ATARI

31148
Cover(s)Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

50158
Cover(s)Italy 1990

US GOLD

22159
Cover(s)Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

US GOLD / LUCASFILM

2 < 1 165
Cover(s)Gauntlet

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

30174
Cover(s)Thunder Blade

US GOLD / SEGA

30175
Cover(s)Road Runner

US GOLD / ATARI

20178
Cover(s)Final Fight

US GOLD / CAPCOM

2 < 1 194
Cover(s)Forgotten Worlds

US GOLD / CAPCOM

30199
Cover(s)Turbo Out Run

US GOLD / SEGA

20223
Cover(s)World Games

US GOLD / EPYX

2 < 1 224
Cover(s)Turrican

US GOLD / KIXX

2 < 1 245
Cover(s)World Games

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

10255
Cover(s)Footballer of the Year

US GOLD / KIXX

30258
Cover(s)Infiltrator

US GOLD

3 < 1 268
Cover(s)Solid Gold

US GOLD

10269
Cover(s)World Cup Carnival

US GOLD

1 < 1 281
Cover(s)Go For The Gold

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

1 < 1 285
Cover(s)Moonwalker

US GOLD / KIXX

30288
Cover(s)The Secret Of Monkey Island

US GOLD / LUCASFILM

30289
Cover(s)Super Cycle

US GOLD / EPYX

1 < 1 290
Cover(s)California Games

US GOLD / EPYX

10292
Cover(s)720 Degrees

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

2 < 1 295
Cover(s)The Dam Busters

US GOLD

20304
Cover(s)Pitstop 2

US GOLD / KIXX

00307
Cover(s)James Pond II: Robocod

US GOLD / MILLENNIUM

20311
Cover(s)Beach-Head II

US GOLD / ACCESS

20322
Cover(s)Creatures

US GOLD / KIXX

00334
Cover(s)Leader Board Tournament

US GOLD / ACCESS

00350
Cover(s)Super Cycle

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

< 1 0354
Cover(s)HardBall!

US GOLD / ADVANCE / ACCOLADE

< 1 < 1 355
Cover(s)Pole Position

DATASOFT / ATARI / ATARISOFT / US GOLD / NAMCO

< 1 0361
Cover(s)Turbo Out Run

US GOLD / KIXX / SEGA

10378
Cover(s)Championship Wrestling

US GOLD / EPYX

10382
Cover(s)Giants

US GOLD

20390
Cover(s)Pitstop 2

CBS / US GOLD

< 1 0397
Cover(s)Ace of Aces

US GOLD / ACCOLADE

10428
Cover(s)Road Blasters

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

20451
Cover(s)Spy Hunter

SEGA / US GOLD / KIXX / BALLY MIDWAY

10454
Cover(s)Road Blasters

US GOLD / ATARI

20458
Cover(s)Super Scramble Simulator

US GOLD / KIXX

10460
Cover(s)Strider

US GOLD / CAPCOM

10470
Cover(s)Silent Service

US GOLD / MICROPROSE

< 1 < 1 488
Cover(s)1943

US GOLD / GO! / CAPCOM

10522
Cover(s)Solo Flight

MICROPROSE / US GOLD

10524
Cover(s)Stunt Car Racer

US GOLD / KIXX

10528
Cover(s)Championship Wrestling

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

00531
Cover(s)Ghouls 'n' Ghosts

US GOLD / CAPCOM

10583
Cover(s)Ace of Aces

US GOLD / KIXX

10599
Cover(s)Slinky

COSMI / US GOLD

00605
Cover(s)Super Monaco GP

US GOLD / SEGA

10610
Cover(s)Psi-5 Trading Company

US GOLD / ACCOLADE

< 1 0612
Cover(s)Cruise For A Corpse

US GOLD

< 1 0617
Cover(s)Shadow Dancer

US GOLD / SEGA

< 1 0623
Cover(s)Vigilante

US GOLD / KIXX / IREM

00625
Cover(s)Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior

US GOLD / KIXX

10633
Cover(s)Bionic Commando

US GOLD / GO! / CAPCOM

< 1 0634
Cover(s)Fight Night

US GOLD

< 1 0635
Cover(s)Leader Board Executive Edition

US GOLD / ACCESS

00640
Cover(s)Bruce Lee

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE / DATASOFT

00642
Cover(s)Summer Games

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

00657
Cover(s)Breakthru

US GOLD

< 1 0711
Cover(s)Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons

US GOLD / ATARI

< 1 0720
Cover(s)Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

US GOLD / KIXX / LUCASFILM

10723
Cover(s)James Pond II: Robocod

US GOLD / KIXX

00741
Cover(s)Arcade Muscle

US GOLD

10758
Cover(s)1943

US GOLD / KIXX / CAPCOM

00771
Cover(s)Gold, Silver, Bronze

US GOLD

< 1 0779
Cover(s)Buck Rogers – Planet of Zoom

US GOLD / SEGA

00783
Cover(s)Ghouls 'n' Ghosts

US GOLD / KIXX / CAPCOM

< 1 0784
Cover(s)World Class Leader Board

US GOLD / KIXX / ACCESS

00793
Cover(s)Super Monaco GP

US GOLD / KIXX / SEGA

00855
Cover(s)Rod-Land

US GOLD / KIXX / JALECO

00867
Cover(s)Caverns Of Khafka

COSMI / US GOLD

00882
Cover(s)Fort Apocalypse

US GOLD / SYNAPSE

< 1 0893
Cover(s)Impossible Mission II

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

00907
Cover(s)Cyberun

US GOLD / ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME

00916
Cover(s)Dropzone

US GOLD

00940
Cover(s)Raid

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE / ACCESS

00956
Cover(s)E-motion

US GOLD

00958
Cover(s)Avenger

US GOLD / KIXX

00961
Cover(s)Gary Lineker's Superskills

US GOLD / KIXX

00963
Cover(s)Turrican II

US GOLD / KIXX

00965
Cover(s)F-15 Strike Eagle

US GOLD / KIXX

00968
Cover(s)Bounty Bob Strikes Back

US GOLD / BIG FIVE

00971
Cover(s)720 Degrees

US GOLD / ATARI

00979
Cover(s)Pentagram

US GOLD / ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME

00990
Cover(s)Italy 1990 - Winners Edition

US GOLD

00994
Cover(s)Arcade Hall of Fame

US GOLD

001003
Cover(s)Black Tiger

US GOLD / CAPCOM

001009
Cover(s)The Goonies

US GOLD / DATASOFT

001013
Cover(s)Night Shift

US GOLD / KIXX XL / LUCASFILM

001027
Cover(s)Jack the Nipper

US GOLD / KIXX

< 1 01032
Cover(s)The Games - Summer Edition

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

< 1 01033
Cover(s)Battle for Normandy

US GOLD / SSI

001063
Cover(s)Karate Champ

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE / DATA EAST

001083
Cover(s)Epyx 21

US GOLD / EPYX

001088
Cover(s)Leader Board

US GOLD / KIXX / ACCESS

< 1 01096
Cover(s)O Rileys Mine

DATASOFT / US GOLD

001121
Cover(s)Gauntlet II

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

< 1 01134
Cover(s)New York City

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001150
Cover(s)Rolling Thunder

US GOLD / NAMCO

001153
Cover(s)BC II – Grog’s Revenge

US GOLD

001158
Cover(s)Street Fighter

US GOLD / GO! / CAPCOM

< 1 01165
Cover(s)Super Huey

US GOLD / COSMI

001189
Cover(s)Road Runner

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

< 1 01206
Cover(s)Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers

US GOLD / KIXX

001211
Cover(s)Ghost Chaser

US GOLD / ARTWORX

001250
Cover(s)Forbidden Forest

COSMI / US GOLD

001257
Cover(s)Super Zaxxon

US GOLD / SEGA

001266
Cover(s)Impossible Mission II

US GOLD / EPYX

001267
Cover(s)Scooter

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001284
Cover(s)Metro-Cross

US GOLD / KIXX / NAMCO

001294
Cover(s)Bionic Commando

US GOLD / KIXX / CAPCOM

001300
Cover(s)MIG Alley Ace

US GOLD / MICROPROSE

001315
Cover(s)Ollie’s Follies

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001334
Cover(s)Aztec Challenge

COSMI / US GOLD

< 1 01335
Cover(s)Rolling Thunder

US GOLD / KIXX / NAMCO

001343
Cover(s)Beer Belly Burt’s Brew Biz

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001348
Cover(s)HardBall!

US GOLD / KIXX

< 1 01349
Cover(s)Epyx's Epics

US GOLD / EPYX

101355
Cover(s)Heroes of the Lance

US GOLD / KIXX

< 1 01359
Cover(s)Infiltrator

US GOLD / KIXX

< 1 01364
Cover(s)Crystal Castles

US GOLD / ATARI

001383
Cover(s)Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot!

US GOLD / KIXX

001388
Cover(s)Shamus

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001401
Cover(s)Solo Flight 2

US GOLD / MICROPROSE

001415
Cover(s)Dynasty Wars

US GOLD / CAPCOM

001428
Cover(s)Combat Leader

US GOLD / SSI

001478
Cover(s)Leader Board Par 3

US GOLD / ACCESS

001486
Cover(s)The Great Giana Sisters

US GOLD / GO! / RAINBOW ARTS

001509
Cover(s)Mega Sports

US GOLD

001512
Cover(s)Mr Do

UNIVERSAL / US GOLD / DATASOFT

001533
Cover(s)Strip Poker

US GOLD / ARTWORX

001549
Cover(s)F-15 Strike Eagle

US GOLD / MICROPROSE

001563
Cover(s)Spitfire Ace

US GOLD / MICROPROSE

001566
Cover(s)Nuclear Nick

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001593
Cover(s)Blasteroids

US GOLD / KIXX / ATARI

001612
Cover(s)Rick Dangerous 2

US GOLD / KIXX

001619
Cover(s)Blue Max 2001

US GOLD / SYNAPSE

001626
Cover(s)4x4 Off-Road Racing

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

001628
Cover(s)The Hulk

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001629
Cover(s)Vigilante

US GOLD / IREM

001650
Cover(s)LED Storm

US GOLD / KIXX / CAPCOM

001725
Cover(s)Up ‘n Down

US GOLD / SEGA

001765
Cover(s)Breakdance

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE / EPYX

001767
Cover(s)Arcade Classics

US GOLD / DATASOFT

001800
Cover(s)Blue Max

US GOLD / SYNAPSE

001815
Cover(s)Zorro

US GOLD / DATASOFT

001830
Cover(s)Olympic Skier

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001832
Cover(s)Sentinel

US GOLD / SYNAPSE

001859
Cover(s)Robo Knight

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

001864
Cover(s)Cosmic Battlezones

US GOLD / ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME

001884
Cover(s)Denaris

US GOLD / GO! / RAINBOW ARTS

< 1 01905
Cover(s)Rick Dangerous

US GOLD / KIXX

< 1 01907
Cover(s)The Dallas Quest

US GOLD / DATASOFT

001925
Cover(s)Quasimodo

US GOLD / SYNAPSE

001929
Cover(s)Summer Games

US GOLD / EPYX

001963
Cover(s)Desert Fox

US GOLD

001991
Cover(s)Platform Perfection

US GOLD

002001
Cover(s)Warriors of Ras

US GOLD / ALL AMERICAN ADVENTURES / SCREENPLAY

002048
Cover(s)Out Run Europa

US GOLD / KIXX / SEGA

002060
Cover(s)Tapper

US GOLD / SEGA / BALLY MIDWAY

002090
Cover(s)Line of Fire

US GOLD / SEGA

002100
Cover(s)Whirlinurd

US GOLD

002143
Cover(s)Dragon Skulle

US GOLD / ULTIMATE PLAY THE GAME

002144
Cover(s)Slamball

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE

002149
Cover(s)The Games – Winter Edition

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

002161
Cover(s)Pac-Man

NAMCO / US GOLD / DATASOFT

002194
Cover(s)Spy’s Demise Compilation

US GOLD / ELECTRIC DREAMS (US GOLD)

002195
Cover(s)Coin-Op Hits II

US GOLD

002200
Cover(s)Conan

US GOLD / DATASOFT

002229
Cover(s)Exodus – Ultima III

US GOLD / ALL AMERICAN ADVENTURES / ORIGIN

002230
Cover(s)Asylum

US GOLD / ALL AMERICAN ADVENTURES / SCREENPLAY

002231
Cover(s)Technocop

US GOLD / KIXX

002234
Cover(s)Sega Master Mix

US GOLD / SEGA

002236
Cover(s)Snokie

US GOLD / FUNSOFT

002424
Cover(s)Nato Commander

US GOLD / MICROPROSE

002425
Cover(s)Flak

US GOLD / FUNSOFT

002430
Cover(s)Richard Petty's Talladega

US GOLD / COSMI

002466
Cover(s)Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

US GOLD / ORIGIN

002493
Cover(s)Hot Wheels

US GOLD / EPYX

002510
Cover(s)Beyond the Forbidden Forest

US GOLD / COSMI

002511
Cover(s)10th Frame

US GOLD / ACCESS

002525
Cover(s)Super Huey 2

US GOLD / COSMI

002531
Cover(s)Metro-Cross

US GOLD / NAMCO

002545
Cover(s)Coin Op Classics

US GOLD

002565
Cover(s)Summer Gold

US GOLD

002569
Cover(s)Solomon's Key

US GOLD / TECMO

002570
Cover(s)Saracen

US GOLD / AMERICANA SOFTWARE / DATASOFT

002577
Cover(s)Trantor: The Last Stormtrooper

US GOLD / GO!

002585
Cover(s)4th & Inches

US GOLD / ACCOLADE

002591
Cover(s)Leader Board – Famous Courses Vol 1

US GOLD / ACCESS

002593
Cover(s)Atari Aces

US GOLD / MASTER GAMES

002598
Cover(s)Leader Board – Famous Courses Vol 3

US GOLD / ACCESS

002604
Cover(s)Heroes of the Lance

US GOLD

002634
Cover(s)The Way of the Tiger

US GOLD / KIXX

002635
Cover(s)Masters of the Universe

US GOLD / KIXX

002670
Cover(s)Moonwalker

US GOLD

002688
Cover(s)Winter Games

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

002696
Cover(s)Night Raider

US GOLD / KIXX

002698
Cover(s)Dragons of Flame

US GOLD / SSI

002728
Cover(s)Platinum

US GOLD

002733
Cover(s)California Games

US GOLD / KIXX / EPYX

002737
Cover(s)Strider II

US GOLD / CAPCOM

002739
Cover(s)Barbarian II: The Dungeon of Drax

US GOLD / KIXX

002741
Cover(s)Thunder Blade

US GOLD / KIXX / SEGA

002753
Cover(s)Chip’s Challenge

US GOLD / EPYX

002760
Cover(s)Night Shift

US GOLD / LUCASFILM

002762
Cover(s)Forgotten Worlds

US GOLD / KIXX

002766
Cover(s)Out Run Europa

US GOLD / SEGA

002788
Cover(s)Another World

US GOLD

002795
Cover(s)Vendetta

US GOLD / KIXX

002810
Cover(s)Strider

US GOLD / KIXX / CAPCOM

002811
Cover(s)St Dragon

US GOLD / KIXX / JALECO

002812
Cover(s)3D Pool

US GOLD / KIXX

002818
Cover(s)Myth: History in the Making

US GOLD / KIXX

002820
Cover(s)Multimixx 5

US GOLD / KIXX

002822
Cover(s)Multimixx 4

US GOLD / KIXX

002823
Cover(s)MicroProse Soccer

US GOLD / KIXX

002825
Cover(s)The Lineker Collection

US GOLD / KIXX

002838
Cover(s)Summer Camp

US GOLD / KIXX

002842
Cover(s)Gunship

US GOLD / KIXX

002844
Cover(s)Capcom Collection

US GOLD

002850
Cover(s)Italy 1990

US GOLD / KIXX

002859
Cover(s)Last Ninja 3

US GOLD / KIXX

002878
Cover(s)Silent Service

US GOLD / KIXX

002880
Cover(s)Flimbo’s Quest

US GOLD / KIXX

002884
Cover(s)SWIV

US GOLD / KIXX

002890
Cover(s)Turbocharge

US GOLD / KIXX

002898
Cover(s)Final Fight

US GOLD / KIXX / CAPCOM

002899