1983 UK sales chart data

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January 1983
February 1983
March 1983
April 1983

Software header explanation:

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​	Amiga (format)​	16th January 1990 [November 1989] (date of magazine publication [sales period if known])​	CVG/Gallup (Magazine name/Source of Chart)​	​
Rank (Sales rank for this month)​	Last Month (Sales rank for last month)​	Title (game name)​	Publisher​	System(s) (if multiformat chart systems listed here)​

Hardware header explanation:

​	​	18th March 1983 [18th of February to 4th of March] (date of magazine publication [sales period if known])​	​	​
​	​	Computers under £1K (whether computer retailed at over or under £1000)​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London (Magazine name/Source of Chart)​	​
Rank (Sales rank for this month)​	Last Month (Sales rank for last month)​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​

 

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UK software sales charts for magazines titled “January 1983”

​	All Formats​	16th January 1983 (October 1982)​	CVG/Unknown​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Title​	Publisher​	System(s)​
1​	New Entry​	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
2​	7​	Sub Hunt​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
3​	1​	Defender​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
4​	4​	Night Stalker​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
5​	5​	Starmaster​	Activision​	Atari VCS​
6​	2​	Lock ‘N’ Chase​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
7​	New Entry​	Berzerk​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
8​	6​	Pac-Man​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
9​	3​	Utopia​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
10​	New Entry​	Frogger​	Parker​	Atari VCS​

 

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UK software sales charts for magazines titled “February 1983”

​	All Formats​	16th February 1983 (November 1982)​	CVG/Unknown​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Title​	Publisher​	System(s)​
1​	1​	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
2​	1​	Defender​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
3​	Re-entry​	B-17 Bomber​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
4​	8​	Pac-Man​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
5​	New Entry​	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back​	Parker​	Atari VCS​
6​	New Entry​	Star Raiders​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
7​	6​	Lock ‘N’ Chase​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
8​	10​	Frogger​	Parker​	Atari VCS​
9​	4​	Night Stalker​	Mattel​	Intellivision​
10​	2​	Sub Hunt​	Mattel​	Intellivision​

 

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UK sales charts for magazines titled “March 1983”

​	​	18th March 1983 [18th of February to 4th of March]​	​	​
​	​	Computers under £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	-​	BBC Model B​	Acorn Computers​	399​
2​	-​	Sinclair ZX81​	Sinclair​	50​
3​	-​	Newbrain A​	Grundy Business​	228​
4​	-​	Commodore Vic-20​	Commodore​	170​
5​	-​	Acorn Atom​	Acorn Computers​	174​
6​	-​	Apple II​	Apple Computers​	776​
7​	-​	Sinclair Spectrum 16K​	Sinclair​	125​
8​	-​	Atari 800​	Atari International​	400​
9​	-​	Atari 400​	Atari International​	160​
10​	-​	Commodore 64​	Commodore​	345​
11​	-​	Dragon 32​	Dragon Data​	200​
12​	-​	Jupiter Ace​	Jupiter Canab​	90​
13​	-​	Texas TI99​	Texas Instruments​	150​
14​	-​	Colour Genie​	Lowe Electronics​	224​
15​	-​	Oric 1​	Oric​	100​
16​	-​	Sharp MZ80A​	Sharp​	549​
17​	-​	Commodore 500​	Commodore​	799​
18​	-​	Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer​	Tandy​	240​
19​	-​	Epson HX20​	Epson​	472​
20​	-​	Commodore 4016​	Commodore​	632​
​	​	​	​	​
​	​	18th March 1983 [18th of February to 4th of March]​	​	​
​	​	Computers over £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	-​	Sirius 1​	ACT Computers​	2754​
2​	-​	Olivetti M20​	Olivetti​	2754​
3​	-​	Apple III​	Apple Computers​	2780​
4​	-​	Osborne 1​	Osborne​	1581​
5​	-​	HP 86A​	Hewlett-Packard​	1541​
6​	-​	Commodore 710​	Commodore​	1475​
7​	-​	Xerox 820​	Rank Xerox​	2415​
8​	-​	Superbrain II​	Icarus Corporation​	2185​
9​	-​	Micro-Mimi 802​	British Micro​	1720​
10​	-​	Sanyo MBC 1000​	Sanyo Marubeni​	1195​

No CVG chart found for this month.

 

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UK sales charts for magazines titled “April 1983”

​	All Formats​	16th April 1983 (January 1983)​	CVG/Unknown​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Title​	Publisher​	System(s)​
1​	-​	Pac-Man​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
2​	-​	Defender​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
3​	-​	Space Invaders​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
4​	-​	Starmaster​	Activision​	Atari VCS​
5​	-​	Frogger​	Parker​	Atari VCS​
6​	-​	Demon Attack​	Imagic​	Atari VCS​
7​	-​	Star Raiders​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
8​	-​	Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back​	Parker​	Atari VCS​
9​	-​	Berzerk​	Atari​	Atari VCS​
10​	-​	Pitfall​	Activision​	Atari VCS​
​	​	​	​	​
​	​	1st of April 1983 [4th of March to 18th of March]​	​	​
​	​	Computers under £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	1​	BBC Model B​	Acorn Computers​	399​
2​	2​	Sinclair ZX81​	Sinclair​	50​
3​	7​	Sinclair Spectrum 16K​	Sinclair​	125​
4​	9​	Atari 400​	Atari International​	160​
5​	3​	Newbrain A​	Grundy Business​	228​
6​	4​	Commodore Vic-20​	Commodore​	170​
7​	11​	Dragon 32​	Dragon Data​	200​
8​	12​	Jupiter Ace​	Jupiter Canab​	90​
9​	15​	Oric 1​	Oric​	100​
10​	8​	Atari 800​	Atari International​	400​
11​	10​	Commodore 64​	Commodore​	345​
12​	5​	Acorn Atom​	Acorn Computers​	174​
13​	6​	Apple II​	Apple Computers​	776​
14​	New Entry​	Sharp PC1500​	Sharp​	170​
15​	13​	Texas TI99​	Texas Instruments​	150​
16​	19​	Epson HX20​	Epson​	472​
17​	New Entry​	Lynx 48​	Camputers​	225​
18​	14​	Colour Genie​	Lowe Electronics​	224​
19​	18​	Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer​	Tandy​	240​
20​	20​	Commodore 4016​	Commodore​	632​
​	​	​	​	​
​	​	1st of April 1983 [4th of March to 18th of March]​	​	​
​	​	Computers over £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	1​	Sirius 1​	ACT Computers​	2754​
2​	4​	Osborne 1​	Osborne​	1581​
3​	2​	Olivetti M20​	Olivetti​	2754​
4​	5​	HP 86A​	Hewlett-Packard​	1541​
5​	3​	Apple III​	Apple Computers​	2780​
6​	New Entry​	Commodore 8032​	Commodore​	1029​
7​	10​	Sanyo MBC 1000​	Sanyo Marubeni​	1195​
8​	New Entry​	Micro-Mimi 803​	British Micro​	1720​
9​	New Entry​	Sharp PC3201​	Sharp​	2300​
10​	7​	Xerox 820​	Rank Xerox​	2415​
​	​	​	​	​
​	​	15th of April 1983 [18th of March to 1st of April]​	​	​
​	​	Computers under £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	3​	Sinclair Spectrum 16K​	Sinclair​	125​
2​	2​	Sinclair ZX81​	Sinclair​	50​
3​	1​	BBC Model B​	Acorn Computers​	399​
4​	7​	Dragon 32​	Dragon Data​	200​
5​	6​	Commodore Vic-20​	Commodore​	170​
6​	9​	Oric 1​	Oric​	100​
7​	17​	Lynx 48​	Camputers​	225​
8​	4​	Atari 400​	Atari International​	160​
9​	14​	Sharp PC1500​	Sharp​	170​
10​	11​	Commodore 64​	Commodore​	345​
11​	10​	Atari 800​	Atari International​	400​
12​	15​	Texas TI99​	Texas Instruments​	150​
13​	5​	Newbrain A​	Grundy Business​	228​
14​	12​	Acorn Atom​	Acorn Computers​	174​
15​	New Entry​	Sharp PC1251​	Sharp​	80​
16​	8​	Jupiter Ace​	Jupiter Canab​	90​
17​	13​	Apple II​	Apple Computers​	776​
18​	18​	Colour Genie​	Lowe Electronics​	224​
19​	16​	Epson HX20​	Epson​	472​
20​	19​	Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer​	Tandy​	240​
​	​	​	​	​
​	​	15th of April 1983 [18th of March to 1st of April]​	​	​
​	​	Computers over £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	1​	Sirius 1​	ACT Computers​	2754​
2​	2​	Osborne 1​	Osborne​	1581​
3​	3​	Olivetti M20​	Olivetti​	2754​
4​	6​	Commodore 8032​	Commodore​	1029​
5​	4​	HP 86A​	Hewlett-Packard​	1541​
6​	New Entry​	IBM PC​	KGB Micros​	2392​
7​	7​	Sanyo MBC 1000​	Sanyo Marubeni​	1195​
8​	8​	Micro-Mimi 803​	British Micro​	1720​
9​	5​	Apple III​	Apple Computers​	2780​
10​	10​	Xerox 820​	Rank Xerox​	2415​
​	​	​	​	​
​	​	29th of April 1983 [1st of April to 15th of April]​	​	​
​	​	Computers under £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	1​	Sinclair Spectrum 16K​	Sinclair​	125​
2​	3​	BBC Model B​	Acorn Computers​	399​
3​	2​	Sinclair ZX81​	Sinclair​	50​
4​	4​	Dragon 32​	Dragon Data​	200​
5​	8​	Atari 400​	Atari International​	160​
6​	7​	Lynx 48​	Camputers​	225​
7​	5​	Commodore Vic-20​	Commodore​	170​
8​	6​	Oric 1​	Oric​	100​
9​	9​	Sharp PC1500​	Sharp​	170​
10​	12​	Texas TI99​	Texas Instruments​	150​
11​	13​	Newbrain A​	Grundy Business​	228​
12​	10​	Commodore 64​	Commodore​	345​
13​	15​	Sharp PC1251​	Sharp​	80​
14​	11​	Atari 800​	Atari International​	400​
15​	17​	Apple II​	Apple Computers​	776​
16​	16​	Jupiter Ace​	Jupiter Canab​	90​
17​	14​	Acorn Atom​	Acorn Computers​	174​
18​	19​	Epson HX20​	Epson​	472​
19​	18​	Colour Genie​	Lowe Electronics​	224​
20​	New Entry​	HP 75​	Hewlett-Packard​	883​
​	​	​	​	​
​	​	29th of April 1983 [1st of April to 15th of April]​	​	​
​	​	Computers over £1K​	Personal Computer News/MRIB London​	​
Rank​	Last Month​	Model​	Distributor​	Price (£)​
1​	1​	Sirius 1​	ACT Computers​	2754​
2​	2​	Osborne 1​	Osborne​	1581​
3​	3​	Olivetti M20​	Olivetti​	2754​
4​	5​	HP 86A​	Hewlett-Packard​	1541​
5​	6​	IBM PC​	KGB Micros​	2392​
6​	4​	Commodore 8032​	Commodore​	1029​
7​	9​	Apple III​	Apple Computers​	2780​
8​	8​	Micro-Mimi 803​	British Micro​	1720​
9​	7​	Sanyo MBC 1000​	Sanyo Marubeni​	1195​
10​	10​	Xerox 820​	Rank Xerox​	2415​