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In 1989, the video game industry experienced sustained growth from 1988.

The year's highest-grossing arcade game worldwide was Taito's beat 'em up blockbuster Double Dragon for the second year in a row. The best‑selling home system in 1989 was the Nintendo Entertainment System (Famicom) for the sixth year in a row. And for the fifth time in a row, the year's best-selling home video game was Super Mario Bros.

Financial performance[]

The following table lists the annual sales and revenue generated by the electronic games industry this year, 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	77,310,000+	$12,224,000,000	$30,000,000,000
	Arcade games	Worldwide	326,000+	$12,600,000,000	$31,000,000,000
Arcade	Arcade games	United States	210,000+	$8,000,000,000	$20,000,000,000	^[1]^[2]
	Arcade games	United Kingdom	15,000+	$1,300,000,000	$3,200,000,000	^[3]^[4]
	Arcade video games	Japan	100,000+	$3,200,000,000	$8,200,000,000	^[5]
	Arcade video games	Hong Kong	1,000+	$100,000,000	$250,000,000	^[6]^[7]
	Video games	Worldwide	134,525,820	$17,849,000,000	$44,000,000,000
Arcade	Arcade video games	United States	210,000	$5,200,000,000	$13,000,000,000	^[2]^[8]^[9]
		Japan	100,000+	$3,200,000,000	$7,900,000,000	^[5]
		United Kingdom	15,000+	$430,000,000	$1,100,000,000	^[3]^[4]
		Hong Kong	1,000+	$100,000,000	$250,000,000	^[6]^[7]
		Worldwide	326,000+	$8,930,000,000	$22,000,000,000
Console	Game consoles	Japan	3,310,000	—	—	^[10]^[11]
		United States	10,000,000	—	—	^[10]^[11]
		Europe	530,035+	—	—
		Korea	150,035+	—	—
		Worldwide	13,840,035+	—	—
	Console games	Japan	12,552,163	$1,000,000,000	$2,500,000,000	^[12]^{[n 1]}
		United States	53,000,000	$2,430,000,000	$6,000,000,000	^[14]^[2]^[15]
		United Kingdom	2,000,000	$40,000,000	$100,000,000	^[16]^[17]
	Console market	Japan	15,862,163	$3,800,000,000	$9,300,000,000	^[18]
		United States	63,000,000	$3,400,000,000	$8,400,000,000	^[2]^[19]^[20]
		United Kingdom	2,000,000+	$77,000,000	$190,000,000	^[16]^[17]
		Worldwide	80,862,163+	$7,277,000,000	$18,000,000,000
Computer	Computer games	United States	10,000,000	$624,000,000	$1,500,000,000	^[21]^[22]
		Japan	10,000,000	$500,000,000	$1,200,000,000	^[23]^[21]^[22]
		United Kingdom	25,000,000	$200,000,000	$490,000,000	^[16]^[24]
		Worldwide	45,000,000	$1,424,000,000	$3,500,000,000
Handheld	Handheld consoles	Japan	1,480,000	$140,000,000	$340,000,000	^[25]^[26]
	Handheld consoles	United States	1,100,000	$100,000,000	$250,000,000	^[27]^[28]
	Handheld cartridges	Japan	2,507,657	$50,000,000	$120,000,000	^[12]
	Handheld cartridges	United States	3,000,000	$100,000,000	$250,000,000	^[28]
	Handheld LCD games	Japan	250,000	$12,000,000	$29,000,000	^[29]
	Handheld market	Japan	4,237,657	$190,000,000	$470,000,000
		United States	4,100,000	$200,000,000	$490,000,000	^[28]^[27]
		United Kingdom	—	$28,000,000	$69,000,000	^[16]
		Worldwide	8,337,657+	$418,000,000	$1,000,000,000
	Video games	United States	77,310,000	$9,424,000,000	$23,000,000,000
		Japan	30,199,820+	$7,590,000,000	$19,000,000,000
		United Kingdom	27,015,000	$707,000,000	$1,700,000,000
	Electronic games	Worldwide	134,525,820	$21,519,000,000	$53,000,000,000

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	Double Dragon ^[30]^[31]^[32]	Technōs Japan / Taito	$500,000,000	$1,200,000,000	Beat 'em up
2	Final Lap	Namco	$210,000,000	$520,000,000	Racing
3	Chase H.Q.	Taito	$190,000,000	$470,000,000	Racing
4	Operation Thunderbolt	Taito	$170,000,000	$420,000,000	FPS
5	Strider / Strider Hiryū	Capcom	$160,000,000	$390,000,000	Hack & slash
5	Tetris	Sega	$160,000,000	$390,000,000	Puzzle
7	Out Run	Sega	$150,000,000	$370,000,000	Racing
	Power Drift	Sega	$150,000,000	$370,000,000
	Super Monaco GP	Sega	$150,000,000	$370,000,000
10	Turbo OutRun	Sega	$140,000,000	$340,000,000
11	After Burner / After Burner II	Sega	$130,000,000	$320,000,000	TPS
11	Hard Drivin'	Atari Games	$130,000,000	$320,000,000	Racing
13	Golden Axe	Sega	$120,000,000	$290,000,000	Hack & slash
	Ninja Gaiden / Ninja Ryūkenden	Tecmo	$120,000,000	$290,000,000	Beat 'em up
	Operation Wolf	Taito	$120,000,000	$290,000,000	FPS
16	Crime Fighters / VS. Crime Fighters	Konami	$110,000,000	$270,000,000	Beat 'em up
17	RoboCop	Data East	$100,000,000	$250,000,000	Run & gun
17	Tatsujin / Truxton	Taito	$100,000,000	$250,000,000	Shmup
19	Super Off Road	Leland	$99,000,000	$240,000,000	Racing
20	Team Quarterback	Leland	$97,000,000	$240,000,000	Sports
21	Capcom Bowling	Capcom	$96,000,000	$240,000,000	Sports
22	Super Hang-On	Sega	$93,000,000	$230,000,000	Racing
22	Winning Run	Namco	$93,000,000	$230,000,000	Racing
24	Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja	Data East	$92,000,000	$230,000,000	Beat 'em up
24	WWF Superstars	Technōs Japan	$92,000,000	$230,000,000	Wrestling

Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1989, according to the annual Game Machine and Gamest charts. Estimated earnings are given based on approximate calculations.

Rank	Title	Company	Points ^[33]^[34]^[35]	Units (est.) ^{[n 2]}^[36]	Revenue (est.)^{[n 3]}
1	Tetris	Sega	8,298	10,000	$160,000,000
2	Final Lap	Namco	5,686	10,000	$110,000,000
3	Winning Run	Namco	4,909	10,000	$93,000,000
4	Chase H.Q.	Taito	4,680	9,000	$89,000,000
5	Image Fight	Irem	4,390	9,000	$83,000,000
6	World Stadium	Namco	4,258	10,000	$81,000,000
7	Power Drift	Sega	4,079	8,000	$78,000,000
8	Operation Thunderbolt	Taito	3,988	8,000	$76,000,000
9	Super Monaco GP	Sega	3,625	7,000	$69,000,000
10	Tatsujin / Truxton	Taito	3,540	7,000	$67,000,000
11	Out Run	Sega	3,286	10,000	$62,000,000
12	Turbo OutRun	Sega	3,140	6,000	$60,000,000
13	Idol Mahjong Hōsōkyoku	System Service	3,053	6,000	$58,000,000
14	Tenchi wo Kurau / Dynasty Wars	Capcom	2,913	6,000	$55,000,000
15	Ghouls 'n Ghosts	Capcom	2,828	6,000	$54,000,000
16	Metal Hawk	Namco	2,768	6,000	$53,000,000
17	Top Landing	Taito	2,508	5,000	$48,000,000
18	Shanghai II	Sunsoft	2,424	5,000	$46,000,000
19	Super Real Mahjong PIII	Seta / Taito	2,284	5,000	$43,000,000
20	World Stadium '89	Namco	2,267	5,000	$43,000,000
21	Flash Point	Sega	2,248	4,000	$43,000,000
22	Sichuan	lrem	2,183	4,000	$41,000,000
23	Area 88 / U.N. Squadron	Capcom	2,139	4,000	$41,000,000
24	After Burner / After Burner II	Sega	2,054	10,000	$39,000,000
25	Hard Drivin'	Atari Games	2,036	4,000	$39,000,000
26	Shanghai	Sunsoft	1,894	5,000	$36,000,000
27	Continental Circus	Taito	1,890	4,000	$36,000,000
28	Thunder Cross	Konami	1,880	4,000	$36,000,000
29	Kyukyoku Tiger / Twin Cobra	Taito	1,813	4,000	$34,000,000
30	Mahjong Fun Club	Video System	1,805	4,000	$34,000,000
31	Operation Wolf	Taito	1,787	9,000	$34,000,000
32	Gain Ground	Sega	1,778	4,000	$34,000,000
33	Mahjong Clinic	Home Data	1,732	3,000	$33,000,000
34	Golden Axe	Sega	1,731	3,000	$33,000,000
35	Willow	Capcom	1,672	3,000	$32,000,000
36	Crime Fighters	Konami	1,607	3,000	$31,000,000
37	Birdie Try	Data East	1,576	3,000	$30,000,000
38	Mahjong Academy 2: Gakuen-chō no Fukushū	Face	1,541	3,000	$29,000,000
39	Twin Hawk	Toaplan / Taito	1,515	3,000	$29,000,000
40	Galaga '88	Namco	1,501	5,000	$29,000,000
41	Wrestle War	Sega	1,500	3,000	$29,000,000
42	Gradius II / Vulcan Venture	Konami	1,490	3,000	$28,000,000
43	World Court	Namco	1,487	3,000	$28,000,000
44	Kami-en Hana	Nihon Bussan	1,482	3,000	$28,000,000
45	Crack Down	Sega	1,478	3,000	$28,000,000
46	Mahjong Shikaku	Nihon Bussan	1,467	3,000	$28,000,000
47	Splatterhouse	Namco	1,379	3,000	$26,000,000
48	Final Blow	Taito	1,368	3,000	$26,000,000
49	Meijinsen / Shogi	SNK	1,317	3,000	$25,000,000
50	Volfied	Taito	1,293	3,000	$25,000,000
51	Valkyrie no Densetsu	Namco	1,285	3,000	$24,000,000
52	Hana no Momoko Gumi	Nihon Bussan / Taito	1,280	3,000	$24,000,000
53	Super Volleyball	Video System	1,261	3,000	$24,000,000
54	Dragon Spirit	Namco / Irem	1,245	5,000	$24,000,000
55	RoboCop	Data East	1,243	2,000	$24,000,000
56	Mahjong Camera Kozō	Miki Shōji	1,214	2,000	$23,000,000
57	Ninja Ryūkenden / Ninja Gaiden	Tecmo	1,213	2,000	$23,000,000
58	Datsugoku / P.O.W.	SNK	1,202	2,000	$23,000,000
59	Telephone Mahjong	Nihon Bussan	1,152	2,000	$22,000,000
60	Ordyne	Namco	1,137	2,000	$22,000,000
61	Super Masters	Sega	1,025	2,000	$20,000,000
62	Hard Puncher / The Final Round	Konami	1,022	2,000	$20,000,000
63	R-Type	Irem	992	10,000	$20,000,000
64	Don Doko Don	Taito	973	2,000	$20,000,000
65	Mahjong Vitamin C	Home Data	967	2,000	$20,000,000
66	Heavy Unit	Taito	926	2,000	$18,000,000
67	Super Real Mahjong PI	Seta	925	2,000	$18,000,000
68	Mahjong Dai Reikai	Jaleco	894	2,000	$17,000,000
69	Night Striker	Taito	893	2,000	$17,000,000
70	Master of Weapon	Taito	879	2,000	$17,000,000
71	Mahjong Satsujin Jjiken	Nihon Bussan	827	2,000	$16,000,000
72	Mahjong G-Men '89	Nihon Bussan	807	2,000	$15,000,000
73	Phelios	Namco	804	2,000	$15,000,000
74	Strider Hiryū / Strider	Capcom	779	2,000	$15,000,000
75	Gal no Kokuhaku	Nihon Bussan	773	2,000	$15,000,000
76	Mahjong Gakuen / Mahjong Academy ^[37]	Yūga	706	12,000	$13,000,000
77	Kojin Kyōju	Home Data	683	1,000	$13,000,000
78	Gang Wars	SNK	669	1,000	$13,000,000
79	Gion Bana	Nihon Bussan	665	1,000	$13,000,000
80	The Ninja Warriors	Taito	640	5,000	$12,000,000
81	Jumbo Ozaki Supermasters	Sega	635	1,000	$12,000,000
82	Stadium Hero	Data East	580	1,000	$11,000,000
83	Capcom Bowling	Capcom	575	1,000	$11,000,000
84	X Multiply	Irem	496	1,000	$10,000,000
85	Legend of Hero Tonma	Irem	471	1,000	$10,000,000
86	Champion Wrestler	Taito	398	1,000	$10,000,000
87	Tensei Ryū: Saint Dragon	Jaleco	398	1,000	$10,000,000
88	Darius II	Taito	365	1,000	$10,000,000
89	WWF Superstars	Technōs Japan	349	1,000	$10,000,000
90	Omega Fighter	UPL	330	1,000	$10,000,000
91	Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair	Westone / Sega	328	1,000	$10,000,000
92	Plus Alpha	Jaleco	312	1,000	$10,000,000
93	Dirt Fox	Namco	302	1,000	$10,000,000
94	Rompers	Namco	302	1,000	$10,000,000
95	Lost Worlds / Forgotten Worlds ^[38]	Capcom	292	2,500	$10,000,000
96	Syvalion	Taito	279	1,000	$10,000,000
97	Fighting Fantasy	Data East	272	1,000	$10,000,000
98	Mirai Ninja	Namco	269	1,000	$10,000,000
99	Blast Off	Namco	259	1,000	$5,000,000
100	Street Fighter	Capcom	232	5,000	$4,000,000
101	Genshi-Tō / Prehistoric Isle	SNK	218	400	$4,000,000
102	Quarth / Block Hole	Konami	207	400	$4,000,000
103	Face Off	Namco	196	400	$4,000,000
104	Super Hang-On	Sega	188	7,000	$4,000,000
105	Act-Fancer: Cybernetick Hyper Weapon	Data East	179	400	$3,000,000
106	Darius	Taito	176	8,000	$3,000,000
107	Finest Hour	Namco	171	300	$3,000,000
108	Zero Wing	Toaplan / Namco	168	300	$3,000,000
109	Street Smart	SNK	164	300	$3,000,000
110	Galaxy Force II	Sega	138	300	$3,000,000
111	World Cup '90 / Tecmo World Cup '90	Tecmo	132	300	$3,000,000
112	Fighting Hawk	Taito	130	300	$2,000,000
113	Hellfire	Toaplan / Taito	126	300	$2,000,000
114	Double Dragon II: The Revenge	Technōs Japan	122	200	$2,000,000
115	Saigo no Nindō / Ninja Spirit	Irem	106	2,000	$2,000,000
116	Superman	Taito	104	200	$2,000,000
117	Wild Fang / Tecmo Knight	Tecmo	104	200	$2,000,000
118	Flipull / Plotting	Taito	101	200	$2,000,000
119	Scramble Spirits	Sega	98	400	$2,000,000
120	Task Force Harrier	NMK / Jorudan / Sammy	92	200	$2,000,000
	Annual ^[5]^[39]		165,012	700,000+	$3,200,000,000

United States[]

In the United States, the following titles were the highest-grossing arcade games of 1989.

Rank	Title	Company	Points^{[n 4]} ^[40]^[41]	Revenue (est.)^{[n 5]}	Ref
1	Double Dragon ^[42]	Technōs Japan / Taito	110	$300,000,000	^[30]^[31]^[32]
2	Ninja Gaiden / Ninja Ryūkenden	Tecmo	105.49	$100,000,000	^[43]^[44]
3	Operation Thunderbolt	Taito	104.71	$98,000,000	^[43]^[45]^[44]
4	Chase H.Q.	Taito	104.70	$98,000,000	^[43]^[45]
5	Team Quarterback	Leland	103.11	$97,000,000	^[44]
6	Final Lap	Namco	101.10	$95,000,000
7	Super Off Road	Leland	98.23	$92,000,000	^[43]^[44]
8	Bad Dudes vs. Dragon Ninja	Data East	98	$92,000,000	^[44]
9	OutRun	Sega	97.20	$91,000,000
10	NARC	Williams	95.60	$90,000,000	^[43]
11	Operation Wolf	Taito	95.21	$89,000,000
12	After Burner	Sega	93.35	$88,000,000
13	Cabal	TAD	93.32	$88,000,000	^[43]^[44]^[45]
14	Super Hang-On	Sega	93.20	$88,000,000
15	Hard Drivin'	Atari Games	91.51	$86,000,000	^[43]^[45]
16	Shinobi	Sega	88.08	$83,000,000	^[44]
17	Turbo OutRun	Sega	88	$83,000,000	^[43]
	Crime Fighters / VS. Crime Fighters	Konami	88	$83,000,000	^[45]
	Golden Axe	Sega	88	$83,000,000	^[43]
20	WWF Superstars	Technōs Japan	87	$82,000,000	^[43]
21	Capcom Bowling	Capcom	86	$81,000,000	^[42]^[44]
	Super Monaco GP	Sega	86	$81,000,000	^[43]
	Big Run	Jaleco	86	$81,000,000	^[43]
24	Mechanized Attack	SNK	85	$80,000,000	^[43]
	Tetris	Atari Games	85	$80,000,000	^[44]^[45]
	Superman	Taito	85	$80,000,000	^[45]
	U.S. Classic	Seta / Taito	85	$80,000,000	^[45]
	Midnight Resistance	Data East	85	$80,000,000	^[43]
	Caliber .50	Seta	85	$80,000,000	^[43]
30	RoadBlasters	Atari Games	84.77	$80,000,000
31	RoboCop	Data East	84.38	$79,000,000
32	720°	Atari Games	84.26	$79,000,000
33	Power Drift	Sega	81.09	$76,000,000
34	Cyberball	Atari Games	80.25	$75,000,000
35	Championship Sprint	Atari Games	78.06	$73,000,000
36	Super Sprint	Atari Games	71.07	$67,000,000
37	Cobra Command	Data East	70.98	$67,000,000
38	Double Dragon II	Technōs Japan	70.13	$66,000,000
39	Strider / Strider Hiryu	Capcom	63.57	$60,000,000
40	Bubble Bobble	Taito	61.06	$57,000,000
41	RoadBlasters	Atari Games	55.90	$53,000,000
42	Arch Rivals	Bally Midway	55.57	$52,000,000
43	Heavy Barrel	Data East	49.67	$47,000,000
44	Twin Cobra / Kyukyoku Tiger	Taito	48.55	$46,000,000
45	Quarterback	Leland	45.63	$43,000,000
46	Splatterhouse	Namco / Sharp Image	45.00	$42,000,000
47	Assault	Namco	43.51	$41,000,000
48	Ninja Warriors	Taito	42.50	$40,000,000
49	Twin Eagle	Taito	41.58	$39,000,000
50	Bottom of the Ninth / Main Stadium	Konami	38.78	$36,000,000
51	P.O.W. / Prison Break	SNK	38.39	$36,000,000
52	Sly Spy / Secret Agent	Data East	37.72	$35,000,000
53	Wrestle War	Sega	36.85	$35,000,000
54	V'Ball	Technōs Japan / Taito	36.53	$34,000,000
55	Altered Beast / Jūōki	Sega	35.43	$33,000,000
56	Truxton / Tatsujin	Taito	35.42	$33,000,000
57	Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Dai Makaimura	Capcom	35.03	$33,000,000
58	Final Blow	Taito	35.02	$33,000,000
59	P-47	Jaleco	34.12	$32,000,000
60	Last Stand Saga	Taito	33.18	$31,000,000
61	Willow	Capcom	32.31	$30,000,000
62	Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters	Atari Games	30.61	$29,000,000
63	Gang Wars	SNK	30.45	$29,000,000
64	Dynamite Duke	Seibu Kaihatsu	30.01	$28,000,000
65	Crackdown	Sega	29.76	$28,000,000
66	Crime City	Taito	29.32	$28,000,000
67	Street Smart	SNK	29.24	$27,000,000
68	Final Round / Hard Puncher	Konami	28.94	$27,000,000
69	Nastar Warrior / Rastan Saga II	Taito	28.53	$27,000,000
70	Hippodrome / Fighting Fantasy	Data East	28.46	$27,000,000
71	Top Speed / Full Throttle	Taito	28.01	$26,000,000
72	Street Fighter	Capcom	27.66	$26,000,000
73	Prehistoric Isle / Genshi-Tō	SNK	27.35	$26,000,000
74	Legend of Makai / Makai Densetsu	Jaleco	26.34	$25,000,000
75	S.T.U.N. Runner	Atari Games	26.00	$24,000,000
76	Cyberball 2072	Atari Games	25.67	$24,000,000
77	All American Football	Leland	24.09	$23,000,000
78	Ikari III: The Rescue	SNK	23.52	$22,000,000
79	U.N. Squadron / Area 88	Capcom	23.30	$22,000,000
80	Apache 3	Tatsumi / Data East	23.19	$22,000,000
81	Tecmo Bowl	Tech Mo	23.19	$22,000,000
82	Continental Circuit / Continental Circus	Taito	21.32	$20,000,000
83	Pole Position II	Namco	20.01	$19,000,000
84	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / TMNT	Konami	18.96	$18,000,000
85	E.S.W.A .T.	Sega	16.26	$15,000,000
86	Gain Ground	Sega	16.17	$15,000,000
87	Rambo III	Taito	15.84	$15,000,000
88	Devastators / Garuka	Konami	14.52	$14,000,000
89	Gold Medalist	SNK	14.48	$14,000,000
90	Thunder Cross	Konami	14.28	$13,000,000
91	Tecmo Knight / Wild Fang	Tecmo	14.14	$13,000,000
92	VS. Platoon	Sunsoft	13.78	$13,000,000
93	Super Volleyball	Home Data / Data East	13.47	$13,000,000
94	Dynasty Wars / Tenchi wo Kurau	Capcom	13.39	$13,000,000
95	Paperboy	Atari Games	13.26	$12,000,000
96	Big Event Golf	Taito	13.09	$12,000,000
97	VS. Super Mario Bros.	Nintendo	13.01	$12,000,000
98	Galaxy Force	Sega	8.67	$8,000,000
99	Toki	Fabtek	8.47	$8,000,000
100	Champion Bowling	Seta	7.86	$7,000,000
101	Showdown	Exidy	7.69	$7,000,000
102	Tournament Cyberball	Atari Games	7.67	$7,000,000
103	Night Striker	Taito	7.63	$7,000,000
104	Golden Tee Golf	Strata	7.20	$7,000,000
105	S.P.Y. / Special Project Y	Konami	7.11	$7,000,000
106	Rolling Thunder	Namco / Atari	7.10	$7,000,000
107	Astayanax	Jaleco	7.00	$7,000,000
108	Exterminator	Premier	7.00	$7,000,000
109	Heavy Unit	Taito	7.00	$7,000,000
110	Super Masters	Sega	7.00	$7,000,000
111	Sky Soldiers	SNK	6.98	$7,000,000
112	The Main Event / Ring no Ōja	Konami	6.88	$6,000,000
113	Atomic Robo-Kid	UPL / Nichibutsu	6.71	$6,000,000
114	Tough Turf	Sunsoft	6.63	$6,000,000
115	Chernov	Data East	6.40	$6,000,000
	Annual		5,306.53	$5,200,000,000	^[2]^[8]^[9]

United Kingdom[]

In the United Kingdom, the following titles were the year's top-grossing arcade games.

Rank	Title	Company	Points^{[n 6]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 7]}	Ref
1	Strider	Capcom	10	$80,000,000	^[46]
2	?		9	?
3	?		8	?
4	?		7	?
5	?		6	?
	Annual		55	$430,000,000	^[3]^[4]

Hong Kong[]

In Hong Kong, the following titles were the year's highest-grossing arcade games.

Rank	Title	Company	Points^{[n 8]}^[47]^[48]	Revenue (est.)^{[n 9]}
1	Hard Drivin'	Atari Games	375	$8,000,000
2	Super Off Road	Leland	336	$7,000,000
3	Championship Sprint	Atari Games	318	$6,000,000
4	Street Fighter / Street Fighter DX	Capcom	209	$4,000,000
5	Capcom Bowling	Capcom	183	$4,000,000
6	Arch Rivals	Bally Midway	180	$4,000,000
7	Tetris	Atari Games	175	$4,000,000
8	Crack Down	Sega	164	$3,000,000
9	Cabal	TAD	149	$3,000,000
10	Cyberball	Atari Games	137	$3,000,000
11	Final Blow	Taito	122	$2,000,000
12	Super Monaco GP	Sega	107	$2,000,000
13	Passing Shot	Sega	102	$2,000,000
14	Final Lap	Namco	99	$2,000,000
15	Apache 3	Tatsumi	97	$2,000,000
16	Golden Axe	Sega	96	$2,000,000
17	Pang / Buster Bros.	Mitchell	96	$2,000,000
18	Hot Chase	Konami	92	$2,000,000
19	Chequered Flag	Konami	82	$2,000,000
20	Super Volleyball	Video System	78	$2,000,000
21	Super Hang-On	Sega	69	$1,000,000
22	Missing in Action / M.I.A.	Konami	67	$1,000,000
23	Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters	Atari Games	60	$1,000,000
24	Tough Turf	Sega	59	$1,000,000
25	Omega Fighter	UPL	58	$1,000,000
26	Ninja Gaiden / Ninja Ryūkenden	Tecmo	56	$1,000,000
27	Prehistoric Isle / Genshi-Tō	SNK	55	$1,000,000
28	Burning Force	Namco	55	$1,000,000
29	Ikari III	SNK	54	$1,000,000
30	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles / TMNT	Konami	50	$1,000,000
31	The Final Round / Hard Puncher	Konami	44	$1,000,000
32	Continental Circus	Taito	43	$1,000,000
33	Midnight Resistance	Data East	43	$1,000,000
34	ESWAT	Sega	40	$1,000,000
35	Saint Dragon / Tensei Ryū	Jaleco	35	$1,000,000
36	Vindicators	Atari Games	35	$1,000,000
37	Caliber .50	SETA	35	$1,000,000
38	Master of Weapon	Taito	34	$1,000,000
39	Dynamite Düx	Sega	32	$1,000,000
40	Street Smart	SNK	32	$1,000,000
41	Asuka & Asuka	Taito	31	$1,000,000
42	Hachoo!	Jaleco	28	$1,000,000
43	The NewZealand Story	Taito	26	$1,000,000
44	Flash Point	Sega	26	$1,000,000
45	Superman	Taito	25	$500,000
46	Fighting Fantasy / Hippodrome	Data East	25	$500,000
47	Super Crowns Golf	Nasco	25	$500,000
48	Galaxy Gunners	Electronic Devices	25	$500,000
49	Ace Attacker	Sega	23	$500,000
50	DownTown / Mokugeki	SETA/Taito	23	$500,000
51	Zero Wing	Toaplan	23	$500,000
52	Golden Tee Golf	Strata	23	$500,000
53	Forgotten Worlds / Lost Worlds	Capcom	19	$400,000
54	Special Project Y / S.P.Y.	Konami	19	$400,000
55	RoboCop	Data East	18	$400,000
56	Dynasty Wars / Tenchi wo Kurau	Capcom	16	$300,000
57	Lord of King / The Astyanax	Aicom / Jaleco	16	$300,000
58	Plotting / Flipull	Taito	15	$300,000
59	Demon's World / Horror Story	Toaplan	15	$300,000
60	UN Squadron / Area 88	Capcom	15	$300,000
61	Act-Fancer	Data East	14	$300,000
62	Arbalester	Jorudan / SETA	12	$200,000
63	WWF Superstars	Technōs	12	$200,000
64	The Next Space	SNK	11	$200,000
65	Thunder Cross	Konami	10	$200,000
66	Crime Fighters	Konami	10	$200,000
67	Scramble Spirits	Sega	9	$200,000
68	Champion Wrestler	Taito	9	$200,000
69	Double Dynamites / Dynamite Duke 2P	TAD	9	$200,000
70	World Cup '90 / Tecmo World Cup '90	Tecmo	7	$100,000
71	Strider	Capcom	6	$100,000
72	Devastators / Garuka	Konami	5	$100,000
73	Ghouls 'n Ghosts / Dai Makaimura	Capcom	5	$100,000
74	V'Ball / Volleyball	Technōs	5	$100,000
75	Fire Shark / Sky Shark	Toaplan	5	$100,000
76	Rally Bike / Dash Yarō	Toaplan / Taito	3	$100,000
77	Rambo III	Taito	3	$100,000
78	Perfect Billiards / Perfect Billiard	Sega / Video System	2	$40,000
79	Block Hole / Quarth	Konami	2	$40,000
80	Mega Blast	Taito	2	$40,000
	Annual		4,730	$100,000,000^[6]^[7]

Best-selling home systems[]

Rank	System(s)	Company	Type	Sales					Ref
Rank	System(s)	Company	Type	Japan	USA	Europe	Korea	Worldwide	Ref
1	NES / Famicom	Nintendo	Console	1,520,000	9,200,000	180,000+	20,000^[49]	10,920,000+	^[50]^[25]^[51]
2	IBM PC clones	Various	Computer	—	7,000,000	—	—	10,000,000+	^[52]^[53]^[54]
—	Compaq PC	Compaq	Computer	—	469,500+	—	—	469,500+	^[55]
	Dynabook	Toshiba	Computer	—	59,600+	—	—	59,600+
	Zenith PC	Zenith	Computer	—	45,000+	—	—	45,000+
3	IBM PC	IBM	Computer	—	1,500,000	—	—	4,000,000+	^[52]^[53]
4	Game Boy	Nintendo	Handheld	2,000,000+	1,100,000	—	—	3,100,000+	^[56]^[27]
5	Commodore 64	Commodore	Computer	—	—	—	—	1,250,000	^[57]
6	PC Engine / TurboGrafx	NEC	Console	940,000	300,000	—	—	1,240,000+	^[58]^[25]^[59]
7	PC-88 / PC-98 / UltraLite	NEC	Computer	1,030,000	115,800+	—	—	1,145,800+	^[60]^[61]^[55]
8	Mega Drive / Genesis	Sega	Console	600,000	500,000	—	—	1,100,000	^[25]^[62]
9	Macintosh	Apple	Computer	—	—	—	—	1,100,000	^[57]
10	Sega Master System	Sega	Console	200,000	250,000	350,000	130,000^[49]	930,000+	^[51]^[63]^[64]
11	Amiga	Commodore	Computer	—	—	—	—	600,000	^[57]
12	Fujitsu FM-7 / FM Towns	Fujitsu	Computer	330,000	—	—	—	330,000+	^[60]^[61]
13	Atari ST	Atari Corp.	Computer	—	—	—	—	300,000	^[52]
14	Game & Watch	Nintendo	Handheld	250,000	—	—	—	250,000	^[65]
15	Apple II	Apple	Computer	—	—	—	—	200,000	^[52]
16	Epson QX-10 / Equity	Epson	Computer	—	113,700+	—	—	113,700+	^[55]
17	PC Engine SuperGrafx	NEC	Computer	75,000	—	—	—	75,000	^[66]
18	Famicom Modem	Nintendo	Console	50,000	—	—	—	50,000	^[63]
19	PC Engine CD‑ROM²	NEC	Console	20,000+	—	—	—	20,000+	^[11]
20	NeXT Computer	NeXT	Computer	—	—	—	—	12,000	^[52]

Best-selling home video games[]

Worldwide[]

The following titles were the best-selling home video games worldwide in 1989. See sections below for breakdown of sales and revenue estimates.

Console games[]

No.	Title	Platform	Company	Sales	Revenue	Genre
1	Super Mario Bros.	NES, FDS	Nintendo	9,648,570	$1,102,000,000	Platformer
2	Duck Hunt	NES	Nintendo	9,000,000	$1,000,000,000	FPS
3	World Class Track Meet	NES	Human / Nintendo	2,000,000	$360,000,000	Sports
4	Super Mario Bros. 2 / Doki Doki Panic	NES	Nintendo	1,500,000	$70,000,000	Platformer
5	Super Mario Bros. 3	Famicom	Nintendo	1,331,286	$70,000,000	Platformer
6	Ninja Gaiden / Ninja Ryūkenden	NES	Tecmo	945,418	$42,000,000	Hack & slash
7	Double Dragon	SMS, NES, 2600	Technōs / Sega	850,000	$40,000,000	Beat 'em up
8	Tetris	NES	Nintendo	632,597	$32,000,000	Puzzle
9	Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	NES	Konami	600,000	$20,000,000	Metroidvania
10	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	NES	Nintendo	600,000	$20,000,000	Action RPG
11	SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi 2	Famicom	Bandai	567,063	$30,000,000	Strategy
12	Altered Beast / Jūōki	Sega Mega Drive	Sega	502,212	$100,100,000	Beat 'em up
13	Mother / EarthBound Beginnings	Famicom	Nintendo	501,625	$25,000,000	RPG
14	Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest	NES	Chunsoft / Enix	500,000	$25,000,000	RPG
15	Skate or Die!	NES	Konami	500,000	$20,000,000	Sports
16	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	NES	Konami	455,250	$23,000,000	Action
17	Famista '89: Kaimaku Ban!	Famicom	Namco	445,000	$22,000,000	Sports
18	Blades of Steel / Konamic Ice Hockey	NES	Konami	400,000	$20,000,000	Sports
19	Blaster Master / Metafight	NES	Sunsoft	400,000	$20,000,000	Run & gun
20	Tecmo Bowl	NES	Tеcmo	400,000	$20,000,000	Sports
21	Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden	Famicom	Bandai	376,542	$20,000,000	Action RPG
22	Dragon Ball 3: Gokūden	Famicom	Bandai	341,813	$17,000,000	Card / RPG
23	Operation Wolf	NES	Taito	305,264	$10,300,000	FPS
24	Keith Courage in Alpha Zones	TurboGrafx-16	Hudson Soft	300,000	$60,000,000	Platformer
25	Bases Loaded / Moero! Pro Yakyū	NES	Jaleco	300,000	$10,000,000	Sports
	Bubble Bobble	NES	Taito	300,000	$10,000,000	Platformer
	Strider	NES	Capcom	300,000	$10,000,000	Metroidvania
	The Legend of Zelda	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$10,000,000	Action ADV

Handheld games[]

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Sales	Revenue (est.)	Genre	Ref
1	Tetris	Game Boy	Nintendo	2,063,750	$120,000,000	Puzzle
2	Super Mario Land	Game Boy	Nintendo	1,416,992	$48,000,000	Platformer
3	Zelda	Game & Watch	Nintendo	250,000	$12,000,000	Action ADV	^[65]
4	Tennis	Game Boy	Nintendo	223,406	$5,000,000	Sports
5	Dracula Densetsu	Game Boy	Konami	216,031	$4,000,000	Platformer	^[67]
6	Baseball	Game Boy	Nintendo	194,518	$4,000,000	Sports
7	Alleyway	Game Boy	Nintendo	171,035	$3,000,000	Paddle
8	Makai Tōshi SaGa	Game Boy	Squaresoft	121,281	$2,000,000	RPG	^[67]
9	Shanghai	Game Boy	HAL Laboratory	87,094	$2,000,000	Mahjong
10	Pinball: 66 Hiki no Wani Daikōshin	Game Boy	HAL Laboratory	77,344	$2,000,000	Pinball
11	Golf	Game Boy	Nintendo	51,844	$1,000,000	Sports
12	California Games	Atari Lynx	Epyx	50,000	$9,000,000	Sports
13	Motocross Maniacs	Game Boy	Konami	43,938	$1,000,000	Racing	^[67]
14	Seaside Volleyball	Game Boy	Tonkin House	35,719	$1,000,000	Sports
15	Hyper Lode Runner	Game Boy	Bandai	23,250	$1,000,000	Puzzle
16	Yakuman	Game Boy	Nintendo	15,080	$300,000	Mahjong
17	Sōkoban	Game Boy	Pony Canyon	14,281	$300,000	Sokoban
18	Mickey Mouse	Game Boy	Namco	12,094	$200,000	Puzzle

Japan[]

In Japan, the following titles were the best-selling home video games in 1989. 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. 3	Famicom	Nintendo	1,331,286	$70,000,000	Platformer
2	Tetris	Game Boy	Nintendo	963,750	$19,000,000	Puzzle
3	Super Mario Land	Game Boy	Nintendo	616,992	$12,000,000	Platformer
4	SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi 2	Famicom	Bandai	567,063	$30,000,000	Strategy
5	Mother (EarthBound Beginnings)	Famicom	Nintendo	501,625	$25,000,000	RPG
6	Famista '89: Kaimaku Ban!	Famicom	Namco	445,000	$22,000,000	Sports
7	Tetris	Famicom	Nintendo	432,597	$22,000,000	Puzzle
8	Nobunaga no Yabō: Sengoku Gun'yū-den	PC-88 SR	Koei	400,000	$9,000,000	Strategy
9	Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden	Famicom	Bandai	376,542	$20,000,000	Action RPG
10	Dragon Ball 3: Goku Den	Famicom	Bandai	341,813	$17,000,000	Card / RPG
11	Tetris	Computers	BPS	300,000	$7,000,000	Puzzle
12	Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium: Heisei Gannenhan	Famicom	Taito	290,344	$15,000,000	Sports
13	Zelda	Game & Watch	Nintendo	250,000	$12,000,000	Action-ADV
14	TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Dai Maō	Famicom	Konami	237,094	$12,000,000	Shmup
15	Racer Mini-Yonku: Japan Cup	Famicom	Konami	225,406	$11,000,000	Racing
16	Dracula Densetsu / Castlevania: The Adventure	Game Boy	Konami	216,031	$4,000,000	Platformer
17	SD Gundam World: Map Collection	Famicom Disk	Bandai	215,885	$11,000,000	Strategy
18	Suikoden: Tenmei no Chikai	PC-88 SR	Koei	200,000	$4,000,000	Strategy
18	Ys III: Wanderers From Ys	PC-88/98	Nihon Falcom	200,000	$4,000,000	Action RPG
20	Ultraman Club: Chikyū Dakkan Sakusen	Famicom Disk	Bandai	186,600	$10,000,000	RPG
21	Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Kiken na Futari - Kōhen	Famicom Disk	Data East	182,884	$9,000,000	Adventure
22	Super Chinese 2: Dragon Kid / Little Ninja Brothers	Famicom	Culture Brain	176,094	$9,000,000	Brawler/RPG
23	After Burner / After Burner II	X68K, FMT, FC	Sega/Sunsoft	169,241	$5,000,000	Flight / TPS
24	Pro Baseball Famista '88	Famicom	Namco	160,297	$8,000,000	Sports
25	Famicom Tantei Club II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo - Zenpen	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	150,719	$8,000,000	Adventure

Console games[]

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Sales^[67]	Revenue (est.)^{[n 1]}
1	Super Mario Bros. 3	Famicom	Nintendo	1,331,286	$70,000,000
2	SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi 2	Famicom	Bandai	567,063	$30,000,000
3	Mother (EarthBound Beginnings)	Famicom	Nintendo	501,625	$25,000,000
4	Famista '89: Kaimaku Ban!	Famicom	Namco	445,000	$22,000,000
5	Tetris	Famicom	Nintendo	432,597	$22,000,000
6	Famicom Jump: Hero Retsuden	Famicom	Bandai	376,542	$20,000,000
7	Dragon Ball 3: Goku Den	Famicom	Bandai	341,813	$17,000,000
8	Kyuukyoku Harikiri Stadium: Heisei Gannenhan	Famicom	Taito	290,344	$15,000,000
9	TwinBee 3: Poko Poko Dai Maō	Famicom	Konami	237,094	$12,000,000
10	Racer Mini-Yonku: Japan Cup	Famicom	Konami	225,406	$11,000,000
11	SD Gundam World: Map Collection	Famicom Disk	Bandai	215,885	$11,000,000
12	Ultraman Club: Chikyū Dakkan Sakusen	Famicom Disk	Bandai	186,600	$10,000,000
13	Tantei Jingūji Saburō: Kiken na Futari - Kōhen	Famicom Disk	Data East	182,884	$9,000,000
14	Super Chinese 2: Dragon Kid / Little Ninja Brothers	Famicom	Culture Brain	176,094	$9,000,000
15	Pro Baseball Famista '88	Famicom	Namco	160,297	$8,000,000
16	Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo - Zenpen	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	150,719	$8,000,000
17	Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti	Famicom	Namco	124,969	$6,000,000
18	Baseball Simulator 1.000	Famicom	Culture Brain	107,563	$5,000,000
19	Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo - Kōhen	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	105,625	$5,000,000
20	Tenkaichi Bushi: Keru Nagūru	Famicom	Namco	100,906	$5,000,000
21	Ultima: Quest of the Avatar / Ultima IV ^[23]^[68]	Famicom	Pony Canyon	100,000	$5,000,000
22	Final Fantasy II	Famicom	Squaresoft	96,278	$5,000,000
23	Famista '90	Famicom	Namco	96,250	$5,000,000
24	Ghouls 'n Ghosts	Mega Drive	Sega	94,563	$5,000,000
25	Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari	Famicom	Technos Japan	93,607	$5,000,000
26	Kaettekita Mario Bros.	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	91,482	$5,000,000
27	Hokuto no Ken: Shin Seikimatsu Kyūseishu Densetsu	Mega Drive	Sega	90,813	$5,000,000
28	Ganbare Goemon 2	Famicom	Konami	85,648	$4,000,000
29	Dragon Spirit / Dragon Spirit: Aratanaru Densetsu	PCE, Famicom	Namco	84,512	$4,000,000
30	Mega Man II	Famicom	Capcom	83,636	$4,000,000
31	Ordyne	PC Engine	Namco / NEC	75,063	$4,000,000
32	Thunder Force II	Mega Drive	Technosoft	74,188	$4,000,000
33	Super Mario Bros. 2 / The Lost Levels	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	71,961	$4,000,000
34	After Burner	Famicom	Sega / Sunsoft	69,241	$3,000,000
35	Quinty	Famicom	Namco	67,938	$3,000,000
36	Shin Moero!! Pro Yakyū	Famicom	Jaleco	66,500	$3,000,000
37	Far East of Eden: Ziria / Tengai Makyō: Ziria	PC Engine CD	Hudson	62,000	$3,000,000
38	SD Gundam World: Gachapon Senshi - Scramble Wars	Famicom Disk	Bandai	61,719	$3,000,000
39	Ganbare Pennant Race!	Famicom	Konami	56,586	$3,000,000
40	Baseball Star: Mezase Sankanō	Famicom	SNK	56,531	$3,000,000
41	Geki Kame Ninja Den / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Famicom	Konami	55,250	$3,000,000
42	Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation	Famicom	Enix	54,845	$3,000,000
43	Jinsei! Gekijō	Famicom	Taito	54,308	$3,000,000
44	Final Lap Twin	PC Engine	Namco	53,875	$3,000,000
45	Chuka Taisen	Famicom	Taito	53,219	$3,000,000
46	Pachinko GP	Famicom Disk	Data East	51,932	$3,000,000
47	Vs. Excitebike	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	51,224	$3,000,000
48	Wizardry II: Legacy of Llylgamyn - The Third Scenario	Famicom	ASCII	51,038	$3,000,000
49	Robocop	Famicom	Data East	50,781	$3,000,000
50	Wagan Land	Famicom	Namco	50,072	$3,000,000
51	Super Momotarō Dentetsu	PC Engine	Hudson	49,594	$2,000,000
52	Kōshien	Famicom	Taito	48,938	$2,000,000
53	Super Mario Bros.	Famicom / Disk	Nintendo	48,570	$2,000,000
54	Putt Putt Golf	Famicom Disk	Pack in Video	47,219	$2,000,000
55	Jajamaru Ninpō Chō	Famicom	Jaleco	46,241	$2,000,000
56	Ninja Ryūkenden / Ninja Gaiden	Famicom	Tecmo	45,418	$2,000,000
57	LaSalle Ishii no Child's Quest	Famicom	Namco	44,750	$2,000,000
58	Halley Wars	Famicom Disk	Taito	42,602	$2,000,000
59	Cosmic Wars	Famicom	Konami	41,906	$2,000,000
60	Phantasy Star II	Mega Drive	Sega	40,561	$2,000,000
61	Tenchi o Kurau	Famicom	Capcom	40,156	$2,000,000
62	Super Daisenryaku	Mega Drive	Sega	38,107	$2,000,000
63	Samurai Sword	Famicom Disk	Capcom	37,509	$2,000,000
64	Gekitō Pro Wrestling! Tōkon Densetsu	Famicom	Tecmo	32,000	$2,000,000
65	Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Yūyūki - Zenpen	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	31,000	$2,000,000
66	Gradius II: Gofer no Yabō	Famicom	Konami	30,414	$2,000,000
67	Golden Axe	Mega Drive	Sega	30,156	$2,000,000
68	Pac-Land	PC Engine	Namco	29,438	$1,000,000
69	Moeru! Oniisan	Famicom	Toho	29,094	$1,000,000
70	Datsugoku: Prisoners of War	Famicom	K Amusement	28,969	$1,000,000
71	Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair	PC Engine CD	Hudson	28,188	$1,000,000
72	Nankin no Adventure	Famicom Disk	Sunsoft	26,429	$1,000,000
73	Mahjong Gakuen Tōmasou Shirō Toujō	PC Engine	Face	25,719	$1,000,000
74	Sakigake! Otokojuku: Shippu Ichi Gō Sei	Famicom	Bandai	24,413	$1,000,000
75	Volleyball	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	23,724	$1,000,000
76	Dungeon Explorer	PC Engine	NEC	23,645	$1,000,000
77	Hikari Genji Roller Panic	Famicom Disk	Pony Canyon	23,599	$1,000,000
78	Nekketsu Kōkō Dodge Ball Bu / Super Dodge Ball	Famicom	Technos Japan	21,844	$1,000,000
79	Doraemon: Meikyū Daisakusen	PC Engine	Hudson	21,531	$1,000,000
80	Hokuto no Ken 3: Shinseiki Sōzō Seiken Retsuden	Famicom	Toei Animation	21,406	$1,000,000
81	Kyūkyoku Tiger	PC Engine	Taito	20,878	$1,000,000
82	Valis II	PC Engine CD	Nippon Telenet	20,375	$1,000,000
83	Gunhed	PC Engine	Hudson	20,094	$1,000,000
84	Aoki Ookami to Shiroki Mejika: Genghis Khan	Famicom	Koei	19,803	$1,000,000
85	Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Yūyūki - Kōhen	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	19,406	$1,000,000
86	Fire Pro Wrestling	PC Engine	Human	19,156	$1,000,000
87	Gambler Jiko Chūshinha	Famicom	Asmik	18,716	$1,000,000
88	Kaijū Monogatari	Famicom	Namco	18,716	$1,000,000
89	Wrecking Crew	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	18,360	$1,000,000
90	Oishinbo: Kyukyoku no Menu 3-bon Syōbu	Famicom	Shinsei Bandai	17,781	$1,000,000
91	Family Pinball	Famicom	Namco	17,725	$1,000,000
92	Pro Yakyū? Satsujin Jiken!	Famicom	Capcom	17,598	$1,000,000
93	The Ninja Warriors	PC Engine	Taito	16,969	$1,000,000
94	Dragon Buster II: Yami no Fūin	Famicom	Namco	16,875	$1,000,000
95	Matsumoto Toru no Kabushiki Hisshōgaku II	Famicom	Imagineer	16,204	$1,000,000
96	Momotarō Dentetsu	Famicom	Hudson	16,069	$1,000,000
97	F-1 Dream	PC Engine	NEC	15,656	$1,000,000
98	Rambo III	Mega Drive	Sega	15,656	$1,000,000
99	Meimon! Daisan Yakyūbu	Famicom	Bandai	14,094	$1,000,000
100	Takeshi no Sengoku Fūunko	Famicom	Taito	13,808	$1,000,000
101	Power Golf	PC Engine	Hudson	13,656	$1,000,000
102	Tarot Uranai	Famicom Disk	Scorpion Soft	13,585	$1,000,000
103	Cyber Cross	PC Engine	Face	13,469	$1,000,000
104	SonSon II	PC Engine	NEC	13,224	$1,000,000
105	Kidō Keisatsu Patlabor	Famicom Disk	Bandai	12,771	$1,000,000
106	Forgotten Worlds	Mega Drive	Sega	12,594	$1,000,000
107	Zoids 2: Zenebasu no Gyakushū	Famicom	Toshiba EMI	12,334	$1,000,000
108	Satomi Hakkenden	Famicom	SNK	12,105	$1,000,000
109	Power League II	PC Engine	Hudson	11,719	$1,000,000
110	Nectaris	PC Engine	Hudson	10,960	$1,000,000
111	Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle	Mega Drive	Sega	10,935	$1,000,000
112	Lutter	Famicom Disk	Athena	10,750	$1,000,000
113	Magma Project Hacker	Famicom Disk	Tokuma Shoten	10,625	$1,000,000
114	Super Thunder Blade	Mega Drive	Sega	10,197	$1,000,000
115	Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa	Famicom	Sunsoft	9,816	$500,000
116	Rolling Thunder	Famicom	Nintendo	9,613	$500,000
117	World Cup Soccer	Mega Drive	Sega	9,406	$500,000
118	Home Run Nighter: Pennant League!!	Famicom	Data East	9,307	$500,000
119	Dragon Ninja	Famicom	Namco	8,906	$400,000
120	Romance of the Three Kingdoms	Famicom	Koei	8,875	$400,000
121	Yū Maze	Famicom Disk	Taito	8,494	$400,000
122	Susano O Densetsu	PC Engine	Hudson	8,214	$400,000
123	Dragon Ball: Daimaō Fukkatsu	Famicom	Bandai	7,832	$400,000
124	Wai Wai Mahjong: Yukai na Jantomi-tachi	PC Engine	Video System	7,563	$400,000
125	Osomatsu-kun: Hachamecha Gekijō	Mega Drive	Sega	7,375	$400,000
126	Kyūkyoku Harikiri Stadium '88 Senshū Shin Data Version	Famicom	Taito	6,510	$300,000
127	Saiyūki World	Famicom	Jaleco	6,332	$300,000
128	Family Mahjong II: Shanghai he no Michi	Famicom	Namco	6,256	$300,000
129	Space Harrier II	Mega Drive	Sega	6,230	$300,000
130	Nishimura Kyōtarō Mystery: Blue Train Satsujin Jiken	Famicom	Irem	6,078	$300,000
131	Pachiokun 2	Famicom	Coconuts Japan	5,671	$300,000
132	Hydlide 3: Yami Kara no Hōmonsha	Famicom	Namco	5,467	$300,000
133	King of Kings	Famicom	Namco	5,442	$300,000
134	Ice Hockey	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	5,366	$300,000
135	Operation Wolf	Famicom	Taito	5,264	$300,000
136	Dandy: Zeuon No Fukkatsu	Famicom Disk	Pony Canyon	5,137	$300,000
137	Cobra: Kuro Ryū-ō no Densetsu	PC Engine CD	Hudson	4,781	$200,000
138	Kaizō Chōnin Shubibinman	PC Engine	NCS	4,679	$200,000
139	Hayauchi Super Igo	Famicom	Namco	4,552	$200,000
140	Gyruss	Famicom Disk	Konami	4,552	$200,000
141	JESUS: Kyōfu no Bio Monster	Famicom	King Records	4,450	$200,000
142	Best Play Pro Yakyū	Famicom	ASCII	4,450	$200,000
143	Famicom Mukashi Banashi: Shin Onigashima - Kōhen	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	4,438	$200,000
144	Professional Mahjong Gokū	Famicom Disk	ASCII	4,399	$200,000
145	Pro Wrestling: Famicom Wrestling Association	Famicom Disk	Nintendo	3,813	$200,000
146	Super Hang-On	Mega Drive	Sega	3,313	$200,000
147	Moto Roader	PC Engine	NEC	3,179	$200,000
148	Motocross Champion	Famicom	Konami	2,874	$100,000
149	Famicom Wars	Famicom	Nintendo	2,823	$100,000
150	Vigilante	PC Engine	Irem	2,721	$100,000
151	Yamamura Misa Suspense: Kyōto Hana no Misshitsu Satsujin	Famicom	Taito	2,568	$100,000
152	OutLive	PC Engine	Sunsoft	2,365	$100,000
153	Jūōki / Altered Beast	Mega Drive	Sega	2,212	$100,000
154	P-47: The Freedom Fighter	PC Engine	Aicom	1,933	$100,000

Handheld games[]

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Sales	Revenue (est.)^{[n 10]}	Ref
1	Tetris	Game Boy	Nintendo	963,750	$19,000,000	^[67]
2	Super Mario Land	Game Boy	Nintendo	616,992	$12,000,000	^[67]
3	Dracula Densetsu / Castlevania: The Adventure	Game Boy	Konami	216,031	$4,000,000	^[67]
4	Makai Tōshi SaGa / Final Fantasy Legend	Game Boy	Squaresoft	121,281	$2,000,000
5	Alleyway	Game Boy	Nintendo	111,035	$2,000,000
6	Baseball	Game Boy	Nintendo	94,518	$2,000,000
7	Shanghai	Game Boy	HAL Laboratory	87,094	$2,000,000
8	Pinball: 66 Hiki no Wani Daikōshin / Revenge of the Gator	Game Boy	HAL Laboratory	77,344	$2,000,000
9	Golf	Game Boy	Nintendo	51,844	$1,000,000
10	Motocross Maniacs	Game Boy	Konami	43,938	$1,000,000
11	Seaside Volleyball	Game Boy	Tonkin House	35,719	$1,000,000
12	Tennis	Game Boy	Nintendo	23,406	$500,000
13	Hyper Lode Runner	Game Boy	Bandai	23,250	$500,000
14	Yakuman	Game Boy	Nintendo	15,080	$300,000
15	Sōkoban	Game Boy	Pony Canyon	14,281	$300,000
16	Mickey Mouse	Game Boy	Namco	12,094	$200,000

Computer games[]

Rank	Title	Platform(s)	Company	Points ^{[n 11]}^[71]	Sales (est.)^{[n 12]}	Revenue (est.)^{[n 13]}
1	Nobunaga no Yabō: Sengoku Gun'yū-den	PC-88	Koei	197	400,000	$9,000,000
2	Tetris	Computers	BPS	154	300,000	$7,000,000
3	Suikoden: Tenmei no Chikai	PC-88	Koei	90	200,000	$4,000,000
4	Ys III: Wanderers From Ys	PC-88, PC-98	Nihon Falcom	75	200,000	$4,000,000
5	Star Trader	PC-88	Nihon Falcom	72	100,000	$3,000,000
6	Last Armageddon	NEC, MSX, X1	Brain Grey	66	100,000	$3,000,000
7	Might and Magic 2	X1, FM7, NEC	Star Craft	62	100,000	$3,000,000
8	Xak: The Art of Visual Stage	PC-88	Micro Cabin	60	100,000	$3,000,000
9	After Burner / After Burner II	X68000, FMT	Sega / Dempa	50	100,000	$2,000,000
10	Daikairei: Dai Nippon Teikoku Kaigun no Kiseki	PC-98	Artdink	47	90,000	$2,000,000
11	Tenka Tōitsu	PC-98	SystemSoft	45	90,000	$2,000,000
12	Crimson II	PC-88	Xtal Soft	44	90,000	$2,000,000
13	Sorcerian / Dragon Slayer V: Sorcerian	NEC, X1	Nihon Falcom	42	80,000	$2,000,000
14	Wings of Fury	NEC, X68	Broderbund	42	80,000	$2,000,000
15	Ishin no Arashi	PC-88, PC-98	Koei	41	80,000	$2,000,000
16	Ginga Eiyū Densetsu +Set	PC-88, PC-98	Bothtec	40	80,000	$2,000,000
17	Snatcher	NEC, MSX	Konami	40	80,000	$2,000,000
18	Sorcerian Scenario: Sengoku Sorcerian	NEC, X1	Nihon Falcom	40	80,000	$2,000,000
19	Valis II	NEC, MSX	Nihon Telenet	39	80,000	$2,000,000
20	Teitoku no Ketsudan	PC-98	Koei	36	70,000	$2,000,000
21	Master of Monsters	NEC, MSX, X1	SystemSoft	34	70,000	$2,000,000
22	Ginga Eiyū Densetsu	PC-88, PC-98	Bothtec	33	70,000	$2,000,000
23	Chaos★Angels	NEC, MSX	ASCII / NCS	32	60,000	$2,000,000
24	Gambler Jiko Chūshinha	Computers	Game Arts	32	60,000	$2,000,000
25	F-16 Fighting Falcon 2	PC-98	ASCII	30	60,000	$1,000,000
26	Gekitotsu Pennant Race 2	MSX	Konami	29	60,000	$1,000,000
27	Gofer no Yabō Episode II / Nemesis 3	MSX	Konami	29	60,000	$1,000,000
28	R-Type	MSX, X68	Irem	28	60,000	$1,000,000
29	Record of Lodoss War	PC-98	HummingBird	28	60,000	$1,000,000
30	Psy-o-blade	Computers	T&E Soft	27	50,000	$1,000,000
31	Yajiuma Pennant Race	PC-88	Victor Music	25	50,000	$1,000,000
32	Kon'ya mo Asamade Powerful Mahjong 2	Computers	dB-Soft	24	50,000	$1,000,000
33	Xevious	MSX	Namco	23	50,000	$1,000,000
34	Zavaş	PC-88	Popcom	23	50,000	$1,000,000
35	Disk PAC	MSX	Panasoft	22	40,000	$1,000,000
36	FM Pana Amusement Cartridge	MSX	Panasoft	22	40,000	$1,000,000
37	Gambler Jiko Chūshinha 2	NEC, MSX, X1	Game Arts	21	40,000	$1,000,000
38	Can Can Bunny	PC-88, PC-98	Cocktail Soft	20	40,000	$1,000,000
39	Daisenryaku II	PC-98	SystemSoft	20	40,000	$1,000,000
40	Disc Station #5	MSX	Compile	20	40,000	$1,000,000
41	Wizardry 4	NEC, X1, FM7	ASCII	20	40,000	$1,000,000
42	Pyramid Sorcerian	NEC, X1	Nihon Falcom	19	40,000	$1,000,000
43	Schwarzschild	PC-98	Kogado Studio	19	40,000	$1,000,000
44	Disc Station #0	MSX	Compile	18	40,000	$1,000,000
45	Disc Station #6	MSX	Compile	18	40,000	$1,000,000
46	Harukanaru Augusta	PC-98	T&E Soft	18	40,000	$1,000,000
47	Advanced Fantasian	PC-88	Xtal Soft	17	30,000	$800,000
48	Disc Station Special 1: Spring Edition	MSX	Compile	17	30,000	$800,000
49	Disc Station Special 4: Autumn Edition	MSX	Compile	17	30,000	$800,000
50	Genocide	X68000	ZOOM	17	30,000	$800,000
51	Shanghai	NEC, MSX	SystemSoft	17	30,000	$800,000
52	Daisenryaku II Special	PC-98	SystemSoft	16	30,000	$800,000
53	Disc Station #2	MSX	Compile	16	30,000	$800,000
54	Pac-Mania	MSX, X68	Namco / Sharp	16	30,000	$800,000
55	Death Bringer / Galdregon's Domain	PC-88/98VA	Nihon Telenet	15	30,000	$700,000
56	Salamander	X68000	Konami / Sharp	15	30,000	$700,000
57	Tōdō Ryūnosuke Tantei: Kohakuiro no Yuigon	Computers	Riverhill Soft	15	30,000	$700,000
58	Disc Station #7	MSX	Compile	14	30,000	$700,000
59	Gunship	PC-98	MicroProse	14	30,000	$700,000
60	Reach for the Stars	PC-98	Hobby Japan	14	30,000	$700,000
61	Disc Station Special 2: Early Summer Edition	MSX	Compile	13	30,000	$600,000
62	Duel	PC-88, PC-98	Kure Software	13	30,000	$600,000
63	Zan: Kagerō no Toki	PC-98	Wolf Team	13	30,000	$600,000
64	Double Eagle	PC-98	Artdink	12	20,000	$600,000
65	Dragon Spirit	X68000	Dempa	12	20,000	$600,000
66	Fantasy Zone	X68000	Sega / Dempa	12	20,000	$600,000
67	Ring Master: The Shadow of Filias	PC-98	Hobby Japan	12	20,000	$600,000
68	Thunder Force II	X68000	Technosoft	12	20,000	$600,000
69	Air Combat: Yūgekiō II	PC-98	SystemSoft	11	20,000	$500,000
70	Alantia	PC-98	Victor Music	11	20,000	$500,000
71	Disc Station Special 3: Summer Vacation	MSX	Compile	11	20,000	$500,000
72	J.B. Harold 3: D.C. Connection	PC-98	Riverhill Soft	11	20,000	$500,000
73	Undeadline	MSX	T&E Soft	11	20,000	$500,000
74	AD&D: Heroes of the Lance	NEC, X1	Pony Canyon	10	20,000	$500,000
75	Arcus	Computers	Wolf Team	10	20,000	$500,000
76	Daisenryaku: Map Collection	PC-98	SystemSoft	10	20,000	$500,000
77	Ginga Eiyū Densetsu: Power-Up & Scenario	PC-88, PC-98	Bothtec	10	20,000	$500,000
78	Pocky	PC-88	Ponytail Soft	10	20,000	$500,000
79	Ring Master II: Forget You Not, Evermore	PC-98	Hobby Japan	10	20,000	$500,000
80	Schwarzschild II	PC-98	Kogado Studio	10	20,000	$500,000
81	Super Daisenryaku	NEC, X68	SystemSoft	10	20,000	$500,000
82	Hydlide 3 SV	PC-98	T&E Soft	9	20,000	$400,000
83	Veigues	PC-88	Game Arts	9	20,000	$400,000
84	Digan no Maseki	NEC, MSX	Artec	8	20,000	$400,000
85	Might and Magic	Computers	Star Craft	8	20,000	$400,000
86	Nobunaga no Yabō: Zenkoku-ban	Computers	Koei	8	20,000	$400,000
87	Balance of Power	NEC, MSX	ASCII	7	10,000	$300,000
88	F-15 Strike Eagle	PC-98	SystemSoft	7	10,000	$300,000
89	Ginga	NEC, MSX	SystemSoft	7	10,000	$300,000
90	Greatest Driver	MSX	T&E Soft	6	10,000	$300,000
91	Maison Ikkoku: Kanketsu-hen	Computers	Micro Cabin	6	10,000	$300,000
92	Mashou Denki: La Valeur	PC-88	Kogado Studio	6	10,000	$300,000
93	The NewZealand Story	X68000	Sharp	6	10,000	$300,000
94	The Return of Ishtar	MSX	Namco	6	10,000	$300,000
95	Disc Station #4	MSX	Compile	5	10,000	$200,000
96	Hai no Majutsushi	MSX	Konami	5	10,000	$200,000
97	Morita Shōgi II	Computers	Enix	5	10,000	$200,000
98	MS Field: Kidō Senshi Gundam	NEC, MSX	Family Soft	5	10,000	$200,000
99	Rogue Alliance	PC-98	Star Craft	5	10,000	$200,000
100	Toraware Penguin	PC-88	Tatsumi	5	10,000	$200,000
101	Daisenryaku III	PC-98	SystemSoft	4	8,000	$200,000
102	Den-nō Gakuen: Cybernetic Hi-School	PC-88, PC-98	Gainax	4	8,000	$200,000
103	Disc Station #3	MSX	Compile	4	8,000	$200,000
104	Hozon-ban Lode Runner	PC-98	SystemSoft	4	8,000	$200,000
105	Kami no Machi: Hyper Visual Adventure	PC-88	Studio Panther	4	8,000	$200,000
106	Star Cruiser	NEC, X1/68K	Arsys Software	4	8,000	$200,000
107	Tir-nan-óg II: The Sign of Chaos	PC-98	SystemSoft	4	8,000	$200,000
108	Lipstick Adventure	PC-88, PC-98	FairyTale / JAST	3	6,000	$100,000
109	Wing Man Special	MSX	Enix	3	6,000	$100,000
110	Wizardry	Computers	ASCII	3	6,000	$100,000
111	Daikairei: Nankai no Shitō	PC-98	Artdink	2	4,000	$100,000
112	Exile II: Kanketsu-hen / XZR II: Kanketsu-hen	NEC, MSX	Nihon Telenet	2	4,000	$100,000
113	Jack Nicklaus Championship Golf	NEC, X68	Victor Music	2	4,000	$100,000
114	Test Drive	PC-98	Pony Canyon	2	4,000	$100,000
115	What's Michael?	PC-88, PC-98	Micro Cabin	1	2,000	$50,000
116	You To Den	PC-98	SystemSoft	1	2,000	$50,000
117	Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished Omen	Computers	Nihon Falcom	1	2,000	$50,000
	Annual ^[23]^[21]^[22]			2,541	10,000,000	$500,000,000

United States[]

In the United States, the following titles were the year's best-selling home video 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	9,600,000	$1,100,000,000
2	Duck Hunt	NES	Nintendo	9,000,000	$1,000,000,000
3	World Class Track Meet	NES	Human / Nintendo	2,000,000	$360,000,000
4	Super Mario Bros. 2 / Doki Doki Panic	NES	Nintendo	1,500,000	$70,000,000
5	Tetris	Game Boy	Nintendo	1,100,000	$100,000,000
6	Ninja Gaiden	NES	Nintendo	900,000	$40,000,000
7	Double Dragon	SMS, NES, 2600	Technōs / Sega	850,000	$40,000,000
8	Super Mario Land	Game Boy	Nintendo	800,000	$36,000,000
9	Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	NES	Konami	600,000	$20,000,000
10	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	NES	Nintendo	600,000	$20,000,000
11	Altered Beast	Sega Genesis	Sega	500,000	$100,000,000
12	Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest	NES	Chunsoft / Enix	500,000	$25,000,000
13	F-15 Strike Eagle	Computers	MicroProse	500,000	$20,000,000
14	Skate or Die	NES	Konami / Ultra Games	500,000	$20,000,000
15	Blades of Steel	NES	Konami	400,000	$20,000,000
16	Blaster Master	NES	Sunsoft	400,000	$20,000,000
17	Tecmo Bowl	NES	Tеcmo	400,000	$20,000,000
18	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	NES	Konami / Ultra Games	400,000	$20,000,000
19	Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?	Computers	Broderbund	400,000	$16,000,000
20	Keith Courage in Alpha Zones	TurboGrafx-16	NEC / Hudson Soft	300,000	$60,000,000
21	Bases Loaded / Moero! Pro Yakyū	NES	Jaleco	300,000	$10,000,000
22	Bubble Bobble	NES	Taito	300,000	$10,000,000
23	Operation Wolf	NES	Taito	300,000	$10,000,000
24	Strider	NES	Capcom	300,000	$10,000,000
25	The Legend of Zelda	NES	Nintendo	300,000	$10,000,000

Console games[]

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Points^{[n 14]} ^[75]^[76]	Sales (est.)^{[n 15]}	Gross (est.) ^{[n 16]}^[76]^[77]	Ref
1	Super Mario Bros.	NES	Nintendo	—	9,600,000	$1,100,000,000	^[78]^[79]^[80]
2	Duck Hunt	NES	Nintendo	—	9,000,000	$1,000,000,000	^[79]^[80]
3	World Class Track Meet	NES	Human	—	2,000,000	$360,000,000	^[81]
4	Super Mario Bros. 2	NES	Nintendo	427	1,500,000	$70,000,000	^[78]^[82]
5	Ninja Gaiden	NES	Nintendo	247	900,000	$40,000,000
6	Double Dragon	SMS, NES, 2600	Technōs / Sega	173	850,000	$40,000,000	^[83]
7	Castlevania II: Simon's Quest	NES	Konami	179	600,000	$20,000,000
8	Zelda II: The Adventure of Link	NES	Nintendo	174	600,000	$20,000,000
9	Altered Beast	Sega Genesis	Sega	—	500,000	$100,000,000	^[62]^[84]
10	Dragon Warrior	NES	Chunsoft / Enix	102	500,000	$25,000,000	^[85]^[86]^[87]
11	Skate or Die	NES	Konami / Ultra	140	500,000	$20,000,000
12	Blades of Steel	NES	Konami	123	400,000	$20,000,000
13	Blaster Master	NES	Sunsoft	119	400,000	$20,000,000
14	Tecmo Bowl	NES	Tеcmo	118	400,000	$20,000,000
15	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	NES	Konami / Ultra	102	400,000	$20,000,000
16	Keith Courage in Alpha Zones	TurboGrafx-16	NEC / Hudson	—	300,000	$60,000,000	^[59]
17	Bubble Bobble	NES	Taito	99	300,000	$10,000,000
18	The Legend of Zelda	NES	Nintendo	97	300,000	$10,000,000
19	Bases Loaded	NES	Jaleco	92	300,000	$10,000,000
20	Operation Wolf	NES	Taito	87	300,000	$10,000,000
21	Strider	NES	Capcom	79	300,000	$10,000,000
22	Hang-On	Master System	Sega	—	250,000	$32,000,000	^[88]^[63]
22	Safari Hunt	Master System	Sega	—	250,000	$32,000,000	^[88]^[63]
24	Mega Man 2	NES	Capcom	70	200,000	$10,000,000
25	Tetris	NES	Nintendo	50	200,000	$10,000,000
26	Marble Madness	NES	Atari / Milton	68	200,000	$8,000,000
27	R.C. Pro-Am	NES	Nintendo	56	200,000	$8,000,000
28	Anticipation	NES	Nintendo	49	200,000	$8,000,000
29	Contra	NES	Konami	46	200,000	$8,000,000
30	Track & Field II	NES	Konami	61	200,000	$6,000,000
31	Spy vs. Spy	NES	Kotobuki / Kemco	—	150,000	$6,000,000	^[89]
32	Pac-Man	NES, 2600, 5200	Namco	23	114,374	$3,120,511	^[90]
33	Rampage	NES	Data East	41	100,000	$4,000,000
34	Town & Country Surf Designs	NES	Atlus / LJN	36	100,000	$4,000,000
35	Metal Gear	NES	Konami / Ultra	34	100,000	$4,000,000
36	Baseball Stars	NES	SNK	28	100,000	$4,000,000
37	Double Dribble	NES	Konami	27	90,000	$4,000,000
38	Top Gun	NES	Konami	26	90,000	$4,000,000
39	Paperboy	NES	Mindscape	23	80,000	$3,000,000
40	California Games	SMS, NES	Sega / Milton	22	80,000	$3,000,000
41	Mickey Mousecapades	NES	Capcom / Hudson	21	70,000	$3,000,000
42	Faxanadu	NES	Hudson / Falcom	19	70,000	$3,000,000
43	Life Force / Salamander	NES	Konami	20	70,000	$2,000,000
44	Mario Bros.	2600	Nintendo	—	65,696	$590,008	^[91]
45	Donkey Kong / Classics	NES, 2600	Nintendo	7	60,147	$1,269,273	^[91]
46	Shinobi	Master System	Sega	16	60,000	$3,000,000
47	Milon's Secret Castle	NES	Hudson Soft	18	60,000	$2,000,000
48	WWF Wrestling	NES	Acclaim	17	60,000	$2,000,000
49	Xenophobe	NES	Sunsoft	17	60,000	$2,000,000
50	Donkey Kong Jr. / Classics	NES, 2600	Nintendo	7	58,832	$1,265,616	^[92]
51	Ultima: Exodus	NES	Ponican / FCI	13	50,000	$3,000,000
52	Adventures of Lolo	NES	HAL Laboratory	15	50,000	$2,000,000
53	Jackal	NES	Konami	14	50,000	$2,000,000
54	Ms. Pac-Man	2600	Namco	—	38,597	$277,073	^[93]
55	Space Invaders	2600, 5200	Taito	—	36,396	$99,381
56	Pole Position	2600	Namco	—	33,855	$239,073
57	Jungle Hunt	2600, 5200	Taito	—	30,858	$204,982
58	Platoon	NES	Sunsoft	9	30,000	$1,000,000
59	QBert*	2600	Gottlieb	—	25,057	$168,488
60	Yars' Revenge	2600	Atari	—	24,708	$40,174
61	Millipede	NES, 2600	Atari / HAL	2	23,815	$261,814
62	Dark Chambers	2600	Atari	—	22,338	$199,534
63	Centipede	2600, 5200	Atari	—	22,300	$154,738
64	Phoenix	2600	TPN / Taito	—	20,280	$67,126
65	Air Wolf	NES	Kyugo	7	20,000	$1,000,000
66	Hudson's Adventure Island	NES	Hudson / Sega	7	20,000	$1,000,000
67	Ice Hockey	NES	Nintendo	7	20,000	$1,000,000
68	Cobra Command	NES	Data East	6	20,000	$1,000,000
69	DuckTales	NES	Capcom	6	20,000	$1,000,000
70	Racket Attack	NES	TOSE / Jaleco	6	20,000	$1,000,000
71	Back to the Future	NES	LJN	5	20,000	$1,000,000
72	Punch-Out!	NES	Nintendo	6	20,000	$500,000
73	Mouse Trap	2600	Exidy	—	19,920	$73,124	^[94]
74	Pac-Man Jr.	2600	Namco	—	18,248	$159,823
75	Kangaroo	2600, 5200	Sunsoft	—	16,477	$55,589
76	Battlezone	2600	Atari	—	16,457	$48,239
77	Moon Patrol	2600, 5200	Irem	—	16,390	$55,807
78	Secret Quest	2600	Axlon	—	16,345	$146,311
79	Circus Atari	2600	Atari	—	15,984	$27,364
80	Baseball II	2600	Atari	—	15,413	$65,282
81	Super Breakout	2600, 5200	Atari	—	14,023	$35,703
82	Basketball	2600	Atari	—	13,674	$24,793
83	Canyon Bomber	2600	Atari	—	12,768	$24,816
84	Crossbow	2600	Atari	—	12,445	$111,371
85	Asteroids	2600	Atari	—	11,558	$23,137
86	Super Football	2600	Atari	—	11,536	$103,657
87	Missile Command	2600, 5200	Atari	—	10,926	$24,408
88	Vanguard	2600, 5200	TOSE / SNK	—	10,796	$29,407
89	Solaris	2600	Atari	—	10,524	$27,818
90	Boxing	2600	Atari	—	10,023	$88,279
91	Pole Position II	7800	Namco	4	10,000	$1,000,000	^[95]
92	Legacy of the Wizard	NES	Nihon Falcom	4	10,000	$400,000
93	Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle	NES	Kemco / LJN	3	10,000	$400,000
94	Nobunaga's Ambition	NES	Koei	3	10,000	$400,000
95	Kid Icarus	NES	Nintendo / TOSE	4	10,000	$300,000
96	Excitebike	NES	Nintendo	3	10,000	$300,000
97	Golf	NES	Nintendo	4	10,000	$200,000
98	Football II	2600	Atari	—	9,914	$43,496	^[94]
99	Volleyball	2600	Atari	—	9,882	$24,260
100	E.T.	2600	Atari	—	9,586	$12,462
101	Venture	2600	Exidy	—	9,542	$27,809
102	Super Baseball	2600	Atari	—	9,181	$82,302
103	Real Sports Soccer	2600	Atari	—	8,976	$16,696
104	Sprint Master	2600	Atari	—	8,374	$58,944
105	Air Sea Battle	2600	Atari	—	7,965	$15,223
106	Who Framed Roger Rabbit?	NES	Rare / LJN	2	7,000	$300,000
107	Tennis II	2600	Atari	—	6,547	$1,034	^[94]
108	Crystal Castles	2600	Atari	—	6,272	$38,395
109	Ball Blazer	5200	Atari	—	6,200	$12,460
110	Double Dunk	2600	Atari	—	6,180	$53,986
111	Countermeasure	5200	Atari	—	6,180	$12,360
112	Qix	5200	Taito	—	6,180	$12,360
113	Midnight Magic	2600	Atari	—	5,967	$42,689
114	Gravitar	2600	Atari	—	5,940	$25,371
115	Joust	NES, 2600, 5200	Williams / HAL	1	5,912	$109,608
116	Galaxian	2600, 5200	Namco	—	5,832	$11,134
117	Football	2600, 5200	Atari	—	5,430	$10,541
118	Off The Wall	2600	Axlon	—	4,968	$44,318
119	Road Runner	2600	Atari	—	4,428	$39,447
120	Defender	2600, 5200	Williams	—	3,956	$5,952
121	Codebreaker	2600	Atari	—	2,592	$3,888
122	BMX	2600	Atari	—	2,448	$13,464
123	Desert Falcon	2600	Atari	—	2,230	$28,514
124	Radar Lock	2600	Atari	—	1,932	$15,811
125	Warlords	2600	Atari	—	1,865	$3,041
126	Gremlins	5200	Atari	—	1,682	$2,388
127	Dig Dug	2600	Namco	—	1,465	$13,200
128	Home Run	2600	Atari	—	900	$10,751
129	Pengo	5200	Coreland / Sega	—	894	$1,269
130	Rescue On Fractalus!	5200	Atari	—	714	$1,014
131	Berzerk	2600, 5200	Stern	—	689	$1,172
132	Soccer	5200	Atari	—	664	$943
133	Brain Games	2600	Atari	—	432	$821
134	Star Raiders	2600, 5200	Atari	—	342	$608
135	Choplifter	5200	Atari	—	249	$354
136	Krull	2600	Atari	—	214	$500
137	Stargate	2600	Atari	—	180	$1,933
138	Taz	2600	Atari	—	79	$229
139	Concentration	2600	Atari	—	70	$140
140	Robotron	5200	Atari	—	29	$41
141	Backgammon	2600	Atari	—	21	$21
142	Star Ship	2600	Atari	—	20	$40
143	Casino	2600	Atari	—	15	$23
144	Haunted House	2600	Atari	—	11	$17
145	Space Dungeon	5200	Taito	—	10	$14
146	Human Cannonball	2600	Atari	—	10	$10

Handheld games[]

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Points^{[n 17]}^[96]	Sales (est.)^{[n 18]}	Gross (est.)^{[n 19]}^[96]	Ref
1	Tetris	Game Boy	Nintendo	50	1,100,000	$100,000,000	^[27]
2	Super Mario Land	Game Boy	Nintendo	40	800,000	$36,000,000
3	Tennis	Game Boy	Nintendo	10	200,000	$4,000,000
4	Baseball	Game Boy	Nintendo	6	100,000	$2,000,000
5	Alleyway	Game Boy	Nintendo	3	60,000	$1,000,000
6	California Games	Lynx	Epyx	—	50,000	$9,000,000	^[97]^[98]

Computer games[]

Rank	Title	Platform	Company	Points^{[n 20]} ^[99]^[100]	Sales (est.) ^{[n 21]}^[101]	Gross (est.) ^{[n 22]}^[102]	Ref
1	F-15 Strike Eagle	Computers	MicroProse	—	500,000	$20,000,000	^[103]^[104]
2	Where in the World is Carmen	Computers	Broderbund	—	400,000	$16,000,000	^[103]^[104]
3	Jeopardy!	Computers	ShareData	—	210,000	$8,000,000	^[104]
4	Wheel of Fortune	Computers	ShareData	—	210,000	$8,000,000	^[104]
5	Pool of Radiance	Computers	SSI	—	170,000	$7,000,000	^[105]^[104]
6	Falcon	IBM, Mac, AMI	HoloByte	154	100,000	$4,000,000
7	Dungeon Master	IBM	FTL	125	100,000	$4,000,000
8	The Duel: Test Drive II	Computers	Accolade	125	100,000	$4,000,000
9	The Bard's Tale	Computers	Interplay / EA	—	100,000	$4,000,000	^[106]
10	Wheel of Fortune: New Second Edition	Computers	ShareData	—	100,000	$4,000,000	^[104]
11	Classic Concentration	Computers	ShareData	—	60,000	$2,000,000	^[104]
12	The Ancient Art of War	Computers	Broderbund	—	60,000	$2,000,000	^[104]
13	Battlehawks 1942	IBM	Lucasfilm Games	83	50,000	$2,000,000
14	Family Feud	Computers	ShareData	—	50,000	$2,000,000	^[104]
15	Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?	Computers	Broderbund	—	50,000	$2,000,000	^[104]
16	Wishbringer	Computers	Infocom	—	50,000	$2,000,000	^[107]^[104]
17	Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny	IBM	Origin	74	40,000	$2,000,000	^[108]
18	The Three Stooges	C64	Cinemaware	73	40,000	$2,000,000
19	Blood Money	Amiga	DMA / Psygnosis	70	40,000	$2,000,000	^[101]
20	King's Quest IV: The Perils of Rosella	IBM, AMI, APP	Sierra	67	40,000	$2,000,000
21	Rocket Ranger	C64, Amiga	Cinemaware	66	40,000	$2,000,000
22	Renegade / Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun	IBM	Technōs / Taito	60	40,000	$2,000,000
23	Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar	Computers	Origin Systems	—	40,000	$2,000,000	^[109]
24	Red Storm Rising	IBM	MicroProse	57	30,000	$1,000,000
25	Jordan vs. Bird	C64	EA	49	30,000	$1,000,000
26	Captain Blood	IBM	Mindscape	44	30,000	$1,000,000
27	Space Quest III	IBM	Sierra	41	20,000	$1,000,000
28	BattleTech	IBM	Infocom	40	20,000	$1,000,000
29	4th & Inches	C64	Accolade	38	20,000	$1,000,000
30	Batman	C64, IBM	Data East	34	20,000	$1,000,000
31	Death Bringer	IBM	Cinemaware	27	20,000	$1,000,000
32	AD&D: Heroes of the Lance	Computers	SSI	—	20,000	$800,000	^[105]
33	Hillsfar	IBM	SSI	23	10,000	$400,000
34	Shadow of the Beast	Amiga	Psygnosis	22	10,000	$400,000
35	Flight Simulator	IBM, Mac	Microsoft	20	10,000	$400,000
36	Manhunter New York	IBM	Sierra	20	10,000	$400,000
37	Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing	Computers	Electronic Arts	20	10,000	$400,000
38	Platoon	C64	Data East	20	10,000	$400,000
39	Math Blaster Plus!	Apple II, IBM	Davidson	19	10,000	$400,000
40	F-15 Strike Eagle II	IBM	Electronic Arts	18	10,000	$400,000
41	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	IBM	Lucasfilm Games	18	10,000	$400,000
42	TV Sports Football	Amiga, DOS	Cinemaware	18	10,000	$400,000
43	688 Attack Sub	IBM	Electronic Arts	17	10,000	$400,000
44	Where in the USA Is Carmen Sandiego?	Computers	Brøderbund	17	10,000	$400,000
45	Reader Rabbit	Computers	Learning	16	10,000	$400,000
46	ChessMaster 2100	APP, C64, IBM	Electronic Arts	15	9,000	$400,000
47	Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?	IBM	Brøderbund	15	9,000	$400,000
48	Hardball!	Computers	Accolade	13	8,961	$412,639	^[94]
49	Grand Prix Circuit	IBM	Accolade	14	8,000	$300,000
50	Tetris	Computers	HoloByte	14	8,000	$300,000
51	Think Quick!	Apple II, IBM	Learning	14	8,000	$300,000
52	Battle Chess	IBM	Interplay	13	8,000	$300,000
53	The Last Ninja	C64	Activision	12	7,000	$300,000
54	TV Game Shows	APP, C64, IBM	Share Data	12	7,000	$300,000
55	Ballistix	Amiga	Psygnosis	11	7,000	$300,000
56	Prince of Persia	Apple II	Brøderbund	—	7,000	$300,000	^[110]
57	Gauntlet	C64	Mindscape	10	6,000	$200,000
58	Gauntlet II	IBM	Mindscape	9	5,000	$200,000
59	Mario Bros.	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	4,316	$56,850	^[94]
60	Leisure Suit Larry II	IBM	Sierra	7	4,000	$200,000
61	California Games	C64	Epyx	6	4,000	$200,000
62	SimCity	Mac	Maxis	6	4,000	$200,000
63	The Manhole	Mac	Activision	—	2,500	$150,000	^[111]^[112]
64	Choplifter	Atari XE	Atari	—	2,465	$32,139	^[94]
65	Gunship	Amiga	MicroProse	3	2,000	$100,000
66	Lords of Rising Sun	Amiga	IBM	3	2,000	$100,000
67	Vette!	IBM	HoloByte	3	2,000	$100,000
68	Crime Busters	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,972	$36,112	^[94]
69	David's Midnight Magic	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,563	$20,364
70	Karateka	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,506	$19,703
71	Crossbow	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,410	$25,974
72	Crystal Castles	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,339	$17,619
73	Donkey Kong Jr.	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	1,227	$16,037
74	Lode Runner	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	1,222	$21,888
75	Airball	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,188	$21,708
76	Dark Chambers	Atari XE	Atari	—	1,032	$18,835
77	Fast Break	C64	Accolade	1	1,000	$40,000
78	Omega	IBM	Origin	1	1,000	$40,000
79	One-on-One Basketball	Atari XE	Atari	—	982	$12,747	^[94]
80	Star Raiders	Atari XE	Atari	—	966	$6,393
81	Into The Eagles Ne	Atari XE	Atari	—	960	$12,698
82	Thunder Fox	Atari XE	Atari	—	834	$10,959
83	Food Fight	Atari XE	Atari	—	832	$10,910
84	Football	Atari XE	Atari	—	816	$8,031
85	Ace of Aces	Atari XE	Atari	—	792	$14,418
86	Gato	Atari XE	Atari	—	743	$13,441
87	Asteroids	Atari XE	Atari	—	672	$6,708
88	Fight Night	Atari XE	Atari	—	658	$8,590
89	Pole Position	Atari XE	Namco	—	576	$5,711
90	Jungle Hunt	Atari XE	Taito	—	574	$7,465
91	Desert Falcon	Atari XE	Atari	—	566	$7,436
92	Barnyard Blaster	Atari XE	Atari	—	549	$10,541
93	Battlezone	Atari XE	Atari	—	516	$6,809
94	Centipede	Atari XE	Atari	—	462	$4,650
95	Summer Games	Atari XE	Atari	—	414	$7,592
96	Archon	Atari XE	Atari	—	344	$4,530
97	Millipede	Atari XE	Atari	—	288	$2,892
98	Donkey Kong	Atari XE	Nintendo	—	282	$3,762
99	Robotron: 2084	Atari XE	Atari	—	246	$2,472
100	Pengo	Atari XE	Coreland / Sega	—	180	$948
101	Necromancer	Atari XE	Atari	—	164	$2,229
102	Eastern Front '41	Atari XE	Atari	—	156	$815
103	Final Legacy	Atari XE	Atari	—	126	$1,248
104	Caverns of Mars	Atari XE	Atari	—	126	$876
105	Moon Patrol	Atari XE	Irem	—	119	$1,731
106	Blue Max	Atari XE	Atari	—	89	$1,099
107	Pac-Man	Atari XE	Namco	—	84	$825
108	Space Invaders	Atari XE	Taito	—	70	$688
109	Joust	Atari XE	Atari	—	69	$1,057
110	Rescue on Fractalus!	Atari XE	Atari	—	60	$858
111	Ballblazer	Atari XE	Atari	—	54	$592
112	Dig Dug	Atari XE	Namco	—	54	$537
113	Galaxian	Atari XE	Namco	—	54	$486
114	Super Breakout	Atari XE	Atari	—	27	$264
115	Defender	Atari XE	Atari	—	24	$216
116	Star Raiders II	Atari XE	Atari	—	18	$198
117	Qix	Atari XE	Taito	—	12	$126
118	E.T.	Atari XE	Atari	—	12	$120
119	Track and Field	Atari XE	Konami	—	9	$198
120	Tennis	Atari XE	Atari	—	9	$84
121	3-D Tic-Tac-Toe	Atari XE	Atari	—	6	$18

United Kingdom[]

In the United Kingdom, RoboCop for the ZX Spectrum was the best-selling home video game of 1989.^[56] The following titles were the best-selling home video games of each month in the United Kingdom during 1989.

Month	Title	Developer	Publisher	Platform(s)	Ref
January	Operation Wolf	Taito	Ocean Software	Computers	^[113]
February					^[114]
March					^[115]
April	RoboCop	Data East	Ocean Software	8-bit micros	^[116]
May					^[117]
June					^[118]
July				Computers	^[119]
August				Computers	^[120]
September	Crazy Cars	Titus	Titus	8-bit micros	^[121]
October	Crazy Cars	Titus	Titus	Computers	^[122]
November	Paperboy	Atari Games	Elite	8-bit micros	^[123]
December	Chase H.Q.	Taito	Ocean Software	Computers	^[124]
1989	RoboCop	Data East	Ocean Software	ZX Spectrum	^[56]

Notes[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Average console game price – ¥6,500^[13] ($50)
↑ 5,686 points equivalent to 10,000 units (Final Lap) = 2 units per point (est.)
↑ 165,012 points equivalent to $3.2 billion = $19,000 per point (est.)
↑ Points derived from monthly RePlay arcade charts
↑ 5,196.53 points equivalent to $4,900,000,000 (excluding Double Dragon) = $940,000 per point (est.)
↑ Rank #1 = 10 points
Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 55 points equivalent to $430,000,000 = $8,000,000 per point (est.)
↑
Points calculated from weekly Bondeal arcade charts.
- Rank #1 = 10 points
- Rank #5 = 6 points
- Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 4,730 points equivalent to $100,000,000 = $20,000 per point (est.)
↑ Average handheld game price – ¥2,500^[69]^[70] ($20)
↑
Points calculated from rankings on monthly charts.
- Rank #1 = 20 points
- Rank #20 = 1 point
↑ 2,541 points equivalent to 5 million+ units = 2,000 units per point (est.)
↑ 2,541 points equivalent to $120 million = $47,000 per point (est.)
↑
Ranking points
- Toy & Hobby World (multi-platform charts)^[72]^[73]^[74]
  - Rank #1 = 25 points
  - Rank #25 = 1 point
- Computer Entertainer (multi-platform charts)
  - Rank #1 = 16 points
  - Rank #16 = 1 point
- Famitsu (Nintendo charts)
  - Rank #1 = 10 points
  - Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 427 points equivalent to 1.5 million units (Super Mario Bros. 2) = 3,500 units per point (est.)
↑ Gross revenue calculated by multiplying unit sales by retail price. The US retail prices for most standalone games are listed in Famitsu magazine. For bundles, sources are cited for retail prices. Where retail prices are not available for a game, the average cartridge price of $40 is used for the calculation.
↑
Famitsu ranking points:
- Rank #1 = 10 points
- Rank #10 = 1 point
↑ 50 points equivalent to 1.1 million units (Tetris) = 20,000 units per point (est.)
↑ Gross revenue calculated by multiplying unit sales by retail price. The US retail prices are listed in Famitsu magazine.
↑
Points calculated from rankings on charts:
- Computer Entertainer
  - Rank #1 = 15 points
  - Rank #15 = 1 point
- Compute!
  - Rank #1 = 20 points
  - Rank #10 = 11 points
↑ 70 points equivalent to 40,000 units (Blood Money) = 600 units per point (est.)
↑ Average price: $40

References[]

↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=3wogAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA10&article_id=6570,1886417
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 "Video Game Sales: 1972-1999". Gaming Alexandria. June 7, 2021.
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↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Meades, Alan (2022-10-25). "SegaWorld, Street Fighter II, and Exporting Games to Japan". Arcade Britannia: A Social History of the British Amusement Arcade. The MIT Press. pp. 203-231 (214-20). ISBN 978-0-262-37234-3.
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1. Action Set (Nintendo of America)
2. Power Set (Nintendo of America)
3. Nintendo Paper Boy (Nintendo of America)
4. Nintendo Simon's Quest (Konami)
5. Nintendo Skate or Die (Ultra Software)
6. Nintendo Pac Man (Tengen Inc.)
7. Advantage Joystick (Nintendo of America)
8. Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo of America)
9. Nintendo Town & Country Surf (LJN)
10. Nintendo WWF Wrestling (Acclaim Entertainment)
14. ProAm Racing (Nintendo of America)
15. Legend of Zelda (Nintendo of America)
16. Anticipation (Nintendo of America)
17. Nintendo Xenophobe (Sun Corp. of America)
18. Nintendo Mickey Mouse (Nintendo of America)
20. Nintendo Metal Gear (Ultra Software Corp.)
Video games and equipment also dominated sales figures for the toys listed as best-selling items for retailers in the 21st to 30th positions. Video-related toys included:
21. Nintendo Double Dribble (Konami)
22. Nintendo Rampage (Data East)
23. Nintendo Top Gun (Konami)
24. Ice Hockey (Nintendo of America)
25. Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
26. Sega Master System (Sega)
27. 7800 game system (Atari)
28. Nintendo Contra (Konami)
30. Bubble Bobble (Taito America)¹⁵
Thus, of the 30 best selling toys in America, 25 were either video games or video game equipment.
For the Nintendo Entertainment System , the average price of each game is about $40. They are rarely discounted. In 1988, total sales for Nintendo systems and related licensed merchandise (clothing, board games, dolls, and so forth) reached $1.7 billion.
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[JapanPrice-14] 1.0 ^1.1 Average console game price – ¥6,500^[13] ($50)

[37] 5,686 points equivalent to 10,000 units (Final Lap) = 2 units per point (est.)

[39] 165,012 points equivalent to $3.2 billion = $19,000 per point (est.)

[43] Points derived from monthly RePlay arcade charts

[46] 5,196.53 points equivalent to $4,900,000,000 (excluding Double Dragon) = $940,000 per point (est.)

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

[52] 55 points equivalent to $430,000,000 = $8,000,000 per point (est.)

[54] Points calculated from weekly Bondeal arcade charts.
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #5 = 6 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[9] Rank #1 = 10 points

[10] Rank #5 = 6 points

[11] Rank #10 = 1 point

[57] 4,730 points equivalent to $100,000,000 = $20,000 per point (est.)

[80] Average handheld game price – ¥2,500^[69]^[70] ($20)

[81] Points calculated from rankings on monthly charts.
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #20 = 1 point

[15] Rank #1 = 20 points

[16] Rank #20 = 1 point

[83] 2,541 points equivalent to 5 million+ units = 2,000 units per point (est.)

[84] 2,541 points equivalent to $120 million = $47,000 per point (est.)

[88] Ranking points
Toy & Hobby World (multi-platform charts)^[72]^[73]^[74]
Rank #1 = 25 points

Rank #25 = 1 point

Computer Entertainer (multi-platform charts)
Rank #1 = 16 points

Rank #16 = 1 point

Famitsu (Nintendo charts)
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[20] Toy & Hobby World (multi-platform charts)^[72]^[73]^[74]
Rank #1 = 25 points

Rank #25 = 1 point

[21] Rank #1 = 25 points

[22] Rank #25 = 1 point

[23] Computer Entertainer (multi-platform charts)
Rank #1 = 16 points

Rank #16 = 1 point

[24] Rank #1 = 16 points

[25] Rank #16 = 1 point

[26] Famitsu (Nintendo charts)
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[27] Rank #1 = 10 points

[28] Rank #10 = 1 point

[91] 427 points equivalent to 1.5 million units (Super Mario Bros. 2) = 3,500 units per point (est.)

[Price-92] Gross revenue calculated by multiplying unit sales by retail price. The US retail prices for most standalone games are listed in Famitsu magazine. For bundles, sources are cited for retail prices. Where retail prices are not available for a game, the average cartridge price of $40 is used for the calculation.

[112] Famitsu ranking points:
Rank #1 = 10 points

Rank #10 = 1 point

[32] Rank #1 = 10 points

[33] Rank #10 = 1 point

[114] 50 points equivalent to 1.1 million units (Tetris) = 20,000 units per point (est.)

[115] Gross revenue calculated by multiplying unit sales by retail price. The US retail prices are listed in Famitsu magazine.

[118] Points calculated from rankings on charts:
Computer Entertainer
Rank #1 = 15 points

Rank #15 = 1 point

Compute!
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #10 = 11 points

[37] Computer Entertainer
Rank #1 = 15 points

Rank #15 = 1 point

[38] Rank #1 = 15 points

[39] Rank #15 = 1 point

[40] Compute!
Rank #1 = 20 points

Rank #10 = 11 points

[41] Rank #1 = 20 points

[42] Rank #10 = 11 points

[121] 70 points equivalent to 40,000 units (Blood Money) = 600 units per point (est.)

[123] Average price: $40

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[:27-71] 62.0 ^62.1 "Sega woos teen video players with new system". The Beaver County Times. January 4, 1991. p. A4. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

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[85] Provenzo, Eugene F. (1991). Video Kids: Making Sense of Nintendo. Harvard University Press. pp. 12–3. ISBN 978-0-674-93709-3. For February 1989, 16 of the 20 top selling toys in the country were video games or video game-related. These included:
1. Action Set (Nintendo of America)
2. Power Set (Nintendo of America)
3. Nintendo Paper Boy (Nintendo of America)
4. Nintendo Simon's Quest (Konami)
5. Nintendo Skate or Die (Ultra Software)
6. Nintendo Pac Man (Tengen Inc.)
7. Advantage Joystick (Nintendo of America)
8. Super Mario Bros. 2 (Nintendo of America)
9. Nintendo Town & Country Surf (LJN)
10. Nintendo WWF Wrestling (Acclaim Entertainment)
14. ProAm Racing (Nintendo of America)
15. Legend of Zelda (Nintendo of America)
16. Anticipation (Nintendo of America)
17. Nintendo Xenophobe (Sun Corp. of America)
18. Nintendo Mickey Mouse (Nintendo of America)
20. Nintendo Metal Gear (Ultra Software Corp.)
Video games and equipment also dominated sales figures for the toys listed as best-selling items for retailers in the 21st to 30th positions. Video-related toys included:
21. Nintendo Double Dribble (Konami)
22. Nintendo Rampage (Data East)
23. Nintendo Top Gun (Konami)
24. Ice Hockey (Nintendo of America)
25. Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo)
26. Sega Master System (Sega)
27. 7800 game system (Atari)
28. Nintendo Contra (Konami)
30. Bubble Bobble (Taito America)¹⁵
Thus, of the 30 best selling toys in America, 25 were either video games or video game equipment.
For the Nintendo Entertainment System , the average price of each game is about $40. They are rarely discounted. In 1988, total sales for Nintendo systems and related licensed merchandise (clothing, board games, dolls, and so forth) reached $1.7 billion.

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