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Issue 5, July 1984 - The YS Top 20
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Here it is again, the Top Twenty that you know isn't fixed. Why? Because it accurately reflects your views on the software scene.
Another useless prize goes off again this month; three tapes are crawling their way towards David May of Chiswick, London W4 because our delightful Dep. Ed. pulled David's voting slip out of the bag.
Enter the draw every issue by filling in the form below (or a photocopy if you don't want a magazine full of holes), telling us what your latest raves for the Speccy are. We'll record your choices and enter your name for the prize. Wowee!
And don't forget about the all-time losers. Tell us the games you think are real turkeys and you just might get a software prize for that as well - ropey stuff, of course.

THIS
MONTH
 LAST
MONTH
MONTHS
IN CHART
1 1 2 JET SET WILLY
SOFTWARE PROJECTS
SEQUEL TO MANIC MINER. YOU CAN JOIN WILLY IN 60 MORE EXCITING LOCATIONS.
2 2 3 MANIC MINER
SOFTWARE PROJECTS
JOIN MINER WILLY IN HIS QUEST FOR THE MISSING KEYS IN 20 BIZARRE AND COLOURFUL CAVERNS.
3 8 2 SCUBA DIVE
DURREL
PUT ON YOUR WET-SUIT AND PLUNGE INTO THE ICY DEPTHS IN SEARCH OF PEARLS AND TREASURE.
4 6 3 ATIC ATAC
ULTIMATE
A FULL-GRAPHICAL ADVENTURE IN AN ARCADE FORMAT, BUT WATCH OUT FOR THE WANDERING GHOSTS!
5 11 3 LUNAR JETMAN
ULTIMATE
A COMPLEX ARCADE/ADVENTURE THAT TAKES PLACE ON THE FROZEN WASTES OF THE MOON.
6 4 2 ANT ATTACK
QUICKSILVA
AN AMAZING 3D ADVENTURE IN THE CITY OF ANTESCHER THAT HAS YOU RESCUING YOUR DUMB MATE FROM THE KILLER ANTS.
7 9 3 CHEQUERED FLAG
PSION
JOIN THE GRAND PRIX CIRCUIT AND RACE SOME OF THE GREATEST TRACKS IN THE WORLD.
8 5 3 FIGHTER PILOT
DIGITAL SYSTEMS
A 3D FLIGHT SIMULATION PROGRAM THAT SITS YOU BEHIND THE CONTROLS OF A FIGHTER PLANE.
9 3 3 DEATHCHASE
MICROMEGA
REMEMBER THE 'BIKE CHASE' SCENE FROM RETURN OF THE JEDI? ALL HAS BEEN RECREATED.
10 - 1 WHEELIE
MICROSPHERE
A LIFE-OR-DEATH RACE AGAINST DOUBLE-DECKER BUSES AND MANIC HEDGEHOGS.
11 19 2 THE HOBBIT
MELBOURNE HOUSE
BASED ON THE BOOK BY TOLKIEN. YOU TAKE THE PART OF BILBO BAGGINS IN SEARCH OF DRAGON'S TREASURE.
12 20 3 ALCHEMIST
IMAGINE
A WIZARD PROGRAM WHICH MANAGES TO BLUR THE BORDERS BETWEEN ADVENTURE AND ARCADE.
13 7 3 JETPAC
ULTIMATE
BUILD A SPACESHIP, THEN TREK THE GALAXY FOR RARE GEMS AND TREASURES.
14 14 3 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 - 1 FRED
QUICKSILVA
YOU TAKE THE ROLE OF AN ARCHAEOLOGIST LOOKING FOR TREASURE IN AN OLD MINE-MAZE.
16 13 3 HUNCHBACK
OCEAN
A FAST-MOVING ARCADE CONVERSION JUMPING THE WALLS TO SAVE ESMERELDA.
17 - 1 NIGHT GUNNER
DIGITAL INTEGRATION
ORIGINALLY ON THE ZX81, THIS HAS ALREADY PROVED ITSELF AS A FAST-MOVING ARCADE-TYPE SIMULATION.
18 - 1 FLIGHT SIMULATION
PSION
ORIGINAL FLIGHT SIMULATION FOR THE SPECCY BY WHICH OTHERS ARE JUDGED.
19 - 1 HARRIER ATTACK
MARTECH/DURELL
ATTACK THE OCCUPANTS OF A SMALL ISLAND WITH THE VALIANT LADS OF THE HARRIER DIVISION.
20 10 2 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.
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