HOTLINE TOP 30 FOR APRIL

Knight Lore still remains undisputed leader, but Ocean’s Match Day has climbed rapidly to push Underwurlde off the number 2 slot. Another big climber is Microsphere with their anarchic Skool Daze — up 7 places to this month’s number 4 and pushing Doomdark down one. Airwolf from Elite goes up 12 places, but the biggest climber of all is Technician Ted from Hewson — straight in for the first time at 15. Lower down the chart there are three newcomers, Gift from the Gods — a gift from Ocean, Alien 8 despite moans from many has taken off well, and finally the martial arts of Bug-Byte with Kung Fu.

Figures in parenthesis indicate last month’s position.

  1. (-1) KNIGHT LORE Ultimate
  2. (-9) MATCH DAY Ocean
  3. (-3) UNDERWURLDE Ultimate
  4. (11) SKOOL DAZE Microsphere
  5. (-3) DOOMDARK’S REVENGE Beyond
  6. (-6) DTs DECATHLON Ocean
  7. (-8) STARSTRIKE Realtime
  8. (-4) LORDS OF MIDNIGHT Beyond
  9. (21) AIRWOLF Elite
  10. (-5) SABREWULF Ultimate
  1. (14) AVALON Hewson Consultants
  2. (10) PYJAMARAMA Mikro Gen
  3. (12) MATCH POINT Psion/Sinclair
  4. (-7) MONTY MOLE Gremlin Graphics
  5. (--) TECHNICIAN TED Hewson Consultants
  6. (18) GHOSTBUSTERS Activision
  7. (24) BOULDERDASH Front Runner
  8. (17) ATIC ATAC Ultimate
  9. (26) DARKSTAR Design Design
  10. (13) TIR NA NOG Gargoyle Games
  1. (22) CYCLONE Vortex
  2. (15) BOOTY Firebird
  3. (49) KOKOTONI WILF Elite
  4. (19) MANIC MINER Software Projects
  5. (16) JET SET WILLY Software Projects
  6. (28) AMERICAN FOOTBALL Argus Press Software
  7. (30) BEACH-HEAD US Gold
  8. (--) GIFT FROM THE GODS Ocean
  9. (--) ALIEN 8 Ultimate
  10. (--) KUNG FU Bug Byte

ADVENTURE TOP 30 CHART

Doomdark still rules okay in adventure, and his popularity, amazingly, seems to have awakened The Lords of Midnight which has popped up at number 28. Arcade and graphical adventures hold sway throughout with Tir Na Nog up at number 2, Runes of Zendos, Out of the Shadows and Avalon all doing well. Nice to see oddball adventure Valkyrie 17 from the Ram Jam Corporation climbing again, up 10 places to this month’s 19 slot; and Spiderman, companion to the Hulk (this month’s number 10), arrives from nowhere at 22. But in most respects there is little real change, just a few short shuffles.

  1. (-1) DOOMDARK’S REVENGE Beyond
  2. (-4) TIR NA NOG Gargoyle Games
  3. (-6) RUNES OF ZENDOS Dorcas
  4. (-2) OUT OF THE SHADOWS Myzar
  5. (-5) RETURN TO EDEN Level 9
  6. (-7) SHERLOCK Melbourne House
  7. (-8) KENTILLA Micromega
  8. (-9) TOWER OF DESPAIR Games Workshop
  9. (-9) TWIN KINGDOM VALLEY Bug-Byte
  10. (15) THE HULK Adventure International
  1. (13) SNOWBALL Level 9
  2. (17) THE FINAL MISSION Incentive
  3. (22) AVALON Hewson Consultants
  4. (23) FLIGHT FROM THE DARK Arrow Books
  5. (25) EUREKA! Domark
  6. (11) HAMPSTEAD Melbourne House
  7. (12) THE HOBBIT Melbourne House
  8. (16) WAYDOR I.M.S.
  9. (29) VALKYRIE 17 Ram Jam Corporation
  10. (18) URBAN UPSTART Richard Shepherd
  1. (14) QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL Dream
  2. (--) SPIDERMAN Adventure International
  3. (24) COLOSSAL ADVENTURE Level 9
  4. (21) MESSAGE FROM ANDROMEDA Interceptor
  5. (19) ORACLE’S CAVE Dorcas
  6. (27) SHIP OF DOOM Artic
  7. (26) VELNOR’S LAIR Quicksilva
  8. (--) LORDS OF MIDNIGHT Beyond
  9. (30) MOUNTAINS OF KET Incentive
  10. (28) GOLDEN APPLE Artic