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The Net PC Games Top 100 Edition 119
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*** SPOTLIGHT ***
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This weeks' Spotlite is for Interplay. The marketing people from Interplay
seem to be so proud of the fact that Descent has made it to #1 in the
Top 100, that they mention this fact to everyone who wants to hear or read
about it. And I don't mind at all, of course. In the US the Descent posters,
on show at all retail shops, tell the reader that "It's the #1 game in the
world, as voted by Internet users.". The business paper Computer Trade
Weekly said: "Until Descent arrived, no one had ever heard of the Internet
charts.", which is not quite true of course. Computer Retail News, another
entertainment business paper, said: "The shareware version of Descent has
been number one on the Internet charts for the past six weeks.", which is
of course 10 weeks by now, and "Interplay claims that Descent is the most
played game in the world, leaving Doom and Doom 2 trailing behind.". True.
There are probably more quotes to be found in other magazines, but
unfortunately I cannot read them all. I would like to thank Interplay for
the free promotion of the Top 100 :) and I think it's yet another step
towards true recognition of YOUR opinion by the industry. <Jurgen>
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World Wide Web page pointing to this list? Do you publish the list on a BBS
or in a magazine? Do you distribute it via leaflets, radio or tv, satellite
or telephone? Did the Top 100 change your way life? Or are you just glad it
exists? Tell me about it! And maybe you will be in next weeks' Spotlight!
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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 119 - Week 15 - April 10, 1995
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NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID
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Tip 1 6 Monty Python's Waste of Time {C} 7th Level AC [1588]
Tip 2 7 Wings of Glory {C} Origin/Electronic Arts SI [1586]
Tip 3 4 Championship Manager '93 Domark SP [1592]
Tip 4 4 Crystal Caliburn: Solid State Pinball {W} StarPlay AC [1595]
Tip 5 6 Renegade: Battle for Jacob's Star {C} SSI ST [1590]
Tip 6 6 Bureau 13 Take 2/Gametek AD [1591]
Tip 7 3 Strat-O-Matic Baseball Strat-O-Matic SP [1598]
Tip 8 2 NBA Live 95 Electronic Arts SP [1602]
Tip 9 1 Woodruff and the Schnibble... {C} Coktel V./Sierra AD [1603]
Tip 10 1 Lost in Eden {C} Cryo/Virgin AD [1604]
Tip 11 3 Premier Manager 3 Gremlin SP [1597]
Tip 12 2 Guilty {C} Divide by Zero/Psygnosis AD [1601]
Tip 13 1 Jagged Alliance Sir-Tech ST [1605]
Tip 14 1 Ravenloft 2 DreamForge/SSI RP [1606]
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 119 - Week 15 - April 10, 1995
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) 15 Descent {S} Parallax/Interplay AC [1565] 857
2 ( 2) 25 Galactic Civilizations (+Shipyards) {O} Stardock ST [1508] 457
3 ( 7)^ 7 Dark Forces {C} LucasArts/Virgin AC [1585] 366
4 ( 4) 20 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST [1528] 338
5 ( 3) 26 Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST [1501] 320
6 ( 5) 26 Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC [1502] 302
7 ( 8)^107 Nethack 3.1 {F} DevTeam RP [1186] 285
8 ( 6) 51 U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 270
9 ( 9) 15 Heretic {S} Raven/Id AC [1566] 241
10 ( 10) 38 Tie Fighter (+add-on) LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 242
11 ( 11) 119 Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 216
12 ( 12) 17 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger {C}Origin/EA AC [1562] 204
13 ( 14)^ 79 Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 191
14 ( 13) 19 Panzer General SSI ST [1522] 185
15 ( 15) 116 VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 151
16 ( 16) 21 Transport Tycoon MicroProse ST [1521] 156
17 ( 19)^ 55 Myst {W} {C} Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD [1426] 155
18 ( 17) 65 SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 137
19 ( 18) 69 Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386] 140
20 ( 20) 28 System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1438] 129
21 ( 21) 27 Colonization MicroProse ST [1496] 122
22 ( 22) 15 Little Big Adventure (+Relentless)Electronic Arts AD [1538] 108
23 ( 24)^ 17 Magic Carpet {C} Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1549] 114
24 ( 25)^110 X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 97
25 ( 23) 25 One Must Fall: 2097 {S} Epic AC [1505] 88
26 ( 26) 15 Rise of the Triad (+retail version) {S} Apogee AC [1564] 90
27 ( 27) 43 The Settlers (+Serf City) Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458] 83
28 ( -)* 1 X-COM 2: Terror from the Deep Mythos/MicroProse ST [1600] 86
29 ( 28) 118 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 80
30 ( 29) 18 Roids {S} {O} Leonard Guy AC [1531] 78
31 ( 32)^ 7 Mortal Kombat 2 {C} Midway/Acclaim AC [1582] 88
32 ( 30) 20 Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1529] 73
33 ( 31) 24 Wacky Wheels {S} Beavis/Apogee AC [1509] 59
34 ( 35)^ 61 Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416] 55
35 ( 34) 87 Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284] 50
36 ( 33) 21 Under a Killing Moon {C} Access/US Gold AD [1517] 43
37 ( 43)^118 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC [1116] 72
38 ( 37) 18 Boppin' {S} Accursed Toys/Apogee PU [1526] 48
39 ( 40)^ 16 U.S. Navy Fighters {C} Electronic Arts SI [1543] 56
40 ( 38) 75 Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359] 48
41 ( 36) 36 Jazz Jackrabbit {S} Epic AC [1479] 38
42 ( 41) 27 NHL Hockey '95 Electronic Arts SP [1493] 50
43 ( 39) 117 World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 44
44 ( 42) 54 Ultima 8: Pagan Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1401] 43
45 ( 45) 80 Privateer (+Righteous Fire) Origin/Electr. Arts AC [1337] 36
46 ( -)* 1 DISCWORLD: The Problem with Dragons Psygnosis AD [1596] 41
47 ( 44) 30 Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Sierra AC [1487] 32
48 ( 49)^116 Ultima Underworld 2 LookingGlass/Origin/El. Arts RP [1127] 41
49 ( 50)^ 92 Betrayal at Krondor Dynamix/Sierra RP [1275] 43
50 ( 47) 92 Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271] 34
51 ( 52)^100 7th Guest {C} Trilobyte/Virgin PU [1230] 45
52 ( 46) 52 Battle Isle 2 (+add-on) Blue Byte/Accolade ST [1439] 28
53 ( 48) 117 Railroad Tycoon MicroProse ST [1121] 30
54 ( 51) 66 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Father Sierra AD [1377] 34
55 ( 57)^ 9 The Lion King Disney/Virgin AC [1580] 41
56 ( 55) 6 World at War: Stalingrad Atomic/Avalon Hill ST [1584] 35
57 ( 56) 53 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {S} Cygnus/Apogee AC [1434] 36
58 ( 59)^108 Minesweeper {W} Microsoft ST [1184] 41
59 ( 62)^ 14 Ecstatica {C} Psygnosis AD [1530] 40
60 ( 54) 24 Aces of the Deep Dynamix/Sierra SI [1500] 22
61 ( 58) 70 Rebel Assault {C} LucasArts/US Gold AC [1374] 29
62 ( 53) 79 NHL Hockey Electronic Arts SP [1340] 19
63 ( 63) 29 World at War: Operation Crusader Atomic/Avalon H. ST [1489] 32
64 ( 60) 21 Realms of Arkania 2 (+Schwarze Auge 2) Sir-Tech RP [1514] 26
65 ( 67)^ 2 Bioforge Origin/Electronic Arts AD [1599] 36
66 ( 70)^119 Falcon 3.0 (+add-ons) Spectrum Holob./MicroProse SI [1005] 40
67 ( 61) 109 Empire Deluxe (+add-ons) New World ST [1177] 26
68 ( 65) 81 MS Flight Simulator 5.0 Microsoft SI [1334] 24
69 ( 66) 11 Aladdin Disney/Virgin AC [1578] 24
70 ( 64) 39 Theme Park Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST [1459] 19
71 ( 73)^ 70 IndyCar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1375] 30
72 ( 68) 15 Trickle Down {O} Multigrain ST [1563] 22
73 ( 72) 71 Slicks 'n' Slide {S} Timo Kauppinen SP [1352] 26
74 ( 69) 21 Front Page Sports: Football '95 Dynamix/Sierra SP [1520] 21
75 ( 71) 68 Sam & Max Hit the Road LucasArts/US Gold AD [1379] 22
76 ( 79)^ 3 Vinyl Goddess from Mars Union Logic AC [1593] 28
77 ( 75) 40 Angband {F} Robert Alan Koeneke RP [1255] 23
78 ( 82)^119 Links 386 Pro (+add-ons) Access/US Gold SP [1006] 30
79 ( 74) 65 Mortal Kombat Probe/Virgin SP [1400] 21
80 ( 77) 94 SVGA Air Warrior Kesmai/Konami/GEnie SI [1251] 22
81 ( 76) 93 Day of the Tentacle LucasArts/US Gold AD [1268] 20
82 ( 81) 18 The Incredible Machine 2 Sierra PU [1537] 23
83 ( 84)^ 43 Harpoon 2 Three-Sixty ST [1462] 25
84 ( 89)^ 3 Alone in the Dark 3 {C} Infogrames/I-Motion AD [1587] 29
85 ( 80) 10 Cyberia {C} Xatrix/Interplay AC [1574] 19
86 ( 78) 5 All New World (+Lemming Chronicles) DMA/Psygnosis AC [1570] 15
87 ( 83) 14 Video Poker {S} {O} IBM EWS ST [1571] 17
88 ( 95)^ 2 Pizza Tycoon MicroProse ST [1594] 26
89 ( 98)^ 31 1942 Pacific Air War MicroProse SI [1460] 28
90 ( 94)^119 Wolfenstein 3D (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id/Apogee AC [1013] 24
91 ( 90) 8 Knights of Xentar MegaTech RP [1581] 20
92 ( 87) 119 Darklands MicroProse RP [1008] 17
93 ( 92) 44 Hocus Pocus {S} Apogee AC [1456] 21
94 ( 86) 105 Ultima 7 Part 2 (+Silver Seed) Origin/El. Arts RP [1195] 15
95 ( 85) 15 King's Quest 7: Princeless Bride {W} {C} Sierra AD [1553] 10
96 ( 97)^ 22 MetalTech: Earthsiege Dynamix/Sierra AC [1515] 19
97 ( 88) 114 Wing Commander 2 (+Sp. Op. 1+2) Origin/Mindscape AC [1007] 10
98 ( 96) 51 Cannon Fodder Sensible/AVME/Virgin AC [1435] 16
99 ( 93) 10 Flight Commander 2 Bigtime/Avalon Hill ST [1572] 13
100 ( 91) 13 BlackThorne {S} Blizzard/Interplay AC [1536] 8
Dropped Out:
( 99) 35 Wargame Construction Set 2: Tanks! SSI/US Gold ST [1464]
(100) 32 Xquest {S} Atomjack AC [1482]
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Top 50: The Games Most Voted For March 1995
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TM LM Title Developer/Publisher(s) Cat ID Points
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1 ( 1) Descent {S} Parallax/Interplay AC [1565] 3118
2 ( 2) Galactic Civilizations (+Shipyards) Stardock ST [1508] 2521
3 ( 4) U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com) Mythos/MicroProse ST [1437] 1444
4 ( 3) Doom 2: Hell on Earth Id/GT/Virgin AC [1502] 1402
5 ( 5) Master of Magic SimTex/MicroProse ST [1501] 1302
6 (33) Nethack 3.1 {freeware} DevTeam RP [1186] 1301
7 ( 6) Heretic {S} Raven/Id AC [1566] 1270
8 (10) Warcraft: Orcs and Humans Blizzard/Interplay ST [1528] 1196
9 ( 7) Civilization MicroProse ST [1002] 1157
10 ( 9) Tie Fighter (+add-on) LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 1063
11 ( 8) Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger Origin/EA AC [1562] 952
12 (12) VGA Planets {S} Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 936
13 (19) Panzer General SSI ST [1522] 844
14 (13) Master of Orion SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 822
15 (11) Doom (+hacked add-ons) {S} Id AC [1386] 714
16 (14) SimCity 2000 Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 713
17 (17) Transport Tycoon MicroProse ST [1521] 660
18 (16) System Shock LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1438] 594
19 (20) Myst Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD [1426] 570
20 ( -) Dark Forces LucasArts/Virgin AC [1585] 559
21 (21) Colonization MicroProse ST [1496] 532
22 (23) Little Big Adventure (+Relentless) Electronic Arts AD [1538] 527
23 (15) One Must Fall: 2097 {S} Epic AC [1505] 516
24 (18) X-Wing (+Imperial Purs.,B-Wing) LucasArts/US Gold AC [1169] 489
25 (22) Magic Carpet Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1549] 473
26 (25) Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 447
27 (28) The Settlers (+Serf City) Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458] 442
28 (32) Rise of the Triad (+retail version) {S} Apogee AC [1564] 387
29 (27) Warlords 2 SSG ST [1284] 378
30 (24) Wacky Wheels {S} Beavis/Apogee AC [1509] 373
31 (26) Roids {S} Leonard Guy AC [1531] 367
32 (29) Under a Killing Moon Access/US Gold AD [1517] 361
33 (34) Nascar Racing Papyrus/Virgin SP [1529] 350
34 (31) Epic Pinball (+Silverball retail v.) {S} Epic AC [1359] 295
35 (35) Pinball Fantasies Digital Illusions/21st Century AC [1416] 275
36 ( -) Mortal Kombat 2 Midway/Acclaim AC [1582] 268
37 (30) Jazz Jackrabbit {S} Epic AC [1479] 248
38 (45) World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix) MicroProse SP [1123] 248
39 (38) Ultima 8: Pagan Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1401] 232
40 (39) Boppin' {S} Accursed Toys/Apogee PU [1526] 221
41 (44) NHL Hockey '95 Electronic Arts SP [1493] 219
42 (49) Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters Accolade AC [1116] 219
43 ( -) Syndicate (+add-on) Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1271] 211
44 ( -) Ultima Underworld 2 LookingGlass/Origin/El. Arts RP [1127] 208
45 (47) Privateer (+Righteous Fire) Origin/Electr. Arts AC [1337] 206
46 (40) Empire Deluxe (+add-ons) New World ST [1177] 205
47 (37) Lode Runner: The Legend Returns Sierra AC [1487] 194
48 ( -) U.S. Navy Fighters Electronic Arts SI [1543] 190
49 (48) NHL Hockey Electronic Arts SP [1340] 183
50 (50) Battle Isle 2 (+add-on) Blue Byte/Accolade ST [1439] 183
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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 |
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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 [] |
| SP : Sports |-----------------------------------------------------|
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