Famitsu Top 30

Week 39, 1998 (Sep 21, 1998 - Sep 27, 1998)

Week 38, 1998 1998 Week 40, 1998

#	#	Prev	Platform	Game	Publisher	Sales	Total	Release Date
1	1 NEW	NEW	GMB	Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry's Wonderland Sales: 333,114 Total: 333,114	Enix	333,114	333,114	1998/09/25
2	2 NEW	NEW	PS1	Itadaki Street: Gorgeous King Sales: 144,172 Total: 144,172	Enix	144,172	144,172	1998/09/23
3	3 2	2	GMB	Pokemon Yellow Sales: 70,689 Total: 1,025,463	Nintendo	70,689 -32%	1,025,463	1998/09/12
4	4 NEW	NEW	SAT	Kidou Senkan Nadesico: The Blank of 3 Years Sales: 61,773 Total: 61,773	Sega	61,773	61,773	1998/09/23
5	5 3	3	PS1	Metal Gear Solid Sales: 44,522 Total: 511,330	Konami	44,522 -24%	511,330	1998/09/03
6	6 NEW	NEW	PS1	Become a Pilot! Sales: 40,085 Total: 40,085	Victor Interactive Software	40,085	40,085	1998/09/23
7	7 NEW	NEW	SAT	Shining Force III: Scenario 3 Sales: 32,256 Total: 32,256	Sega	32,256	32,256	1998/09/23
8	8 NEW	NEW	PS1	Blaze & Blade: Busters Sales: 31,437 Total: 31,437	T&E Soft	31,437	31,437	1998/09/23
9	9 NEW	NEW	PS1	Namco Anthology 2 Sales: 29,956 Total: 29,956	Namco	29,956	29,956	1998/09/23
10	10 NEW	NEW	NGE	The King of Fighters '98: The Slugfest Sales: 22,651 Total: 22,651	SNK	22,651	22,651	1998/09/23
11	11 6	6	PS1	SD Gundam G Generation Sales: 21,075 Total: 596,178	Bandai	21,075 -19%	596,178	1998/08/06
12	12 NEW	NEW	PS1	Capcom Generation 2: Vol.2 Makai to Kishi Sales: 20,003 Total: 20,003	Capcom	20,003	20,003	1998/09/23
13	13 NEW	NEW	PS1	Sentimental Journey Sales: 19,185 Total: 19,185	Banpresto	19,185	19,185	1998/09/23
14	14 10	10	PS1	Touge Max 2 Sales: 18,609 Total: 56,660	Atlus	18,609 -51%	56,660	1998/09/17
15	15 NEW	NEW	PS1	Doki Doki Pretty League: Nekketsu Otome Seishunki Sales: 18,504 Total: 18,504	Xing Entertainment	18,504	18,504	1998/09/23
16	16 8	8	PS1	XI Sales: 17,923 Total: 598,178	Sony Computer Entertainment	17,923 -3%	598,178	1998/06/18
17	17 NEW	NEW	PS1	Guardian's Crusade Sales: 14,296 Total: 14,296	TamSoft	14,296	14,296	1998/09/23
18	18 NEW	NEW	PS1	DeSTReGA Sales: 14,219 Total: 14,219	Koei	14,219	14,219	1998/09/23
19	19 9	9	PS1	Jikkyou Powerful Pro Baseball '98: Opening Edition Sales: 13,732 Total: 493,032	Konami	13,732 +1%	493,032	1998/07/23
20	20 NEW	NEW	PS1	Advanced V.G. 2 Sales: 13,186 Total: 13,186	Technical Group Laboratory	13,186	13,186	1998/09/23
21	21 14	14	PS1	Houshinengi Sales: 12,777 Total: 89,602	Koei	12,777 -34%	89,602	1998/09/10
22	22 NEW	NEW	PS1	End Sector Sales: 12,738 Total: 12,738	ASCII	12,738	12,738	1998/09/23
23	23 20	20	PS1	Simulation RPG Maker Sales: 12,368 Total: 51,871	ASCII	12,368 -69%	51,871	1998/09/17
24	24 2	2	N64	Pokemon Stadium - Japan Sales: 11,328 Total: 364,409	Nintendo	11,328 +130%	364,409	1998/08/01
25	25 16	16	PS1	Star Ocean: The Second Story Sales: 10,591 Total: 651,861	Enix	10,591 -34%	651,861	1998/07/30
26	26 14	14	PS1	Legend of the River King: Looking for Unexplored Sales: 9,719 Total: 114,101	Victor Interactive Software	9,719 +5%	114,101	1998/08/20
27	27 NEW	NEW	SAT	Capcom Generation 2: Vol.2 Makai to Kishi Sales: 8,766 Total: 8,766	Capcom	8,766	8,766	1998/09/23
28	28 22	22	PS1	Mikagura Shoujo Tanteidan Sales: 8,473 Total: 28,501	Human	8,473 -58%	28,501	1998/09/17
29	29 16	16	PS1	Resident Evil 2 [1/1][Dual Shock Edition] Sales: 8,378 Total: 181,849	Capcom	8,378 -9%	181,849	1998/08/06
30	30 NEW	NEW	PS1	Honkaku Shogi: Shogi Ou Sales: 7,343 Total: 7,343	Warashi	7,343	7,343	1998/09/23

Software Market

Platform	This Week	Last Week	This Year
PS1	568,569 51%	346,075 74%	~25,400,000 75%
GMB	403,803 36%	103,683 22%	~2,300,000 7%
SAT	102,795 9%	15,506 3%	~4,800,000 14%
NGE	22,651 2%	0 0%	~100,000 0%
N64	11,328 1%	4,924 1%	~1,100,000 3%
ALL	1,109,146 100%	470,188 100%	~33,900,000 100%

Famitsu Hardware

Week 39, 1998 (Sep 21, 1998 - Sep 27, 1998)

#	Platform	SKU	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	Year to Date	Lifetime to Date
1	PS1	PlayStation	50,595	44,768	60,297	3,419,508	12,649,306
2	N64	Nintendo 64	7,432	5,371	8,334	469,737	2,262,896