LOGiN was one of the biggest Japanese magazines dedicated to computers and started years before Fami

LOGiN was one of the biggest Japanese magazines dedicated to computers and started years before Famitsu (which was mainly focused on consoles).

Contrary to popular belief, RPGs were already popular in Japan before the release of the first Dragon Quest, although sales figures for computer games were far lower than those of console games –according to Tokihiro Naito, “for the first Hydlide, the Famicom version alone sold a million copies, whereas on the computer side, the combined sales for all the different computer platforms reached one million”.

Note that some of these games were released on multiple platforms (MSX, NEC PC-88, Fujitsu FM-7, Sharp X1, etc.)

LOGiN readers’ top 20 (July 1985 issue)
1) The Black Onyx / ザ・ブラックオニキス (RPG)
2) Hydlide / ハイドライド (A-RPG)
3) The Fire Crystal (RPG)
4) Yakyū Kyō / 野球狂 (baseball)
5) Chack’n Pop / ちやつくんぽつぷ (maze game)
6) Lode Runner / ロードランナー (platform)
7) Dragon Slayer / ドラゴンスレイヤ (A-RPG)
8) Nobunaga no Yabō / 信長の野望 (wargame)
9) Okhotsk ni Kiyu/ オホーツクに消ゆ (adventure)
10) Flappy /フラッピ (maze/puzzle)
11) Lizard / リザード (RPG)
12) Plazma Line / プラズマルイン (shoot’em up)
13) Wingman / ウイングマン (visual novel)
14) Wizardry / ウィザードリィ (RPG)
15) Xevious /ゼビウス (shmup)
16) Terra 4001 / テラ4001 (adventure)
17) Volguard / ヴオルガード (shmup)
18) Salad no Kuni no Tomato Hime / サラダの国のトマト姫 (adventure)
19) Fantasian / ファンタジアン (RPG)
20) Zarth / ザース (adventure)

LOGiN readers’ top 20 (November 1985 issue)
1) Hydlide / ハイドライド (A-RPG)
2) The Black Onyx / ザ・ブラックオニキス (RPG)
3) Fantasian / ファンタジアン (RPG)
4) The Fire Crystal (RPG)
5) Yakyū Kyō / 野球狂 (baseball)
6) Thexder / テガザー (Platform/shmup)
7) Lode Runner / ロードランナー (platform)
8) Chack’n Pop / ちやつくんぽつぷ (maze game)
9) Okhotsk ni Kiyu/ オホーツクに消ゆ (adventure)
10) Wingman / ウイングマン (visual novel)
11) Nobunaga no Yabō / 信長の野望 (wargame)
12) The Castle / ザ・キヤッスル
13) Dragon Slayer / ドラゴンスレイヤ (A-RPG)
14) Wizardry / ウィザードリィ (RPG)
15) Lizard / リザード (RPG)
16) Flappy /フラッピ (maze/puzzle)
17) Terra 4001 / テラ4001 (adventure)
18) Volguard / ヴオルガード (shmup)
19) Xevious /ゼビウス (shmup)
20) Plazma Line / プラズマルイン (shmup)

Sources:
Untold History of Japanese Game Developers Vol.2, p30
https://twitter.com/SiFi_TZK/status/745979168869867520
https://twitter.com/SiFi_TZK/status/744343101620129793