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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 64 - Week 38 - September 16, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 29 Quake {share} Id SH 1 [1876] 347 2 2 11 Ancient Domains of Mystery {free} Thomas Biskup RP 2 [1976] 328 3 3 33 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms SH 1 [1863] 227 4 4 64 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 203 5 5 11 So Far {free} Andrew Plotkin IF 3 [1974] 172 6 6 64 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 172 7 7 39 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 135 8 8 40 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge ST 6 [1813] 118 9 9 15 Christminster {free} Gareth Rees/ IF 9 [1705] 116 10 10 12 Jigsaw {free} Graham Nelson IF 8 [1815] 87 11 11 39 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1821] 74 12 12 64 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1644] 72 13 15^ 16 Lost New York {share} Neil DeMause IF 13 [1920] 63 14 13 13 SubSpace {W} {share} Virgin AC 13 [1955] 57 15 14 64 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft PU 5 [1660] 59 16 17^ 23 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 13 [1914] 52 17 19^ 16 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP 14 [1929] 52 18 16 64 Doom {share} Id SH 4 [1645] 46 19 18 64 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 48 20 20 24 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 35 21 23^ 9 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo} Grinning Lizard AC 19 [1984] 35 22 21 17 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share} IMI IF 14 [1889] 31 23 25^ 36 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 23 [1724] 36 24 28^ 54 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com PL 6 [1715] 37 25 29^ 64 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic FI 8 [1647] 38 26 27^ 45 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee SH 14 [1658] 34 27 24 27 Theatre {free} Cave Rock IF 16 [1700] 31 28 22 12 EITTris {free} Eric Jorgensen ST 17 [1954] 28 29 26 61 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 28 30 30 60 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 29 31 32^ 64 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen RA 11 [1659] 25 32 33^ 49 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo} Raven/Id SH 1 [1751] 17 33 31 61 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee SH 10 [1668] 19 34 35^ 3 Fire Fight {W} {share} Chaos Works/Epic SH 34 [2008] 18 35 -^ 14 Alphaman {share} Jeff Olson/ RP 35 [1680] 18 36 34 52 Tyrian {share} Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 17 37 -^ 1 Zombie Wars {demo} Gee Whiz PL 37 [2020] 15 38 40^ 2 A Change in the Weather {free} Andrew Plotkin IF 38 [2015] 15 39 36 27 Epic Pinball {share} Epic AC 11 [1650] 12 40 -^ 1 Roadrash {demo} Electronic Arts RA 40 [2026] 13 Dropped Out: 37 18 Raptor: Call of the Shadows Cygnus/Apogee AC 37 [1665] 38 44 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. Blizzard WG 2 [1774] 39 43 Extreme Pinball Epic/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1776] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 64 - Week 38 - September 16, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 2 Death Rally {share} Remedy/Apogee RA [2027] Tip 2 5 Eradicator {demo} Accolade SH [2011] Tip 3 2 Cybersphere {demo} Psycon AC [2025] Tip 4 4 The Magic Toyshop {free} Gareth Rees IF [2016] Your votes on the PC Games Charts have a great impact on the gaming industry. The Commercial Top 100 Games are widely accepted as as an accurate measure of the games we like to play. The Charts provide better information than charts based on sales. Sales are much more dependent on how well games are promoted and marketed, but the charts reflect how good the games really are. Of course, for those who use the charts as a game buying tool, they do impact sales. The new game season is approaching according to many in the industry. Autumn and the pre-Christmas season are traditional release times for new games. The PC Games charts can be used as a tool not just for game buyers, but for game producers. The PC Games Charts are posted on the walls by many game manufacturers. What we've told them we like to play, they will be trying to improve upon. We can look forward to lots of new games appearing on the charts soon. Santiago 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 194 - Week 38 - September 16, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 28 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1060 2 2 51 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin WG 1 [1729] 840 3 3 41 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard WG 2 [1817] 833 4 4 19 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen SH 2 [1923] 759 5 5 7 Quake {reg} Id SH 5 [1999] 741 6 6 8 World Circuit Racing/F1: Grand Prix 2 MicroProse RA 6 [1857] 324 7 8^ 27 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay SH 5 [1891] 269 8 7 50 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 6 [1737] 259 9 9 38 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 240 10 10 30 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 4 [1867] 217 11 11 59 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 187 12 13^101 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 248 13 12 42 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 11 [1786] 175 14 15^ 37 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within Sierra AD 12 [1832] 177 15 18^ 13 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 15 [1953] 172 16 14 101 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin SH 1 [1502] 208 17 17 50 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts RA 12 [1738] 150 18 16 41 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 16 [1787] 147 19 19 90 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1565] 182 20 20 76 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 165 21 21 154 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 264 22 25^ 82 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin SH 2 [1585] 132 23 22 17 Chaos Overlords New World ST 22 [1937] 185 24 23 48 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape WG 15 [1757] 105 25 24 6 Masterpieces of Infocom Infocom/Activision IF 24 [2002] 106 26 28^ 94 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape WG 11 [1522] 130 27 27 41 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 94 28 31^ 9 Close Combat Atomic/Microsoft WG 28 [1990] 96 29 26 41 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 25 [1806] 81 30 34^ 37 Avarice/Preview: The Final Saga {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 92 31 29 140 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 159 32 53* 3 Z Bitmap Brothers/Virgin AC 32 [2017] 108 33 30 23 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 29 [1906] 85 34 32 126 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 139 35 36^ 7 Links LS Access SP 35 [1997] 87 36 35 42 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC/PU 17 [1784] 82 37 37 31 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 34 [1819] 85 38 39^ 48 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 35 [1746] 88 39 48^ 49 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 94 40 33 41 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 80 41 38 95 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay WG 4 [1528] 101 42 41 25 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape WG 29 [1900] 83 43 50^ 74 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 90 44 40 102 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 88 45 56^ 40 EF2000/TFX 2 DID/Ocean SI 45 [1797] 83 46 46 92 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC/SI 6 [1562] 92 47 44 13 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965] 70 48 49^ 5 The Pandora Directive Access AD 48 [2003] 73 49 47 19 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 68 50 63^ 28 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 78 51 45 55 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 64 52 66^113 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC/SI 3 [1473] 105 53 43 44 Hexen: Beyond Heretic Raven/Id/GT SH 8 [1775] 59 54 51 48 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 60 55 52 46 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 59 56 57^194 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 217 57 54 130 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 101 58 60^ 44 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 63 59 55 10 Mission Force: Cyber Storm Sierra ST 33 [1986] 56 60 58 72 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 66 61 42 96 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 62 62 62 47 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 59 63 65^ 53 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 52 64 67^103 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 70 65 59 29 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra RA 35 [1862] 50 66 61 100 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 63 67 64 10 Afterlife LucasArts ST 54 [1980] 43 68 74^ 36 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 44 69 75^ 26 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 43 70 83^ 35 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 41 71 70 85 Under a Killing Moon Access/US Gold AD 22 [1517] 51 72 78^ 46 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 42 73 76^151 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 83 74 73 17 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark RA 72 [1917] 42 75 71 12 Marathon 2: Durandal {W} Bungie SH 39 [1960] 37 76 92^121 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009] 59 77 68 144 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id SH 1 [1386] 66 78 72 11 You Don't Know Jack {W} Berkeley PU 56 [1790] 36 79 84^ 4 Final Doom Id/GT SH 79 [2004] 36 80 -* 1 Deadlock Accolade ST 80 [2023] 35 81 77 9 Swords of Xeen New World RP 59 [1940] 34 82 79 40 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 33 83 69 83 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee SH 18 [1564] 39 84 -^ 1 Chessmaster 5000 Mindscape ST 84 [2021] 30 85 96^ 41 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 32 86 80 193 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 108 87 87 6 Space Hulk 2 Key Game/Electronic Arts SH/ST 87 [1995] 30 88 -^ 32 Mortal Kombat 3 Midway/GT AC 36 [1755] 35 89 82 90 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 37 90 91^ 42 Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds Bullfrog/EA AC 57 [1739] 34 91 89 141 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 56 92 85 191 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 102 93 95^ 4 Fire Fight {W} Chaos Works/Epic/Electronic Arts SH 93 [1992] 28 94 88 167 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 68 95 90 63 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 31 96 81 129 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 43 97 93 4 Virtua Fighter FI 93 [2010] 26 98 86 23 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907] 26 99 94 95 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin RA 21 [1529] 31 100 97 193 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC/ST 3 [1116] 84 Dropped Out: 98 38 Extreme Pinball {reg} Epic/Electronic Arts AR 63 [1789] 99 10 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire Koei ST 63 [1948] 100 183 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC/SI 1 [1169] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 194 - Week 38 - September 16, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 6 Olympic Games US Gold SP [2009] Tip 2 3 CFS Poker {O} C.F.S. ST [2022] Tip 3 2 Time Commando Adeline/Electronic Arts [2029] Tip 4 2 Monster Truck Madness Microsoft RA [2028] Tip 5 5 Voyeur 2 Philips AD [2012] Tip 6 1 Crusader: No Regret Origin/Electronic Arts AC [2030] Tip 7 7 Trophy Bass Sierra SP [2006] Tip 8 4 King Arthur: Chronicle of tSynthetic Dimensions/Sony AD [2018] Tip 9 5 Offensive ST [2014] Tip 10 3 Albion Blue Byte RP [2024] Tip 11 5 Firestorm Thunderhawk 2 Core/US Gold AC [2013] Tip 12 4 Azrael's Tear Mindscape RP [2019] Tip 13 1 Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games Sir-Tech ST [2031] Tip 14 1 Daggerfall Bethesda RP [2032] ============================================================================== | 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 | ==============================================================================