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Sun, 29 Jan 1995 15:01
*** NET PC GAMES TOP 100 * EDITION 109 ***
Author: Jojo
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 15:01
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 1995 15:01
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| This week the votes from 702 people have been used to compile this chart. |
| This Top 100 is checked out weekly by most game developers and publishers. |
| Let them know what games you like and start voting for this list now! |
| Send your votes to jo...@xs4all.nl and you'll get the next chart sent to |
| you personally. You can 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 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 109 - Week 5 - January 30, 1995
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NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID
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Tip 1 9 Cyclemania Compro/Accolade AC [1552]
Tip 2 4 Flight Commander 2 Bigtime/Avalon Hill ST [1572]
Tip 3 4 Cyberia Xatrix/Interplay AC [1574]
Tip 4 8 Breakthru! {W} Spectrum Holobyte AC [1557]
Tip 5 8 Creature Shock {C} Argonaut/Virgin AC [1560]
Tip 6 6 Hardball 4 Accolade SP [1568]
Tip 7 5 Virtual Sysop iFX SI [1569]
Tip 8 6 Hell Take 2/Gametek AD [1567]
Tip 9 8 Inferno {C} DID/Ocean AC [1556]
Tip 10 5 All New World (+Lemming Chronicles) DMA/Psygnosis AC [1570]
Tip 11 8 Legend of Kyrandia: Malcolm's Revenge {C} Westwood AD [1559]
Tip 12 4 CyClones Raven/SSI/Electronic Arts AC [1576]
Tip 13 4 Commander Blood Microfolie's/Cryo AC [1573]
Tip 14 2 Unnecessary Roughness '95 Accolade SP [1579]
Tip 15 8 World War 2: Battles of the South Pacific QQP ST [1554]
Tip 16 4 Star Reach Techtonics/Interplay ST [1575]
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 109 - Week 5 - January 30, 1995
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) 15 Galactic Civilizations {O} Stardock/AIM ST [1508] 746
2 ( 2) 5 Descent {S} Parallax/Interplay AC [1565] 683
3 ( 3) 16 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC [1502] 511
4 ( 5)^ 16 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST [1501] 366
5 ( 4) 41 U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 342
6 ( 9)^ 7 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger {C}Origin/EA AC [1562] 311
7 ( 8)^ 28 Tie Fighter LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 289
8 ( 7) 109 Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 259
9 ( 13)^ 5 Heretic {S} Raven/Id AC [1566] 279
10 ( 6) 59 Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386] 224
11 ( 10) 10 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST [1528] 246
12 ( 12) 15 One Must Fall: 2097 {S} Epic AC [1505] 201
13 ( 11) 17 Colonization MicroProse ST [1496] 186
14 ( 14) 69 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 197
15 ( 15) 55 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 184
16 ( 16) 18 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1438] 180
17 ( 19)^ 11 Transport Tycoon MicroProse ST [1521] 162
18 ( 18) 100 X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 130
19 ( 20)^ 8 Roids {S} {O} Leonard Guy AC [1531] 132
20 ( 17) 45 Myst {W} {C} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD [1426] 116
21 ( 23)^ 7 Magic Carpet {C} Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1549] 130
22 ( 21) 26 Jazz Jackrabbit {S} Epic AC [1479] 97
23 ( 24)^106 VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 108
24 ( 22) 11 Under a Killing Moon {C} Access/US Gold AD [1517] 99
25 ( 29)^ 5 Rise of the Triad (+retail version) {S} Apogee AC [1564] 119
26 ( 26) 14 Wacky Wheels {S} Beavis/Apogee AC [1509] 98
27 ( 31)^ 9 Panzer General SSI ST [1522] 112
28 ( 25) 33 The Settlers (+Serf City) Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458] 79
29 ( 27) 108 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 73
30 ( 28) 97 Nethack 3.1 {F} DevTeam RP [1186] 74
31 ( 30) 77 Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284] 73
32 ( 33)^ 43 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {S} Cygnus/Apogee AC [1434] 63
33 ( 35)^ 65 Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359] 68
34 ( 32) 20 Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Sierra AC [1487] 58
35 ( 34) 51 Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416] 60
36 ( 38)^ 56 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father Sierra AD [1377] 68
37 ( 37) 82 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP [1275] 59
38 ( 42)^ 10 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1529] 67
39 ( 36) 107 World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 45
40 ( 40) 55 Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin SP [1400] 54
41 ( 41) 12 MetalTech: Earthsiege Dynamix/Sierra AC [1515] 52
42 ( 39) 14 Aces of the Deep Dynamix/Sierra SI [1500] 41
43 ( 44)^ 17 NHL Hockey '95 Electronic Arts SP [1493] 54
44 ( 46)^ 69 NHL Hockey Electronic Arts SP [1340] 54
45 ( 47)^ 44 Ultima 8: Pagan Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1401] 53
46 ( 45) 90 7th Guest {C} Trilobyte/Virgin PU [1230] 41
47 ( 54)^ 5 Trickle Down {O} Multigrain ST [1563] 59
48 ( 48) 108 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC [1116] 42
49 ( 51)^ 6 U.S. Navy Fighters {C} Electronic Arts SI [1543] 48
50 ( 43) 60 IndyCar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1375] 29
51 ( 58)^ 5 Little Big Adventure (+Relentless)Electronic Arts AD [1538] 61
52 ( 61)^ 8 Boppin' {S} Accursed Toys/Apogee PU [1526] 58
53 ( 56)^ 70 Privateer (+Righteous Fire) Origin/Electr. Arts AC [1337] 49
54 ( 50) 99 Empire Deluxe (+add-ons) New World ST [1177] 36
55 ( 52) 42 Battle Isle 2 (+add-on) Blue Byte/Accolade ST [1439] 40
56 ( 53) 84 SVGA Air Warrior Kesmai/Konami/GEnie SI [1251] 40
57 ( 49) 82 Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271] 22
58 ( 55) 104 Wing Commander 2 (+Sp. Op. 1+2) Origin/Mindscape AC [1007] 32
59 ( 57) 18 Wing Commander: Armada Origin/Electronic Arts AC [1494] 32
60 ( 60) 58 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD [1379] 37
61 ( 62)^ 29 Theme Park Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST [1459] 40
62 ( 68)^ 5 King's Quest 7: Princeless Bride {W} {C} Sierra AD [1553] 47
63 ( 65)^ 11 Front Page Sports: Football '95 Dynamix/Sierra SP [1520] 39
64 ( 70)^ 4 Video Poker {S} {O} IBM EWS ST [1571] 45
65 ( 63) 33 Harpoon 2 Three-Sixty ST [1462] 31
66 ( 66) 109 Falcon 3.0 (+add-ons) Spectrum Holob./MicroProse SI [1005] 31
67 ( 72)^106 Ultima Underworld 2 LookingGlass/Origin/El. Arts RP [1127] 38
68 ( 73)^ 34 Hocus Pocus {S} Apogee AC [1456] 38
69 ( 67) 83 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD [1268] 28
70 ( 80)^ 4 Ecstatica {C} Psygnosis AD [1530] 39
71 ( 59) 109 Links 386 Pro (+add-ons) Access/US Gold SP [1006] 10
72 ( 74)^ 60 Rebel Assault {C} LucasArts/US Gold AC [1374] 31
73 ( 71) 8 The Incredible Machine 2 Sierra PU [1537] 27
74 ( 64) 70 Front Page Sports: Football Pro Dynamix/Sierra SP [1330] 17
75 ( 69) 107 Railroad Tycoon MicroProse ST [1121] 24
76 ( 75) 98 Minesweeper {W} Microsoft ST [1184] 29
77 ( 77) 11 Realms of Arkania 2: Star Trail Sir-Tech RP [1514] 31
78 ( 81)^ 61 Slicks 'n' Slide {S} Timo Kauppinen SP [1352] 34
79 ( 87)^ 3 Black Jack {O} Reed ST [1577] 34
80 ( 79) 10 Aethra {S} Michael Lawrence RP [1495] 26
81 ( 76) 68 Return To Zork Infocom/Activision AD [1288] 21
82 ( 82) 3 BlackThorne {S} Blizzard/Interplay AC [1536] 26
83 ( 90)^108 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD [1003] 28
84 ( 91)^ 23 Xquest {S} Atomjack AC [1482] 28
85 ( 83) 19 World at War: Operation Crusader Atomic/Avalon H. ST [1489] 20
86 ( 89)^ 71 MS Flight Simulator 5.0 Microsoft SI [1334] 24
87 ( 86) 109 Darklands MicroProse RP [1008] 21
88 ( 85) 47 The Elder Scrolls: Arena Bethesda/US Gold RP [1423] 19
89 ( 84) 109 Wolfenstein 3D (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 17
90 (100)^ 30 Angband {F} Robert Alan Koeneke RP [1255] 28
91 ( -)^ 1 Aladdin Virgin AC [1578] 20
92 ( 78) 90 Core Wars Intern. Core Wars Society ST [1227] 9
93 ( 88) 78 Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos Westwood/Virgin RP [1305] 17
94 ( 99)^ 95 Ultima 7 Part 2 (+Silver Seed) Origin/El. Arts RP [1195] 23
95 ( 94) 41 Cannon Fodder Sensible/AVME/Virgin AC [1435] 17
96 ( 95) 9 Quarantine Imagexcel/Gametek AC [1511] 17
97 ( 97) 26 Wargame Construction Set 2: Tanks! SSI/US Gold ST [1464] 16
98 ( 96) 24 FIFA International Soccer Electronic Arts SP [1481] 15
99 ( 92) 85 Solitaire {W} Microsoft ST [1214] 12
100 ( 93) 4 MetalTech: Battledrome Dynamix/Sierra AC [1550] 12
Dropped Out:
( 98) 2 Death Gate Legend AD [1544]
Last week it looked like Descent was going to be the new number one this
week, but due to some lobbying in the comp.os.os2.games newsgroup
Galactic Civilizations is still on top. Descent will have to fight harder
if it wants to be the next most popular game on earth.
This week also shows a rise in the number of voters again. I'm very
pleased about that, because it means that the steady decline after the
Internet PC Games Contest boost has stopped. Before the contest, the
number of voters was 410. Right before and after the contest the number
of voters climbed to 1133. It was clear that this number would drop
again, and it did. Now it stopped at 702, so it means that the contest
made the number of voters for the Top 100 increase with roughly 75%, and
I was hoping for at least 10%. Not a bad result!
Thank you all again, and keep voting!
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Top 50: The Games Most Voted For January 1995
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TM LM Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) Galactic Civilizations Stardock/AIM ST [1508] 3681
2 ( 2) Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC [1502] 2807
3 ( 4) U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 1959
4 ( -) Descent {S} Parallax/Interplay AC [1565] 1912
5 ( 3) Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386] 1754
6 ( 5) Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 1667
7 ( 9) Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST [1501] 1641
8 ( 6) Tie Fighter LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 1604
9 ( 8) Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 1331
10 ( 7) One Must Fall: 2097 {S} Epic AC [1505] 1232
11 ( -) Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin/EA AC [1562] 1231
12 (21) Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST [1528] 1153
13 (10) Colonization MicroProse ST [1496] 1100
14 (11) SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 1084
15 ( -) Heretic {S} Raven/Id AC [1566] 892
16 (12) System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1438] 822
17 (17) X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 764
18 (15) VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 724
19 (18) Myst Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD [1426] 692
20 (29) Roids {S} Leonard Guy AC [1531] 682
21 (42) Transport Tycoon MicroProse ST [1521] 648
22 ( -) Magic Carpet Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1549] 599
23 (13) Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 580
24 (14) Jazz Jackrabbit {S} Epic AC [1479] 568
25 (19) Nethack 3.1 {freeware} DevTeam RP [1186] 533
26 (26) Under a Killing Moon Access/US Gold AD [1517] 501
27 (16) Wacky Wheels {S} Beavis/Apogee AC [1509] 483
28 ( -) Rise of the Triad (+retail version) {S} Apogee AC [1564] 472
29 ( -) Panzer General SSI ST [1522] 465
30 (33) The Settlers (+Serf City) Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458] 438
31 (22) Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284] 426
32 (25) Raptor: Call of the Shadows {S} Cygnus/Apogee AC [1434] 377
33 (27) Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416] 372
34 (20) Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359] 363
35 (30) World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 360
36 (37) Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father Sierra AD [1377] 353
37 (23) Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP [1275] 344
38 (35) MetalTech: Earthsiege Dynamix/Sierra AC [1515] 338
39 (24) Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Sierra AC [1487] 336
40 (34) Aces of the Deep Dynamix/Sierra SI [1500] 334
41 ( -) Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1529] 315
42 (36) Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin SP [1400] 311
43 (32) IndyCar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1375] 276
44 (39) NHL Hockey '95 Electronic Arts SP [1493] 273
45 (28) 7th Guest Trilobyte/Virgin PU [1230] 264
46 (40) NHL Hockey Electronic Arts SP [1340] 264
47 (47) Empire Deluxe (+add-ons) New World ST [1177] 259
48 (31) Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271] 258
49 (38) Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC [1116] 253
50 ( -) Battle Isle 2 (+add-on) Blue Byte/Accolade ST [1439] 251
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| TW : This Week | The Net PC Games Top 100 is compiled using votes |
| LW : Last Week | sent by many people from all over the world. The |
| NW : Number of Weeks | latest chart is published every Monday on Usenet |
| - : New Entry | 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) 1995 all rights reserved Jojo Productions |
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