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History

Virgin entered the software market in 1983 with the Virgin Games label. Growing rapidly, it acquired Rabbit Software, New Generation and board game conversion experts Leisure Genius before taking control of struggling Mastertronic. As Virgin Mastertronic the company published full price titles on the Virgin Games and Melbourne House labels.

The company was later split in two with Sega buying the Mastertronic part of the company becoming Sega Europe, which forced their budget label to be renamed Tronix.

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)Golden Axe

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / SEGA

0039
Cover(s)Double Dragon

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / AMERICAN TECHNOS

6 < 1 46
Cover(s)Italia '90 - World Cup Soccer

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX

< 1 0119
Cover(s)Double Dragon

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / AMERICAN TECHNOS

3 < 1 122
Cover(s)Shinobi

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / SEGA

3 < 1 154
Cover(s)Viz - The Computer Game

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

20166
Cover(s)Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

4 < 1 192
Cover(s)Now Games

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

20220
Cover(s)Golden Axe

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / SEGA

< 1 0226
Cover(s)Supremacy

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE

< 1 0228
Cover(s)Double Dragon II: The Revenge

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / AMERICAN TECHNOS

3 < 1 242
Cover(s)Italia '90 - World Cup Soccer

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

20298
Cover(s)Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / LELAND

00314
Cover(s)Silkworm

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TECMO

10366
Cover(s)F.A. Cup Football

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

10396
Cover(s)Continental Circus

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TAITO

10412
Cover(s)Continental Circus

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / TAITO

20418
Cover(s)War in Middle Earth

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE

20444
Cover(s)Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

20485
Cover(s)Sorcery

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

< 1 0576
Cover(s)Shinobi

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / SEGA

00607
Cover(s)Double Dragon II: The Revenge

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / AMERICAN TECHNOS

10719
Cover(s)Falcon Patrol

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

00820
Cover(s)Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

< 1 0840
Cover(s)Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / LELAND

00865
Cover(s)Billy the Kid

MASTERTRONIC

00892
Cover(s)Micro Mouse

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

001022
Cover(s)Dan Dare III: The Escape

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

001069
Cover(s)Advanced Soccer Simulator

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

001098
Cover(s)Tetris

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS

001233
Cover(s)Falcon Patrol 2

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001249
Cover(s)Action Force II

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001293
Cover(s)Fists of Fury

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

001345
Cover(s)Gates of Dawn

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001412
Cover(s)Now Games 2

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001413
Cover(s)Hideous Bill and the Gi-Gants

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001470
Cover(s)Sorcery +

VIRGIN / AMSOFT / VIRGIN GAMES

001550
Cover(s)Obliterator

MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / PSYGNOSIS

001564
Cover(s)Jungle Warfare

MASTERTRONIC

001565
Cover(s)Bronx Street Cop

MASTERTRONIC

001608
Cover(s)Silkworm

MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / TECMO

001615
Cover(s)Strangeloop

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001794
Cover(s)Now Games 5

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001805
Cover(s)The Ninja Warriors

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TAITO

001820
Cover(s)Ambush

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001853
Cover(s)Landfall

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

001945
Cover(s)Bug Bomb

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002072
Cover(s)Sinbad

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002130
Cover(s)Monty Python's Flying Circus

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

002197
Cover(s)Trench

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002225
Cover(s)'Owzat

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002267
Cover(s)Starfire

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002296
Cover(s)Yomp

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002299
Cover(s)Space Adventure

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002300
Cover(s)Golf

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002307
Cover(s)Cliff Hanger

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / NEW GENERATION

002439
Cover(s)Now Games 3

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002505
Cover(s)Action Force

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002582
Cover(s)Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES

002596
Cover(s)Judge Dredd – I Am The Law

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

002755
Cover(s)Wonderland

MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES

002767
Cover(s)Viz - The Computer Game

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX

002809
Cover(s)Monty Python's Flying Circus

VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX

002824