Tuesday, February 12, 2008

NES Power Charts - Vol. 10 (January/February 1990)

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 TMNT 10453
2 Legend Of Zelda 2 6886
3 Super Mario Bros. 2 5992
4 Ninja Gaiden 5262
5 Dragon Warrior 4653
6 Mega Man 2 4339
7 Legend Of Zelda 3508
8 Bionic Commando 3483
9 Faxandu 3124
10 Blaster Master 2698
11 Tecmo Bowl 2345
12 Nobunga's Ambition 2141
13 Super Mario Bros. 3 2026
14 Marble Madness 1992
15 Strider 1877
16 Bad Dudes 1839
17 Robocop 1836
18 Mega Man 1832
19 Batman 1825
20 Metroid 1719
21 Castlevania 2 1508
22 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1507
23 Ghostbusters 1483
24 Double Dragon 1458
25 Punch Out 1455
26 Blades Of Steel 1382
27 Contra 1338
28 NFL Football 1254
29 Metal Gear 1249
30 Guardian Legend 1213


Errors: Marble Madness point total is wrong. Bayou Billy should be on the chart at #27, which pushes Guardian Legend off. Thank you halo eighteen for pointing this out in the comments!


Real Chart




Total
Players Pros Dealers
1 TMNT 10453
2856 975 6622
2 Legend Of Zelda 2 6886
3005 2474 1407
3 Super Mario Bros. 2 5992
3402 856 1734
4 Ninja Gaiden 5262
2192 1737 1333
5 Dragon Warrior 4653
585 2814 1254
6 Mega Man 2 4339
2293 2046
7 Legend Of Zelda 3508
1248 2260
8 Bionic Commando 3483
795 2688
9 Faxandu 3124
453 1713 958
10 Blaster Master 2698
819 1879
11 Tecmo Bowl 2345
615 476 1254
12 Nobunga's Ambition 2141

2141
13 Super Mario Bros. 3 2026
1574 452
14 Marble Madness 1992


1922
15 Strider 1877
783 1094
16 Bad Dudes 1839
1132
707
17 Robocop 1836
1836

18 Mega Man 1832
524 1308
19 Batman 1825
1825

20 Metroid 1719
696 1023
21 Castlevania 2 1508
961 547
22 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1507

333 1174
23 Ghostbusters 1483
933
550
24 Double Dragon 1458


1458
25 Punch Out 1455
670 785
26 Blades Of Steel 1382
438
944
27 Adventures of Bayou Billy 1362
545
817
28 Contra 1338
665
673
29 NFL Football 1254


1254
30 Metal Gear 1249
512 737








Guardian Legend


1213

Tetris



1192

Paperboy



1087

Jordan vs Bird



957

Ultima


952

Double Dragon 2

923


Legacy of the Wizard


904

Wheel of Fortune



867

John Elway's Quarterback



845

Super Mario Bros.

762


Wrestlemania



737

Bases Loaded

730


Duck Tales

725


Rampage



715

Solomon's Key


714

RC Pro-Am



694

Pinball



693

Baseball Stars


690

Major League Baseball



657

Donkey Kong Classics



647

Excitebike



638

Shadowgate


619

Jeopardy



612

Tecmo Baseball



598

Castlequest


523

Super Off Road

503


Wizards & Warriors


381

Castlevania


357

Adventures of Lolo


309

1 comment:

halo eighteen said...

NP actually did make an error here; Adventures of Bayou Billy picked up points from both Players (545) and Dealers (817) to give it a total of 1,362. It should be on the chart at #27, which means Contra, NFL Football, and Metal Gear all slide down a spot and Guardian Legend is out of the top 30.

You have an extra Dealers-only listing for Faxanadu underneath the proper top 30 which may be why you didn't catch this one. :)