# What were the top 10 bestselling video games in the US during July 1999?

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Which video games in 1999 during July in the US were the top ten most popular in terms of sales?

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GTS

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These are the top 10 from 1999. Some listings have no release date and most don’t have the release month, just the year.

> **[List of best-selling video games](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_best-selling_video_games)**
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> This is a list of video games that have sold the highest number of software units worldwide. The best-selling video game to date is Minecraft, a sandbox game released by Mojang in May 2009 for a wide range of PC, mobile and console platforms, selling more than 238 million copies across all platforms. Grand Theft Auto V and EA's Tetris are the only other known video games to have sold over 100 million copies. The best-selling game on a single platform is Wii Sports, with nearly 83 million sale...

m=million

**On Gameboy:**

- Pokémon: Golad and Silver - 23m

**On PC:**

- Counter Strike - 12.5m

**On Playstation:**

- Gran Turismo 2 - 9.37m
- Final Fantasy VII - 8.15m

**On N64:**

- Super Smash Bros. - 5.5m

**On Playstation:**

- Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation - 5m

**On N64:**

- Pokémon Stadium - 3.97m
- Donkey Kong 64 - 3.77m
- Pokémon Snap - 2.72m
- Mario Party 2 - 2.33m