Wednesday, February 6, 2008

NES Power Charts - Vol. 2 (September/October 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 2090
2 Punch Out 1807
3 Metroid 1139
4 Super Mario Bros. 1139
5 Kid Icarus 986
6 Double Dragon 732
7 Ice Hockey 686
8 RC Pro-Am 611
9 Rad Racer 567
10 RBI Baseball 486
11 Contra 435
12 Castlevania 332
13 Goonies 2 282
14 Mega Man 276
15 Pro Wrestling 231
16 Double Dribble 230
17 Legend Of Zelda 2 225
18 Top Gun 192
19 Rambo 190
20 Renegade 173
21 Wizards & Warriors 170
22 Ikari Warriors 167
23 Baseball 163
24 Ryger 141
25 Excitebike 125
26 Kung Fu 115
27 Kid Niki 109
28 Super Mario Bros. 2 94
29 Zanac 76
30 Pinball 76


Errors: Metroid point total is wrong as they printed the Mario total twice. Golf should be on the chart at 27, which means that Pinball, Solomon's Key, and Zanac should be tied at 30. Previously Solomon's Key was not listed, likely because there was a three way tie for two spots.


Real Chart



Total
Players Pros Dealers
1 Legend Of Zelda 2090
1360 470 260
2 Punch Out 1807
1253 332 222
3 Metroid 1787
1075 452 260
4 Super Mario Bros. 1139
975 126 38
5 Kid Icarus 986
523 156 307
6 Double Dragon 732
369 214 149
7 Ice Hockey 686
469 110 107
8 RC Pro-Am 611
379 52 180
9 Rad Racer 567
430 40 97
10 RBI Baseball 486

62 424
11 Contra 435
293 142
12 Castlevania 332
92 240
13 Goonies 2 282
64 80 138
14 Mega Man 276

276
15 Pro Wrestling 231
133 24 74
16 Double Dribble 230
115 70 45
17 Legend Of Zelda 2 225
111 114
18 Top Gun 192
82
110
19 Rambo 190
54 96 40
20 Renegade 173
85
88
21 Wizards & Warriors 170
36 134
22 Ikari Warriors 167
84
83
23 Baseball 163
110
53
24 Ryger 141
61 80
25 Excitebike 125
47
78
26 Kung Fu 115
71
44
27 Golf 110

24 86
28 Kid Niki 109
51
58
29 Super Mario Bros. 2 94

94
30 Zanac 76

76
30 Pinball 76


76
30 Solomon's Key 76

76








Side Pocket 64

64

Iron Tank 64


64

Rush 'n Attack 63
35 28

T & C Surf Design 61
61


Gradius 60

60

Tennis 53


53

Donkey Kong Jr. Math 53


53

Deadly Towers 52

52

Ghosts 'n Goblins 49
49


Spy Hunter 48
48


Mario Bros. 38
38


Breakthru 38


38

Freedom Force 37


37

Section Z 36


36

10 Yard Fight 35


35

Arkanoid 30

30

Bases Loaded 30

30

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