Superior Software 1986 -marketable games leaflet

[CMcDougall]

8 pages :

[davidb]

Very interesting, thanks!

So, in 1986 there were 300,000 Electrons compared to 500,000 Beebs out there. I wonder where those figures came from.

[paulb]

To save others the effort, I went through Electron User and noted news articles where sales figures were mentioned...

Sales-figures.txt

Electron User article excerpts.

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So, by June 1986 there had apparently been 250000 sold.

[lurkio]

Fascinating! Thanks, Col.

I wonder how this leaflet was circulated? Was it inserted into magazines?

[davidb]

According to this page, you had to write to Superior Software to get it. Colin, did you write in for it?

[CMcDougall]

Found in some £12 electron stuff!

[paulb]

I can easily imagine that they may have been handed out at shows. After all, once you've done a print run, there's no point in sitting on a huge pile of leaflets waiting for a double-digit number of people to write and request one each.

[jms2]

I think I had one. I never went to a show, so it must have come in the post. Latterly, I bought several games from the Impact Games Club, and I think they might have sent it.