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| This week the votes from 172 people have been used to compile this chart. |
| Send your votes to appelo@dutiag.twi.tudelft.nl and you'll get the next |
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The Net PC Games Top 100 Edition 26 - Week 26 - June 28, 1993
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) 26 Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 707
2 ( 2) 17 X-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 508
3 ( 8)* 26 Falcon 3.0 (+op.) Spectrum Holobyte/MicroProse SI [1005] 410
4 ( 3) 24 World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 246
5 ( 5) 25 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 237
6 ( 4) 23 VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 208
7 ( 11)^ 9 Strike Commander Origin/Electronic Arts SI [1218] 269
8 ( 7) 23 The Incredible Machine Dynamix/Sierra PU [1128] 229
9 ( 9) 23 Ultima Underworld 2 Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1127] 208
10 ( 6) 26 Wolfenstein 3D {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 175
11 ( 12)^ 13 Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle Origin/El. Arts RP [1195] 200
12 ( 15)^ 7 Prince of Persia 2 Broderbund AC [1232] 186
13 ( 13) 24 Railroad Tycoon MicroProse ST [1121] 167
14 ( 10) 25 Alone in the Dark Infogrames/I-Motion AD [1105] 134
15 ( 14) 25 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade ST [1116] 146
16 ( 16) 26 Ultima 7 (+Forge of Virtue) Origin/Mindscape RP [1001] 124
17 ( 17) 26 Harpoon (+disks) Three-Sixty/Electronic Arts ST [1058] 100
18 ( 18) 16 Empire Deluxe New World ST [1177] 97
19 ( 19) 17 Space Quest 5: Next Mutation Dynamix/Sierra AD [1173] 96
20 ( 21)^ 26 Ultima Underworld: Stygian Abyss Origin/Mindscape RP [1009] 102
21 ( 22)^ 25 Crusaders o.t. Dark Savant Sir-Tech/US Gold RP [1104] 101
22 ( 20) 26 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD [1003] 82
23 ( 27)^ 26 Aces of the Pacific (+miss.) Dynamix/Sierra SI [1010] 125
24 ( 23) 26 Darklands MicroProse RP [1008] 85
25 ( 25) 15 Minesweeper MicroSoft ST [1184] 95
26 ( 28)^ 14 Nethack 3.1 {freeware} DevTeam RP [1186] 110
27 ( 24) 24 V for Victory (+scenario's) Three-Sixty/El. Arts ST [1114] 72
28 ( 26) 10 Monster Bash {S} Apogee AC [1213] 70
29 ( 31)^ 7 7th Guest Trilobyte/Virgin AD [1230] 72
30 ( 29) 25 Comanche: Maximum Overkill NovaLogic/US Gold SI [1101] 54
31 ( 40)^ 25 F-15 Strike Eagle 3 MicroProse SI [1103] 96
32 ( 30) 26 Out of this World Delphine/Interp./US Gold AC [1012] 44
33 ( 32) 10 Lemmings 2: The Tribes DMA/Psygnosis PU [1207] 51
34 ( 34) 8 Eye of the Beholder 3 SSI/US Gold RP [1225] 49
35 ( 39)^ 26 Links 386 Pro (+courses) Access/US Gold SP [1006] 69
36 ( 33) 26 Lemmings (+More Lemmings) Psygnosis PU [1095] 33
37 ( 35) 21 Warlords SSG ST [1135] 36
38 ( 36) 23 Commander Keen 4, 5, 6 {S} Id/Apogee AC [1129] 31
39 ( 42)^ 6 Flashback Delphine/US Gold/SSI AC [1236] 51
40 ( 38) 26 Monkey Island 2 LucasArts/US Gold AD [1014] 31
41 ( 41) 26 Eye of the Beholder 2 SSI/US Gold RP [1067] 42
42 ( 37) 26 King's Quest 6 Sierra AD [1015] 16
43 ( 44)^ 16 Command HQ MicroProse ST [1166] 41
44 ( 43) 26 Wing Commander 2 (+Sp. Op. 1+2) Origin/Mindscape AC [1007] 23
45 ( 47)^ 24 Conquered Kingdoms QQP ST [1122] 28
46 ( 50)^ 16 Prince of Persia Broderbund AC [1172] 39
47 ( 49)^ 26 Wing Commander 1 (+Secret M.) Origin/Mindscape AC [1026] 26
48 ( 45) 23 The Humans: Human Race Gametek/US Gold/Mirage PU [1112] 10
49 ( 46) 22 Spear of Destiny Id/FormGen/Psygnosis AC [1124] 13
50 ( 54)^ 21 Empire: Wargame of the Century Interstel ST [1142] 38
51 ( 48) 23 The Lost Admiral QQP ST [1126] 13
52 ( 56)^ 4 Tristan: Solid State Pinball Amtex AC [1247] 38
53 ( 62)^ 26 Perfect General (+scenario's) QQP/UbiSoft ST [1098] 54
54 ( 51) 26 SimCity Maxis/Ocean ST [1079] 18
55 ( 52) 6 Romance o.t. Three Kingdoms 2 Koei ST [1231] 18
56 ( 61)^ 5 Shadow of the Comet Infogrames/Interplay AD [1224] 33
57 ( 55) 19 Populous 2 (+disk) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST [1149] 13
58 ( 57) 17 Ultima 6: The False Prophet Origin/Mindscape RP [1153] 16
59 ( 58) 18 Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure {S} Apogee AC [1162] 15
60 ( 80)* 24 Might & Magic: Clouds of Xeen New World/US Gold RP [1102] 57
61 ( 68)^ 7 AD&D Unlimited Adventures SSI RP [1219] 34
62 ( 66)^ 3 Might & Magic: Darkside of Xeen New World/US Gold RP [1252] 29
63 ( 53) 18 Eric the Unready Legend/Accolade AD [1151] 0
64 ( 72)^ 6 Solitaire for Windows MicroSoft ST [1214] 41
65 ( 60) 23 The Summoning SSI/US Gold RP [1117] 10
66 ( 77)^ 4 MS Flight Simulator 4.0 MicroSoft SI [1233] 46
67 ( 70)^ 6 Stunts Broderbund AC [1221] 31
68 ( 69)^ 8 Core Wars Intern. Core Wars Society ST [1227] 26
69 ( 63) 15 Veil of Darkness Event Horizon/SSI/US Gold AD [1175] 10
70 ( -)* 1 SVGA Air Warrior Kesmai/Konami/GEnie SI [1251] 70
71 ( 64) 26 Eye of the Beholder 1 SSI/US Gold RP [1093] 5
72 ( 78)^ 26 Red Baron (+missions) Dynamix/Sierra SI [1070] 31
73 ( 67) 22 Stunt Island Assembly Line/Disney/Infogr. AC [1130] 8
74 ( 59) 12 Violent Fighter Star AC [1185] 0
75 ( 71) 26 A-train (+constr. set) Maxis/Spectr. H./Ocean ST [1004] 13
76 ( 90)^ 2 Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space Interplay ST [1240] 41
77 ( 84)^ 26 Monkey Island 1 (+vga v.) LucasArts/US Gold AD [1027] 31
78 ( 74) 22 Battles of Destiny QQP ST [1132] 13
79 ( 85)^ 2 Sword of Aragon SSI RP [1249] 31
80 ( 76) 14 Zone 66 {S} Renaissance/Epic AC [1190] 15
81 ( 75) 13 Solitaire's Journey QQP ST [1183] 13
82 ( 83)^ 17 Might & Magic 3 New World/US Gold RP [1170] 26
83 ( 65) 11 Bandit King of Ancient China Koei ST [1210] 0
84 ( -)^ 1 Space Hulk Electronic Arts ST [1267] 84
85 ( 91)^ 4 The Legacy: Realm of Terror MicroProse AD [1242] 31
86 ( 82) 26 Dungeon Master Psygnosis RP [1024] 15
87 ( 86) 3 Cobra Mission Megatech AD [1222] 18
88 ( 81) 26 Quest for Glory 3: Wages of War Sierra RP [1018] 10
89 ( 95)^ 5 Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist Sierra AD [1237] 26
90 ( 87) 8 Ultrabots (+Xenobots) NovaLogic/Electronic Arts AC [1201] 15
91 ( 73) 24 Gobliins 2 Coktel Vision/Digital I./Sierra PU [1107] 0
92 ( 88) 2 Eco Quest 2 Sierra AD [1234] 13
93 (100)^ 18 MechWarrior Activision AC [1159] 26
94 ( 89) 7 Pirates! MicroProse ST [1140] 13
95 ( 93) 17 Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3 Bethesda SP [1171] 15
96 ( 79) 11 Rex Nebular: Cosmic Gender Bender MicroProse AD [1115] 0
97 ( -)^ 1 El-Fish Animatek/Maxis/Mindscape ST [1244] 21
98 ( -)^ 5 Spaceward Ho! New World/US Gold ST [1154] 38
99 ( 96) 18 Major Stryker {S} Apogee AC [1161] 13
100 ( 98) 4 History Line 1914-1918 Blue Byte/UbiSoft ST [1197] 13
Dropped Out:
( 92) 13 Tony Larussa's Ult. Baseball 2 Stormfront/SSI SP [1191]
( 94) 18 Catacomb Abyss {S} Softdisk AC [1141]
( 97) 12 Galactix {S} Cygnus AC [1194]
( 99) 13 Rise of the Dragon Dynamix/Sierra AD [1181]
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The Net PC Games Tip 20 Edition 26 - Week 26 - June 28, 1993
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) 6 Ragnarok Norsehelm RP [1243] 10
2 ( 9) 5 Twilight 2000 Empire RP [1250] 24
3 ( 5) 6 Street Fighter 2 Capcom/Electronic Arts AC [1246] 13
4 ( 4) 7 Shadowgate for Windows ICOM AD [1239] 5
5 ( 7) 3 Lunar Command Mallard ST [1256] 13
6 ( 6) 5 Bard's Tale 2 Interplay RP [1248] 11
7 ( 10) 2 Carriers At War (+Constr. Kit) SSG/Electr. Arts ST [1260] 18
8 ( 8) 3 Angband {freeware} Robert Alan Koeneke RP [1255] 10
9 ( 12) 2 Great Naval Battles: North Atlantic SSI/US Gold ST [1262] 13
10 ( 13) 3 Ancient Art of War i.t. Skies Broderbund ST [1257] 13
11 ( 11) 2 Rules of Engagement 2 Omnitrend/Impressions ST [1261] 0
12 ( 15) 2 Speedball 2 Renegade SP [1263] 13
13 ( 16) 2 Capture the Flag {S} Carr ST [1264] 13
14 ( 14) 4 Legend of Myra Grandslam AC [1253] 0
15 ( -) 1 Maniac Mansion 2: Day of the Tentacle LucasArts AD [1268] 21
16 ( 17) 4 Executioners {S} Bloodlust AC [1254] 10
17 ( -) 1 Blue Force Tsunami AD [1269] 16
18 ( 18) 2 Reach for the Skies Rowan/Virgin SI [1265] 0
19 ( 19) 2 Shadow of Yserbius Sierra RP [1266] 0
20 ( 20) 3 Dare to Dream {S} Epic AD [1259] 0
We've arrived at edition 26 of the Net PC Games Top 100, which
means that I've been bugging you with games charts for half a
year now. Let's see what I've been able to establish by this
time:
This first 6 months more than 400 people have sent me votes, from
25 different countries. Currently, the average number of email
messages with votes used per week is 170. This number is still
growing very slowly.
The list is sent by email every week to all the companies that I
have an email address of, with some words of appreciation coming
from Interplay, SSI, Maxis, Access, Id, Apogee and New World.
The Top 100 is being published by the Software Gids, a Dutch
magazine, and Game Bytes, an electronic magazine. A new magazine
in the USA is coming up, called Generation, which will carry the
list too, and last week I got a call from PC Format in the UK.
They are interested in publishing part of the list, starting in
August. Also, some people have asked permission for publishing
the chart on BBS'es and in club magazines, but I'm unable to
check them.
I hadn't suspected this support when I started the Top 100 in
January and I'm very grateful to all those who send me votes,
questions and information. They are the very reason that I still
enjoy doing this as much as when I started it.
Now I have another question for you all. Since several magazines
are so interested in this chart, I want to send some more
editions to other mags. But here in The Netherlands, I can only
find the Dutch, German and British ones. So I hope some people
can send me full addresses of magazines from other countries.
Below, you can find a list of all the countries from which I have
received votes in the last 6 months. (Well, I hope I got them
right.) If the people out there can send me one or more addresses
of magazines in those countries, I'd be more than grateful. If I
receive a substantial amount, I will publish them all on
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.announce.
That's it for now. Enjoy this weeks edition, which contains the
monthly Top 50, based on votes only, and a new monthly Top 20,
based on Usenet traffic. Next week, I will present seperate lists
of the 7 different game categories, and a shareware list too.
Besides that, I will tell you something about the new software
that I'm writing and that is now operational. Be sure to vote,
then you won't miss it.
Ciao! Jurgen.
Countries: USA, Canada, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland,
Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Ireland, Belgium, France,
Spain, Italy, Austria, Turkey, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Taiwan,
Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.
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Top 50: The Games Most Voted For June 1993
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TM LM Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 932
2 ( 2) X-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 616
3 ( 4) VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 347
4 ( 3) World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 345
5 ( 9) The Incredible Machine Dynamix/Sierra PU [1128] 333
6 (26) Falcon 3.0 (+op.) Spectrum Holobyte/MicroProse SI [1005] 309
7 ( 5) Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 298
8 ( 6) Wolfenstein 3D {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 269
9 (11) Railroad Tycoon MicroProse ST [1121] 243
10 (18) Strike Commander Origin/Electronic Arts SI [1218] 234
11 ( 7) Ultima Underworld 2 Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1127] 205
12 (10) Alone in the Dark Infogrames/I-Motion AD [1105] 193
13 ( 8) Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade ST [1116] 191
14 ( -) Prince of Persia 2 Broderbund AC [1232] 190
15 (14) Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle Origin/El. Arts RP [1195] 164
16 (24) Empire Deluxe New World ST [1177] 159
17 (17) Ultima 7 (+Forge of Virtue) Origin/Mindscape RP [1001] 143
18 (25) Space Quest 5: Next Mutation Dynamix/Sierra AD [1173] 143
19 (20) Harpoon (+disks) Three-Sixty/Electronic Arts ST [1058] 142
20 (16) Minesweeper MicroSoft ST [1184] 129
21 (19) Nethack 3.1 {freeware} DevTeam RP [1186] 129
22 (13) Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD [1003] 117
23 (15) Ultima Underworld: Stygian Abyss Origin/Mindscape RP [1009] 114
24 (36) Out of this World Delphine/Interp./US Gold AC [1012] 107
25 (27) Darklands MicroProse RP [1008] 105
26 (23) Monster Bash {S} Apogee AC [1213] 103
27 (32) Lemmings 2: The Tribes DMA/Psygnosis PU [1207] 101
28 (41) Aces of the Pacific (+miss.) Dynamix/Sierra SI [1010] 96
29 (30) V for Victory (+scenario's) Three-Sixty/El. Arts ST [1114] 93
30 (47) 7th Guest Trilobyte/Virgin AD [1230] 88
31 (22) Crusaders o.t. Dark Savant Sir-Tech/US Gold RP [1104] 87
32 (12) Comanche: Maximum Overkill NovaLogic/US Gold SI [1101] 85
33 (29) Warlords SSG ST [1135] 77
34 ( -) Tristan: Solid State Pinball Amtex AC [1247] 77
35 ( -) Flashback Delphine/US Gold/SSI AC [1236] 75
36 (21) Lemmings (+More Lemmings) Psygnosis PU [1095] 71
37 (45) Links 386 Pro (+courses) Access/US Gold SP [1006] 66
38 ( -) Command HQ MicroProse ST [1166] 66
39 (28) Commander Keen 4, 5, 6 {S} Id/Apogee AC [1129] 64
40 (34) Monkey Island 2 LucasArts/US Gold AD [1014] 63
41 ( -) Shadow of the Comet Infogrames/Interplay AD [1224] 58
42 (43) F-15 Strike Eagle 3 MicroProse SI [1103] 57
43 (50) Romance o.t. Three Kingdoms 2 Koei ST [1231] 56
44 ( -) Eye of the Beholder 3 SSI/US Gold RP [1225] 55
45 ( -) Perfect General (+scenario's) QQP/UbiSoft ST [1098] 52
46 ( -) Empire: Wargame of the Century Interstel ST [1142] 51
47 ( -) Solitaire for Windows MicroSoft ST [1214] 48
48 (40) Conquered Kingdoms QQP ST [1122] 45
49 (48) The Humans: Human Race Gametek/US Gold/Mirage PU [1112] 42
50 (42) Core Wars Intern. Core Wars Society ST [1227] 40
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Top 20: The Games Most Talked About June 1993
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TM LM Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 181
2 ( 2) X-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 178
3 ( 4) Ultima 7 Part 2: Serpent Isle Origin/El. Arts RP [1195] 104
4 ( 7) Ultima Underworld 2 Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1127] 96
5 (20) Prince of Persia 2 Broderbund AC [1232] 77
6 ( 3) Strike Commander Origin/Electronic Arts SI [1218] 74
7 ( -) Might & Magic: Darkside of Xeen New World/US Gold RP [1252] 60
8 ( 6) Crusaders o.t. Dark Savant Sir-Tech/US Gold RP [1104] 59
9 ( -) Alone in the Dark Infogrames/I-Motion AD [1105] 57
10 (17) Falcon 3.0 (+op.) Spectrum Holobyte/MicroProse SI [1005] 54
11 ( 9) Wolfenstein 3D {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 53
12 (19) Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 50
13 ( 5) Ultima 7 (+Forge of Virtue) Origin/Mindscape RP [1001] 48
14 (14) Aces of the Pacific (+miss.) Dynamix/Sierra SI [1010] 43
15 ( 8) Eye of the Beholder 3 SSI/US Gold RP [1225] 40
16 (10) Harpoon (+disks) Three-Sixty/Electronic Arts ST [1058] 35
17 (13) Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD [1003] 34
18 (16) Ultima Underworld: Stygian Abyss Origin/Mindscape RP [1009] 33
19 ( -) Space Hulk Electronic Arts ST [1267] 33
20 (18) 7th Guest Trilobyte/Virgin AD [1230] 28
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| The Net PC Games Top 100 is compiled using votes sent by many people from |
| all over the world. The latest chart is published every Monday on Usenet |
| in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games newsgroup. A collection of all editions can |
| be found on the risc.ua.edu ftp-site. More detailed information on how the |
| chart is compiled, can be found in the Top 100 document. Just ask for it. |
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| TW : This Week | (c) 1993 all rights reserved Jojo Productions |
| LW : Last Week | Weena 41 a |
| NW : Number of Weeks | With many thanks to the 3013 CD Rotterdam |
| - : New Entry | Delft University of Technology The Netherlands |
| ^ : Climbing | for providing me with the Tel: +31 10 4114510 |
| * : Bullet | necessary facilities. appelo@dutiag.twi.tudelft.nl |
| AC : Action |-----------------------------------------------------|
| AD : Adventure | The games in the chart are not sorted by the points |
| PU : Puzzle | mentioned in the last column. These points indicate |
| RP : Role-Playing | how well the games are doing. Many points gives the |
| SI : Simulation | right to climb in the chart. Few makes the games go |
| SP : Sports | down. This system makes the chart stable. |
| ST : Strategy |-----------------------------------------------------|
| {S}: Shareware | Read Game Bytes magazine! |
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