VIRGIN
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.
Total Associated Releases: 76
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 Double Dragon (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / AMERICAN TECHNOS December 1990 to November 1991 145121 Months in Top 10: 7 Months at No 1: 1 |
7 | 1 |
 Golden Axe (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / SEGA November 1990 to November 1991 299221 Months in Top 10: 5 Months at No 1: 0 |
5 | 0 |
 Double Dragon (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / AMERICAN TECHNOS November 1988 to November 1989 111 Months in Top 10: 5 Months at No 1: 1 |
5 | 1 |
 Italia '90 - World Cup Soccer (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES April to December 1990 2261 Months in Top 10: 5 Months at No 1: 0 |
5 | 0 |
 Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES September 1991 to April 1993 14 Months in Top 10: 7 Months at No 1: 1 |
7 | 1 |
 Shinobi (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / SEGA July 1991 to May 1992 1141 Months in Top 10: 4 Months at No 1: 1 |
4 | 1 |
 Viz - The Computer Game (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES March to November 1991 2174221 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 0 |
3 | 0 |
 Golden Axe (VIRGIN) VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / SEGA April 1992 to May 1993 611 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Double Dragon II: The Revenge (VIRGIN) VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / AMERICAN TECHNOS December 1991 to February 1993 1245 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 1 |
3 | 1 |
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4 | 1 |
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4 | 0 |
 Cannon Fodder VIRGIN / VIRGIN INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT December 1993 to January 1994 1 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 1 |
2 | 1 |
 Italia '90 - World Cup Soccer (VIRGIN) VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX February 1992 to March 1993 2133 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
 Silkworm (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TECMO June to September 1989 239 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
 Mortal Kombat VIRGIN / VIRGIN INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT / ACCLAIM / MIDWAY December 1993 to January 1994 1 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 1 |
2 | 1 |
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2 | 0 |
 War in Middle Earth (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE February to August 1989 44 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 0 |
3 | 0 |
 Shinobi (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / SEGA September 1989 to January 1990 233612 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
 Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES August 1986 to May 1988 22413 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 0 |
3 | 0 |
 Continental Circus (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TAITO October 1989 to January 1990 521514 Months in Top 10: 2 Months at No 1: 0 |
2 | 0 |
 Supremacy (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE November 1990 to September 1991 51351 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
 Continental Circus (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / TAITO March to August 1991 714855 Months in Top 10: 3 Months at No 1: 0 |
3 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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2 | 0 |
 Double Dragon II: The Revenge (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / AMERICAN TECHNOS December 1989 to December 1990 747 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
 Archer Maclean’s Pool VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES November 1992 to March 1993 4 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
 Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road (VIRGIN) VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX / LELAND April 1992 to September 1993 74 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / LELAND November 1990 to November 1992 469 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
 Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS July to September 1989 1238 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 1 |
 Dan Dare II: Mekon's Revenge VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES February to March 1988 618 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Fists of Fury (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES March to September 1991 5161064 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Dan Dare III: The Escape (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES March 1990 to July 1991 58 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Advanced Soccer Simulator (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS July 1989 8 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Shuttle: The Space Flight Simulator VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES November 1992 6 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Jungle Warfare (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC December 1989 to January 1990 10 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Now Games 2 VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES December 1985 to February 1986 15208 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Falcon Patrol VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES December 1983 to April 1984 15232 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Obliterator (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MELBOURNE HOUSE / PSYGNOSIS July to September 1991 2 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
 Falcon Patrol 2 VIRGIN / VIRGIN GAMES October to November 1984 19266 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 The Ninja Warriors (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES / TAITO December 1989 to March 1990 2010 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Silkworm (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / MASTERTRONIC PLUS / TECMO December 1990 to May 1991 141014 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Monty Python's Flying Circus (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES October 1990 to August 1991 1010 Months in Top 10: 1 Months at No 1: 0 |
1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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1 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Cliff Hanger (VIRGIN) VIRGIN GAMES / NEW GENERATION December 1984 25 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Indy Car Racing VIRGIN / VIRGIN INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT December 1993 12 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
 Judge Dredd – I Am The Law (VIRGIN) MASTERTRONIC / VIRGIN GAMES February to March 1991 12 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Monty Python's Flying Circus (VIRGIN) VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX May to June 1992 41 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
 Viz - The Computer Game (VIRGIN) VIRGIN GAMES / TRONIX May 1992 to February 1993 1321 Months in Top 10: 0 Months at No 1: 0 |
0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |
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0 | 0 |