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The following Top 40 contains the most popular download games at this time.
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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Internet Download Top 40 Edition 328 - Week 15 - April 12, 1999
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 1 15 Alpha Centauri {D} Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 1 [3131]
2 6^ 3 Championship Manager 3 {D} Eidos SP 2 [3214]
3 5^ 31 Railroad Tycoon 2 {D} G.O.D. ST 1 [2905]
4 4 18 Descent 3 {D} Outrage/Interplay SH 1 [3089]
5 3 7 Natuk {S} Tom Proudfoot RP 2 [3186]
6 2 33 Hopkins (FBI) {D} MP AC 2 [2881]
7 8^ 7 Worms Armageddon {D} Team 17 ST 7 [3179]
8 9^ 19 Anno 1602 {D} Infogrames ST 3 [3082]
9 7 9 RollerCoaster Tycoon {D} Hasbro ST 6 [3164]
10 10 6 Rollcage {D} Psygnosis RA 10 [3171]
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11 11 26 Allods (Sealed Mystery) {D} Nival/Monolith RP 7 [2918]
12 17^ 23 Age of Empires (Rise of Rome) {D} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 12 [2988]
13 18^ 35 Need for Speed 3 (Hot Pursuit) {D} Electronic Arts RA 5 [2854]
14 30* 2 X-Wing Alliance {D} LucasArts AC 14 [3230]
15 14 32 Jagged Alliance 2 {D} Sir-Tech ST 2 [2896]
16 13 70 Space Empires 3 {S} Malfador ST 1 [2514]
17 31* 12 Civilization (Call to Power) {D} Activision ST 17 [2857]
18 19^ 38 Vangers (One for the Road) {D} Interactive Magic AC 3 [2708]
19 15 25 South Park (Avenging Kenny's Death) {D} KoroBrown AC 12 [2943]
20 23^ 24 Spellcross {D} SCi RP/ST 16 [2976]
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21 16 6 Half-Life {D} Valve/Sierra SH 13 [3182]
22 29^ 7 Commandos (Beyond the Call of Duty) {D} Eidos WG 22 [3158]
23 28^ 83 Infinite Worlds/Mordor 2 {D} VB Designs/Interplay RP 1 [2329]
24 20 31 Wing Commander (Secret Ops) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 2 [2903]
25 33^ 41 BattleCruiser 3000 AD {F} Derek Smart ST 2 [2608]
26 27^ 3 Brian Lara Cricket {D} Codemasters SP 26 [3140]
27 21 4 WarBirds 2.0 {D} ICI/Interactive Magic SI 19 [3181]
28 12 18 Thief (The Dark Project) {D} Looking Glass/Eidos AC/AD 2 [3088]
29 22 2 Imperialism 2 (Age of Exploration) {D} SSI ST 22 [3173]
30 24 49 Descent (Freespace - The Great War) {D} Interplay SH 3 [2725]
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31 26 10 Close Combat 2 (A Bridge Too Far) {D}Atomic/Microsoft WG 21 [2791]
32 36^ 5 Alien Vs. Predator {D} Fox AC 31 [3098]
33 32 3 Daikatana {D} Eidos SH 32 [3216]
34 -^ 1 WCW Nitro {D} THQ SP 34 [3190]
35 35 47 Metal Knights 98 {D} KnightSoft ST 3 [2710]
36 25 4 High Heat Baseball 2000 {D} 3DO SP 20 [3212]
37 -^ 1 Links LS 1999 {D} Access SP 37 [3148]
38 39^ 5 Heavy Gear 2 {D} Activision AC/ST 38 [3041]
39 37 7 Ancient Conquest {D} Megamedia ST 27 [2827]
40 38 6 AFL 99 {D} EA Sports SP 30 [3124]
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34 13 I-War/Independence War {D} Particle/Infogrames ST 25 [2840]
40 3 Lords Of Magic (S.E.) {D} Impressions/Sierra ST 37 [3023]
The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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Runners Up Edition 328 - Week 15 - April 12, 1999
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1 1 6 Slave Zero {D} Accolade AC 1 [3203]
2 10^ 4 Sport Car GT {D} Electronic Arts RA 2 [3215]
3 18^ 2 MechWarrior 3 {D} MicroProse AC 3 [3241]
4 3 3 Battlezone (The Red Odyssey) {D} Activision WG 3 [3228]
5 5 6 Rival Realms {D} Activ Pub/Digital Integration RP/ST 5 [3201]
6 6 6 Road Wars {D} Intense RA 6 [3202]
7 9^ 5 LiveWire! {D} SCi ST 7 [3213]
8 11^ 4 Tank Racer {D} Grolier RA 8 [3217]
9 12^ 3 Beatdown {D} Hot-B AC 9 [3226]
10 13^ 3 North Vs. South {D} Erudite/Interactive Magic WG 10 [3227]
11 14^ 3 Riding Star {D} Midas SP 11 [3229]
12 15^ 3 Wild Metal Country {D} Gremlin ST 12 [3231]
13 16^ 3 Tanktics {D} Gremlin ST 13 [3232]
14 17^ 2 X-Beyond the Frontier {D} EgoSoft AC 14 [3240]
15 19^ 2 The Guardian of Darkness {D} Cryo AD 15 [3242]
16 20^ 2 Malkari {D} Interactive Magic ST 16 [3243]
17 -^ 1 Twisted Mind {D} Modern AC 17 [3244]
18 -^ 1 V-Rally {D} Infogrames RA 18 [3245]
19 -^ 1 Mars Maniacs {D} Church RA 19 [3246]
20 -^ 1 Apache Havoc {D} Empire SI 20 [3247]
The following Top 100 contains the most popular PC games at this time.
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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Internet PC Games Top 100 Edition 198 - Week 15 - April 12, 1999
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 1 8 Alpha Centauri {!} Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 1 [3168]
2 3^ 15 Baldur's Gate {!} Bioware/Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [3115]
3 2 6 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 {!} New World/3DO ST 2 [3184]
4 4 20 Half-Life Valve/Sierra SH 1 [3046]
5 5 53 Starcraft/Add-on {!} Blizzard WG 1 [2677]
6 6 50 Might and Magic 6 (The Mandate of Heaven) {!} 3DO RP 2 [2696]
7 7 22 Railroad Tycoon 2 {!} PopTop/G.O.D. ST 5 [3008]
8 8 18 Thief (The Dark Project) {!} Looking Glass/Eidos AC/AD 6 [3079]
9 10^ 80 Total Annihilation Cavedog/GT WG 1 [2402]
10 9 23 Fallout 2 {!} Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [2995]
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11 11 46 Unreal {!} Digital Extremes/Epic/GT SH 2 [2753]
12 12 20 Fifa 99 EA Sports SP 9 [3044]
13 13 69 Quake 2/Add-on {!} Id/Activision SH 1 [2529]
14 15^ 27 Caesar 3 (Build a Better Rome) {!} Sierra ST 5 [2936]
15 14 28 Need for Speed 3 (Hot Pursuit) {!} Electronic Arts RA 4 [2924]
16 17^ 24 Grim Fandango {!} LucasArts/Activision AD 10 [2981]
17 18^ 10 SimCity 3000 {!} Maxis/Electronic Arts ST 13 [3152]
18 16 19 Heretic 2 Raven/Activision SH 13 [3067]
19 23^ 41 Final Fantasy 7 {!} SquareSoft/Eidos RP 7 [2811]
20 21^ 20 Settlers 3 Blue Byte ST 15 [3051]
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21 28^ 4 BattleCruiser 3000 AD V.2.0 Interplay ST 21 [3211]
22 19 14 Myth 2 (Soulblighter) {!} Bungie ST 17 [3127]
23 22 33 Rainbow Six Red Storm AC/ST 7 [2883]
24 20 20 Age of Empires (The Rise of Rome) Ensemble/Microsoft ST 16 [3028]
25 38* 3 EverQuest {!} Verant/989 Studios/Sony RP 25 [3206]
26 37* 4 RollerCoaster Tycoon Microprose ST 26 [3200]
27 24 50 Rage of Mages/Allods Nival/Monolith RP 9 [2716]
28 26 22 Colin McRae Rally Codemasters RA 26 [2989]
29 25 20 Tomb Raider 3 Core/Eidos AC/AD 21 [3043]
30 31^ 33 Warlords 3 (Darklords Rising) SSG/Red Orb WG 10 [2882]
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31 27 21 Carmageddon 2 {!} Stainless/SCi/Interplay RA 19 [3037]
32 34^ 74 Grand Theft Auto DMA/BMG/Asc RA 7 [2444]
33 33 124 Master of Orion 2 (Battle at Antares) MicroProse ST 3 [2095]
34 42^ 22 Delta Force NovaLogic SI 34 [2996]
35 29 47 Galactic Civilizations Gold Stardock ST 25 [2738]
36 30 77 Age of Empires {!} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 3 [2424]
37 35 56 Battlezone Activision WG 4 [2642]
38 39^ 5 Army Men 2 3DO AC/WG 38 [3195]
39 32 22 SiN Ritual/Activision SH 15 [3010]
40 36 14 Starsiege Tribes Dynamix/Sierra AC/ST 33 [3116]
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41 40 118 Diablo Blizzard RP 1 [2154]
42 41 77 Gettysburg Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 15 [2430]
43 45^ 7 Turok 2 (Seeds of Evil) Acclaim SH 43 [3169]
44 44 28 NHL 99 EA Sports SP 20 [2925]
45 46^125 Heroes of Might & Magic 2/add-on New World/3DO ST 2 [2091]
46 52^ 33 Vangers (One for the Road) Interactive Magic RA 30 [2869]
47 51^ 18 Warhammer 40,000 (Chaos Gate) Random/SSI/Mindscape ST 33 [3053]
48 50^ 5 Resident Evil 2 {!} Capcom AC/AD 48 [3193]
49 48 25 Shogo (Mobile Armor Division) Monolith AC 12 [2966]
50 47 18 Return to Krondor {!} Sierra RP 22 [3064]
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51 43 17 Star Wars (Rogue Squadron 3D) Factor 5/LucasArts AC 36 [3068]
52 56^ 17 Falcon 4.0 {!} MicroProse SI 30 [3091]
53 58^ 73 The Curse of Monkey Island {!} LucasArts AD 6 [2468]
54 49 24 Links LS 1999 Access SP 36 [2977]
55 55 19 European Air War MicroProse/Hasbro SI 55 [3016]
56 57^ 72 Blade Runner {!} Westwood/Virgin AD 16 [2479]
57 60^ 2 Superbike World Championship Virgin/EA Sports RA 57 [3194]
58 53 41 Commandos (Behind Enemy Lines) Eidos WG 7 [2810]
59 90* 2 Imperialism 2 SSI/Mindscape ST 59 [3223]
60 59 89 X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) {!} Mythos/MicroProse ST 4 [2351]
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61 62^ 43 Descent (Freespace - The Great War) Interplay SH 9 [2782]
62 54 78 Imperialism Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 17 [2418]
63 66^ 19 Blood 2 (The Chosen) Monolith/GT SH 42 [3054]
64 64 162 Civilization 2/Fantastic Worlds MicroProse ST 1 [1879]
65 68^ 12 WWII Fighters Jane's/Electronic Arts SI 58 [3056]
66 67^ 65 I-War/Independence War Ocean ST 29 [2552]
67 61 11 Close Combat 3 (The Russian Front) {!} Microsoft WG 43 [3146]
68 72^ 13 The Elder Scrolls (Redguard) Bethesda AD 68 [3106]
69 63 92 Links OS/2 {O} Access/Stardock SP 25 [2324]
70 -* 1 South Park Acclaim AC 70 [3196]
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71 74^ 93 Dungeon Keeper Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 1 [2322]
72 71 78 Dark Forces 2/Add-on (Jedi Knight) {!} LucasArts SH 6 [2413]
73 75^ 54 Star Wars/Supremacy (Rebellion) {!} LucasArts ST 11 [2666]
74 69 141 Quake/add-on Id/GT SH 1 [1999]
75 80^ 68 Wing Commander (Prophecy) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 7 [2533]
76 73 20 Populous (The Beginning) {!} Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 22 [3045]
77 70 31 Dune 2000 {!} Westwood/Virgin WG 19 [2902]
78 65 12 Oddworld (Abe's Exoddus) {!} Oddworld/GT PL 54 [3103]
79 -* 1 Civilization (Call to Power) Activision ST 79 [3235]
80 85^ 15 Quest for Glory 5 (Dragonfire) SierraFX/Sierra RP 55 [3092]
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81 77 124 Command & Conquer/Add-on (Red Alert) Westwood WG 1 [2101]
82 79 22 Knights and Merchants JoyMania/Interactive Magic ST 64 [2978]
83 76 17 Gangsters Hothouse/Eidos ST 34 [3093]
84 -^ 1 Triple Play 2000 EA Sports SP 84 [3225]
85 87^176 Stars! 2 Star Crosses/Empire ST 11 [1786]
86 82 75 Riven (The Sequel To Myst) {!} Cyan/Red Orb AD 18 [2445]
87 91^ 76 Panzer General 2 SSI/Mindscape WG 27 [2426]
88 88 63 Gag Auric Vision AD 8 [2557]
89 -^ 1 Championship Manager 3 {!} Eidos SP 89 [3248]
90 86 15 King's Quest (Mask of Eternity) Sierra AD 82 [3050]
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91 -^ 1 Recoil Westwood/Virgin/Electronic Arts AC 91 [3208]
92 -^ 7 Actua Soccer 3 Gremlin SP 75 [3137]
93 -^ 1 Rollcage Psygnosis RA 93 [3224]
94 78 79 Ultima Online/Second Age {!} Origin/Electronic Arts RP 19 [2399]
95 -^ 1 Requiem (Avenging Angel) 3DO AC 95 [3237]
96 89 31 Hexplore Heliovisions/Infogrames RP 39 [2901]
97 84 78 Fallout Interplay RP 4 [2417]
98 93 3 Pro Pinball (Big Race USA) Empire AR 93 [3185]
99 92 120 Trials of Battle {O} Shadowsoft/Stardock SH 10 [2134]
100 81 72 Championship Manager 97/98 Eidos SP 34 [2475]
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Dropped Out:
83 10 Viper Racing Monster/Sierra Sports RA 59 [3070]
94 15 Speed Busters (American Highways) UbiSoft RA 84 [3066]
95 80 Dark Reign (The Future of War) Auran/Activision WG 10 [2397]
96 6 Magic & Mayhem/Duel: The Mage Wars Mythos/Virgin RP 67 [3130]
97 3 Grand Touring Elite/Empire RA 80 [3183]
98 18 NBA Live 99 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 63 [3018]
99 12 Dark Vengeance Reality Bytes/GT AC 63 [3114]
100 5 Nascar Revolution {!} Stormfront/EA Sports RA 66 [3178]
The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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1 26^ 2 High Heat Baseball 2000 3DO SP 1 [3239]
2 4^ 3 Starsiege {!} Dynamic/Sierra AC 2 [3222]
3 2 6 Thunder Brigade Blue Moon/Interactive Magic AC 2 [3197]
4 3 6 Beavis & Butthead (Do U) Illusions/GT AD 3 [3199]
5 25^ 2 Jack Nicklaus 6 (Golden Bear Challenge) Activision SP 5 [3238]
6 5 6 Ring (The Legend of the Nibelungen) Cryo AD 4 [3192]
7 6 8 Apache Havoc Empire SI 6 [3176]
8 -^ 1 X-Wing Alliance LucasArts SI 8 [3249]
9 7 5 North Vs. South Erudite/Interactive Magic WG 5 [3207]
10 8 3 Warzone 2100 Eidos WG 5 [3220]
11 10 4 Battle of Britain {!} TalonSoft SI 9 [3218]
12 12 4 Gruntz Monolith PU 2 [3219]
13 21^ 2 Commandos (Beyond the Call of Duty) Eidos AC/WG 13 [3234]
14 23^ 2 Lands of Lore 3 {!} Westwood/Electronic Arts RP 14 [3236]
15 15 8 Top Gun (Hornet's Nest) Zipper/MicroProse SI 12 [3177]
16 20^ 2 East Front 2 TalonSoft WG 16 [3233]
17 14 6 Newman/Haas Racing Studio 33/Psygnosis RA 11 [3198]
18 16 8 Microsoft Golf (1999 Edition) Friendly/Microsoft SP 12 [3174]
19 17 8 Extreme Tennis HeadGames SP 13 [3175]
20 18 5 Football World Manager Ubi Soft SP 16 [3210]
21 19 3 Redline (Gang Warfare 2066) Accolade AC 17 [3221]
22 -^ 1 Baseball Edition 2000 Interplay SP 22 [3250]
23 -^ 1 Ancient Conquest Megamedia ST 23 [3251]
24 -^ 1 Extreme Water Sports Head Games/Activision SP 24 [3252]
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| TW : This Week | The Internet PC Games Top 100 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 | {O} OS/2 Only | > 2 Magic of Zuul 4 [] |
| IF : Interactive Fiction| | > 4 The Lost Tycoon [] |
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