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Just | | send a message with subject line 'send doc' and you'll know all about it. | | The format for every line with a vote is: points title [ ID ] | | YOU MUST INCLUDE THE ID NUMBER, and between brackets! It is NOT optional. | | You can allocate a maximum of 20 points, BUT NOT MORE THAN 5 FOR ONE GAME. | | An example can be found at the bottom of this list. LOOK AT IT FIRST! | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Votes to pcgames@worldcharts.nl and comments to ahk@gas.uug.arizona.edu. | | Send a message with #nolist in the body if you don't want to receive this | | list anymore. Send a message with #nocall if you don't want the reminders. | | Don't send your mail to top100@xs4all.nl. That address must not be used. | ============================================================================== The following Top 40 contains the best download PC games in the world. The list includes demo versions, shareware versions and freeware games. Vote for a game in this chart if you think other people should download it. ============================================================================== Download Top 40 Edition 54 - Week 28 - July 8, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 19 Quake {demo} Id/Id AC 1 [1876] 791 2 2 23 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms AC 1 [1863] 442 3 3 54 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 312 4 4 35 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo} Blizzard ST 2 [1774] 267 5 6^ 54 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 180 6 5 29 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1821] 163 7 7 29 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 150 8 8 54 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1644] 121 9 9 54 Doom {share} Id AC 4 [1645] 83 10 11^ 39 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {share} Raven/Id AC 1 [1751] 76 11 12^ 54 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 73 12 15^ 30 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge AC 9 [1813] 75 13 10 9 Mixman {share} Mixman AD 10 [1928] 44 14 13 50 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {demo} Activision AC 10 [1696] 55 15 21^ 13 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 15 [1914] 80 16 16 54 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1660] 62 17 14 6 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP 14 [1929] 49 18 17 54 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen SP 11 [1659] 45 19 18 44 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com AC 6 [1715] 45 20 19 5 Randzu {share} Wolf ST 19 [1935] 46 21 20 35 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee AC 14 [1658] 31 22 25^ 34 Extreme Pinball {share} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1776] 40 23 26^ 51 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee AC 10 [1668] 40 24 23 54 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic AC 8 [1647] 32 25 22 42 Tyrian {share} Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 24 26 29^ 3 SubSpace {share} Virgin AC 26 [1955] 39 27 28^ 51 Heretic {share} Raven/Id AC 7 [1648] 32 28 24 54 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 21 29 33^ 26 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 24 [1724] 36 30 27 54 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 17 31 30 54 Minesweeper {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1184] 23 32 38^ 2 EITTris {free} Eric Jorgensen AC 32 [1954] 27 33 34^ 14 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 22 34 32 5 Afterlife {demo} LucasArts ST 32 [1944] 21 35 31 54 Terminal Velocity {share} Terminal R./3D Realms AC 3 [1646] 14 36 40^ 2 Spin {free} Ground Up AC 36 [1956] 24 37 39^ 53 Sherlock {share} Everett Kaser ST 11 [1654] 19 38 -^ 1 So Far {free} Andrew Plotkin AD 38 [1974] 19 39 -^ 1 Krypton Egg {share} C y V AC 39 [1946] 9 40 -^ 1 Ancient Dungeons of Mystery {share} Thomas Biskup RP 40 [1976] 9 Dropped Out: 35 53 Stars! {W} Star Crossed ST 3 [1662] 36 13 Strife Rogue/Velocity AC 32 [1877] 37 6 Mine Bombers Skitso AC 37 [1921] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 54 - Week 28 - July 8, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 6 WinWar II 3.0 {W} {share} Silicon Commander ST [1943] Tip 2 2 Close Combat {W} {demo} Atomic/Microsoft ST [1978] Tip 3 1 Operation Carnage {S} {share} Beaucomm AC [1983] Tip 4 8 IMP {free} Per Fragemann ST [1930] Tip 5 5 Four Hills {share} Jukka Hakosalo SP [1957] Tip 6 2 Ultizurk 3 {share} Robert McGryphon RP [1975] Tip 7 1 Bug Eyed Monsters {demo} Grinning Lizard AC [1984] Tip 8 6 Fire and Ice {share} Streetwise AC [1945] Tip 9 7 Cylindrix {share} Goldtree AC [1936] Tip 10 2 Black Knight {share} FormGen SI [1977] This is the 54th issue of the Download Top 40 Games. You may be aware that we use a somewhat complex formula to position games on the charts each week. It's not based simply on the number of votes. There are several elements that come into play. 1) Games don't rise or fall suddenly. The ranking from the previous week is given some weight in the calculation. 2) Older votes are reduced in weight for several weeks before they are discarded, or replaced by new votes. Those who vote every week have the greatest impact on the charts. The third element that affects the ranking has not applied to the Download Top 40 until recently. Votes for games that have been on the charts for more than 50 weeks are reduced in weight. We'd like this to be a very dynamic list of the best games. Nethack, Angband, Descent and Doom among others, have proven themselves as classic games of our time. They will certainly stay on the charts for many weeks to come, but it's going to gradually get a little bit harder to hold on. Civilization by Microprose is the only game that's still on the Commericial Top 100 after 184 weeks using these same rules! The final rule we have is that only one game that has dropped off the charts can re-enter each week. Once they're gone they can still come back, but it's much more difficult. Maybe Minesweeper will finally be relegated to the dustbin of history sometime soon. :) Santiago (a.k.a. Arthur Kerschen) 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 184 - Week 28 - July 8, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 18 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1354 2 2 9 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen AC 2 [1923]1182 3 3 41 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin ST 1 [1729]1050 4 4 31 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard ST 2 [1817] 986 5 5 17 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay AC 5 [1891] 528 6 7^ 28 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 432 7 6 20 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1867] 359 8 8 49 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 379 9 9 91 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC 1 [1502] 332 10 10 40 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 10 [1737] 259 11 12^ 80 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1565] 303 12 11 91 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 248 13 13 72 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin AC 2 [1585] 240 14 14 40 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts AC 12 [1738] 189 15 16^ 27 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within {W} Sierra AD 15 [1832] 187 16 15 144 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 313 17 18^ 38 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape ST 16 [1757] 181 18 17 32 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC 17 [1784] 165 19 19 84 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape ST 11 [1522] 179 20 20 82 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC 6 [1562] 160 21 22^130 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 243 22 26^ 31 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 20 [1787] 164 23 24^ 38 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 144 24 21 32 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 21 [1786] 122 25 23 184 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 340 26 28^ 66 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 145 27 25 85 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST 4 [1528] 139 28 27 39 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 131 29 30^ 15 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape ST 29 [1900] 137 30 41* 3 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 30 [1953] 168 31 29 31 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 120 32 32 92 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 140 33 43^ 27 Avarice Preview {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 153 34 33 34 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {reg} Raven/Id/GT AC 8 [1775] 114 35 40^ 90 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 163 36 31 116 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 146 37 34 62 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 120 38 37 103 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC 3 [1473] 154 39 35 19 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra SI 35 [1862] 101 40 36 34 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 96 41 53^ 43 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 134 42 38 38 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 35 [1746] 92 43 39 9 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 85 44 42 31 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 41 [1806] 90 45 44 86 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 108 46 45 13 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 45 [1906] 82 47 46 134 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id AC 1 [1386] 138 48 48 7 Chaos Overlords New World ST 48 [1937] 76 49 47 36 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 70 50 50 85 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SI 21 [1529] 84 51 61^ 3 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 51 [1965] 84 52 62^ 53 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 83 53 51 120 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 106 54 54 18 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 69 55 55 13 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907] 68 56 56 21 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 55 [1819] 68 57 49 31 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 56 58 52 16 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 61 59 59 30 TFX 2: EF2000 DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797] 67 60 57 26 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 61 61 71^ 37 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 65 62 65^ 73 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee AC 18 [1564] 74 63 58 45 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 57 64 64 51 Buried in Time Presto/Sanctuary Woods/US Gold AD 42 [1687] 59 65 63 111 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 63 [1009] 78 66 60 64 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 53 67 67 31 Rebel Assault 2: The Hidden Empire LucasArts AC 40 [1795] 56 68 95* 2 Marathon 2: Durandal Bungie AC 68 [1960] 62 69 84^ 10 3D Lemmings Psygnosis/Sony AC 63 [1918] 57 70 69 183 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 145 71 66 30 Screamer Graffiti/Virgin AC 44 [1801] 40 72 78^157 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 102 73 90^ 29 Extreme Pinball {reg} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 70 [1789] 50 74 88^ 30 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 46 75 73 80 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 50 76 72 25 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 39 77 74 32 Destruction Derby Reflections/Psygnosis AC 46 [1788] 43 78 77 34 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 43 79 97^ 36 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 45 80 70 101 The Settlers/Serf City Blue Byte/SSI ST 6 [1458] 48 81 -^ 1 You Don't Know Jack {W} Berkeley AC 81 [1790] 54 82 68 26 Allied General {W} SSI/Mindscape ST 52 [1829] 34 83 94^181 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 120 84 85^ 64 NBA Live 95 Hitmen/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1602] 42 85 75 7 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark AC 73 [1917] 38 86 76 93 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 45 87 80 6 Sensible World of Soccer Sensible/Renegade SP 73 [1912] 39 88 87 12 Spycraft: The Great Game {W} Activision AD 80 [1897] 40 89 79 141 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 66 90 92^ 40 Fade to Black Delphine/Electronic Arts AC 54 [1740] 37 91 83 5 Battle Arena Toshinden Digital Dialect/Funsoft AC 83 [1933] 38 92 98^183 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC 3 [1116] 111 93 86 133 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 58 94 96^119 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 54 95 82 150 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD 3 [1003] 63 96 81 40 Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds Bullfrog/EA AC 57 [1739] 31 97 93 175 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC 1 [1169] 89 98 -^ 1 Virtual Snooker Celeris/Interplay SP 98 [1949] 31 99 91 20 Full Tilt! Pinball {W} Cinematronics/Maxis AC 74 [1856] 31 100 -^ 1 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire Koei ST100 [1948] 30 Dropped Out: 89 21 Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat {W} Mindscape ST 64 [1849] 99 163 7th Guest Trilobyte/Virgin PU 16 [1230] 100 13 Italian Football Manager {reg} Charl Gerber SP 51 [1347] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 184 - Week 28 - July 8, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 7 Swords of Xeen New World RP [1940] Tip 2 8 Strife Rogue/Velocity AC [1934] Tip 3 4 Tony LaRussa 1996 edition StormFront SP [1970] Tip 4 3 Wizardry Gold Sir-Tech RP [1972] Tip 5 6 TacOps {W} Arsenal ST [1947] Tip 6 5 Witchaven 2: Blood Vengeance Capstone/Intracorp AC [1966] Tip 7 6 Deathkeep SSI/Mindscape RP [1950] Tip 8 7 Warbirds ICI SI [1942] Tip 9 5 Battleground: Waterloo TalonSoft ST [1961] Tip 10 3 Rise 2: Resurrection Mirage AC [1973] Tip 11 4 Indiana Jones: His Desktop Adventures LucasArts PU [1967] Tip 12 8 Tensor Palet/AIM ST [1932] Tip 13 8 Pango GeniaLogic/AIM ST [1931] Tip 14 7 Normality Gremlin/Interplay AD [1941] Tip 15 5 Wetlands Hypnotix/New World AC [1964] Tip 16 1 Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer {W} Dynamix/Sierra [1985] Tip 17 4 Manic Karts Manic Media/Virgin AC [1968] Tip 18 7 Football Limited Ocean SP [1939] Tip 19 2 Afterlife LucasArts ST [1980] Tip 20 2 Front Page Sports: Baseball 96 Sierra SP [1981] Tip 21 2 NHL Powerplay '96 Virgin SP [1982] Tip 22 1 Mission Force: Cyber Storm Sierra AC [1986] Tip 23 1 Euro '96 Gremlin SP [1987] Tip 24 1 Monty Python: Quest for the Holy Grail 7th Level [1988] Tip 25 5 Kingdom O'Magic Sales Curve AD [1963] Tip 26 6 Total Mayhem Cinematix/Domark AC [1952] Tip 27 5 Shockwave Assault Electronic Arts AC [1959] Tip 28 1 Triple Play '97 Electronic Arts SP [1989] Tip 29 4 Toon Machine Sierra PU [1969] Tip 30 6 Assault Rigs Psygnosis AC [1951] Tip 31 4 Big Hurt Baseball SP [1971] Tip 32 2 Shell Shock Core Design/US Gold AC [1979] Tip 33 5 Bermuda Syndrome Century/BMG AD [1962] ============================================================================== | 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 | ==============================================================================