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In 1986, the video game industry recovered from the crash of 1983. The United States home video game market was revived with the arrival of the third generation of video game consoles led by the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).^[1] Meanwhile, Sega reinvigorated the arcade market with advanced Super Scaler arcade games.

The year's highest-grossing video game worldwide was Sega's arcade blockbuster Hang-On. The year's best‑selling home system was the Nintendo Entertainment System for the third time in a row, while the best-selling home video game was Nintendo's Super Mario Bros for the second year in a row.

Financial performance[]

In 1986, the video game industry recovered from the crash of 1983. In the United States, there were 113 million arcade players that year.^[2]

The following table lists the annual sales and revenue generated by the electronic games industry in 1986, including video games and electro‑mechanical games. See sections below for breakdown of revenue estimates.

Industry	Products	Market	Unit sales (est.)	Annual revenue (est.)		Ref
Industry	Products	Market	Unit sales (est.)	Nominal	Inflation	Ref
	Electronic games	United States	15,813,000+	$4,668,000,000	$13,000,000,000
	Arcade games	Worldwide	188,000+	$7,300,000,000	$20,000,000,000
Arcade	Arcade games	United States	173,000+	$4,000,000,000	$11,000,000,000	^[3]^[4]
		Japan	—	$2,300,000,000	$6,400,000,000	^[5]^[6]
		United Kingdom	15,000+	$1,000,000,000	$2,800,000,000	^[7]^[8]
	Electro‑mechanical games	United States	—	$1,300,000,000	$3,600,000,000
	Electro‑mechanical games	United Kingdom	—	$800,000,000	$2,200,000,000	^[7]^[8]
	Video games	Worldwide	100,038,000+	$10,368,000,000	$29,000,000,000
Arcade	Arcade video games	United States	173,000	$2,700,000,000	$7,500,000,000	^[3]^[4]^[9]
		Japan	—	$2,300,000,000	$6,400,000,000	^[5]^[6]
		United Kingdom	15,000+	$400,000,000	$1,100,000,000	^[7]^[8]
		Worldwide	188,000+	$5,400,000,000	$15,000,000,000
Console	Game consoles	Japan	7,310,000	—	—	^[10]
		United States	3,440,000	$220,000,000	$610,000,000	^[10]^[3]
		Worldwide	10,130,000+	—	—
	Console games	Japan	60,000,000	$2,400,000,000	$6,700,000,000	^[11]^[12]^[13]
	Console games	United States	8,000,000	$210,000,000	$580,000,000	^[3]^[14]^[15]
	Console market	Japan	67,310,000	$4,000,000,000	$11,000,000,000	^[16]^[17]
		United States	11,440,000	$500,000,000	$1,400,000,000	^[18]^[3]^[10]
		United Kingdom	—	$19,000,000	$53,000,000	^[19]
		Worldwide	78,750,000	$4,519,000,000	$13,000,000,000
Computer	Computer games	United States	4,200,000	$168,000,000	$470,000,000	^[20]^{[n 1]}
		United Kingdom	13,000,000	$154,000,000	$430,000,000	^[19]^[21]
		Japan	4,000,000	$70,000,000	$190,000,000	^[22]^{[n 2]}
		Worldwide	21,200,000+	$392,000,000	$1,000,000,000
Handheld	Handheld LCD games	Japan	1,000,000	$48,000,000	$130,000,000	^[23]
		United Kingdom	—	$9,000,000	$25,000,000	^[19]
		Eurasia	1,000,000+	$57,000,000	$160,000,000
	Video games	Japan	72,310,000	$6,418,000,000	$18,000,000,000
		United States	15,813,000	$3,368,000,000	$9,400,000,000
		United Kingdom	13,015,000	$582,000,000	$1,600,000,000
	Electronic games	Worldwide	100,038,000+	$12,268,000,000	$34,000,000,000

Highest-grossing video games[]

The following titles were the highest-grossing video games worldwide in 1986, including arcade and home video games. See sections below for breakdown of revenue estimates.

Rank	Title	Company	Worldwide revenue (est.)		Revenue breakdown (est.)		Genre
Rank	Title	Company	Nominal	Inflation	Arcade	Home	Genre
1	Hang-On	Sega	$640,000,000	$1,800,000,000	$590,000,000	$50,000,000	Racing
2	Out Run	Sega	$330,000,000	$920,000,000	$330,000,000	—	Racing
3	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	$250,000,000	$690,000,000	$110,000,000	$140,000,000	Platformer
4	Gradius	Konami	$200,000,000	$560,000,000	$170,000,000	$34,000,000	Shmup
5	Ikari Warriors (Ikari)	SNK	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	$160,000,000	—	Run & gun
5	Mat Mania	Taito	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	$160,000,000	—	Wrestling
7	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Capcom	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	$130,000,000	$22,000,000	Platformer
7	Gauntlet	Atari Games	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	$150,000,000	$2,000,000	Maze
9	1942	Capcom	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	$120,000,000	$400,000	Shmup
	Pole Position II	Namco	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	$120,000,000	$14,000,000	Racing
	Space Harrier	Sega	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	$120,000,000	$100,000	TPS
12	Arkanoid	Taito	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$100,000,000	$40,000	Block
13	Major League	Sega	$98,000,000	$270,000,000	$98,000,000	—	Sports
14	Duck Hunt	Nintendo	$96,000,000	$270,000,000	$6,000,000	$90,000,000	FPS
15	Buggy Boy	Tatsumi	$94,000,000	$260,000,000	$94,000,000	—	Racing
15	Super Sprint	Atari Games	$94,000,000	$260,000,000	$94,000,000	—	Racing
17	Gyromite	Nintendo	$90,000,000	$250,000,000	—	$90,000,000	Platformer
18	Kung-Fu Master	Irem / Data East	$85,000,000	$240,000,000	$60,000,000	$25,000,000	Beat 'em up
18	Tehkan World Cup	Tehkan	$85,000,000	$240,000,000	$85,000,000	—	Sports
20	Choplifter	Sega	$82,000,000	$230,000,000	$82,000,000	—	Shmup
21	Enduro Racer	Sega	$81,000,000	$230,000,000	$81,000,000	—	Racing
22	Real Mahjong Hai Hai	Alba	$79,000,000	$220,000,000	$79,000,000	—	Mahjong
23	Green Beret	Konami	$77,000,000	$210,000,000	$75,000,000	$2,000,000	Run & gun
24	Commando	Capcom	$76,000,000	$210,000,000	$60,000,000	$16,000,000	Run & gun
25	Rygar (Argus no Senshi)	Tecmo	$67,000,000	$190,000,000	$67,000,000	—	Platformer

Highest-grossing arcade games[]

The following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games worldwide in 1986. See sub-sections below for breakdown of revenue estimates.

Rank	Title	Company	Worldwide revenue (est.)		Revenue breakdown (est.)
Rank	Title	Company	Nominal	Inflation	Japan	USA	UK
1	Hang-On	Sega	$590,000,000	$1,600,000,000	$360,000,000	$130,000,000	$100,000,000
2	Out Run	Sega	$330,000,000	$920,000,000	$190,000,000	$120,000,000	$15,000,000
3	Gradius	Konami	$170,000,000	$470,000,000	$68,000,000	—	$100,000,000
4	Ikari (Ikari Warriors)	SNK	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	$89,000,000	$60,000,000	$15,000,000
4	Mat Mania (Exciting Hour)	Taito	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	$27,000,000	$130,000,000	—
6	Gauntlet	Atari Games	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	$47,000,000	$100,000,000	—
7	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Capcom	$130,000,000	$360,000,000	$58,000,000	$60,000,000	$15,000,000
8	1942	Capcom	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	$62,000,000	$60,000,000	—
8	Space Harrier	Sega	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	$70,000,000	$30,000,000	$15,000,000
10	VS. Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	$110,000,000	$310,000,000	—	$110,000,000	—
10	Pole Position II	Namco	$110,000,000	$310,000,000	$49,000,000	$60,000,000	—
12	Arkanoid	Taito	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$64,000,000	$23,000,000	$15,000,000
13	Major League	Sega	$98,000,000	$270,000,000	$98,000,000	—	—
14	Buggy Boy (Speed Buggy)	Tatsumi	$94,000,000	$260,000,000	$34,000,000	$60,000,000	—
14	Super Sprint	Atari Games	$94,000,000	$260,000,000	$19,000,000	$60,000,000	$15,000,000
16	Tehkan World Cup	Tehkan	$85,000,000	$240,000,000	$70,000,000	—	$15,000,000
17	Choplifter	Sega	$82,000,000	$230,000,000	$22,000,000	$60,000,000	—
18	Enduro Racer	Sega	$81,000,000	$230,000,000	$34,000,000	$32,000,000	$15,000,000
19	Real Mahjong Hai Hai	Alba	$79,000,000	$220,000,000	$79,000,000	—	—
20	Green Beret	Konami	$75,000,000	$210,000,000	—	$60,000,000	$15,000,000
21	Rygar (Argus no Senshi)	Tecmo	$67,000,000	$190,000,000	$39,000,000	$28,000,000	—
22	ASO	Namco	$64,000,000	$180,000,000	$64,000,000	—
22	Tiger-Heli	Taito	$64,000,000	$180,000,000	$28,000,000	$36,000,000
24	World Series	Cinematron	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	—	$60,000,000
	Spy Hunter	Midway	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	—	$60,000,000
	Kung-Fu Master	Data East	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	—	$60,000,000
	Paperboy	Atari Games	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	—	$60,000,000
	Pole Position	Namco	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	—	$60,000,000
	Commando	Capcom	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	—	$60,000,000
	Indiana Jones	Atari Games	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	—	$60,000,000

Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1986.

Rank	Title	Company	Points			Units (est.) ^{[n 3]}^[24]	Revenue (est.)^{[n 4]}^[5]^[6]
Rank	Title	Company	H1^[25]	H2^[26]	Total	Units (est.) ^{[n 3]}^[24]	Revenue (est.)^{[n 4]}^[5]^[6]
1	Hang-On ^[27]^[28]	Sega	1,576	1,679	3,255	10,000	$360,000,000
2	Out Run ^[29]^[30]^[28]	Sega	—	2,700	2,700	3,500	$190,000,000
3	Major League	Sega	968	1,678	2,646	9,000	$98,000,000
4	Ikari (Ikari Warriors)	SNK	992	1,420	2,412	9,000	$89,000,000
5	Real Mahjong Hai Hai	Alba	1,062	1,083	2,145	8,000	$79,000,000
6	World Cup (Tehkan World Cup)	Tehkan	694	1,152	1,846	7,000	$70,000,000
7	Space Harrier	Sega	887	949	1,836	7,000	$70,000,000
8	Gradius	Konami	860	965	1,825	6,000	$68,000,000
9	Arkanoid	Taito	—	1,719	1,719	6,000	$64,000,000
10	ASO: Armored Scrum Object	Namco	898	820	1,718	6,000	$64,000,000
11	1942	Capcom	862	826	1,688	10,000	$62,000,000
12	Galaga	Namco	775	821	1,596	10,000	$59,000,000
13	Makaimura (Ghosts 'n Goblins)	Capcom	929	646	1,575	6,000	$58,000,000
14	Pinball Action	Tehkan	601	772	1,373	5,000	$51,000,000
15	Pastel Gal	Nichibutsu	703	638	1,341	5,000	$50,000,000
16	Pole Position II	Namco	469	853	1,322	10,000	$49,000,000
17	Gauntlet	Namco	645	631	1,276	5,000	$47,000,000
18	Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun ^[31]	Taito	—	1,117	1,117	7,000	$41,000,000
19	Argus no Senshi (Rygar)	Tecmo	—	1,058	1,058	4,000	$39,000,000
20	Ojanko Club	V-System	—	931	931	3,000	$34,000,000
21	Buggy Boy	Tatsumi	421	501	922	5,000	$34,000,000
22	Enduro Racer	Sega	—	907	907	3,000	$34,000,000
23	Gun.Smoke	Capcom	890	N/A	890	3,000	$33,000,000
24	TX-1 / TX-1 V8	Namco	439	443	882	20,000	$33,000,000
25	Halley's Comet	Taito	N/A	832	832	3,000	$31,000,000
26	Lode Runner: Majin no Fukkatsu	Irem	804	N/A	804	3,000	$30,000,000
27	Fantasy Zone	Sega	—	795	795	3,000	$29,000,000
28	Tiger-Heli	Taito	749	—	749	3,000	$28,000,000
29	Exciting Hour (Mat Mania)	Taito	727	—	727	3,000	$27,000,000
30	Big Event Golf	Taito	—	722	722	3,000	$27,000,000
31	Terra Cresta	Nichibutsu	713	—	713	3,000	$26,000,000
32	Scramble Formation	Taito	—	713	713	3,000	$26,000,000
33	Salamander (Life Force)	Konami	—	699	699	2,000	$26,000,000
34	Side Pocket	Data East	—	677	677	2,000	$25,000,000
35	Dump Matsumoto (Body Slam)	Sega	—	676	676	2,000	$25,000,000
36	Kage no Densetsu	Taito	629	—	629	2,000	$23,000,000
37	Crystal Gal	Nichibutsu	—	626	626	2,000	$23,000,000
38	Konami RF2 (Konami GT)	Konami	603	—	603	2,000	$22,000,000
39	Choplifter	Sega	598	—	598	3,000	$22,000,000
40	Spelunker	Irem	584	—	584	2,000	$22,000,000
41	Finalizer: Super Transformation	Konami	573	—	573	2,000	$21,000,000
42	Xevious	Namco	557	—	557	10,000	$21,000,000
43	Night Gal	Nichibutsu	542	—	542	10,000	$20,000,000
44	Slap Fight	Taito	—	530	530	2,000	$20,000,000
45	Sweet Gal	Nichibutsu	529	—	529	6,000	$20,000,000
46	Super Sprint	Namco	—	527	527	2,000	$19,000,000
47	Shooting Master	Sega	504	—	504	2,000	$19,000,000
48	VS. Tennis	Nintendo	502	—	502	10,000	$19,000,000
49	Jan Oh (Jang-Oh)	SNK	470	—	470	8,000	$17,000,000
50	N.Y. Captor	Taito	413	—	413	2,000	$15,000,000
	Total		24,168	31,106	55,274	700,000+^[32]	$2,300,000,000

United States[]

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1986. See tables below for breakdown of revenue estimates.

Rank	Title	Company	Release	Annual revenue (est.)		Revenue breakdown (est.)
Rank	Title	Company	Release	Nominal	Inflation	Jan—Oct	Nov—Dec
1	Hang-On ^[33]^[34]	Sega	1985-07	$130,000,000	$360,000,000	$120,000,000	$11,000,000
2	Out Run ^[29]^[30]	Sega	1986-09	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	—	$120,000,000
3	VS. Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	1986-02	$110,000,000	$310,000,000	$75,000,000	$36,000,000
4	Gauntlet ^[35]^[36]	Atari Games	1985-11	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$100,000,000	$10,000,000
5	Mat Mania ^[36]	Taito	1985-10^[37]	$67,000,000	$190,000,000	$58,000,000	$9,000,000
6	World Series ^[33]	Cinematron	1985-12^[38]	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$52,000,000	$10,000,000
7	Spy Hunter ^[33]	Midway	1984-01^[39]	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$47,000,000	$9,000,000
8	Pole Position II ^[33]	Namco	1983-10	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$40,000,000	$10,000,000
9	Mania Challenge ^[33]	Taito	1986-06^[40]	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$31,000,000	$10,000,000
10	Ikari Warriors (Ikari) ^[33]	SNK	1986-03	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$39,000,000	$11,000,000
11	Ghosts 'n Goblins ^[33]	Capcom	1985-09	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$44,000,000	$9,000,000
12	Super Sprint ^[33]	Atari Games	1986-04^[41]	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$41,000,000	$11,000,000
13	Kung-Fu Master ^[33]	Data East	1984-12	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$35,000,000	$9,000,000
14	Paperboy ^[33]	Atari Games	1985-04	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$55,000,000	$10,000,000
15	Pole Position ^[33]	Namco	1982-11^[42]	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$35,000,000	$9,000,000
16	1942 ^[33]	Capcom	1985-06	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$40,000,000	$9,000,000
17	Choplifter ^[33]	Sega	1985-12	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$43,000,000	—
18	Commando ^[33]	Capcom	1985-05	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$41,000,000	$8,000,000
19	Speed Buggy ^[33]	Data East	1985-12	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$8,000,000	$10,000,000
20	Indiana Jones ^[33]	Atari Games	1985-07^[42]	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$54,000,000	$9,000,000
21	Rush'n Attack ^[34]	Konami	1985-12	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$19,000,000	—
22	Ring King	Data East	1985-12	$60,000,000	$170,000,000	$52,000,000	$9,000,000
23	Cheyenne ^[33]	Exidy	1984-09^[43]	$57,000,000	$170,000,000	$48,000,000	$9,000,000
24	Mini Golf	Bally Sente	1985-11	$45,000,000	$130,000,000	$45,000,000	—
25	Demolition Derby	Midway	1985-04^[44]	$41,000,000	$110,000,000	$41,000,000
26	Tiger-Heli	Toaplan	1985-10^[45]	$36,000,000	$100,000,000	$36,000,000
27	VS. Baseball	Nintendo	1984-04	$34,000,000	$95,000,000	$34,000,000
28	Enduro Racer	Sega	1986-09	$32,000,000	$89,000,000	$21,000,000	$11,000,000
29	Space Harrier	Sega	1985-12	$30,000,000	$83,000,000	$21,000,000	$8,000,000
30	Rygar	Tecmo	1986-06	$28,000,000	$78,000,000	$19,000,000	$9,000,000
30	Phraze Craze	Merit	1986-04^[46]	$28,000,000	$78,000,000	$20,000,000	$8,000,000
32	Gladiator	Taito	1986-03^[47]	$27,000,000	$75,000,000	$18,000,000	$9,000,000
33	Karate Champ	Data East	1984-09	$26,000,000	$72,000,000	$18,000,000	$8,000,000
33	Jail Break	Konami	1986-04^[48]	$26,000,000	$72,000,000	$26,000,000	—
35	Terra Cresta	Nichibutsu	1985-11^[49]	$25,000,000	$69,000,000	$25,000,000	—
35	The Legend of Kage	Taito	1986-01	$25,000,000	$69,000,000	$25,000,000	—
37	Stocker	Bally Sente	1984-12^[50]	$24,000,000	$67,000,000	$14,000,000	$10,000,000
38	Arkanoid	Taito	1986-08	$23,000,000	$67,000,000	$12,000,000	$11,000,000
39	Rampage	Midway	1986-10^[51]	$22,000,000	$61,000,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000
39	Gun.Smoke	Capcom	1985-10	$22,000,000	$61,000,000	$22,000,000	—
41	Quartet	Sega	1986-06	$21,000,000	$58,000,000	$12,000,000	$9,000,000
	Sarge	Midway	1985-12^[52]	$21,000,000	$58,000,000	$21,000,000	—
	Tic Tac Trivia	Merit	1986-01^[46]	$21,000,000	$58,000,000	$21,000,000	—
44	Gauntlet II	Atari Games	1986-08	$20,000,000	$56,000,000	$9,000,000	$11,000,000
45	Super Punch-Out!	Nintendo	1984-10	$19,000,000	$53,000,000	$19,000,000	—
46	Big Event Golf	Taito	1986-05^[53]	$18,000,000	$50,000,000	$7,000,000	$11,000,000
	Hat Trick	Bally Sente	1984-05	$18,000,000	$50,000,000	$18,000,000	—
	Sex Trivia	Merit	1985^[54]	$18,000,000	$50,000,000	$18,000,000	—
49	PlayChoice-10	Nintendo	1986-08	$17,000,000	$47,000,000	$8,000,000	$9,000,000
49	Cobra Command	Data East	1984-04	$17,000,000	$47,000,000	$17,000,000	—
51	Crossbow	Exidy	1983-11^[39]	$16,000,000	$44,000,000	$16,000,000	—
52	Shanghai Kid	Taito	1985-11	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	$15,000,000
53	Combat	Exidy	1985-03^[55]	$14,000,000	$39,000,000	$14,000,000
	Hogan's Alley	Nintendo	1985-03	$14,000,000	$39,000,000	$14,000,000
	Trivia Whiz II	Merit	1985-04^[46]	$14,000,000	$39,000,000	$14,000,000
	TNK III (T.A.N.K.)	SNK	1985-09	$14,000,000	$39,000,000	$14,000,000
57	Empire City: 1931	Taito	1986-06	$13,000,000	$36,000,000	$4,000,000	$9,000,000
	BreakThru	Data East	1986-02	$13,000,000	$36,000,000	$13,000,000	—
	Shoot Out	Data East	1985-09	$13,000,000	$36,000,000	$13,000,000	—
60	Gridiron Fight	Tehkan	1985-05	$12,000,000	$33,000,000	$12,000,000	—
60	Trojan	Capcom	1986-03	$12,000,000	$33,000,000	$12,000,000	—
62	Championship Sprint	Atari Games	1986-09^[56]	$11,000,000	$31,000,000	—	$11,000,000
	Gimme A Break	Bally Sente	1985-07	$11,000,000	$31,000,000	$11,000,000	—
	Special Forces	Magic	1985-08^[57]	$11,000,000	$31,000,000	$11,000,000
	VS. Ladies Golf	Nintendo	1984-12	$11,000,000	$31,000,000	$11,000,000
66	Renegade	Taito	1986-09	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	—	$10,000,000
	Top Gunner (Jackal)	Konami	1986-10	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	—	$10,000,000
	Life Force (Salamander)	Konami	1986-10	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	—	$10,000,000
	Punch-Out!	Nintendo	1984-03^[58]	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	$10,000,000	—
	Return of the Jedi	Atari Games	1984-09	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	$10,000,000
	Star Rider	Williams	1983-11	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	$10,000,000
	Street Heat	Epos	1985-03^[59]	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	$10,000,000
	VS. Excitebike	Nintendo	1985-02	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	$10,000,000
74	Bubble Bobble	Taito	1986-10	$9,000,000	$25,000,000	—	$9,000,000
	Power Drive	Midway	1986-11^[60]	$9,000,000	$25,000,000	—	$9,000,000
	Cruisin'	Jaleco	1985-07	$9,000,000	$25,000,000	$9,000,000	—
	Trivia Whiz I	Merit	1985-02^[61]	$9,000,000	$25,000,000	$9,000,000	—
78	Birdie King 2	Taito	1983-09^[62]	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	—	$8,000,000
	Birdie King 3	Taito	1984-06	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	—	$8,000,000
	Monaco GP	Sega	1980-01	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	—	$8,000,000
	Little Casino III	Digital	1986	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	$8,000,000	—
	Pac-Land	Namco	1984-12^[63]	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	$8,000,000
	Return of the Invaders	Taito	1985-08^[64]	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	$8,000,000
	VS. Tennis	Nintendo	1984-03^[65]	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	$8,000,000
	Wonder Boy	Sega	1986-07	$8,000,000	$22,000,000	$8,000,000
86	10-Yard Fight '85	Irem / Taito	1985-05^[66]	$7,000,000	$19,000,000	$7,000,000	—
	Pinball Action	Tehkan	1986-01^[67]	$7,000,000	$19,000,000	$7,000,000
	Tokio	Taito	1986-05^[53]	$7,000,000	$19,000,000	$7,000,000
89	Crowns Golf in Hawaii	Sega	1985	$6,000,000	$17,000,000	$6,000,000
	Duck Hunt	Nintendo	1984-04	$6,000,000	$17,000,000	$6,000,000
	Triv Quiz (Trivia Quiz)	Status	1984-07^[68]	$6,000,000	$17,000,000	$6,000,000
92	Crackshot	Exidy	1985-12^[69]	$5,000,000	$14,000,000	$5,000,000
	Halley's Comet	Taito	1986-04	$5,000,000	$14,000,000	$5,000,000
	Marble Madness	Atari Games	1984-12^[56]	$5,000,000	$14,000,000	$5,000,000
	Video Trivia	Greyhound	1985-02^[70]	$5,000,000	$14,000,000	$5,000,000
	VS. Gumshoe	Nintendo	1986-05	$5,000,000	$14,000,000	$5,000,000
97	Arm Wrestling	Nintendo	1985-05	$4,000,000	$11,000,000	$4,000,000
	Bomb Jack	Tehkan	1984-10	$4,000,000	$11,000,000	$4,000,000
	Land Sea Air Squad	Taito	1986-02	$4,000,000	$11,000,000	$4,000,000
	Lode Runner	Irem	1984-11^[71]	$4,000,000	$11,000,000	$4,000,000
	Name That Tune	Bally Sente	1986-03^[50]	$4,000,000	$11,000,000	$4,000,000
	VS. Mach Rider	Nintendo	1985-11	$4,000,000	$11,000,000	$4,000,000
103	Buggy Challenge	Taito	1984-12^[72]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Empire Strikes Back	Atari Games	1985-03^[41]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Galaga 3	Namco	1984-09	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	MagMax	Nichibutsu	1985-05^[73]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Major Havoc	Atari Games	1984-01^[39]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	MotoRace USA	Irem	1983-07^[39]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Jr. Pac-Man	Namco	1983-08	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Samurai	Taito	1985-05^[74]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Triv Quiz II	Status	1984-11^[68]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Triv Quiz 3	Status	1985-02^[68]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Trivial Pursuit	Bally Sente	1985-03^[75]	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000
	Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Konami	1985-03	$3,000,000	$8,000,000	$3,000,000

The following titles were the highest-earning arcade games between January and October 1986.

Title	Company	Release	Play Meter points												January—October
Title	Company	Release	1/15 ^[76]^[77]	Feb ^[77]^[78]	3/1 ^[78]	3/15 ^[78]	4/1 ^[78]	5/1 ^[79]	5/15 ^[79]^[80]	6/15 ^[79]^[80]	7/15^[79] ^[80]^[81]	8/15 ^[80]^[81]	9/15 ^[81]	10/15 ^[81]	Points	Gross (est.)^{[n 5]}
Hang-On (sitdown)	Sega	1985-07	217	277	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2,499	$97,000,000
Hang-On (upright)	Sega	1985-07	217	244	162	195	209	198	186	194	133	129	177	178	2,499	$97,000,000
Hang-On (mini)	Sega	1985-07	—	—	—	—	276	—	—	—	149	143	—	127	695	$27,000,000
Gauntlet	Atari (Namco)	1985-11	428	336	282	257	267	278	236	166	170	175	141	145	2,881	$100,000,000
VS. Super Mario Bros.^[82]	Nintendo	1986-02	—	—	—	—	—	113	118	99	99	104	97	83	713	$75,000,000
Mat Mania	Technōs / Taito	1985-10^[37]	171	161	151	134	126	145	112	117	90	101	99	90	1,497	$58,000,000
World Series	Cinematronics	1985-12^[38]	—	—	—	129	147	167	154	179	166	135	123	131	1,331	$52,000,000
Spy Hunter	Bally Midway	1984-01^[39]	105	106	96	92	102	111	111	92	103	100	88	92	1,198	$47,000,000
Pole Position II	Namco	1983-10	93	76	89	69	77	70	95	84	84	91	86	106	1,020	$40,000,000
Mania Challenge	Technōs / Taito	1986-06^[40]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	208	175	113	144	155	795	$31,000,000
Ikari Warriors	SNK	1986-03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	183	232	260	166	163	1,004	$39,000,000
Ghosts 'n Goblins	Capcom	1985-09	—	114	110	117	126	147	—	103	91	97	94	119	1,118	$44,000,000
Super Sprint	Atari (Namco)	1986-04^[41]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	262	243	—	280	265	1,050	$41,000,000
Kung-Fu Master	Irem / Data East	1984-12	85	77	98	94	119	93	95	76	79	77	—	—	893	$35,000,000
Paperboy	Atari (Namco)	1985-04	145	124	131	125	122	113	113	92	118	145	102	89	1,419	$55,000,000
Pole Position	Namco	1982-11^[42]	74	82	78	60	68	76	72	72	79	76	88	73	898	$35,000,000
1942	Capcom	1985-06	94	88	107	88	93	98	81	79	73	80	60	77	1,018	$40,000,000
Choplifter	Sega	1985-12	177	122	155	129	129	105	107	92	82	—	—	—	1,098	$43,000,000
Commando	Capcom	1985-05	124	92	124	111	98	—	99	79	72	82	73	88	1,042	$41,000,000
Speed Buggy	Data East	1985-12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	207	—	—	207	$8,000,000
Temple of Doom	Atari (Namco)	1985-07^[42]	136	147	150	110	110	120	109	92	84	116	94	117	1,385	$54,000,000
Cheyenne	Exidy	1984-09^[43]	114	70	136	113	95	155	93	95	101	111	87	73	1,243	$48,000,000
Rush'n Attack	Konami	1985-12	113	83	106	98	92	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	492	$19,000,000
10-Yard Fight '85	Irem / Taito	1985-05^[66]	89	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	174	$7,000,000
Arkanoid	Taito	1986-08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	143	159	302	$12,000,000
Arm Wrestling	Nintendo	1985-05	—	—	—	—	107	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	107	$4,000,000
Big Event Golf	Taito	1986-05^[53]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53	129	182	$7,000,000
Bomb Jack	Tehkan	1984-10	90	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	90	$4,000,000
BreakThru	Data East	1986-02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	119	95	107	—	—	321	$13,000,000
Buggy Challenge	Taito	1984-12^[72]	—	—	—	—	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	$3,000,000
Cobra Command	Data East	1984-04	58	87	—	—	—	—	132	85	73	—	—	—	435	$17,000,000
Combat	Exidy	1985-03^[55]	107	—	—	63	79	—	—	—	108	—	—	—	357	$14,000,000
Crackshot	Exidy	1985-12^[69]	—	131	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	131	$5,000,000
Crossbow	Exidy	1983-11^[39]	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	49	35	40	214	423	$16,000,000
Crowns Golf in Hawaii	Sega	1985	73	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	151	$6,000,000
Cruisin'	Jaleco	1985-07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	135	—	—	221	$9,000,000
Demolition Derby	Bally Midway	1985-04^[44]	123	126	91	88	102	117	138	84	99	83	—	—	1,051	$41,000,000
Duck Hunt	Nintendo	1984-04	84	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	148	$6,000,000
Empire City: 1931	Taito	1986-06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	93	93	$4,000,000
Enduro Racer	Sega	1986-09	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	283	258	541	$21,000,000
Empire Strikes Back	Atari (Namco)	1985-03^[41]	72	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	72	$3,000,000
Return of the Jedi	Atari (Namco)	1984-09	—	39	70	72	71	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	252	$10,000,000
Galaga 3	Namco	1984-09	85	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	85	$3,000,000
Gauntlet II	Atari (Namco)	1986-08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	241	241	$9,000,000
Gimme A Break	Bally Sente	1985-07	—	—	—	—	73	—	—	92	106	—	—	—	271	$11,000,000
Gladiator	Allumer / Taito	1986-03^[47]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	147	99	110	114	470	$18,000,000
Gridiron Fight	Tehkan	1985-05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	169	146	—	—	—	315	$12,000,000
Gun.Smoke	Capcom	1985-10	163	100	122	79	101	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	565	$22,000,000
Halley's Comet	Taito	1986-04	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	140	—	—	140	$5,000,000
Hat Trick	Bally Sente	1984-05	—	93	—	—	—	—	105	68	116	88	—	—	470	$18,000,000
Hogan's Alley	Nintendo	1985-03	85	74	85	57	68	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	369	$14,000,000
Jail Break	Konami	1986-04^[48]	—	—	—	—	—	131	100	109	78	96	64	76	654	$26,000,000
Karate Champ	Data East	1984-09	83	68	83	63	84	—	—	—	—	78	—	—	459	$18,000,000
Trojan	Capcom	1986-03	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	95	69	61	89	314	$12,000,000
Land Sea Air Squad	Taito	1986-02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	100	—	—	100	$4,000,000
Little Casino III	Digital Controls	1986	—	—	—	—	—	—	53	—	62	88	—	—	203	$8,000,000
Lode Runner	Irem	1984-11^[71]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	98	—	—	98	$4,000,000
MagMax	Nichibutsu	1985-05^[73]	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	74	$3,000,000
Major Havoc	Atari (Namco)	1984-01^[39]	84	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	84	$3,000,000
Marble Madness	Atari (Namco)	1984-12^[56]	52	65	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	117	$5,000,000
Mini Golf	Bally Sente	1985-11	160	163	115	94	77	90	63	88	112	69	55	80	1,166	$45,000,000
MotoRace USA	Irem	1983-07^[39]	69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	69	$3,000,000
Name That Tune	Bally Sente	1986-03^[50]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	113	—	—	—	113	$4,000,000
Jr. Pac-Man	Namco	1983-08	69	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	69	$3,000,000
Pac-Land	Namco	1984-12^[63]	—	—	—	—	—	—	81	—	120	—	—	—	201	$8,000,000
Pinball Action	Tehkan	1986-01^[67]	110	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	189	$7,000,000
PlayChoice-10	Nintendo	1986-08	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	111	83	194	$8,000,000
Punch-Out!	Nintendo	1984-03^[58]	—	—	—	—	—	70	53	61	73	—	—	—	257	$10,000,000
Super Punch-Out!	Nintendo	1984-10	—	—	—	—	—	62	82	102	124	118	—	—	488	$19,000,000
Quartet	Sega	1986-06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	300	—	—	300	$12,000,000
Rampage	Bally Midway	1986-10^[51]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	276	276	$11,000,000
Return of the Invaders	Taito	1985-08^[64]	—	—	—	—	—	65	—	58	82	—	—	—	205	$8,000,000
Ring King	Data East	1985-12	163	85	93	111	134	106	137	104	86	90	104	108	1,321	$52,000,000
Rygar	Tecmo	1986-06	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	180	108	192	480	$19,000,000
Samurai	Taito	1985-05^[74]	74	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	74	$3,000,000
Sarge	Bally Midway	1985-12^[52]	—	—	—	—	114	—	70	78	149	120	—	—	531	$21,000,000
Sex Trivia	Merit	1985^[54]	104	103	74	87	94	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	462	$18,000,000
Shanghai Kid	Taito	1985-11	83	63	73	80	93	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	392	$15,000,000
Shoot Out	Data East	1985-09	—	69	—	—	—	—	—	158	—	98	—	—	325	$13,000,000
Space Harrier	Sega	1985-12	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	83	258	341	$21,000,000
Special Forces	Magic	1985-08^[57]	—	35	53	77	120	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	285	$11,000,000
Star Rider	Williams	1983-11	—	—	—	—	—	42	—	119	85	—	—	—	246	$10,000,000
Stocker	Bally Sente	1984-12^[50]	—	179	—	88	80	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	347	$14,000,000
Street Heat	Epos / Cardinal	1985-03^[59]	66	—	—	—	—	—	—	83	103	—	—	—	252	$10,000,000
Trivia Whiz I	Merit	1985-02^[61]	—	61	42	58	78	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	239	$9,000,000
Trivia Whiz II	Merit	1985-04^[46]	84	80	51	73	81	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	369	$14,000,000
Tic Tac Trivia	Merit	1986-01^[46]	—	—	91	—	106	66	60	134	87	—	—	—	544	$21,000,000
Phraze Craze	Merit	1986-04^[46]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	121	81	83	110	124	519	$20,000,000
Terra Cresta	Nichibutsu	1985-11^[49]	—	—	—	—	—	175	—	97	81	98	50	133	634	$25,000,000
The Legend of Kage	Taito	1986-01	—	—	—	—	—	—	170	84	90	75	80	149	648	$25,000,000
Tiger-Heli	Toaplan	1985-10^[45]	—	—	—	96	134	128	93	90	98	85	87	104	915	$36,000,000
TNK III (T.A.N.K.)	SNK	1985-09	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	86	88	108	—	—	361	$14,000,000
Tokio	Taito	1986-05^[53]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	57	120	177	$7,000,000
Triv Quiz (Trivia Quiz)	Status Games	1984-07^[68]	84	79	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	163	$6,000,000
Triv Quiz II	Status Games	1984-11^[68]	—	75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	75	$3,000,000
Triv Quiz 3	Status Games	1985-02^[68]	—	70	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	70	$3,000,000
Trivial Pursuit	Bally Sente	1985-03^[75]	—	—	—	—	75	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	75	$3,000,000
Video Trivia	Greyhound	1985-02^[70]	66	64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	130	$5,000,000
VS. Tennis	Nintendo	1984-03^[65]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	39	25	48	92	204	$8,000,000
VS. Baseball	Nintendo	1984-04	58	85	80	89	70	—	73	67	56	116	70	112	876	$34,000,000
VS. Ladies Golf	Nintendo	1984-12	—	—	—	—	—	—	33	60	93	85	—	—	271	$11,000,000
VS. Excitebike	Nintendo	1985-02	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	64	61	52	78	255	$10,000,000
VS. Mach Rider	Nintendo	1985-11	98	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	98	$4,000,000
VS. Gumshoe	Nintendo	1986-05	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	55	80	135	$5,000,000
Wonder Boy	Escape / Sega	1986-07	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	80	127	207	$8,000,000
Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Konami	1985-03	73	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	73	$3,000,000
January—October															51,282	$2,000,000,000

The following titles were the highest-earning arcade games between November and December 1986.

Title	Company	Release	Units (est.)^[83]^[84]	RePlay points^[85]	Gross (est.)^{[n 6]}
Out Run	Sega	1986-09	8,000^[29]	9.21	$120,000,000^[30]
Hang-On	Sega	1985-07	2,000+^[86]	8.38	$11,000,000
Gauntlet	Atari Games (Namco)	1985-11	7,848^[41]	7.91	$10,000,000
VS. Super Mario Bros. ^[82]	Nintendo	1986-02	25,000^[87]	7.65	$36,000,000
Mat Mania (Exciting Hour)	Technōs / Taito	1985-10^[37]	1,000+	7.18	$9,000,000
World Series: The Season	Cinematronics	1985-12^[38]	1,000+	7.91	$10,000,000
Spy Hunter	Bally Midway	1984-01^[39]	4,000^[88]	7.20	$9,000,000
Pole Position II	Namco	1983-10	7,000^[89]^[90]	7.35	$10,000,000
Mania Challenge	Technōs / Taito	1986-06^[40]	1,000+	7.80	$10,000,000
Ikari Warriors	SNK	1986-03	1,000+	8.62	$11,000,000
Ghosts 'n Goblins (Makaimura)	Capcom	1985-09	1,000+	6.55	$9,000,000
Super Sprint	Atari Games (Namco)	1986-04^[41]	2,232^[41]	8.60	$11,000,000
Kung-Fu Master (Spartan X)	Irem / Data East	1984-12	5,000+^[91]	6.96	$9,000,000
Paperboy	Atari Games (Namco)	1985-04	3,442^[41]	7.39	$10,000,000
Pole Position	Namco	1982-11^[42]	21,000^[92]	7.01	$9,000,000
1942	Capcom	1985-06	3,000^[84]	7.21	$9,000,000
Choplifter	Sega	1985-12	1,000+	—	—
Commando (Senjō no Ōkami)	Capcom	1985-05	4,000^[84]	6.43	$8,000,000
Speed Buggy (Buggy Boy)	Data East	1985-12	1,000+	7.39	$10,000,000
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Atari Games (Namco)	1985-07^[42]	2,825^[42]	7.16	$9,000,000
Cheyenne Gun	Exidy	1984-09^[43]	1,000+	6.61	$9,000,000
Rush'n Attack (Green Beret)	Konami	1985-12	1,000+	—	—
Arkanoid	Taito	1986-08	1,000+	8.23	$11,000,000
Big Event Golf	Taito	1986-05^[53]	1,000+	7.00	$7,000,000
Birdie King 2	Taito	1983-09^[62]	2,000^[93]	6.07	$8,000,000
Birdie King 3	Taito	1984-06	2,000^[84]	6.07	$8,000,000
Bubble Bobble	Taito	1986-10	1,000+	7.00	$9,000,000
Empire City: 1931	Taito	1986-06	1,000+	6.94	$9,000,000
Enduro Racer	Sega	1986-09	1,000+	8.55	$11,000,000
Gauntlet II	Atari Games (Namco)	1986-08^[42]	270^[42]	8.55	$11,000,000
Gladiator	Allumer / Taito	1986-03^[47]	1,000+	6.90	$9,000,000
Karate Champ	Data East	1984-09	30,000^[91]	6.34	$8,000,000
Life Force (Salamander)	Konami	1986-10	1,000+	7.47	$10,000,000
Monaco GP	Sega	1980-01	2,000+^[84]	6.06	$8,000,000
PlayChoice-10	Nintendo	1986-08	1,000+	6.97	$9,000,000
Power Drive	Bally Midway	1986-11^[60]	1,000+	6.92	$9,000,000
Quartet	Sega	1986-06	1,000+	7.15	$9,000,000
Rampage	Bally Midway	1986-10^[51]	1,000+	8.50	$11,000,000
Renegade (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)	Technōs / Taito	1986-09	1,000+	7.86	$10,000,000
Ring King	Data East	1985-12	1,000+	6.87	$9,000,000
Rygar	Tecmo	1986-06	1,000+	7.12	$9,000,000
Championship Sprint	Atari Games (Namco)	1986-09^[42]	3,595^[42]	8.41	$11,000,000
Space Harrier	Sega	1985-12	1,000+	6.23	$8,000,000
Stocker	Bally Sente	1984-12^[50]	1,000+	7.39	$10,000,000
Phraze Craze	Merit	1986-04^[46]	1,000+	6.21	$8,000,000
Top Gunner (Jackal)	Konami	1986-10	1,000+	7.83	$10,000,000
November—December				323.159	$500,000,000

United Kingdom[]

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1986.

Rank	Title	Company	Units	Annual revenue (est.)		Ref
Rank	Title	Company	Units	Nominal	Inflation	Ref
1	Nemesis (Gradius)	Konami	1,000+	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	^[94]
2	Hang-On	Sega	1,000+	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	^[86]^[95]^[30]
3	Ikari Warriors (Ikari)	SNK	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	^[94]
4	Arkanoid	Taito	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000
5	Super Sprint	Atari Games (Namco)	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000
6	Salamander	Konami	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000
7	Rampage	Bally Midway	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000
8	Enduro Racer	Sega	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000
9	GT Racer (Konami GT)	Konami	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000
10	Jail Break	Konami	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000
11	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Capcom	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	^[96]
	Green Beret (Rush'n Attack)	Konami	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	^[97]
	Space Harrier	Sega	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	^[98]^[86]^[30]
	Tehkan World Cup	Tehkan	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	^[99]^[100]
14	Out Run	Sega	1,000+	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	^[29]
	Arcade video games		100,000	$400,000,000	$1,100,000,000	^[7]^[8]

Best-selling home systems[]

Rank	System(s)	Manufacturer	Type	Generation	Sales			Ref
Rank	System(s)	Manufacturer	Type	Generation	Japan	USA	Worldwide	Ref
1	NES / Famicom	Nintendo	Console	Gen 3	3,900,000	3,000,000	6,900,000+	^[101]^[102]
2	IBM PC clones	Various	Computer	8/16/32-bit	—	—	2,800,000	^[103]^[104]
—	Compaq PC	Compaq	Computer	8/16/32-bit	—	—	800,000	^[103]^[104]
3	Commodore 64 (C64)	Commodore	Computer	8-bit	—	—	2,500,000	^[103]
4	Famicom Disk System	Nintendo	Console	Gen 3	2,500,000	—	2,500,000	^[10]
5	IBM PC	IBM	Computer	8-bit / 16-bit	—	—	2,200,000	^[103]^[104]
6	Game & Watch	Nintendo	Handheld	4-bit	1,000,000	—	1,000,000	^[23]
7	Commodore 128 (C128)	Commodore	Computer	8-bit	—	—	1,000,000	^[105]
8	Sega Master System	Sega	Console	Gen 3	630,000	250,000+	880,000+	^[10]^[106]
9	Apple II	Apple Inc.	Computer	8-bit	—	—	700,000	^[103]
10	NEC PC-88 / PC-98	NEC	Computer	8-bit / 16-bit	510,000	—	510,000+	^[107]^[108]
11	Macintosh	Apple Inc.	Computer	16-bit	—	—	380,000	^[103]
12	Sega SG-1000	Sega	Console	Gen 3	280,000	—	280,000+	^[10]
13	Amiga	Commodore	Computer	16-bit	—	—	200,000	^[103]
13	Atari ST	Atari Corporation	Computer	16-bit	—	—	200,000	^[103]
15	Atari 65XE / 130XE	Atari Corporation	Computer	8-bit	—	100,000+	161,000	^[109]
16	Fujitsu FM-7	Fujitsu	Computer	8-bit	110,000	—	110,000+	^[107]^[108]
17	Atari 7800	Atari Corporation	Computer	Gen 3	—	100,000	100,000	^[110]^[111]

Best-selling home video games[]

Worldwide[]

The following titles were the best-selling home video games worldwide in 1986. See sections below for breakdown of sales and revenue estimates.

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Sales (est.)	Gross revenue (est.)		Genre
Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Sales (est.)	Nominal	Inflation	Genre
1	Super Mario Bros.	NES, G&W, PC-88, X1	Nintendo	4,270,000	$140,000,000	$390,000,000	Platformer
2	Super Mario Bros. 2	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,699,732	$28,000,000	$78,000,000
3	Ninja Hattori-kun	Famicom	Hudson	1,500,000	$48,000,000	$130,000,000
4	TwinBee	Famicom, MSX	Konami	1,300,000	$38,000,000	$110,000,000	Shmup
5	Zelda no Densetsu	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,201,213	$19,000,000	$53,000,000	Action ADV
6	The Goonies	Famicom, MSX	Konami	1,110,000	$34,000,000	$95,000,000	Platformer
7	Gradius	Famicom, MSX	Konami	1,100,000	$34,000,000	$95,000,000	Shmup
7	Hydlide (Hydlide Special)	Famicom, Computers	T&E Soft	1,100,000	$34,000,000	$95,000,000	Action RPG
8	Dragon Quest	Famicom	Enix	1,000,000	$36,000,000	$100,000,000	RPG
10	Kung-Fu Master	NES, Apple II, C64, ST	Irem	980,000	$25,000,000	$69,000,000	Beat 'em up
11	Metroid	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	779,486	$13,000,000	$36,000,000	Metroidvania
12	Ganbare Goemon!	Famicom	Konami	742,740	$24,000,000	$67,000,000	Action ADV
13	Volleyball	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	722,449	$12,000,000	$33,000,000	Sports
14	Takahashi Meijin	Famicom	Hudson	679,627	$22,000,000	$61,000,000	Platformer
15	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Famicom, Computers	Capcom	669,017	$22,000,000	$61,000,000	Platformer
16	Gegege no Kitaro	Famicom	Bandai	643,755	$21,000,000	$58,000,000	Action
17	Pro Wrestling	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	576,560	$9,000,000	$25,000,000	Wrestling
18	Golf	Famicom Disk, NES	Nintendo	556,300	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	Sports
19	Balloon Fight	NES, G&W	Nintendo	550,000	$19,000,000	$53,000,000	Action
20	Duck Hunt	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$90,000,000	$250,000,000	FPS
20	Gyromite	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$90,000,000	$250,000,000	Platformer
22	Ninja JaJaMaru-kun	Famicom	Jaleco	500,000	$15,000,000	$42,000,000	Platformer
23	Excitebike	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	Racing
24	Commando	Famicom, Computers	Capcom	445,208	$16,000,000	$44,000,000	Run & gun
25	10-Yard Fight	NES	Irem	400,000	$10,000,000	$28,000,000	Sports

Handheld games[]

The following titles were the year's best-selling handheld games.^[23]

Title	Sales	Revenue (est.)	Genre	Platform	Company
Super Mario Bros.	250,000	$12,000,000	Platformer	Game & Watch	Nintendo
Squish	250,000	$12,000,000	Action
Climber	250,000	$12,000,000
Balloon Fight	250,000	$12,000,000
Annual	1,000,000	$48,000,000

Japan[]

In Japan, the following home video games were the year's best-selling home video games, excluding dedicated handheld games. See sub-sections below for breakdown of sales and revenue estimates.

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Sales (est.)	Revenue (est.)	Genre
1	Super Mario Bros.	Famicom, PC-88, X1	Nintendo	3,020,000	$97,000,000	Platformer
2	Super Mario Bros. 2	Famicom Disk System	Nintendo	1,699,732	$28,000,000
3	Ninja Hattori-kun	Famicom	Hudson	1,500,000	$48,000,000
4	TwinBee	Famicom, MSX	Konami	1,300,000	$38,000,000	Shoot 'em up
5	Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda no Densetsu	Famicom Disk System	Nintendo	1,201,213	$19,000,000	Action-adventure
6	The Goonies	Famicom, MSX	Konami	1,110,000	$34,000,000	Platformer
7	Hydlide (Hydlide Special)	Famicom, Computers	T&E Soft	1,100,000	$34,000,000	Action RPG
8	Gradius	Famicom, MSX	Konami	1,100,000	$34,000,000	Shmup
9	Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior)	Famicom	Enix	1,000,000	$36,000,000	RPG
10	Metroid	Famicom Disk System	Nintendo	779,486	$13,000,000	Metroidvania
11	Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū	Famicom	Konami	742,740	$24,000,000	Action-adventure
12	Volleyball	Famicom Disk System	Nintendo	722,449	$12,000,000	Sports
13	Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima	Famicom	Hudson	679,627	$22,000,000	Platformer
14	Gegege no Kitaro: Yōkai Daimakyō	Famicom	Bandai	643,755	$21,000,000	Action
15	Pro Wrestling	Famicom Disk System	Nintendo	576,560	$9,000,000	Wrestling
16	Makaimura (Ghosts 'n Goblins)	Famicom	Capcom	569,017	$20,000,000	Platformer
17	Ninja JaJaMaru-kun	Famicom	Jaleco	500,000	$15,000,000	Platformer
18	Hokuto no Ken	Famicom	Toei	391,596	$13,000,000	Beat 'em up
19	Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium	Famicom	Namco	360,528	$9,000,000	Sports
20	Nazo no Murasame Jō	Famicom Disk System	Nintendo	338,111	$5,000,000	Action-adventure
21	Z Gundam: Hot Scramble	Famicom	Bandai	328,776	$11,000,000	FPS
22	Dragon Ball: Shenlong	Famicom	Bandai	315,358	$9,000,000	Beat 'em up
23	Bomberman / Bomberman Special	Famicom, Computers	Hudson	311,000	$10,000,000	Maze
24	Akumajō Dracula (Castlevania)	FDS	Konami	309,025	$6,000,000	Platformer
25	Thexder	Famicom	Game Arts	300,000	$8,000,000	Run & gun

Console games[]

The following titles were the year's best-selling home console games in Japan.

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Sales	Revenue (est.)	Genre	Ref
1	Super Mario Bros.	Famicom	Nintendo	3,000,000	$96,000,000	Platformer	^[112]^[113]^[114]
2	Super Mario Bros. 2 (The Lost Levels)	FDS	Nintendo	1,699,732	$28,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[116]
3	Ninja Hattori-kun	Famicom	Hudson	1,500,000	$48,000,000	Platformer	^[113]^[117]
4	Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda no Densetsu	FDS	Nintendo	1,201,213	$19,000,000	Action ADV	^[118]^[115]^[119]
5	TwinBee	Famicom	Konami	1,200,000	$37,000,000	Shmup	^[113]^[120]
6	Dragon Quest (Dragon Warrior)	Famicom	Enix	1,000,000	$36,000,000	RPG	^[121]^[122]
7	Gradius	Famicom	Konami	1,000,000	$32,000,000	Shmup	^[123]^[124]^[125]
	Hydlide Special	Famicom	T&E Soft	1,000,000	$32,000,000	Action RPG	^[126]^[127]
	The Goonies	Famicom	Konami	1,000,000	$32,000,000	Platformer	^[113]^[128]
10	Metroid	FDS	Nintendo	779,486	$13,000,000	Metroidvania	^[115]^[129]
11	Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū	Famicom	Konami	742,740	$24,000,000	Action ADV	^[115]^[130]
12	Volleyball	FDS	Nintendo	722,449	$12,000,000	Sports	^[115]^[131]
13	Takahashi Meijin no Bōken Jima	Famicom	Hudson	679,627	$22,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[132]
14	Gegege no Kitaro: Yōkai Daimakyō	Famicom	Bandai	643,755	$21,000,000	Action	^[115]^[133]
15	Makaimura (Ghosts 'n Goblins)	Famicom	Capcom	569,017	$20,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[134]
16	Pro Wrestling	FDS	Nintendo	576,560	$9,000,000	Wrestling	^[115]^[135]
17	Ninja JaJaMaru-kun	Famicom	Jaleco	500,000	$15,000,000	Platformer	^[136]^[137]
18	Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star)	Famicom	Toei	391,596	$13,000,000	Beat 'em up	^[115]^[138]
19	Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium	Famicom	Namco	360,528	$9,000,000	Sports	^[115]^[139]
20	Nazo no Murasame Jō	FDS	Nintendo	338,111	$5,000,000	Action ADV	^[115]^[140]
21	Z Gundam: Hot Scramble	Famicom	Bandai	328,776	$11,000,000	FPS	^[115]^[141]
22	Dragon Ball: Shenlong	Famicom	Bandai	315,358	$9,000,000	Beat 'em up	^[115]^[142]
23	Bomberman	Famicom	Hudson	310,000	$10,000,000	Maze	^[113]^[143]^[144]
24	Akumajō Dracula (Castlevania)	FDS	Konami	309,025	$6,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[145]
25	Doraemon	Famicom	Hudson	271,432	$10,000,000	Action ADV	^[115]^[146]
26	Golf	FDS	Nintendo	256,300	$8,000,000	Sports	^[115]^[147]
27	Valkyrie no Bōken	Famicom	Namco	240,241	$6,000,000	Action RPG	^[115]^[148]
28	Baseball	FDS	Nintendo	237,440	$7,000,000	Sports	^[115]^[149]
29	Family Trainer: Athletic World	Famicom	Bandai	208,526	$12,000,000	Sports	^[115]^[150]
30	The Legend of Kage	Famicom	Taito	201,375	$6,000,000	H&S	^[115]^[151]
31	Thexder	Famicom	Game Arts	200,000	$7,000,000	Run & gun	^[152]^[153]
32	Mahjong	FDS	Nintendo	197,665	$6,000,000	Mahjong	^[115]^[154]
33	Meikyū Kumikyoku	Famicom	Hudson	188,844	$6,000,000	Metroidvania	^[115]^[155]
34	Super Xevious	Famicom	Namco	175,543	$6,000,000	Shmup	^[115]^[156]
35	Mighty Bomb Jack	Famicom	Tecmo	169,378	$6,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[157]
36	Tennis	FDS	Nintendo	166,892	$5,000,000	Sports	^[115]^[158]
37	Super Chinese	Famicom	Namco	149,593	$4,000,000	Beat 'em up	^[115]^[159]
38	Solomon's Key	Famicom	Tecmo	136,912	$4,000,000	Puzzle	^[115]^[160]
39	Musashi no Ken	Famicom	Taito	133,154	$4,000,000	Fighting	^[115]^[161]
40	Takeshi no Chōsenjō / Challenge	Famicom	Taito	128,505	$4,000,000	Action ADV	^[115]^[162]
41	Tōkaidō Gojūsan-tsugi	Famicom	Sunsoft	118,653	$4,000,000	Action	^[115]^[163]
42	Soccer	FDS	Nintendo	115,306	$4,000,000	Sports	^[115]^[164]
43	JaJaMaru no Daibōken	Famicom	Jaleco	108,555	$3,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[165]
45	Commando	Famicom	Capcom	105,208	$3,000,000	Run & gun	^[115]^[166]
46	Babel no Tō	Famicom	Namco	100,864	$3,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[167]
47	Star Soldier	Famicom	Hudson	99,279	$3,000,000	Shmup	^[115]^[168]
48	Dead Zone	FDS	Sunsoft	97,716	$2,000,000	VN / ADV	^[115]^[169]
49	Moero TwinBee	FDS	Konami	96,970	$2,000,000	Shmup	^[115]^[170]
50	Murder on the Mississippi	Famicom	Jaleco	89,773	$3,000,000	Adventure	^[115]^[171]
51	Terra Cresta	Famicom	Nichibutsu	87,360	$3,000,000	Shmup	^[115]^[172]
52	Atlantis no Nazo	Famicom	Sunsoft	64,111	$2,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[173]
53	Ginga Denshō: Galaxy Odyssey	Famicom	Imagineer	61,058	$2,000,000	RPS	^[115]^[174]
54	Super Star Force	Famicom	Tecmo	49,610	$2,000,000	Action ADV	^[115]^[175]
55	Urusei Yatsura: Lum no Wedding Bell	Famicom	Jaleco	49,023	$2,000,000	Platformer	^[115]^[176]
56	Namida no Sōkoban Special	FDS	ASCII	35,520	$1,000,000	Sōkoban	^[115]^[177]
57	Othello	FDS	Kawada	20,471	$1,000,000	Othello	^[115]^[178]
58	Koneko Monogatari	FDS	Pony	7,086	$100,000	Platformer	^[115]^[179]

Computer games[]

The following titles were the year's best-selling home computer game software in Japan.

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Points ^{[n 7]}^[180]	Sales (est.)^{[n 8]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 9]}
1	Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II ^[181]	PC-80, PC-88, PC-98, X1	Nihon Falcom	364	200,000	$4,000,000
2	Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness	PC-88, FM-7, X1	T&E Soft	292	200,000	$4,000,000
3	The Goonies	MSX	Konami	193	110,000	$2,000,000
4	Sangokushi (Three Kingdoms)	PC-88, PC-98, FM-16, X1	Koei	187	100,000	$2,000,000
5	Majō Densetsu (Knightmare)	MSX	Konami	169	100,000	$2,000,000
6	Chikyū Senshi Rayieza	PC-88, FM-7	Enix	165	100,000	$2,000,000
7	Relics	PC-88, PC-98, X1, MSX	Bothtec	155	100,000	$2,000,000
8	Hydlide	NEC, FM-7, X1, MZ, MSX	T&E Soft	152	100,000	$2,000,000
9	Wizardry	PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, X1	ASCII	139	100,000	$2,000,000
10	Haja no Fūin (Miracle Warriors)	PC-88, PC-98	Kogado Studio	137	100,000	$2,000,000
11	Cruise Chaser Blassty	PC-88, PC-98, X1	Squaresoft	133	100,000	$2,000,000
12	Gradius	MSX	Konami	129	100,000	$1,500,000
13	Wing-Man 2	PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, X1	Enix	120	100,000	$1,000,000
14	Tritorn	NEC, FM-7, X1, MSX, MZ	Sein-Soft	110	100,000	$1,000,000
15	Albatross	PC-88, PC-98, X1, MSX	Nihon Telenet	107	100,000	$1,000,000
16	Thexder	NEC, FM-7, MZ, MSX, X1	Game Arts	105	100,000	$1,000,000
17	Hokuto no Ken: Gekiga Adventure	PC-88	Enix	103	100,000	$1,000,000
18	Aoki Ōkami to Shiroki Mejika	Computers	Koei	103	100,000	$1,000,000
19	Rambo	MSX	Pack-In-Video	97	100,000	$1,000,000
20	TwinBee	MSX	Konami	95	100,000	$1,000,000
21	Final Zone	PC-88	Nihon Telenet	94	100,000	$1,000,000
22	Daisenryaku / Daisenryaku 88	PC-88, PC-98	SystemSoft	93	100,000	$1,000,000
23	Mugen no Shinzō II	PC-88, X1	Xtal Soft	92	100,000	$1,000,000
24	The Castle	PC-88/98, FM-7, X1, MSX	ASCII	88	50,000	$1,000,000
25	Xanadu Scenario II	PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, X1	Nihon Falcom	87	50,000	$1,000,000
26	Yie Ar Kung-Fu II	MSX	Konami	86	50,000	$1,000,000
27	Lupin III: Cagliostro no Shiro	PC-88, FM-7	Toho	86	50,000	$1,000,000
28	Märchen Veil I	PC-88, PC-98, X1, MZ	System Sacom	83	50,000	$1,000,000
29	Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr.	PC-88, PC-98, X1	Nihon Falcom	81	40,000	$1,000,000
30	Alpha	PC-88, PC-98, X1, FM-7	Squaresoft	77	40,000	$900,000
31	Champion Wrestling Special	PC-80/88, FM-7, X1, MZ	Micronet	77	40,000	$900,000
32	Hokkaidō Rensa Satsujin	NEC PC, FM-7, MSX	ASCII	73	40,000	$900,000
33	Castle Excellent	PC-88, FM-7, X1	ASCII	69	40,000	$800,000
34	Riglas	PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, X1	Random House	69	40,000	$800,000
35	Macross Countdown	PC-88, X1, MSX	Bothtec	63	30,000	$800,000
36	Asteka II: Templo del Sol	PC-88	Nihon Falcom	63	30,000	$800,000
37	The Black Onyx	NEC PC, FM-7, X1, MSX	BPS	62	30,000	$700,000
38	Bōken Romance	PC-88	SystemSoft	62	30,000	$700,000
39	Professional Mahjong	PC-60/80/88/98, FM-7	Chatnoir	57	30,000	$700,000
40	Magical Kid Wiz	MSX	Sony	57	30,000	$700,000
41	J.B. Harold no Jikenbo: Murder Club	PC-88, PC-98, FM-7, X1	Riverhill Soft	56	30,000	$700,000
42	Yume Tairiku Adobenchā	MSX	Konami	55	30,000	$700,000
43	Phantasie	PC-88, PC-98, FM-7	StarCraft	52	30,000	$600,000
44	Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkokuban	PC-88, PC-98, X1	Koei	52	30,000	$600,000
45	Super Mario Bros. Special	PC-88, X1	Hudson Soft	43	20,000	$500,000
46	Konami's Soccer	MSX	Konami	42	20,000	$500,000
47	Deseni World	PC-88, FM-7, X1	Hudson Soft	40	20,000	$500,000
48	Woody Poco	PC-88, X1	dB-Soft	39	20,000	$500,000
49	Akumajō Dracula (Vampire Killer)	MSX	Konami	38	20,000	$500,000
50	American Truck	NEC PC, FM-7, X1, MSX	Nihon Telenet	37	20,000	$400,000
51	New Best Nine Baseball	PC-88, PC-98, FM-7	ASCII	37	20,000	$400,000
52	Tokyo Nampa Street	PC-88/98, FM-7, X1, MSX	Enix	35	20,000	$400,000
53	Super Rambo	PC-88, X1	Pack-In-Video	34	20,000	$400,000
54	Zone	Computers	System Sacom	34	20,000	$400,000
55	Lode Runner II	MSX	Sony	34	20,000	$400,000
56	World Golf	PC-88, FM-7, X1	Enix	34	20,000	$400,000
57	KaleidoScope #1	PC-88, FM-7, X1, S1, MZ	GA Yume	32	20,000	$400,000
58	The Fire Crystal	PC-88, PC-98	BPS	32	20,000	$400,000
59	Wibarm	PC-88, X1	Arsys Software	28	20,000	$300,000
60	Elysion	PC-98	SystemSoft	26	10,000	$300,000
61	The Screamer	PC-88	MagicalZoo	25	10,000	$300,000
62	Kenja no Yuigon	PC-88	ASCII	25	10,000	$300,000
63	Five Holy Girls	PC-88, PC-98, X1	Cosmos	24	10,000	$300,000
64	King's Night	Computers	Squaresoft	23	10,000	$300,000
65	Märchen Veil II	PC-98	System Sacom	23	10,000	$300,000
66	Tenshitachi no Gogo	PC-88, FM-7, X1	JAST	21	10,000	$300,000
67	The Protector	MSX	Pony Canyon	20	10,000	$200,000
68	Gall Force	MSX	Sony	19	10,000	$200,000
69	Kitahei	PC-88, FM-7, X1, MZ, MZ	SPS	19	10,000	$200,000
70	Xevious	PC-88, PC-98	Enix	18	10,000	$200,000
71	Ninja-kun	PC-88, FM-7, X1, MSX	Nippon Dexter	18	10,000	$200,000
72	Wing-Man	NEC PC, FM-7, X1, MSX	Enix	17	10,000	$200,000
73	Topple Zip	PC-88, FM-7, X1	Bothtec	17	10,000	$200,000
74	Hole-in-One Professional	Computers	HAL Laboratory	17	10,000	$200,000
75	177	PC-88, X1	dB-Soft	16	10,000	$200,000
76	Arion	PC-88, FM-7, X1	ASCII	16	10,000	$200,000
77	Gendai Daisenryaku	Computers	SystemSoft	16	10,000	$200,000
78	Archon	PC-88	BPS	15	10,000	$200,000
79	Warroid	X1, MSX	ASCII	15	10,000	$200,000
80	Star Force	MSX	Hudson Soft	15	10,000	$200,000
81	Mahākāla	Computers	MagicalZoo	15	10,000	$200,000
82	Operation Grenade	PC-88, PC-98, X1	Pony Canyon	14	10,000	$200,000
83	Penguin Wars	PC-88, FM-7, X1, MSX	ASCII	13	10,000	$200,000
84	ReBirth	PC-88, FM-7, X1, MZ	SPS	13	10,000	$200,000
85	Galpo Club: Campus-hen	Computers	Micro Cabin	12	10,000	$100,000
86	Laydock	Computers	T&E Soft	12	10,000	$100,000
87	Road Fighter	MSX	Konami	11	10,000	$100,000
88	Nobunaga no Yabō	Computers	Koei	11	10,000	$100,000
89	A Ressha de Ikō	Computers	Artdink	10	10,000	$100,000
90	Robo Wres 2001	Computers	Sega	10	10,000	$100,000
91	Mirai	Computers	Sein-Soft	10	10,000	$100,000
92	Hurry Fox: Yuki no Maō-hen	Computers	Micro Cabin	8	4,000	$100,000
93	Zanac	Computers	Pony Canyon	7	4,000	$100,000
94	Super Harumi	Computers	dB-Soft	7	4,000	$100,000
95	Soapland Story	Computers	HARD	7	4,000	$100,000
96	Highway Star	Computers	System Sacom	7	4,000	$100,000
97	Play Ball	Computers	Sony	7	4,000	$100,000
98	Lost Power	Computers	Winkysoft	7	4,000	$100,000
99	City Fight	Computers	Pony Canyon	6	3,000	$100,000
100	Yakyū Kyō	Computers	Hudson Soft	5	3,000	$100,000
101	Aspic	Computers	Xtal Soft	4	2,000	$50,000
102	Z Gundam	Computers	Bandai	3	2,000	$40,000
103	Arkanoid	Computers	Taito / Nidec	3	2,000	$40,000
104	Mugen no Shinzō	Computers	Xtal Soft	3	2,000	$40,000
105	Kinnikuman	Computers	Bandai	2	1,000	$20,000
106	Bomberman Special	Computers	Hudson Soft	2	1,000	$20,000
107	Champion Soccer	Computers	Pony Canyon	1	1,000	$10,000
	Annual ^[22]			5,943	4,000,000	$70,000,000

United States[]

In the United States, the best-selling home video game of 1986 was the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) title Super Mario Bros.^[182]^[183] The following titles were the best-selling video games of 1986 in the United States, excluding dedicated handheld games. See sub-sections below for breakdown of sales and revenue estimates.

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Sales (est.)	Revenue (est.)	Genre
1	Super Mario Bros.	NES	Nintendo	1,000,000+	$30,000,000	Platformer
2	Kung-Fu Master (Kung Fu)	NES, Apple II, C64	Irem / Data East	900,000	$23,000,000	Beat 'em up
3	Duck Hunt	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$90,000,000	FPS
4	Gyromite	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$90,000,000	Platformer
5	Excitebike	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$10,000,000	Racing
6	10-Yard Fight	NES	Irem	400,000	$10,000,000	Sports
7	Mach Rider	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$9,000,000	Racing
8	Donkey Kong 3	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$8,000,000	Platformer
9	Balloon Fight	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$7,000,000	Action
10	Golf	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$7,000,000	Sports
11	Gumshoe	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$7,000,000	Platformer
12	Mario Bros.	NES, 2600, 5200	Nintendo	276,344	$5,403,890	Platformer
13	Hang-On	Master System	Sega	250,000	$50,000,000	Racing
14	Commando	Computers	Capcom / Data East	200,000	$10,000,000	Run & gun
15	Silent Service	Computers	MicroProse	200,000	$10,000,000	Vehicle sim
16	Soccer	NES	Nintendo	200,000	$6,000,000	Sports
17	Hogan's Alley	NES	Nintendo	200,000	$5,000,000	FPS
18	Wild Gunman	NES	Nintendo	200,000	$5,000,000	FPS
19	Jet	Computers	SubLogic	200,000	$8,000,000	Flight sim
20	The Bard's Tale	Apple II, C64	Electronic Arts	200,000	$8,000,000	RPG
21	Hardball	Apple II, C64	Accolade	170,000	$8,000,000	Baseball
22	Pac-Man	Multi-platform	Namco	166,779	$1,351,954	Maze
23	Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Computers	Origin Systems	160,000	$8,000,000	RPG
24	Karate Champ	Apple II, C64	Technōs / Data East	150,000	$6,000,000	Fighting
25	Pole Position	2600, 5200	Namco	138,137	$757,518	Racing

Console games[]

The following titles were the year's best-selling console games in the United States. See tables below for breakdown of sales and revenue estimates.

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Sales (est.)	Revenue (est.)	Genre	Ref
1	Super Mario Bros. ^[182]	NES	Nintendo	1,000,000+	$30,000,000	Platformer	^[183]
2	Kung Fu (Kung-Fu Master)	NES	Irem	800,000	$20,000,000	Beat 'em up
3	Duck Hunt	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$90,000,000	FPS	^[184]
3	Gyromite	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$90,000,000	Platformer	^[184]
5	Excitebike	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$10,000,000	Racing
6	10-Yard Fight	NES	Irem	400,000	$10,000,000	Sports
7	Mach Rider	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$9,000,000	Racing
8	Gumshoe	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$7,000,000	Platformer
9	Balloon Fight	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$7,000,000	Action
9	Golf	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$7,000,000	Sports
11	Donkey Kong 3	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$8,000,000	Platformer
12	Mario Bros.	NES, 2600, 5200	Nintendo	276,344	$5,403,890	Platformer	^[185]
13	Hang-On	Master System	Sega	250,000	$50,000,000	Racing	^[186]^[187]^[188]
14	Soccer	NES	Nintendo	200,000	$6,000,000	Sports
15	Hogan's Alley	NES	Nintendo	200,000	$5,000,000	FPS
16	Wild Gunman	NES	Nintendo	200,000	$5,000,000	FPS
17	Pole Position	2600, 5200	Namco	138,137	$757,518	Racing	^[185]
18	Joust	2600, 5200	Williams	135,727	$710,789	Action	^[185]
19	Safari Hunt	Master System	Sega	125,000	$25,000,000	FPS	^[187]^[188]
20	Astro Warrior	Master System	Sega	125,000	$19,000,000	Shmup	^[188]^[189]^[186]
21	Galaxian	2600, 5200	Namco	121,485	$493,986	Shmup	^[185]
22	Moon Patrol	2600, 5200	Irem	111,338	$548,407	Driving
23	Jungle Hunt	2600, 5200	Taito	106,697	$575,551	Platformer
24	Super Breakout	2600, 5200	Atari	100,279	$474,802	Block break
25	Pole Position II	7800	Namco	100,000	$14,000,000	Racing	^[190]^[189]
26	Popeye	NES	Nintendo	100,000	$4,000,000	Platformer
27	Tennis	NES	Nintendo	100,000	$4,000,000	Sports
28	Baseball	NES	Nintendo	100,000	$3,000,000	Sports
29	Pinball	NES	Nintendo	100,000	$3,000,000	Pinball
30	Donkey Kong Jr. Math	NES	Nintendo	100,000	$3,000,000	Platformer
31	Donkey Kong	NES	Nintendo	100,000	$2,000,000	Platformer
32	Kangaroo	2600, 5200	Sunsoft	86,471	$460,549	Platformer	^[185]
33	Centipede	2600, 5200	Atari	86,253	$262,166	Shmup
34	Defender	2600, 5200	Williams	78,091	$388,033
35	Battlezone	2600	Atari	75,893	$182,039
36	Star Raiders	2600, 5200	Atari	70,606	$351,197
37	Pac-Man	2600, 5200	Namco	66,779	$351,954	Maze
38	Dig Dug	2600, 5200	Namco	62,535	$338,588
39	Crystal Castles	2600	Atari	61,853	$338,633
40	Soccer	5200	Atari	54,328	$271,731	Sports
41	Space Invaders	2600, 5200	Taito	54,324	$236,731	Shmup
42	Missile Command	2600, 5200	Atari	50,455	$248,193	Shmup
43	Football	2600, 5200	Atari	47,356	$136,734	Sports
44	Qix	5200	Taito	46,747	$231,776	Puzzle
45	Ms. Pac-Man	2600, 5200	Namco	41,331	$224,016	Maze
46	Vanguard	2600, 5200	Tose, SNK	38,868	$176,087	Shmup
47	Millipede	2600	Atari	35,886	$189,272
48	Berzerk	2600, 5200	Atari	35,433	$173,518
49	Pengo	5200	Coreland / Sega	32,136	$160,743	Maze
50	Donkey Kong Jr.	NES	Nintendo	30,000	$1,000,000	Platformer
51	Wrecking Crew	NES	Nintendo	30,000	$1,000,000	Platformer
52	Phoenix	2600	TPN / Hiraoka	29,698	$14,136	Shmup	^[185]
53	Pac-Man Jr.	2600	Namco	28,568	$185,542	Maze
54	Countermeasure	5200	Atari	22,500	$112,766	Shmup
55	Stargate	2600	Atari	19,714	$103,793	Shmup
56	Midnight Magic	2600	Atari	19,618	$128,209	Pinball
57	Tennis	5200	Atari	17,753	$89,514	Sports
58	Air Sea Battle	2600	Atari	15,085	$46,002	Shooter
59	Track & Field	2600	Konami	13,416	$134,805	Sports
60	Robotron	5200	Atari	12,594	$63,135	Shmup
61	Baseball II	2600	Atari	11,742	$41,293	Sports
62	Warlords	2600	Atari	11,412	$34,432	Block break
63	Oscar's Trash Race	2600	Atari	11,010	$33,648	Racing
64	Football II	2600	Atari	10,958	$54,603	Sports
65	Tennis II	2600	Atari	10,350	$29,273
66	Baseball	5200	Atari	10,341	$53,099
67	Space Dungeon	5200	Taito	10,149	$50,813	Run & gun
68	Ballblazer	5200	Atari	10,002	$50,010	Sports
69	Solaris	2600	Atari	9,886	$66,209	Rail shooter
70	Big Bird Egg	2600	Atari	9,570	$29,555	Edutainment
71	Alpha Beam with Ernie	2600	Atari	9,180	$25,209	Edutainment
72	A Game of Concentration	2600	Atari	7,524	$23,099	Card
73	Asteroids	2600	Atari	7,503	$22,909	Shmup
74	Volleyball	2600	Atari	7,356	$23,153	Sports
75	Championship Soccer	2600	Atari	7,154	$22,027
76	Real Sports Soccer	2600	Atari	7,111	$40,875
77	Breakout	2600	Atari	7,060	$22,642	Block break
78	Rescue on Fractalus!	5200	Atari	7,047	$35,312	Shooter
79	Circus Atari	2600	Atari	7,039	$22,036	Block break
80	Video Pinball	2600	Atari	6,624	$21,683	Pinball
81	Basketball	2600	Atari	6,399	$22,155	Sports
82	Home Run	2600	Atari	5,881	$20,583	Sports
83	Outlaw	2600	Taito	5,492	$17,755	Shooter
84	Canyon Bomber	2600	Atari	4,734	$16,562
85	Gremlins	2600	Atari	3,680	$19,828
86	Taz	2600	Atari	3,120	$14,967
87	Choplifter	5200	Atari	3,000	$15,000
88	Cookie Monster	2600	Atari	2,622	$7,903
89	Surround	2600	Atari	2,340	$8,152
90	Snoopy Red Baron	2600	Atari	2,340	$7,451
91	Dodge 'Em	2600	Atari	2,064	$6,497
92	Street Racer	2600	Atari	2,043	$7,150
93	Yar's Revenge	2600	Atari	1,362	$4,289
94	E.T.	2600	Atari	1,138	$443
95	Raiders of the Lost Ark	2600	Atari	1,124	$3,394
96	Indy 500	2600	Atari	1,117	$3,519
97	Haunted House	2600	Atari	930	$2,768
98	Demons To Diamonds	2600	Atari	432	$1,358
99	Maze Craze	2600	Atari	336	$1,040
100	Sorcerer's Apprentice	2600	Atari	222	$830
101	Krull	2600	Atari	210	$654
102	Basic Math	2600	Atari	186	$581
103	Adventure	2600	Atari	180	$1,170
104	Basic Programming	2600	Atari	156	$493
105	Pigs In Space	2600	Atari	150	$506
106	Gravitor	2600	Atari	144	$564
107	Swordquest: Earthworld	2600	Atari	144	$450
108	Othello	2600	Atari	143	$448
109	Video Checkers	2600	Atari	108	$338
110	Swordquest: Fireworld	2600	Atari	108	$335
111	Swordquest: Waterworld	2600	Atari	105	$312
112	Combat	2600	Atari	90	$265
113	Nite Driver	2600	Atari	84	$263
114	Sky Diver	2600	Atari	74	$224
115	Brain Games	2600	Atari	54	$167
116	Atari Cube	2600	Atari	48	$141
117	Casino	2600	Atari	40	$119
118	Backgammon	2600	Atari	24	$74
119	Black Jack	2600	Atari	16	$47
120	Bowling	2600	Atari	9	$27
121	Video Olympics	2600	Atari	7	$21
122	Math Grand Prix	2600	Atari	6	$19

The following titles were the year's best-selling NES game cartridges in the US, excluding console bundles.

Title	Company	Points^{[n 10]}																	Sales (est.)^[3]^[14]
Title	Company	6/6 ^[191]	6/20 ^[192]	7/4 ^[193]	7/18 ^[194]	8/1 ^[194]	8/22 ^[195]	9/5 ^[196]	9/19 ^[197]	10/3 ^[198]	10/17 ^[199]	10/31 ^[200]	11/14 ^[201]	11/28 ^[202]	12/12 ^[203]	12/26 ^[204]	1/23 ^[205]	Total	Units ^{[n 11]}	Gross ^{[n 12]}
Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	10	10	9	10	9	10	9	10	10	9	8	8	8	10	9	8	147	1,000,000	$30,000,000
Kung Fu	Irem	9	9	10	9	10	9	10	9	9	10	9	7	6	7	5	3	131	800,000	$20,000,000
Excitebike	Nintendo	7	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	3	7	—	—	—	4	—	—	74	500,000	$10,000,000
10-Yard Fight	Irem	6	4	4	4	5	6	5	1	1	5	2	4	5	6	6	6	70	400,000	$10,000,000
Mach Rider	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	10	10	7	8	8	7	50	300,000	$9,000,000
Gumshoe	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	10	9	10	9	44	300,000	$7,000,000
Balloon Fight	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	9	9	—	7	10	40	300,000	$7,000,000
Golf	Nintendo	5	6	2	3	7	5	4	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	2	2	40	300,000	$7,000,000
Donkey Kong 3	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	8	8	8	6	—	—	—	—	—	38	200,000	$6,000,000
Soccer	Nintendo	4	5	—	—	1	8	6	3	2	3	—	—	—	3	—	—	35	200,000	$6,000,000
Mario Bros.	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	4	6	3	5	—	5	—	—	28	200,000	$5,000,000
Hogan's Alley	Nintendo	—	—	7	6	2	3	3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	28	200,000	$5,000,000
Wild Gunman	Nintendo	—	—	6	7	3	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	4	5	27	200,000	$5,000,000
Popeye	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6	7	1	7	1	—	—	—	—	22	100,000	$4,000,000
Tennis	Nintendo	2	3	—	2	4	2	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	2	1	1	21	100,000	$4,000,000
Baseball	Nintendo	8	7	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	20	100,000	$3,000,000
Pinball	Nintendo	3	1	3	1	6	4	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	100,000	$3,000,000
Donkey Kong Math	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	5	4	1	—	4	—	—	—	18	100,000	$3,000,000
Donkey Kong	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	6	2	4	—	—	—	—	—	14	100,000	$2,000,000
Donkey Kong Jr.	Nintendo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	—	—	3	—	—	—	—	5	30,000	$1,000,000
Wrecking Crew	Nintendo	1	2	1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	30,000	$1,000,000
																		875	5,600,000	$150,000,000

Computer games[]

The following titles were the year's best-selling computer games in the United States.

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Points^{[n 13]} ^[206]^[207]	Sales (est.)^{[n 14]}	Gross (est.) ^{[n 15]}^[208]	Genre	Ref
1	Silent Service	Computers	MicroProse	529	200,000	$10,000,000	Vehicle sim
2	Commando	Computers	Capcom / Data East	37	200,000	$10,000,000	Run & gun	^[209]^[210]
3	Jet	Computers	SubLogic	392	200,000	$8,000,000	Flight sim
4	The Bard's Tale	Apple II, C64	Electronic Arts	370	200,000	$8,000,000	RPG	^[211]
5	Hardball	Apple II, C64	Accolade	357	170,000	$8,000,000	Baseball
6	Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Computers	Origin Systems	330	160,000	$8,000,000	RPG
7	Karate Champ	Apple II, C64	Technōs / Data East	162	150,000	$6,000,000	Fighting	^[209]^[212]
8	Leader Board	C64	Access	253	100,000	$6,000,000	Sports
9	Elite	C64	Firebird	242	100,000	$6,000,000	Space sim
10	Flight Simulator II	Computers	SubLogic	221	100,000	$5,000,000	Simulation
11	F-15 Strike Eagle	Computers	Micro Prose	191	100,000	$4,000,000	Flight sim
12	Hacker	Computers	Activision	175	100,000	$4,000,000	Strategy
13	Flight Simulator	C64, IBM	Microsoft	160	100,000	$4,000,000	Simulation
14	Math Blaster!	Apple II, C64, IBM	Davidson	135	100,000	$3,000,000	Education	^[213]^[214]
15	Typing Tutor III	Computers	Simon & Schuster	131	100,000	$3,000,000	Education
16	New Improved Master Type	Computers	Scarborough	123	100,000	$3,000,000	Education
17	Gato	Apple II, IBM, Mac	Spectrum HoloByte	121	100,000	$3,000,000	Strategic
18	Little Computer People	Apple II, C64	Activision	112	100,000	$3,000,000	Fantasy
19	Kung-Fu Master	Apple II, C64	Irem / Data East	111	100,000	$3,000,000	Beat 'em up
20	Karateka	Apple II, C64	Broderbund	106	100,000	$3,000,000	Fighting	^[215]^[216]
21	Winter Games	Computers	Epyx	—	100,000	$2,000,000	Sports	^[209]^[217]
22	Pac-Man	Computers	Namco	—	100,000	$1,000,000	Maze	^[218]^[219]
23	Where in the World is Carmen	Computers	Broderbund	2	60,000	$2,000,000	Education	^[209]^[220]
24	Leather Goddesses	IBM, Apple II	Infocom	51	53,543	$2,000,000	Adventure	^[221]
25	Alter Ego	Computers	Activision	107	50,000	$2,000,000	RPG
26	The Way of the Exploding Fist	C64	Data East / UXB	23	50,000	$2,000,000	Fighting
27	Wizard’s Crown	Computers	SSI	—	47,676	$2,000,000	RPG	^[222]
28	Star Raiders	Atari XE	Atari	—	46,816	$13,974	Shmup	^[185]
29	Infiltrator	C64	Mindscape	94	40,000	$2,000,000	Flight sim
30	Bop'n Wrestle	C64	Mindscape	89	40,000	$2,000,000	Sports
31	Flight Simulator Scenery Disks	Computers	SubLogic	86	40,000	$2,000,000	Flight sim
32	King's Quest II	Apple II	Sierra On-Line	82	40,000	$2,000,000	Adventure
33	Conflict in Vietnam	Apple II	MicroProse	76	40,000	$2,000,000	Strategy
34	Championship Baseball	C64	Gamestar	1	40,000	$2,000,000	Sports	^[209]
35	Wargame Construction Set	Computers	SSI	—	40,000	$2,000,000	Strategy	^[222]^[209]
36	Where in the USA Is Carmen	Computers	Broderbund	—	40,000	$2,000,000	Education	^[209]^[220]
37	Temple of Apshai	Computers	Epyx	—	37,000	$1,000,000	RPG	^[223]
38	Trinity	Computers	Infocom	—	35,159	$1,000,000	Adventure	^[224]
39	Roadwar 2000	Computers	SSI	—	34,044	$1,000,000	RPG	^[222]
40	Phantasie II	Apple II, C64	SSI	73	30,100	$1,000,000	RPG	^[222]
41	Alternate Reality	Computers	Datasoft	71	30,000	$1,000,000	RPG
42	GBA Basketball 2on2	C64	Gamestar	71	30,000	$1,000,000	Sports
43	Battle of Antietan	Computers	SSI	66	30,000	$1,000,000	Simulation
44	Garry Kitchen's GameMaker	Apple II, C64	Activision	58	30,000	$1,000,000	GCS
45	Reader Rabbit	Apple II, IBM	Learning Company	57	30,000	$1,000,000	Education
46	Ultima	Computers	Origin Systems	—	30,000	$1,000,000	RPG	^[225]^[226]
47	Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy	Computers	Infocom	129	29,350	$900,000	Adventure	^[227]
48	E.T.	Atari XE	Atari	—	26,844	$1,092	Adventure	^[185]
49	Donkey Kong	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	25,430	$6,766	Platformer	^[185]
50	Moonmist	Computers	Infocom	—	24,777	$700,000	Adventure	^[228]
51	Ballyhoo	Apple II, IBM	Infocom	42	23,912	$700,000	Adventure	^[228]
52	U.S.A.A.F.	Computers	SSI	49	20,000	$1,000,000	Simulation
53	Mean 18	C64, IBM	Accolade	48	20,000	$1,000,000	Sports
54	Temple of Apshai Trilogy	Apple II, IBM	Epyx	46	20,000	$1,000,000	RPG
55	Hacker II	C64	Activision	44	20,000	$1,000,000	Puzzle
56	Championship Golf	IBM, TRS	Gamestar	36	20,000	$900,000	Sports
57	Charlie Brown's ABC's	Apple II	Random House	36	20,000	$900,000	Education
58	Sargon III	Apple II	Hayden	36	20,000	$900,000	Chess
59	Psi-5 Trading Company	Apple II, C64	Accolade	35	20,000	$900,000	Space sim
60	Super Boulder Dash	Apple II, C64	Electronic Arts	34	20,000	$900,000	Maze
61	Acro Jet	Apple II, C64	MicroProse	33	20,000	$800,000	Flight sim
62	Balance of Power	Mac	Mindscape	32	20,000	$800,000	Strategy
63	Defender	Atari XE	Williams	—	19,544	$3,497	Shmup	^[185]
64	Zork I	Computers	Infocom	—	19,182	$600,000	Adventure	^[229]
65	Rings of Zilfin	Computers	SSI	—	17,479	$700,000	RPG	^[222]^[208]
66	Millipede	Atari XE	Atari	—	13,895	$9,183	Shmup	^[185]
67	Shard of Spring	Computers	SSI	—	11,942	$500,000	RPG	^[222]
68	Ghostbusters	Computers	Activision	30	10,000	$800,000	Action
69	Bingo Bugglebee: Home Alone	C64	Quest Learning	29	10,000	$700,000	Education
70	Rocky's Boots	Apple II	Learning Company	29	10,000	$700,000	Education
71	Marble Madness	Amiga, C64	Electronic Arts	28	10,000	$700,000	Platformer
72	Rambo: First Blood Part II	Apple II	Mindscape	26	10,000	$700,000	Adventure
73	G.I. Joe	Apple II, C64	Epyx	22	10,000	$600,000	Run & gun
74	Star Trek: Kobayashi Alternative	Apple II	Simon & Schuster	21	10,000	$500,000	Adventure
75	Super Cycle	C64	Epyx	21	10,000	$500,000	Racing
76	Spy vs. Spy	Computers	Accolade	—	10,000	$400,000	Strategy	^[230]
77	Cornerstone	Computers	Infocom	—	9,265	$300,000	Adventure	^[231]
78	Hacker II: The Doomsday Papers	Apple II, Atari	Activision	20	9,000	$500,000	Strategy
79	Early Games	Computers	Springboard	19	9,000	$500,000	Education
80	Phantasie	Apple II, C64	SSI	18	8,000	$500,000	RPG
81	Eidolon	C64	Epyx	17	8,000	$400,000	Action ADV
82	Gunship	C64	Microprose	17	8,000	$400,000	Flight sim
83	Fooblitzky	Apple II	Infocom	2	7,725	$200,000	Board	^[232]
84	Enchanter	Computers	Infocom	—	7,246	$200,000	Adventure	^[232]
85	Championship Golf V1	IBM	Activision	15	7,000	$400,000	Sports
86	Koronis Rift	Atari, C64	Epyx	15	7,000	$400,000	Strategy
87	MicroLeague Baseball	Apple II	MicroLeague	14	7,000	$400,000	Sports
88	Qix	Atari XE	Taito	—	6,971	$8,359	Puzzle	^[185]
89	Gemstone Healer	Computers	SSI	—	6,030	$200,000	RPG	^[222]
90	Heart of Africa	C64	Electronic Arts	12	6,000	$300,000	Strategy
91	Superbowl Sunday	C64	Avalon Hill	12	6,000	$300,000	Sports
92	Deja Vu	Mac	Mindscape	10	5,000	$300,000	Adventure
93	The Chessmaster 2000	Computers	Toolworks	10	5,000	$300,000	Chess
94	Star Raiders II	Atari XE	Atari	—	4,632	$45,552	Shmup	^[185]
95	Enchanter Trilogy	Computers	Infocom	—	4,500	$100,000	Adventure	^[233]
96	Zork III	Computers	Infocom	—	4,071	$100,000
97	Cutthroats	Computers	Infocom	—	3,302	$100,000
98	Entertainer Kit	Atari XE	Atari	—	3,276	$15,323	Shmup	^[185]
99	Zork Trilogy	Computers	Infocom	—	3,270	$100,000	Adventure	^[233]
100	Spellbreaker	Computers	Infocom	—	3,096	$90,000	Adventure	^[233]
101	Chipwits	C64	Epyx	6	3,000	$200,000	Education
102	Shanghai	Apple II	Activision	6	3,000	$200,000	Mahjong
103	States and Traits	Apple II	DesignWare	6	3,000	$200,000	Education
104	Zork II	Computers	Infocom	—	2,983	$90,000	Adventure	^[234]
105	Sorcerer	Computers	Infocom	—	2,260	$70,000	Adventure	^[234]
106	King's Quest	Apple II	Sierra On-Line	5	2,000	$100,000	Adventure
107	Sundog	Apple II	Access	5	2,000	$100,000	Space sim
108	Chessmaster 2000	Computers	Electronic Arts	4	2,000	$100,000	Chess
109	Suspect	Computers	Infocom	—	1,929	$60,000	Adventure	^[235]
110	Seastalker	Computers	Infocom	—	1,926	$60,000
111	A Mind Forever Voyaging	Apple II	Infocom	48	1,818	$100,000
112	Mind Forever	Computers	Infocom	—	1,818	$50,000
113	Witness	Computers	Infocom	—	1,739	$50,000
114	Starcross	Computers	Infocom	—	1,625	$50,000
115	Joust	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,533	$14,889	Action	^[185]
116	Football	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,096	$8,190	Sports
117	Donkey Kong Jr.	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	1,008	$9,874	Platformer
118	Caverns of Mars	Atari XE	Atari	—	906	$6,994	Shmup
119	Addition Magician	C64	The Learning Co.	2	900	$50,000	Education
120	Archon: The Light and the Dark	IBM	Electronic Arts	2	900	$50,000	Strategy
121	Halley Project	Apple II	Mindscape	2	900	$50,000	Space sim
122	The Goonies	C64	DataSoft	2	900	$50,000	Platformer
123	Deadline	Computers	Infocom	—	756	$20,000	Adventure	^[236]
124	Wishbringer	Computers	Infocom	—	740	$20,000	Adventure	^[236]
125	Track & Field	Atari XE	Konami	—	714	$9,948	Sports	^[185]
126	Ms. Pac-Man	Atari XE	Namco	—	646	$6,147	Maze
127	Jungle Hunt	Atari XE	Taito	—	636	$6,117	Platformer
128	Planetfall	Computers	Infocom	—	617	$20,000	Adventure	^[237]
129	Moon Patrol	Atari XE	Irem	—	558	$5,292	Shooter	^[185]
130	Infidel	Computers	Infocom	—	501	$20,000	Adventure	^[238]
131	Defender of the Crown	Amiga	MDS	1	500	$30,000	Strategy
132	Gettysburg: The Turning Point	Apple II, Atari	SSI	1	500	$30,000	Simulation
133	Rogue	ST	Epyx	1	500	$30,000	RPG
134	Dig Dug	Atari XE	Namco	—	468	$4,563	Maze	^[185]
135	Robotron	Atari XE	Atari	—	438	$4,237	Shmup
136	Tennis	Atari XE	Atari	—	384	$2,865	Sports
137	Final Legacy	Atari XE	Atari	—	378	$3,582	Shmup
138	Centipede	Atari XE	Atari	—	281	$2,121	Shmup
139	Pengo	Atari XE	Coreland / Sega	—	240	$2,259	Maze
140	Galaxian	Atari XE	Namco	—	228	$1,705	Shmup
141	Missile Command	Atari XE	Atari	—	192	$1,434	Shmup
142	Pole Position	Atari XE	Namco	—	176	$1,668	Racing
143	Space Invaders	Atari XE	Taito	—	150	$1,126	Shmup
144	Asteroids	Atari XE	Atari	—	126	$937
145	Basketball	Atari XE	Atari	—	84	$630
146	Super Breakout	Atari XE	Atari	—	60	$455
147	3D Tic-Tac-Toe	Atari XE	Atari	—	24	$110
148	Computer Chess	Atari XE	Atari	—	23	$169
149	Scram	Atari XE	Atari	—	18	$133
150	Eastern Front '41	Atari XE	Atari	—	6	$47
	Annual			6,347	4,200,000	$168,000,000		^[20]

United Kingdom[]

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the year's best-selling home computer games. The best-selling game was Konami's Yie Ar Kung-Fu, making it the second year in a row that a fighting game topped the annual charts, after The Way of the Exploding Fist in 1985.^[239]

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Points^{[n 16]} ^[240]^[241]	Sales (est.)^{[n 17]}	Gross (est.) ^{[n 18]}^[21]	Genre	Ref
1	Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Computers	Konami	586	200,000	$4,000,000	Fighting	^[239]
2	Formula 1 Simulator	Computers	Mastertronic	585	150,000	$3,000,000	Racing
3	Commando	Computers	Capcom	551	140,000	$3,000,000	R&G
4	Green Beret	Computers	Konami	410	110,000	$2,000,000	R&G
5	Thrust	Computers	Superior	409	100,000	$2,000,000	Shmup
6	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Computers	Capcom	315	100,000	$2,000,000	Platform
7	Paperboy	Computers	Atari Games	314	100,000	$2,000,000	Action
8	Rambo	Computers	Ocean	313	100,000	$2,000,000	R&G
9	Kikstart	Computers	Mastertronic	312	100,000	$2,000,000	Racing
10	Ninja Master	ZX, CPC, ST	Firebird	311	100,000	$2,000,000	Action
11	Winter Games	Computers	Epyx	310	80,000	$2,000,000	Sports
12	Spellbound	Computers	Mastertronic	309	80,000	$2,000,000	ADV
13	ACE	Computers	Cascade	308	80,000	$2,000,000	Flight sim
14	Finders Keepers	Computers	Mastertronic	307	80,000	$2,000,000	Platform
15	Kane	Computers	Mastertronic	306	80,000	$2,000,000	Arcade
16	Trivial Pursuit	Computers	Domark	305	80,000	$2,000,000	Quiz
17	Elite	Computers	Acornsoft	304	80,000	$2,000,000	Space
18	One Man and his Droid	Computers	Mastertronic	303	80,000	$2,000,000	Arcade
19	Action Biker	Computers	Mastertronic	302	80,000	$2,000,000	Racing	^[239]^[242]
20	Galaxions / Skramble	Computers	Namco / Konami	301	80,000	$2,000,000	Arcade	^[239]
21	The Last V8	Computers	Mastertronic	300	80,000	$2,000,000	Racing
22	Kung-Fu Master	C64, ST	Irem	299	80,000	$2,000,000	Brawler
23	Speed King	Computers	Mastertronic	298	80,000	$2,000,000	Racing
24	BMX Racers	Computers	Mastertronic	297	80,000	$2,000,000	Racing
25	Vegas Jackpot	Computers	Mastertronic	296	80,000	$2,000,000	Casino
26	They Sold a Million (Daley)	Computers	Konami	295	80,000	$2,000,000	Sports
27	Way of the Tiger	Computers	Gremlin	258	70,000	$1,000,000	Brawler
28	Gauntlet	Computers	US Gold	223	60,000	$1,000,000	H&S
29	Dragon's Lair	Computers	Software	222	60,000	$1,000,000	Arcade
30	Uridium	C64	Hewson	221	60,000	$1,000,000	Shmup
31	Exploding Fist (Karate Champ)	Computers	Data East	220	60,000	$1,000,000	Fighting
32	10 Computer Hits	Computers	Beau Jolly	219	60,000	$1,000,000	Misc
33	Bruce Lee	Computers	US Gold	45	60,000	$1,000,000	Platform	^[243]
34	Bomb Jack	Computers	Tehkan	207	50,000	$1,000,000	Platform
35	Hyper Sports / Daley's Super Test	Computers	Konami	189	50,000	$1,000,000	Sports
36	FA Cup Football	Computers	Virgin	140	40,000	$1,000,000	—
37	Batman	Computers	Ocean	138	40,000	$1,000,000
38	Spindizzy	Computers	Electric	125	30,000	$1,000,000
39	World Cup Carnival	Computers	US Gold	118	30,000	$1,000,000
40	Rock'n Wrestle	Computers	Melbourne	114	30,000	$1,000,000
41	Superbowl	Computers	Ocean	111	30,000	$1,000,000
42	Infiltrator	Computers	US Gold	110	30,000	$1,000,000
43	V	C64, ZX, C64	Ocean	110	30,000	$1,000,000
44	Ping Pong (Konami's Ping Pong)	Computers	Konami	109	30,000	$1,000,000
45	Ninja	Computers	Mastertronic	105	30,000	$1,000,000
46	Jack The Nipper	Computers	Gremlin	101	30,000	$600,000
47	Leaderboard	Computers	US Gold	101	30,000	$600,000
48	Movie	ZX, ZX	Imagine	101	30,000	$600,000
49	Molecule Man	Computers	Mastertronic	96	20,000	$400,000
50	Hardball	C64	US Gold	95	20,000	$400,000
51	180	Computers	Mastertronic	93	20,000	$400,000
52	International Karate/Karate Combat	C64, ZX, C64	Data East	92	20,000	$400,000
53	Dan Dare	Computers	Virgin	92	20,000	$400,000
54	Knight Tyme	ZX, ST, ZX	Mastertronic	92	20,000	$400,000
55	Go for Gold	Computers	Kixx	89	20,000	$400,000
56	10 Computer Hits Vol. 2	Computers	Beau Jolly	84	20,000	$400,000
57	Olli & Lissa	Computers	Firebird	84	20,000	$400,000
58	Turbo Espirit	ZX, CPC	Durell	79	20,000	$400,000
59	Fist II: The Legend Continues	Computers	Melbourne	76	20,000	$400,000
60	Druid	Computers	Firebird	73	20,000	$400,000
61	1942	Computers	Capcom	72	20,000	$400,000
62	Super Cycle	Computers	US Gold	71	20,000	$400,000
63	Lightforce	Computers	FTL	68	20,000	$400,000
64	Rockman	Computers	Mastertronic	68	20,000	$400,000
65	Biggles	C64, ZX	Mirrorsoft	64	20,000	$400,000
66	Sky Fox	Computers	Ariolasoft	64	20,000	$400,000
67	Knight Games	Computers	English	61	20,000	$400,000
68	Bounder	Computers	Gremlin	59	20,000	$400,000
69	Barry Mcguigan Boxing	Computers	Activision	57	10,000	$200,000
70	Eidolon	C64, Atari	Activision	57	10,000	$200,000
71	Silent Service	C64	MicroProse	51	10,000	$200,000
72	Big Mac	C64, C16	Mastertronic	47	10,000	$200,000
73	Mr Puniverse	C16	Mastertronic	47	10,000	$200,000
74	Saboteur	Computers	Durell	47	10,000	$200,000
75	Caves of Doom	Computers	Mastertronic	46	10,000	$200,000
76	The Great Escape	Computers	Macmillan	45	10,000	$200,000
77	Winter Olympics	Computers	Tynesoft	45	10,000	$200,000
78	Mikie / Konami's Coin-Op Hits	C64	Imagine	43	11,000	$200,000
79	Heavy on the Magick	ZX	Gargoyle	42	10,000	$200,000
80	Street Olympics	C16	Mastertronic	40	10,000	$200,000
81	World Games	Computers	US Gold	40	10,000	$200,000
82	Fingers Malone	C16	Mastertronic	39	10,000	$200,000
83	Five Star Games	Computers	Beau-Jolly	38	10,000	$200,000
84	Lord of the Rings	Computers	Melbourne	37	10,000	$200,000
85	Transformers	Computers	Ocean	37	10,000	$200,000
86	Video Olympics	Computers	Mastertronic	36	10,000	$200,000
87	Warhawk	Computers	Firebird	34	10,000	$200,000
88	Koronis Rift	C64, ST, Atari	Activision	32	10,000	$200,000
89	Knight Rider	Computers	Ocean	31	10,000	$200,000
90	Hole in One	Computers	HAL	29	10,000	$200,000
91	Theatre Europe	Computers	PSS	27	7,000	$100,000
92	Cobra	Computers	Ocean	26	7,000	$100,000
93	Tutti Frutti	C16, ST, Atari	Mastertronic	26	7,000	$100,000
94	Mercenary	C64, ST, Atari	Novagen	23	6,000	$100,000
95	Pub Games	Computers	Alligata	23	6,000	$100,000
96	Tennis	ST, C64, BBC	Bugbyte	23	6,000	$100,000
97	Cauldron	C64	Palace	21	5,000	$100,000
98	Booty	Computers	Firebird	20	5,000	$100,000
99	Psi-5 Trading Company	C64, ZX	US Gold	20	5,000	$100,000
100	Dragon's Lair 2	Computers	Software	19	5,000	$100,000
101	Incredible Shrinking Fireman	ZX,ZX, ZX	Mastertronic	19	5,000	$100,000
102	Now Games	ZX, C64	Virgin	19	5,000	$100,000
103	Happiest Days	Computers	Firebird	17	4,000	$100,000
104	Off the Hook	Computers	Off the Hook	17	4,000	$100,000
105	Scooby Doo	Computers	Elite	17	4,000	$100,000
106	Tomahawk	ZX, C64, CPC	Digital Int.	17	4,000	$100,000
107	BreakThru	Computers	Data East	16	4,000	$100,000
108	Elektra Glide	C64, ST	Activision	16	4,000	$100,000
109	Kai Temple	Computers	Firebird	15	4,000	$100,000
110	Now Games 2	ZX, C64	Virgin	15	4,000	$100,000
111	Footballer of the Year	Computers	Gremlin	14	4,000	$100,000
112	Kung Fu Kid	C16	Gremlin	14	4,000	$100,000
113	Steve Davis Snooker	Computers	CDS	14	4,000	$100,000
114	BMX Simulator	Computers	Codemaster	13	3,000	$100,000
115	Bump Set Spike	Computers	Mastertronic	13	3,000	$100,000
116	Gyroscope	Computers	Melbourne	13	3,000	$100,000
117	Solo Flight 2	Computers	MicroProse	13	3,000	$100,000
118	Starstrike	ZX	Realtime	13	3,000	$100,000
119	Starstrike II	ZX, Amiga, ZX	Realtime	13	3,000	$100,000
120	Strike Force Harrier	Computers	Mirrorsoft	12	3,000	$100,000
121	Video Poker	Computers	Loadstar	12	3,000	$100,000
122	Zoids	ZX, C64	Martech	12	3,000	$100,000
123	Alleykat	Computers	Hewson	11	3,000	$100,000
124	Space Harrier	Computers	Sega	11	3,000	$100,000
125	Jack Attack	ST, BBC	Bugbyte	10	3,000	$60,000
126	Streethawk	Computers	Ocean	10	3,000	$60,000
127	Ace of Aces	Computers	US Gold	9	2,000	$40,000
	Arcade Hall of Fame (Up'n Down)	ZX, C64	Sega	9	2,000	$40,000
	Beer Belly Burt's Brew Biz	BBC	Americana	9	2,000	$40,000
	Cauldron II	Computers	Palace	9	2,000	$40,000
	Crystal Castles	Computers	US Gold	9	2,000	$40,000
	Fairlight	Computers	The Edge	9	2,000	$40,000
	Harvey Headbanger	ZX	Firebird	9	2,000	$40,000
	Hit Pack	Computers	Elite	9	2,000	$40,000
	Kambo	ZX, C64	Ocean	9	2,000	$40,000
	Quazatron	ZX	Hewson	9	2,000	$40,000
	Sport of Kings	C64, ZX	Mastertronic	9	2,000	$40,000
	Storm	Computers	Mastertronic	9	2,000	$40,000
	Trap Door	Computers	Macmillan	9	2,000	$40,000

Notes[]

↑ See Best-selling home video games section
↑ See Computer games section
↑
4 units per point (est.)
- 3,255 points equivalent to 10,000 units (Hang-On)
- 2,700 points equivalent to 3,500 units (Out Run)
- 1,117 points equivalent to 7,000 units (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)
↑ 49,319 points equivalent to $1.81 billion (excluding Hang-On and Out Run) = $37,000 per point (est.)
↑ 51,282 points equivalent to $2 billion = $39,000 per point (est.)
↑ 313.95 points equivalent to $400 million (excluding Out Run) = $1.3 million per point (est.)
↑
Points based on monthly Softlog chart rankings from LOGiN magazine during 1986 (March 1986 to March 1987 issues).
- Rank #1 = 20 points
- Rank #10 = 11 points
- Rank #20 = 1 point
↑ 364 points equivalent to 200,000 units (Xanadu) = 550 units per point (est.)
↑ 5,943 points equivalent to $70 million = $12,000 per point
↑ Rank #1 = 10 points
Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 728 points equivalent to 4.6 million NES cartridges (excluding Super Mario Bros.) = 6,300 cartridges per point (est.)
↑ 875 points equivalent to $150 million NES cartridge sales revenue = $170,000 per point (est.)
↑
Points calculated from chart rankings:
- Billboard entertainment and Computer Entertainer charts
  - Rank #1 = 20 points
  - Rank #20 = 1 point
- Billboard education charts
  - Rank #1 = 10 points
  - Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 272 points equivalent to 127,595 units (five Infocom games) = 470 units per point (est.)
↑ 6,347 points equivalent to $168 million = $25,000 per point (est.)
Average price: $39.95
↑
Points based on UK chart rankings during 1986.
- CVG (multi-platform)
  - Rank #1 = 30 points
  - Rank #30 = 1 point
- CVG (single-platform)
  - Rank #1 = 10 points
  - Rank #10 = 1 point
- Popular Computing Weekly
  - Rank #1 = 20 points
  - Rank #20 = 1 point
↑ 302 points equivalent to 80,000 units (Action Biker) = 260 units per point (est.)
↑
Average price:
- £20 for 60% of games
- £2.99 for 40% of games
- £13 ($19) average

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1986 Index (Computer Entertainer)

[21] See Best-selling home video games section

[24] See Computer games section

[26] 4 units per point (est.)
3,255 points equivalent to 10,000 units (Hang-On)

2,700 points equivalent to 3,500 units (Out Run)

1,117 points equivalent to 7,000 units (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)

[4] 3,255 points equivalent to 10,000 units (Hang-On)

[5] 2,700 points equivalent to 3,500 units (Out Run)

[6] 1,117 points equivalent to 7,000 units (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)

[28] 49,319 points equivalent to $1.81 billion (excluding Hang-On and Out Run) = $37,000 per point (est.)

[86] 51,282 points equivalent to $2 billion = $39,000 per point (est.)

[91] 313.95 points equivalent to $400 million (excluding Out Run) = $1.3 million per point (est.)

[186] Points based on monthly Softlog chart rankings from LOGiN magazine during 1986 (March 1986 to March 1987 issues).
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #10 = 11 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

[11] Rank #1 = 20 points

[12] Rank #10 = 11 points

[13] Rank #20 = 1 point

[188] 364 points equivalent to 200,000 units (Xanadu) = 550 units per point (est.)

[189] 5,943 points equivalent to $70 million = $12,000 per point

[200] Rank #1 = 10 points
Rank #10 = 1 point

[216] 728 points equivalent to 4.6 million NES cartridges (excluding Super Mario Bros.) = 6,300 cartridges per point (est.)

[217] 875 points equivalent to $150 million NES cartridge sales revenue = $170,000 per point (est.)

[218] Points calculated from chart rankings:
Billboard entertainment and Computer Entertainer charts
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

Billboard education charts
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[20] Billboard entertainment and Computer Entertainer charts
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

[21] Rank #1 = 20 points

[22] Rank #20 = 1 point

[23] Billboard education charts
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[24] Rank #1 = 10 points

[25] Rank #10 = 1 point

[221] 272 points equivalent to 127,595 units (five Infocom games) = 470 units per point (est.)

[222] 6,347 points equivalent to $168 million = $25,000 per point (est.)
Average price: $39.95

[255] Points based on UK chart rankings during 1986.
CVG (multi-platform)
Rank #1 = 30 points

Rank #30 = 1 point

CVG (single-platform)
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

Popular Computing Weekly
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

[29] CVG (multi-platform)
Rank #1 = 30 points

Rank #30 = 1 point

[30] Rank #1 = 30 points

[31] Rank #30 = 1 point

[32] CVG (single-platform)
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[33] Rank #1 = 10 points

[34] Rank #10 = 1 point

[35] Popular Computing Weekly
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

[36] Rank #1 = 20 points

[37] Rank #20 = 1 point

[258] 302 points equivalent to 80,000 units (Action Biker) = 260 units per point (est.)

[259] Average price:
£20 for 60% of games

£2.99 for 40% of games

£13 ($19) average

[40] £20 for 60% of games

[41] £2.99 for 40% of games

[42] £13 ($19) average

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Financial performance[]

Highest-grossing video games[]

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Japan[]

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Best-selling home systems[]

Best-selling home video games[]

Worldwide[]

Handheld games[]

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Console games[]

Computer games[]

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Console games[]

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