NES Power Charts - Vol. 1 (July/August 1988)

For each month, I'm posting the chart in two forms. The first is exactly how the chart looked in Nintendo Power magazine. The second is the "real" chart, as it should have looked with all errors and typos corrected. It's possible to correct errors for the first 31 volumes because on the next page, the list of the top 30 for each of the three voting blocks (players, pros, & dealers) was published separately. So doing some math revealed any errors.

In the second chart, I've also listed every game which earned points in addition to the overall top 30. A game must have made the top 30 of one of the three categories to earn points.

Published Chart

		Total
1	Legend Of Zelda	214
2	Punch Out	198
3	Metroid	138
4	Super Mario Bros.	113
5	Kid Icarus	79
6	RC Pro-Am	69
7	Ice Hockey	55
8	Rad Racer	48
9	Top Gun	39
10	Double Dribble	32
11	Pro Wrestling	31
12	Castlevania	26
13	Goonies 2	20
14	Kung Fu	20
15	Wizards & Warriors	17
16	Rush 'n Attack	15
17	Mega Man	15
18	Excitebike	14
19	Ikari Warriors	13
20	Spy Hunter	12
21	Baseball	11
22	Contra	11
23	Ghosts 'n Goblins	10
24	Side Pocket	9
25	Mario Bros.	8
26	Renegade	8
27	Section Z	7
28	Gradius	7
29	Ring King	6
30	Ryger	6

Errors: All of the point totals are messed up; they've cut off the last digit for each game. Mario Bros. should move up one spot to 24. Ring King and Ryger should be tied for 29th.


Real Chart

		Total		Players	Pros	Dealers
1	Legend Of Zelda	2144		1496	323	325
2	Punch Out	1987		1577	166	244
3	Metroid	1388		879	314	195
4	Super Mario Bros.	1133		943	86	104
5	Kid Icarus	794		587	62	145
6	RC Pro-Am	691			146	545
7	Ice Hockey	552		39	70	443
8	Rad Racer	486		308	26	152
9	Top Gun	392		166	16	210
10	Double Dribble	326		215	20	91
11	Pro Wrestling	315		212	16	87
12	Castlevania	265		122	42	101
13	Goonies 2	206			66	140
14	Kung Fu	200		89		111
15	Wizards & Warriors	179		79	100
16	Rush 'n Attack	158		71	18	69
17	Mega Man	155		41	70	44
18	Excitebike	140		67		73
19	Ikari Warriors	135		66		69
20	Spy Hunter	126		50		76
21	Baseball	119		45		74
22	Contra	111		57	54
23	Ghosts 'n Goblins	107		28	24	55
24	Mario Bros.	103		41	16	46
25	Side Pocket	94			94
26	Renegade	83		83
27	Section Z	79			32	47
28	Gradius	71		35	36
29	Ring King	68		50	18
29	Ryger	68			68
	Zanac	56			56
	Golf	56				56
	Stinger	46				46
	Gotcha	45				45
	Slalom	42				42
	Spelunker	41				41
	Duck Hunt	40				40
	10 Yard Fight	39		39
	Popeye	39				39
	Karnov	34		34
	Trojan	31		31
	Deadly Towers	30			30
	Tiger Heli	29		29
	Kid Niki	27		27
	Raid On Bungling Bay	18			18
	Athena	14			14
	Solomon's Key	14			14
	Arkanoid	14			14