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Vote for a game in this chart if you think other people should download it. ============================================================================== Download Top 40 Edition 48 - Week 22 - May 27, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 17 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms AC 1 [1863] 655 2 2 23 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1821] 156 3 3 13 Quake/test {demo} Id/Id AC 3 [1876] 138 4 5^ 23 Stars! 2.0 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 125 5 6^ 48 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 124 6 4 48 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1644] 116 7 7 29 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo} Blizzard ST 3 [1774] 88 8 8 48 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 73 9 11^ 48 Doom {share} Id AC 4 [1645] 69 10 10 28 Extreme Pinball {share} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1776] 58 11 9 48 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 43 12 13^ 38 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com AC 6 [1715] 54 13 19^ 44 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {demo} Activision AC 10 [1696] 65 14 12 24 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge AC 9 [1813] 41 15 14 33 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {share} Raven/Id AC 1 [1751] 35 16 23^ 3 Mixman {share} Mixman 16 [1928] 215 17 17 48 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen SP 11 [1659] 41 18 16 36 Tyrian {share} Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 29 19 21^ 48 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic AC 8 [1647] 37 20 15 8 Football Fanatic {share} Thunderbear SP 11 [1903] 22 21 22^ 48 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1660] 35 22 18 48 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 27 23 20 8 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 30 24 24 5 Path to Fortune {share} C.E. Forman AD 24 [1899] 36 25 29^ 6 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share} IMI AD 25 [1889] 38 26 33^ 48 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 43 27 25 10 Masterroids {O} {share} Hobbes AC 17 [1885] 26 28 37^ 48 Terminal Velocity {share} Terminal R./3D Realms AC 3 [1646] 66 29 28 29 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee AC 14 [1658] 33 30 32^ 5 Lost New York {share} Neil DeMause AD 30 [1920] 35 31 27 48 Stars! {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1662] 21 32 36^ 4 SpiritWrak {free} Dan S. Yu AD 32 [1922] 30 33 26 48 3D Lemmings {demo}Dimension Cr./Eclipse/Psygnosis AC 6 [1619] 15 34 -^ 45 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee AC 10 [1668] 32 35 31 7 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 29 [1914] 23 36 30 47 Sherlock {share} Everett Kaser ST 11 [1654] 20 37 34 3 Ms. Pac PC {free} James P. Rowan AC 34 [1898] 26 38 35 23 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 24 [1724] 21 39 39 2 Mine Bombers {share} Skitso AC 39 [1921] 17 40 40 48 Minesweeper {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1184] 19 Dropped Out: 38 47 Heretic Raven/Id AC 7 [1648] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 48 - Week 22 - May 27, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 3 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP [1929] Tip 2 1 Randzu {ST} {share} Wolf [1935] Tip 3 2 IMP {free} Per Fragemann [1930] Tip 4 1 Cylindrix {share} Goldtree AC [1936] The Internet World Charts continue to expand along with the internet itself. Jojo Appelo's workload in maintaining the charts has also grown. He has delegated control over editing and promoting the Download Top40 Games to me. My name is Arthur Kerschen but you might know me as Santiago. I'm the maintainer of Santiago's Top40 Download Page: http://gas.uug.arizona.edu/~ahk , where I have links to web pages devoted to each game on the Top40. Games have come and gone on the Top40, but there are a few that may have deserved a longer life and a larger following. One of these is "Strife" by Rogue Entertainment. Strife was built using the Doom engine, which does not particularly distinguish it, but Strife contains another element. Strife allows interaction between you and other beings in the game. This combination of Doom style 3D play and character interaction makes Strife better than either type of game alone. If you'd like to give Strife a try, it can be downloaded from the Strife Web site at http://www.gamers.org/~rogue/demo.html . Strife is game [1877] for voting purposes, if you find it interesting. Only one game that has dropped off the list can be revived each week, and I think Strife deserves another chance. -- Arthur Kerschen (a.k.a. Santiago) http://gas.uug.arizona.edu/~ahk The following Top 100 contains the best full price PC games in the world. The list includes commercial retail games and registered shareware games. Vote for a game in this chart if you think other people should buy it too. ============================================================================== Commercial Top 100 Edition 178 - Week 22 - May 27, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 12 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1744 2 2 35 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin ST 1 [1729]1168 3 3 25 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard ST 2 [1817]1155 4 4 14 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1867] 554 5 17* 3 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen AC 5 [1923] 623 6 5 22 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 426 7 6 11 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay AC 5 [1891] 385 8 7 85 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC 1 [1502] 346 9 8 43 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 283 10 9 85 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 295 11 11 66 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin AC 2 [1585] 265 12 10 74 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1565] 253 13 13 34 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts AC 12 [1738] 249 14 12 34 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 12 [1737] 230 15 14 138 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 353 16 15 76 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC 6 [1562] 209 17 16 178 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 431 18 19^ 86 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 204 19 18 28 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {reg} Raven/Id/GT AC 8 [1775] 144 20 20 110 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 219 21 27^ 79 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST 4 [1528] 223 22 21 32 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape ST 18 [1757] 156 23 22 21 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within {W} Sierra AD 20 [1832] 158 24 24 60 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 169 25 26^ 32 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 164 26 25 25 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 20 [1787] 145 27 23 26 Stars! 2.0 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 22 [1786] 115 28 28 25 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 121 29 32^ 26 Worms Team 17/Ocean AC 29 [1784] 131 30 33^124 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 214 31 29 21 Avarice Preview {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 113 32 30 78 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape ST 11 [1522] 137 33 31 33 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 113 34 35^ 25 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 123 35 34 9 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape ST 34 [1900] 113 36 37^ 28 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 116 37 40^ 97 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC 3 [1473] 160 38 38 32 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 37 [1746] 114 39 36 84 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 108 40 39 56 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 110 41 44^ 80 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 121 42 41 25 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 41 [1806] 96 43 43 30 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 88 44 42 37 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 86 45 51^ 12 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 103 46 45 114 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 127 47 52^ 20 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 91 48 47 10 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 47 [1883] 84 49 46 177 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 207 50 50 13 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra SI 46 [1862] 76 51 58^ 3 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 51 [1853] 82 52 48 58 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 70 53 49 128 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id AC 1 [1386] 109 54 55^ 7 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 54 [1906] 66 55 53 39 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 64 56 57^ 79 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SI 21 [1529] 77 57 54 31 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 59 58 61^ 20 Allied General {W} SSI/Mindscape ST 52 [1829] 60 59 56 19 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 54 60 67^ 24 TFX 2: EF2000 DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797] 66 61 59 47 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 55 62 60 24 Screamer Graffiti/Virgin AC 44 [1801] 51 63 65^151 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 107 64 63 4 3D Lemmings Psygnosis/Sony AC 63 [1918] 51 65 81^ 8 Italian Football Manager {reg} Charl Gerber SP 65 [1347] 96 66 64 30 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 50 67 79^ 16 Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat {W} Mindscape ST 64 [1849] 56 68 62 25 Rebel Assault 2: The Hidden Empire LucasArts AC 40 [1795] 43 69 69 24 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 47 70 72^ 87 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 60 71 70 34 Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds Bullfrog/EA AC 57 [1739] 47 72 76^ 74 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 57 73 87^ 5 Earthsiege 2 Dynamix/Sierra AC 73 [1911] 53 74 71 177 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC 3 [1116] 127 75 75 67 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee AC 18 [1564] 48 76 82^ 14 Full Tilt! Pinball {W} Cinematronics/Maxis AC 74 [1856] 45 77 73 175 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 107 78 88^ 7 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 78 [1907] 45 79 68 10 Ripper Take 2/Gametek AD 67 [1884] 35 80 83^ 23 Extreme Pinball {reg} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 70 [1789] 40 81 77 58 NBA Live 95 Hitmen/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1602] 37 82 85^ 15 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 58 [1819] 36 83 90^146 Warlords 2/deluxe SSG ST 11 [1284] 72 84 66 26 Destruction Derby Reflections/Psygnosis AC 46 [1788] 28 85 93^ 10 Tritryst Cinematronics/Virgin PU 63 [1873] 37 86 84 135 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 61 87 98^ 28 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 35 88 80 6 Spycraft: The Great Game {W} Activision AD 80 [1897] 32 89 96^169 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC 1 [1169] 84 90 92^127 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 52 91 94^113 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 51 92 78 45 Buried in Time Presto/Sanctuary Woods/US Gold AD 42 [1687] 29 93 95^159 7th Guest Trilobyte/Virgin PU 16 [1230] 74 94 99^ 34 Fade to Black Delphine/Electronic Arts AC 54 [1740] 32 95 -^ 1 Chaos Overlords New World 95 [1937] 30 96 86 144 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD 3 [1003] 57 97 74 31 Mortal Kombat 3 Midway/GT AC 36 [1755] 24 98 97 11 Top Gun: Fire at Will! Spectrum Holobyte SI 54 [1881] 28 99 89 105 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 72 [1009] 37 100 100 2 Star Trek Deep Space Nine: HarbinParamount/Viacom AD100 [1902] 24 Dropped Out: 91 54 Terminal Velocity {reg}Terminal Reality/3D Realms AC 3 [1616] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 178 - Week 22 - May 27, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 8 Sensible World of Soccer Sensible/Renegade SP [1912] Tip 2 2 Pango GeniaLogic/AIM ST [1931] Tip 3 7 'D' Acclaim AD [1916] Tip 4 2 Tensor Palet/AIM ST [1932] Tip 5 8 Silent Hunter Aeon/SSI/Mindscape SI [1913] Tip 6 3 Sniper Virgin AC [1926] Tip 7 3 Cyberia 2: Resurrection Xatrix/Virgin [1927] Tip 8 2 Battle Arena Toshinden Digital Dialect/Funsoft [1933] Tip 9 2 Strife Rogue/Velocity AC [1934] Tip 10 7 Gearheads Philips Media AC [1915] Tip 11 1 Cylindrix {reg} Goldtree AC [1938] Tip 12 8 Fast Attack Software Sorcery/Sierra SI [1909] Tip 13 1 Football Limited Ocean SP [1939] Tip 14 4 Conqueror A.D. 1086 Software Sorcery/Sierra RP [1924] Tip 15 8 Total Distortion Pop Rocket/Mindscape AD [1910] Tip 16 1 Swords of Xeen New World RP [1940] Tip 17 6 Are You Afraid in the Dark Nickelodeon AD [1919] Tip 18 1 Normality Gremlin/Interplay AD [1941] Tip 19 1 Warbirds ICI SI [1942] ============================================================================== | TW : This Week | The Internet PC Games Charts are compiled using | | LW : Last Week | votes sent by gamers from all over the world. | | NW : Number of Weeks | The latest charts are published every Monday on | | HI : Highest Position | Usenet in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.* newsgroups.| | ^ : Climbing |--------------------------------------------------| | * : Bullet | If you send your votes, do it like this: | | AC : Action | > 5 Dark Invader [1435] | | AD : Adventure | > 4 Mysterious Forces 2 [1322] | | PU : Puzzle | > 5 Super Fighter [1502] | | RP : Role-Playing | > 2 Magic of Zuul 4 [] | | SI : Simulation | > 4 The Lost Tycoon [] | | SP : Sports |--------------------------------------------------| | ST : Strategy | (c) 1996 all rights reserved | World Charts | | {free} Freeware | Distribution of these charts | Balderikstraat 16 | | {demo} Demo Version | is granted only by written | 3032 HC Rotterdam | | {share} Shareware | permission. | The Netherlands | | {reg} Registered |--------------------------------------------------| | {W} Windows Only | Download Top 40: ahk@gas.uug.arizona.edu | | {O} OS/2 Only | Commercial Top 100: pcgames@worldcharts.nl | | | On the WorldWideWeb: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jojo | | | Supported by XS4ALL Internet Provider | ==============================================================================