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Article #276*** NET PC GAMES TOP 100 * EDITION 107 ***
From: Jojo
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 00:21
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 00:21
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| This week the votes from 652 people have been used to compile this chart. |
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| The format for every line with a vote is: points title [ ID ] |
| 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. |
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The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the Top 100:
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New Contestants (Runners Up) Edition 107 - Week 3 - January 16, 1995
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NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID
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Tip 1 9 PGA Tour Golf 486 Electronic Arts SP [1527]
Tip 2 7 Cyclemania Compro/Accolade AC [1552]
Tip 3 6 Breakthru! {W} Spectrum Holobyte AC [1557]
Tip 4 6 World War 2: Battles of the South Pacific QQP ST [1554]
Tip 5 2 Cyberia Xatrix/Interplay AC [1574]
Tip 6 3 Virtual Sysop iFX SI [1569]
Tip 7 2 Flight Commander 2 Bigtime/Avalon Hill ST [1572]
Tip 8 6 Inferno {C} DID/Ocean AC [1556]
Tip 9 8 Gazillionaire {S} LavaMind ST [1540]
Tip 10 8 Menzoberranzan DreamForge/SSI RP [1545]
Tip 11 6 Creature Shock {C} Argonaut/Virgin AC [1560]
Tip 12 2 CyClones DreamForge/SSI/Electronic Arts AC [1576]
Tip 13 2 Commander Blood Microfolie's/Cryo AC [1573]
Tip 14 8 Word Rescue {S} Apogee AC [1535]
Tip 15 3 All New World (+Lemming Chronicles) DMA/Psygnosis AC [1570]
Tip 16 6 Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge {C} Westwood AD [1559]
Tip 17 8 Space Simulator 1.0 Microsoft SI [1541]
Tip 18 7 Fleet Defender Gold MicroProse SI [1551]
Tip 19 8 Hammer of the Gods New World AC [1548]
Tip 20 4 Hell Take 2/Gametek AD [1567]
Tip 21 8 5th Fleet Avalon Hill ST [1534]
Tip 22 4 Hardball 4 Accolade SP [1568]
Tip 23 6 Vikings 2: Fields of Conquest Realism ST [1561]
Tip 24 8 Dragon Lore Cryo AD [1533]
Tip 25 2 Star Reach Techtonics/Interplay ST [1575]
Tip 26 6 CyberJudas {C} D.C. True/Merit/Empire ST [1558]
The following list is a Top 100 of the most popular PC games in the world:
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The Net PC Games Top 100 Edition 107 - Week 3 - January 16, 1995
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) 13 Galactic Civilizations {O} Stardock/AIM ST [1508] 649
2 ( 2) 14 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC [1502] 520
3 ( 3) 39 U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 354
4 ( 4) 57 Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386] 294
5 ( 6)^ 14 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST [1501] 292
6 ( 5) 26 Tie Fighter LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 275
7 ( 27)* 3 DESCENT {S} Parallax/Interplay AC [1565] 375
8 ( 8) 107 Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 259
9 ( 7) 13 One Must Fall: 2097 {S} Epic AC [1505] 232
10 ( 10) 15 Colonization MicroProse ST [1496] 227
11 ( 9) 67 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 219
12 ( 11) 8 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST [1528] 229
13 ( 20)* 5 WING COMMANDER 3: Heart of the Tiger {C}Origin/EA AC [1562] 259
14 ( 12) 53 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 193
15 ( 13) 16 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1438] 149
16 ( 17)^ 98 X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 138
17 ( 15) 6 Roids {S} {O} Leonard Guy AC [1531] 108
18 ( 14) 24 Jazz Jackrabbit {S} Epic AC [1479] 98
19 ( 19) 43 Myst {W} {C} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD [1426] 121
20 ( 16) 106 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 91
21 ( 49)* 3 HERETIC {S} Raven/Id AC [1566] 202
22 ( 18) 12 Wacky Wheels {S} Beavis/Apogee AC [1509] 89
23 ( 25)^ 9 Under a Killing Moon {C} Access/US Gold AD [1517] 111
24 ( 21) 104 VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 90
25 ( 22) 95 Nethack 3.1 {F} DevTeam RP [1186] 83
26 ( 35)^ 9 Transport Tycoon MicroProse ST [1521] 127
27 ( 24) 75 Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284] 74
28 ( 38)* 5 MAGIC CARPET {C} Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1549] 116
29 ( 23) 18 Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Sierra AC [1487] 56
30 ( 32)^ 31 The Settlers (+Serf City) Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458] 87
31 ( 26) 49 Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416] 64
32 ( 29) 41 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {S} Cygnus/Apogee AC [1434] 69
33 ( 30) 63 Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359] 62
34 ( 33) 105 World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 72
35 ( 28) 80 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP [1275] 54
36 ( 31) 12 Aces of the Deep Dynamix/Sierra SI [1500] 52
37 ( 45)^ 7 Panzer General SSI ST [1522] 90
38 ( 57)* 3 RISE OF THE TRIAD (+retail version) {S} Apogee AC [1564] 113
39 ( 34) 10 MetalTech: Earthsiege Dynamix/Sierra AC [1515] 56
40 ( 40) 54 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father Sierra AD [1377] 73
41 ( 36) 58 IndyCar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1375] 51
42 ( 37) 53 Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin SP [1400] 46
43 ( 43) 15 NHL Hockey '95 Electronic Arts SP [1493] 55
44 ( 39) 80 Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271] 43
45 ( 41) 88 7th Guest {C} Trilobyte/Virgin PU [1230] 48
46 ( 44) 67 NHL Hockey Electronic Arts SP [1340] 46
47 ( 42) 106 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC [1116] 37
48 ( 46) 42 Ultima 8: Pagan Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1401] 46
49 ( 64)* 8 NASCAR RACING Papyrus/Virgin SP [1529] 68
50 ( 53)^ 97 Empire Deluxe (+add-ons) New World ST [1177] 47
51 ( 47) 107 Links 386 Pro (+add-ons) Access/US Gold SP [1006] 31
52 ( 55)^ 40 Battle Isle 2 (+add-on) Blue Byte/Accolade ST [1439] 48
53 ( 50) 82 SVGA Air Warrior Kesmai/Konami/GEnie SI [1251] 36
54 ( 52) 68 Privateer (+Righteous Fire) Origin/Electr. Arts AC [1337] 37
55 ( 58)^102 Wing Commander 2 (+Sp. Op. 1+2) Origin/Mindscape AC [1007] 41
56 ( 48) 68 Front Page Sports: Football Pro Dynamix/Sierra SP [1330] 20
57 ( 56) 27 Theme Park Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST [1459] 36
58 ( 65)^ 4 U.S. Navy Fighters {C} Electronic Arts SI [1543] 51
59 ( 61)^ 16 Wing Commander: Armada Origin/Electronic Arts AC [1494] 44
60 ( 54) 31 Harpoon 2 Three-Sixty ST [1462] 31
61 ( 51) 105 Railroad Tycoon MicroProse ST [1121] 23
62 ( 59) 56 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD [1379] 33
63 ( 70)^ 9 Front Page Sports: Football '95 Dynamix/Sierra SP [1520] 43
64 ( 63) 107 Falcon 3.0 (+add-ons) Spectrum Holob./MicroProse SI [1005] 32
65 ( 60) 32 Hocus Pocus {S} Apogee AC [1456] 23
66 ( 78)^ 3 Trickle Down {O} Multigrain ST [1563] 45
67 ( 66) 81 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD [1268] 27
68 ( 71)^ 6 Boppin' {S} Accursed Toys/Apogee PU [1526] 33
69 ( 67) 66 Return To Zork Infocom/Activision AD [1288] 27
70 ( 69) 6 The Incredible Machine 2 Sierra PU [1537] 29
71 ( 68) 96 Minesweeper {W} Microsoft ST [1184] 27
72 ( 62) 58 Rebel Assault {C} LucasArts/US Gold AC [1374] 17
73 ( 73) 104 Ultima Underworld 2 LookingGlass/Origin/El. Arts RP [1127] 30
74 ( 77)^ 3 Little Big Adventure (+Relentless)Electronic Arts AD [1538] 34
75 ( 74) 9 Realms of Arkania 2: Star Trail Sir-Tech RP [1514] 30
76 ( 76) 3 King's Quest 7: Princeless Bride {W} {C} Sierra AD [1553] 30
77 ( 84)^ 88 Core Wars Intern. Core Wars Society ST [1227] 37
78 ( 75) 17 World at War: Operation Crusader Atomic/Avalon H. ST [1489] 25
79 ( 72) 45 The Elder Scrolls: Arena Bethesda/US Gold RP [1423] 21
80 ( 81)^ 8 Aethra {S} Michael Lawrence RP [1495] 29
81 ( 86)^ 2 Ecstatica {C} Psygnosis AD [1530] 33
82 ( 89)^ 2 Video Poker {S} {O} IBM EWS ST [1571] 34
83 ( 80) 107 Wolfenstein 3D (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 25
84 ( 82) 76 Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos Westwood/Virgin RP [1305] 24
85 ( -)^ 1 BlackThorne {S} Blizzard/Interplay AC [1536] 25
86 ( 83) 59 Slicks 'n' Slide {S} Timo Kauppinen SP [1352] 20
87 ( 87) 69 MS Flight Simulator 5.0 Microsoft SI [1334] 23
88 ( 79) 39 Cannon Fodder Sensible/AVME/Virgin AC [1435] 15
89 ( 88) 2 MetalTech: Battledrome Dynamix/Sierra AC [1550] 21
90 ( 92)^ 21 Xquest {S} Atomjack AC [1482] 24
91 ( 93)^107 Darklands MicroProse RP [1008] 21
92 ( 85) 22 FIFA International Soccer Electronic Arts SP [1481] 13
93 (100)^106 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD [1003] 24
94 ( 96)^ 24 Wargame Construction Set 2: Tanks! SSI/US Gold ST [1464] 19
95 ( -)^ 83 Solitaire {W} Microsoft ST [1214] 26
96 ( -)^ 1 Cyberdogs {F} Ronny Wester AC [1542] 20
97 ( -)^ 1 Death Gate Legend AD [1544] 20
98 ( -)^ 1 Black Jack {O} Reed ST [1577] 19
99 ( 91) 7 Quarantine Imagexcel/Gametek AC [1511] 12
100 ( 97) 78 The Lost Vikings Interplay AC [1280] 15
Dropped Out:
( 90) 36 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Interplay/El. Arts AD [1017]
( 94) 42 Fleet Defender MicroProse SI [1429]
( 95) 15 Front Page Sports: Baseball {C} Dynamix/Sierra SP [1491]
( 98) 25 Mystic Towers {S} AnimationFX/Apogee AC [1474]
( 99) 93 Ultima 7 Part 2 (+Silver Seed) Origin/El. Arts RP [1195]
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| 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 [] |
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