FormGen's Top 10 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ July 1995 These figures are from June 1995. The lists are compiled from unit sales of evaluation disks by leading shareware vendors around the world. The lists are produced monthly by Dorinda MacLean and distributed by FormGen Corp. The symbols next to "Rank" indicate whether the title is growing more popular or losing ground: ^ = up from last month v = down from last month - = no change -=*=- APPLICATIONS TOP 10 Rank|Months| Title (Author) | Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 ^ 4 Quikmenu (NeoSoft) DOS menu with Windows look 2 v 8 wInformant (Neocom Microspec.) Windows uninstaller/utils 3 v 7 Snooper (J. Vias) PC system analyzer 4 ^ 2 WinPak (Rhode Island Soft Sys.) Screen savers for Windows 5 ^ 2 Home Plan (C. Herndon) Floor plan designer 6 ^ 2 Phantom Screen (NeoSoft) Screen-blanking utility 7 v 4 Paint Shop Pro (JASC) Windows paint/image editor 8 ^ 2 ProtoCAD 3D (TRIUS, Inc.) 3-D CAD program 9 ^ 1 Envision Publisher (Soft. Vision) Desktop Publisher for DOS 10 ^ 1 Draft Choice (TRIUS, Inc.) Desktop CAD program -=*=- ENTERTAINMENT TOP 10 Rank|Months| Title (Author) | Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 - 7 Rise of the Triad (Apogee) 3-D VR combat game 2 - 18 DOOM (id Software) 3-D VR combat game 3 ^ 2 Terminal Velocity (3D Realms) 3-D VR flight combat game 4 ^ 8 One Must Fall (Epic Megagames) Arcade one-on-one combat 5 ^ 3 Heretic (Raven/id Software) 3-D VR combat game 6 ^ 3 Descent (Parallax/Interplay) 3-D VR combat game 7 v 5 Wacky Wheels (Beavis Soft/Apogee) Action Racing Simulation 8 ^ 15 Raptor (Cygnus/Apogee) Arcade shoot-'em-up 9 v 19 Epic Pinball (Epic Megagames) Video pinball game 10 v 9 Jazz Jackrabbit (Epic Megagames) Platform arcade game -=*=- EDUCATION TOP 10 Rank|Months| Title (Author) | Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 - 3 Beginners Guide to Internet Tutor for Internet (Suarez Associates) 2 - 10 Big Dummy's Guide to Internet Tutor for Internet (Electronic Frontier) 3 ^ 35 PC-Fastype (Trendtech) Typing Tutor 4 - 35 Word Rescue (K. Crowther/Apogee) Arcade reading game 5 ^ 4 News of the Past (F. Bonebrake) Historical reference 6 v 29 Math Rescue (K. Crowther/Apogee) Arcade math game 7 ^ 3 College Funding Finder (Theberge) Financial aid resource 8 v 9 Adventure Math (Epic MegaGames) Math game 9 - 6 Pre-School Pack (V. Watson) Preschool learning game 10 - 5 Amy's First Primer (Motes Educ.) Preschool learning game -=------------- -=*=- -=*=- -=*=- -------------=-