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Issue 4, June 1984 - The YS Top 20
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No more chart fantasy - here it is, the first popularity listing to be based entirely on the loves, loathings and prejudices of Your Spectrum readers.
As promised, our hopelessly inadequate prize of three current software releases goes to the first name out of the bag - which this month is Carl Tanner of Portsmouth in Hants. Thanks Carl, and everyone else who took the trouble to send in the polling slip below. KEEP 'EM COMING!
You'll notice there's an extra section on the slip - that's right, we've introduced a second 'chartette' entitled Top Turkeys. No guesses what that's all about, just tell us your three all-time dog games and the executioner will do the rest.

THIS
MONTH
 LAST
MONTH
1 - JET SET WILLY
SOFTWARE PROJECTS
SEQUEL TO MANIC MINER. YOU CAN JOIN WILLY IN 60 MORE EXCITING LOCATIONS.
2 2 MANIC MINER
SOFTWARE PROJECTS
JOIN MINER WILLY IN HIS QUEST FOR THE MISSING KEYS IN 20 BIZARRE AND COLOURFUL CAVERNS.
3 5 DEATHCHASE
MICROMEGA
REMEMBER THE 'BIKE CHASE' SCENE FROM RETURN OF THE JEDI? ALL HAS BEEN RECREATED.
4 8 ANT ATTACK
QUICKSILVA
AN AMAZING 3D ADVENTURE IN THE CITY OF ANTESCHER THAT HAS YOU RESCUING YOUR DUMB MATE FROM THE KILLER ANTS.
5 11 FIGHTER PILOT
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
A 3D FLIGHT SIMULATION PROGRAM THAT SITS YOU BEHIND THE CONTROLS OF A FIGHTER PLANE.
6 3 ATIC ATAC
ULTIMATE
A FULL-GRAPHICAL ADVENTURE IN AN ARCADE FORMAT, BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE WANDERING GHOSTS!
7 13 JETPAC
ULTIMATE
FIRST YOU BUILD A SPACESHIP, THEN YOU GO 'STAR-TREKKING' AROUND, COLLECTING GEMS FROM OTHER WORLDS.
8 - SCUBA DIVE
DURREL
PUT ON YOUR WET-SUIT AND PLUNGE INTO THE ICY DEPTHS IN SEARCH OF PEARLS AND TREASURE.
9 6 CHEQUERED FLAG
PSION
JOIN THE GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT AND RACE (SMASH UP?) SOME OF THE GREATEST TRACKS IN THE WORLD.
10 - CHUCKIE EGG
A'N'F SOFTWARE
FARMER GILES HAS TO ROUND UP ALL THE EGGS BEFORE THE NASTIES GET OUT AND EAT UP ALL THE CORN. BEWARE OF THE CRAZY DUCK!
11 12 LUNAR JETMAN
ULTIMATE
A DEMANDING ARCADE/ADVENTURE THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE FROZEN WASTES OF THE MOON.
12 4 STONKERS
IMAGINE
A COMPLEX GRAPHICAL WAR SIMULATION WHERE YOUR TASK IS TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD - STRICTLY FOR MEGALOMANIACS ONLY.
13 1 HUNCHBACK
OCEAN
A FAST-MOVING ARCADE CONVERSION THAT HAS YOU JUMPING THE WALLS OF THE CASTLE TO SAVE ESMERELDA.
14 15 PYRAMID
FANTASY
THERE ARE 120 COLOURFUL ROOMS, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS COLLECT THE CRYSTALS - THE TROUBLE IS IT'S RAINING ALIENS!
15 - TRASHMAN
NEW GENERATION SOFTWARE
TRY AND EMPTY THE DUSTBINS IN THE FASTEST POSSIBLE TIME, AVOIDING SNAPPING DOGS AND KILLER BICYCLES AND DON'T DRINK TOO MUCH IN THE PUB.
16 - FOOTBALL MANAGER
ADDICTIVE GAMES
A SOCCER SIMULATION WHERE YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR TEAM THROUGH TO THE LEAGUE AND FA CUP FINALS.
17 - TRANZ AM
ULTIMATE
DRIVE YOUR TRANZ AM ALL THE WAY ACROSS AMERICA, PICKING UP CUPS AS YOU GO AND AVOIDING BLACK CARS.
18 9 MR WIMPY
OCEAN
A CHANCE TO DISCOVER THE HORRID TRUTH OF HOW BURGERS ARE MADE - AN ARCADE CONVERSION.
19 - THE HOBBIT
MELBOURNE HOUSE
AN ADVENTURE BASED ON THE BOOK BY TOLKIEN. YOU TAKE THE PART OF BILBO BAGGINS IN SEARCH OF DRAGON'S TREASURE.
20 10 ALCHEMIST
IMAGINE
A WIZARD PROGRAM WHICH MANAGES TO BLUR THE BORDERS BETWEEN ADVENTURE AND ARCADE.
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