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Acorn User, issue 29 (December 1984)

Acorn User editors. 1984. “Acorn User, issue 29 (December 1984).” Acorn User, number 29 (December 1984). Redwood Publishing.

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Acorn User 29
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Pinned in stubs batch 34 for the news item on Elite's sales (image 18) and the Top 20 chart (image 190).

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Acorn User reported in December 1984 that Acornsoft had launched Elite in September 1984, for the BBC Micro and the Acorn Electron. Two weeks after the launch it had sold 13,000 copies and entered the top five of a weekly software chart, and Acornsoft was predicting sales of more than 100,000 by the New Year, more than double those of any other Acornsoft game.p. 16 (image 18), news, "Elite on target for 100,000"p. 16 (image 18), newsp. 16 (image 18), newsp. 16 (image 18), newsMagazine
Acorn User's Top 20 for December 1984 had Elite straight in at number one, "the best game ever for the BBC micro".image 190, Top 20 SoftwareMagazine