1984: Are The Top COMPUTER GAMES Good? | Saturday Superstore | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive

1984: Are The Top COMPUTER GAMES Good? | Saturday Superstore | Retro Gaming | BBC Archive

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A brand new Top Ten chart has been compiled by the National Opinion Poll, documenting the best-selling home computer video games in the UK for the first time ever.

Sarah Greene is joined by some young games experts - Dominic, Duncan and Cassie - to help her undertake a "Special Superstore Software Check-Out." Which of the computer games in the so-called Top Ten do they think is the best?

The three top-selling titles; Manic Miner, Atic Atac and Ant Attack are put through their paces, along with new release, Bear Bovver. Games will be reviewed on the same format - the Sinclair Spectrum - and points will be allocated for graphics, playability and value for money.

Incidentally, the complete inaugural UK Video Game Top Ten is as follows:

1: Manic Miner (Commodore 64)
2: Atic Atac (Spectrum)
3: Ant Attack (Spectrum)
4. Hunchback (Spectrum)
5: Fighter Pilot (Spectrum)
6: Manic Miner (Spectrum)
7: The Hobbit (Spectrum)
8: Pole Position (Atari)
9: Mr Wimpy (Spectrum)
10: Revenge of the Mutant Camels (Commodore 64)

This clip is from Saturday Superstore, originally broadcast 3 March, 1984.





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