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 193 - Week 37 - September 9, 1996 | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | This week the votes from 2133 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! | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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. | ============================================================================== Doom by Id software revolutionized the gaming world. It's predecessor, Wolfenstein 3D was a major accomplishment, but not a revolution. Since Doom, many similar games have been written from the first person perspective. The fact is that only a few have really added significantly to the 3D gaming revolution. Duke Nukem 3D by Apogee, Quake by Id software and Strife by Rogue Entertainment each have made significant advances over Doom. Duke Nukem added significantly to players weapons arsenal with bombs that you can detonate from a distance, laser trip mines, a freeze gun and a shrinker (make monsters shrink). The jet pack, snorkeling gear, infra-red goggles and the holoduke are all items with a new kind of limited lifespan. Unlike Doom where special items wore off after a set amount of time, in Duke Nukem they can be turned on and off. If you're looking for the best and most diverse arsenal of equipment, I'd say Duke Nukem 3D wins hands down. Quake is not significantly different from Doom in game play, but great advances have been made in the programming of the environment. While Duke Nukem managed to add some additional 3-dimensionality to the game. Quake is played in a truly 3D world. The monsters themselves are no longer made up of pictures seen from several angles. They are in fact 3D polygon figures. Unfortunately for Id, these advances are a tremendous technical and programming accomplishment, but not a great advance in game play. Id will be able to incorporate these new gaming engine advancements in upcoming games. Last, and least according to voters on the PC Games Charts is Strife. Personally, I would much rather play Strife than any other 3D game. Unlike Duke Nukem and Quake, where your job is to just kill everything in sight, Strife takes place in a real world. Strife's major addition to the 3D gaming world is character interaction and a real story with real missions to accomplish, not just more monsters to kill. Strife uses the gaming engine from Heretic, Id's first advancement over Doom. Strife has never been highly rated on the Commercial Top 100 or the Download Top 40, though it has appeared and dropped off of both charts. I'd say Strife is the most under-rated great 3D game available. Strife by Rogue Entertainment belongs right at the top of the charts with Duke Nukem 3D and Quake. Santiago top40@primenet.com http://gas.uug.arizona.edu/~top40 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 63 - Week 37 - September 9, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 28 Quake {share} Id SH 1 [1876] 423 2 4^ 10 Ancient Domains of Mystery {free} Thomas Biskup RP 2 [1976] 323 3 5^ 32 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms SH 1 [1863] 261 4 2 63 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 249 5 3 10 So Far {free} Andrew Plotkin IF 3 [1974] 198 6 6 63 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 190 7 7 38 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 172 8 8 39 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge ST 6 [1813] 120 9 10^ 14 Christminster {free} Gareth Rees/ IF 9 [1705] 110 10 9 11 Jigsaw {free} Graham Nelson IF 8 [1815] 89 11 11 38 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1821] 89 12 12 63 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1644] 87 13 13 12 SubSpace {W} {share} Virgin AC 13 [1955] 72 14 17^ 63 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft PU 5 [1660] 74 15 15 15 Lost New York {share} Neil DeMause IF 15 [1920] 61 16 18^ 63 Doom {share} Id SH 4 [1645] 66 17 16 22 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 13 [1914] 57 18 14 63 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 56 19 19 15 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP 14 [1929] 52 20 22^ 23 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 45 21 20 16 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share} IMI IF 14 [1889] 41 22 21 11 EITTris {free} Eric Jorgensen ST 17 [1954] 43 23 23 8 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo} Grinning Lizard AC 19 [1984] 44 24 24 26 Theatre {free} Cave Rock IF 16 [1700] 42 25 25 35 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 23 [1724] 41 26 30^ 60 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 40 27 32^ 44 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee SH 14 [1658] 36 28 31^ 53 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com PL 6 [1715] 38 29 26 63 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic FI 8 [1647] 35 30 27 59 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 33 31 33^ 60 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee SH 10 [1668] 29 32 29 63 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen RA 11 [1659] 24 33 28 48 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo} Raven/Id SH 1 [1751] 18 34 34 51 Tyrian {share} Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 21 35 38^ 2 Fire Fight {W} {share} Chaos Works/Epic SH 35 [2008] 18 36 36 26 Epic Pinball {share} Epic AC 11 [1650] 16 37 -^ 18 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {share} Cygnus/Apogee AC 37 [1665] 16 38 35 44 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo} Blizzard WG 2 [1774] 13 39 37 43 Extreme Pinball {share} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1776] 14 40 -^ 1 A Change in the Weather {free} Andrew Plotkin IF 40 [2015] 8 Dropped Out: 39 2 Operation Carnage {S} Beaucomm AC 39 [1983] 40 2 Drug Killers Ticsoft AC 37 [2007] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 63 - Week 37 - September 9, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 2 Zombie Wars {demo} Gee Whiz PL [2020] Tip 2 1 Cybersphere {demo} Psycon AC [2025] Tip 3 4 Eradicator {demo} Accolade SH [2011] Tip 4 1 Roadrash {demo} Electronic Arts RA [2026] Tip 5 3 The Magic Toyshop {free} Gareth Rees IF [2016] Tip 6 6 Fields of Battle {share} Bevelstone WG [2001] Tip 7 1 Death Rally {share} Remedy/Apogee RA [2027] 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 193 - Week 37 - September 9, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 27 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1117 2 3^ 50 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin WG 1 [1729] 907 3 2 40 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard WG 2 [1817] 884 4 4 18 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen SH 2 [1923] 820 5 5 6 Quake {reg} Id SH 5 [1999] 771 6 7^ 7 World Circuit Racing/F1: Grand Prix 2 MicroProse RA 6 [1857] 329 7 6 49 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 6 [1737] 298 8 8 26 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay SH 5 [1891] 268 9 9 37 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 243 10 11^ 29 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 4 [1867] 242 11 10 58 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 204 12 14^ 41 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 11 [1786] 197 13 13 100 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 262 14 12 100 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin SH 1 [1502] 233 15 15 36 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within Sierra AD 12 [1832] 180 16 16 40 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 16 [1787] 183 17 18^ 49 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts RA 12 [1738] 183 18 17 12 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 17 [1953] 171 19 19 89 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1565] 168 20 22^ 75 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 164 21 21 153 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 258 22 23^ 16 Chaos Overlords New World ST 22 [1937] 233 23 20 47 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape WG 15 [1757] 108 24 28^ 5 Masterpieces of Infocom Infocom/Activision IF 24 [2002] 123 25 24 81 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin SH 2 [1585] 124 26 25 40 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 25 [1806] 105 27 31^ 40 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 119 28 26 93 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape WG 11 [1522] 134 29 27 139 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 182 30 29 22 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 29 [1906] 95 31 35^ 8 Close Combat Atomic/Microsoft WG 31 [1990] 94 32 36^125 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 149 33 33 40 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 93 34 34 36 Avarice/Preview {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 89 35 30 41 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC/PU 17 [1784] 84 36 46^ 6 Links LS Access SP 36 [1997] 102 37 37 30 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 34 [1819] 90 38 32 94 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay WG 4 [1528] 108 39 43^ 47 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 35 [1746] 94 40 38 101 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 105 41 45^ 24 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape WG 29 [1900] 79 42 44^ 95 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 102 43 39 43 Hexen: Beyond Heretic Raven/Id/GT SH 8 [1775] 76 44 54^ 12 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965] 82 45 41 54 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 77 46 57^ 91 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC/SI 6 [1562] 100 47 50^ 18 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 77 48 58^ 48 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 78 49 64* 4 The Pandora Directive Access AD 49 [2003] 79 50 48 73 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 78 51 42 47 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 61 52 52 45 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 63 53 73* 2 Z Bitmap Brothers/Virgin AC 53 [2017] 70 54 53 129 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 108 55 40 9 Mission Force: Cyber Storm Sierra ST 33 [1986] 52 56 71^ 39 EF2000/TFX 2 DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797] 91 57 51 193 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 215 58 61^ 71 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 73 59 60^ 28 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra RA 35 [1862] 66 60 56 43 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 63 61 47 99 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 75 62 66^ 46 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 67 63 65^ 27 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 64 64 55 9 Afterlife LucasArts ST 54 [1980] 59 65 49 52 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 54 66 62 112 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC/SI 3 [1473] 82 67 70^102 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 73 68 59 143 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id SH 1 [1386] 93 69 69 82 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee SH 18 [1564] 63 70 68 84 Under a Killing Moon Access/US Gold AD 22 [1517] 61 71 67 11 Marathon 2: Durandal {W} Bungie SH 39 [1960] 49 72 63 10 You Don't Know Jack {W} Berkeley PU 56 [1790] 48 73 91^ 16 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark RA 72 [1917] 51 74 74 35 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 49 75 76^ 25 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 45 76 75 150 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 89 77 72 8 Swords of Xeen New World RP 59 [1940] 40 78 79^ 45 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 40 79 78 39 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 40 80 77 192 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 131 81 90^128 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 58 82 85^ 89 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 44 83 81 34 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 34 84 94^ 3 Final Doom Id/GT SH 84 [2004] 35 85 80 190 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 113 86 97^ 22 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907] 35 87 87 5 Space Hulk 2 Key Game/Electronic Arts SH/ST 87 [1995] 32 88 84 166 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 74 89 83 140 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 56 90 96^ 62 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 31 91 -^ 41 Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds Bullfrog/EA AC 57 [1739] 47 92 92 120 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009] 43 93 99^ 3 Virtua Fighter FI 93 [2010] 28 94 89 94 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin RA 21 [1529] 35 95 98^ 3 Fire Fight {W} Chaos Works/Epic/Electronic Arts SH 95 [1992] 27 96 88 40 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 27 97 95 192 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC/ST 3 [1116] 92 98 100^ 38 Extreme Pinball {reg} Epic/Electronic Arts AR 63 [1789] 25 99 86 10 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire Koei ST 63 [1948] 25 100 82 183 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC/SI 1 [1169] 51 Dropped Out: 93 39 Destruction Derby Reflections/Psygnosis RA 46 [1788] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 193 - Week 37 - September 9, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 2 Chessmaster 5000 Mindscape ST [2021] Tip 2 5 Olympic Games US Gold SP [2009] Tip 3 2 Deadlock Accolade ST [2023] Tip 4 6 Lemmings Paintball {W} Psygnosis AC [2005] Tip 5 2 CFS Poker {O} C.F.S. ST [2022] Tip 6 1 Monster Truck Madness Microsoft RA [2028] Tip 7 4 Voyeur 2 Philips AD [2012] Tip 8 6 Trophy Bass Sierra SP [2006] Tip 9 3 King Arthur: Chronicle of tSynthetic Dimensions/Sony AD [2018] Tip 10 4 Offensive ST [2014] Tip 11 2 Albion Blue Byte RP [2024] Tip 12 4 Firestorm Thunderhawk 2 Core/US Gold AC [2013] Tip 13 3 Azrael's Tear Mindscape RP [2019] Tip 14 1 Time Commando Adeline/Electronic Arts [2029] ============================================================================== | 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 | ==============================================================================