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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 194 - Week 11 - March 15, 1999
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 1 11 Alpha Centauri {D} Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 1 [3131]
2 6^ 3 Natuk {S} Tom Proudfoot RP 2 [3186]
3 2 29 Hopkins (FBI) {D} MP AC 2 [2881]
4 4 14 Descent 3 {D} Outrage/Interplay SH 1 [3089]
5 5 15 Anno 1602 {D} Infogrames ST 3 [3082]
6 3 14 Thief (The Dark Project) {D} Looking Glass/Eidos AC/AD 2 [3088]
7 7 27 Railroad Tycoon 2 {D} G.O.D. ST 1 [2905]
8 8 66 Space Empires 3 {S} Malfador ST 1 [2514]
9 9 22 Allods (Sealed Mystery) {D} Nival/Monolith RP 7 [2918]
10 14^ 5 RollerCoaster Tycoon {D} Hasbro ST 10 [3164]
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11 10 27 Wing Commander (Secret Ops) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 2 [2903]
12 13^ 21 South Park (Avenging Kenny's Death) {D} KoroBrown AC 12 [2943]
13 12 28 Jagged Alliance 2 {D} Sir-Tech ST 2 [2896]
14 19^ 2 Half-Life {D} Valve/Sierra SH 14 [3182]
15 11 45 Descent (Freespace - The Great War) {D} Interplay SH 3 [2725]
16 18^ 20 Spellcross {D} SCi RP/ST 16 [2976]
17 20^ 5 101st Airborne in Normandy {D} Empire ST 17 [2986]
18 16 31 Need for Speed 3 (Hot Pursuit) {D} Electronic Arts RA 5 [2854]
19 15 79 Infinite Worlds/Mordor 2 {D} VB Designs/Interplay RP 1 [2329]
20 17 27 Carmageddon 2 (Carpocalypse Now) {D} SCi RA 2 [2892]
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21 23^ 19 Age of Empires (Rise of Rome) {D} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 13 [2988]
22 29^ 2 Rollcage {D} Psygnosis RA 22 [3171]
23 22 34 Vangers (One for the Road) {D} Interactive Magic AC 3 [2708]
24 35* 3 Worms Armageddon {D} Team 17 ST 24 [3179]
25 21 29 Caesar 3 (Build a Better Rome) {D} Sierra ST 3 [2891]
26 28^ 15 F-16 Multirole Fighter {D} NovaLogic SI 18 [2922]
27 24 10 Myth 2 (Soulblighter) {D} Bungie AD 23 [3123]
28 26 43 Metal Knights 98 {D} KnightSoft ST 3 [2710]
29 31^ 6 Close Combat 2 (A Bridge Too Far) {D}Atomic/Microsoft WG 29 [2791]
30 33^ 23 Populous (The Beginning) {D} Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 6 [2944]
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31 34^ 3 Commandos (Beyond the Call of Duty) {D} Eidos WG 31 [3158]
32 27 57 Dark Reign/Add-on (The Future Of War) {D} Activision WG 3 [2494]
33 25 9 Pro Pinball (Big Race USA) {D} Empire AR 14 [3085]
34 36^ 10 I-War/Independence War {D} Particle/Infogrames ST 25 [2840]
35 40^ 69 Total Annihilation {D} Cavedog/GT WG 4 [2491]
36 37^ 2 King's Quest (Mask of Eternity) {D} Sierra AD 36 [3078]
37 -^ 1 Alien Vs. Predator {D} Fox AC 37 [3098]
38 38 2 Redline {D} Accolade AC 38 [3121]
39 -^ 5 Monaco Grand Prix Racing {D} UbiSoft RA 37 [2928]
40 39 2 Heavy Gear 2 {D} Activision AC/ST 39 [3041]
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30 40 Commandos (Behind Enemy Lines) {D} Eidos WG 4 [2760]
32 10 Fifa 99 {D} EA Sports SP 22 [3108]
The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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Runners Up Edition 194 - Week 11 - March 15, 1999
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 2^ 5 Imperialism 2 (Age of Exploration) {D} SSI ST 1 [3173]
2 1 4 WarBirds 2.0 {D} ICI/Interactive Magic SI 1 [3181]
3 3 6 Pro Bodyboarding {D} Gee Whiz! SP 3 [3166]
4 4 6 Elite Air Hockey {D} Patch AC 4 [3162]
5 5 6 Extreme Trial Motorcross {D} The Dawn RA 5 [3163]
6 8^ 5 Turok 2 (Seeds of Evil) {D} Acclaim SH 6 [3170]
7 9^ 5 Piranha {D} Reakktor AC 7 [3172]
8 10^ 4 Lander {D} Psygnosis AC 8 [3180]
9 11^ 3 Virtual Deep Sea Fishing {D} Interplay SP 9 [3187]
10 12^ 3 Virtual Tennis {D} Interplay SP 10 [3188]
11 13^ 3 Baseball Edition 2000 {D} Interplay SP 11 [3189]
12 14^ 3 WCW Nitro {D} THQ SP 12 [3190]
13 15^ 3 Machines {D} Acclaim ST 13 [3191]
14 16^ 2 Rival Realms {D} Activ Pub/Digital Integration RP/ST 14 [3201]
15 17^ 2 Road Wars {D} Intense RA 15 [3202]
16 18^ 2 Slave Zero {D} Accolade AC 16 [3203]
17 19^ 2 Jeff Gordon XS Racing {D} Asc RA 17 [3204]
18 20^ 2 X-Plane {D} Laminar SI 18 [3205]
19 -^ 1 High Heat Baseball 2000 {D} 3DO SP 19 [3212]
20 -^ 1 LiveWire! {D} SCi ST 20 [3213]
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 324 - Week 11 - March 15, 1999
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 1 11 Baldur's Gate {!} Bioware/Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [3115]
2 2 4 Alpha Centauri {!} Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 2 [3168]
3 3 16 Half-Life Valve/Sierra SH 1 [3046]
4 10* 2 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 {!} New World/3DO ST 4 [3184]
5 5 49 Starcraft {!} Blizzard WG 1 [2677]
6 4 46 Might and Magic 6 (The Mandate of Heaven) {!} 3DO RP 2 [2696]
7 6 18 Railroad Tycoon 2 {!} PopTop/G.O.D. ST 5 [3008]
8 7 14 Thief (The Dark Project) {!} Looking Glass/Eidos AC/AD 6 [3079]
9 8 19 Fallout 2 {!} Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [2995]
10 9 42 Unreal {!} Digital Extremes/Epic/GT SH 2 [2753]
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11 12^ 76 Total Annihilation Cavedog/GT WG 1 [2402]
12 11 16 Fifa 99 EA Sports SP 9 [3044]
13 14^ 6 SimCity 3000 {!} Maxis/Electronic Arts ST 13 [3152]
14 13 24 Need for Speed 3 (Hot Pursuit) {!} Electronic Arts RA 4 [2924]
15 15 20 Grim Fandango {!} LucasArts/Activision AD 10 [2981]
16 16 15 Heretic 2 Raven/Activision SH 13 [3067]
17 18^ 65 Quake 2/Add-on {!} Id/Activision SH 1 [2529]
18 19^ 16 Settlers 3 Blue Byte ST 15 [3051]
19 20^ 10 Myth 2 (Soulblighter) {!} Bungie ST 17 [3127]
20 17 23 Caesar 3 (Build a Better Rome) {!} Sierra ST 5 [2936]
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21 21 29 Rainbow Six Red Storm AC/ST 7 [2883]
22 23^ 16 Age of Empires (The Rise of Rome) Ensemble/Microsoft ST 16 [3028]
23 22 37 Final Fantasy 7 {!} SquareSoft/Eidos RP 7 [2811]
24 26^ 46 Rage of Mages/Allods Nival/Monolith RP 9 [2716]
25 24 14 Return to Krondor {!} Sierra RP 22 [3064]
26 31^ 43 Galactic Civilizations Gold Stardock ST 26 [2738]
27 27 16 Tomb Raider 3 Core/Eidos AC/AD 21 [3043]
28 25 18 SiN Ritual/Activision SH 15 [3010]
29 30^ 17 Carmageddon 2 {!} Stainless/SCi/Interplay RA 19 [3037]
30 28 70 Grand Theft Auto DMA/BMG/Asc RA 7 [2444]
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31 29 121 Heroes of Might & Magic 2/add-on New World/3DO ST 2 [2091]
32 35^120 Master of Orion 2 (Battle at Antares) MicroProse ST 3 [2095]
33 39^ 74 Imperialism Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 17 [2418]
34 32 21 Shogo (Mobile Armor Division) Monolith AC 12 [2966]
35 36^ 13 Falcon 4.0 {!} MicroProse SI 30 [3091]
36 46^ 18 Colin McRae Rally Codemasters RA 31 [2989]
37 40^114 Diablo Blizzard RP 1 [2154]
38 33 52 Battlezone Activision WG 4 [2642]
39 41^ 73 Age of Empires {!} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 3 [2424]
40 34 37 Commandos (Behind Enemy Lines) Eidos WG 7 [2810]
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41 37 29 Warlords 3 (Darklords Rising) SSG/Red Orb WG 10 [2882]
42 44^ 13 Star Wars (Rogue Squadron 3D) Factor 5/LucasArts AC 42 [3068]
43 38 29 Vangers (One for the Road) Interactive Magic RA 30 [2869]
44 42 24 NHL 99 EA Sports SP 20 [2925]
45 43 73 Gettysburg Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 15 [2430]
46 51^ 20 Links LS 1999 Access SP 36 [2977]
47 45 7 Close Combat 3 (The Russian Front) {!} Microsoft WG 43 [3146]
48 47 14 Warhammer 40,000 (Chaos Gate) Random/SSI/Mindscape ST 33 [3053]
49 49 10 Starsiege Tribes Dynamix/Sierra AC/ST 44 [3116]
50 54^ 85 X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) {!} Mythos/MicroProse ST 4 [2351]
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51 56^ 18 Delta Force NovaLogic SI 51 [2996]
52 48 68 Blade Runner {!} Westwood/Virgin AD 16 [2479]
53 53 15 Blood 2 (The Chosen) Monolith/GT SH 42 [3054]
54 57^ 88 Links OS/2 {O} Access/Stardock SP 25 [2324]
55 55 69 The Curse of Monkey Island {!} LucasArts AD 6 [2468]
56 52 61 I-War/Independence War Ocean ST 29 [2552]
57 65^ 8 Oddworld (Abe's Exoddus) {!} Oddworld/GT PL 57 [3103]
58 58 15 European Air War MicroProse/Hasbro SI 58 [3016]
59 60^ 89 Dungeon Keeper Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 1 [2322]
60 64^158 Civilization 2/Fantastic Worlds MicroProse ST 1 [1879]
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61 50 16 Populous (The Beginning) {!} Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 22 [3045]
62 62 137 Quake/add-on Id/GT SH 1 [1999]
63 66^ 7 Viper Racing Monster/Sierra Sports RA 59 [3070]
64 59 39 Descent (Freespace - The Great War) Interplay SH 9 [2782]
65 69^ 50 Star Wars/Supremacy (Rebellion) {!} LucasArts ST 11 [2666]
66 73^ 2 Nascar Revolution {!} EA Sports RA 66 [3178]
67 80^ 3 Magic & Mayhem/Duel: The Mage Wars Mythos/Virgin RP 67 [3130]
68 63 27 Dune 2000 {!} Westwood/Virgin WG 19 [2902]
69 68 74 Dark Forces 2/Add-on (Jedi Knight) {!} LucasArts SH 6 [2413]
70 70 120 Command & Conquer/Add-on (Red Alert) Westwood WG 1 [2101]
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71 72^ 68 Championship Manager 97/98 Eidos SP 34 [2475]
72 79^172 Stars! 2 Star Crosses/Empire ST 11 [1786]
73 87^ 3 Turok 2 (Seeds of Evil) Acclaim SH 73 [3169]
74 71 13 Gangsters Hothouse/Eidos ST 34 [3093]
75 -* 1 Army Men 2 3DO AC/WG 75 [3195]
76 85^ 71 Riven (The Sequel To Myst) {!} Cyan/Red Orb AD 18 [2445]
77 67 74 Fallout Interplay RP 4 [2417]
78 77 75 Ultima Online/Second Age {!} Origin/Electronic Arts RP 19 [2399]
79 75 18 Knights and Merchants JoyMania/Interactive Magic ST 64 [2978]
80 74 15 NBA Live 99 EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 63 [3018]
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81 61 46 TOCA (Touring Car Championship) Codemasters/3DO SI/SP 28 [2545]
82 78 77 Dark Reign (The Future of War) Auran/Activision WG 10 [2397]
83 90^ 72 Panzer General 2 SSI/Mindscape WG 27 [2426]
84 88^ 12 Speed Busters (American Highways) UbiSoft RA 84 [3066]
85 -^ 9 The Elder Scrolls (Redguard) Bethesda AD 73 [3106]
86 76 116 Trials of Battle {O} Shadowsoft/Stardock SH 10 [2134]
87 82 59 Gag Auric Vision AD 8 [2557]
88 83 27 Hexplore Heliovisions/Infogrames RP 39 [2901]
89 81 10 Dark Vengeance Reality Bytes/GT AC 63 [3114]
90 89 3 West Front TalonSoft WG 89 [3036]
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91 92^ 11 King's Quest (Mask of Eternity) Sierra AD 82 [3050]
92 86 64 Wing Commander (Prophecy) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 7 [2533]
93 93 83 Warlords 3/Add-on (Reign of Heroes) {!} SSG/Red Orb WG 12 [2359]
94 84 11 Uprising 2 (Lead and Destroy) 3DO AC/ST 68 [3090]
95 91 11 Quest for Glory 5 (Dragonfire) SierraFX/Sierra RP 55 [3092]
96 100^ 5 Actua Soccer 3 Gremlin SP 75 [3137]
97 97 68 Myth (The Fallen Lords) Bungie/Eidos ST 14 [2476]
98 99^ 3 After Dark Games Berkeley PU 98 [3129]
99 94 37 Mech Commander FASA/MicroProse WG 12 [2809]
100 -^ 1 Resident Evil 2 {!} Capcom AC/AD100 [3193]
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95 17 Vegas Games 2000 3DO ST 34 [2991]
96 37 Army Men 3DO AC/WG 18 [2730]
98 6 Powerslide Ratbag/GT RA 83 [3143]
The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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1 1 3 Grand Touring Elite/Empire RA 1 [3183]
2 -^ 1 EverQuest {!} 989 Studios/Sony RP 2 [3206]
3 2 3 Pro Pinball (Big Race USA) Empire AR 2 [3185]
4 3 7 Computer War in Europe 2.0 Decision Games WG 3 [3156]
5 -^ 1 North Vs. South Interactive Magic WG 5 [3207]
6 20^ 2 Thunder Brigade Blue Moon/Interactive Magic AC 6 [3197]
7 4 2 Ring (The Legend of the Nibelungen) Cryo AD 4 [3192]
8 23^ 2 RollerCoaster Tycoon Microprose ST 8 [3200]
9 19^ 2 South Park Acclaim AC 9 [3196]
10 6 8 The Golf Pro 2 (Wentworth Edition) {!} Empire SP 6 [3150]
11 8 8 Remington Top Shot Head Games SH 8 [3151]
12 9 7 Global Domination {!} Psygnosis ST 9 [3153]
13 10 7 Tom Clancy's Ruthless.com RedStorm ST 10 [3154]
14 11 7 Hoyle Casino Sierra ST 11 [3155]
15 12 4 Microsoft Golf (1999 Edition) Friendly/Microsoft SP 12 [3174]
16 13 4 Extreme Tennis HeadGames SP 13 [3175]
17 14 4 Apache Havoc Empire SI 14 [3176]
18 15 4 Top Gun (Hornet's Nest) Zipper/MicroProse SI 15 [3177]
19 17 2 Superbike World Championship Virgin/EA Sports RA 17 [3194]
20 21^ 2 Newman/Haas Racing Studio 33/Psygnosis RA 20 [3198]
21 22^ 2 Beavis & Butthead (Do U) Illusions/GT AD 21 [3199]
22 -^ 1 Recoil Virgin/Electronic Arts AC 22 [3208]
23 -^ 1 Fighter Squadron (Screamin' Demons) Activision SI 23 [3209]
24 -^ 1 Football World Manager Ubi Soft SP 24 [3210]
25 -^ 1 BattleCruiser 3000 AD V.2.0 Interplay ST 25 [3211]
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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 |
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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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