N64 and Sports Dominate Rentals

For the second week in a row, the top five video game rentals in the Video Software Dealers' Association's VidTrac rental charts are all sports games. At number one is the Nintendo 64 version of NFL Blitz, followed closely by Acclaim's WWF Warzone (N64). At number three is EA's Madden NFL 99 (N64), at number four is Cruis'n World (N64), and rounding out the top five is NFL Blitz for the PlayStation.

In case you're interested, here are the top five video game rentals for the week ended Oct. 25, 1998 (rank, title, platform, weeks in release, revenues):

1 NFL Blitz / N64 / 11 / $279,2402 WWF: Warzone / N64 / 16 / $270,1503 Madden NFL 99 / N64 / 11 /$190,0304 Cruis'n World / N64 / 11 / $170,8705 NFL Blitz / PSX / 11 / $168,230