Date: 11 Jan 93 10:13:11 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Subject: *** NET PC GAMES TOP 100 * EDITION 2 ***


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 The Net PC Games Top 100               Edition 2 - Week 2 - January 11, 1993
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 TW   LW  NW Title                              Developer/Publisher(s)   ID
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  1 (  2)^ 2 Civilization                                   MicroProse [1002]
  2 (  1)  2 Ultima 7 (+ Forge of virtue)             Origin/Mindscape [1001]
  3 (  9)* 2 Ultima underworld                        Origin/Mindscape [1009]
  4 (  7)* 2 Wing commander 2 (+ Sp. Oper.)           Origin/Mindscape [1007]
  5 ( 13)* 2 Wolfenstein 3D                                  ID/Apogee [1013]
  6 (  6)  2 Links 386 pro                              Access/US Gold [1006]
  7 (  3)  2 Ind. Jones: Fate of Atlantis            LucasArts/US Gold [1003]
  8 (  4)  2 A-train                     Maxis/Spectrum Holobyte/Ocean [1004]
  9 (  5)  2 Falcon 3.0 (+ operations)    Spectrum Holobyte/MicroProse [1005]
 10 ( 14)* 2 Monkey Island 2                         LucasArts/US Gold [1014]
 11 (  8)  2 Darklands                                      MicroProse [1008]
 12 ( 10)  2 Aces of the Pacific                        Dynamix/Sierra [1010]
 13 ( 15)^ 2 King's quest 6                                     Sierra [1015]
 14 ( 12)  2 Out of this world (Another W.) Delphine/Interplay/US Gold [1012]
 15 ( 11)  2 Hardball 3                                       Accolade [1011]
 16 ( 16)  2 Lost files of Sherlock Holmes             Electronic Arts [1016]
 17 ( 26)* 2 Wing commander 1 (+ Secret m.)           Origin/Mindscape [1026]
 18 ( 17)  2 Star trek: 25th anniversary     Electronic Arts/Interplay [1017]
 19 ( 18)  2 Quest for glory 3                                  Sierra [1018]
 20 ( 19)  2 Laura Bow 2                                        Sierra [1019]
 21 ( 22)^ 2 Gateway                                   Legend/Accolade [1022]
 22 ( 23)^ 2 Gods                                      Renegade/Konami [1023]
 23 ( 20)  2 B-17 flying fortress                           MicroProse [1020]
 24 ( 21)  2 Crisis in the Kremlin      Electr. Arts/Spectrum Holobyte [1021]
 25 ( 25)  2 Legend of Kyrandia                        Westwood/Virgin [1025]
 26 ( 24)  2 Dungeon master                                  Psygnosis [1024]
 27 ( 27)  2 Monkey Island 1                         LucasArts/US Gold [1027]
 28 ( 28)  2 F-117A stealth fighter                         MicroProse [1028]
 29 ( 29)  2 Chessmaster 3000                                Mindscape [1029]
 30 ( 30)  2 Push-over                                           Ocean [1030]
 31 ( 31)  2 Martian memorandum                            SSI/US Gold [1031]
 32 ( 34)^ 2 Gobliiins                     Coktel V./Digital I./Sierra [1034]
 33 ( 32)  2 Darkseed                         Cyberdreams/Mirage/Merit [1032]
 34 ( 33)  2 Prophecy of the shadow                        SSI/US Gold [1033]
 35 ( 36)^ 2 Powermonger                               Electronic Arts [1036]
 36 ( 35)  2 Secret weapons o.t. luftwaffe           LucasArts/US Gold [1035]
 37 ( 39)^ 2 Police quest 3                                     Sierra [1039]
 38 ( 38)  2 PGA tour golf                             Electronic Arts [1038]
 39 ( 37)  2 Sherlock Holmes cons. detect.              ICOM/Mindscape [1037]
 40 ( 41)^ 2 Space quest 4                                      Sierra [1041]
 41 ( 40)  2 Jack Nicklaus golf                               Accolade [1040]
 42 ( 42)  2 Leisure suit Larry 5                               Sierra [1042]
 43 ( 45)^ 2 Leather goddesses of Phobos 2          Infocom/Activision [1045]
 44 ( 46)^ 2 Lure of the temptress                   Revolution/Virgin [1046]
 45 ( 58)^ 2 Harpoon                       Three-Sixty/Electronic Arts [1058]
 46 ( 43)  2 Heimdall                               Core Design/Virgin [1043]
 47 ( 50)^ 2 Dark queen of Krynn                           SSI/US Gold [1050]
 48 ( 47)  2 Gunship 2000 (+ missions)                      MicroProse [1047]
 49 ( 44)  2 Lord of the rings 2                Interplay/Electr. Arts [1044]
 50 ( 48)  2 Heart of China                             Dynamix/Sierra [1048]
 51 ( 49)  2 Mantis X5700 experim. fighter          Paragon/MicroProse [1049]
 52 ( 51)  2 Nova 9                                     Dynamix/Sierra [1051]
 53 ( 67)^ 2 Eye of the beholder 2                         SSI/US Gold [1067]
 54 ( 52)  2 Hook                                                Ocean [1052]
 55 ( 53)  2 Jimmy White's whirlw. snooker                      Virgin [1053]
 56 ( 61)^ 2 King's quest 5                                     Sierra [1061]
 57 ( 54)  2 Epic                                                Ocean [1054]
 58 ( 70)^ 2 Red baron                                  Dynamix/Sierra [1070]
 59 ( 55)  2 Conquest of the longbow                            Sierra [1055]
 60 ( 56)  2 Grand prix unlimited                             Accolade [1056]
 61 ( 63)^ 2 Siege                           Mindcraft/Electronic Arts [1063]
 62 ( 57)  2 Battle isle                                           Ubi [1057]
 63 (  -)* 1 Crusaders o.t. dark savant               Sir-tech/US Gold [1104]
 64 ( 59)  2 Cruise for a corpse                      Delphine/US Gold [1059]
 65 ( 68)^ 2 Global conquest                                MicroProse [1068]
 66 ( 60)  2 Birds of prey                             Electronic Arts [1060]
 67 ( 66)  2 Eternam                                        Infogrames [1066]
 68 ( 62)  2 Heroes of the 357th                       Electronic Arts [1062]
 69 ( 64)  2 Willy beamish                              Dynamix/Sierra [1064]
 70 ( 79)^ 2 SimCity                                       Maxis/Ocean [1079]
 71 (  -)* 1 Dune 2                                    Westwood/Virgin [1110]
 72 ( 93)^ 2 Eye of the beholder 1                         SSI/US Gold [1093]
 73 ( 65)  2 NFL                                                Konami [1065]
 74 ( 75)^ 2 Dune                                          Cryo/Virgin [1075]
 75 ( 69)  2 Elvira 2                              Horrorsoft/Accolade [1069]
 76 (  -)^ 1 F-15 strike eagle 3                            MicroProse [1103]
 77 ( 71)  2 Hong Kong mahjong pro                     Electronic Arts [1071]
 78 ( 72)  2 Eco quest: In search of Cetus                    Accolade [1072]
 79 ( 73)  2 Realms                                             Virgin [1073]
 80 ( 74)  2 Loom                                    LucasArts/US Gold [1074]
 81 ( 95)^ 2 Lemmings (+ More lemmings)                      Psygnosis [1095]
 82 (  -)^ 1 Star control 2                                   Accolade [1116]
 83 ( 76)  2 International sports challenge                     Empire [1076]
 84 ( 77)  2 KGB                                           Cryo/Virgin [1077]
 85 ( 78)  2 Utopia                                            Gremlin [1078]
 86 ( 80)  2 SimAnt                                        Maxis/Ocean [1080]
 87 ( 82)  2 Air bucks                                     Impressions [1082]
 88 ( 81)  2 Laser squad                          Microleague/Krisalis [1081]
 89 ( 83)  2 Special forces                                 MicroProse [1083]
 90 ( 98)^ 2 Perfect general (+ scenario's)                    QQP/Ubi [1098]
 91 ( 84)  2 Shadowlands                                        Domark [1084]
 92 ( 85)  2 David Leadbetter's golf                        MicroProse [1085]
 93 (  -)^ 1 Alone in the dark                              Infogrames [1105]
 94 (  -)^ 1 Comanche: Maximum overkill                      Novalogic [1101]
 95 ( 86)  2 Fascination                 Coktel Vision/Digital Integr. [1086]
 96 ( 87)  2 Mike Ditka's ultimate football                   Accolade [1087]
 97 ( 88)  2 Les Manley: Lost in L.A.                         Accolade [1088]
 98 ( 91)  2 SimEarth                                      Maxis/Ocean [1091]
 99 ( 89)  2 Planet's edge                           New World/US Gold [1089]
100 ( 90)  2 Legend                                          Mindscape [1090]

    The ones that didn't survive...

    ( 92)  1 Obitus                                          Psygnosis [1092]
    ( 94)  1 Treasures o.t. savage frontier                SSI/US Gold [1094]
    ( 96)  1 F-15 strike eagle 2                            Microprose [1096]
    ( 97)  1 Free D.C.                                         US Gold [1097]
    ( 99)  1 D/Generation                                    Mindscape [1099]
    (100)  1 Global effect                             Electronic Arts [1100]

    Hi,

    This is the second edition of the new Net PC Games Top 100, and the
    first one that is compiled using the votes of many people from all
    over the world. The number of votes we received indicated that a lot
    of you are interested in this new initiative. So, we'll continue doing
    what we started and hope for the best, and everyone's support of
    course.

    If you take a look at the games, you will notice that quite a lot of
    not so new games are climbing up the chart, even some oldies are
    entering the Tip 20. The first reason for this is that last week's
    chart was not based on the opinion of the newsgroup readers, but had
    to be compiled in a different way. The games are now repositioning
    themselves to reflect the opinion of all who have mailed us their
    votes. These automatic corrections will probably take a few weeks to
    be completed. A second reason for the climbing of old games is that
    people now tend to vote for their all-time favourites. We expect that
    those who vote for games they played a long time ago, will get tired
    of this, sooner or later. Then only the games that they are playing
    now will get the votes, as should be the case in a weekly chart.

    Some requests:

    - When replying to us, for sending your votes, please enter the word
      "votes" as the subject of your message. Messages with other subjects
      have to be scanned manually. This is quite tedious.
    - Don't give more than 5 points to a single game (as some have tried).
      Our program really deletes extra points, so you lose them.
    - Don't give more than 20 points in total (as some have tried too).
      The program deletes extra points at random, and you don't know which
      of your games are the unfortunate ones.
    - The Top 100 is not suited to be an all-time favourites list. Give
      points to the games you are playing this moment, the ones you like
      now. Give the new games a chance and don't think of the games you
      played a long time ago.
    - Don't forget to name the publishers when you vote for games that are
      not in the chart yet. Some games are only published in the US, so
      we don't know them.

    Another request:

    When you see wrong titles or wrong publishers, tell us! As you may
    have noticed, we try to name both the American and European publishers
    of each game. When developers of some games are well known, we want to
    mention them too. If a name is missing, just let us know.

    The chart is published weekly on comp.sys.ibm.pc.games and
    rec.games.misc. It will also be available on some ftp-sites soon.
    Those who send us their votes will be sent the chart personally, for
    four weeks in a row. And talking about votes: keep the flow going!
    Thank you all for joining us.

    Jurgen.


    Think about it:

    Take a look at the top 5 in this chart and wonder...
    Shouldn't Origin have bought Electronic Arts?


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 The Net PC Games Tip 20                Edition 2 - Week 2 - January 11, 1993
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 TW   LW  NW Title                              Developer/Publisher(s)   ID
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  1 (  8)  2 Spellcasting 301                          Legend/Accolade [1108]
  2 (  2)  2 Might & magic: Clouds of Xeen           New World/US Gold [1102]
  3 (  7)  2 Gobliins 2                    Coktel V./Digital I./Sierra [1107]
  4 ( 14)  2 V for victory                 Three-sixty/Electronic Arts [1114]
  5 (  6)  2 AV-8B harrier assault                              Domark [1106]
  6 ( 13)  2 Terminator 2029                                  Bethesda [1113]
  7 (  9)  2 Scenario: Theatre of war      Three-sixty/Electronic Arts [1109]
  8 ( 11)  2 Curse of Enchantia                            Core Design [1111]
  9 ( 12)  2 Humans                                            US Gold [1112]
 10 ( 15)  2 Rex Nebular                                    MicroProse [1115]
 11 ( 17)  2 The summoning                                 SSI/US Gold [1117]
 12 ( 20)  2 Amazon                                     Access/US Gold [1120]
 13 ( 18)  2 Legends of valour                             SSI/US Gold [1118]
 14 ( 19)  2 A.T.A.C.                                       MicroProse [1119]
 15 (  -)  1 Railroad tycoon                                MicroProse [1121]
 16 (  -)  1 Conquered kingdoms                                    QQP [1122]
 17 (  -)  1 Formula 1 grand prix                           MicroProse [1123]
 18 (  -)  1 Spear of destiny                                ID/Apogee [1124]
 19 (  -)  1 World circuit                                  MicroProse [1125]
 20 (  -)  1 The lost admiral                                      QQP [1126]

 TW : This Week
 LW : Last Week
 NW : Number of Weeks
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