AAA — UK #1 game archive

Iain Mew
4 min readAug 18, 2019

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1984

Jet Set Willy (Software Projects, Spectrum)

Mugsy (Melbourne House, Spectrum)

Sabre Wulf (Ultimate Play the Game, Spectrum)

Daley Thompson’s Decathlon (Ocean, Spectrum)

Underwurlde (Ultimate Play the Game, Spectrum)

1985

Knight Lore (Ultimate Play the Game, Spectrum)

Ghostbusters (Activision, Spectrum)

Alien 8 (Ultimate Play the Game, Spectrum)

Soft Aid (Soft Aid, Spectrum)

Way of the Exploding Fist (Melbourne House, Commodore 64)

Hyper Sports (Imagine, Spectrum)

Frank Bruno’s Boxing (Elite, Spectrum)

Daley Thompson’s Super Test (Ocean, Spectrum)

Fairlight (The Edge, Spectrum)

Impossible Mission (Epyx/US Gold, Spectrum)

Monty on the Run (Gremlin Graphics, Spectrum)

Elite (Firebird, Spectrum)

1986

Commando (Elite, Spectrum)

Yie Ar Kung Fu (Imagine, Commodore 64)

Uridium (Graftgold/Hewson, Commodore 64)

Hardball (US Gold, Commodore 64)

FA Cup Football (Virgin, Spectrum)

Way of the Tiger (Gremlin Graphics, Spectrum)

Super Bowl XX (Ocean, Commodore 64)

Bomb Jack (Elite, Spectrum)

Batman (Ocean, Spectrum)

Thrust (Firebird, Spectrum)

Green Beret (Imagine, Spectrum)

Ghosts‘n Goblins (Elite, Spectrum)

Speed King (Mastertronic, Commodore 64)

ACE (Cascade, Spectrum)

Dragon’s Lair (Software Projects, Spectrum)

Paperboy (Elite, Spectrum)

1987

Trivial Pursuit (Domark, Spectrum)

Gauntlet (US Gold, Spectrum)

Leader Board (US Gold, Spectrum)

Feud (Bulldog, Spectrum)

BMX Simulator (Codemasters, Spectrum)

Milk Race (Mastertronic, Spectrum)

Barbarian (Palace, Spectrum)

Exolon (Hewson, Spectrum)

Renegade (Imagine, Spectrum)

1988

Game, Set & Match (Ocean, Spectrum)

Platoon (Ocean, Spectrum)

Steve Davis Snooker (Blue Ribbon, Commodore 64)

OutRun (Sega/US Gold, Atari ST)

Target Renegade (Imagine, Spectrum)

Football Manager 2 (Addictive, Spectrum)

Daley Thompson’s Olympic Challenge (Ocean, Amstrad CPC)

Barbarian II (Palace, Commodore 64)

Last Ninja 2 (System 3, Spectrum)

1989

Operation Wolf (Ocean, Spectrum)

Robocop (Ocean, Commodore 64)

Crazy Cars (Hit Squad, Spectrum)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (US Gold, Spectrum)

Batman the Movie (Ocean, Amiga)

1990

Chase HQ (Ocean, Amiga)

Rainbow Islands (Ocean, Atari ST)

Fantasy World Dizzy (Code Masters, Spectrum)

Operation Thunderbolt (Ocean, Commodore 64)

Italy 1990 (US Gold, Amiga)

Pro Boxing Simulator (Code Masters, Commodore 64)

Shadow Warriors (Ocean, Spectrum)

The Guardian Angel (Code Masters, Amstrad CPC)

Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Image Works, Commodore 64)

1991

Speedball 2 (Bitmap Brothers/Image Works, Amiga)

Lemmings (DMA Design/Psygnosis, Amiga)

Magicland Dizzy (Code Masters, Spectrum)

Armour-geddon (Psygnosis, Amiga)

Eye of the Beholder (SSI/US Gold, Amiga)

Bubble Bobble (Software Creations/Hit Squad, Spectrum)

Manchester United Europe (Krisalis, Amiga)

Jimmy White’s Whirlwind Snooker (Archer Maclean/Virgin, Amiga)

Terminator 2 (LJN/Ocean, Amiga)

Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 (Magnetic Fields/Gremlin Graphics, Amiga)

1992

WWF Wrestlemania (Twilight/Ocean, Amiga)

Formula 1 Grand Prix (Geoff Crammond/MicroProse, Amiga)

Project-X (Team17, Amiga)

Epic (Digital Image Design/Ocean, Amiga)

Sensible Soccer (Sensible Software/Renegade, Amiga)

Zool (Gremlin Graphics, Amiga)

Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Sega, Mega Drive)

Street Fighter II (Creative Materials/US Gold, Amiga)

1993

Sleepwalker (CTA Developments/Ocean, Amiga)

Body Blows (Team 17, Amiga)

Desert Strike (Electronic Arts, Amiga)

Gunship 2000 (MicroProse, Amiga)

Syndicate (Bullfrog/Electronic Arts, Amiga)

Jungle Strike (Electronic Arts, Mega Drive)

Day of the Tentacle (LucasArts/US Gold, PC)

Championship Manager ’93 (Domark, Amiga)

Microsoft Flight Simulator (Microsoft, PC)

Mortal Kombat (Midway/Acclaim, Mega Drive)

Elite II: Frontier (David Braben/Gametek/Konami, Amiga)

Super Mario All Stars (Nintendo, SNES)

FIFA International Soccer (Extended Play/Electronic Arts, Mega Drive)

1994

Cannon Fodder (Sensible Software/Virgin, Amiga)

Star Wars: Rebel Assault (LucasArts/US Gold, PC)

SimCity 2000 (Maxis/Mindscape, PC)

Aladdin (Virgin/Sega, Mega Drive)

Sonic 3 (Sega, Mega Drive)

Beneath a Steel Sky (Revolution/Virgin, Amiga)

MegaRace (Cryo/Mindscape, PC)

Sam and Max Hit the Road (LucasArts/US Gold, PC)

TIE Fighter (LucasArts/US Gold, PC)

Theme Park (Bullfrog/Electronic Arts, PC)

Mortal Kombat II (Midway/Acclaim, Mega Drive)

Urban Strike (Granite Bay/Electronic Arts, Mega Drive)

FIFA Soccer 95 (Extended Play/Electronic Arts, Mega Drive)

Cannon Fodder 2 (Sensible Software/Virgin, Amiga)

Sensible World of Soccer (Sensible Software/Renegade, Amiga)

Rise of the Robots (Mirage, PC)

Wing Commander III (Origin Systems/Electronic Arts, PC)

1995

Microcosm (Psygnosis/Sony, PC)

The Lion King (Westwood/Virgin, Mega Drive)

International Superstar Soccer (Konami, SNES)

Star Wars: Dark Forces (LucasArts, PC)

Road Rash 3 (Electronic Arts, Mega Drive)

Discworld (Perfect 10/Psygnosis, PC)

Winter Olympics (Tiertex/U.S. Gold, Mega Drive)

Super Skidmarks (Acid, Amiga)

Frontier: First Encounters (Frontier/GameTek, PC)

Brian Lara Cricket (CodeMasters, Mega Drive)

Full Throttle (LucasArts, PC)

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