From: appelo@dutiag.tudelft.nl (C.J. Appelo)
Subject: *** NET PC GAMES TOP 100 * EDITION 1 ***
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 11:22:45 GMT


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 The Net PC Games Top 100                Edition 1 - Week 1 - January 4, 1993
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  1 (  -)  1 Ultima 7 (+ Forge of virtue)             Origin/Mindscape [1001]
  2 (  -)  1 Civilization                                   MicroProse [1002]
  3 (  -)  1 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis            LucasArts/US Gold [1003]
  4 (  -)  1 A-train                     Maxis/Spectrum Holobyte/Ocean [1004]
  5 (  -)  1 Falcon 3.0 (+ operations)    Spectrum Holobyte/MicroProse [1005]
  6 (  -)  1 Links 386 pro                              Access/US Gold [1006]
  7 (  -)  1 Wing commander 2 (+ Sp. Oper.)           Origin/Mindscape [1007]
  8 (  -)  1 Darklands                                      MicroProse [1008]
  9 (  -)  1 Ultima underworld                        Origin/Mindscape [1009]
 10 (  -)  1 Aces of the Pacific                        Dynamix/Sierra [1010]
 11 (  -)  1 Hardball 3                                       Accolade [1011]
 12 (  -)  1 Out of this world              Delphine/Interplay/US Gold [1012]
 13 (  -)  1 Wolfenstein 3D                                  ID/Apogee [1013]
 14 (  -)  1 Monkey Island 2                         LucasArts/US Gold [1014]
 15 (  -)  1 King's quest 6                                     Sierra [1015]
 16 (  -)  1 Lost files of Sherlock Holmes             Electronic Arts [1016]
 17 (  -)  1 Star trek: 25th anniversary     Electronic Arts/Interplay [1017]
 18 (  -)  1 Quest for glory 3                                  Sierra [1018]
 19 (  -)  1 Laura Bow 2                                        Sierra [1019]
 20 (  -)  1 B-17 flying fortress                           MicroProse [1020]
 21 (  -)  1 Crisis in the Kremlin      Electr. Arts/Spectrum Holobyte [1021]
 22 (  -)  1 Gateway                                   Legend/Accolade [1022]
 23 (  -)  1 Gods                                      Renegade/Konami [1023]
 24 (  -)  1 Dungeon master                                  Psygnosis [1024]
 25 (  -)  1 Legend of Kyrandia                        Westwood/Virgin [1025]
 26 (  -)  1 Wing commander 1 (+ Secret m.)           Origin/Mindscape [1026]
 27 (  -)  1 Monkey Island 1                         LucasArts/US Gold [1027]
 28 (  -)  1 F-117A stealth fighter                         MicroProse [1028]
 29 (  -)  1 Chessmaster 3000                                Mindscape [1029]
 30 (  -)  1 Push-over                                           Ocean [1030]
 31 (  -)  1 Martian memorandum                            SSI/US Gold [1031]
 32 (  -)  1 Darkseed                         Cyberdreams/Mirage/Merit [1032]
 33 (  -)  1 Prophecy of the shadow                        SSI/US Gold [1033]
 34 (  -)  1 Gobliiins                     Coktel V./Digital I./Sierra [1034]
 35 (  -)  1 Secret weapons o.t. luftwaffe           LucasArts/US Gold [1035]
 36 (  -)  1 Powermonger                               Electronic Arts [1036]
 37 (  -)  1 Sherlock Holmes cons. detect.              ICOM/Mindscape [1037]
 38 (  -)  1 PGA tour golf                             Electronic Arts [1038]
 39 (  -)  1 Police quest 3                                     Sierra [1039]
 40 (  -)  1 Jack Nicklaus golf                               Accolade [1040]
 41 (  -)  1 Space quest 4                                      Sierra [1041]
 42 (  -)  1 Leisure suit Larry 5                               Sierra [1042]
 43 (  -)  1 Heimdall                               Core Design/Virgin [1043]
 44 (  -)  1 Lord of the rings 2                Interplay/Electr. Arts [1044]
 45 (  -)  1 Leather goddesses of Phobos 2          Infocom/Activision [1045]
 46 (  -)  1 Lure of the temptress                   Revolution/Virgin [1046]
 47 (  -)  1 Gunship 2000 (+ missions)                      MicroProse [1047]
 48 (  -)  1 Heart of China                             Dynamix/Sierra [1048]
 49 (  -)  1 Mantis X5700 experim. fighter          Paragon/MicroProse [1049]
 50 (  -)  1 Dark queen of Krynn                           SSI/US Gold [1050]
 51 (  -)  1 Nova 9                                     Dynamix/Sierra [1051]
 52 (  -)  1 Hook                                                Ocean [1052]
 53 (  -)  1 Jimmy White's whirlw. snooker                      Virgin [1053]
 54 (  -)  1 Epic                                                Ocean [1054]
 55 (  -)  1 Conquest of the longbow                            Sierra [1055]
 56 (  -)  1 Grand prix unlimited                             Accolade [1056]
 57 (  -)  1 Battle isle                                           Ubi [1057]
 58 (  -)  1 Harpoon                       Three-Sixty/Electronic Arts [1058]
 59 (  -)  1 Cruise for a corpse                      Delphine/US Gold [1059]
 60 (  -)  1 Birds of prey                             Electronic Arts [1060]
 61 (  -)  1 King's quest 5                                     Sierra [1061]
 62 (  -)  1 Heroes of the 357th                       Electronic Arts [1062]
 63 (  -)  1 Siege                           Mindcraft/Electronic Arts [1063]
 64 (  -)  1 Willy beamish                              Dynamix/Sierra [1064]
 65 (  -)  1 NFL                                                Konami [1065]
 66 (  -)  1 Eternam                                        Infogrames [1066]
 67 (  -)  1 Eye of the beholder 2                         SSI/US Gold [1067]
 68 (  -)  1 Global conquest                                MicroProse [1068]
 69 (  -)  1 Elvira 2                              Horrorsoft/Accolade [1069]
 70 (  -)  1 Red baron                                  Dynamix/Sierra [1070]
 71 (  -)  1 Hong Kong mahjong pro                     Electronic Arts [1071]
 72 (  -)  1 Eco quest: Search for Cetus                      Accolade [1072]
 73 (  -)  1 Realms                                             Virgin [1073]
 74 (  -)  1 Loom                                    LucasArts/US Gold [1074]
 75 (  -)  1 Dune                                          Cryo/Virgin [1075]
 76 (  -)  1 International sports challenge                     Empire [1076]
 77 (  -)  1 KGB                                           Cryo/Virgin [1077]
 78 (  -)  1 Utopia                                            Gremlin [1078]
 79 (  -)  1 SimCity                                       Maxis/Ocean [1079]
 80 (  -)  1 SimAnt                                        Maxis/Ocean [1080]
 81 (  -)  1 Laser squad                                      Krisalis [1081]
 82 (  -)  1 Air bucks                                     Impressions [1082]
 83 (  -)  1 Special forces                                 MicroProse [1083]
 84 (  -)  1 Shadowlands                                        Domark [1084]
 85 (  -)  1 David Leadbetter's golf                        MicroProse [1085]
 86 (  -)  1 Fascination                 Coktel Vision/Digital Integr. [1086]
 87 (  -)  1 Mike Ditka's ultimate football                   Accolade [1087]
 88 (  -)  1 Les Manley: Lost in L.A.                         Accolade [1088]
 89 (  -)  1 Planet's edge                           New World/US Gold [1089]
 90 (  -)  1 Legend                                          Mindscape [1090]
 91 (  -)  1 SimEarth                                      Maxis/Ocean [1091]
 92 (  -)  1 Obitus                                          Psygnosis [1092]
 93 (  -)  1 Eye of the beholder 1                         SSI/US Gold [1093]
 94 (  -)  1 Treasures o.t. savage frontier                SSI/US Gold [1094]
 95 (  -)  1 Lemmings (+ More lemmings)                      Psygnosis [1095]
 96 (  -)  1 F-15 strike eagle 2                            Microprose [1096]
 97 (  -)  1 Free D.C.                                         US Gold [1097]
 98 (  -)  1 Perfect general (+ scenario's)                        Ubi [1098]
 99 (  -)  1 D/Generation                                    Mindscape [1099]
100 (  -)  1 Global effect                             Electronic Arts [1100]

    THE EDITOR...

    Hi everyone. Welcome to the first edition of the Net PC Games Top 100.
    We hope you enjoy reading this brand new publication on popular
    PC games. This chart will be published weekly and all PC game players
    may participate in the compilation process for the following editions.
    With your votes you can get your favourite games climb up the chart to
    the top. See the information below to read all about it.

    As you can read below, every new chart will be compiled using the one
    of the previous week, while adding votes of game players to achieve
    movement in the chart. This means that the initial chart in this
    edition had to be compiled using a different method, as there was no
    previous chart to start with. So, we used reviews and ratings from
    many American, British, German and Dutch magazines to compile this
    first chart. Of course, this will not necessarily produce a chart that
    reflects the game players' opinion. However, this is not a serious
    problem, since games that are positioned too high or too low, will
    automatically be corrected by the votes that you all will be sending
    to us, starting this week.

    You will notice that many of the newest games are not present in this
    first Top 100. Some of the hottest ones are waiting in the Tip 20 for
    you to vote for them. Another 80 new games are on our list and we
    don't even have room for them in the charts. Read the Top 100 and
    Tip 20 carefully and vote for all your favourite games. It will make
    them move up the chart, maybe to number one eventually. You may also
    vote for games that are not in the chart yet, which will give them a
    bigger chance to enter the Tip 20.

    Since many of the new games have not entered the Top 100 yet, we can
    expect an exciting battle in the next few weeks. Many strong games
    will be competing for the little space available. Don't forget to keep
    up with the latest developments in the chart every week and keep
    sending us your votes.

    Have fun,

    Jurgen.

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 The Net PC Games Tip 20                 Edition 1 - Week 1 - January 4, 1993
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  1 (  -)  1 Comanche: Maximum overkill                      Novalogic [1101]
  2 (  -)  1 Might & magic: Clouds of Xeen           New World/US Gold [1102]
  3 (  -)  1 F-15 strike eagle 3                            MicroProse [1103]
  4 (  -)  1 Crusaders o.t. dark savant               Sir-tech/US Gold [1104]
  5 (  -)  1 Alone in the dark                              Infogrames [1105]
  6 (  -)  1 AV-8B harrier assault                              Domark [1106]
  7 (  -)  1 Gobliins 2                    Coktel V./Digital I./Sierra [1107]
  8 (  -)  1 Spellcasting 301                          Legend/Accolade [1108]
  9 (  -)  1 Scenario: Theatre of war      Three-sixty/Electronic Arts [1109]
 10 (  -)  1 Dune 2                                    Westwood/Virgin [1110]
 11 (  -)  1 Curse of Enchantia                            Core Design [1111]
 12 (  -)  1 Humans                                            US Gold [1112]
 13 (  -)  1 Terminator 2029                                  Bethesda [1113]
 14 (  -)  1 V for victory                 Three-sixty/Electronic Arts [1114]
 15 (  -)  1 Rex Nebular                                    MicroProse [1115]
 16 (  -)  1 Star control 2                                   Accolade [1116]
 17 (  -)  1 The summoning                                 SSI/US Gold [1117]
 18 (  -)  1 Legends of valour                             SSI/US Gold [1118]
 19 (  -)  1 A.T.A.C.                                       MicroProse [1119]
 20 (  -)  1 Amazon                                     Access/US Gold [1120]

    THE CHART...

    The Net PC Games Top 100 is a weekly chart for PC games, compiled from
    votes that are sent by e-mail. Every game player in the world, having
    an e-mail account, is allowed to send his or her votes. The chart is
    published every week on Usenet in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games newsgroup.
    Whenever possible, the chart is sent automatically to every voter.

    THE VOTES...

    When you send us your votes, you are allowed to spread a total of
    20 points over several games. Different games may get a different
    amount of points, but not more than 5 points may be given to one game.
    As a result, at least 4 games should get points when all 20 points are
    used. (It is allowed, of course, to use less than 20 points.)

    THE MESSAGES...

    The chart is compiled automatically by a program that reads and
    processes e-mail messages. When sending your votes, be sure to have
    the word "votes" in the subject of your message. Only points may be
    given in messages having the subject "votes". Send comments and
    questions in different messages using different subjects.

    THE SYNTAX...

    The message holding the votes should have one game on every line. The
    first thing to appear on the line is the number of points, second the
    title of the game, third the publisher(s). The line has to be ended
    with the ID (a 4-digit number) of the game which can be found in the
    chart between brackets []. This ID is quite important, for it is the
    number used by the program that compiles the chart. Only for new
    games, that are not yet in the chart, the ID-number may be left out.

    THE EXAMPLE...

    Here's an example of a message:

    Subject: votes

    > 3          Ultima underworld            Origin/Mindscape [1019]
    > 4          Wolfenstein 3D                      ID/Apogee [1013]
    > 5          Push-over                               Ocean [1030]
    > 5          Lure of the temptress                  Virgin [1046]
    > 2          An American tail                     Capstone
    > 1          Comanche: Maximum overkill          Novalogic [1101]

    Be sure to have the ID-number in square brackets []. A character at
    the beginning of the line, like '>', is allowed.

    The easiest thing to do is to reply to the message containing the
    latest chart. Copy the chart and delete all lines, except the ones
    containing your favourite games. Delete the numbers that hold this
    weeks and last weeks position and the number of weeks, and put in your
    points instead. This way you don't have to worry about titles,
    publishers and ID-numbers.

    THE COMPILATION...

    For compiling the chart, the Top 100 from the previous week is used.
    The games get points corresponding to their position in this chart.
    Then all the points of the voters are added to achieve movement in the
    chart. When a game gets few or no points from voters, it will
    automatically drop in the new chart. So, it is not the case that the
    game that gets the most points will automatically be number one.
    Instead, it will be the game that does the best climb up the chart.

    This compilation system introduces a chart that is robust. Games can
    only reach the top when they get many points for several weeks in a
    row. The more usual "most points is highest position" system would
    cause very strange things to happen, when the number of voters is
    limited, like in this case. In our opinion, another advantage of the
    system adopted by us, is that it is more exciting. Voters can
    carefully watch the movements of their favourite games, and influence
    the movements by balancing their votes.

    More detailed information on the compilation process, concerning the
    scaling of votes and an exponential point system, will be given later.

    THE RESTRICTIONS...

    It is not allowed to give more than 20 points to the games or more
    than 5 points to one game. Extra points are automatically discarded by
    the program (at random).

    You may send us more than one message a week, but only the latest one
    will be used. (This can be useful when people change their mind.)

    Do not forget to mention the publisher when giving points to a game
    that is not already in the chart. There may be games around that even
    we have never heard of.

    THE REPETITIONS...

    We understand that your votes will not change much over the weeks and
    that it may be tiresome to send us a message every week. Therefore, we
    use everyone's votes for 4 weeks in a row. So, when your list of
    favourite games does not change, you only have to send a new message
    after 4 weeks. However, votes for games that are not in the chart yet,
    are used only once. The reason for this is the lack of an ID for these
    games. This may be changed in the future. New votes can be sent
    anytime. Your previous votes will be automatically discarded.

    THE DEADLINE...

    Every week, the deadline for the chart is on Friday, late in the
    afternoon (GMT). Messages that come in after the deadline are used for
    the next week. The new chart will be compiled and published on Monday.

    THE PUBLISHER...

    Jojo Productions
    P.O. Box 3077
    2601 DB Delft
    The Netherlands

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