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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! | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Send votes to pcgames@worldcharts.nl and comments to top40@primenet.com. | | 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 62 - Week 36 - September 2, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 27 Quake {share} Id SH 1 [1876] 506 2 2 62 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 270 3 3 9 So Far {free} Andrew Plotkin IF 3 [1974] 238 4 5^ 9 Ancient Domains of Mystery {free} Thomas Biskup RP 4 [1976] 236 5 4 31 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms SH 1 [1863] 211 6 7^ 62 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 208 7 6 37 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 175 8 8 38 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge ST 6 [1813] 134 9 10^ 10 Jigsaw {free} Graham Nelson IF 8 [1815] 126 10 9 13 Christminster {free} Gareth Rees/ IF 9 [1705] 124 11 11 37 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1821] 93 12 12 62 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1644] 92 13 19^ 11 SubSpace {W} {share} Virgin AC 13 [1955] 78 14 13 62 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 67 15 20^ 14 Lost New York {share} Neil DeMause IF 15 [1920] 69 16 15 21 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 13 [1914] 60 17 21^ 62 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft PU 5 [1660] 67 18 16 62 Doom {share} Id SH 4 [1645] 62 19 14 14 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP 14 [1929] 50 20 17 15 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share} IMI IF 14 [1889] 54 21 18 10 EITTris {free} Eric Jorgensen ST 17 [1954] 56 22 23^ 22 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 46 23 22 7 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo} Grinning Lizard AC 19 [1984] 45 24 27^ 25 Theatre {free} Cave Rock IF 16 [1700] 47 25 25 34 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 23 [1724] 43 26 32^ 62 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic FI 8 [1647] 42 27 35^ 58 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 40 28 24 47 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo} Raven/Id SH 1 [1751] 28 29 30^ 62 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen RA 11 [1659] 32 30 33^ 59 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 33 31 31 52 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com PL 6 [1715] 28 32 26 43 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee SH 14 [1658] 24 33 29 59 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee SH 10 [1668] 25 34 34 50 Tyrian {share} Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 25 35 28 43 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo} Blizzard WG 2 [1774] 17 36 -^ 25 Epic Pinball {share} Epic AC 11 [1650] 21 37 38^ 42 Extreme Pinball {share} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1776] 19 38 -^ 1 Fire Fight {W} {share} Chaos Works/Epic SH 38 [2008] 16 39 39 2 Operation Carnage {S} {share} Beaucomm AC 39 [1983] 8 40 37 2 Drug Killers {share} Ticsoft AC 37 [2007] 15 Dropped Out: 36 61 Minesweeper {W} Microsoft PU 5 [1184] 40 1 Albion Blue Byte RP 40 [2000] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 62 - Week 36 - September 2, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 3 Eradicator {demo} Accolade SH [2011] Tip 2 1 Zombie Wars {demo} Gee Whiz AC [2020] Tip 3 2 A Change in the Weather {free} Andrew Plotkin IF [2015] Tip 4 2 The Magic Toyshop {free} Gareth Rees IF [2016] Tip 5 5 Fields of Battle {share} Bevelstone WG [2001] The number of voters on the PC Games charts has dropped slightly in the last few weeks. High Schools and Universities all over the world are just restarting after the summer break, so we expect the number of voters to start rising again soon. The popularity of the PC Games Charts continues to grow. During the next few weeks, the Charts will be expanding again. Our newest endeavor will be the World Chart's "Computer Gaming Minute", which will be featured on radio's "Computer Talk" with Dave Mason. Dave Mason (a.k.a. The Most Evolved Human on Earth) will be joined by Arthur Kerschen (a.k.a. Santiago) who will give a weekly update on the worlds most popular games, focusing on the Commercial Top 100. If your local talk radio station doesn't currently carry "Computer Talk", you'd better get on the phone and tell them you want it! I'll give you updates as the computer gaming minute gets underway. There have been times when one game had so many points at #1, it's had no close competitors. This has not been the case lately. Last week Civilization 2 by Microprose held the lead with four other games close behind. It's been suggested that we stop printing the points given to each game on the charts because of the complex algorithm we use to assign the ranking. The points will likely remain for a while. It's good to know that although Duke Nukem 3D was ranked higher on the Top 100 than Quake last week, the margin between them was thin. There has been a slight uproar in my e-mail from Nethack supporters now that the 50 week rule has come into play on the Download Top 40. After 50 weeks on the charts, games votes are very slightly reduced in value to ease old games from the charts. Truly popular games like Civnet and Nethack will likely remain, but it's a little more difficult. I welcome e-mail on the 50 week rule if you have an opinion. Santiago - top40@primenet.com http://www.primenet.com/~top40 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 192 - Week 36 - September 2, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 26 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1151 2 2 39 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard WG 2 [1817] 888 3 3 49 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin WG 1 [1729] 860 4 4 17 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen SH 2 [1923] 792 5 5 5 Quake {reg} Id SH 5 [1999] 703 6 7^ 48 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 6 [1737] 312 7 9^ 6 World Circuit Racing/F1: Grand Prix 2 MicroProse RA 7 [1857] 303 8 6 25 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay SH 5 [1891] 274 9 8 36 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 253 10 10 57 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 233 11 11 28 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 4 [1867] 210 12 12 99 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin SH 1 [1502] 272 13 15^ 99 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 271 14 13 40 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 11 [1786] 196 15 14 35 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within Sierra AD 12 [1832] 180 16 19^ 39 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 16 [1787] 186 17 17 11 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 17 [1953] 170 18 21^ 48 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts RA 12 [1738] 151 19 18 88 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1565] 170 20 16 46 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape WG 15 [1757] 130 21 20 152 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 278 22 23^ 74 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 148 23 26^ 15 Chaos Overlords New World ST 23 [1937] 129 24 22 80 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin SH 2 [1585] 140 25 25 39 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 25 [1806] 115 26 24 92 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape WG 11 [1522] 138 27 28^138 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 179 28 50* 4 Masterpieces of Infocom Infocom/Activision IF 28 [2002] 124 29 40* 21 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 29 [1906] 114 30 32^ 40 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC/PU 17 [1784] 98 31 41^ 39 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 127 32 29 93 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay WG 4 [1528] 117 33 34^ 39 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 101 34 27 35 Avarice Preview {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 84 35 31 7 Close Combat Atomic/Microsoft WG 31 [1990] 90 36 30 124 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 137 37 35 29 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 34 [1819] 88 38 37 100 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 119 39 38 42 Hexen: Beyond Heretic Raven/Id/GT SH 8 [1775] 85 40 36 8 Mission Force: Cyber Storm Sierra ST 33 [1986] 83 41 46^ 53 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 89 42 33 46 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 73 43 45^ 46 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 35 [1746] 81 44 44 94 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 103 45 39 23 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape WG 29 [1900] 73 46 52^ 5 Links LS Access SP 46 [1997] 82 47 47 98 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 99 48 61^ 72 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 86 49 43 51 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 60 50 64* 17 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 72 51 48 192 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 215 52 57^ 44 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 67 53 60^128 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 112 54 68^ 11 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965] 67 55 63^ 8 Afterlife LucasArts ST 54 [1980] 63 56 51 42 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 61 57 56 90 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC/SI 6 [1562] 75 58 42 47 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 50 59 49 142 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id SH 1 [1386] 103 60 59 27 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra RA 35 [1862] 60 61 58 70 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 63 62 54 111 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC/SI 3 [1473] 78 63 66^ 9 You Don't Know Jack {W} Berkeley PU 56 [1790] 59 64 72^ 3 The Pandora Directive Access AD 64 [2003] 61 65 53 26 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 58 66 62 45 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 53 67 55 10 Marathon 2: Durandal {W} Bungie SH 39 [1960] 52 68 71^ 83 Under a Killing Moon Access/US Gold AD 22 [1517] 66 69 65 81 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee SH 18 [1564] 64 70 73^101 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 73 71 67 38 TFX 2: EF2000 DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797] 50 72 78^ 7 Swords of Xeen New World RP 59 [1940] 47 73 -* 1 Z Bitmap Brothers/Virgin AC 73 [2017] 51 74 76^ 34 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 48 75 80^149 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 96 76 69 24 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 46 77 75 191 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 144 78 90^ 38 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 43 79 70 44 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 42 80 74 189 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 134 81 79 33 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 37 82 -^182 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC/SI 1 [1169] 58 83 81 139 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 68 84 83 165 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 85 85 89^ 88 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 42 86 82 9 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire Koei ST 63 [1948] 34 87 96^ 4 Space Hulk 2 Key Game/Electronic Arts SH/ST 87 [1995] 33 88 77 39 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 33 89 86 93 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin RA 21 [1529] 42 90 84 127 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 52 91 85 15 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark RA 72 [1917] 33 92 91 119 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009] 45 93 92 39 Destruction Derby Reflections/Psygnosis RA 46 [1788] 31 94 94 2 Final Doom Id/GT SH 94 [2004] 29 95 88 191 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC/ST 3 [1116] 100 96 87 61 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 31 97 93 21 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907] 27 98 97 2 Fire Fight {W} Chaos Works/Epic/Electronic Arts SH 97 [1992] 28 99 98 2 Virtua Fighter FI 98 [2010] 25 100 99 37 Extreme Pinball {reg} Epic/Electronic Arts AR 63 [1789] 22 Dropped Out: 95 18 Ripper Take 2/Gametek AD 67 [1884] 100 108 The Settlers/Serf City Blue Byte/SSI ST 6 [1458] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 192 - Week 36 - September 2, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 5 Lemmings Paintball {W} Psygnosis AC [2005] Tip 2 1 Chessmaster 5000 Mindscape ST [2021] Tip 3 7 Great Naval Battles 4 SSI/Mindscape WG [1998] Tip 4 4 Olympic Games US Gold SP [2009] Tip 5 1 CFS Poker {O} C.F.S. ST [2022] Tip 6 5 Trophy Bass Sierra SP [2006] Tip 7 1 Deadlock Accolade ST [2023] Tip 8 3 Offensive ST [2014] Tip 9 3 Voyeur 2 Philips AD [2012] Tip 10 2 King Arthur: Chronicle of tSynthetic Dimensions/Sony AD [2018] Tip 11 1 Albion Blue Byte RP [2024] Tip 12 3 Firestorm Thunderhawk 2 Core/US Gold AC [2013] Tip 13 2 Azrael's Tear Mindscape RP [2019] ============================================================================== | 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 | {free} Freeware | Send your votes like this: | | AC : Action | {demo} Demo Version| > 5 Dark Invader [1435] | | AD : Adventure | {share} Shareware | > 4 Action Force2 [1322] | | AR : Arcade | {reg} Registered | > 5 Super Fighter [1502] | | FI : Fighting | {W} Windows Only| > 2 Magic of Zuul 4 [] | | IF : Interactive Fiction| {O} OS/2 Only | > 4 The Lost Tycoon [] | | PL : Platform |--------------------------------------------------| | PU : Puzzle | (c) 1996 all rights reserved | World Charts | | RA : Racing | Distribution of these charts | Balderikstraat 16 | | RP : Role-Playing | is granted only by written | 3032 HC Rotterdam | | SH : Shooter | permission. | The Netherlands | | SI : Simulation |--------------------------------------------------| | SP : Sports | Download Top 40: top40@primenet.com | | ST : Strategy | Commercial Top 100: pcgames@worldcharts.nl | | WG : Wargame | On the WorldWideWeb: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jojo | | | Supported by XS4ALL Internet Provider | ==============================================================================