From: ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com (Ross Erickson)
Subject: GAME BYTES AWARDS! VOTES!
Keywords: game bytes magazine
Reply-To: ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 00:51:49 GMT

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Just wanted to pop in a say thanks to the overwhelming response to our
votes for Game Bytes games of the year.  I'm answering and tallying
about 50 emails a day.  Whew!  For those who haven't voted yet, please
get your votes in.  Here's a repost of the ballot.  Don't vote twice.
I keep all the messages and will sort the header to make sure we don't
get double votes.  Those that do will be thrown out (both of them).
Thanks.

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I'm pleased to announce the results of the Game Bytes Game of the Year
nominations that have taken place over the past few months.  I would
first like to thank all who nominated their favorite games.  The
response was tremendous, and I hope even more will "turn out" and cast
your vote for these games that got nominated.

Some of the races were pretty close and others were not close at all.
I will not present the nomination count so as to not influence the 
final vote.  In most cases, we're going to take the top 3 titles 
that are nominated, but some races were close enough to warrant a 
fourth entry.  The titles listed below are not in any particular order.

May I have a drum roll please......  {thank you}

In the Role-Playing category, the top four nominees are:

ULTIMA 7 - ORIGIN
DARKLANDS - MICROPROSE
ULTIMA UNDERWORLD - ORIGIN
CRUSADERS OF THE DARK SAVANT - SIR-TECH SOFTWARE

In the Sports category, the top three nominees are:

HARDBALL 3 - ACCOLADE
LINKS 386 PRO - ACCESS SOFTWARE
SUMMER CHALLENGE - ACCOLADE

In the Action/Arcade category, the top four nominees are:

WING COMMANDER 2: SECRET MISSIONS 2 - ORIGIN
GODS - KONAMI
WOLFENSTEIN 3D - ID/APOGEE SOFTWARE
OUT OF THIS WORLD - INTERPLAY

In the Adventure category, the top four nominees are:

INDIANA JONES AND THE FATE OF ATLANTIS - LUCASARTS
STAR TREK: 25TH ANNIVERSARY - INTERPLAY
THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLAND II - LUCASARTS
KING'S QUEST VI: HEIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW - SIERRA ON-LINE

In the Strategy/Wargame category, the top three nominees are:

V FOR VICTORY: UTAH BEACH - THREE-SIXTY
CIVILIZATION - MICROPROSE
THEATRE OF WAR - THREE-SIXTY

In the Simulation category, the top three nominees are:

ACES OF THE PACIFIC 1.2 - DYNAMIX
FALCON 3.0D - SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
A-TRAIN - MAXIS

In the Edutainment category, the top three nominees are:

WORD RESCUE - APOGEE SOFTWARE
ECOQUEST: IN SEARCH OF CETUS - SIERRA ON-LINE
WHERE IN THE USA IS CARMEN SANDIEGO DELUXE - BRODERBUND SOFTWARE

and finally, for Overall Best Game of 1992, the top four nominees are:

ULTIMA UNDERWORLD - ORIGIN
CIVILIZATION - MICROPROSE
FALCON 3.0 - SPECTRUM HOLOBYTE
ULTIMA 7 - ORIGIN


Please cast your ballot by emailing me, Ross Erickson, at:

ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com

Votes will only be counted once per person for one game listed above
in each category.  Votes will be tallied beginning now until the end
of January, 1993, so please vote now, and tell all your friends to
cast their ballots too.  There will be a special Game Bytes award
presented to the winners in each category as well as a certificate to
each runner up.  

Hope to hear from ALL of you, and as always, thanks for reading Game
Bytes!


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