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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 233 - Week 50 - December 13, 1999
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 2^ 28 Quake 3 Arena Test {F} Id AC 1 [3307]
2 1 12 Unreal Tournament {D} Epic/GT SH 1 [3453]
3 3 11 Age Of Wonders {D} Triumph/Epic ST 3 [3469]
4 4 13 Homeworld {D} Relic/Sierra ST 3 [3439]
5 5 18 Mortyr {D} Mirage SH 4 [3377]
6 8^ 34 MechWarrior 3 {D} Zipper/MicroProse AC 5 [3241]
7 12^ 9 Alien Crossfire {D} Firaxis ST 7 [3488]
8 6 4 Indiana Jones (The Infernal Machine) {D} LucasArts AC/AD 6 [3580]
9 11^ 42 Natuk {S} Tom Proudfoot RP 2 [3186]
10 9 5 Age Of Empires (Age Of Kings) {D} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 9 [3550]
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11 10 76 BattleCruiser 3000 AD {F} Derek Smart ST 2 [2608]
12 7 50 Alpha Centauri {D} Firaxis/Electronic Arts ST 1 [3131]
13 15^ 6 Rainbow Six (Rogue Spear) {D} Red Storm ST 13 [3441]
14 13 27 Drakan (Order Of The Flame) {D} Surreal/Psygnosis AC/AD 2 [3313]
15 16^ 31 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 {D} New World/3DO ST 2 [3263]
16 18^ 3 AMA Superbike {D} Motorsims RA 16 [3489]
17 14 29 Nethergate {D} Spiderweb RP 8 [3306]
18 21^ 3 Messiah {D} Shiny/Interplay AC 18 [3601]
19 20^118 Demise/Mordor 2 {D} VB Designs RP 1 [2329]
20 28* 2 Nerf ArenaBlast {D} Visionary/Hasbro AC 20 [3523]
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21 17 7 Sega Rally 2 {D} Sega RA 12 [3545]
22 19 20 Star Trek (Star Fleet Command) {D} Interplay WG 3 [3356]
23 31^ 42 Worms Armageddon {D} Team 17 AC/PU 4 [3179]
24 24 9 Pharaoh {D} Impressions/Sierra ST 14 [3493]
25 22 20 Driver {D} Reflections/GT RA 13 [3286]
26 26 66 Wing Commander (Secret Ops) Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI 2 [2903]
27 32^ 53 Descent 3 {D} Outrage/Interplay SH 1 [3089]
28 29^ 12 Grand Theft Auto 2 {D} Rockstar/Take 2 RA 5 [3466]
29 30^ 13 Septerra Core {D} Valkyrie/Monolith AD/RP 26 [3422]
30 39^ 9 Mankind {D} Vibes/Cryo ST 17 [3471]
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31 23 8 Asheron's Call {D} Turbine/Microsoft RP 4 [3505]
32 34^ 3 Natural Fawn Killers {D} Fiendish SH 32 [3609]
33 25 6 Odium/Gorky 17 {D} Metropolis/Monolith AC 7 [3474]
34 38^ 10 Disciples (Sacred Lands) {D} Strategy First ST 18 [3426]
35 27 17 Star Wars Episode 1 (Racer) {D} LucasArts RA 23 [3331]
36 33 29 Lords Of Magic (S.E.) {D} Impressions/Sierra ST 19 [3023]
37 36 17 FreeSpace 2 {D} Volition/Interplay SH 15 [3403]
38 40^ 2 Wheel Of Time {D} Legend/GT AC/RP 38 [3579]
39 37 5 Tachyon (The Fringe) {D} NovaLogic SI 33 [3494]
40 35 16 GP500 {D} Melbourne/Hasbro RA 15 [3406]
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Dropped Out:

20 1 GP500 {D} Melbourne/Hasbro RA 20 [3627]

The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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Runners Up Edition 233 - Week 50 - December 13, 1999
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1 2^ 4 Close Combat 4 (Battle Of The Bulge) Atomic/Mindscape WG 1 [3606]
2 4^ 5 Phoenix {D} Team 17/Hasbro SI 2 [3581]
3 8^ 4 Urban Chaos {D} Mucky Foot/Eidos AC 3 [3602]
4 9^ 4 Deer Hunt Challenge {D} EA Sports SH 4 [3603]
5 10^ 4 Flanker 2.0 {D} SSI/Mindscape SI 5 [3604]
6 11^ 4 Tyrian 2000 {S} XSIV/Eclipse SH 6 [3605]
7 12^ 4 PBA Bowling 2 {D} Bethesda SP 7 [3607]
8 13^ 4 Professional Bull Rider {D} Sierra SP 8 [3608]
9 14^ 2 Lego Racers {D} High Voltage/Lego RA 9 [3621]
10 15^ 2 Spellbinder {D} Mythic RP 10 [3622]
11 16^ 2 Hangsim {D} Wilco SI 11 [3623]
12 17^ 2 The Longest Journey {D} FunCom AD 12 [3624]
13 18^ 2 Star Trek (Hidden Evil) {D} Activision AD 13 [3625]
14 19^ 2 Verge {D} Vteam SH 14 [3626]
15 20^ 2 AIWars {D} Nexus AC 15 [3627]
16 -^ 1 Crusaders Of Might & Magic {D} 3DO AC/AD 16 [3634]
17 -^ 1 Test Drive (Off-Road 3) {D} Infogrames RA 17 [3635]
18 -^ 1 Final Fantasy 8 {D} Squaresoft RP 18 [3636]
19 -^ 1 Demolition Racer {D} Pitbull Syndicate/Infogrames RA 19 [3637]
20 -^ 1 Boarderzone {D} Housemarque/Infogrames SP 20 [3638]

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 363 - Week 50 - December 13, 1999
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1 1 10 Age Of Empires 2 {!} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 1 [3476]
2 2 41 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 {!} New World/3DO ST 1 [3184]
3 3 43 Alpha Centauri/Alien CrossfireFiraxis/Electronic Arts ST 1 [3168]
4 4 50 Baldur's Gate {!} Bioware/Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [3115]
5 5 28 Jagged Alliance 2 Sir-Tech/TalonSoft ST 2 [3294]
6 9^ 55 Half-Life/Opposing Force Valve/Sierra SH 1 [3046]
7 6 10 Homeworld Relic/Sierra SI 6 [3479]
8 7 17 System Shock 2 {!} Looking Glass/Electronic Arts AC/RP 6 [3398]
9 8 27 Might and Magic 7 (For Blood and Honor) {!} 3DO RP 2 [3287]
10 11^ 6 Fifa 2000 EA Sports SP 10 [3532]
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11 13^ 4 Age Of Wonders Triumph/Epic/G.O.D. ST 11 [3574]
12 10 15 Command And Conquer (Tiberian Sun) Electronic Arts AC/WG 3 [3417]
13 12 88 Starcraft/Add-on {!} Blizzard WG 1 [2677]
14 14 57 Railroad Tycoon 2/Add-on {!} PopTop/G.O.D. ST 5 [3008]
15 15 19 Darkstone {!} Delphine/G.O.D. RP 10 [3378]
16 17^ 18 Civilization 2 (Test Of Time) MicroProse ST 16 [3387]
17 49* 2 Unreal Tournament Epic/GT SH 17 [3615]
18 20^ 39 RollerCoaster Tycoon/Add-ons Microprose ST 7 [3200]
19 16 14 Nexus (The Kingdom Of The Winds) Nexon AD 12 [3420]
20 23^ 10 Driver Reflections/GT RA 20 [3477]
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21 21 58 Fallout 2 {!} Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [2995]
22 19 39 BattleCruiser 3000 AD V.2.0 Interplay ST 17 [3211]
23 22 13 NHL 2000 {!} EA Sports SP 17 [3444]
24 27^ 26 Need for Speed (High Stakes) {!} Electronic Arts RA 14 [3323]
25 18 76 Final Fantasy 7 {!} SquareSoft/Eidos RP 7 [2811]
26 64* 2 Ultima 9 (Ascension) {!} Origin/Electronic Arts RP 26 [3610]
27 36^ 36 Championship Manager 3 {!} Eidos SP 14 [3248]
28 28 22 Outcast Appeal/Infogrames AD 25 [3349]
29 26 24 Dungeon Keeper 2 Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 7 [3343]
30 24 85 Might and Magic 6 (The Mandate of Heaven) {!} 3DO RP 2 [2696]
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31 29 5 Asheron's Call {!} Turbine/Microsoft RP 27 [3559]
32 35^ 3 Pharaoh Impressions/Sierra ST 32 [3593]
33 31 38 EverQuest {!} Verant/989 Studios/Sony RP 18 [3206]
34 25 53 Thief (The Dark Project) {!} Looking Glass/Eidos AC/AD 6 [3079]
35 30 24 Total Annihilation (Kingdoms) {!} Cavedog/GT AC/WG 7 [3342]
36 41^ 6 Grand Theft Auto 2 {!} DMA/Rockstar/Take 2 RA 36 [3529]
37 33 6 Revenant Cinematix/Eidos AC/RP 30 [3542]
38 37 10 Freespace 2 Volition/Interplay AC 31 [3480]
39 39 36 Civilization (Call to Power) Activision ST 11 [3235]
40 32 62 Caesar 3 (Build a Better Rome) {!} Sierra ST 5 [2936]
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41 42^ 10 Rainbox Six (Rogue Spear) Red Storm ST 29 [3458]
42 34 115 Total Annihilation Cavedog/GT WG 1 [2402]
43 38 16 Discworld Noir Perfect/GT AD 30 [3397]
44 40 17 Star Trek (Starfleet Command) Interplay WG 13 [3400]
45 43 35 X-Wing Alliance LucasArts SI 9 [3249]
46 -* 1 Quake 3 (Arena) {!} Id/Activision SH 46 [3618]
47 46 54 Heretic 2 Raven/Activision SH 13 [3067]
48 44 11 Prince Of Persia 3D {!} Red Orb/Mindscape AC/AD 35 [3461]
49 48 110 Ultima Online/Second Age {!} Origin/Electronic Arts RP 19 [2399]
50 55^ 5 NBA Live 2000 EA Sports SP 50 [3541]
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51 47 28 Star Trek (Birth of the Federation) MicroProse/Hasbro ST 20 [3296]
52 50 9 Disciples (Sacred Land) Strategy First ST 26 [3483]
53 45 104 Quake 2/Add-on {!} Id/Activision SH 1 [2529]
54 76* 2 Indiana Jones (The Infernal Machine) {!} LucasArts AC/AD 54 [3598]
55 57^ 18 X (Beyond The Frontier) {!} EgoSoft/THQ AC 47 [3386]
56 66^ 3 Myth (The Total Codex) Bungie ST 56 [3596]
57 56 3 Omikron (The Nomad Soul) Quantic Dream/Eidos AD 56 [3564]
58 53 30 Star Wars Episode 1 (The Phantom Menace) {!}LucasArts AD 29 [3282]
59 63^ 3 Gabriel Knight 3 Sierra AD 59 [3595]
60 51 23 Kingpin (Life of Crime) {!} Xatrix/Interplay SH 21 [3350]
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61 71^ 4 Theme Park World/Sim Theme PaBullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 61 [3561]
62 62 31 Rage Of Mages 2/Allods 2 (Necromancer) Nival/Monolith RP 20 [3272]
63 52 22 Hidden & Dangerous/Devil's Bridge {Illusion/Take 2 AC/WG 28 [3364]
64 61 56 Carmageddon 2 {!} Stainless/SCi/Interplay RA 19 [3037]
65 54 27 Aliens Vs. Predator Rebellion/Fox AC 14 [3280]
66 67^ 57 Colin McRae Rally Codemasters RA 26 [2989]
67 84^ 4 Delta Force 2 NovaLogic SI 67 [3560]
68 94* 2 Septerra Core (Legacy Of The CreatorValkyrie/Monolith RP 68 [3613]
69 77^ 3 Odium/Gorky 17 Monolith/Interplay AC 69 [3589]
70 65 15 Expendable Rage SH 54 [3348]
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71 91* 5 X-Com (First Alien Invasion) MicroProse ST 71 [3499]
72 60 8 Shadow Company (Left For Dead) UbiSoft AC 60 [3502]
73 68 3 Wheel Of Time {!} Legend/GT AC/RP 68 [3575]
74 69 124 X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) {!} Mythos/MicroProse ST 4 [2351]
75 93^ 2 Thief Gold Looking Glass/Eidos AD 75 [3565]
76 88^ 9 Pizza Syndicate Software 2000 ST 76 [3381]
77 73 153 Diablo Blizzard RP 1 [2154]
78 78 37 Imperialism 2 Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 18 [3223]
79 74 68 Rainbow Six Red Storm AC/ST 7 [2883]
80 80 59 Grim Fandango {!} LucasArts/Activision AD 10 [2981]
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81 70 45 SimCity 3000 {!} Maxis/Electronic Arts ST 13 [3152]
82 72 27 MechWarrior 3/Pirate's Moon {!} Zipper/MicroProse AC 9 [3311]
83 85^ 37 Superbike World Championship Virgin/EA Sports RA 48 [3194]
84 58 91 Battlezone Activision WG 4 [2642]
85 82 68 Warlords 3 (Darklords Rising) SSG/Red Orb WG 10 [2882]
86 87^ 25 Heavy Gear 2 Activision AC/ST 30 [3335]
87 59 28 Midtown Madness Angel/Microsoft RA 22 [3288]
88 92^ 3 Warcraft 2 (Battle.net Edition) Blizzard AC/WG 88 [3572]
89 75 78 Descent (Freespace - The Great War) Interplay SH 9 [2782]
90 -^ 1 Tomb Raider (The Last Revelation) Core/Eidos AC/AD 90 [3612]
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91 79 30 Grand Prix Legends Papyrus/Sierra Sports RA 55 [2935]
92 86 81 Unreal/Add-ons {!} Digital Extremes/Epic/GT SH 2 [2753]
93 89 112 Age of Empires {!} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 3 [2424]
94 100^ 10 Legacy Of Kain (Soul ReaverChrystal Dynamics/Eidos AC/AD 79 [3450]
95 83 52 Falcon 4.0 {!} MicroProse SI 30 [3091]
96 99^ 2 Flanker 2.0 SSI/Mindscape SI 96 [3535]
97 -^ 1 Rayman 2 (The Great Escape) UbiSoft PL 97 [3543]
98 97 108 The Curse of Monkey Island {!} LucasArts AD 6 [2468]
99 -^ 1 SWAT 3 (Close Quarters Battle) Sierra AD 99 [3594]
100 81 55 Fifa 99 EA Sports SP 9 [3044]
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Dropped Out:

90 11 Seven Kingdoms 2 (The Fryhtan Wars) {!} Enlight ST 70 [3438]
95 24 Descent 3/Mercenary {!} Outrage/Tantrum/Interplay SH 20 [3333]
96 13 Re-Volt Acclaim RA 52 [3409]
98 52 Warhammer 40,000 (Chaos Gate) Random/SSI/Mindscape ST 33 [3053]

The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart:
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TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID
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1 6^ 7 Rally Championship 2000 Magnetic Fields/Europress RA 1 [3544]
2 2 4 Slave Zero Infogrames AC 2 [3585]
3 8^ 4 Close Combat 4 (Battle Of The Bulge) Atomic/Mindscape WG 3 [3586]
4 3 7 Nocturne Terminal Reality/G.O.D. AC 1 [3536]
5 7^ 4 Interstate '82 Activision RA 5 [3590]
6 15^ 8 Amerzone Casterman/Microids/Ubi Soft AD 6 [3517]
7 14^ 6 Harley-Davidson (Race Across America) WizardWorks RA 7 [3558]
8 18^ 6 NHL Championship 2000 Radical/Fox Sports SP 8 [3563]
9 11^ 5 Independence War Deluxe/I-War Particle/Infogrames ST 9 [3573]
10 12^ 6 Chessmaster 7000 Mindscape ST 6 [3557]
11 13^ 8 Akuma (Demon Spawn) JC Research RP 8 [3522]
12 9 7 Pong Atari/Hasbro AR 6 [3533]
13 10 8 USAF Jane's/Electronic Arts SI 9 [3516]
14 16^ 7 West Front (Elite Edition) Talon Soft WG 14 [3530]
15 17^ 8 Deer Hunt Challenge EA Sports SH 15 [3519]
16 20^ 6 Creatures 3 Mindscape ST 13 [3554]
17 19^ 4 Test Drive 6 Pitbull Syndicate/Infogrames RA 15 [3588]
18 41^ 4 GP500 MicroProse/Hasbro RA 18 [3600]
19 21^ 7 The Settlers 3 (Quest Of The Amazons) Blue Byte ST 3 [3538]
20 22^ 8 Demolition Racer Pitbull Syndicate/Infogrames RA 19 [3514]
21 23^ 8 Intense Import Drag Racing Bethesda RA 20 [3518]
22 24^ 8 Nations (WWII Fighter Command) Psygnosis SI 22 [3520]
23 25^ 7 Axis & Allies (Iron Blitz) Hasbro WG 23 [3531]
24 26^ 7 Nascar Legends Papyrus/Sierra RA 24 [3534]
25 27^ 7 Test Drive (Off-Road 3) Infogrames RA 25 [3537]
26 28^ 7 Inherent Evil Head Games/Activision AD 26 [3539]
27 29^ 7 Trick Style Criterion/Acclaim RA 27 [3540]
28 30^ 6 Abomination Hothouse/Eidos AC 28 [3555]
29 31^ 6 NFL Blitz 2000 Midway/Infogrames SP 29 [3556]
30 32^ 6 NBA Basketball 2000 Radical/Fox Sports SP 30 [3562]
31 33^ 5 AMA Superbike Motorsims RA 31 [3576]
32 34^ 5 Spec Ops 2 (Green Berets) Zombie/Ripcord AC 32 [3577]
33 35^ 5 Field & Stream (Trophy Hunting) Sierra Sports SH 33 [3578]
34 36^ 4 Hype (Time Quest) Playmobil/Ubi Soft AC/AD 34 [3587]
35 37^ 4 Bugs Bunny (Lost In Time) Behaviour/Infogrames PL 35 [3591]
36 38^ 4 Lander Psygnosis SI 36 [3592]
37 39^ 4 Star Trek (Hidden Evil) Presto/Activision AD 37 [3597]
38 40^ 4 Diplomacy Hasbro ST 38 [3599]
39 42^ 3 South Park (Chef's Luv Shack) Acclaim PU 39 [3611]
40 43^ 3 Missile Command Atari AR 40 [3614]
41 44^ 3 Phoenix Team 17/MicroProse/Hasbro SI 41 [3616]
42 45^ 2 Microsoft Soccer 2000 Microsoft SP 42 [3617]
43 47^ 2 Hangsim Wilco SI 43 [3619]
44 48^ 2 Total Soccer LiveMedia/Iridon SP 44 [3620]
45 -^ 1 Crusaders Of Might & Magic 3DO AC/AD 45 [3628]
46 -^ 1 Planescape (Torment) {!} Interplay RP 46 [3629]
47 -^ 1 Mig Alley Rowan/Empire/Interplay SI 47 [3630]
48 -^ 1 Nerf ArenaBlast Atari/Hasbro AC 48 [3631]
49 -^ 1 Antietam! Firaxis ST 49 [3632]
50 -^ 1 Wild Wild West Southpeak AC/AD 50 [3633]

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Note: The editorials published here, and the Smash titles announced throughout
the website, are personal expressions of the editors. Personal views and
opinions have no influence on the fair and unbiased compilation of the charts.

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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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| * : Bullet | {free} Freeware | Send your votes like this: |
| 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 [] |
| PL : Platform | | |
| PU : Puzzle | {!} Smash PC Game| |
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