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 The following Top 40 contains the best download PC games in the world.
 The list includes demo versions, shareware versions and freeware games.
 Vote for a game in this chart if you think other people should download it.
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 Download Top 40                       Edition 59 - Week 33 - August 12, 1996
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 TW  LW  NW Title                      Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points
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  1   1  24 Quake {share}                                  Id AC  1 [1876]1000
  2   2  28 Duke Nukem 3D {share}                   3D Realms AC  1 [1863] 357
  3   4^ 59 Nethack 3 {free}                          DevTeam RP  1 [1186] 335
  4   3   6 So Far {free}                      Andrew Plotkin AD  3 [1974] 273
  5   5  59 Angband {free}                Robert Alan Koeneke RP  2 [1255] 207
  6   7^ 34 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share}           Star Crossed ST  3 [1816] 193
  7   6  35 Toyland {O} {share}                 Rainald Menge AC  6 [1813] 170
  8   9^  7 Jigsaw {free}                       Graham Nelson AD  8 [1815] 160
  9   8  34 Descent 2 {demo}               Parallax/Interplay AC  1 [1821] 141
 10  11^ 59 VGA Planets {share}                  Tim Wisseman ST  7 [1651] 129
 11  13^  6 Ancient Domains of Mystery {free}   Thomas Biskup RP 11 [1976] 117
 12  12  59 Descent {share}                Parallax/Interplay AC  1 [1644] 114
 13  10  40 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo}           Blizzard ST  2 [1774]  96
 14  23* 12 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share}          IMI AD 14 [1889] 110
 15  14   8 SubSpace {W} {share}                       Virgin AC 13 [1955]  91
 16  16  18 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share}          Spiderweb RP 13 [1914]  85
 17  15  59 Doom {share}                                   Id AC  4 [1645]  68
 18  17  11 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share}      SmithWare RP 14 [1929]  64
 19  31* 10 Christminster {free}                 Gareth Rees/ AD 19 [1705]  82
 20  18  44 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo}             Raven/Id AC  1 [1751]  61
 21  20  59 FreeCell {W} {free}                     Microsoft PU  5 [1660]  66
 22  19   4 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo}      Grinning Lizard AC 19 [1984]  56
 23  24^  7 EITTris {free}                     Eric Jorgensen AC 23 [1954]  60
 24  22  56 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee AC 10 [1668]  51
 25  21  40 Wolfenstein 3D {share}                  Id/Apogee AC 14 [1658]  47
 26  32^ 11 Lost New York {share}                Neil DeMause AD 26 [1920]  53
 27  25  14 Mixman {share}                             Mixman AD 10 [1928]  29
 28  30^ 19 Star Quest 1 {share}           Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890]  31
 29  27  31 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share}  Spiderweb RP 23 [1724]  29
 30  34^ 49 Abuse {share}                       Crack Dot Com AC  6 [1715]  35
 31  28  59 Slicks 'n' Slide {share}           Timo Kauppinen SP 11 [1659]  31
 32  26  55 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {demo}        Activision AC 10 [1696]  28
 33  29  39 Extreme Pinball {share}      Epic/Electronic Arts AC  4 [1776]  24
 34  37^ 47 Tyrian {share}                       Eclipse/Epic AC  3 [1725]  28
 35   -^ 22 Theatre {free}                          Cave Rock AD 16 [1700]  31
 36  38^ 59 Minesweeper {W} {free}                  Microsoft PU  5 [1184]  27
 37  33  56 Heretic {share}                          Raven/Id SH  7 [1648]  22
 38  40^ 59 One Must Fall: 2097 {share}                  Epic AC  8 [1647]  22
 39  35   5 Close Combat {W} {demo}          Atomic/Microsoft ST 31 [1978]  16
 40   -^  1 Xixit {share}                               Optik PU 40 [1996]   9

    Dropped Out:

     36   9 Randzu                                       Wolf ST 19 [1935]
     39  58 Terminal Velocity           Terminal R./3D Realms AC  3 [1646]

 The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: 
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  Runners Up for Download Top 40       Edition 59 - Week 33 - August 12, 1996
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         NW Title                         Developer/Publisher(s) Cat  ID
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 Tip  1   3 Albion {demo}                              Blue Byte RP [2000]
 Tip  2   2 Fields of Battle {share}                  Bevelstone ST [2001]
 Tip  3   1 Drug Killers {share}                         Ticsoft AC [2007]
 Tip  4   1 Fire Fight {W} {share}              Chaos Works/Epic SH [2008]
 Tip  5   6 Operation Carnage {S} {share}               Beaucomm AC [1983]

         Interactive Fiction Games have made a major comeback on the
 Download Top 40 in the last few weeks. Every Interactive Fiction game had
 dropped from the charts a few weeks ago. Andrew Plotkin's game "So Far"
 was just catching on at that time. Quickly, it earned enough votes to get
 onto the charts. Suddenly the Interactive Fiction community realized how
 large it really is, and old IF games began springing back onto the charts. 
 IF Games are valuable members of the downloadable gaming world. 
         My e-mail from people requesting help on getting Interactive
 Fiction games to work has gotten out of control. Santiago's Download Top
 40 Game Page maintains links to web pages devoted to all the games on the
 Download Top 40. Since there are no web pages for the Interactive Fiction
 games, I've made the links for those games FTP links to download the games
 themselves. Unfortunately, one needs more than just the game file itself
 in order to play.
         The IF Games require another executable file in order to be played
 on a PC, or any platform. A purist might not even call the IF game file a
 game. Doom .WAD files aren't games in themselves since they require
 DOOM.EXE in order to play them. IF Game files are similar to Doom .WAD
 files. Since they end in .z_ your browser might even treat them as text. 
 Downloading the file as text will make it unusable. The programs needed to
 actually play the IF Games are available at the Interactive Fiction FTP
 site: 
         ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/

         For complete instructions on getting IF Games to work on virtually
 any platform, get the following file:

 ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/infocom/how_to_play_these_games

         This text file is somewhat out of date, but it will work. It was
 written when there were no games using the .z8 format, but both So Far and
 Jigsaw use this format. If you still have trouble with the IF Games, talk
 to people in the IF newsgroup: "rec.games.int-fiction" The authors
 themselves often post to this newsgroup. 
         If the IF game file comes in ..zip format, it probably has the
 executable file included, so you're much better off. Authors have been
 asked to package games with the PC Executable, but only a few have done
 so. 

 Santiago (Note my new web page address!)
 http://www.primenet.com/~top40


 The following Top 100 contains the best full price PC games in the world.
 The list includes commercial retail games and registered shareware games.
 Vote for a game in this chart if you think other people should buy it too.
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 Commercial Top 100                   Edition 189 - Week 33 - August 12, 1996
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 TW  LW  NW Title                      Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points
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  1   1  23 Civilization 2 {W}                     MicroProse ST  1 [1879]1349
  2   2  14 Duke Nukem 3D {reg}                Apogee/FormGen SH  2 [1923]1008
  3   3  46 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops.     Westwood/Virgin WG  1 [1729] 987
  4   4  36 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness     Blizzard WG  2 [1817] 938
  5   6^ 22 Descent 2                      Parallax/Interplay SH  5 [1891] 386
  6   5  33 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O}             Stardock ST  3 [1828] 371
  7   7  45 Heroes of Might and Magic               New World ST  7 [1737] 369
  8  26*  2 Quake                                          Id SH  8 [1999] 416
  9   8  54 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans       Activision AC  6 [1697] 326
 10   9  96 Doom 2: Hell on Earth                Id/GT/Virgin SH  1 [1502] 388
 11  15^  3 World Circuit Racing/F1: Grand Prix 2  MicroProse RA 11 [1857] 315
 12  10  25 Wing Commander 4           Origin/Electronic Arts AC/S4 [1867] 257
 13  11  37 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg}             Star Crossed ST 11 [1786] 242
 14  13  32 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within         Sierra AD 12 [1832] 214
 15  12  96 Master of Magic                 SimTex/MicroProse ST  3 [1501] 252
 16  16  43 Steel Panthers                      SSI/Mindscape WG 15 [1757] 202
 17  14  85 Descent {reg}                  Parallax/Interplay SH  1 [1565] 201
 18  19^149 Master of Orion                 SimTex/MicroProse ST  2 [1344] 334
 19  18  77 Dark Forces                      LucasArts/Virgin SH  2 [1585] 192
 20  20   8 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2            Blue Byte ST 20 [1953] 152
 21  21  45 Need for Speed        Distinctive/Electronic Arts RA 12 [1738] 152
 22  17  32 Avarice Preview {O}                  CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 133
 23  22  36 Fifa Soccer 96          EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 20 [1787] 136
 24  25^ 12 Chaos Overlords                         New World ST 24 [1937] 132
 25  24  43 NHL Hockey '96                    Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 124
 26  23 135 SimCity 2000                      Maxis/Mindscape ST  2 [1399] 202
 27  28^ 89 Panzer General                      SSI/Mindscape WG 11 [1522] 151
 28  29^ 71 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep       Mythos/MicroProse ST  8 [1600] 127
 29  33^ 36 Capitalism              Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 29 [1806] 123
 30  27  48 Star Emperor {O}                         Stardock ST  4 [1716]  95
 31  31  95 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O}     Stardock ST  1 [1508] 134
 32  32  90 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans      Blizzard/Interplay WG  4 [1528] 131
 33  30  37 Worms/Reinforcements                Team 17/Ocean AC/17 [1784]  97
 34  34  39 Hexen: Beyond Heretic                 Raven/Id/GT SH  8 [1775] 102
 35  35  26 Anvil of Dawn                DreamForge/New World RP 35 [1819] 102
 36  46^ 20 Fantasy General                     SSI/Mindscape WG 29 [1900] 114
 37  37 121 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown     Mythos/MicroProse ST  1 [1437] 160
 38  40^ 87 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger       Origin AC/S6 [1562] 120
 39  39  97 Colonization                           MicroProse ST  5 [1496] 124
 40  36  44 Crusader: No Remorse       Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741]  89
 41  38 189 Civilization/CivNet                    MicroProse ST  1 [1002] 296
 42  43^108 Tie Fighter/add-on               LucasArts/Virgin AC/S3 [1473] 132
 43  41  91 Transport Tycoon/deluxe                MicroProse ST 14 [1521] 113
 44  48^ 50 Phantasmagoria                             Sierra AD 19 [1712]  92
 45  47^ 36 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809]  92
 46  49^  4 Close Combat                     Atomic/Microsoft WG 46 [1990]  94
 47  42 139 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg}                       Id SH  1 [1386] 153
 48  44  78 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg}          Apogee SH 18 [1564]  97
 49  50^ 43 Championship Manager 2                     Domark SP 35 [1746]  86
 50  58^ 18 Zork Nemesis                   Infocom/Activision AD 45 [1906]  87
 51  45   7 Marathon 2: Durandal {W}                   Bungie SH 39 [1960]  76
 52  65^  5 Mission Force: Cyber Storm                 Sierra ST 52 [1986]  83
 53  52  69 Jagged Alliance                Sir-Tech/Mindscape WG  9 [1605]  83
 54  62^  5 Afterlife                               LucasArts ST 54 [1980]  79
 55  60^ 67 Full Throttle                           LucasArts AD 10 [1612]  84
 56  56  23 NBA Live 96             EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871]  73
 57  53  36 The Dig                                 LucasArts AD 21 [1798]  71
 58  54  42 Ascendancy                   Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753]  69
 59  51   8 AH-64D Longbow             Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965]  67
 60  55 125 Myst {W}          Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 105
 61  64^ 41 Caesar 2                       Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742]  71
 62  59   4 Swords of Xeen                          New World RP 59 [1940]  63
 63  70^  6 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire  Koei ST 63 [1948]  65
 64  61 188 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty     Westwood/Virgin ST  4 [1110] 207
 65  63  31 Monopoly                          Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841]  63
 66  66  90 Nascar Racing                      Papyrus/Virgin RA 21 [1529]  83
 67  74^ 39 Stonekeep                               Interplay RP 21 [1779]  64
 68  69^ 35 TFX 2: EF2000                           DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797]  66
 69  67 186 VGA Planets {reg}                    Tim Wisseman ST  3 [1131] 194
 70  76^ 98 System Shock  LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438]  80
 71   -*  1 Masterpieces of Infocom        Infocom/Activision IF 71 [2002]  59
 72  72   6 You Don't Know Jack {W}                  Berkeley PU 56 [1790]  59
 73  57  41 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O}      Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764]  54
 74  81^ 24 Indycar Racing 2                   Papyrus/Sierra RA 35 [1862]  54
 75  98*  2 Links LS                                   Access SP 75 [1997]  55
 76  73  30 Shivers {W}                                Sierra AD 39 [1791]  52
 77  71  14 Conquest of the New World   Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853]  52
 78  78  21 Terra Nova: Strike Force C.   LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883]  53
 79  68  58 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity    Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641]  51
 80  75 124 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers        Sierra AD 25 [1377]  76
 81  77  34 Extreme Pinball {reg}        Epic/Electronic Arts AR 63 [1789]  45
 82  91^ 85 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC  4 [1566]  55
 83  85^188 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters          Accolade AC/S3 [1116] 141
 84  80  18 Advanced Tactical Fighter  Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907]  42
 85   -^ 36 3D Ultra Pinball {W}                       Sierra AC 61 [1754]  44
 86  83 146 Day of the Tentacle             LucasArts/US Gold AD  6 [1268]  80
 87  82  12 Big Red Racing                     Big Red/Domark RA 72 [1917]  41
 88  87 162 Betrayal at Krondor                Dynamix/Sierra RP  6 [1275]  94
 89  92^ 35 Advanced Civilization                 Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803]  41
 90  79  80 Under a Killing Moon               Access/US Gold AD 22 [1517]  46
 91  89  16 Ripper                             Take 2/Gametek AD 67 [1884]  38
 92  86 106 The Settlers/Serf City              Blue Byte/SSI ST  6 [1458]  50
 93 100^180 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing    LucasArts/US Gold AC/S1 [1169] 104
 94  93 116 Ultima Underworld       Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009]  53
 95  95   3 TacOps {W}                                Arsenal ST 95 [1947]  34
 96  88   5 Wizardry Gold                            Sir-Tech RP 88 [1972]  32
 97   -^  1 Gender Wars                                    GT ST 97 [1994]  28
 98  84  30 SimTower                           Handbook/Maxis ST 55 [1617]  29
 99   -^  1 NHL Powerplay '96                          Virgin SP 99 [1982]  27
100   -^  1 Space Hulk 2             Key Game/Electronic Arts SH100 [1995]  27

    Dropped Out:

     90  35 Rebel Assault 2: The Hidden Empire      LucasArts SH 40 [1795]
     94  36 Destruction Derby           Reflections/Psygnosis RA 46 [1788]
     96 137 Sam & Max Hit the Road          LucasArts/US Gold AD 11 [1379]
     97  10 Sensible World of Soccer        Sensible/Renegade SP 73 [1912]
     99  14 3D Lemmings                        Psygnosis/Sony AC/63 [1918]

 The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: 
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 Runners Up Commercial Top 100        Edition 189 - Week 33 - August 12, 1996
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         NW Title                         Developer/Publisher(s) Cat  ID
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 Tip  1   5 Fire Fight {W}      Chaos Works/Epic/Electronic Arts SH [1992]
 Tip  2   7 Front Page Sports: Baseball 96                Sierra SP [1981]
 Tip  3   6 Euro '96                                     Gremlin SP [1987]
 Tip  4   2 Final Doom                                     Id/GT SH [2004]
 Tip  5   4 Great Naval Battles 4                  SSI/Mindscape WG [1998]
 Tip  6   6 Triple Play '97                      Electronic Arts SP [1989]
 Tip  7   1 Olympic Games                                US Gold SP [2009]
 Tip  8   5 Rise and Rule Ancient Empires                 Sierra ST [1991]
 Tip  9   2 The Pandora Directive                         Access AD [2003]
 Tip 10   2 Lemmings Paintball {W}                     Psygnosis AC [2005]
 Tip 11   2 Trophy Bass                                   Sierra SP [2006]
 Tip 12   6 Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer {W}  Dynamix/Sierra SI [1985]
 Tip 13   1 Virtua Fighter                                       FI [2010]

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| TW : This Week          | The Internet PC Games Charts are compiled using  |
| LW : Last Week          | votes sent by gamers from all over the world.    |
| NW : Number of Weeks    | The latest charts are published every Monday on  |
| HI : Highest Position   | Usenet in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.* newsgroups.|
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| AC : Action             | {demo}  Demo Version| > 5  Dark Invader  [1435]  |
| AD : Adventure          | {share} Shareware   | > 4  Action Force2  [1322] |
| AR : Arcade             | {reg}   Registered  | > 5  Super Fighter  [1502] |
| FI : Fighting           | {W}     Windows Only| > 2  Magic of Zuul 4  []   |
| IF : Interactive Fiction| {O}     OS/2 Only   | > 4  The Lost Tycoon  []   |
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