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The Net PC Games Top 100 Edition 115
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*** SPOTLIGHT ***
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This weeks' Spotlite is for Dave Stanworth, maintainer of the GamesDomain
WWW site. This site includes roughly 700 links to game FAQs (73 links),
walkthroughs (36 links), FTP-sites (57 links), magazines (11 links),
user home pages (169 links), commercial home pages (33 links),
miscellaneous FAQs (23 links), Usenet FAQs (27 links), direct download of
games (270 links) and various information links (18 links). This last
section also holds a link to the Top 100. This can all be viewed on
WWW by pointing to: http://wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk/GamesDomain.
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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 115 - Week 11 - March 13, 1995
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NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID
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Tip 1 10 Commander Blood Microfolie's/Cryo AC [1573]
Tip 2 2 Monty Python's Waste of Time {C} 7th Level AC [1588]
Tip 3 3 Wings of Glory Origin/Electronic Arts SI [1586]
Tip 4 2 Bureau 13 Take 2/Gametek AC [1591]
Tip 5 4 Cannon Fodder 2 Sensible/Virgin AC [1583]
Tip 6 2 Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star {C} SSI ST [1590]
Tip 7 3 Alone in the Dark 3 {C} Infogrames/I-Motion AD [1587]
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 115 - Week 11 - March 13, 1995
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) 11 Descent {S} Parallax/Interplay AC [1565] 695
2 ( 2) 21 Galactic Civilizations {O} Stardock/AIM ST [1508] 597
3 ( 3) 22 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC [1502] 346
4 ( 5)^ 47 U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 330
5 ( 4) 11 Heretic {S} Raven/Id AC [1566] 311
6 ( 6) 22 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST [1501] 284
7 ( 8)^ 16 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST [1528] 276
8 ( 9)^115 Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 242
9 ( 10)^ 34 Tie Fighter LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 237
10 ( 7) 13 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger {C}Origin/EA AC [1562] 218
11 ( 11) 15 Panzer General SSI ST [1522] 218
12 ( 12) 75 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 171
13 ( 13) 112 VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 162
14 ( 14) 61 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 162
15 ( 15) 65 Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386] 155
16 ( 17)^ 17 Transport Tycoon MicroProse ST [1521] 162
17 ( 18)^ 24 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1438] 139
18 ( 16) 21 One Must Fall: 2097 {S} Epic AC [1505] 125
19 ( 26)^103 Nethack 3.1 {F} DevTeam RP [1186] 227
20 ( 19) 51 Myst {W} {C} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD [1426] 121
21 ( 20) 23 Colonization MicroProse ST [1496] 118
22 ( 22) 11 Little Big Adventure (+Relentless)Electronic Arts AD [1538] 126
23 ( 21) 13 Magic Carpet {C} Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1549] 103
24 ( 23) 106 X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 102
25 ( 24) 20 Wacky Wheels {S} Beavis/Apogee AC [1509] 95
26 ( 25) 17 Under a Killing Moon {C} Access/US Gold AD [1517] 87
27 ( 27) 14 Roids {S} {O} Leonard Guy AC [1531] 91
28 ( 31)^ 39 The Settlers (+Serf City) Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458] 95
29 ( 28) 11 Rise of the Triad (+retail version) {S} Apogee AC [1564] 83
30 ( 29) 114 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 86
31 ( 30) 83 Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284] 85
32 ( 32) 16 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1529] 80
33 ( 34)^ 57 Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416] 67
34 ( 33) 71 Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359] 61
35 ( 47)* 3 DARK FORCES LucasArts AC [1585] 88
36 ( 35) 32 Jazz Jackrabbit {S} Epic AC [1479] 57
37 ( 36) 14 Boppin' {S} Accursed Toys/Apogee PU [1526] 57
38 ( 37) 26 Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Sierra AC [1487] 52
39 ( 39) 23 NHL Hockey '95 Electronic Arts SP [1493] 56
40 ( 41)^105 Empire Deluxe (+add-ons) New World ST [1177] 51
41 ( 38) 62 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father Sierra AD [1377] 42
42 ( 40) 50 Ultima 8: Pagan Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1401] 45
43 ( 44)^ 48 Battle Isle 2 (+add-on) Blue Byte/Accolade ST [1439] 46
44 ( 42) 88 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP [1275] 38
45 ( 46)^113 World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 48
46 ( 45) 12 U.S. Navy Fighters {C} Electronic Arts SI [1543] 44
47 ( 49)^ 76 Privateer (+Righteous Fire) Origin/Electr. Arts AC [1337] 49
48 ( 43) 96 7th Guest {C} Trilobyte/Virgin PU [1230] 31
49 ( 50)^ 75 NHL Hockey Electronic Arts SP [1340] 45
50 ( 48) 114 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC [1116] 39
51 ( 52)^ 88 Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271] 46
52 ( 67)* 3 MORTAL KOMBAT 2 Probe/Virgin AC [1582] 60
53 ( 51) 66 Rebel Assault {C} LucasArts/US Gold AC [1374] 43
54 ( 53) 17 Realms of Arkania 2 (+Schwarze Auge 2) Sir-Tech RP [1514] 36
55 ( 57)^112 Ultima Underworld 2 LookingGlass/Origin/El. Arts RP [1127] 39
56 ( 55) 104 Minesweeper {W} Microsoft ST [1184] 33
57 ( 63)^ 20 Aces of the Deep Dynamix/Sierra SI [1500] 42
58 ( 62)^ 10 Ecstatica {C} Psygnosis AD [1530] 40
59 ( 59) 11 Trickle Down {O} Multigrain ST [1563] 33
60 ( 56) 49 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {S} Cygnus/Apogee AC [1434] 27
61 ( 58) 17 Front Page Sports: Football '95 Dynamix/Sierra SP [1520] 29
62 ( 60) 64 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD [1379] 30
63 ( 54) 61 Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin SP [1400] 15
64 ( 64) 66 IndyCar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1375] 28
65 ( 65) 10 Video Poker {S} {O} IBM EWS ST [1571] 27
66 ( 70)^ 7 Aladdin Disney/Virgin AC [1578] 33
67 ( 73)^ 67 Slicks 'n' Slide {S} Timo Kauppinen SP [1352] 35
68 ( 66) 89 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD [1268] 24
69 ( 61) 11 King's Quest 7: Princeless Bride {W} {C} Sierra AD [1553] 15
70 ( 69) 110 Wing Commander 2 (+Sp. Op. 1+2) Origin/Mindscape AC [1007] 24
71 ( 74)^113 Railroad Tycoon MicroProse ST [1121] 30
72 ( 79)^ 14 The Incredible Machine 2 Sierra PU [1537] 34
73 ( 82)^ 77 MS Flight Simulator 5.0 Microsoft SI [1334] 37
74 ( 72) 36 Angband {F} Robert Alan Koeneke RP [1255] 25
75 ( 71) 90 SVGA Air Warrior Kesmai/Konami/GEnie SI [1251] 22
76 ( 76) 6 Cyberia Xatrix/Interplay AC [1574] 24
77 ( 77) 9 BlackThorne {S} Blizzard/Interplay AC [1536] 24
78 ( 68) 18 MetalTech: Earthsiege Dynamix/Sierra AC [1515] 12
79 ( 75) 4 Hell Take 2/Gametek AD [1567] 20
80 ( 81)^115 Falcon 3.0 (+add-ons) Spectrum Holob./MicroProse SI [1005] 26
81 ( 86)^ 5 The Lion King Disney/Virgin AC [1580] 27
82 ( 92)^ 47 Cannon Fodder Sensible/AVME/Virgin AC [1435] 28
83 ( 78) 40 Hocus Pocus {S} Apogee AC [1456] 15
84 ( 85)^ 25 World at War: Operation Crusader Atomic/Avalon H. ST [1489] 22
85 ( 84) 35 Theme Park Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST [1459] 21
86 (100)^ 2 World at War: Stalingrad Atomic/Avalon Hill ST [1584] 33
87 ( 83) 4 Knights of Xentar MegaTech RP [1581] 19
88 ( -)^ 1 Shipyards {O} Stardock/AIM ST [1589] 24
89 ( 80) 114 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis LucasArts/US Gold AD [1003] 15
90 ( 88) 39 Harpoon 2 Three-Sixty ST [1462] 22
91 ( 97)^115 Links 386 Pro (+add-ons) Access/US Gold SP [1006] 28
92 ( 87) 29 Xquest {S} Atomjack AC [1482] 20
93 ( 91) 32 Wargame Construction Set 2: Tanks! SSI/US Gold ST [1464] 19
94 ( -)^ 1 All New World (+Lemming Chronicles) DMA/Psygnosis AC [1570] 22
95 ( 89) 101 Ultima 7 Part 2 (+Silver Seed) Origin/El. Arts RP [1195] 16
96 ( 95) 115 Darklands MicroProse RP [1008] 20
97 ( 93) 84 Lands of Lore: Throne of Chaos Westwood/Virgin RP [1305] 17
98 ( 99)^115 Wolfenstein 3D (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 19
99 ( 94) 9 Black Jack {O} Reed ST [1577] 12
100 ( 96) 6 Flight Commander 2 Bigtime/Avalon Hill ST [1572] 12
Dropped Out:
( 90) 73 Return To Zork Infocom/Activision AD [1288]
( 98) 23 Wing Commander: Armada Origin/Electronic Arts AC [1494]
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| TW : This Week | The Net PC Games Top 100 is compiled using votes |
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| 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 [] |
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