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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 67 - Week 41 - October 7, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 2^ 32 Quake {share} Id SH 1 [1876] 307 2 1 14 Ancient Domains of Mystery {free} Thomas Biskup RP 1 [1976] 294 3 3 67 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 259 4 5^ 36 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms SH 1 [1863] 174 5 4 67 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 153 6 6 42 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 105 7 15* 3 Death Rally {share} Remedy/Apogee RA 7 [2027] 94 8 7 14 So Far {free} Andrew Plotkin IF 3 [1974] 78 9 9 43 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge ST 6 [1813] 78 10 10 15 Jigsaw {free} Graham Nelson IF 8 [1815] 72 11 12^ 67 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 76 12 8 42 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1821] 62 13 11 67 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1644] 63 14 13 19 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SW Games RP 13 [1929] 58 15 16^ 26 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 13 [1914] 49 16 18^ 16 SubSpace {W} {share} Virgin AC 13 [1955] 51 17 22^ 48 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee SH 14 [1658] 48 18 14 18 Christminster {free} Gareth Rees/ IF 9 [1705] 36 19 20^ 67 Doom {share} Id SH 4 [1645] 47 20 17 19 Lost New York {share} Neil DeMause IF 13 [1920] 36 21 19 67 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft PU 5 [1660] 37 22 24^ 39 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 22 [1724] 32 23 25^ 27 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 27 24 27^ 57 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com PL 6 [1715] 28 25 23 67 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic FI 8 [1647] 26 26 21 12 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo} Grinning Lizard AC 19 [1984] 21 27 -* 1 Diablo {demo} Blizzard RP 27 [2042] 29 28 29^ 64 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 27 29 26 67 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen RA 11 [1659] 25 30 31^ 4 Zombie Wars {W} {demo} Gee Whiz PL 30 [2020] 21 31 34^ 11 Windhall Chronicles 1: Path to FortuneC.E. Forman IF 24 [1899] 23 32 36^ 30 Theatre {free} Cave Rock IF 16 [1700] 23 33 28 20 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share} IMI IF 14 [1889] 17 34 -^ 51 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo} Raven/Id SH 1 [1751] 21 35 37^ 4 Roadrash {demo} Electronic Arts RA 35 [2026] 19 36 38^ 6 Fire Fight {W} {share} Chaos Works/Epic SH 34 [2008] 18 37 32 60 Heretic {share} Raven/Id SH 7 [1648] 18 38 33 64 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee SH 10 [1668] 18 39 30 63 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 15 40 -^ 1 Interpose {demo} Webfoot SH 40 [2043] 10 Dropped Out: 35 14 EITTris Eric Jorgensen ST 17 [1954] 39 16 Alphaman Jeff Olson/ RP 35 [1680] 40 1 The Magic Toyshop Gareth Rees IF 40 [2016] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 67 - Week 41 - October 7, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 2 Hyperblade {W} {demo} Wizbang/Activision SP [2039] Tip 2 2 Arcade Volleyball {share} Zorlim SP [2041] Tip 3 3 Madden 97 {demo} EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP [2033] Tip 4 1 Age of Rifles {demo} SSI/Mindscape ST [2054] Tip 5 2 Star General {demo} SSI/Mindscape WG [2040] Tip 6 3 Fallen Heroes {share} A&B ST [2034] Tip 7 3 Guimo {demo} Jack in the Box PL [2035] Tip 8 2 Gazillionaire Deluxe {demo} LavaMind ST [2044] Why vote for your favorite computer games on the PC Games Charts? The best reason may be the fact that game publishers watch the charts and use them to decide what kinds of games we like best. Gaming industry people have said it themselves, the PC Games Charts are a much better indicator of what we are actually playing than charts based on sales! Some of us may buy games based on the advertising and the hype, but if we don't really like a game, or get tired of it quickly, it will never rank highly on the charts! A new champion has appeared at the top of the Download Top 40 Charts. Ancient Domains of Mystery (ADOM) by Thomas Biskup is the new #1 downloadable game in the world. ADOM is a role playing game and a rougelike game similar to Nethack and Angband. Your character appears as an "@" sign and the monsters and terrain appear as various other symbols and colors. The roguelike games lack stunning graphics, but tend to make up for it in other details. Congratulations to Thomas Biskup for a great new game. Santiago (a.k.a. Arthur Kerschen) 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 197 - Week 41 - October 7, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 31 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879] 997 2 2 44 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard WG 2 [1817] 833 3 3 54 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin WG 1 [1729] 797 4 5^ 10 Quake {reg} Id SH 4 [1999] 764 5 4 22 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} 3D Realms/FormGen SH 2 [1923] 650 6 6 11 World Circuit Racing/F1: Grand Prix 2 MicroProse RA 6 [1857] 292 7 7 53 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 6 [1737] 267 8 8 30 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay SH 5 [1891] 244 9 10^ 33 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 4 [1867] 218 10 9 41 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 219 11 12^104 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin SH 1 [1502] 258 12 11 45 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 11 [1786] 179 13 15^ 62 MechWarrior 2/add-ons: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 198 14 13 44 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 13 [1787] 154 15 14 104 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 199 16 19^ 53 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts RA 12 [1738] 149 17 16 40 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within Sierra AD 12 [1832] 130 18 18 6 Z Bitmap Brothers/Renegade/Virgin AC 18 [2017] 129 19 20^ 93 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay SH 1 [1565] 161 20 22^ 79 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 143 21 17 20 Chaos Overlords New World ST 16 [1937] 104 22 23^ 97 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape WG 11 [1522] 154 23 21 16 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 15 [1953] 107 24 24 157 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 218 25 25 52 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 101 26 28^ 98 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay WG 4 [1528] 138 27 27 40 Avarice/Preview: The Final Saga {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 93 28 37^ 4 Deadlock Accolade ST 28 [2023] 106 29 26 85 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin SH 2 [1585] 101 30 30 10 Links LS Access SP 30 [1997] 87 31 39^ 51 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 31 [1746] 98 32 29 51 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape WG 15 [1757] 86 33 42^ 44 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 97 34 34 44 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 82 35 36^129 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 138 36 32 44 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 25 [1806] 74 37 31 34 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 31 [1819] 75 38 41^ 28 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape WG 29 [1900] 81 39 71* 2 The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall Bethesda RP 39 [2032] 93 40 35 12 Close Combat Atomic/Microsoft WG 28 [1990] 68 41 45^105 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 102 42 43^ 95 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC/SI 6 [1562] 95 43 33 9 Masterpieces of Infocom Infocom/Activision IF 24 [2002] 61 44 46^ 45 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC/PU 17 [1784] 70 45 38 143 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 118 46 59^ 39 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 81 47 40 43 EF2000/TFX 2 DID/Ocean SI 36 [1797] 65 48 47 16 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965] 69 49 51^ 3 Crusader: No Regret Origin/Electronic Arts AC 49 [2030] 72 50 53^ 8 The Pandora Directive Access AD 48 [2003] 68 51 44 116 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC/SI 3 [1473] 93 52 54^ 77 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 69 53 48 31 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 56 54 72* 3 Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games Sir-Tech ST 54 [2031] 64 55 52 47 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 57 56 49 26 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 29 [1906] 52 57 70^ 51 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 60 58 50 13 Mission Force: Cyber Storm Sierra ST 33 [1986] 54 59 55 197 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 204 60 64^ 99 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 64 61 76^106 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 66 62 78^147 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id SH 1 [1386] 110 63 65^ 58 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 45 64 60 47 Hexen: Beyond Heretic Raven/Id/GT SH 8 [1775] 44 65 63 12 Swords of Xeen New World RP 59 [1940] 43 66 56 103 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 58 67 75^ 88 Under a Killing Moon Access/US Gold AD 22 [1517] 51 68 58 75 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 45 69 61 49 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 40 70 57 22 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 37 71 88^ 7 Final Doom Id/GT SH 71 [2004] 42 72 -* 1 Monster Truck Madness Microsoft RA 72 [2028] 41 73 96* 3 Time Commando Adeline/Electronic Arts AC/AD 73 [2029] 39 74 69 124 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009] 59 75 87^194 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 137 76 62 50 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 34 77 81^196 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 138 78 83^ 20 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark RA 72 [1917] 36 79 68 3 CFS Poker {O} CFS ST 68 [2022] 34 80 91^170 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 88 81 66 133 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 51 82 67 56 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 31 83 -^185 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC/SI 1 [1169] 54 84 98^ 35 Mortal Kombat 3 Midway/GT AC 36 [1755] 31 85 94^196 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC/ST 3 [1116] 105 86 74 86 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee SH 18 [1564] 34 87 93^154 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 58 88 82 43 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 26 89 80 49 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 26 90 73 13 Afterlife LucasArts ST 54 [1980] 24 91 100^ 14 You Don't Know Jack {W} Berkeley PU 56 [1790] 25 92 86 7 Virtua Fighter Sega FI 86 [2010] 26 93 -^ 1 Star Control 3 Time Warner AD/ST 93 [2046] 22 94 92 93 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 31 95 90 131 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 37 96 77 29 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 20 97 79 15 Marathon 2: Durandal {W} Bungie SH 39 [1960] 23 98 -^ 1 Albion Blue Byte RP 98 [2024] 21 99 99 144 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 39 100 85 38 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 20 Dropped Out: 84 31 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra RA 35 [1862] 89 3 Chessmaster 5000 Mindscape ST 84 [2021] 95 6 Fire Fight {W} Chaos Works/Epic/Electronic Arts SH 92 [1992] 97 43 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 197 - Week 41 - October 7, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 3 NBA Full Court Press Microsoft SP [2038] Tip 2 1 NHL Hockey '97 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP [2055] Tip 3 9 Olympic Games US Gold SP [2009] Tip 4 2 F22 Lightning 2 Novalogic SI [2053] Tip 5 1 Roadrash Electronic Arts RA [2056] Tip 6 2 Tigers on the Prowl 2 HPS ST [2045] Tip 7 3 Megarace 2 Cryo/Mindscape AC [2036] Tip 8 3 Independence Day Fox AC [2037] Tip 9 2 Shattered Steel Interplay ST [2047] Tip 10 2 Hind Digital Integration/Interactive Magic SI [2048] Tip 11 2 NFL Quarterback 97 Acclaim SP [2049] Tip 12 2 Bug! Sega PL [2050] Tip 13 2 Sonic PC Sega PL [2051] Tip 14 2 NCAA Basketball SP [2052] Tip 15 1 Gene Wars Bullfrog/Electronic Arts WG [2057] ============================================================================== | 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 | ==============================================================================