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Article #722400*** INTERNET PC GAMES CHARTS * EDITION 269 ***
From: jojo
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 00:00
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 1998 00:00
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Hey, we need your help! What new Top 100 list do you want us to
make? Television? Books? Hot Babes or Guys? Websites? Sports?
Magazines? Software? Dance Music? Read about our new ideas...
Thank you for the votes you've sent us, or the interest you've shown in the
Internet Charts. We are proud to present you the new list of this week...
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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 269 - Week 9 - February 23, 1998
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 1 24 Mordor 2 (Darkness Awakening) VB Designs RP 1 [2329]
2 2 86 Ancient Domains of Mystery Thomas Biskup RP 1 [1976]
3 -* 1 BattleCruiser 3000 AD Derek Smart ST 3 [2608]
4 3 30 Metal Knights KnightSoft ST 2 [2340]
5 5 15 Myth (The Fallen Lords) Bungie ST 3 [2469]
6 6 11 Space Empires 3 Malfador ST 3 [2514]
7 4 21 Age of Empires Ensemble/Microsoft ST 2 [2406]
8 8 60 Furcadia Dragon's Eye RP 2 [2141]
9 9 9 Balls of Steel Apogee AR 9 [2550]
10 7 31 The Curse of Monkey Island LucasArts AD 4 [2333]
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11 15^ 42 Exile 3 (Ruined World) Spiderweb RP 8 [2251]
12 10 18 Quake 2 (Test) Id/Activision SH 1 [2441]
13 11 48 Carmageddon Stainless/SCI/Interplay RA 4 [2217]
14 12 14 Total Annihilation Cavedog/GT WG 9 [2491]
15 20^104 Quake Id SH 1 [1876]
16 14 14 Tomb Raider 2 Core/Eidos AC/AD 11 [2470]
17 13 29 Warlords 3 (Reign of Heroes) SSG/Red Orb WG 9 [2332]
18 17 139 VGA Planets/WinPlan Tim Wisseman ST 2 [1651]
19 24^ 2 Arsenal Tactical WG 19 [2569]
20 21^ 13 Turok (Dinosaur Hunter) Acclaim SH 14 [2492]
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21 18 114 Stars! 2 Star Crossed ST 3 [1816]
22 16 13 Dark Reign (The Future Of War) Auran/Activision WG 9 [2494]
23 25^ 32 Little Big Adventure 2/Twinsen's Odyssey Activision AD 8 [2299]
24 19 108 Duke Nukem 3D 3D Realms/GT SH 1 [1863]
25 23 3 Sanitarium ASC AD 23 [2590]
26 26 88 SubSpace Virgin AC 1 [1955]
27 22 25 Entrepreneur Stardock ST 3 [2375]
28 27 115 Toyland {O} Rainald Menge ST 5 [1813]
29 38^ 12 Grand Theft Auto DMA/BMG RA 16 [2499]
30 35^ 2 Babel Ian Finley AD 30 [2597]
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31 -^ 32 DX-Ball Michael Welch AC 17 [2256]
32 -^ 5 Falcon 4.0 MicroProse SI 32 [2548]
33 34^ 6 G-Police Psygnosis AC 33 [2452]
34 -^ 1 Shipwreckers!/Overboard! Psygnosis SH 34 [2443]
35 33 20 Postal Running With Scissors/Ripcord AC/ST 25 [2354]
36 29 41 X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) Mythos/MicroProse ST 6 [2266]
37 32 9 Netstorm (Islands At War) Titanic/Activision WG 14 [2431]
38 31 3 F/A-18 Korea Graphic Simulations SI 31 [2517]
39 -^ 1 Battlezone Activision AC 39 [2611]
40 -^ 1 Forsaken Acclaim SH 40 [2600]
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28 7 Chasm (The Rift) Action Forms/Megamedia/GT SH 14 [2360]
30 14 Tyrants of Thaine SW Games/Spectrum Pacific RP 22 [2306]
36 36 Tanarus/ArmorGeddon Sony AC/ST 1 [2246]
37 32 Imperialism Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 6 [2315]
39 2 Conquest David Burns ST 31 [2594]
40 3 Xevil 2.0 Steve Hardt SH 34 [2572]
The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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Runners Up Edition 269 - Week 9 - February 23, 1998
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 7^ 3 Deadlock 2 (Shrine Wars) Cyberlore/Accolade WG 1 [2598]
2 1 3 Sonic and Knuckles Sega PL 1 [2595]
3 11^ 4 Gee Whiz! Mystery Club (Gruesome Castle) Gee Whiz! AD 3 [2588]
4 2 4 NBA Live 98 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 2 [2584]
5 3 2 Hacx Banjo AC 3 [2606]
6 4 4 RoboRumble TopWare ST 4 [2589]
7 5 4 Action Super Cross Pik A Program AC 5 [2583]
8 6 3 Front Page Sports (Ski Racing) Sierra SP 3 [2596]
9 8 4 Armored Moon (The Next Eden) Microforum ST 8 [2585]
10 9 4 Warhammer (Dark Omen) Electronic Arts WG 9 [2586]
11 10 4 Ultim@te Race Pro Kalisto/MicroProse RA 10 [2587]
12 12 3 Earthsiege 3 (Future Wars) Dynamix/Sierra AC 12 [2599]
13 14^ 3 Adrenix Playmates AC 13 [2601]
14 15^ 2 Montezuma's Return! Utopia AC 14 [2607]
15 17^ 2 Sega Touring Car Championship Sega RA 15 [2609]
16 18^ 2 Conquest of the Skies (Stratosphere) Ripcord AC/SI 16 [2610]
17 20^ 2 Pharao's Ascent Ambertec AC 17 [2612]
18 -^ 1 Gettysburg Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 18 [2618]
19 -^ 1 Plane Crazy Europress AC 19 [2619]
20 -^ 1 Lurid Land Illusion ST 20 [2620]
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 269 - Week 9 - February 23, 1998
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 1 21 Total Annihilation Cavedog/GT WG 1 [2402]
2 2 10 Quake 2 {!} Id/Activision SH 2 [2529]
3 4^ 59 Diablo Blizzard RP 1 [2154]
4 3 18 Age Of Empires {!} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 3 [2424]
5 5 66 Heroes of Might & Magic 2/add-on New World/3DO ST 2 [2091]
6 6 19 Fallout Interplay RP 6 [2417]
7 9^ 19 Dark Forces 2 (Jedi Knight) {!} LucasArts SH 6 [2413]
8 7 9 Wing Commander (Prophecy) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 7 [2533]
9 8 14 The Curse of Monkey Island {!} LucasArts AD 7 [2468]
10 10 13 Tomb Raider 2 Eidos AC/AD 9 [2474]
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11 13^ 65 Command & Conquer/Counterstrike (Red Alert) Westwood WG 1 [2101]
12 12 103 Civilization 2/Fantastic Worlds MicroProse ST 1 [1879]
13 11 13 Fifa (Road To World Cup 98) EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 7 [2502]
14 14 13 Myth (The Fallen Lords) Bungie/Eidos ST 14 [2476]
15 15 65 Master of Orion 2 (Battle at Antares) MicroProse ST 3 [2095]
16 20^ 35 Carmageddon Stainless/SCI/Interplay RA 6 [2310]
17 17 34 Dungeon Keeper Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 1 [2322]
18 16 13 Blade Runner {!} Westwood/Virgin AD 16 [2479]
19 19 15 Grand Theft Auto DMA/BMG RA 17 [2444]
20 21^ 11 Seven Kingdoms Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 16 [2511]
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21 23^ 16 Riven (The Sequel To Myst) {!} Cyan/Red Orb AD 18 [2445]
22 22 30 X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) {!} Mythos/MicroProse ST 4 [2351]
23 18 22 Dark Reign (The Future of War) Auran/Activision WG 10 [2397]
24 24 9 Worms 2 Team 17/MicroProse AC/PU 24 [2530]
25 26^ 19 Imperialism Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 21 [2418]
26 25 28 Warlords 3 (Reign of Heroes) {!} SSG/Red Orb WG 12 [2359]
27 30^ 20 Ultima Online {!} Origin/Electronic Arts RP 19 [2399]
28 27 18 Gettysburg Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 15 [2430]
29 32^ 42 X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter Totally/LucasArts AC/SI 7 [2258]
30 28 82 Quake/add-on Id/GT SH 1 [1999]
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31 31 116 Warcraft 2/add-on (Tides of Darkness) Blizzard WG 2 [1817]
32 29 21 NHL 98 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 17 [2400]
33 39^ 17 Entrepreneur {!} Stardock ST 25 [2434]
34 36^ 37 Moto Racer Delphine/BMG RA 21 [2290]
35 35 17 Panzer General 2 SSI/Mindscape WG 27 [2426]
36 47^ 4 Gag Auric Vision AD 36 [2557]
37 33 50 Magic/Add-ons (The Gathering) MicroProse ST 9 [2210]
38 55* 13 Longbow 2 Jane's/Electronic Arts SI 38 [2466]
39 37 10 Lords Of Magic Impressions/Sierra RP 37 [2526]
40 40 20 Lands of Lore (Guardians of Destiny) {!} Westwood RP 20 [2410]
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41 50^ 74 The Elder Scrolls (Daggerfall) Bethesda/Virgin RP 6 [2032]
42 45^ 12 F1 Racing Simulation Ubi RA 42 [2507]
43 42 44 Need for Speed 2/Special Edition Electronic Arts RA 16 [2245]
44 44 33 Links OS/2 {O} Access/Stardock SP 25 [2324]
45 34 19 Incubation (Time Is Running Out) Blue Byte ST 20 [2415]
46 46 33 Little Big Adv. 2/Twinsen's Odyssey {!} Activision AD 19 [2327]
47 38 18 Uprising Cyclone/3DO AC/ST 24 [2425]
48 43 7 I-War Optical/Infogrames/Ocean ST 29 [2552]
49 66* 10 SubSpace Burst/Virgin AC 49 [2506]
50 41 61 Privateer 2 (The Darkening) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/ST 14 [2131]
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51 53^ 71 Avarice (The Final Saga) {O} CSS/Stardock AD 10 [2061]
52 72* 4 Red Baron 2 {!} Dynamix/Sierra SI 52 [2543]
53 51 7 F22 (Air Dominance Fighter) DID/Ocean SI 51 [2540]
54 61^ 94 Duke Nukem 3D/add-ons 3D Realms/GT SH 2 [1923]
55 57^117 Stars! 2 Star Crosses/Empire ST 11 [1786]
56 52 38 Capitalism Plus Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 33 [2283]
57 48 13 Championship Manager 97/98 Eidos SP 34 [2475]
58 49 61 Trials of Battle {O} Shadowsoft/Stardock SH 10 [2134]
59 68^ 88 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2 Blue Byte ST 15 [1953]
60 64^ 15 Abe's Oddysee Oddworld/GT PL 23 [2414]
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61 70^ 12 Warhammer (Final Liberation) SSI/Mindscape WG 49 [2483]
62 54 14 Pax Imperia (Eminent Domain) {!} Heliotrope/THQ ST 29 [2454]
63 63 9 Command & Conquer (Sole Survivor) {!} Westwood/Virgin AC 63 [2525]
64 65^ 83 World Circuit Racing/F1 (Grand Prix 2) MicroProse RA 6 [1857]
65 56 102 Descent 2 Parallax/Interplay SH 5 [1891]
66 90* 8 Heavy Gear Activision AC 66 [2532]
67 74^ 23 Hexen 2 {!} Raven/Activision SH 10 [2389]
68 67 16 Close Combat (A Bridge Too Far) Atomic/Microsoft WG 33 [2432]
69 58 70 MechWarrior 2 (Mercenaries) Activision AC 15 [2065]
70 75^ 49 MDK Shiny/Playmates/Interplay AC/SH 12 [2209]
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71 86^ 6 Realms of the Haunting Gremlin/Interplay SH 71 [2175]
72 85^ 4 Virtual Pool 2 {!} Celeris/VR Sports/Interplay SP 72 [2560]
73 83^ 18 Shadow Warrior {!} 3D Realms/GT SH 41 [2395]
74 71 58 M.A.X. Interplay WG 25 [2152]
75 77^ 80 The Pandora Directive Access AD 36 [2003]
76 59 11 Netstorm (Islands at War) Titanic/Activision WG 43 [2462]
77 76 32 Betrayal in Antara {!} Sierra RP 31 [2325]
78 73 58 Crusader (No Regret) Origin/Electronic Arts AC 26 [2030]
79 82^ 43 Vigilance on Talos V {O} PolyEx PL 36 [2252]
80 87^ 15 NBA Live 98 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 44 [2450]
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81 93^ 35 The Last Express Smoking Car/Broderbund AD 16 [2268]
82 60 5 Screamer Rally {!} Virgin RA 48 [2566]
83 62 17 Pro Pinball (Timeshock) Empire SI 45 [2366]
84 92^ 63 Lords of the Realm 2/add-on Impressions/Sierra ST 21 [2107]
85 69 16 Zork (Grand Inquisitor) Activision AD 53 [2446]
86 95^ 47 Interstate '76 Activision RA 20 [2225]
87 84 113 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O} Stardock ST 3 [1828]
88 94^176 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST 3 [1501]
89 89 4 Resident Evil Capcom/Virgin AC/AD 89 [2403]
90 96^ 10 Dark Earth Kalisto/MicroProse AD 58 [2433]
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91 88 19 Constructor Acclaim PU/ST 26 [2393]
92 99^ 13 Steel Panthers 3 (Brigade Command 1939-1999) SSI WG 73 [2456]
93 -^ 1 CART Precision Racing Microsoft RA 93 [2485]
94 100^ 5 Front Page Sports (Football Pro '98) Sierra SP 76 [2438]
95 97^ 2 Nightmare Creatures Kalisto/Activision 95 [2542]
96 91 116 The Dig LucasArts AD 21 [1798]
97 81 44 Creatures Cyberlife/Mindscape ST 32 [2114]
98 78 6 Earth 2140 TopWare/Interplay WG 78 [2464]
99 79 6 TOCA (Touring Car Championship) Codemasters SI/SP 79 [2545]
100 98 3 Descent to Undermountain {!} Dragonplay/Interplay RP 98 [2546]
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Dropped Out:
80 1 Front Page Sports (Ski Racing) Sierra SP 80 [2558]
The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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Runners Up Edition 269 - Week 9 - February 23, 1998
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 20^ 2 Virtua Squad 2 Sega AR/AC 1 [2605]
2 4^ 2 Chasm (The Rift) Action Forms/Megamedia/GT SH 2 [2602]
3 2 6 Evolution Discovery Channel ST 2 [2567]
4 3 6 Pro Pilot {!} Sierra SI 3 [2564]
5 -^ 1 American Civil War Interactive Magic WG 5 [2613]
6 10^ 4 Buccaneer Divide By Zero/SSI/Mindscape AD 6 [2578]
7 6 3 Monopoly {!} Hasbro ST 6 [2591]
8 8 3 Hoyle Classic Card Games Sierra PU 8 [2592]
9 7 4 Scarab Electronic Arts AC 6 [2577]
10 9 4 NetWAR Semi Logic/Headland AC 9 [2582]
11 15^ 4 Shanghai (Dynasty) Activision PU 11 [2580]
12 14^ 4 VR Baseball '97 {!} VR Sports SP 12 [2579]
13 16^ 4 Mass Destruction NMS/ASC SH 13 [2581]
14 17^ 3 Syn-Factor Piranha AD 14 [2593]
15 18^ 3 Journeyman Project 3 (Legacy of Time) {Presto/Red Orb AD 9 [2603]
16 19^ 2 Actua Golf 2 Gremlin SP 16 [2604]
17 -^ 1 Snow Racers 98 Ocean SP 17 [2614]
18 -^ 1 Sega Touring Car Championship Sega RA 18 [2615]
19 -^ 1 Semper Fi Interactive Magic ST 19 [2616]
20 -^ 1 Air Warrior 3 Kesmai/Interactive Magic SI 20 [2617]
Very soon we will be able to start one or more new weekly (or
monthly) Top 100 charts. We've announced this before, but now,
with better software and a new website, we are all ready for it.
However, we cannot implement all our ideas at once, so we want
you to choose where we should start. Please pick one or more of
these options:
Television Top 50: most popular tv series and programs
Books Top 100: best international books (fiction/romance...)
Hot Babes: beautiful actresses, singers and other celebrities
Hot Guys: gorgious actors, singers and other celebrities
Websites Top 100: best entertaining webpages in the world
Sports Chart: most popular teams, athletes and sports events
Magazines: best entertaining paper and on-line publications
Software List: screen savers, themes, virtual friends, etc.
Dance Music: hottest club and dance hits around the world
Other...?
Some of these new charts could be full Top 100 lists, while
others should be smaller. Some will be published weekly, and
others might have to be done monthly. Some will have to be
restricted to certain types of products, or they will have to
be broken up in several sub-charts. These are all things we
will decide upon later.
Please let us know your opinion about this. Just mail us at
in...@worldcharts.nl and tell us which of these new charts and
ideas would get your support if we started them. If you have
even better ideas than us, don't hesitate to let us know.
Thanks, as always!
Jurgen,
in...@worldcharts.nl
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| 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.|
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| * : 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 |--------------------------------------------------|
| RP : Role-Playing | (c) 1998 all rights reserved | World Charts |
| SH : Shooter | Distribution of these charts | Hoogstraat 125-H |
| SI : Simulation | is granted only by written | 3011 PL Rotterdam |
| SP : Sports | permission. | The Netherlands |
| ST : Strategy |--------------------------------------------------|
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