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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. | ============================================================================== 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 65 - Week 39 - September 23, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 30 Quake {share} Id SH 1 [1876] 283 2 2 12 Ancient Domains of Mystery {free} Thomas Biskup RP 2 [1976] 299 3 3 34 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms SH 1 [1863] 179 4 4 65 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 189 5 6^ 65 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 172 6 5 12 So Far {free} Andrew Plotkin IF 3 [1974] 136 7 7 40 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 118 8 8 41 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge ST 6 [1813] 87 9 9 16 Christminster {free} Gareth Rees/ IF 9 [1705] 82 10 10 13 Jigsaw {free} Graham Nelson IF 8 [1815] 81 11 11 40 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1821] 64 12 12 65 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1644] 66 13 17^ 17 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP 13 [1929] 63 14 19^ 65 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 60 15 16^ 24 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 13 [1914] 50 16 13 17 Lost New York {share} Neil DeMause IF 13 [1920] 45 17 15 65 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft PU 5 [1660] 49 18 14 14 SubSpace {W} {share} Virgin AC 13 [1955] 41 19 18 65 Doom {share} Id SH 4 [1645] 48 20 21^ 10 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo} Grinning Lizard AC 19 [1984] 27 21 26^ 46 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee SH 14 [1658] 32 22 20 25 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 25 23 23 37 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 23 [1724] 28 24 22 18 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share} IMI IF 14 [1889] 22 25 24 55 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com PL 6 [1715] 26 26 25 65 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic FI 8 [1647] 27 27 33^ 62 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee SH 10 [1668] 28 28 29^ 62 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 27 29 31^ 65 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen RA 11 [1659] 24 30 30 61 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 23 31 28 13 EITTris {free} Eric Jorgensen ST 17 [1954] 19 32 37^ 2 Zombie Wars {W} {demo} Gee Whiz PL 32 [2020] 20 33 -^ 58 Heretic {share} Raven/Id SH 7 [1648] 22 34 27 28 Theatre {free} Cave Rock IF 16 [1700] 17 35 34 4 Fire Fight {W} {share} Chaos Works/Epic SH 34 [2008] 18 36 -^ 1 Death Rally {share} Remedy/Apogee RA 36 [2027] 19 37 32 50 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo} Raven/Id SH 1 [1751] 13 38 40^ 2 Roadrash {demo} Electronic Arts RA 38 [2026] 15 39 35 15 Alphaman {share} Jeff Olson/ RP 35 [1680] 14 40 -^ 1 Cybersphere {demo} Psycon AC 40 [2025] 5 Dropped Out: 36 52 Tyrian Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 38 2 A Change in the Weather Andrew Plotkin IF 38 [2015] 39 27 Epic Pinball Epic AC 11 [1650] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 65 - Week 39 - September 23, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 6 Eradicator {demo} Accolade SH [2011] Tip 2 5 The Magic Toyshop {free} Gareth Rees IF [2016] Tip 3 1 Madden 97 {demo} EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP [2033] Tip 4 1 Fallen Heroes {share} A&B ST [2034] Tip 5 1 Guimo {demo} Jack in the Box PL [2035] New games are being released every week. We frequently find votes for games we've never heard of before. That's what we like to get! If you've tried out a new game that you like, let us know right away. A single vote is enough to get new games listed in the runners up. The PC Games Charts aren't the world leader in tracking game popularity for nothing. The world will be watching the charts to decide what to buy and what to download. The game companies will be watching the charts to decide what kind of games to create next. A few new games are likely to appear in this weeks charts. Among them is Guimo by Jack in the Box. It's a new platform game in which the authors say they've given the monsters artificial intelligence putting them on par with their human opponents. Hyperblade is a first person perspective ice skating, combat game by Activision for Windows 95. Fallen Heroes is a strategy, fantasy war game from A&B Entertainment. These three games all have versions available for download right now! Santiago top40@primenet.com 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 195 - Week 39 - September 23, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 29 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1018 2 3^ 42 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard WG 2 [1817] 832 3 2 52 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin WG 1 [1729] 761 4 4 20 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen SH 2 [1923] 695 5 5 8 Quake {reg} Id SH 5 [1999] 688 6 6 9 World Circuit Racing/F1: Grand Prix 2 MicroProse RA 6 [1857] 329 7 8^ 51 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 6 [1737] 251 8 7 28 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay SH 5 [1891] 235 9 9 39 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 221 10 10 31 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 4 [1867] 208 11 13^ 43 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 11 [1786] 189 12 11 60 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 187 13 12 102 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 226 14 14 38 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within Sierra AD 12 [1832] 158 15 16^102 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin SH 1 [1502] 204 16 23^ 18 Chaos Overlords New World ST 16 [1937] 179 17 18^ 42 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 16 [1787] 150 18 17 51 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts RA 12 [1738] 143 19 15 14 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 15 [1953] 130 20 32* 4 Z Bitmap Brothers/Renegade/Virgin AC 20 [2017] 164 21 19 91 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1565] 167 22 20 77 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 146 23 21 155 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 261 24 26^ 95 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape WG 11 [1522] 145 25 22 83 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin SH 2 [1585] 126 26 24 49 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape WG 15 [1757] 94 27 25 7 Masterpieces of Infocom Infocom/Activision IF 24 [2002] 81 28 27 42 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 80 29 28 10 Close Combat Atomic/Microsoft WG 28 [1990] 81 30 39^ 50 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 102 31 30 38 Avarice/Preview: The Final Saga {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 81 32 31 141 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 149 33 29 42 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 25 [1806] 77 34 35^ 8 Links LS Access SP 34 [1997] 85 35 34 127 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 137 36 45^ 41 EF2000/TFX 2 DID/Ocean SI 36 [1797] 94 37 41^ 96 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay WG 4 [1528] 104 38 38 49 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 35 [1746] 78 39 37 32 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 34 [1819] 74 40 42^ 26 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape WG 29 [1900] 80 41 33 24 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 29 [1906] 66 42 40 42 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 72 43 36 43 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC/PU 17 [1784] 67 44 52^114 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC/SI 3 [1473] 108 45 46^ 93 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC/SI 6 [1562] 86 46 44 103 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 87 47 80* 2 Deadlock Accolade ST 47 [2023] 74 48 43 75 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 71 49 48 6 The Pandora Directive Access AD 48 [2003] 63 50 58^ 45 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 66 51 47 14 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965] 61 52 59^ 11 Mission Force: Cyber Storm Sierra ST 33 [1986] 62 53 49 20 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 56 54 51 56 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 58 55 53 45 Hexen: Beyond Heretic Raven/Id/GT SH 8 [1775] 55 56 56 195 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 206 57 50 29 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 55 58 66^101 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 74 59 60^ 73 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 61 60 61^ 97 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 67 61 54 49 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 49 62 63^ 54 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 49 63 62 48 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 49 64 55 47 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 43 65 57 131 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 74 66 64 104 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 62 67 69^ 27 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 44 68 -* 1 CFS Poker {O} C.F.S. ST 68 [2022] 45 69 76^122 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009] 69 70 68 37 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 41 71 81^ 10 Swords of Xeen New World RP 59 [1940] 42 72 72 47 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 40 73 83^ 84 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee SH 18 [1564] 47 74 65 30 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra RA 35 [1862] 38 75 77^145 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id SH 1 [1386] 69 76 71 86 Under a Killing Moon Access/US Gold AD 22 [1517] 42 77 82^ 41 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 34 78 74 18 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark RA 72 [1917] 36 79 67 11 Afterlife LucasArts ST 54 [1980] 33 80 75 13 Marathon 2: Durandal {W} Bungie SH 39 [1960] 34 81 73 152 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 69 82 70 36 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 33 83 79 5 Final Doom Id/GT SH 79 [2004] 34 84 92^192 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 113 85 88^ 33 Mortal Kombat 3 Midway/GT AC 36 [1755] 34 86 84 2 Chessmaster 5000 Mindscape ST 84 [2021] 30 87 97^ 5 Virtua Fighter Sega FI 87 [2010] 28 88 -^184 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC/SI 1 [1169] 44 89 94^168 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 68 90 86 194 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 96 91 100^194 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC/ST 3 [1116] 94 92 93^ 5 Fire Fight {W} Chaos Works/Epic/Electronic Arts SH 92 [1992] 27 93 -^ 1 Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games Sir-Tech ST 93 [2031] 23 94 -^ 1 Time Commando Adeline/Electronic Arts AC/AD 94 [2029] 24 95 89 91 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 30 96 91 142 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 46 97 85 42 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 23 98 78 12 You Don't Know Jack {W} Berkeley PU 56 [1790] 21 99 99 96 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin RA 21 [1529] 29 100 -^ 1 Crusader: No Regret Origin/Electronic Arts AC100 [2030] 20 Dropped Out: 87 6 Space Hulk 2 Key Game/Electronic Arts SH/ST 87 [1995] 90 42 Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds Bullfrog/EA AC 57 [1739] 95 63 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 96 129 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 98 23 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 195 - Week 39 - September 23, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 3 Monster Truck Madness Microsoft RA [2028] Tip 2 2 The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall Bethesda RP [2032] Tip 3 5 King Arthur: Chronicle of tSynthetic Dimensions/Sony AD [2018] Tip 4 7 Olympic Games US Gold SP [2009] Tip 5 4 Albion Blue Byte RP [2024] Tip 6 6 Voyeur 2 Philips AD [2012] Tip 7 8 Trophy Bass Sierra SP [2006] Tip 8 1 Megarace 2 Cryo/Mindscape AC [2036] Tip 9 6 Offensive ST [2014] Tip 10 6 Firestorm Thunderhawk 2 Core/US Gold AC [2013] Tip 11 1 Independence Day Fox AC [2037] Tip 12 5 Azrael's Tear Mindscape RP [2019] Tip 13 1 NBA Full Court Press Microsoft SP [2038] ============================================================================== | 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 | ==============================================================================