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		psykotic on March 14, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Double Fine Adventure Kickstarter finishes at $3,3... > A game that came out in 1988 and only ever sold 100k units (plus lord knows how many pirated copies). In those days 100,000 units sold meant a big hit. The original sales numbers for Secret of Monkey Island were in that neighborhood.

Macsenour on March 14, 2012 [–]

My first game for the Commodore 64, a port, sold 18,000 copies. It was considered a big hit at that time, 1983.

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