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The Net PC Games Top 100 Edition 089
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| This week the votes from 300 people have been used to compile this chart. |
| Send your votes to jojo@hacktic.nl and you'll get the next chart sent to |
| you personally. You can ask for the document that tells how to vote. |
| The format for every line with a vote is: points title publisher [ ID ] |
| You can allocate a maximum of 20 points, but not more than 5 for one game. |
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New Contestants (Runners Up) Edition 89 - Week 37 - September 12, 1994
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NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID
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Tip 1 7 Litil Divil Gremlin AC [1477]
Tip 2 7 Hexx: Heracy of the Wizard Psygnosis RP [1478]
Tip 3 4 Armour Alley Three-Sixty ST [1484]
Tip 4 7 Zephyr New World AC [1475]
Tip 5 1 Lode Runner Dynamix/Sierra AC [1487]
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The Net PC Games Top 100 Edition 89 - Week 37 - September 12, 1994
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) 39 Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386] 753
2 ( 2) 21 U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 554
3 ( 3) 8 Tie Fighter LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 389
4 ( 4) 89 Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 344
5 ( 5) 49 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 302
6 ( 6) 13 The Settlers (+Serf City) Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458] 234
7 ( 7) 23 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {S} Cygnus/Apogee AC [1434] 183
8 ( 8) 35 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 181
9 ( 15)* 6 JAZZ JACKRABBIT {S} Epic AC [1479] 170
10 ( 9) 88 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 97
11 ( 16)^ 64 SVGA Air Warrior Kesmai/Konami/GEnie SI [1251] 150
12 ( 10) 45 Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359] 82
13 ( 12) 57 Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284] 101
14 ( 11) 40 IndyCar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1375] 89
15 ( 13) 86 VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 91
16 ( 14) 87 World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 74
17 ( 17) 31 Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416] 81
18 ( 18) 80 X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 76
19 ( 20)^ 14 Hocus Pocus {S} Apogee AC [1456] 74
20 ( 19) 25 Myst {W} {C} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD [1426] 58
21 ( 22)^ 24 Ultima 8: Pagan Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1401] 66
22 ( 21) 62 Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271] 41
23 ( 23) 35 Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin SP [1400] 51
24 ( 24) 77 Nethack 3.1 {F} DevTeam RP [1186] 53
25 ( 25) 89 Links 386 Pro (+add-ons) Access/US Gold SP [1006] 51
26 ( 27)^ 88 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade ST [1116] 54
27 ( 28)^ 27 The Elder Scrolls: Arena Bethesda/US Gold RP [1423] 51
28 ( 30)^ 13 Harpoon 2 Three-Sixty ST [1462] 61
29 ( 26) 25 Fleet Defender MicroProse SI [1429] 35
30 ( 33)^ 9 Theme Park Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST [1459] 68
31 ( 29) 87 Railroad Tycoon MicroProse ST [1121] 45
32 ( 32) 36 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father Sierra AD [1377] 58
33 ( 31) 38 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD [1379] 38
34 ( 35)^ 50 Privateer (+Righteous Fire) Origin/Electr. Arts AC [1337] 35
35 ( 37)^ 79 Empire Deluxe (+add-ons) New World ST [1177] 41
36 ( 34) 62 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP [1275] 23
37 ( 36) 89 Wolfenstein 3D (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 26
38 ( 38) 51 MS Flight Simulator 5.0 Microsoft SI [1334] 33
39 ( 41)^ 22 Battle Isle 2 Blue Byte ST [1439] 35
40 ( 39) 63 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD [1268] 23
41 ( 43)^ 21 Cannon Fodder Sensible/AVME/Virgin AC [1435] 40
42 ( 40) 14 1942 Pacific Air War MicroProse SI [1460] 26
43 ( 46)^ 41 Slicks 'n' Slide {S} Timo Kauppinen SP [1352] 43
44 ( 42) 89 Falcon 3.0 (+add-ons) Spectrum Holob./MicroProse SI [1005] 23
45 ( 44) 78 Minesweeper {W} Microsoft ST [1184] 28
46 ( 45) 30 Sensible Soccer Sensible/Renegade SP [1316] 31
47 ( 47) 40 Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold {S} Jam/Apogee AC [1380] 31
48 ( 49)^ 50 Front Page Sports: Football Pro Dynamix/Sierra SP [1330] 35
49 ( 48) 40 Rebel Assault {C} LucasArts/US Gold AC [1374] 28
50 ( 53)^ 4 Nahlakh {S} Tom Proudfoot RP [1480] 36
51 ( 51) 8 Outpost Sierra ST [1471] 25
52 ( 54)^ 49 NHL Hockey Electronic Arts SP [1340] 33
53 ( 50) 89 SimCity (+enhanced v.) Maxis/Ocean/Interplay ST [1079] 15
54 ( 55)^ 39 Duke Nukem 2 {S} Apogee AC [1381] 28
55 ( 52) 86 Ultima Underworld 2 LookingGlass/Origin/El. Arts RP [1127] 16
56 ( 57)^ 13 Dark Legions Silicon Knights/SSI/US Gold ST [1450] 28
57 ( 58)^ 19 Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession SSI/US Gold RP [1433] 16
58 ( 56) 45 Elite 2: Frontier Gametek/Konami AC [1356] 7
59 ( 61)^ 69 Solitaire {W} Microsoft ST [1214] 20
60 ( 65)^ 60 The Lost Vikings Interplay AC [1280] 28
61 ( 63)^ 58 Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos Westwood/Virgin RP [1305] 20
62 ( 64)^ 76 Ultima 7 Part 2 (+Silver Seed) Origin/El. Arts RP [1195] 21
63 ( 60) 16 Beneath a Steel Sky Revolution/Virgin AD [1436] 10
64 ( 59) 84 Wing Commander 2 (+Sp. Op. 1+2) Origin/Mindscape AC [1007] 7
65 ( 62) 70 7th Guest {C} Trilobyte/Virgin PU [1230] 13
66 ( 76)^ 3 Xquest {S} Atomjack AC [1482] 41
67 ( 70)^ 6 Wargame Construction Set 2: Tanks! SSI/US Gold ST [1464] 26
68 ( 67) 89 Ultima Underworld Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP [1009] 18
69 ( 68) 89 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD [1003] 18
70 ( 71)^ 48 Return To Zork Infocom/Activision AD [1288] 21
71 ( 69) 35 Star Trek 2: Judgment Rites (+add-on) Interplay AD [1394] 16
72 ( 73)^ 5 Alien Legacy Dynamix/Sierra ST [1476] 23
73 ( 66) 60 Scorched Earth {S} Wendell Hicken AC [1277] 5
74 ( 77)^ 88 Monkey Island 2 LucasArts/US Gold AD [1014] 23
75 ( 75) 8 Mystic Towers {S} AnimationFX/Apogee AC [1474] 15
76 ( 72) 33 Rex Nebular: Cosmic Gender Bender MicroProse AD [1115] 8
77 ( 78)^ 4 FIFA International Soccer Electronic Arts SP [1481] 18
78 ( 82)^ 10 SSN-21 Seawolf Electronic Arts ST [1470] 23
79 ( 74) 8 The Grandest Fleet QQP ST [1467] 8
80 ( 80) 7 Gary Grigsby's War in Russia SSI/US Gold ST [1312] 13
81 ( 88)^ 85 Spear of Destiny (+add-ons) Id/FormGen/Psygnosis AC [1124] 23
82 ( 84)^ 89 Darklands MicroProse RP [1008] 15
83 ( 90)^ 19 Star Trek: 25th Anniversary Interplay/El. Arts AD [1017] 23
84 ( 79) 89 Ultima 7 (+Forge of Virtue) Origin/Mindscape RP [1001] 7
85 ( 81) 70 Core Wars Intern. Core Wars Society ST [1227] 8
86 ( 86) 86 Commander Keen 4, 5, 6 {S} Id/Apogee AC [1129] 15
87 ( 83) 89 Lemmings (+More Lemmings) Psygnosis PU [1095] 8
88 ( 93)^ 87 V for Victory (+scenario's) Three-Sixty/El. Arts ST [1114] 18
89 ( 92)^ 18 Football Manager '93 Domark ST [1444] 16
90 ( 87) 17 Romance o.t. Three Kingdoms 4 Koei ST [1442] 8
91 ( 85) 18 The Horde Toys for Bob/Crystal Dynamics ST [1448] 5
92 ( 91) 43 Shadow Caster Raven/Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1345] 10
93 (100)^ 2 Carriers at War 2 SSG/Electronic Arts ST [1472] 20
94 ( -)^ 1 Battle Bugs Dynamix/Sierra ST [1485] 16
95 ( -)^ 1 Superhero: League of Hoboken Legend AD [1486] 16
96 ( 99)^ 2 Heimdall 2 Core Design RP [1483] 15
97 ( 96) 38 Sid & Al's Incredible Toons Dynamix/Sierra PU [1383] 12
98 ( 94) 35 Pirates! Gold MicroProse ST [1272] 8
99 ( 98) 18 Great Naval Battles 2: Guadalcanal SSI/US Gold ST [1441] 8
100 ( 95) 33 Masters of the World: Merchant Prince QQP ST [1407] 3
Dropped Out:
( 89) 13 Mutant Space Bats of Doom {S} Pop AC [1449]
( 97) 32 Alone in the Dark 2 Infogrames/I-Motion AD [1384]
Almost every evening I read my mail and I save all messages with votes
in one file. And almost every evening there are messages that make me
sigh. I noticed that there are three types of messages that frustrate me.
It's all explained in the Top 100 document and it is explicitly stated
on top of each weeks' list, but there are still many people every week
who just send their votes in any form they like. Here are a few examples
I got this week:
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Here are mine votes for the PC-games top 100
1. 16 points Battle Bugs
2. 12 points Jazz Rabbit
3. 14 points Doom 2
4. 9 points Reunion
5. 15 points Pinball fantasy
(Too many points, no ID numbers, numbers in first column not allowed)
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I'm not sure if I do this right...here goes...
5 Doom ID [???]
5 Kill Albert C. Ashton Neon Software [???]
3 Armor Alley Three Sixty [???]
5 Jazz Jackrabbit Apogee(?) [???]
2 Minesweeper Microsoft [???]
(No ID numbers)
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5 Xquest {S} Atomjack AC [1482]
5 Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386]
2 Nethack 3.1 {F} DevTeam RP [1186]
2 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110]
2 Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin SP [1400]
2 Links 386 Pro (+add-ons) Access/US Gold SP [1006]
4 U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437]
1 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344]
1 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399]
1 Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359]
1 Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416]
1 Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271]
1 Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284]
(Far too many points)
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4 Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id
4 Nethack 3.1 {F} DevTeam
2 Lemmings (+More Lemmings) Psygnosis
2 Lemmings II (The Tribes) Psygnosis
2 Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic
2 Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin
2 7th Guest {C} Trilobyte/Virgin
1 X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold
1 Scorched Earth {S} Wendell Hicken
(No ID numbers)
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5 DOOM Id 1386
(No brackets)
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I'd vote for ultima underworld. :)
kris
(No format at all)
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5 XCom
5 Civilization
5 Master of Orion
1 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty
1 Empire Deluxe (+add-ons)
1 Ancient Art of War in the Skies
1 Railbarons Deluxe
1 Castles 2
(No ID numbers)
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16 Vga Planets Tim Wiseman
4 Empire Deluxe New world computing
(More than 5 points per game, and no ID numbers)
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And this was even a quiet week! Come on guys (and girls)! You all read
those few lines at the top of the list that tell about the format. Let
it work in your brain! Let it make you realise that anything other than
the proper format cannot be parsed automatically. It's so frustrating
that other people's foolishness costs me extra time and money.
Oh well, I'll have to live with it, I think. I know that I can't change
the world, and I can't make people smarter.
The second type of messages that make me sigh are the messages that
contain a quote of the entire Top 100. I get several of these each week.
There's no point in sending me a copy of the entire list, because I
already know what's in it! I stopped wading through messages like these.
I just send back a standard message and I ask the sender to send his
message again, without the unnecessary quote. That's a lot easier for me.
The third type are the messages with votes for Doom II. I don't store
these votes, because the Top 100 will never contain unreleased games.
I don't care a thing about people playing an illegal copy of Doom II.
That's not my concern. But the fact that people already vote for it,
make me think that they don't even know that the game has not been
released yet. That is plain ignorance, and that makes me sigh.
Well, I just had to let off steam. I already feel better now. Thanks for
reading it!
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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.announce newsgroup. |
| ^ : Climbing |-----------------------------------------------------|
| * : Bullet | The games in the chart are not sorted by the points |
| AC : Action | mentioned in the last column. These points indicate |
| AD : Adventure | how well the games are doing. Many points gives the |
| PU : Puzzle | right to climb in the chart. Few makes the games go |
| RP : Role-Playing | down. This system makes the chart stable. |
| SI : Simulation |-----------------------------------------------------|
| SP : Sports | (c) 1994 all rights reserved |
| ST : Strategy | Jojo Productions |
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