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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! | |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Votes to pcgames@worldcharts.nl and comments to ahk@gas.uug.arizona.edu. | | 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 53 - Week 27 - July 1, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 3^ 18 Quake {demo} Id/Id AC 1 [1876] 486 2 1 22 Duke Nukem 3D {share} 3D Realms AC 1 [1863] 432 3 4^ 53 Nethack 3 {free} DevTeam RP 1 [1186] 246 4 2 34 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo} Blizzard ST 2 [1774] 230 5 7^ 28 Descent 2 {demo} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1821] 169 6 6 53 Angband {free} Robert Alan Koeneke RP 2 [1255] 169 7 5 28 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1816] 149 8 8 53 Descent {share} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1644] 124 9 9 53 Doom {share} Id AC 4 [1645] 81 10 10 8 Mixman {share} Mixman AD 10 [1928] 120 11 11 38 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {share} Raven/Id AC 1 [1751] 78 12 12 53 VGA Planets {share} Tim Wisseman ST 7 [1651] 70 13 13 49 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {demo} Activision AC 10 [1696] 57 14 14 5 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share} SmithWare RP 14 [1929] 59 15 15 29 Toyland {O} {share} Rainald Menge AC 9 [1813] 46 16 17^ 53 FreeCell {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1660] 51 17 16 53 Slicks 'n' Slide {share} Timo Kauppinen SP 11 [1659] 42 18 19^ 43 Abuse {share} Crack Dot Com AC 6 [1715] 48 19 20^ 4 Randzu {share} Wolf ST 19 [1935] 51 20 18 34 Wolfenstein 3D {share} Id/Apogee AC 14 [1658] 36 21 24^ 12 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share} Spiderweb RP 21 [1914] 52 22 22 41 Tyrian {share} Eclipse/Epic AC 3 [1725] 31 23 27^ 53 One Must Fall: 2097 {share} Epic AC 8 [1647] 40 24 21 53 Scorched Earth {share} Wendell Hicken AC 7 [1673] 24 25 23 33 Extreme Pinball {share} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1776] 28 26 25 50 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee AC 10 [1668] 33 27 26 53 Jazz Jackrabbit {share} Epic AC 13 [1652] 25 28 31^ 50 Heretic {share} Raven/Id AC 7 [1648] 33 29 40* 2 SubSpace {share} Virgin AC 29 [1955] 36 30 29 53 Minesweeper {W} {free} Microsoft ST 5 [1184] 21 31 28 53 Terminal Velocity {share} Terminal R./3D Realms AC 3 [1646] 18 32 36^ 4 Afterlife {demo} LucasArts ST 32 [1944] 29 33 38^ 25 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share} Spiderweb RP 24 [1724] 32 34 33 13 Star Quest 1 {share} Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890] 20 35 30 53 Stars! {W} {share} Star Crossed ST 3 [1662] 15 36 32 13 Strife {demo} Rogue/Velocity AC 32 [1877] 17 37 37 6 Mine Bombers {share} Skitso AC 37 [1921] 20 38 -^ 1 EITTris {free} Eric Jorgensen AC 38 [1954] 22 39 35 52 Sherlock {share} Everett Kaser ST 11 [1654] 18 40 -^ 1 Spin {free} Ground Up AC 40 [1956] 20 Dropped Out: 34 9 Windhall Chronicles 1: Path to FortuneC.E. Forman AD 24 [1899] 39 9 Lost New York Neil DeMause AD 30 [1920] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up for Download Top 40 Edition 53 - Week 27 - July 1, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 5 WinWar II 3.0 {WS} {share} Silicon Commander ST [1943] Tip 2 1 So Far {share} Andrew Plotkin AD [1974] Tip 3 7 IMP {free} Per Fragemann ST [1930] Tip 4 4 Four Hills {share} Jukka Hakosalo SP [1957] Tip 5 1 Ultizurk 3 {share} Robert McGryphon RP [1975] Tip 6 1 Ancient Dungeons of Mystery {share} Thomas Biskup RP [1976] Tip 7 5 Krypton Egg {share} C y V AC [1946] Tip 8 5 Fire and Ice {share} Streetwise AC [1945] Tip 9 6 Cylindrix {share} Goldtree AC [1936] Tip 10 1 Black Knight {share} FormGen SI [1977] Tip 11 1 Close Combat {demo} Atomic ST [1978] Quake! Yes, the full shareware version of Quake has finally been released, and I have to admit, I'm NOT disappointed. There has been a great deal of hype surrounding Quake and no game can live up to everyone's expectations, but Id Software can add another game to it's list of blockbusters! The Quake documentation says Pentium system required, but I found the game to be extremely fast on my 486-100. It requires 8 megs to run from dos (16 megs from win95), and I don't think you can get around those requirements. Quake has more than just new monsters and new weapons, it's a whole new dimension of play with a more realistic environment. You'll die quickly until you get used to things. I'm waiting to get a look at the dragon in flight! You won't find that in the demo sequences. There's been lots of talk on the newsgroups comparing the Quake test/demo to the full shareware Duke Nukem 3D. Id may have made a strategic error when they released the Quake test rather than making us all wait. It must have been hours after the release of the test that someone hacked the map files to access the monsters, but everything ran very slow, at least for me. Now, finally you can get the full shareware version, and one bug fix patch has already been released. Don't judge Quake based on the test, get the real thing! The Quake page currently listed on Santiago's Download Top 40 Games Page is QuakeMania! by Del Cardoso: http://www-home.calumet.yorku.ca/dcardoso/www/quake.htm Last week I gave an incorrect URL for the World Charts U.S. mirror! The correct URL is: http://www.tiac.net/users/top100 -- Santiago (a.k.a. Arthur Kerschen) http://gas.uug.arizona.edu/~ahk 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 183 - Week 27 - July 1, 1996 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 17 Civilization 2 {W} MicroProse ST 1 [1879]1360 2 3^ 8 Duke Nukem 3D {reg} Apogee/FormGen AC 2 [1923]1181 3 2 40 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops. Westwood/Virgin ST 1 [1729]1105 4 4 30 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness Blizzard ST 2 [1817]1014 5 6^ 16 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay AC 5 [1891] 491 6 5 19 Wing Commander 4 Origin/Electronic Arts AC 4 [1867] 385 7 7 27 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828] 330 8 9^ 48 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans Activision AC 6 [1697] 349 9 8 90 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC 1 [1502] 380 10 10 39 Heroes of Might and Magic New World ST 10 [1737] 275 11 11 90 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501] 283 12 15^ 79 Descent {reg} Parallax/Interplay AC 1 [1565] 285 13 12 71 Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin AC 2 [1585] 235 14 13 39 Need for Speed Distinctive/Electronic Arts AC 12 [1738] 194 15 14 143 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST 2 [1344] 327 16 16 26 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within {W} Sierra AD 16 [1832] 190 17 18^ 31 Worms/Reinforcements Team 17/Ocean AC 17 [1784] 198 18 17 37 Steel Panthers SSI/Mindscape ST 16 [1757] 183 19 20^ 83 Panzer General SSI/Mindscape ST 11 [1522] 191 20 19 81 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin AC 6 [1562] 151 21 21 31 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg} Star Crossed ST 21 [1786] 128 22 23^129 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST 2 [1399] 228 23 22 183 Civilization/CivNet MicroProse ST 1 [1002] 359 24 25^ 37 NHL Hockey '96 Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 136 25 24 84 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST 4 [1528] 130 26 33^ 30 Fifa Soccer 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 20 [1787] 154 27 30^ 38 Crusader: No Remorse Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741] 139 28 28 65 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST 8 [1600] 134 29 29 30 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798] 133 30 32^ 14 Fantasy General SSI/Mindscape ST 30 [1900] 133 31 26 115 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown Mythos/MicroProse ST 1 [1437] 144 32 27 91 Colonization MicroProse ST 5 [1496] 122 33 31 33 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {reg} Raven/Id/GT AC 8 [1775] 120 34 37^ 61 Full Throttle LucasArts AD 10 [1612] 148 35 39^ 18 Indycar Racing 2 Papyrus/Sierra SI 35 [1862] 128 36 34 33 Stonekeep Interplay RP 21 [1779] 108 37 36 102 Tie Fighter/add-on LucasArts/Virgin AC 3 [1473] 149 38 35 37 Championship Manager 2 Domark SP 35 [1746] 97 39 40^ 8 Conquest of the New World Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853] 100 40 38 89 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O} Stardock ST 1 [1508] 112 41 64* 2 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 41 [1953] 130 42 44^ 30 Capitalism Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 41 [1806] 100 43 41 26 Avarice Preview {O} CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 90 44 43 85 Transport Tycoon/deluxe MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 115 45 47^ 12 Zork Nemesis Infocom/Activision AD 45 [1906] 100 46 45 133 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg} Id AC 1 [1386] 165 47 46 35 Caesar 2 Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742] 83 48 49^ 6 Chaos Overlords New World ST 48 [1937] 85 49 42 30 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809] 70 50 48 84 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SI 21 [1529] 94 51 56^119 Myst {W} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 125 52 52 15 Terra Nova: Strike Force C. LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883] 74 53 50 42 Star Emperor {O} Stardock ST 4 [1716] 69 54 51 17 NBA Live 96 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871] 71 55 53 12 Advanced Tactical Fighter Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907] 66 56 55 20 Anvil of Dawn DreamForge/New World RP 55 [1819] 69 57 54 25 Monopoly Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841] 60 58 57 44 Phantasmagoria Sierra AD 19 [1712] 63 59 58 29 TFX 2: EF2000 DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797] 60 60 59 63 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST 9 [1605] 65 61 90* 2 AH-64D Longbow Origin/Electronic Arts SI 61 [1965] 74 62 69^ 52 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641] 65 63 67^110 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 63 [1009] 90 64 80^ 50 Buried in Time Presto/Sanctuary Woods/US Gold AD 42 [1687] 76 65 71^ 72 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg} Apogee AC 18 [1564] 74 66 60 29 Screamer Graffiti/Virgin AC 44 [1801] 54 67 68^ 30 Rebel Assault 2: The Hidden Empire LucasArts AC 40 [1795] 55 68 62 25 Allied General {W} SSI/Mindscape ST 52 [1829] 46 69 65 182 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST 4 [1110] 141 70 70 100 The Settlers/Serf City Blue Byte/SSI ST 6 [1458] 66 71 66 36 Ascendancy Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753] 47 72 61 24 Shivers {W} Sierra AD 39 [1791] 42 73 75^ 79 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC 4 [1566] 59 74 83^ 31 Destruction Derby Reflections/Psygnosis AC 46 [1788] 53 75 73 6 Big Red Racing Big Red/Domark AC 73 [1917] 50 76 63 92 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438] 51 77 78^ 33 3D Ultra Pinball {W} Sierra AC 61 [1754] 47 78 72 156 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP 6 [1275] 94 79 74 140 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD 6 [1268] 83 80 77 5 Sensible World of Soccer Sensible/Renegade SP 73 [1912] 44 81 84^ 39 Magic Carpet 2: The Netherworlds Bullfrog/EA AC 57 [1739] 44 82 76 149 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD 3 [1003] 86 83 87^ 4 Battle Arena Toshinden Digital Dialect/Funsoft AC 83 [1933] 45 84 88^ 9 3D Lemmings Psygnosis/Sony AC 63 [1918] 44 85 93^ 63 NBA Live 95 Hitmen/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1602] 45 86 91^132 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379] 71 87 92^ 11 Spycraft: The Great Game {W} Activision AD 80 [1897] 43 88 81 29 Advanced Civilization Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803] 38 89 79 21 Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat {W} Mindscape ST 64 [1849] 37 90 99^ 28 Extreme Pinball {reg} Epic/Electronic Arts AC 70 [1789] 40 91 82 19 Full Tilt! Pinball {W} Cinematronics/Maxis AC 74 [1856] 36 92 98^ 39 Fade to Black Delphine/Electronic Arts AC 54 [1740] 40 93 97^174 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC 1 [1169] 96 94 96^180 VGA Planets {reg} Tim Wisseman ST 3 [1131] 97 95 -^ 1 Marathon 2 Bungie AC 95 [1960] 33 96 95 118 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers Sierra AD 25 [1377] 53 97 86 35 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O} Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764] 31 98 94 182 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC 3 [1116] 94 99 89 163 7th Guest Trilobyte/Virgin PU 16 [1230] 73 100 85 13 Italian Football Manager {reg} Charl Gerber SP 51 [1347] 14 Dropped Out: 100 15 Top Gun: Fire at Will! Spectrum Holobyte SI 54 [1881] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Commercial Top 100 Edition 183 - Week 27 - July 1, 1996 ============================================================================== NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tip 1 5 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire Koei ST [1948] Tip 2 6 Swords of Xeen New World RP [1940] Tip 3 5 TacOps {W} Arsenal ST [1947] Tip 4 8 Cyberia 2: Resurrection Xatrix/Virgin AC [1927] Tip 5 2 Rise 2: Resurrection Mirage AC [1973] Tip 6 5 Virtual Snooker Celeris/Interplay SP [1949] Tip 7 3 Tony LaRussa 1996 edition StormFront SP [1970] Tip 8 2 Wizardry Gold Sir-Tech RP [1972] Tip 9 7 Strife Rogue/Velocity AC [1934] Tip 10 6 Normality Gremlin/Interplay AD [1941] Tip 11 4 Wetlands Hypnotix/New World AC [1964] Tip 12 3 Manic Karts Manic Media/Virgin AC [1968] Tip 13 3 Indiana Jones: His Desktop Adventures LucasArts PU [1967] Tip 14 7 Tensor Palet/AIM ST [1932] Tip 15 4 Kingdom O'Magic Sales Curve AD [1963] Tip 16 4 Battleground: Waterloo TalonSoft ST [1961] Tip 17 6 Football Limited Ocean SP [1939] Tip 18 5 Deathkeep SSI/Mindscape RP [1950] Tip 19 4 Shockwave Assault Electronic Arts AC [1959] Tip 20 7 Pango GeniaLogic/AIM ST [1931] Tip 21 4 Witchaven 2: Blood Vengeance Capstone/Intracorp AC [1966] Tip 22 3 Toon Machine Sierra PU [1969] Tip 23 5 Total Mayhem Cinematix/Domark AC [1952] Tip 24 5 Assault Rigs Psygnosis AC [1951] Tip 25 4 Bermuda Syndrome Century/BMG AD [1962] Tip 26 1 Shell Shock Core Design/US Gold AC [1979] Tip 27 6 Warbirds ICI SI [1942] Tip 28 6 Cylindrix {reg} Goldtree AC [1938] Tip 29 3 Big Hurt Baseball SP [1971] Tip 30 1 Afterlife LucasArts ST [1980] Tip 31 1 Front Page Sports: Baseball 96 Sierra SP [1981] Tip 32 1 NHL Powerplay '96 Virgin SP [1982] ============================================================================== | 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 | If you send your votes, do it like this: | | AC : Action | > 5 Dark Invader [1435] | | AD : Adventure | > 4 Mysterious Forces 2 [1322] | | PU : Puzzle | > 5 Super Fighter [1502] | | RP : Role-Playing | > 2 Magic of Zuul 4 [] | | SI : Simulation | > 4 The Lost Tycoon [] | | SP : Sports |--------------------------------------------------| | ST : Strategy | (c) 1996 all rights reserved | World Charts | | {free} Freeware | Distribution of these charts | Balderikstraat 16 | | {demo} Demo Version | is granted only by written | 3032 HC Rotterdam | | {share} Shareware | permission. | The Netherlands | | {reg} Registered |--------------------------------------------------| | {W} Windows Only | Download Top 40: ahk@gas.uug.arizona.edu | | {O} OS/2 Only | Commercial Top 100: pcgames@worldcharts.nl | | | On the WorldWideWeb: http://www.xs4all.nl/~jojo | | | Supported by XS4ALL Internet Provider | ==============================================================================