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 The following Top 40 contains the most popular download games at this time.
 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.
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 Internet Download Top 40           Edition 234 - Week 51 - December 20, 1999
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 TW  LW  NW Title                            Developer/Publisher Cat HI   ID
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  1   2^ 13 Unreal Tournament {D}                         Epic/GT SH  1 [3453]
  2   1  29 Quake 3 Arena Test {F}                             Id AC  1 [3307]
  3   3  12 Age Of Wonders {D}                       Triumph/Epic ST  3 [3469]
  4   4  14 Homeworld {D}                            Relic/Sierra ST  3 [3439]
  5   5  19 Mortyr {D}                                     Mirage SH  4 [3377]
  6   6  35 MechWarrior 3 {D}                   Zipper/MicroProse AC  5 [3241]
  7   7  10 Alien Crossfire {D}                           Firaxis ST  7 [3488]
  8  10^  6 Age Of Empires (Age Of Kings) {D}  Ensemble/Microsoft ST  8 [3550]
  9  12^ 51 Alpha Centauri {D}            Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST  1 [3131]
 10   9  43 Natuk {S}                               Tom Proudfoot RP  2 [3186]
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 11  14^ 28 Drakan (Order Of The Flame) {D}  Surreal/Psygnosis AC/AD  2 [3313]
 12   8   5 Indiana Jones (The Infernal Machine) {D} LucasArts AC/AD  6 [3580]
 13  11  77 BattleCruiser 3000 AD {F}                 Derek Smart ST  2 [2608]
 14  13   7 Rainbow Six (Rogue Spear) {D}               Red Storm ST 13 [3441]
 15  15  32 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 {D}         New World/3DO ST  2 [3263]
 16  22^ 21 Star Trek (Star Fleet Command) {D}          Interplay WG  3 [3356]
 17  20^  3 Nerf ArenaBlast {D}                  Visionary/Hasbro AC 17 [3523]
 18  24^ 10 Pharaoh {D}                        Impressions/Sierra ST 14 [3493]
 19  17  30 Nethergate {D}                              Spiderweb RP  8 [3306]
 20  23^ 43 Worms Armageddon {D}                       Team 17 AC/PU  4 [3179]
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 21  19 119 Demise/Mordor 2 {D}                        VB Designs RP  1 [2329]
 22  16   4 AMA Superbike {D}                           Motorsims RA 16 [3489]
 23  27^ 54 Descent 3 {D}                       Outrage/Interplay SH  1 [3089]
 24  18   4 Messiah {D}                           Shiny/Interplay AC 18 [3601]
 25  26^ 67 Wing Commander (Secret Ops) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI  2 [2903]
 26  21   8 Sega Rally 2 {D}                                 Sega RA 12 [3545]
 27   -*  1 Final Fantasy 8 {D}                        Squaresoft RP 27 [3636]
 28  28  13 Grand Theft Auto 2 {D}                Rockstar/Take 2 RA  5 [3466]
 29  25  21 Driver {D}                             Reflections/GT RA 13 [3286]
 30  34^ 11 Disciples (Sacred Lands) {D}           Strategy First ST 18 [3426]
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 31  29  14 Septerra Core {D}                Valkyrie/Monolith AD/RP 26 [3422]
 32  32   4 Natural Fawn Killers {D}                     Fiendish SH 32 [3609]
 33  37^ 18 FreeSpace 2 {D}                    Volition/Interplay SH 15 [3403]
 34   -^  1 Total Annihilation (Kingdoms) {D}       Cavedog/GT AC/WG 34 [3548]
 35   -^  1 Heart of Darkness {D}    Amazing/Infogrames/Interplay PL 35 [2919]
 36  36  30 Lords Of Magic (S.E.) {D}          Impressions/Sierra ST 19 [3023]
 37  38^  3 Wheel Of Time {D}                        Legend/GT AC/RP 37 [3579]
 38  30  10 Mankind {D}                                Vibes/Cryo ST 17 [3471]
 39  31   9 Asheron's Call {D}                  Turbine/Microsoft RP  4 [3505]
 40   -^  1 Crusaders Of Might & Magic {D}                 3DO AC/AD 40 [3634]
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     33   6 Odium/Gorky 17 {D}                Metropolis/Monolith AC  7 [3474]
     35  17 Star Wars Episode 1 (Racer) {D}             LucasArts RA 23 [3331]
     39   5 Tachyon (The Fringe) {D}                    NovaLogic SI 33 [3494]
     40  16 GP500 {D}                            Melbourne/Hasbro RA 15 [3406]

 The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: 
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  1   1   5 Close Combat 4 (Battle Of The Bulge) Atomic/Mindscape WG  1 [3606]
  2   3^  5 Urban Chaos {D}                      Mucky Foot/Eidos AC  2 [3602]
  3   4^  5 Deer Hunt Challenge {D}                     EA Sports SH  3 [3603]
  4   5^  5 Flanker 2.0 {D}                         SSI/Mindscape SI  4 [3604]
  5   6^  5 Tyrian 2000 {S}                          XSIV/Eclipse SH  5 [3605]
  6   9^  3 Lego Racers {D}                     High Voltage/Lego RA  6 [3621]
  7  10^  3 Spellbinder {D}                                Mythic RP  7 [3622]
  8  11^  3 Hangsim {D}                                     Wilco SI  8 [3623]
  9  12^  3 The Longest Journey {D}                        FunCom AD  9 [3624]
 10  13^  3 Star Trek (Hidden Evil) {D}                Activision AD 10 [3625]
 11  14^  3 Verge {D}                                       Vteam SH 11 [3626]
 12  15^  3 AIWars {D}                                      Nexus AC 12 [3627]
 13  17^  2 Test Drive (Off-Road 3) {D}                Infogrames RA 13 [3635]
 14  19^  2 Demolition Racer {D}     Pitbull Syndicate/Infogrames RA 14 [3637]
 15  20^  2 Boarderzone {D}                Housemarque/Infogrames SP 15 [3638]
 16   -^  1 Fighter Ace 2 {D}                           Microsoft SI 16 [3642]
 17   -^  1 Majesty {D}                          Cyberlore/Hasbro ST 17 [3643]
 18   -^  1 1602 A.D. {D}                           Sunflowers/GT ST 18 [3644]
 19   -^  1 Hired Team {D}                   New Media Generation AC 19 [3645]
 20   -^  1 Interstate '82 {D}                         Activision RA 20 [3646]

 The following Top 100 contains the most popular PC games at this time.
 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.
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 Internet PC Games Top 100          Edition 364 - Week 51 - December 20, 1999
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  1   1  11 Age Of Empires 2 {!}               Ensemble/Microsoft ST  1 [3476]
  2   2  42 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 {!}         New World/3DO ST  1 [3184]
  3   5^ 29 Jagged Alliance 2                  Sir-Tech/TalonSoft ST  2 [3294]
  4   4  51 Baldur's Gate {!}        Bioware/Black Isle/Interplay RP  1 [3115]
  5   3  44 Alpha Centauri/Alien CrossfireFiraxis/Electronic Arts ST  1 [3168]
  6   7^ 11 Homeworld                                Relic/Sierra SI  6 [3479]
  7  17*  3 Unreal Tournament                             Epic/GT SH  7 [3615]
  8   6  56 Half-Life/Opposing Force                 Valve/Sierra SH  1 [3046]
  9  10^  7 Fifa 2000                                   EA Sports SP  9 [3532]
 10   9  28 Might and Magic 7 (For Blood and Honor) {!}       3DO RP  2 [3287]
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 11   8  18 System Shock 2 {!}   Looking Glass/Electronic Arts AC/RP  6 [3398]
 12  13^ 89 Starcraft/Add-on {!}                         Blizzard WG  1 [2677]
 13  12  16 Command And Conquer (Tiberian Sun) Electronic Arts AC/WG  3 [3417]
 14  11   5 Age Of Wonders                    Triumph/Epic/G.O.D. ST 11 [3574]
 15  26*  3 Ultima 9 (Ascension) {!}       Origin/Electronic Arts RP 15 [3610]
 16  14  58 Railroad Tycoon 2/Add-on {!}            PopTop/G.O.D. ST  5 [3008]
 17  16  19 Civilization 2 (Test Of Time)              MicroProse ST 16 [3387]
 18  15  20 Darkstone {!}                         Delphine/G.O.D. RP 10 [3378]
 19  46*  2 Quake 3 (Arena) {!}                     Id/Activision SH 19 [3618]
 20  18  40 RollerCoaster Tycoon/Add-ons               Microprose ST  7 [3200]
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 21  21  59 Fallout 2 {!}                    Black Isle/Interplay RP  1 [2995]
 22  19  15 Nexus (The Kingdom Of The Winds)                Nexon AD 12 [3420]
 23  24^ 27 Need for Speed (High Stakes) {!}      Electronic Arts RA 14 [3323]
 24  22  40 BattleCruiser 3000 AD V.2.0                 Interplay ST 17 [3211]
 25  32^  4 Pharaoh                            Impressions/Sierra ST 25 [3593]
 26  20  11 Driver                                 Reflections/GT RA 20 [3477]
 27  25  77 Final Fantasy 7 {!}                  SquareSoft/Eidos RP  7 [2811]
 28  27  37 Championship Manager 3 {!}                      Eidos SP 14 [3248]
 29  30^ 86 Might and Magic 6 (The Mandate of Heaven) {!}     3DO RP  2 [2696]
 30  23  14 NHL 2000 {!}                                EA Sports SP 17 [3444]
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 31  33^ 39 EverQuest {!}                 Verant/989 Studios/Sony RP 18 [3206]
 32  28  23 Outcast                             Appeal/Infogrames AD 25 [3349]
 33  29  25 Dungeon Keeper 2             Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST  7 [3343]
 34  31   6 Asheron's Call {!}                  Turbine/Microsoft RP 27 [3559]
 35  36^  7 Grand Theft Auto 2 {!}            DMA/Rockstar/Take 2 RA 35 [3529]
 36  34  54 Thief (The Dark Project) {!}   Looking Glass/Eidos AC/AD  6 [3079]
 37  39^ 37 Civilization (Call to Power)               Activision ST 11 [3235]
 38  59*  4 Gabriel Knight 3                               Sierra AD 38 [3595]
 39  35  25 Total Annihilation (Kingdoms) {!}       Cavedog/GT AC/WG  7 [3342]
 40  38  11 Freespace 2                        Volition/Interplay AC 31 [3480]
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 41  54*  3 Indiana Jones (The Infernal Machine) {!} LucasArts AC/AD 41 [3598]
 42  43^ 17 Discworld Noir                             Perfect/GT AD 30 [3397]
 43  42 116 Total Annihilation                         Cavedog/GT WG  1 [2402]
 44  45^ 36 X-Wing Alliance                             LucasArts SI  9 [3249]
 45  37   7 Revenant                           Cinematix/Eidos AC/RP 30 [3542]
 46  41  11 Rainbox Six (Rogue Spear)                   Red Storm ST 29 [3458]
 47  44  18 Star Trek (Starfleet Command)               Interplay WG 13 [3400]
 48  50^  6 NBA Live 2000                               EA Sports SP 48 [3541]
 49  47  55 Heretic 2                            Raven/Activision SH 13 [3067]
 50  71*  6 X-Com (First Alien Invasion)               MicroProse ST 50 [3499]
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 51  67*  5 Delta Force 2                               NovaLogic SI 51 [3560]
 52  48  12 Prince Of Persia 3D {!}          Red Orb/Mindscape AC/AD 35 [3461]
 53  51  29 Star Trek (Birth of the Federation) MicroProse/Hasbro ST 20 [3296]
 54  56^  4 Myth (The Total Codex)                         Bungie ST 54 [3596]
 55  49 111 Ultima Online/Second Age {!}   Origin/Electronic Arts RP 19 [2399]
 56  68^  3 Septerra Core (Legacy Of The CreatorValkyrie/Monolith RP 56 [3613]
 57  55  19 X (Beyond The Frontier) {!}               EgoSoft/THQ AC 47 [3386]
 58  40  63 Caesar 3 (Build a Better Rome) {!}             Sierra ST  5 [2936]
 59  57   4 Omikron (The Nomad Soul)          Quantic Dream/Eidos AD 56 [3564]
 60  58  31 Star Wars Episode 1 (The Phantom Menace) {!}LucasArts AD 29 [3282]
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 61  90*  2 Tomb Raider (The Last Revelation)       Core/Eidos AC/AD 61 [3612]
 62  74^125 X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) {!}            Mythos/MicroProse ST  4 [2351]
 63  65^ 28 Aliens Vs. Predator                     Rebellion/Fox AC 14 [3280]
 64  61   5 Theme Park World/Sim Theme PaBullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 61 [3561]
 65  62  32 Rage Of Mages 2/Allods 2 (Necromancer) Nival/Monolith RP 20 [3272]
 66  76^ 10 Pizza Syndicate                         Software 2000 ST 66 [3381]
 67  53 105 Quake 2/Add-on {!}                      Id/Activision SH  1 [2529]
 68  69^  4 Odium/Gorky 17                  Monolith/Interplay AC/ST 68 [3589]
 69  52  10 Disciples (Sacred Land)                Strategy First ST 26 [3483]
 70  75^  3 Thief Gold                        Looking Glass/Eidos AD 70 [3565]
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 71  64  57 Carmageddon 2 {!}             Stainless/SCi/Interplay RA 19 [3037]
 72  66  58 Colin McRae Rally                         Codemasters RA 26 [2989]
 73  78^ 38 Imperialism 2                 Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 18 [3223]
 74  60  24 Kingpin (Life of Crime) {!}          Xatrix/Interplay SH 21 [3350]
 75  70  16 Expendable                                       Rage SH 54 [3348]
 76   -*  1 Planescape (Torment) {!}                    Interplay RP 76 [3629]
 77  63  23 Hidden & Dangerous/Devil's Bridge {Illusion/Take 2 AC/WG 28 [3364]
 78  85^ 69 Warlords 3 (Darklords Rising)             SSG/Red Orb WG 10 [2882]
 79  89^ 79 Descent (Freespace - The Great War)         Interplay SH  9 [2782]
 80  77 154 Diablo                                       Blizzard RP  1 [2154]
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 81   -^  1 Rally Championship 2000     Magnetic Fields/Europress RA 81 [3544]
 82  79  69 Rainbow Six                              Red Storm AC/ST  7 [2883]
 83  80  60 Grim Fandango {!}                LucasArts/Activision AD 10 [2981]
 84  83  38 Superbike World Championship         Virgin/EA Sports RA 48 [3194]
 85  81  46 SimCity 3000 {!}                Maxis/Electronic Arts ST 13 [3152]
 86  91^ 31 Grand Prix Legends              Papyrus/Sierra Sports RA 55 [2935]
 87  97^  2 Rayman 2 (The Great Escape)                   UbiSoft PL 87 [3543]
 88  95^ 53 Falcon 4.0 {!}                             MicroProse SI 30 [3091]
 89  73   4 Wheel Of Time {!}                        Legend/GT AC/RP 68 [3575]
 90  82  28 MechWarrior 3/Pirate's Moon {!}     Zipper/MicroProse AC  9 [3311]
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 91  92^ 82 Unreal/Add-ons {!}           Digital Extremes/Epic/GT SH  2 [2753]
 92  96^  3 Flanker 2.0                             SSI/Mindscape SI 92 [3535]
 93  72   9 Shadow Company (Left For Dead)                UbiSoft AC 60 [3502]
 94  86  26 Heavy Gear 2                            Activision AC/ST 30 [3335]
 95  93 113 Age of Empires {!}                 Ensemble/Microsoft ST  3 [2424]
 96  88   4 Warcraft 2 (Battle.net Edition)           Blizzard AC/WG 88 [3572]
 97  84  92 Battlezone                                 Activision WG  4 [2642]
 98   -^  1 GP500                               MicroProse/Hasbro RA 98 [3600]
 99   -^  1 Close Combat 4 (Battle Of The Bulge) Atomic/Mindscape WG 99 [3586]
100  94  11 Legacy Of Kain (Soul ReaverChrystal Dynamics/Eidos AC/AD 79 [3450]
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    Dropped Out:

     87  28 Midtown Madness                       Angel/Microsoft RA 22 [3288]
     98 108 The Curse of Monkey Island {!}              LucasArts AD  6 [2468]
     99   1 SWAT 3 (Close Quarters Battle)                 Sierra AD 99 [3594]
    100  55 Fifa 99                                     EA Sports SP  9 [3044]

 The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: 
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  1  10^  7 Chessmaster 7000                            Mindscape ST  1 [3557]
  2  47^  2 Mig Alley                      Rowan/Empire/Interplay SI  2 [3630]
  3   4^  8 Nocturne                      Terminal Reality/G.O.D. AC  1 [3536]
  4  38^  5 Diplomacy                                      Hasbro ST  4 [3599]
  5   2   5 Slave Zero                                 Infogrames AC  2 [3585]
  6  50^  2 Wild Wild West                           Southpeak AC/AD  6 [3633]
  7   5   5 Interstate '82                             Activision RA  5 [3590]
  8  35^  5 Bugs Bunny (Lost In Time)        Behaviour/Infogrames PL  8 [3591]
  9   7   7 Harley-Davidson (Race Across America)     WizardWorks RA  7 [3558]
 10  33^  6 Field & Stream (Trophy Hunting)         Sierra Sports SH 10 [3578]
 11   8   7 NHL Championship 2000              Radical/Fox Sports SP  8 [3563]
 12   9   6 Independence War Deluxe/I-War     Particle/Infogrames ST  9 [3573]
 13  16^  7 Creatures 3                                 Mindscape ST 13 [3554]
 14  14   8 West Front (Elite Edition)                 Talon Soft WG 14 [3530]
 15  17^  5 Test Drive 6             Pitbull Syndicate/Infogrames RA 15 [3588]
 16  12   8 Pong                                     Atari/Hasbro AR  6 [3533]
 17  48^  2 Nerf ArenaBlast                          Atari/Hasbro AC 17 [3631]
 18  19^  8 The Settlers 3 (Quest Of The Amazons)       Blue Byte ST  3 [3538]
 19  23^  8 Axis & Allies (Iron Blitz)                     Hasbro WG 19 [3531]
 20  24^  8 Nascar Legends                         Papyrus/Sierra RA 20 [3534]
 21  25^  8 Test Drive (Off-Road 3)                    Infogrames RA 21 [3537]
 22  26^  8 Inherent Evil                   Head Games/Activision AD 22 [3539]
 23  27^  8 Trick Style                         Criterion/Acclaim RA 23 [3540]
 24  28^  7 Abomination                         Hothouse/Eidos AC/ST 24 [3555]
 25  29^  7 NFL Blitz 2000                      Midway/Infogrames SP 25 [3556]
 26  30^  7 NBA Basketball 2000                Radical/Fox Sports SP 26 [3562]
 27  31^  6 AMA Superbike                               Motorsims RA 27 [3576]
 28  32^  6 Spec Ops 2 (Green Berets)              Zombie/Ripcord AC 28 [3577]
 29  34^  5 Hype (Time Quest)               Playmobil/Ubi Soft AC/AD 29 [3587]
 30  36^  5 Lander                                      Psygnosis SI 30 [3592]
 31  37^  5 Star Trek (Hidden Evil)             Presto/Activision AD 31 [3597]
 32  39^  4 South Park (Chef's Luv Shack)                 Acclaim PU 32 [3611]
 33  40^  4 Missile Command                                 Atari AR 33 [3614]
 34  41^  4 Phoenix                     Team 17/MicroProse/Hasbro SI 34 [3616]
 35  42^  3 Microsoft Soccer 2000                       Microsoft SP 35 [3617]
 36  43^  3 Hangsim                                         Wilco SI 36 [3619]
 37  44^  3 Total Soccer                         LiveMedia/Iridon SP 37 [3620]
 38  45^  2 Crusaders Of Might & Magic                     3DO AC/AD 38 [3628]
 39  49^  2 Antietam!                                     Firaxis ST 39 [3632]
 40   -^  1 Warcraft 2 (Battle Chest)                 Blizzard AC/WG 40 [3639]
 41   -^  1 12 O'Clock High                      TalonSoft/Take 2 ST 41 [3640]
 42   -^  1 Urban Chaos {!}                      Mucky Foot/Eidos AC 42 [3641]

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| TW : This Week          | The Internet PC Games Top 100 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           | {O}     OS/2 Only   | > 2  Magic of Zuul 4  []   |
| IF : Interactive Fiction|                     | > 4  The Lost Tycoon  []   |
| PL : Platform           |                     |                            |
| PU : Puzzle             | {!}    Smash PC Game|                            |
| RA : Racing             |--------------------------------------------------|
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| SI : Simulation         | is granted only by written   | 3071 ME Rotterdam |
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| ST : Strategy           |--------------------------------------------------|
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