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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jan-2022 19:08:17 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   Best selling U.S. PC games (and that means PC only. Mac not included) of 1996.
   Source: PC Data, as reported by Los Angeles Times
   https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-03-fi-34360-story.html

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Jan-2022 19:09:03 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     👆This is some pretty fascinating stuff. A couple of things that stand out to me:
     Duke Nukem 3D numbers are retail only. I wonder if it was close to #1 if registered shareware is to be factored in.
     DOOM II's long shelf life - it's 2+ years after release.
     Red Alert sold a ton in just over a month (released at the end of November)
     Barbie Fashion Designer was indeed a pretty MAJOR hit.
     And apparently not a lot of people bought the retail release of Quake? 🤷♂️