This file only includes the latest Games Charts, but we have much more. Go to http://www.xs4all.nl/~jojo if you want to see other charts and info. ============================================================================== | * * * I N T E R N E T P C G A M E S C H A R T S * * * | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | (c) 1996 World Charts Issue 185 - Week 29 - July 15, 1996 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | This week the votes from 2501 people have been used to compile this chart. | | The charts are checked out weekly by most game developers and publishers. | | Let them know what games you like and start voting for this list now! | | Send your votes to pcgames@worldcharts.nl and you'll get the next chart | | sent to you personally. Ask for the document that tells how to vote. 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. | ============================================================================== Which is better: Duke Nukem 3D or Quake? This has been a heavily debated issue on the newsgroups for quite some time. We all have our own tastes, so you'll just have to try them both out for yourself! What is the consensus? With thousands of voters casting ballots every week, we ought to be able to come to some objective conclusions. Duke Nukem 3D entered the charts 24 weeks ago and was #1 in it's 4th week on the charts. Duke Nukem 3D peaked with 1184 points in it's 11th week. The registered version entered the charts in the 14th week, and Duke had dropped below 500 points by week 19. Quake by contrast entered the charts 20 weeks ago, and did not reach #1 until it's 18th week. We'll see if Quake ever gets more than 1184 points. Quake took longer to reach #1 and last week still had fewer points than Duke Nukem 3D had at it's peak. By this analysis, Duke Nukem 3D wins! But wait... The full shareware release of Quake did not occur until 3 weeks ago! Prior to that time, Quake was just a deathmatch only test version. Quake was #1 in it's first week as a full shareware version, and it's got plenty of time to reach it's peak! By this analysis, the jury is still out. We'll have to see how high Quake goes before it peaks, and the release of the registered version will have an impact as well. Whichever game is your favorite, there are ways of interpreting the data to support your position. We will total up everything into a best of 1996 chart at the end of the year. If you don't agree with the year end chart, you can always wait until 1999 or so. When Quake and Duke Nukem 3D are both off the charts, we'll know which one lasted longer. :) Santiago http://gas.uug.arizona.edu/~ahk (Note: Right before publication it now appears that Quake has accumulated a massive amount of 1614 points, surpassing the peak of Duke Nukem 3D, and almost four times as much as DN3D has now. However, Duke also has a retail version in the Commercial Top 100, probably taking away many votes from the shareware version. For the final decision we'll have to wait until Quake has its registered version released too. - Jurgen) 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 55 - Week 29 - July 15, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 20 Quake {share} Id AC 1 [1876]1614 2 2 24 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms AC 1 [1863] 440 3 3 55 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 340 4 4 36 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo} Blizzard ST 2 [1774] 226 5 5 55 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 212 6 6 30 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1821] 159 7 7 30 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 143 8 8 55 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1644] 116 9 9 55 Doom {share} Id AC 4 [1645] 107 10 12^ 31 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge AC 9 [1813] 118 11 10 40 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo} Raven/Id AC 1 [1751] 75 12 11 55 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 77 13 15^ 14 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 13 [1914] 91 14 16^ 55 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1660] 81 15 14 51 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {demo} Activision AC 10 [1696] 53 16 17^ 7 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP 14 [1929] 61 17 13 10 Mixman {share} Mixman AD 10 [1928] 21 18 26* 4 SubSpace {share} Virgin AC 18 [1955] 72 19 18 55 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen SP 11 [1659] 40 20 19 45 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com AC 6 [1715] 40 21 21 36 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee AC 14 [1658] 45 22 22 35 Extreme Pinball {share} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1776] 41 23 20 6 Randzu {share} Wolf ST 19 [1935] 32 24 23 52 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee AC 10 [1668] 38 25 27^ 52 Heretic {share} Raven/Id AC 7 [1648] 39 26 24 55 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic AC 8 [1647] 30 27 29^ 27 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 24 [1724] 40 28 25 43 Tyrian {share} Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 26 29 38^ 2 So Far {free} Andrew Plotkin AD 29 [1974] 46 30 28 55 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 19 31 35^ 55 Terminal Velocity {share} Terminal R./3D Realms AC 3 [1646] 32 32 32 3 EITTris {free} Eric Jorgensen AC 32 [1954] 24 33 31 55 Minesweeper {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1184] 19 34 33 15 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 21 35 30 55 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 14 36 -^ 1 Close Combat {W} {demo} Atomic/Microsoft ST 36 [1978] 25 37 -^ 7 Mine Bombers {share} Skitso AC 37 [1921] 32 38 34 6 Afterlife {demo} LucasArts ST 32 [1944] 18 39 40^ 2 Ancient Dungeons of Mystery {free} Thomas Biskup RP 39 [1976] 25 40 39 2 Krypton Egg {share} C y V AC 39 [1946] 6 Dropped Out: 36 2 Spin Ground Up AC 36 [1956] 37 53 Sherlock Everett Kaser ST 11 [1654] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 55 - Week 29 - July 15, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 2 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo} Grinning Lizard AC [1984] Tip 2 7 WinWar II 3.0 {W} {share} Silicon Commander ST [1943] Tip 3 2 Operation Carnage {S} {share} Beaucomm AC [1983] Tip 4 6 Four Hills {share} Jukka Hakosalo SP [1957] Tip 5 3 Ultizurk 3 {share} Robert McGryphon RP [1975] Tip 6 7 Fire and Ice {share} Streetwise AC [1945] Tip 7 3 Black Knight {share} FormGen SI [1977] 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 185 - Week 29 - July 15, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 19 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1299 2 2 10 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen AC 2 [1923]1150 3 4^ 32 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard ST 2 [1817]1009 4 3 42 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin ST 1 [1729] 948 5 6^ 29 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 482 6 5 18 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay AC 5 [1891] 477 7 8^ 50 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 354 8 7 21 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1867] 314 9 9 92 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC 1 [1502] 371 10 10 41 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 10 [1737] 234 11 11 81 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1565] 271 12 12 92 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 252 13 13 73 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin AC 2 [1585] 221 14 15^ 28 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within Sierra AD 14 [1832] 190 15 14 41 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts AC 12 [1738] 169 16 17^ 39 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape ST 16 [1757] 163 17 16 145 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 285 18 24^ 33 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 18 [1786] 195 19 18 33 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC 17 [1784] 156 20 19 85 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape ST 11 [1522] 162 21 21 131 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 242 22 22 32 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 20 [1787] 145 23 30^ 4 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 23 [1953] 181 24 20 83 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC 6 [1562] 143 25 33^ 28 Avarice Preview {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 180 26 23 39 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 130 27 26 67 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 156 28 25 185 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 312 29 29 16 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape ST 29 [1900] 117 30 28 40 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 111 31 27 86 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST 4 [1528] 121 32 31 32 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 118 33 35^ 91 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 163 34 34 35 Hexen: Beyond Heretic Raven/Id/GT AC 8 [1775] 123 35 41^ 44 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 143 36 37^ 63 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 123 37 36 117 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 152 38 32 93 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 112 39 44^ 32 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 39 [1806] 110 40 38 104 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC 3 [1473] 134 41 51^ 4 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965] 112 42 47^135 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id AC 1 [1386] 173 43 43 10 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 89 44 45^ 87 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 112 45 40 35 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 80 46 39 20 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra SI 35 [1862] 75 47 52^ 54 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 85 48 48 8 Chaos Overlords New World ST 48 [1937] 72 49 54^ 19 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 82 50 53^121 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 125 51 42 39 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 35 [1746] 60 52 49 37 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 73 53 46 14 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 45 [1906] 68 54 68^ 3 Marathon 2: Durandal Bungie AC 54 [1960] 88 55 55 14 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907] 73 56 50 86 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SI 21 [1529] 72 57 56 22 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 55 [1819] 66 58 58 17 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 63 59 57 32 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 58 60 62^ 74 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee AC 18 [1564] 70 61 67^ 32 Rebel Assault 2: The Hidden Empire LucasArts AC 40 [1795] 59 62 65^112 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009] 82 63 59 31 TFX 2: EF2000 DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797] 51 64 63 46 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 52 65 81^ 2 You Don't Know Jack {W} Berkeley AC 65 [1790] 63 66 60 27 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 49 67 61 38 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 49 68 73^ 30 Extreme Pinball {reg} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 68 [1789] 55 69 66 65 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 54 70 70 184 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 155 71 75^ 81 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 63 72 79^ 37 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 52 73 83^182 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 148 74 86^ 94 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 63 75 64 52 Buried in Time Presto/Sanctuary Woods/US Gold AD 42 [1687] 42 76 72 158 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 87 77 74 31 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 38 78 69 11 3D Lemmings Psygnosis/Sony AC 63 [1918] 40 79 77 33 Destruction Derby Reflections/Psygnosis AC 46 [1788] 39 80 76 26 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 36 81 84^ 65 NBA Live 95 Hitmen/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1602] 41 82 71 31 Screamer Graffiti/Virgin AC 44 [1801] 30 83 85^ 8 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark AC 73 [1917] 38 84 88^ 13 Spycraft: The Great Game {W} Activision AD 80 [1897] 40 85 92^184 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC 3 [1116] 117 86 94^120 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 57 87 -^ 1 Mission Force: Cyber Storm Sierra ST 87 [1986] 35 88 93^134 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 61 89 90^ 41 Fade to Black Delphine/Electronic Arts AC 54 [1740] 35 90 87 7 Sensible World of Soccer Sensible/Renegade SP 73 [1912] 33 91 89 142 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 60 92 97^176 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC 1 [1169] 93 93 -^ 1 Battleground: Waterloo TalonSoft ST 93 [1961] 31 94 80 102 The Settlers/Serf City Blue Byte/SSI ST 6 [1458] 38 95 100^ 2 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire Koei ST 95 [1948] 32 96 95 151 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD 3 [1003] 61 97 78 35 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 26 98 82 27 Allied General {W} SSI/Mindscape ST 52 [1829] 25 99 -^ 1 Afterlife LucasArts ST 99 [1980] 25 100 -^ 1 Wizardry Gold Sir-Tech RP100 [1972] 25 Dropped Out: 91 5 Battle Arena Toshinden Digital Dialect/Funsoft AC 83 [1933] 96 40 Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds Bullfrog/EA AC 57 [1739] 98 1 Virtual Snooker Celeris/Interplay SP 98 [1949] 99 20 Full Tilt! Pinball {W} Cinematronics/Maxis AC 74 [1856] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 185 - Week 29 - July 15, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 8 Warbirds ICI SI [1942] Tip 2 7 TacOps {W} Arsenal ST [1947] Tip 3 8 Swords of Xeen New World RP [1940] Tip 4 2 Monty Python: Quest for the Holy Grail 7th Level [1988] Tip 5 5 Tony LaRussa 1996 edition StormFront SP [1970] Tip 6 3 Front Page Sports: Baseball 96 Sierra SP [1981] Tip 7 5 Toon Machine Sierra PU [1969] Tip 8 1 Close Combat Atomic/Microsoft ST [1990] Tip 9 1 Rise and Rule Ancient Empires Sierra ST [1991] Tip 10 7 Deathkeep SSI/Mindscape RP [1950] Tip 11 2 Euro '96 Gremlin SP [1987] Tip 12 1 Fire Fight Epic MegaGames/Electronic Arts AC [1992] Tip 13 4 Rise 2: Resurrection Mirage AC [1973] Tip 14 6 Witchaven 2: Blood Vengeance Capstone/Intracorp AC [1966] Tip 15 5 Indiana Jones: His Desktop Adventures LucasArts PU [1967] Tip 16 7 Total Mayhem Cinematix/Domark AC [1952] Tip 17 8 Football Limited Ocean SP [1939] Tip 18 1 Lighthouse Sierra AD [1993] Tip 19 1 Gender Wars ST [1994] Tip 20 2 Triple Play '97 Electronic Arts SP [1989] Tip 21 6 Wetlands Hypnotix/New World AC [1964] Tip 22 2 Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer {W} Dynamix/Sierra [1985] Tip 23 5 Manic Karts Manic Media/Virgin AC [1968] Tip 24 3 NHL Powerplay '96 Virgin SP [1982] Tip 25 6 Kingdom O'Magic Sales Curve AD [1963] Tip 26 6 Shockwave Assault Electronic Arts AC [1959] Tip 27 5 Big Hurt Baseball SP [1971] Tip 28 6 Bermuda Syndrome Century/BMG AD [1962] Tip 29 3 Shell Shock Core Design/US Gold AC [1979] Tip 30 1 Space Hulk 2 Key Game/Electronic Arts AC [1995] ============================================================================== | 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 | ==============================================================================