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Charts of popular NES and Famicom games, as printed at the time

Nintendo Power's Top 30 for November-December 1988, a poll of its readers, put The Legend of Zelda first, then Metroid, Metal Gear, Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, and Gauntlet. nes-charts/np-1988

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MagazineNintendo Power, issue 3 (1988-11) · pp. 102-103 (PDF 103-104), Top 30this issue's third place finisher

Nintendo Power's Top 30 for November-December 1989 put Mega Man II first, then Super Mario Bros. 2, Zelda II, Ninja Gaiden, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. nes-charts/np-1989

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   "title": "Dragon Warrior",
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   "title": "Strider",
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MagazineNintendo Power, issue 9 (1989-11) · pp. 80-81 (PDF 82-83), Top 30Over the last year we've seen a lot of great games in the Top 30

Cited by: Mega Man 2

Nintendo Power's Top 30 for November-December 1990 put Super Mario Bros. 3 first with 22,365 points, against 8,494 for Final Fantasy in second. nes-charts/np-1990

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MagazineNintendo Power, issue 18 (1990-11) · pp. 72-73 (PDF 78-79), Top 30SMB3 is still on top

Nintendo Power's last all-NES Top 30, December 1991, put Super Mario Bros. 3 first in its 26th month, then TMNT II: The Arcade Game, Final Fantasy, Battletoads, and Crystalis. nes-charts/np-1991

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MagazineNintendo Power, issue 31 (1991-12) · pp. 90-91 (PDF 97-98), Top 30The NES is about to get bumped out of its solo spot

The same issue (p. 92) splits the poll into Players', Pros', and Dealers' Picks; the pros pick mostly RPGs (Crystalis, Final Fantasy, Dragon Warrior III, Wizardry).

Nintendo Power's NES Top 20 for December 1992 put Super Mario Bros. 3 first, then The Legend of Zelda, Mega Man IV, Battletoads, and TMNT III. nes-charts/np-1992

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MagazineNintendo Power, issue 43 (1992-12) · p. 102 (PDF 115), NES Top 20

Nintendo Power's NES Top 20 for December 1993 put The Legend of Zelda first in its 63rd month, then Super Mario Bros. 3, Kirby's Adventure, Jurassic Park, and Tecmo Super Bowl. nes-charts/np-1993

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MagazineNintendo Power, issue 55 (1993-12) · p. 101 (PDF 111), NES Top 20

Nintendo Power's NES Top 20 for December 1994 put The Legend of Zelda first in its 75th month, then Super Mario Bros. 3, Mega Man VI, Metroid, and NES Open Tournament Golf. nes-charts/np-1994

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MagazineNintendo Power, issue 67 (1994-12) · p. 101 (PDF 109), NES Top 20

Family Computer Magazine's sales Best 10 for December 1987 to November 1988, points computed from stores' unit sales, put Dragon Quest III first with 1,722, then Super Mario Bros. 3 with 996 and Family Stadium '87 with 492. nes-charts/famimaga-1988

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   "title": "Pro Yakyū Family Stadium '87",
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   "title": "Captain Tsubasa",
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   "title": "Momotarō Densetsu",
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MagazineFamily Computer Magazine, 12 February 1989 (1988 best-selling games) · p. 116 (PDF 107), sales Best 10, Dec 1987 to Nov 1988

The points are relative, not units; the table is a box marked for reference beside the magazine's reader awards.

Family Computer Magazine's sales Best 10 for December 1988 to November 1989 put Super Mario Bros. 3 first with 4,693 points, then Tetris with 2,864 and Famista '89 with 2,405. nes-charts/famimaga-1989

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MagazineFamily Computer Magazine, 23 February 1990 (1989 best-selling games) · p. 133 (PDF 131), sales Best 10, Dec 1988 to Nov 1989

Famicom Tsūshin's Famicom Hot 10 of April 1993 put Super Mario Bros. 3 first at 122,227, then Dragon Quest III, Dragon Quest IV, Dragon Quest II, and Tetris; the page doesn't say what the numbers count. nes-charts/famitsu-1993

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MagazineFamicom Tsushin (Famitsu) no. 226, 16 April 1993: Count Down Hot 100 · p. 87, Count Down Hot 100, Famicom Hot 10

Computer Entertainer's Top 15 Videogames for December 1989, a trade newsletter's list that doesn't say how it was compiled, put Super Mario Bros. 2 first, then Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mega Man 2, Blaster Master, and Ninja Gaiden. nes-charts/ce-1989-12

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MagazineComputer Entertainer: the newsletter, vol. 8, no. 9 (December 1989) · p. 2, In This Issue, Top 15 Videogames

Read from the page's OCR text; titles as printed are abbreviated ("Teenage...Turtles", "Zelda II Adv of Link").

Famicom Tsūshin's total Top 50, summing its own sales tracking from its first issue in 1986 to issue 14 of 1989, ranks Dragon Quest III first, then Super Mario Bros. 3, Dragon Quest II, Family Stadium, and Family Stadium '87; Super Mario Bros. sits sixth only because the magazine began after its release. nes-charts/famitsu-1986-1989

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MagazineFamicom Tsushin '89 All Software Catalog, p.78 (Total Top 50), reader's photograph · p. 78, 総合TOP50読者の予想どおり、1位をキープしたのは『ドラゴンクエストIII』

Read from a reader's photo of the page (the pinned capture); the photo doesn't show the book's title, which the poster and Wikipedia's citations give as the '89 All Software Catalog. Ranks only: no points or units are printed. Rows past 14 are left out because row 15 can't be read with confidence at the photo's resolution.

Family Computer Magazine's readers voted Final Fantasy III the best Famicom game of 1990, ahead of Dragon Quest IV and Parodius Da! nes-charts/famimaga-awards-1990

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MagazineFamily Computer Magazine, 22 Feb 1991 (no. 121) · p. 78 (PDF 80), Famimaga Game Awards, Famicom

A reader vote across six categories, not a sales chart; the magazine's sales Best 10 for the year wasn't found in this issue.