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In 1987, the video game industry had fully recovered from the crash of 1983, including both the arcade and home markets.

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

Financial performance[]

The following table lists the annual sales and revenue generated by the electronic games industry in 1987, 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	36,325,000+	$8,300,000,000	$23,000,000,000
	Arcade games	Worldwide	565,000+	$11,000,000,000	$30,000,000,000
Arcade	Arcade games	United States	450,000	$7,000,000,000	$19,000,000,000	^[1]^[2]^[3]
		Japan	100,000+	$3,000,000,000	$8,300,000,000	^[4]^[5]
		United Kingdom	15,000+	$1,000,000,000	$2,800,000,000	^[6]^[7]
	Video games	Worldwide	103,360,000+	$13,012,000,000	$36,000,000,000
Arcade	Arcade video games	United States	225,000	$4,300,000,000	$12,000,000,000	^[1]^[8]^[9]
		Japan	100,000+	$3,000,000,000	$8,300,000,000	^[4]^[5]
		United Kingdom	15,000+	$400,000,000	$1,100,000,000	^[6]^[7]
		Worldwide	340,000+	$7,700,000,000	$21,000,000,000
Console	Game consoles	Japan	2,660,000	—	—	^[10]^[11]
		United States	4,100,000	—	—	^[12]^[13]
		Europe	460,000+	—	—
		Worldwide	7,220,000+	—	—
	Console games	Japan	40,000,000	$2,000,000,000	$5,500,000,000	^[14]^[11]^[15]
	Console games	United States	26,000,000	$900,000,000	$2,500,000,000	^[13]^[1]^[16]
	Console market	Japan	42,660,000	$3,700,000,000	$10,000,000,000	^[17]^[18]
		United States	30,100,000	$1,100,000,000	$3,200,000,000	^[12]^[1]
		United Kingdom	1,000,000	$16,000,000	$44,000,000	^[19]^[20]
		Worldwide	73,760,000	$4,816,000,000	$13,000,000,000
Computer	Computer games	United States	6,000,000	$200,000,000	$550,000,000	^[21]^[16]
		United Kingdom	18,000,000	$180,000,000	$500,000,000	^[19]^[20]
		Japan	5,000,000	$90,000,000	$250,000,000	^[22]^{[n 1]}
		Worldwide	29,000,000+	$470,000,000	$1,300,000,000
Handheld	Handheld LCD games	Japan	260,000	$13,000,000	$36,000,000	^[23]
		United Kingdom	—	$13,000,000	$36,000,000	^[19]
		Eurasia	260,000+	$26,000,000	$72,000,000
	Video games	Japan	48,020,000	$6,803,000,000	$19,000,000,000
		United States	36,550,000	$5,600,000,000	$15,000,000,000
		United Kingdom	19,015,000	$609,000,000	$1,700,000,000
	Electronic games	Worldwide	103,585,000+	$16,312,000,000	$45,000,000,000

Highest-grossing video games[]

The following titles were the year's highest-grossing video games worldwide, 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	Out Run	Sega	$920,000,000	$2,500,000,000	$900,000,000	$23,000,000	Racing
2	Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	$390,000,000	$1,100,000,000	$61,000,000	$330,000,000	Platformer
3	Arkanoid	Taito	$240,000,000	$660,000,000	$230,000,000	$7,000,000	Block break
4	Double Dragon	Technōs	$230,000,000	$640,000,000	$230,000,000	—	Beat 'em up
5	Hang-On	Sega	$220,000,000	$610,000,000	$120,000,000	$100,000,000	Racing
6	Ikari Warriors (Ikari)	SNK	$200,000,000	$550,000,000	$170,000,000	$32,000,000	Run & gun
7	Dragon Quest II	Enix	$198,000,000	$550,000,000	—	$198,000,000	RPG
8	Flying Shark (Sky Shark)	Toaplan	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	$160,000,000	—	Shmup
	Pole Position II	Namco	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	$120,000,000	$40,000,000	Racing
	R-Type	Irem	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	$160,000,000	—	Shmup
11	After Burner	Sega	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	$150,000,000	$2,000,000	TPS
	Bubble Bobble	Taito	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	$150,000,000	$1,100,000	Platformer
	Rolling Thunder	Namco	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	$150,000,000	—	Run & gun
14	1943: Battle of Midway	Capcom	$140,000,000	$390,000,000	$140,000,000	—	Shmup
14	Super Hang-On	Sega	$140,000,000	$390,000,000	$140,000,000	—	Racing
16	Super Sprint	Atari Games	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	$120,000,000	$200,000	Racing
17	Big Event Golf	Taito	$110,000,000	$300,000,000	$110,000,000	—	Sports
17	RoadBlasters	Atari Games	$110,000,000	$300,000,000	$110,000,000	—	Driving
19	Contra / Gryzor	Konami	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$100,000,000	$100,000	Run & gun
	Darius	Taito	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$100,000,000	—	Shmup
	Enduro Racer	Sega	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$96,000,000	$8,000,000	Racing
	Gauntlet	Atari Games	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$97,000,000	$3,000,000	Maze
	Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun	Technōs	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$98,000,000	$6,000,000	Beat 'em up
	Rastan Saga / Rastan	Taito	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$100,000,000	—	Hack & slash
	Top Gunner / Jackal	Konami	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$100,000,000	—	Run & gun
	World Series: The Season	Cinematronics	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	$100,000,000	—	Sports

Highest-grossing arcade games[]

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

Rank	Title	Company	Worldwide revenue (est.)		Genre
Rank	Title	Company	Nominal	Inflation	Genre
1	Out Run	Sega	$900,000,000	$2,500,000,000	Racing
2	Arkanoid	Taito	$230,000,000	$640,000,000	Block break
2	Double Dragon	Technōs Japan / Taito	$230,000,000	$640,000,000	Beat 'em up
4	Ikari Warriors (Ikari)	SNK	$170,000,000	$470,000,000	Run & gun
5	Flying Shark (Sky Shark)	Toaplan / Taito	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	Shmup
5	R-Type	Irem	$160,000,000	$440,000,000	Shmup
7	After Burner	Sega	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	TPS
	Bubble Bobble	Taito	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	Platformer
	Rolling Thunder	Namco	$150,000,000	$420,000,000	Run & gun
10	1943: Battle of Midway / Midway Kaisen	Capcom	$140,000,000	$390,000,000	Shmup
10	Super Hang-On	Sega	$140,000,000	$390,000,000	Racing
12	Hang-On	Sega	$120,000,000	$330,000,000	Racing
	Pole Position II	Namco	$120,000,000	$330,000,000
	Super Sprint	Atari Games	$120,000,000	$330,000,000
15	Big Event Golf	Taito	$110,000,000	$300,000,000	Sports
15	RoadBlasters	Atari Games	$110,000,000	$300,000,000	Driving
17	Contra	Konami	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	Run & gun
	Darius	Taito	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	Shmup
	Rastan (Rastan Saga)	Taito	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	Hack & slash
	Top Gunner (Jackal)	Konami	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	Run & gun
	World Series: The Season	Cinematronics	$100,000,000	$280,000,000	Sports
22	Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (Renegade)	Technōs / Taito	$98,000,000	$270,000,000	Beat 'em up
23	Gauntlet	Atari Games	$97,000,000	$270,000,000	Maze
24	Enduro Racer	Sega	$96,000,000	$270,000,000	Racing
25	Championship Sprint	Atari Games	$95,000,000	$260,000,000	Racing

Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1987. Estimated earnings are given based on approximate calculations.

Rank	Title	Company	Points			Units (est.) ^{[n 2]}^[24]	Revenue (est.) ^{[n 3]}^[4]^[5]
Rank	Title	Company	Game Machine ^[25]^[26]	Gamest ^[27]	Total ^{[n 4]}	Units (est.) ^{[n 2]}^[24]	Revenue (est.) ^{[n 3]}^[4]^[5]
1	Out Run ^[28]^[29]^[30]	Sega	3,734	33	7,034	5,500	$400,000,000
2	R-Type	Irem	1,698	26	4,298	10,000	$140,000,000
3	After Burner	Sega	1,458	20	3,458	10,000	$110,000,000
4	Arkanoid	Taito	3,118	—	3,118	10,000	$100,000,000
5	1943: Midway Kaisen	Capcom	1,778	12	2,978	9,000	$95,000,000
6	Hi Sho Zame (Flying Shark)	Toaplan / Taito	2,434	5	2,934	9,000	$94,000,000
7	Double Dragon	Technōs / Taito	1,890	10	2,890	9,000	$92,000,000
8	Darius	Taito	1,733	8	2,533	8,000	$81,000,000
9	Super Hang-On	Sega	1,901	4	2,301	7,000	$74,000,000
10	Major League	Sega	2,285	—	2,285	9,000	$73,000,000
11	Tehkan World Cup	Tecmo	2,210	—	2,210	7,000	$71,000,000
12	Bubble Bobble	Taito	2,041	—	2,041	6,000	$65,000,000
13	Mahjong Kyōjidai	Sanritsu	2,040	—	2,040	6,000	$65,000,000
14	Second Love	Nihon Bussan	1,914	—	1,914	6,000	$61,000,000
15	Ojanko Kan	Video System	1,876	—	1,876	6,000	$60,000,000
16	Ikari (Ikari Warriors)	SNK	1,773	—	1,773	9,000	$57,000,000
17	Side Pocket	Data East	1,744	—	1,744	5,000	$56,000,000
18	Dragon Spirit	Namco	1,030	7	1,730	5,000	$55,000,000
19	KiKi KaiKai	Taito	1,697	—	1,697	5,000	$54,000,000
20	WEC Le Mans 24	Konami	1,617	—	1,617	5,000	$52,000,000
21	1942	Capcom	1,603	—	1,603	10,000	$51,000,000
22	Pole Position II	Namco	1,586	—	1,586	10,000	$51,000,000
23	Arkanoid: Revenge of Doh	Taito	1,560	—	1,560	5,000	$50,000,000
24	Big Event Golf	Taito	1,553	—	1,553	5,000	$50,000,000
25	City Love	Nihon Bussan	1,553	—	1,553	5,000	$50,000,000
26	Real Mahjong Hai Hai	Alba	1,532	—	1,532	8,000	$49,000,000
27	Super Real Mahjong PII	Seta / Taito	1,514	—	1,514	5,000	$48,000,000
28	Halley's Comet	Taito	1,493	—	1,493	5,000	$48,000,000
29	Tee'd Off	Tecmo	1,396	—	1,396	4,000	$45,000,000
30	Perfect Billiard	Nihon / Sega	1,373	—	1,373	4,000	$44,000,000
31	Space Harrier	Sega	1,367	—	1,367	7,000	$44,000,000
32	Hang-On	Sega	1,365	—	1,365	10,000	$44,000,000
33	Galaga	Namco	1,337	—	1,337	10,000	$43,000,000
34	Super Othello	Success	1,331	—	1,331	4,000	$43,000,000
35	Ojanko Club	Video System	1,317	—	1,317	4,000	$42,000,000
36	Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun^[31]	Technōs / Taito	1,315	—	1,315	7,000	$42,000,000
37	Rolling Thunder	Namco	1,289	—	1,289	4,000	$41,000,000
38	Meijinsen	SNK	1,265	—	1,265	4,000	$40,000,000
39	Midnight Landing	Taito	1,252	—	1,252	4,000	$40,000,000
40	Alien Syndrome	Sega	1,107	—	1,107	3,000	$35,000,000
41	VS. Tennis	Nintendo	1,090	—	1,090	10,000	$35,000,000
42	Super Sprint	Namco	1,065	—	1,065	3,000	$34,000,000
43	Gradius	Konami	1,062	—	1,062	6,000	$34,000,000
44	Street Fighter	Capcom	542	2	758	2,000	$24,000,000
45	Thunder Ceptor II	Namco	558	2	742	2,000	$24,000,000
46	Dunk Shot	Sega	725	—	725	2,000	$23,000,000
47	VS. Family Stadium	Namco	718	—	718	2,000	$23,000,000
48	Wonder Boy in Monster Land	Sega	519	—	519	2,000	$17,000,000
49	Yōkai Dōchūki	Namco	—	5	500	2,000	$16,000,000
50	Enduro Racer	Sega	474	—	474	3,000	$15,000,000
	Total		74,832	134	88,232	700,000+^[32]	$3,000,000,000

United States[]

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade video games of 1987.

Rank	Title	Company	Points ^{[n 5]}^[33]	Unit sales (est.)^{[n 6]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 7]}	Ref
1	Out Run	Sega	150	8,000	$400,000,000	^[34]^[29]^[35]
2	Arkanoid	Taito	145.12	7,000	$120,000,000	^[36]
3	Double Dragon	Technōs / Taito	130	6,000	$110,000,000	^[37]
4	Ikari Warriors (Ikari)	SNK	125	6,000	$110,000,000
5	World Series: The Season	Cinematronics	124	6,000	$100,000,000
6	Contra	Konami	123	6,000	$100,000,000
7	Rolling Thunder	Namco	122	6,000	$100,000,000
8	Top Gunner (Jackal)	Konami	121	6,000	$100,000,000
9	Rastan (Rastan Saga)	Taito	120	6,000	$100,000,000
10	RoadBlasters	Atari Games	119.92	6,000	$100,000,000
11	Gauntlet	Atari Games	115.33	5,000	$97,000,000
12	Super Sprint	Atari Games	102.51	5,000	$86,000,000
13	Championship Sprint	Atari Games	100.77	5,000	$85,000,000
14	Quartet	Sega	100.30	5,000	$84,000,000
15	Enduro Racer	Sega	96.58	5,000	$81,000,000
16	Hang-On	Sega	95.74	4,000	$80,000,000
17	720°	Atari Games	92.04	4,000	$77,000,000
18	Gauntlet II	Atari Games	91.90	4,000	$77,000,000
19	Speed Buggy (Buggy Boy)	Data East	88.52	4,000	$74,000,000
20	PlayChoice-10	Nintendo	83.38	2,000	$70,000,000	^[38]
21	Rampage	Bally Midway	82.13	4,000	$69,000,000
22	Bubble Bobble	Taito	81.58	4,000	$69,000,000
23	Pole Position II	Namco	79.10	4,000	$66,000,000
24	Paperboy	Atari Games	78.95	4,000	$66,000,000
25	Sky Shark (Flying Shark)	Taito	73.94	3,000	$62,000,000
26	VS. Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	72.06	3,000	$61,000,000
27	Big Event Golf	Taito	72.00	3,000	$60,000,000
28	Renegade (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)	Technōs / Taito	66.36	3,000	$56,000,000
29	Mat Mania (Mania Challenge)	Technōs / Taito	66.02	3,000	$55,000,000
30	Super Hang-On	Sega	62.96	3,000	$53,000,000
31	Lock-On	Tatsumi / Data East	60.89	3,000	$51,000,000
32	Baseball: The Season II	Leland	58.31	3,000	$49,000,000
33	Pole Position	Namco	54.24	3,000	$46,000,000
34	Victory Road (Dogō Sōken)	SNK	50.22	2,000	$42,000,000
35	1943	Capcom	45.36	2,000	$38,000,000
36	Alien Syndrome	Sega	44.17	2,000	$37,000,000
37	Kid Niki: Radical Ninja	Irem / Data East	44.04	2,000	$37,000,000
38	Spy Hunter	Bally Midway	40.90	2,000	$34,000,000
39	Black Tiger (Black Dragon)	Capcom	40.60	2,000	$34,000,000
40	Ghosts 'n Goblins (Makaimura)	Capcom	40.18	2,000	$34,000,000
41	Kung-Fu Master (Spartan X)	Irem / Data East	39.28	2,000	$33,000,000
42	Double Dribble	Konami	38.58	2,000	$32,000,000
43	Double Play	Leland	38.50	2,000	$32,000,000
44	Tee'd Off	Tecmo	37.92	2,000	$32,000,000
45	Karnov	Data East	37.57	2,000	$32,000,000
46	Gondomania (Makyō Senshi)	Data East	37.03	2,000	$31,000,000
47	Solar Warrior (Xain'd Sleena)	Taito	36.58	2,000	$31,000,000
48	After Burner	Sega	36.11	2,000	$30,000,000
49	Xenophobe	Bally Midway	34.31	1,600	$29,000,000
50	APB	Atari Games	31.59	1,000	$27,000,000
51	Cheyenne (Cheyenne Gun)	Exidy	31.12	1,000	$26,000,000
52	Legendary Wings	Capcom	30.84	1,000	$26,000,000
53	Street Fighter	Capcom	30.64	1,000	$26,000,000
54	Danger Zone	Cinematronics	30.37	1,000	$26,000,000
55	Top Speed (Full Throttle)	Taito	30.04	1,000	$25,000,000
56	Arkanoid: Revenge of Do (Arkanoid II)	Taito	29.50	1,000	$25,000,000
57	Power Drive	Bally Midway	26.55	1,000	$22,000,000
58	Time Soldiers (Battle Field)	SNK	25.95	1,000	$22,000,000
59	Touchdown Fever	SNK	24.73	1,000	$21,000,000
60	Darius	Taito	24.50	1,000	$21,000,000
61	VS. RBI Baseball (VS. Family Stadium)	Namco	22.45	1,000	$19,000,000
62	The Real Ghostbusters	Data East	22.32	1,000	$19,000,000
63	Life Force (Salamander)	Konami	21.79	1,000	$18,000,000
64	Rygar (Argos no Senshi)	Tecmo	21.58	1,000	$18,000,000
65	Bionic Commando (Top Secret)	Capcom	21.56	1,000	$18,000,000
66	1942	Capcom	21.35	1,000	$18,000,000
67	Spy Hunter II	Bally Midway	20.76	1,000	$17,000,000
68	Space Harrier	Sega	19.15	1,000	$16,000,000
69	Karate Champ	Data East	19.00	1,000	$16,000,000
70	Commando (Senjō no Ōkami)	Capcom	18.85	1,000	$16,000,000
71	Monaco GP	Sega	18.62	900	$16,000,000
72	Guerrilla War (Guevara)	SNK	17.48	800	$15,000,000
73	Quarterback	Leland	16.46	800	$14,000,000
74	Blades of Steel	Konami	15.79	700	$13,000,000
75	Redline Racer	Tradewest	15.40	700	$13,000,000
76	Dark Adventure	Konami	15.09	700	$13,000,000
77	Bermuda Triangle	SNK	15.06	700	$13,000,000
78	Hyper Dyne: Side Arms	Capcom	15.04	700	$13,000,000
79	WEC Le Mans 24 (WEC Le Mans)	Konami	15.00	700	$13,000,000
80	Avenger (Avengers)	Capcom	14.58	700	$12,000,000
81	Cosmic Avenger	Universal / Capcom	14.44	700	$12,000,000
82	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Atari Games	14.23	700	$12,000,000
83	Empire City: 1931	Taito	13.86	700	$12,000,000
84	VS. TKO Boxing (Ring King)	Data East	13.82	600	$12,000,000
85	Phraze Craze	Merit	12.36	600	$10,000,000
86	Birdie King 3	Taito	12.25	600	$10,000,000
87	Operation Wolf	Taito	9.44	400	$8,000,000
88	Twin Cobra (Kyukyoku Tiger)	Toaplan / Taito	8.86	400	$7,000,000
89	Pyros (Wardner no Mori)	Taito	8.67	400	$7,000,000
90	Tecmo Bowl	Tecmo	8.63	400	$7,000,000
91	Xybots	Atari Games	8.60	400	$7,000,000
92	Hit 'n Miss	Exidy	8.00	400	$7,000,000
93	UFO Robo Dangar	Nichibutsu	8.00	400	$7,000,000
94	Baseball: The Season	Leland	7.80	400	$7,000,000
95	Street Football	Bally Sente	7.78	400	$7,000,000
96	Last Mission	Data East	7.76	400	$7,000,000
97	VS. Castlevania (Akumajō Dracula)	Konami / Nintendo	7.55	400	$6,000,000
98	The Speed Rumbler (Rush & Crash)	Capcom	7.50	400	$6,000,000
99	Tiger Road (Tora-he no Michi)	Capcom	7.46	400	$6,000,000
100	Stocker	Bally Sente	7.39	300	$6,000,000
101	Airwolf	Kyugo	7.35	300	$6,000,000
102	XX Mission (Mission XX)	UPL	7.23	300	$6,000,000
103	Battlantis	Konami	7.20	300	$6,000,000
104	VS. The Goonies (The Goonies)	Konami / Nintendo	7.11	300	$6,000,000
105	Boot Camp (Combat School)	Konami	7.09	300	$6,000,000
106	Dragon Spirit	Namco	7.08	300	$6,000,000
107	Kyros (Kyros no Yakata)	Alpha Denshi	7.00	300	$6,000,000
108	Legion	Nihon Bussan	7.00	300	$6,000,000
109	Ninja Emaki (Yōma Ninpōchō)	Nichibutsu	7.00	300	$6,000,000
110	Perfect Billiards	Nihon System	7.00	300	$6,000,000
111	VS. Sky Kid (VS. Super Sky Kid)	Namco / Sunsoft	7.00	300	$6,000,000
112	Gridiron Fight (All American Football)	Tecmo	6.95	300	$6,000,000
113	Gladiator	Allumer / Taito	6.90	300	$6,000,000
114	Demolition Derby	Bally Midway	6.21	300	$5,000,000
115	Alley Master	Cinematronics	6.17	300	$5,000,000
116	Birdie King 2	Taito	6.07	300	$5,000,000
117	10-Yard Fight	Irem / Taito	5.98	300	$5,000,000
118	Galaga	Namco / Midway	5.95	300	$5,000,000
119	Clash-Road	Woodplace	5	200	$4,000,000
	Annual		4,801.85	225,000	$4,300,000,000	^[1]^[8]^[9]

United Kingdom[]

In the United Kingdom, Out Run was the most successful arcade game of the year.^[39]^[40] The following titles were the top-grossing games on the monthly arcade charts in 1987.

Rank	Title	Company	Points ^{[n 8]}	Unit sales (est.)^{[n 9]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 10]}	Genre	Ref
1	Out Run	Sega	43	1,000	$100,000,000	Racing	^[39]^[40]^[50]
2	Double Dragon	Technōs / Taito	34	1,000	$24,000,000	Beat 'em up
3	Bubble Bobble	Taito	27	800	$19,000,000	Platformer
4	R-Type	Irem	25	800	$18,000,000	Shmup
5	WEC Le Mans	Konami	23	700	$16,000,000	Racing
6	Operation Wolf	Taito	20	600	$14,000,000	FPS
7	1942	Capcom	19	600	$10,000,000	Shmup
8	RoadBlasters	Atari Games	19	600	$10,000,000	Racing
9	Xenophobe	Bally	17	500	$10,000,000	Run & gun
10	Championship Sprint	Atari Games	16	500	$10,000,000	Racing
11	Side Arms	Capcom	16	500	$10,000,000	Shmup
12	Wonder Boy	Sega	16	500	$10,000,000	Platformer
13	Midnight Landing	Taito	15	500	$10,000,000	Flight sim
14	Super Hang-On	Sega	13	400	$9,000,000	Racing
15	Arkanoid	Taito	12	400	$8,000,000	Block break
16	Pac-Land	Namco	12	400	$8,000,000	Platformer
17	Rolling Thunder	Namco	12	400	$8,000,000	Run & gun
18	After Burner	Sega	10	300	$7,000,000	TPS
19	Nemesis / Gradius	Konami	10	300	$7,000,000	Shmup
20	APB	Atari Games	9	300	$6,000,000	Driving
21	Combat School	Konami	9	300	$6,000,000	Action
22	Street Fighter	Capcom	9	300	$6,000,000	Fighting
23	Valtric	Taito	9	300	$6,000,000	Shmup
24	Salamander	Konami	8	200	$6,000,000	Shmup
25	Soldier of Light	Technōs	8	200	$6,000,000	Run & gun
26	1943	Capcom	7	200	$5,000,000	Shmup
27	Flying Shark	Taito	7	200	$5,000,000	Shmup
28	Rygar	Tecmo	7	200	$5,000,000	Hack & slash
29	Time Soldier	SNK	7	200	$5,000,000	Run & gun
30	Americano	Universal	6	200	$4,000,000	—
31	Black Tiger	Capcom	6	200	$4,000,000	Hack & slash
32	Express Raiders	Data East	5	200	$4,000,000	Run & gun
33	Ghosts 'n Goblins	Capcom	4	100	$3,000,000	Platformer
34	Rastan Saga	Taito	4	100	$3,000,000	Hack & slash
35	Exerizer	Jaleco	3	100	$2,000,000	Shmup
36	Street Football	Bally Sente	3	100	$2,000,000	Sports
37	Terra Cresta	Nichibutsu	3	100	$2,000,000	Shmup
38	Tiger Road	Capcom	3	100	$2,000,000	Hack & slash
39	World Wars	SNK	3	100	$2,000,000	Shmup
40	Victory Road	SNK	2	100	$1,000,000	Run & gun
41	Wardner	Taito	2	100	$1,000,000	Platformer
42	Choplifter	Sega	1	30	$1,000,000	Shmup
43	Green Beret / Rush'n Attack	Konami	1	30	$1,000,000	Run & gun
44	Night Stocker	Bally Sente	1	30	$1,000,000	Shooter
45	Shackled	Data East	1	30	$1,000,000	Run & gun
46	Terra Force	Nichibutsu	1	30	$1,000,000	Shmup
			488	15,000	$400,000,000		^[6]^[7]

Best-selling home systems[]

Rank	System(s)	Company	Type	Generation	Sales				Ref
Rank	System(s)	Company	Type	Generation	Japan	USA	EU	Worldwide	Ref
1	NES / Famicom	Nintendo	Console	Gen 3	1,780,000^[51]	3,000,000	300,000^[52]	6,000,000	^[53]^[54]^[55]
2	IBM PC clones	Various	Computer	8/16/32-bit	—	—	—	3,620,000	^[56]^[57]
—	Compaq PC	Compaq	Computer	8/16/32-bit	—	—	—	1,400,000	^[56]^[57]
3	IBM PC	IBM	Computer	8/16/32-bit	40,000+	1,201,000	—	2,330,000	^[56]^[57]^[58]
—	PS/2 Model 50	IBM	Computer	16-bit	—	308,000	—	440,000	^[59]^[57]^[58]
	PS/2 Model 30	IBM	Computer	16-bit	—	350,000	—	350,000	^[57]^[58]
	PS/2 Model 60	IBM	Computer	16-bit	—	180,000	—	180,000	^[59]
	PS/2 Model 80	IBM	Computer	32-bit	—	100,000	—	100,000	^[59]
	PC AT 5170	IBM	Computer	16-bit	—	263,000	—	263,000+	^[57]^[58]
	IBM JX	IBM Japan	Computer	8-bit / 16-bit	40,000	—	—	40,000	^[60]
4	Master System	Sega	Console	Gen 3	1,080,000	500,000	155,000	1,735,000	^[52]^[10]
5	Commodore 64	Commodore	Computer	8-bit	—	—	—	1,500,000	^[56]
6	PC Engine	NEC	Console	Gen 4	600,000	—	—	600,000	^[51]
7	Macintosh	Apple	Computer	16-bit	—	255,000+	—	550,000	^[56]^[57]
—	Macintosh SE	Apple	Computer	16-bit	—	255,000+	—	255,000+	^[57]
8	PC-88 / PC-98	NEC	Computer	8/16/32-bit	540,000	—	—	540,000+	^[61]^[62]
9	Apple II	Apple	Computer	8-bit	—	—	—	500,000	^[56]
10	Atari 7800	Atari Corp.	Console	Gen 3	—	400,000	—	400,000+	^[10]
11	Atari ST	Atari Corp.	Computer	16-bit	—	—	—	400,000	^[56]
12	MSX	ASCII	Computer	8-bit	340,000	—	—	340,000+	^[63]
13	Amiga	Commodore	Computer	16-bit	—	—	—	300,000	^[56]
14	Game & Watch	Nintendo	Handheld	4-bit	260,000	—	—	260,000	^[23]
15	Fujitsu FM-7	Fujitsu	Computer	8-bit	120,000	—	—	120,000+	^[61]^[62]
16	Atari XEGS	Atari Corp.	Console	Gen 3	—	100,000	—	100,000	^[64]

Best-selling home video games[]

Worldwide[]

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

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Sales (est.)	Revenue (est.)	Genre
1	Super Mario Bros. / Special	NES, FDS, G&W, Computers	Nintendo	4,127,572	$330,000,000	Platformer
2	Dragon Quest II	Famicom	Enix	2,365,879	$198,000,000	RPG
3	The Legend of Zelda	NES, Famicom Disk	Nintendo	2,026,024	$61,000,000	Action ADV
4	Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium / R.B.I.	Famicom	Namco	1,161,149	$50,000,000	Sports
5	Shin Onigashima	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,146,930	$23,000,000	VN / ADV
6	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!	NES	Nintendo	1,079,176	$43,000,000	Boxing
7	Zelda 2: Link no Bōken	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,050,297	$21,000,000	Action RPG
8	Castlevania / Akumajō Dracula	NES, Famicom Disk	Konami	1,016,410	$41,000,000	Platformer
9	Ghosts 'n Goblins (Makaimura)	NES	Capcom	1,000,000	$30,000,000	Platformer
10	Ikari Warriors	NES, Computers	SNK	950,000	$32,000,000	Run & gun
11	Out Run	SMS, Computers	Sega	871,372	$23,000,000	Racing
12	Moero! Pro Yakyū / Bases Loaded	Famicom	Jaleco	846,113	$36,000,000	Sports
13	Rygar (Argos no Senshi)	NES	Tecmo	786,858	$24,000,000	Hack & slash
14	Gradius / Nemesis	NES, Computers	Konami	780,000	$22,000,000	Shmup
15	Family Computer Golf: Japan / US	Famicom	Nintendo	710,530	$30,000,000	Sports
16	Takeshi no Chōsenjō	Famicom	Taito	671,495	$27,000,000	Action ADV
17	Pro Wrestling / Famicom Wrestling	NES	Nintendo	675,918	$22,000,000	Wrestling
18	Kid Icarus	NES, Famicom Disk	Nintendo	659,088	$23,000,000	Platformer
19	Hang-On	Master System	Sega	655,000	$100,000,000	Racing
20	Rocky	Sega Master System	Sega	596,073	$20,000,000	Boxing
21	Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu	Famicom	Bandai	592,312	$25,000,000	Action RPG
22	Commando / Who Dares Wins II	NES, Computers	Capcom	543,000	$21,000,000	Run & gun
23	Safari Hunt	Master System	Sega	500,000	$75,000,000	FPS
24	Double Dribble	NES	Konami	500,000	$20,000,000	Sports
25	Dragon Quest	Famicom	Enix	466,000	$20,000,000	RPG

Handheld games[]

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

Title	Sales	Revenue (est.)	Genre	Platform	Company
Bomb Sweeper	250,000	$12,000,000	Action	Game & Watch	Nintendo
Super Mario Bros.	10,000	$300,000	Platformer	Game & Watch	Nintendo
Annual	260,000	$13,000,000

Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles 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	Publisher(s)	Sales (est.)	Revenue (est.)
1	Dragon Quest II: Akuryō no Kamigami	Famicom	Enix	2,365,879	$198,000,000
2	Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium (R.B.I. Baseball)	Famicom	Namco	1,161,149	$50,000,000
3	Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,146,930	$23,000,000
4	Zelda 2: Link no Bōken (The Adventure of Link)	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,050,297	$21,000,000
5	Moero! Pro Yakyū (Bases Loaded)	Famicom	Jaleco	846,113	$36,000,000
6	Family Computer Golf: Japan / US Course	Famicom	Nintendo	710,530	$30,000,000
7	Takeshi no Chōsenjō / Takeshi's Challenge	Famicom	Taito	671,495	$27,000,000
8	Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu	Famicom	Bandai	592,312	$25,000,000
9	Dragon Quest	Famicom	Enix	466,000	$20,000,000
10	Sanma no Meitantei (Great Detective Sanma)	Famicom	Namco	396,125	$17,000,000
11	Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkokuban	NEC PC, X1, MZ, MSX	Koei	370,000	$6,000,000
12	The Pro Yakyū: Pennant Race	Sega Mark III	Sega	353,705	$13,000,000
13	Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	352,864	$7,000,000
14	Mickey Mousecapade	Famicom	Hudson	305,993	$13,000,000
15	Haja no Fūin (Miracle Warriors)	Computers, SM3, FC	Kogado, Sega	292,733	$9,000,000
16	Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa	Sega Mark III, MSX	Sega, Ponican	290,663	$10,200,000
17	Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	280,315	$6,000,000
18	Momotarou Densetsu: Peach Boy Legend	Famicom	Hudson	252,092	$10,000,000
19	Exciting Billiard	Famicom Disk	Konami	248,246	$5,000,000
20	The Goonies II	Famicom	Konami	224,646	$9,000,000
21	Out Run	Sega Mark III	Sega	221,372	$8,000,000
22	Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic / Super Mario Bros. 2	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	218,563	$4,000,000
23	Ultima: Exodus	Famicom	Pony Canyon	200,620	$8,000,000
24	Sangokushi / Romance of the Three Kingdoms	Computers	Koei	200,000	$4,000,000
25	Daisenryaku / Daisenryaku 88	NEC PC, X1, MSX	SystemSoft	200,000	$4,000,000

Console games[]

The following titles were the year's best-selling console games in Japan.^[65]

Rank	Title	Platform	Publisher	Sales^[65]	Revenue (est.)^{[n 11]}
1	Dragon Quest II: Akuryō no Kamigami ^[69]^[70]	Famicom	Enix	2,365,879	$198,000,000
2	Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium (R.B.I. Baseball)	Famicom	Namco	1,161,149	$50,000,000
3	Famicom Mukashibanashi: Shin Onigashima	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,146,930	$23,000,000
4	Zelda 2: Link no Bōken (The Adventure of Link)	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	1,050,297	$21,000,000
5	Moero! Pro Yakyū (Bases Loaded)	Famicom	Jaleco	846,113	$36,000,000
6	Family Computer Golf: Japan / US Course	Famicom	Nintendo	710,530	$30,000,000
7	Takeshi no Chōsenjō / Takeshi's Challenge ^[71]^[72]^[73]	Famicom	Taito	671,495	$27,000,000
8	Saint Seiya: Ōgon Densetsu	Famicom	Bandai	592,312	$25,000,000
9	Dragon Quest ^[74]	Famicom	Enix	466,000	$20,000,000
10	Sanma no Meitantei (Great Detective Sanma)	Famicom	Namco	396,125	$17,000,000
11	The Pro Yakyū: Pennant Race	Sega Mark III	Sega	353,705	$13,000,000
12	Famicom Grand Prix: F-1 Race	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	352,864	$7,000,000
13	Mickey Mousecapade	Famicom	Hudson	305,993	$13,000,000
14	Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa	Sega Mark III	Sega	280,663	$10,000,000
15	Nakayama Miho no Tokimeki High School	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	280,315	$6,000,000
16	Momotarō Densetsu: Peach Boy Legend	Famicom	Hudson	252,092	$10,000,000
17	Exciting Billiard	Famicom Disk	Konami	248,246	$5,000,000
18	The Goonies II	Famicom	Konami	224,646	$9,000,000
19	Out Run	Sega Mark III	Sega	221,372	$8,000,000
20	Yume Kōjō: Doki Doki Panic	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	218,563	$4,000,000
21	Ultima: Exodus	Famicom	Pony Canyon	200,620	$8,000,000
22	Rocky	Sega Mark III	Sega	196,073	$7,000,000
23	Haja no Fūin / Miracle Warriors	Mark III, Famicom	Sega, ASCII	192,733	$7,000,000
24	Cleopatra no Mahō	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	188,415	$4,000,000
25	Family Jockey	Famicom	Namco	182,958	$8,000,000
26	Dracula II: Noroi no Fūin / Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	Famicom Disk	Konami	182,272	$4,000,000
27	Fantasy Zone	Mark III, Famicom	Sega, Sunsoft	171,868	$6,000,000
28	Ultraman: Kaijū Teikoku no Gyakushū	Famicom Disk	Bandai	163,563	$3,000,000
29	Kinnikuman: Kinnikusei Ōi Sōdatsusen	Famicom Disk	Bandai	160,414	$3,000,000
30	Kid Icarus	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	159,088	$3,000,000
31	Dragon Buster	Famicom	Namco	154,820	$7,000,000
32	Kiki KaiKai: Dotō Hen	Famicom Disk	Taito	153,853	$3,000,000
33	Makai Retsuden	Sega Mark III	Sega	151,463	$5,000,000
34	Pro Yakyū: Family Stadium '87 / Famista '87	Famicom	Namco	145,205	$6,000,000
35	Tsuppari Oozumō	Famicom	Tecmo	144,857	$6,000,000
36	Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Shinjuku Chūō Kōen Satsujin Jiken	Famicom Disk	Data East	143,466	$3,000,000
37	Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei	Famicom	Namco	141,808	$6,000,000
38	Mito Kōmon: Tenka no Goikenban	Famicom	Sunsoft	141,228	$6,000,000
39	Nazca '88: The Golden Road to Paradise	Sega Mark III	Sega	139,889	$5,000,000
40	Enduro Racer	Sega Mark III	Sega	137,602	$5,000,000
41	Deep Dungeon: Yūshi no Monshō	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	136,669	$3,000,000
42	Green Beret	Famicom Disk	Konami	133,976	$3,000,000
43	BMX Trial: Alex Kidd	Sega Mark III	Sega	130,189	$5,000,000
44	Zanac AI	Famicom Disk	Pony Canyon	126,724	$3,000,000
45	Anmitsu Hime	Sega Mark III	Sega	125,397	$5,000,000
46	Takahashi Meijin no Bug-tte Honey	Famicom	Hudson	122,745	$5,000,000
47	Great Basketball	Sega Mark III	Sega	121,820	$4,000,000
48	Life Force	Famicom	Konami	119,266	$5,000,000
49	Woody Pop	Sega Mark III	Sega	118,933	$4,000,000
50	Sukeban Deka II: Shōjo Tekkamen Densetsu	Sega Mark III	Sega	117,710	$4,000,000
51	Arkanoid	Famicom	Taito	117,234	$5,000,000
52	Highway Star / Rad Racer	Famicom	Squaresoft	116,985	$5,000,000
53	Zoids: Chūō Tairiku no Tatakai	Famicom	Toshiba EMI	116,239	$5,000,000
54	SDI	Sega Mark III	Sega	112,811	$4,000,000
55	Kalin no Tsurugi	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	111,191	$2,000,000
56	Hokkaidō Rensa Satsujin: Okhotsk ni Kiyu	Famicom	Login Soft	109,692	$5,000,000
57	Space Harrier	Sega Mark III	Sega	108,366	$4,000,000
58	SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi - Scramble Wars	Famicom Disk	Bandai	107,552	$2,000,000
59	Akai Kōdan Zillion	Sega Mark III	Sega	105,444	$4,000,000
60	Hokuto no Ken II: Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu	Famicom	Toei	103,973	$4,000,000
61	Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi	Famicom Disk	Konami	101,860	$2,000,000
62	Nazoler Land Dai 2 Gō	Famicom Disk	Sunsoft	101,362	$2,000,000
63	Smash Ping Pong	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	99,581	$2,000,000
64	Exciting Basket	Famicom Disk	Konami	98,542	$2,000,000
65	Getsu Fūma Den	Famicom	Konami	98,461	$4,000,000
66	Great Golf	Sega Mark III	Sega	98,109	$4,000,000
67	Wonder Boy	Sega Mark III	Sega	95,892	$3,000,000
68	Esper Dream	Famicom Disk	Konami	95,477	$2,000,000
69	Family Boxing	Famicom	Namco	95,188	$4,000,000
70	Armana no Kiseki	Famicom Disk	Konami	94,337	$2,000,000
71	Volleyball	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	90,215	$2,000,000
72	Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	88,267	$2,000,000
73	Argos no Senshi / Rygar	Famicom	Tecmo	86,858	$4,000,000
74	Family Mahjong	Famicom	Namco	79,813	$3,000,000
75	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!	Famicom	Nintendo	79,176	$3,000,000
76	Pro Golfer Saru: Kage no Tōrnament	Famicom Disk	Bandai	76,871	$2,000,000
77	Loretta no Shōzō: Sherlock Holmes	Sega SG-1000	Sega	76,250	$3,000,000
78	Pro Wrestling: Famicom Wrestling Association	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	75,918	$2,000,000
79	Exciting Baseball	Famicom Disk	Konami	74,078	$1,000,000
80	Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-Kun	Famicom	Technos	73,224	$3,000,000
81	Professional Mahjong Gokū	Famicom Disk	ASCII	71,981	$1,000,000
82	Bubble Bobble	Famicom Disk	Taito	70,617	$1,000,000
83	Dragon Slayer IV: DraSle Family	Famicom	Namco	70,489	$3,000,000
84	Dr. Chaos	Famicom Disk	Pony Canyon	69,412	$1,000,000
85	Hi no Tori Houō-hen: Gaō no Bōken	Famicom	Konami	67,630	$3,000,000
86	Ide Yosuke Meijin no Jissen Mahjong	Famicom	Capcom	67,560	$3,000,000
87	Section-Z	Famicom Disk	Capcom	67,423	$1,000,000
88	Mahjong Kazoku	Famicom Disk	Irem	66,967	$1,000,000
89	Star Wars	Famicom	Namco	64,999	$3,000,000
90	Great Volleyball	Sega Mark III	Sega	61,808	$2,000,000
91	Reflect World	Famicom Disk	East Cube	61,497	$1,000,000
92	Deep Dungeon: Madō Senki	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	58,513	$1,000,000
93	Gall Force: Eternal Story	Famicom	HAL	58,472	$2,000,000
94	Ai Senshi Nicol	Famicom Disk	Konami	58,389	$1,000,000
95	Mahjong Sengoku Jidai	Sega Mark III	Sega	58,284	$2,000,000
96	Kyonshees 2	Famicom	Taito	57,767	$2,000,000
97	Pocket Zaurus: Ju Ouken no Nazo	Famicom	Bandai	57,519	$2,000,000
98	Othello	Famicom Disk	Kawada	57,063	$1,000,000
99	Bomber King	Famicom	Hudson	55,944	$2,000,000
100	Breeder	Famicom Disk	Soft Pro	55,778	$1,000,000
101	Meikyū Jiin Dababa	Famicom Disk	Konami	53,126	$1,000,000
102	Top Gun	Famicom	Konami	51,775	$2,000,000
103	Morita Shogi	Famicom	Seta	50,847	$2,000,000
104	Moero TwinBee: Cinnamon Hakase o Sukue!	Famicom Disk	Konami	50,557	$2,000,000
105	Final Fantasy	Famicom	Squaresoft	50,148	$2,000,000
106	Golf	Famicom / Disk	Nintendo	49,645	$2,000,000
107	After Burner	Sega Mark III	Sega	47,396	$2,000,000
108	Faxanadu	Famicom	Hudson	47,341	$2,000,000
109	Higemaru Makaijima: Nanatsu no Shima Daibōken	Famicom	Capcom	47,117	$2,000,000
110	Relics: Ankoku Yōsai	Famicom Disk	Bothtec	46,040	$2,000,000
111	Hector '87	Famicom	Hudson	45,335	$2,000,000
112	Nazoler Land	Famicom Disk	Sunsoft	45,128	$2,000,000
113	Dynamite Bowl	Famicom	Toshiba EMI	44,134	$2,000,000
114	Alien Syndrome	Sega Mark III	Sega	41,282	$1,000,000
115	Super Lode Runner	Famicom Disk	Irem	41,026	$1,000,000
116	Super Lode Runner II	Famicom Disk	Irem	40,653	$1,000,000
117	Side Pocket	Famicom	Namco	39,368	$2,000,000
118	Suishō no Dragon	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	39,202	$1,000,000
119	Phantasy Star	Sega Mark III	Sega	37,965	$1,000,000
120	Double Target: Cynthia no Nemuri	Sega Mark III	Sega	36,674	$1,000,000
121	The Black Onyx	Sega SG-1000	Sega	35,618	$1,000,000
122	Shinjinrui: The New Type	Famicom	Rix Soft	34,934	$1,000,000
123	Lupin III: Pandora no Isan	Famicom	Namco	33,732	$1,000,000
124	Hao-Kun no Fushigi na Tabi	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	33,691	$1,000,000
125	Heracles no Eikō: Tōjin Makyōden	Famicom	Data East	32,945	$1,000,000
126	Tanikawa Koji no Shogi Shinan II	Famicom Disk	Pony Canyon	32,750	$1,000,000
127	Super Mario Bros.	Famicom / Disk	Nintendo	32,572	$1,000,000
128	Seiken Psycho Caliber: Maju no Mori Densetsu	Famicom Disk	Imagineer	31,867	$1,000,000
129	Marchen Veil	Famicom Disk	Sunsoft	31,536	$1,000,000
130	Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord	Famicom	ASCII	29,499	$1,000,000
131	Titanic Mystery: Ao no Senritsu	Famicom Disk	Gakken	28,138	$1,000,000
132	Monitor Puzzle Kineko: Kinetic Connection	Famicom Disk	Irem	27,599	$1,000,000
133	Gegege no Kitaro 2: Yōkai Gundan no Chōsen	Famicom	Bandai	26,854	$1,000,000
134	Fū-un Shaolin Ken	Famicom Disk	Jaleco	26,024	$1,000,000
135	The Hyrule Fantasy: Zelda no Densetsu	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	26,024	$1,000,000
136	Monty no Doki Doki Daidassō: Monty on the Run	Famicom Disk	Jaleco	25,900	$1,000,000
137	Kaiketsu Yancha Maru	Famicom	Irem	25,651	$1,000,000
138	Mirai Shinwa Jarvas	Famicom	Taito	24,947	$1,000,000
139	Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyōto Ryū no Tera Satsujin	Famicom	Taito	23,904	$1,000,000
140	Athena	Famicom	SNK	23,041	$1,000,000
141	Tobidase Daisakusen	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	22,999	$1,000,000
142	Arabian Dream Scheherazade / Magic of Scheherazade	Famicom	Micro	21,963	$1,000,000
143	Majō Densetsu II: Daimashikyō Galiōs	Famicom	Konami	19,974	$1,000,000
144	Winter Games	Famicom Disk	Pony Canyon	19,435	$1,000,000
145	Otocky	Famicom Disk	ASCII	19,145	$1,000,000
146	Yōkai Yashiki	Famicom Disk	Irem	18,106	$1,000,000
147	Champion Ice Hockey	Sega Mark III	Sega	17,239	$1,000,000
148	Eggerland	Famicom Disk	HAL	17,032	$1,000,000
149	Dead Zone	Famicom Disk	Sunsoft	16,908	$1,000,000
150	Taito Grand Prix: Eikō e no License	Famicom	Taito	16,708	$1,000,000
151	Akumajō Dracula / Castlevania	Famicom Disk	Konami	16,410	$1,000,000
152	Rockman / Mega Man	Famicom	Capcom	16,377	$1,000,000
153	Tokoro-san no Mamoru mo Semeru mo	Famicom	Sony Records	16,327	$1,000,000
154	Alex Kidd no Miracle World	Sega Mark III	Sega	16,182	$1,000,000
155	Knight Lore: Majō no Ookami Otoko	Famicom Disk	Jaleco	16,079	$1,000,000
156	Family Games	Sega Mark III	Sega	15,735	$1,000,000
157	Shanghai	Famicom	Sunsoft	15,207	$1,000,000
158	Family Trainer 7: Famitore Daiundōkai	Famicom	Bandai	15,055	$1,000,000
159	Mahjong	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	14,131	$1,000,000
160	Dirty Pair: Project Eden	Famicom Disk	Bandai	14,090	$1,000,000
161	Falsion	Famicom Disk	Konami	13,924	$1,000,000
162	Family Composer	Famicom Disk	Tokyo Shoseki	13,020	$500,000
163	Transformers: The Headmasters	Famicom Disk	Takara	12,929	$500,000
164	Minelvaton Saga: Ragon no Fukkatsu	Famicom	Taito	12,556	$500,000
165	Jikū Yūden: Debias	Famicom	Namco	12,435	$500,000
166	Zaxxon 3-D	Sega Mark III	Sega	12,291	$400,000
167	JJ: Tobidase Daisakusen Part II	Famicom	Squaresoft	12,028	$500,000
168	High School! Kimengumi	Sega Mark III	Sega	11,665	$400,000
169	Zombie Hunter	Famicom	Hi-Score Media	10,526	$400,000
170	Dragon Scroll: Yomigaerishi Maryū	Famicom	Konami	10,426	$400,000
171	Yōkai Club	Famicom	Jaleco	10,401	$400,000
172	Nazoler Land Special	Famicom Disk	Sunsoft	10,147	$400,000
173	Tennis	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	9,656	$300,000
174	Astro Warrior	Sega Mark III	Sega	8,723	$300,000
175	Soccer	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	8,620	$300,000
176	Romancia	Famicom	Tokyo Shoseki	7,874	$300,000
177	Pulsar no Hikari	Famicom Disk	Soft Pro	7,666	$300,000
178	Indora no Hikari	Famicom	Kemco	7,501	$300,000
179	Apple Town Monogatari: Little Computer People	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	7,418	$300,000
180	Electrician	Famicom Disk	Kemco	7,293	$300,000
181	Jikai Shōnen Mettomag	Famicom Disk	Squaresoft	6,175	$200,000
182	Hokuto no Ken / Black Belt	Sega Mark III	Sega	5,988	$200,000
183	The Circuit	Sega Mark III	Sega	4,724	$200,000
184	Koneko Monogatari: The Adventures of Chatran	Famicom Disk	Pony Canyon	4,020	$100,000
186	Namida no Sōkoban Special	Famicom Disk	ASCII	3,812	$100,000
187	Metroid	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	3,440	$100,000
188	Michael English Daibōken	Famicom Disk	Scorpion Soft	1,740	$100,000
	Annual			30,000,000	$1,000,000,000

Computer games[]

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

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Points^{[n 12]} ^[75]^[76]	Sales (est.)^{[n 13]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 14]}
1	Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkokuban	NEC, X1, MZ, MSX	Koei	497	370,000	$6,000,000
2	Sangokushi / Three Kingdoms	Computers	Koei	333	200,000	$4,000,000
3	Daisenryaku / Daisenryaku 88	NEC PC, X1, MSX	SystemSoft	325	200,000	$4,000,000
4	Daisenryaku II	PC-98, MSX2	SystemSoft	282	200,000	$4,000,000
5	Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen	PC-88/98, X1	Nihon Falcom	234	200,000	$3,000,000
6	Xanadu: Dragon Slayer II	Computers	Nihon Falcom	217	200,000	$3,000,000
7	Gyuwambler Jiko Chūshinha	PC-88, X1	Game Arts	202	200,000	$3,000,000
8	Dragon Quest	MSX, MSX2	Enix	188	140,000	$2,400,000
9	Ultima IV	NEC PC, X1, FM7	Pony Canyon	187	100,000	$2,000,000
10	Maison Ikkoku	Computers	Micro Cabin	184	100,000	$2,000,000
11	DAIVA	Computers	T&E Soft	158	100,000	$2,000,000
12	Valis: The Fantasm Soldier	PC-88, X1, MSX	Nihon Telenet	151	100,000	$2,000,000
13	Yume Tairiku Adventure	MSX	Konami	145	100,000	$2,000,000
14	Hydlide II: Shine of Darkness	Computers	T&E Soft	133	100,000	$2,000,000
15	Haja no Fūin	Computers	Kogado Studio	129	100,000	$2,000,000
16	Gradius II	MSX	Konami	128	100,000	$2,000,000
17	Xanadu Scenario II	NEC PC, FM7, X1	Nihon Falcom	122	100,000	$2,000,000
18	JESUS	PC-88, FM-7	Enix	118	100,000	$1,500,000
19	Majō Densetsu II: The Maze of Galious	MSX	Konami	110	100,000	$1,400,000
20	Wizardry II / Wizardry Scenario 2	NEC PC, X1, FM7	ASCII	110	100,000	$1,000,000
21	Super Laydock	MSX	T&E Soft	104	100,000	$1,000,000
22	Metal Gear	MSX2	Konami	102	80,000	$1,000,000
23	JB Harold no Jikenbo 2: Manhattan Requiem	NEC PC, X1, FM7	Riverhill Soft	102	80,000	$1,000,000
24	Urusei Yatsura	PC-88/98, X1	Micro Cabin	101	80,000	$1,000,000
25	Gandhara: Buddha no Seisen	PC-88, FM-7	Enix	101	80,000	$1,000,000
26	Romancia: Dragon Slayer Jr.	NEC PC, X1, MSX	Nihon Falcom	100	80,000	$1,000,000
27	Wizardry	NEC PC, FM7, X1	ASCII	100	80,000	$1,000,000
28	Shanghai	PC-88/98, X1	SystemSoft	94	70,000	$1,000,000
29	J.B. Harold no Jikenbo #1: Murder Club	NEC, FM7, X1, MZ	Riverhill Soft	90	70,000	$1,000,000
30	Elthlead	PC-88, X1	NCS	85	60,000	$1,000,000
31	Asteka II: Templo del Sol	NEC PC, FM7, X1	Nihon Falcom	84	60,000	$1,000,000
32	Silpheed	PC-88	Game Arts	81	60,000	$1,000,000
33	Digital Devil Monogatari: Megami Tensei	Computers	Nihon Telenet	78	60,000	$1,000,000
34	The Return of Ishtar	PC-88 / SR	Namco / SPS	73	50,000	$1,000,000
35	Dragon Slayer IV: Drasle Family	MSX2	Nihon Falcom	69	50,000	$1,000,000
36	Akumajō Dracula / Vampire Killer	MSX, MSX2	Konami	68	50,000	$1,000,000
37	Ganbare Goemon! Karakuri Dōchū	MSX, MSX2	Konami	65	50,000	$1,000,000
38	Albatross	Computers	Nihon Telenet	59	40,000	$1,000,000
39	Daisenryaku: Map Collection	PC-88/98, X1	SystemSoft	56	40,000	$1,000,000
40	Gradius	NEC PC, X1, MSX	Konami	54	40,000	$1,000,000
41	Arkanoid	MSX	Nideco	53	40,000	$1,000,000
42	Psychic War: Cosmic Soldier 2	PC-88	Kogado Studio	51	40,000	$1,000,000
43	F-1 Spirit: The Way to Formula-1	MSX	Konami	49	40,000	$1,000,000
44	Phantasie II	NEC PC, X1, MSX	Star Craft	47	40,000	$1,000,000
45	Daisenryaku II: Editor Set	PC-98	SystemSoft	45	30,000	$1,000,000
46	Hi no Tori Houō-hen	MSX, MSX2	Konami	44	30,000	$1,000,000
47	World Golf II	PC-88/98, FM-7	Enix	40	30,000	$1,000,000
48	Luxsor: Nights Over Egypt	PC-88, X1, FM-7	Nihon Telenet	40	30,000	$1,000,000
49	Phantasie	PC-88/98, FM-7	Star Craft	32	20,000	$400,000
50	Vaxol: Heavy Armed Storming Vehicle	PC-88, MSX	Heart Denshi	32	20,000	$400,000
51	Wizardry Scenario 3	NEC PC, FM7, X1	ASCII	31	20,000	$400,000
52	Young Sherlock: The Legacy of Doyle	MSX	Pack-In-Video	29	20,000	$400,000
53	Laplace no Ma	PC-88	HummingBird	29	20,000	$400,000
54	King Kong 2	MSX2	Konami	28	20,000	$400,000
55	Ogre	Computers	SystemSoft	27	20,000	$400,000
56	Topple Zip	PC-88, FM-7, X1	Bothtec	26	20,000	$300,000
57	Gaia no Monshō	PC-88, X1	NCS	26	20,000	$300,000
58	Fantasy Zone	Computers	Sega / Ponican	25	20,000	$300,000
59	Woody Poco	Computers	dB-Soft	24	20,000	$300,000
60	The Earth Self Defence Force	PC-88/98, X1	ArtDink	22	20,000	$300,000
61	Death Force	FM-7	Riverhill Soft	22	20,000	$300,000
62	Final Zone	PC-88, X1, MSX	Nihon Telenet	21	20,000	$300,000
63	Gall Force: Defense of Chaos	MSX	Sony	19	10,000	$200,000
64	Space Harrier	X68000	Sega / Dempa	18	10,000	$200,000
65	Dragon Buster	PC-88	Enix	18	10,000	$200,000
66	Wing-Man 2	Computers	Enix	17	10,000	$200,000
67	Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa Opa	MSX	Sega / Ponican	16	10,000	$200,000
68	Tenbun Simulation 2	PC-98	ASCII	15	10,000	$200,000
69	King's Knight	MSX	Squaresoft	15	10,000	$200,000
70	Karuizawa Yūkai Annai	Computers	Enix	15	10,000	$200,000
71	Laydock	Computers	T&E Soft	15	10,000	$200,000
72	Zanac	MSX, MSX2	Compile	14	10,000	$200,000
73	Super Rambo	PC-88, X1, FM-7	Pack-In-Video	13	10,000	$200,000
74	Kyū Gyoku Den	Computers	Technosoft	13	10,000	$200,000
75	The Ancient Art of War	PC-88/98	Broderbund	12	10,000	$200,000
76	Reviver: The Real-Time Adventure	PC-88, X1	Arsys Software	11	10,000	$100,000
77	Elysion	PC-98	SystemSoft	11	10,000	$100,000
78	Gall Force: Eternal Story	PC-88, X1	Scaptrust	11	10,000	$100,000
79	Super Mario Bros. Special	Computers	Nintendo	10	10,000	$100,000
80	Bubble Bobble	MSX2	Taito	10	10,000	$100,000
81	Mirai	Computers	Sein-Soft	10	10,000	$100,000
82	Highway Star	Computers	System Sacom	7	10,000	$100,000
83	Maha-kala	Computers	Magical Zoo	6	5,000	$100,000
84	Märchen Veil	Computers	System Sacom	5	4,000	$100,000
85	Tenshitachi no Gogo	Computers	JAST	5	4,000	$100,000
86	Play Ball	Computers	Sony	5	4,000	$100,000
87	Ojō-sama Club	NEC PC, FM7, MZ	Technopolis	4	3,000	$100,000
88	Relics	Computers	Bothtec	4	3,000	$100,000
89	Kiki Kaikai	MSX2	Sony	3	2,000	$40,000
90	Argo	Computers	Kure Software	2	2,000	$30,000
91	Majaventure: Negi Mahjong	Computers	Technopolis	1	1,000	$10,000
92	Ashguine	MSX2	Panasoft	1	1,000	$10,000
93	Hokuto no Ken / Fist of the North Star	Computers	Enix	1	1,000	$10,000
	Annual ^[22]			6,669	5,000,000	$90,000,000

United States[]

In the United States, The Legend of Zelda was the best-selling home video game of 1987 (non-bundled),^[77] becoming the first third-generation video game (non-bundled) to cross a million US sales that year.^[54]

The following titles were the year's best-selling home video games 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.)
1	Super Mario Bros.	NES	Nintendo	4,000,000	$320,000,000
2	The Legend of Zelda	NES	Nintendo	2,000,000	$60,000,000
3	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!	NES	Nintendo	1,000,000	$40,000,000
4	Castlevania	NES	Konami	1,000,000	$40,000,000
5	Ghosts 'n Goblins	NES	Capcom	1,000,000	$30,000,000
6	Ikari Warriors	NES, Computers	SNK / Data East	950,000	$32,000,000
7	Gradius	NES	Konami	700,000	$20,000,000
8	Rygar	NES	Tecmo	700,000	$20,000,000
9	Pro Wrestling	NES	Nintendo	600,000	$20,000,000
10	Commando	NES, Computers	Capcom / Data East	540,000	$21,000,000
11	Hang-On	Master System	Sega	500,000	$75,000,000
11	Safari Hunt	Master System	Sega	500,000	$75,000,000
13	Double Dribble	NES	Konami	500,000	$20,000,000
13	Kid Icarus	NES	Nintendo	500,000	$20,000,000
15	Pole Position II	7800	Namco	400,000	$40,000,000
16	Excitebike	NES	Nintendo	400,000	$15,000,000
	Kung Fu	NES	Irem	400,000	$15,000,000
	Slalom	NES	Nintendo	400,000	$15,000,000
	Top Gun	NES	Konami	400,000	$15,000,000
	Trojan	NES	Capcom	400,000	$15,000,000
21	Elevator Action	NES	Taito	400,000	$14,000,000
22	Metroid	NES	Nintendo	400,000	$13,000,000
22	Rocky	Master System	Sega	400,000	$13,000,000
24	10-Yard Fight	NES	Irem	300,000	$11,000,000
25	Mach Rider	NES	HAL Laboratory	300,000	$10,000,000
	Spy Hunter	NES	Sunsoft	300,000	$10,000,000
	Out Run	Master System	Sega	300,000	$9,000,000

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	Points^{[n 15]} ^[78]^[79]	Sales (est.)^{[n 16]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 17]}	Ref
1	Super Mario Bros.	NES	Nintendo	170	4,000,000	$320,000,000	^[81]^[82]^[83]
2	The Legend of Zelda	NES	Nintendo	204	2,000,000	$60,000,000	^[77]^[82]^[54]
3	Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!	NES	Nintendo	160	1,000,000	$40,000,000	^[84]
4	Castlevania	NES	Konami	158	1,000,000	$40,000,000
5	Ghosts 'n Goblins	NES	Capcom	124	1,000,000	$30,000,000
6	Ikari Warriors	NES	SNK	112	900,000	$30,000,000
7	Gradius	NES	Konami	89	700,000	$20,000,000
8	Rygar	NES	Tecmo	84	700,000	$20,000,000
9	Pro Wrestling	NES	Nintendo	77	600,000	$20,000,000
10	Hang-On	Master System	Sega	—	500,000	$75,000,000	^[52]^[85]^[86]
10	Safari Hunt	Master System	Sega	—	500,000	$75,000,000	^[52]^[85]^[86]
12	Commando	NES	Capcom	68	500,000	$20,000,000
12	Double Dribble	NES	Konami	68	500,000	$20,000,000
14	Kid Icarus	NES	Nintendo	59	500,000	$20,000,000
15	Pole Position II	7800	Namco	—	400,000	$40,000,000	^[87]^[10]^[88]
16	Kung Fu (Kung-Fu Master)	NES	Irem	56	400,000	$15,000,000
17	Excitebike	NES	Nintendo	55	400,000	$15,000,000
17	Top Gun	NES	Konami	55	400,000	$15,000,000
19	Slalom	NES	Nintendo	54	400,000	$15,000,000
19	Trojan	NES	Capcom	54	400,000	$15,000,000
21	Elevator Action	NES	Taito	50	400,000	$14,000,000
22	Metroid	NES	Nintendo	48	400,000	$13,000,000
22	Rocky	Master System	Sega	48	400,000	$13,000,000
24	10-Yard Fight	NES	Irem	39	300,000	$11,000,000
25	Spy Hunter	NES	Sunsoft	37	300,000	$10,000,000
26	Mach Rider	NES	HAL Laboratory	36	300,000	$10,000,000
27	Out Run	Master System	Sega	33	300,000	$9,000,000
28	Track & Field	NES, 2600	Konami	26	208,548	$7,086,586	^[89]
29	Joust	2600	Williams	—	204,468	$1,169,855	^[89]
30	Rad Racer	NES	Squaresoft	32	200,000	$9,000,000
31	Gangster Town	Master System	Sega	31	200,000	$8,000,000
32	Space Harrier	Master System	Sega	30	200,000	$8,000,000
33	Choplifter	Master System	Sega	28	200,000	$8,000,000
34	Baseball	NES	Nintendo	28	200,000	$8,000,000
35	Golf	NES	Nintendo	25	200,000	$7,000,000
36	Pro Wrestling	Master System	Sega	22	200,000	$6,000,000
37	Family Boxing / Ring King	NES	Data East	21	200,000	$6,000,000
38	Volleyball	NES	Nintendo	20	200,000	$5,000,000
39	Pole Position	2600, 5200	Namco	—	197,479	$1,130,851	^[89]
40	Moon Patrol	2600	Irem	—	191,194	$1,096,215
41	Kangaroo	2600	Sunsoft	—	168,514	$963,702
42	Jungle Hunt	2600	Taito	—	165,140	$946,309
43	Centipede	2600, 5200	Atari	—	151,093	$860,496
44	Galaxian	2600, 5200	Namco	—	149,621	$852,276
45	Pac-Man Jr.	2600	Namco	—	147,292	$1,025,121
46	Ms. Pac-Man	2600	Namco	—	138,400	$792,416
47	Solaris	2600	Atari	—	121,327	$841,484
48	Dig Dug	2600, 5200	Namco	—	121,307	$689,244
49	Crystal Castles	2600	Atari	—	118,774	$681,189
50	Midnight Magic	2600	Atari	—	115,271	$797,649
51	Mario Bros.	2600	Nintendo	—	102,447	$589,875
52	Great Baseball	Master System	Sega	19	100,000	$5,000,000
53	Black Belt	Master System	Sega	18	100,000	$5,000,000
54	Section Z	NES	Capcom	18	100,000	$5,000,000
55	Balloon Fight	NES	HAL / Nintendo	17	100,000	$5,000,000
56	The Goonies II	NES	Konami	17	100,000	$5,000,000
57	Astro Warrior	Master System	Sega	16	100,000	$4,000,000
58	Gumshoe	NES	Nintendo	15	100,000	$4,000,000
59	World Grand Prix	Master System	Sega	15	100,000	$4,000,000
60	F-16 Fighting Falcon	Master System	Sega	15	100,000	$4,000,000
61	Action Fighter	Master System	Sega	14	100,000	$4,000,000
62	The Legend of Kage	NES	Taito	14	100,000	$4,000,000
63	BreakThru	NES	Data East	14	100,000	$4,000,000
64	Tennis	NES	Nintendo	14	100,000	$4,000,000
65	Transbot	Master System	Sega	13	100,000	$4,000,000
66	Rush'n Attack / Green Beret	NES	Konami	13	100,000	$4,000,000
67	Side Pocket	NES	Data East	13	100,000	$4,000,000
68	Karate Champ	NES	Data East	12	100,000	$3,000,000
69	Athena	NES	SNK	12	100,000	$3,000,000
70	Great Basketball	Master System	Sega	12	100,000	$3,000,000
71	1942	NES	Capcom	11	100,000	$3,000,000
72	Enduro Racer	Master System	Sega	11	100,000	$3,000,000
73	Zillion	Master System	Sega	11	100,000	$3,000,000
74	Mega Man	NES	Capcom	11	100,000	$3,000,000
75	Wild Gunman	NES	Nintendo	10	100,000	$3,000,000
76	Ghost House	Master System	Sega	8	100,000	$2,000,000
77	3D World Runner	NES	Squaresoft	7	100,000	$2,000,000
78	Shooting Gallery	Master System	Sega	7	100,000	$2,000,000
79	E.T.	2600	Atari	—	88,338	$45,491	^[89]
80	Football	2600, 5200	Atari	—	82,233	$313,471
81	Battlezone	2600	Atari	—	81,669	$465,670
82	Space Invaders	2600, 5200	Taito	—	70,050	$274,928
83	Pac-Man	2600, 5200	Namco	—	66,908	$371,439
84	Millipede	2600	Atari	—	54,744	$312,431
85	Berzerk	2600, 5200	Atari	—	54,558	$207,734
86	Baseball II	2600	Atari	—	53,942	$210,261
87	Football II	2600	Atari	—	51,666	$295,803
88	Tiger-Heli	NES	Toaplan / Taito	6	50,000	$2,000,000
89	Alex Kidd in Miracle World	Master System	Sega	6	50,000	$2,000,000
90	Wrecking Crew	NES	Nintendo	6	50,000	$2,000,000
91	Fantasy Zone	Master System	Sega	6	50,000	$2,000,000
92	Super Breakout	2600, 5200	Atari	—	48,468	$185,003	^[89]
93	Donkey Kong	NES, 2600	Nintendo	2	47,516	$1,158,069
94	Tennis II	2600	Atari	—	43,904	$172,760
95	Air Sea Battle	2600	Atari	—	40,524	$157,237
96	Deadly Towers	NES	Lenar / Tamtex	5	40,000	$1,000,000
97	Marksman Shooting	Master System	Sega	5	40,000	$1,000,000
98	Hogan's Alley	NES	Nintendo	5	40,000	$1,000,000
99	RealSports Soccer	2600	Atari	—	39,261	$224,140	^[89]
100	Stargate	2600	Williams	—	36,547	$208,705
101	Home Run	2600	Atari	—	33,917	$134,883
102	Soccer	NES	Nintendo	4	30,000	$1,000,000
103	Hy Hero	Master System	Sega	4	30,000	$1,000,000
104	Vanguard	2600, 5200	Tose / SNK	—	29,186	$115,907	^[89]
105	Basketball	2600	Atari	—	26,930	$106,851
106	Circus Atari	2600	Atari	—	26,490	$104,967
107	Boxing	2600	Activision	—	25,388	$177,678
108	Taz	2600	Atari	—	25,372	$143,727
109	Alpha Mission	NES	SNK	3	20,000	$1,000,000
110	Zanac	NES	Compile / FCI	3	20,000	$1,000,000
111	The Ninja	Master System	Sega	3	20,000	$1,000,000
112	Arkanoid	NES	Taito	3	20,000	$1,000,000
113	Ninja Kid	NES	Tose / Bandai	2	20,000	$1,000,000
114	Donkey Kong Jr.	2600	Nintendo	—	19,283	$109,987	^[89]
115	Volleyball	2600	Atari	—	17,247	$68,090
116	Desert Falcon	2600	Atari	—	16,788	$117,445
117	Big Bird's Egg Catch	2600	Atari	—	16,714	$4,643
118	Championship Soccer	2600	Atari	—	16,710	$62,695
119	Raiders of the Lost Ark	2600	Atari	—	14,658	$55,846
120	Phoenix	2600	TPN / Hiraoka	—	14,106	$55,258
121	Missile Command	2600, 5200	Atari	—	11,601	$51,695
122	Star Raiders	2600, 5200	Atari	—	11,315	$57,759
123	Defender	2600, 5200	Williams	—	11,012	$47,881
124	Krull	2600	Atari	—	10,682	$40,793
125	Video Checkers	2600	Atari	—	10,622	$42,014
126	Pigs in Space	2600	Atari	—	10,596	$40,361
127	Indy 500	2600	Atari	—	10,374	$34,839
128	Star Voyager	NES	ASCII	1	10,000	$300,000
129	Donkey Kong 3	NES	Nintendo	1	10,000	$300,000
130	Rambo	Master System	Sega	1	10,000	$300,000
131	Mousetrap	2600	Atari	—	9,849	$56,037	^[89]
132	Sky Diver	2600	Atari	—	9,306	$37,776
133	Venture	2600	Atari	—	9,010	$51,178
134	Asteroids	2600	Atari	—	8,558	$32,847
135	Brain Games	2600	Atari	—	8,553	$16,818
136	Qbert*	2600	Gottlieb	—	8,336	$47,307
137	Canyon Bomber	2600	Atari	—	7,864	$30,654
138	Demons to Diamonds	2600	Atari	—	7,558	$29,656
139	Sorcerer's Apprent	2600	Atari	—	7,548	$30,235
140	Nite Driver	2600	Atari	—	7,227	$28,023
141	Gremlins	2600	Atari	—	6,982	$39,748
142	Warlords	2600	Atari	—	6,370	$24,312
143	Qix	5200	Taito	—	6,066	$30,330
144	Soccer	5200	Atari	—	5,355	$26,781
145	Swordquest: Earthworld	2600	Atari	—	4,374	$17,015
146	Concentration	2600	Atari	—	4,031	$13,718
147	Bowling	2600	Atari	—	3,717	$14,903
148	Countermeasure	5200	Atari	—	3,234	$16,445
149	Casino	2600	Atari	—	3,008	$11,968
150	3-D Tic Tac Toe	2600	Atari	—	2,730	$10,990
151	Maze Craze	2600	Atari	—	2,678	$8,633
152	Swordquest: Fireworld	2600	Atari	—	2,580	$10,241
153	Basic Programming	2600	Atari	—	2,512	$391
154	Codebreaker	2600	Atari	—	2,040	$7,754
155	Video Pinball	2600	Atari	—	1,932	$7,408
156	Yar's Revenge	2600	Atari	—	1,866	$7,223
157	Breakout	2600	Atari	—	1,680	$6,391
158	Outlaw	2600	Taito	—	1,252	$4,762
159	Combat	2600	Atari	—	1,134	$4,393
160	Snoopy Red Baron	2600	Atari	—	1,128	$4,409
161	Haunted House	2600	Atari	—	1,092	$4,207
	Cartridges (excl. bundles)			2,557	26,000,000^{[n 18]}	$900,000,000	^[13]^[1]^[16]

Computer games[]

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

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Points ^{[n 19]}^[91]	Sales (est.)^{[n 20]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 21]}	Ref
1	Gunship	C64, IBM	MicroProse	234	200,000	$6,000,000
2	BurgerTime	Computers	Data East	—	100,000	$3,000,000	^[92]
3	Tag Team Wrestling	Computers	Data East	—	100,000	$3,000,000
4	Thexder	Computers	Game Arts	—	100,000	$3,000,000
5	Silent Service	C64	MicroProse	164	100,000	$3,000,000
6	The Bard's Tale II	C64, Apple II	EA	135	100,000	$3,000,000
7	Leather Goddesses of Phobos	Apple II, IBM	Infocom	127	100,000	$3,000,000
8	World Karate Championship	C64	Epyx	21	100,000	$3,000,000
9	Shanghai	Computers	Activision	—	100,000	$3,000,000	^[92]
10	Where in the World Is Carmen	Computers	Broderbund	—	100,000	$3,000,000	^[92]^[93]
11	Jumpman Jr.	Computers	Epyx	—	90,000	$3,000,000	^[92]
12	Sub Battle Simulator	IBM, lBM	Epyx	99	80,000	$2,000,000
13	California Games	C64	Epyx	98	80,000	$2,000,000
14	Defender of the Crown	Amiga, C64	MDS	88	70,000	$2,000,000
15	Mean 18	IBM	Accolade	86	70,000	$2,000,000
16	Maniac Mansion	C64, Apple II	Activision	83	70,000	$2,000,000
17	World Games	C64	Epyx	80	70,000	$2,000,000
18	GFL Championship Football	C64	Gamestar	74	60,000	$2,000,000
19	Star Trek: Promethean	C64	S&S	70	60,000	$2,000,000
20	Up Periscope	C64	Actionsoft	69	60,000	$2,000,000
21	Chuck Yeager Flight Simulator	IBM	EA	63	50,000	$2,000,000
22	GBA Championship Basketball	C64, IBM	Gamestar	63	50,000	$2,000,000
23	King's Quest III	IBM	Sierra	63	50,000	$2,000,000
24	Aliens: The Computer Game	C64	Activision	60	50,000	$2,000,000
25	Test Drive	C64, Amiga	Accolade	57	50,000	$2,000,000
26	Might and Magic	Apple II	New World	24	50,000	$2,000,000	^[92]
27	Ikari Warriors	Computers	Data East	—	50,000	$2,000,000
28	Karnov	Computers	Data East	—	50,000	$2,000,000
29	Math Rabbit	Computers	Learning Company	—	50,000	$2,000,000
30	Where in the USA Is Carmen	Computers	Broderbund	—	50,000	$2,000,000	^[92]^[93]
31	Hardball!	Apple II, XE	Accolade	45	44,320	$1,044,754	^[94]
32	Destroyer	C64	Epyx	52	40,000	$1,000,000
33	Into the Eagle's Nest	C64	Mindscape	49	40,000	$1,000,000
34	Hacker II	C64	Activision	46	40,000	$1,000,000
35	Alternate Reality: The Dungeon	C64	Datasoft	44	40,000	$1,000,000
36	Chessmaster 2000	C64	EA	44	40,000	$1,000,000
37	Gauntlet	C64	Mindscape	44	40,000	$1,000,000
38	4th & Inches	C64	Accolade	25	40,000	$1,000,000	^[92]
39	The Bard's Tale	Apple, IBM, C64	EA	12	40,000	$1,000,000	^[95]^[92]
40	Commando	Computers	Data East	—	40,000	$1,000,000	^[92]
41	Family Feud	Computers	ShareData	—	40,000	$1,000,000
42	Jumpman	Computers	Epyx	—	40,000	$1,000,000
43	Karateka	Computers	Broderbund	—	40,000	$1,000,000
44	Spy vs. Spy: Volume I & II	Computers	Accolade	—	40,000	$1,000,000
45	The Last Ninja	Computers	Activision	—	40,000	$1,000,000
46	Marble Madness	C64, Amiga	EA	41	30,000	$900,000
47	Leader Board	C64	Access	36	30,000	$900,000
48	Stationfall	C64	Infocom	32	30,000	$900,000
49	Bop 'N Wrestle	C64	Mindscape	31	30,000	$900,000
50	Echelon	C64	Access	31	30,000	$900,000
51	Lurking Horror	Apple, IBM, C64	Infocom	31	30,000	$900,000
52	Street Sports Basketball	C64	Epyx	30	30,000	$900,000
53	Phantasie III	Computers	SSI	—	26,113	$800,000	^[96]
54	Top Gun	Apple II	TM	29	20,000	$600,000
55	Sierra 3D Helicopter Simulator	IBM	Sierra	24	20,000	$600,000
56	Hollywood Hijinx	C64	Infocom	23	20,000	$600,000
57	Jet	IBM	Sublogic	23	20,000	$600,000
58	Exodus: Ultima III	Computers	Origin	—	20,000	$600,000	^[97]
59	Cauldron	C64	Broderbund	20	20,000	$600,000
60	Knight Games	C64	Mastertronic	20	20,000	$600,000
61	Plundered Hearts	IBM	Infocom	19	20,000	$600,000
62	Wargame Construction Set	Computers	SSI	3	20,000	$600,000	^[96]
63	The Ancient Art of War	Computers	Broderbund	—	20,000	$600,000	^[92]
64	Roadwar Europa	Computers	SSI	—	18,765	$600,000	^[96]
65	The Eternal Dagger	Computers	SSI	—	18,471	$600,000	^[96]
66	Joust	Atari XE	Atari	—	18,098	$189,136	^[94]
67	Pac-Man	Atari XE	Namco	—	10,092	$101,076	^[94]
68	Championship Baseball	Apple, IBM, C64	Activision	17	10,000	$300,000	^[92]
69	Earl Weaver Baseball	Amiga	EA	17	10,000	$300,000
70	Wheel of Fortune	Apple II	ShareData	17	10,000	$300,000
71	Portal	C64	Activision	16	10,000	$300,000
72	Roadwar 2000	Apple II	SSI	16	10,000	$300,000	^[96]
73	Skate or Die	C64	EA	16	10,000	$300,000
74	Mini-Putt	C64	Accolade	14	10,000	$300,000
75	Bureaucracy	Apple II	Infocom	12	10,000	$300,000
76	Labyrinth	C64	Activision	12	10,000	$300,000
77	Paperboy	C64	Mindscape	11	10,000	$300,000
78	Starflight	IBM PC	Sierra	11	10,000	$300,000
79	Spy vs. Spy	Computers	Accolade	—	10,000	$300,000	^[92]^[98]
80	Realms of Darkness	Computers	SSI	—	9,022	$300,000	^[96]
81	Superstar Soccer	C64	Mindscape	10	9,000	$300,000
82	Jungle Hunt	Atari XE	Taito	—	8,986	$93,958	^[94]
83	Moon Patrol	Atari XE	Irem	—	8,848	$92,467
84	Dig Dug	Atari XE	Namco	—	8,582	$89,401
85	Lode Runner	Atari XE	Atari	—	8,538	$118,130
86	Ms. Pac-Man	Atari XE	Namco	—	8,529	$88,843
87	Centipede	Atari XE	Atari	—	8,099	$62,661
88	Beyond Zork	Apple II	Infocom	9	8,000	$200,000
89	Donkey Kong	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	7,500	$78,250	^[94]
90	Star Raiders	Atari XE	Atari	—	7,013	$53,157	^[94]
91	Pirates	C64	MicroProse	8	7,000	$200,000	^[94]
92	Donkey Kong Jr.	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	6,961	$72,383
93	Blue Max	Atari XE	Atari	—	6,882	$70,371
94	Football	Atari XE	Atari	—	6,100	$47,139
95	Tennis	Atari XE	Atari	—	6,037	$46,630
96	Barnyard Blaster	Atari XE	Atari	—	5,718	$58,881
97	SDI	C64, ST	Sega	7	6,000	$200,000
98	World Class Leader Board	C64	Access	7	6,000	$200,000
99	Fight Night	Atari XE	Atari	—	5,262	$55,278	^[94]
100	Basketball	Atari XE	Atari	—	4,909	$37,993
101	One-on-One Basketball	Atari XE	Atari	—	4,872	$50,958
102	Archon	Atari XE	Atari	—	4,380	$45,810
103	David's Midnight Magic	Atari XE	Atari	—	3,636	$37,800
104	Robotron: 2084	Atari XE	Atari	—	3,601	$37,214
105	Defender	Atari XE	Atari	—	3,362	$32,089
106	Space Invaders	Atari XE	Taito	—	3,082	$23,811
107	Galaxian	Atari XE	Namco	—	3,043	$23,467
108	The Pawn	Amiga	Firebird	4	3,000	$100,000
109	Triple Pack	C64	Access	4	3,000	$90,000
110	Barbarian	Atari ST	Psygnosis	3	3,000	$90,000
111	Wrath of Denethenor	C64	Sierra	3	3,000	$90,000
112	Infiltrator II	Apple II	EA	2	2,000	$60,000
113	Final Legacy	Atari XE	Atari	—	2,660	$26,562	^[94]
114	Ballblazer	Atari XE	Atari	—	2,490	$24,846
115	Qix	Atari XE	Taito	—	2,278	$11,838
116	Rescue on Fractalus!	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,704	$17,421
117	Star Raiders II	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,581	$15,588
118	Asteroids	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,249	$9,617
119	Missile Command	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,178	$9,088
120	Pole Position	Atari XE	Namco	—	1,157	$12,154
121	Dark Castle	IBM PC	Three-Sixty	1	1,000	$30,000
122	Karate Kid II	Atari ST	Microdeal	1	1,000	$30,000
123	Caverns of Mars	Atari XE	Atari	—	997	$10,131	^[94]
124	E.T.	Atari XE	Atari	—	920	$813
125	Entertainer Kit	Atari XE	Atari	—	804	$3,627
126	Millipede	Atari XE	Atari	—	765	$7,774
127	Track & Field	Atari XE	Konami	—	478	$6,724
128	Super Breakout	Atari XE	Atari	—	300	$2,306
129	Pengo	Atari XE	Coreland / Sega	—	252	$2,424
130	Computer Chess	Atari XE	Atari	—	59	$461
131	3D Tic-Tac-Toe	Atari XE	Atari	—	18	$86
132	Black Jack	Atari XE	Atari	—	12	$50
	Annual			2,730	6,000,000	$200,000,000	^[21]^[16]

Europe[]

In Europe, the following titles were the year's best-selling home console games.

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Sales	Revenue (est.)	Ref
1	Hang-On	Master System	Sega	155,000	$25,000,000	^[99]^[100]
2	Super Mario Bros.	NES	Nintendo	75,000	$12,000,000	^[101]^[102]

United Kingdom[]

In the United Kingdom, Out Run was the best-selling home video game of 1987,^[103] with its 8-bit home computer version becoming the fastest-selling game in the UK up until then.^[104]

The year's best-selling console game was Hang-On, which came bundled with the Master System.^[100] It sold over 30,000 units^[99] at £99.95 ($163) each,^[100] grossing an estimated £3 million ($5 million).

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

Rank	Title	Company	Points ^{[n 22]}^[105]	Sales (est.)^{[n 23]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 24]}^[20]	Ref
1	Out Run	Sega	4,000	350,000	$6,000,000	^[103]^[106]^[107]
2	BMX Simulator	Codemasters	3,987	300,000	$6,000,000
3	Paperboy	Elite Systems / Atari	3,421	300,000	$5,000,000
4	Feud	Mastertronic / Bulldog	2,060	200,000	$3,000,000
5	Green Beret / Rush'n Attack	Konami	1,938	200,000	$3,000,000
6	Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior	Palace Software	1,931	200,000	$3,000,000
7	Yie Ar Kung-Fu	Konami	1,917	200,000	$3,000,000
8	Konami's Coin-Op Hits	Konami	1,873	200,000	$3,000,000
9	Football Manager	Prism Leisure / Addictive Games	1,861	200,000	$3,000,000
10	Milk Race	Mastertronic	1,858	174,000	$3,000,000	^[108]
11	Four Great Games Volume 1	Tynesoft / Micro Value	1,831	170,000	$3,000,000
12	Leader Board	US Gold / Access	1,734	170,000	$3,000,000
13	Soccer Boss	Alternative	1,702	170,000	$3,000,000
14	Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun	Taito / Ocean / Imagine	1,564	160,000	$3,000,000	^[109]^[47]^[110]
15	Grand Prix Simulator	Codemasters	1,510	150,000	$2,000,000
16	Gauntlet	US Gold / Atari	3,075	100,000	$2,000,000	^[111]^[15]
17	Olli and Lissa	Firebird / Silver 199	1,479	100,000	$2,000,000
18	Joe Blade	Interceptor / Players	1,190	100,000	$2,000,000
19	Dizzy	Codemasters	1,146	100,000	$2,000,000
20	Footballer of the Year	Gremlin	1,139	100,000	$2,000,000
21	Run for Gold	Alternative	1,023	100,000	$2,000,000
22	Army Moves	Ocean / Imagine / Dinamic	1,017	100,000	$2,000,000
23	Professional Ski Simulator	Codemasters	931	100,000	$1,000,000
24	ATV Simulator	Codemasters	904	100,000	$1,000,000
25	Olympic Spectacular	Alternative	886	100,000	$1,000,000
26	The Last Ninja	Activision / System 3	845	100,000	$1,000,000
27	Exolon	Hewson	783	80,000	$1,000,000
28	The Living Daylights: The Computer Game	Domark	757	80,000	$1,000,000
29	Super Robin Hood	Codemasters	723	70,000	$1,000,000
30	Fruit Machine Simulator	Codemasters	716	70,000	$1,000,000
31	Game, Set and Match	Ocean	703	70,000	$1,000,000
32	Combat School	Konami	660	70,000	$1,000,000
33	Gunship	Microprose	614	60,000	$1,000,000
34	Cricket International	Alternative	597	60,000	$1,000,000
35	Big 4	Durell	561	60,000	$1,000,000
36	Star Wars	Domark / Atari	561	60,000	$1,000,000
37	10 Computer Hits 3	Beau Jolly	549	50,000	$1,000,000
38	Transmuter	Codemasters	502	50,000	$1,000,000
39	Auf Wiedersehen Monty	Gremlin	501	50,000	$1,000,000
40	F-15 Strike Eagle	Microprose	484	50,000	$1,000,000
41	Silent Service	Microprose	480	50,000	$1,000,000
42	Five Star Games	Beau Jolly	456	50,000	$1,000,000
43	10 Great Games	Gremlin	424	40,000	$1,000,000
44	Nemesis / Gradius	Konami	419	40,000	$1,000,000
45	Game Over	Ocean / Imagine / Dinamic	413	40,000	$700,000
46	Vampire	Codemasters / Dinamic	413	40,000	$700,000
47	Gary Lineker's Superstar Soccer	Gremlin	407	40,000	$700,000
48	Around the World in 40 Screens	Acornsoft / Superior Software	396	40,000	$600,000
49	Five Star Games 2	Beau Jolly	396	40,000	$600,000
50	Ghost Hunters	Codemasters	379	40,000	$600,000
51	Saboteur II	Durell	360	40,000	$600,000
52	Codename: Droid	Acornsoft / Superior Software	356	40,000	$600,000
53	10 Computer Hits 4	Beau Jolly	333	30,000	$500,000
54	Trivial Pursuit	Domark	317	30,000	$500,000
55	Jail Break	Konami	290	30,000	$500,000
56	Mini Office 2	Database	289	30,000	$500,000
57	Fist II: The Legend Continues	Melbourne House	285	30,000	$500,000
58	The Superior Collection Volume 2	Superior Software	282	30,000	$500,000
59	Brainache	Codemasters	279	30,000	$400,000
60	Dizzy Dice	Interceptor / Players	265	30,000	$400,000
61	Into the Eagle's Nest	Interceptor / Pandora	238	20,000	$400,000
62	Uchi Mata	Alternative	238	20,000	$400,000
63	Winter Events	Anco	235	20,000	$400,000
64	ACE 2: The Ultimate Head to Head Conflict	Cascade	231	20,000	$400,000
65	Mercenary	Novagen	225	20,000	$400,000
66	Stryker’s Run	Acornsoft / Superior Software	216	20,000	$300,000
67	Dead or Alive	Alternative	210	20,000	$300,000
68	Vulcan	Ccs	209	20,000	$300,000
69	Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's Castle	Software Projects / Magicom	200	20,000	$300,000
70	Terra Nova	Anco	171	20,000	$300,000
71	The Trap Door	Alternative	170	20,000	$300,000
72	Zynaps	Hewson	167	20,000	$300,000
73	Nick Faldo Plays the Open	Argus Press / Bug-byte	154	20,000	$200,000
74	Saboteur!	Alternative	148	10,000	$200,000
75	Red Max	Codemasters	146	10,000	$200,000
76	Death Wish 3	Gremlin	144	10,000	$200,000
77	Headcoach	Addictive Games / Prism Leisure	136	10,000	$200,000
78	Championship Wrestling	US Gold / Epyx	135	10,000	$200,000
79	Grand Prix	Alternative	132	10,000	$200,000
80	Death Race	Atlantis	124	10,000	$200,000
81	Indoor Soccer	Alternative	124	10,000	$200,000
82	Soccer	Alternative	122	10,000	$200,000
83	Mega-Apocalypse	Martech	118	10,000	$200,000
84	Monkey Magic	Alternative	108	10,000	$200,000
85	Boulder Dash II	Prism Leisure / First Star	106	10,000	$200,000
86	Super Sprint	Activision / Electric Dreams / Atari	106	10,000	$200,000
87	Four Great Games Volume 2	Tynesoft / Micro Value	103	10,000	$200,000
88	Red Arrows	Alternative	103	10,000	$200,000
89	Professional Snooker Simulator	Codemasters	102	10,000	$200,000
90	Konami's Golf	Konami	100	10,000	$200,000
91	Combat Lynx	Alternative	94	10,000	$200,000
92	Astromeda	Alligata / Budgie	92	10,000	$100,000
93	Blockbusters	Macsen	92	10,000	$100,000
94	Garfield - Big, Fat, Hairy Deal	Softek / the Edge	92	10,000	$100,000
95	Speed Ace	Zeppelin Games	92	10,000	$100,000
96	The Superior Collection Volume 3	Superior Software	91	10,000	$100,000
97	League Challenge	Atlantis	90	10,000	$100,000
98	Star Raiders II	Activision / Electric Dreams / Atari	89	10,000	$100,000
99	The Life of Repton	Acornsoft / Superior Software	88	10,000	$100,000
100	Talladega	Top Ten	85	10,000	$100,000
101	The Equalizer	The Power House	85	10,000	$100,000
102	Micro Power Magic II	Micro Power	84	10,000	$100,000
103	MASK	Gremlin	83	10,000	$100,000
104	Microball	Alternative	83	10,000	$100,000
105	Shadows of Mordor	Melbourne House	83	10,000	$100,000
106	Draughts Genius	Hewson / Rack-it	82	10,000	$100,000
107	Delta	Thalamus	81	10,000	$100,000
108	Defender of the Crown	Mirrorsoft / Cinemaware	80	10,000	$100,000
109	Football Director	D&h Games	80	10,000	$100,000
110	Popeye	Alternative	80	10,000	$100,000
111	Stratosphere	Interceptor / Players	79	10,000	$100,000
112	Football Frenzy	Alternative	78	10,000	$100,000
113	Hydrofool	Gargoyle Games / Faster Than Light	77	10,000	$100,000
114	Boulder Dash	Prism Leisure / First Star	76	10,000	$100,000
115	Superman: The Game	Prism Leisure / First Star	76	10,000	$100,000
116	Avenger	Gremlin	75	10,000	$100,000
117	Jack the Nipper II: In Coconut Capers	Gremlin	74	10,000	$100,000
118	Police Cadet	Anco / Midas	74	10,000	$100,000
119	Riding the Rapids	Interceptor / Players	73	10,000	$100,000
120	Table Football	Alligata / Budgie	73	10,000	$100,000
121	Samurai Trilogy	Gremlin	72	10,000	$100,000
122	5 Computer Hits	Beau Jolly	68	7,000	$100,000
123	Dragon's Lair	Software Projects / Magicom	64	6,000	$100,000
124	Ranarama	Hewson	54	5,000	$100,000
125	Action Force	Virgin / Virgin Games	50	5,000	$100,000
126	Steve Davis Snooker	CDS Microsystems / Blue Ribbon	48	5,000	$100,000
127	Bridgehead	Anco	46	5,000	$100,000
128	Test Drive	Electronic Arts / Accolade	46	5,000	$100,000
129	European Games	Tynesoft	45	5,000	$100,000
130	Star Fight	Alternative	45	5,000	$100,000
131	Shoot-’Em-Up Construction Kit	Palace Software / Outlaw	44	4,000	$100,000
132	Autozone	Interceptor / Players	43	4,000	$100,000
133	Crazee Rider	Acornsoft / Superior Software	43	4,000	$100,000
134	Elixir	Acornsoft / Superior Software	43	4,000	$100,000
135	Spooky Castle	Atlantis	43	4,000	$100,000
136	Grid Iron	Top Ten	42	4,000	$100,000
137	House Of Usher	Midas	42	4,000	$100,000
138	Micro Power Magic	Micro Power	42	4,000	$100,000
139	Palace of Magic	Acornsoft / Superior Software	42	4,000	$100,000
140	Spellbinder	Acornsoft / Superior Software	42	4,000	$100,000
141	Darts	CDS Microsystems / Blue Ribbon	41	4,000	$100,000
142	Knockout	Anco	41	4,000	$100,000
143	Nemesis the Warlock	Martech	41	4,000	$100,000
144	Bazooka Bill	Melbourne House / Arcade Machine	40	4,000	$100,000
145	Castle Top	Alternative	40	4,000	$100,000
146	Forbidden Forest	Top Ten / Cosmi	40	4,000	$100,000
147	Loco	Alligata	39	4,000	$100,000
148	Shao-Lin's Road	Konami	39	4,000	$100,000
149	Nebulus	Hewson	38	4,000	$100,000
150	Bubble Trouble	Interceptor / Players	36	4,000	$100,000
151	Mission Jupiter	Codemasters	36	4,000	$100,000
152	Marble Madness	Ariolasoft / Atari	35	4,000	$100,000
153	Stealth Fighter	Microprose	35	4,000	$100,000
154	The Double	Scanatron	35	4,000	$100,000
155	Winter Olympiad 88	Tynesoft	34	3,000	$100,000
156	Airborne Ranger	Microprose	33	3,000	$100,000
157	Alpine Games	Atlantis	33	3,000	$100,000
158	American Football	Argus Press / Bug-byte	33	3,000	$100,000
159	Boy Racer	Alligata	33	3,000	$100,000
160	Crazy Coaster	Interceptor / Players	33	3,000	$100,000
161	Micronaut One	Nexus Productions	33	3,000	$100,000
162	Take 4 Games	Gremlin	33	3,000	$100,000
163	Gryzor / Contra	Konami	32	3,000	$100,000
164	Knockout Boxing	Midas	32	3,000	$100,000
165	Basil The Great Mouse Detective	Gremlin	31	3,000	$50,000
166	Elevator Action	Taito	31	3,000	$50,000
167	Stifflip & Co.	Palace Software	31	3,000	$50,000
168	Who Dares Wins II / Commando	Capcom	31	3,000	$50,000

Spain[]

In Spain, Basket Master sold 90,000 copies, becoming the country's highest-selling computer game up until then.^[112]

Notes[]

↑ See Computer games section
↑
3 units per point (est.)
- 7,034 points equivalent to 5,500 units (Out Run)
- 1,315 points equivalent to 7,000 units (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)
↑ 81,198 points equivalent to $2.6 billion (excluding Out Run) = $32,000 per point (est.)
↑
Points:
- 1 Game Machine point = 1 point
- 1 Gamest point = 100 points
↑ Points from monthly RePlay arcade charts
↑ 4,801.85 points equivalent to 225,000 units = 47 units per point (est.)
↑ 4651.85 points equivalent to $3,900,000,000 (excluding Out Run) = $840,000 per point (est.)
↑
Points based on monthly arcade chart rankings in 1987.
- Ranking points
  - Rank #1 = 10 points
  - Rank #10 = 1 point
- Monthly charts
  - February^[41]
  - March^[42]
  - June^[43]
  - July^[44]
  - August^[45]
  - September^[46]
  - October^[47]
  - November^[48]
  - December^[49]
↑ 488 points equivalent to 15,000 units = 30 units per point (est.)
↑ 445 points equivalent to $300,000,000 (excluding Out Run) = $700,000 per point (est.)
↑
Average console game prices:
- Famicom (cartridge) – ¥6,050^[66] ($42)
- Famicom Disk System – ¥2,860^[67] ($20)
- Sega Mark III – ¥5,238^[68] ($36)
↑
Points calculated from rankings on monthly LOGiN and Comptiq charts during 1987.
- LOGiN charts
  - Rank #1 = 30 points
  - Rank #30 = 1 point
- Comptiq national charts
  - Rank #1 = 20 points
  - Rank #20 = 1 point
- Comptiq regional charts
  - Rank #1 = 10 points
  - Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 6,669 points equivalent to 5 million units = 750 units per point (est.)
↑ 6,669 points equivalent to $90 million = $13,000 per point (est.)
↑
Ranking points (NES and Master System)
- Computer Entertainer (multi-platform charts)
  - Rank #1 = 20 points
  - Rank #10 = 11 points
- Famitsu (single-platform charts)
  - Rank #1 = 10 points
  - Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 2,557 points equivalent to 20 million units (NES and Master System)^[1]^[80] = 7,800 units per point (est.)
↑ 2,557 points equivalent to $700 million (NES and Master System)^[1]^[80] = $270,000 per point (est.)
↑ Including 19 miillion NES cartridges.^[90]
↑
Points calculated from rankings on Computer Entertainer charts:
- Rank #1 = 20 points
- Rank #20 = 1 point
↑ 234 points equivalent to 200,000 units (Gunship) = 850 units per point (est.)
↑ 6 million units equivalent to $200 million = average $30 per unit (est.)
↑
Points calculated from chart rankings on Computer Hits database between January 1987 and January 1988.
- Rank #1 = 50 points
- Rank #50 = 1 point
↑ 4,000 points equivalent to 350,000 units (Out Run) = 100 units per point (est.)
↑
Average price:
- £20 for 40% of games
- £2.99 for 60% of games
- £10 ($16) average

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[23] See Computer games section

[25] 3 units per point (est.)
7,034 points equivalent to 5,500 units (Out Run)

1,315 points equivalent to 7,000 units (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)

[3] 7,034 points equivalent to 5,500 units (Out Run)

[4] 1,315 points equivalent to 7,000 units (Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun)

[27] 81,198 points equivalent to $2.6 billion (excluding Out Run) = $32,000 per point (est.)

[31] Points:
1 Game Machine point = 1 point

1 Gamest point = 100 points

[7] 1 Game Machine point = 1 point

[8] 1 Gamest point = 100 points

[37] Points from monthly RePlay arcade charts

[39] 4,801.85 points equivalent to 225,000 units = 47 units per point (est.)

[40] 4651.85 points equivalent to $3,900,000,000 (excluding Out Run) = $840,000 per point (est.)

[57] Points based on monthly arcade chart rankings in 1987.
Ranking points
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

Monthly charts
February^[41]

March^[42]

June^[43]

July^[44]

August^[45]

September^[46]

October^[47]

November^[48]

December^[49]

[13] Ranking points
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[14] Rank #1 = 10 points

[15] Rank #10 = 1 point

[16] Monthly charts
February^[41]

March^[42]

June^[43]

July^[44]

August^[45]

September^[46]

October^[47]

November^[48]

December^[49]

[17] February^[41]

[18] March^[42]

[19] June^[43]

[20] July^[44]

[21] August^[45]

[22] September^[46]

[23] October^[47]

[24] November^[48]

[25] December^[49]

[58] 488 points equivalent to 15,000 units = 30 units per point (est.)

[59] 445 points equivalent to $300,000,000 (excluding Out Run) = $700,000 per point (est.)

[79] Average console game prices:
Famicom (cartridge) – ¥6,050^[66] ($42)

Famicom Disk System – ¥2,860^[67] ($20)

Sega Mark III – ¥5,238^[68] ($36)

[29] Famicom (cartridge) – ¥6,050^[66] ($42)

[30] Famicom Disk System – ¥2,860^[67] ($20)

[31] Sega Mark III – ¥5,238^[68] ($36)

[86] Points calculated from rankings on monthly LOGiN and Comptiq charts during 1987.
LOGiN charts
Rank #1 = 30 points

Rank #30 = 1 point

Comptiq national charts
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

Comptiq regional charts
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[33] LOGiN charts
Rank #1 = 30 points

Rank #30 = 1 point

[34] Rank #1 = 30 points

[35] Rank #30 = 1 point

[36] Comptiq national charts
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

[37] Rank #1 = 20 points

[38] Rank #20 = 1 point

[39] Comptiq regional charts
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[40] Rank #1 = 10 points

[41] Rank #10 = 1 point

[89] 6,669 points equivalent to 5 million units = 750 units per point (est.)

[90] 6,669 points equivalent to $90 million = $13,000 per point (est.)

[92] Ranking points (NES and Master System)
Computer Entertainer (multi-platform charts)
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #10 = 11 points

Famitsu (single-platform charts)
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[45] Computer Entertainer (multi-platform charts)
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #10 = 11 points

[46] Rank #1 = 20 points

[47] Rank #10 = 11 points

[48] Famitsu (single-platform charts)
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[49] Rank #1 = 10 points

[50] Rank #10 = 1 point

[96] 2,557 points equivalent to 20 million units (NES and Master System)^[1]^[80] = 7,800 units per point (est.)

[97] 2,557 points equivalent to $700 million (NES and Master System)^[1]^[80] = $270,000 per point (est.)

[108] Including 19 miillion NES cartridges.^[90]

[109] Points calculated from rankings on Computer Entertainer charts:
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

[55] Rank #1 = 20 points

[56] Rank #20 = 1 point

[111] 234 points equivalent to 200,000 units (Gunship) = 850 units per point (est.)

[112] 6 million units equivalent to $200 million = average $30 per unit (est.)

[126] Points calculated from chart rankings on Computer Hits database between January 1987 and January 1988.
Rank #1 = 50 points

Rank #50 = 1 point

[60] Rank #1 = 50 points

[61] Rank #50 = 1 point

[128] 4,000 points equivalent to 350,000 units (Out Run) = 100 units per point (est.)

[129] Average price:
£20 for 40% of games

£2.99 for 60% of games

£10 ($16) average

[64] £20 for 40% of games

[65] £2.99 for 60% of games

[66] £10 ($16) average

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[:0-62] 52.0 ^52.1 ^52.2 "Las Vegas, un coup de joystick dans le sable" [Las Vegas, a joystick in the sand]. Tilt (in French). No. 52. March 1988. pp. 18-23 (19).

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[:21-68] 58.0 ^58.1 ^58.2 ^58.3 Personal Computing. October 1988. p. 219.

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[:32-73] Japan Electronics Almanac. Dempa Publications. 1990. p. 146. The volume of domestic shipments of the MSX remained at the 150,000 mark, for a marked decline of 56 percent from 1987.

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