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Look to the chart each month for additional polling information. released for the home market. Look to the chart each month for additional polling information. VIDEO & & PINBALL PINBALL COMBINED COMBINED VIDEO GAME 1. TMNT TMNT (dedicated) (ded icated) 1. 2. Toki Toki 2. 3. Bad Bad Cats Cats 3. 4. Hard Hard Drivin' Drivin ' 4. WWF Super Super Stars Stars 5.5. WWF 6. S.T.U.N. S.T.U.N. Runner Runner 6. Police Force Force 7. Police 7. Monday Night Night Football Football 8.8. Monday Elvira/Party Monsters Monsters 9.9. Elvira/Party 10. Earthshaker Earthshaker 10. 11 . Super Super Off Off Road Road 11. 12. Cyberball Cyberball 2027 2027 12. 13. Golden Golden Axe Axe 13. 14. U.N. U.N. Squadron Squad ron 14. 15. Cyclone Cyclone 15. 16. Tecmo Tecmo World Wo rld Cup Cup '90 '90 16. 17. Team Team Quarterback Quarterback 17. 18. Out Out Run Run 18. 19. Crime Crime Fighters Fighters 19. 20. Operation Operation Thunderbolt Thunderbolt 20. 21 . All All American American Football Football 21. 22 . Midnight Midnight Resistance Resistance 22. 23. Turbo Turbo Out Out Run Run 23. 24. Chase Chase H.Q. H.Q. 24. 25. Arch Arch Rivals Rivals 25. 26. Black Knight 2000 2000 26. Black Knight 27. Mechanized Mechanized Attack Attack 27. 28. E.S.W.A.T. E.S.W.A.T. 28. 29. Final Final Lap Lap 29. 30. Crime Crime City City 30. 31 . AfterBurner AfterBurne r 31. 32. Super Super Hang Hang On On 32. 33. Quarterback Quarterback 33. 34. Jokerz Jokerz 34. 35. Cyberball Cyberball 35. 36. Swords Swords of of Fury Fury 36. 37. Street Street Smart Smart 37. 38. Gang Gang Wars Wars 38. 39. RoadBlasters RoadBlasters 39. 40. Taxi Taxi 40. 41 . Willow Willow 41. 42 . Operation Operation Wolf Wolf 42. 43. Championship Championship Sprint Sprint 43. 44. NARC NARC 44. 45. Pinbot Pinbot 45. 46. Dynamite Dynamite Duke Duke 46. 47. Cabal Cabal 47. Banzai Run Run 48. Banzai 48. 49. Ninja Ninja Gaiden Gaiden 49. 50. Sly Sly Spy Spy 50. I 0PLAY PLA YMETER/January M ETER/ Jan uary 1990 1990 10 LONGEVITY MONTHS MONTHS MONTHS LONGEVITY POINT MONTHS POINT ON CHART IN TOP 10 POINTS VALUE VALUE ON CHART IN TOP 10 POINTS 50 9.89 Konami 11 11 50 Konami 9.89 49 9.14 Fabtek 11 11 49 Fabtek 9.14 1 48 9.14 1 Williams 1 48 1 William 9.14 s 438 8.73 Atari Atari 99 99 438 8.73 240 American Technos Technos 8.72 66 55 240 American 8.72 45 8.47 Atari 11 11 45 Atari 8.47 135 3 8.42 3 Williams 3 3 135 Williams 8.42 118 3 8.37 3 Data East East 3 3 118 Data 8.37 90 2 8.25 2 Bally 2 90 Bally 8.25 2 425 9 8.20 Williams 99 9 425 Williams 8.20 424 8.14 Leland 99 99 8.14 424 Leland 90 2 8.11 Atari 33 2 Atari 8.11 90 272 6 7.90 6 Sega 6 6 272 7.90 Sega 37 7.69 Capcom 11 11 37 7.69 Capcom 365 7.67 9 Williams 9 99 Williams 7.67 365 35 7.67 Tecmo 11 11 Tecmo 7.67 35 203 7.59 9 Leland 9 33 Leland 7.59 203 328 7.58 9 Sega 77 9 328 Sega 7.58 250 6 7.51 6 Konami 6 6 7.51 250 Konami 373 9 7.50 Taito 9 Taito 7.50 99 373 68 2 7.41 2 Leland 2 2 68 7.41 Leland 29 7.40 11 Data East East 7.40 11 29 Data 334 8 9 7.37 9 8 Sega 7.37 334 Sega 306 8 7.35 8 Taito 99 306 Taito 7.35 237 7.22 66 Bally/Midway 66 237 7.22 Bally/Midway 192 6 6 6 7.21 Williams 6 192 Williams 7.21 160 4 7.21 SNK 66 4 160 SNK 7.21 52 3 7.16 3 Sega 33 52 7.16 Sega 278 7 7.16 8 Atari 8 7 278 Atari 7.16 21 7.10 Tai to 7.10 11 11 21 Taito 151 2 6.84 8 8 Sega 2 151 Sega 6.84 157 7 6.83 7 Sega 6.83 11 157 Sega 31 0 3 6.80 Leland 3 0 31 Leland 6.80 332 6.79 9 Williams 9 99 332 Williams 6.79 49 3 6.77 Atari 3 00 49 Atari 6.77 29 6.77 Williams 33 33 29 6.77 Williams 57 2 2 6.75 SNK 2 2 SNK 6.75 57 13 6.74 11 11 SNK 13 SNK 6.74 137 8 8 6.73 Atari 8 8 137 Atari 6.73 314 9 9 6.73 Williams 9 9 6.73 314 Williams 28 2 2 6.72 2 28 Capcom 6.72 2 Capcom 215 4 6.65 8 Taito 8 4 215 6.65 Taito 41 5 5 6.60 5 5 Atari Atari 6.60 41 186 6.58 Williams 44 186 Williams 6.58 77 212 9 6.57 Williams 9 99 6.57 212 Williams 37 4 4 6.56 Fabtek 4 4 37 Fabtek 6.56 211 9 6.53 Fabtek 9 211 Fabtek 6.53 99 19 2 2 6.50 Williams 2 19 6.50 2 Williams 268 9 6.48 Tecmo 9 99 268 Tecmo 6.48 71 6.47 Data East East 55 71 6.47 55 Data MFG. 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