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         VGA Planets is a multi-player space combat and strategy game
 that's been on the charts for a long time. I recall playing VGA planets on
 a local BBS back before I even heard of the internet. That would be about
 5 or 6 years ago. This would make VGA Planets a classic computer game. I
 believe up to 11 players can participate in a VGA Planets game at one
 time. Unlike modern multi-player games which occur in real time, VGA
 Planets' moves are exchanged via e-mail, or in the case of a BBS, by
 uploading to the host system.

         VGA Planets was quite revolutionary when it was written. There
 were quite a few play by mail, e-mail and BBS games at the time, but VGA
 Planets pretty much put them all to shame. Tim Wisseman has continued to
 update the game periodically. There is a VGA Planets newsgroup:
 "alt.games.vga-planets" and many web pages devoted to the game. 

         Timo Kreike's VGA Planets info page has links to the world charts
 and the voting booth as well as lots of valuable info and tips on the
 game: 
		http://www.chem.vu.nl/0/Studenten/kreike/vgap.html

         "The Zone: VGA Planets" is the official link on Santiago's
 Download Top 40 Game Pages for VGA Planets: 
                http://www.cit.gu.edu.au/~cvenour/planets

         One type of game that does not have many web pages is the
 Interactive Fiction games. Fortunately, Russell L. Bryan has agreed to
 make a web page just for the IF games on the Download Top 40. Once he's
 got it ready, I'll link to his page and give everyone the address. He'll
 be providing info and software needed for running the games on the PC and
 on the MAC. Thanks Russell, I'll be looking forward to using your page
 myself. 

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

 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 60 - Week 34 - August 19, 1996
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 TW  LW  NW Title                      Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points
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  1   1  25 Quake {share}                                  Id SH  1 [1876] 725
  2   3^ 60 Nethack 3 {free}                          DevTeam RP  1 [1186] 315
  3   2  29 Duke Nukem 3D {share}                   3D Realms SH  1 [1863] 289
  4   4   7 So Far {free}                      Andrew Plotkin IF  3 [1974] 267
  5   6^ 35 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {share}           Star Crossed ST  3 [1816] 209
  6   5  60 Angband {free}                Robert Alan Koeneke RP  2 [1255] 196
  7   7  36 Toyland {O} {share}                 Rainald Menge ST  6 [1813] 183
  8   8   8 Jigsaw {free}                       Graham Nelson IF  8 [1815] 168
  9   9  35 Descent 2 {demo}               Parallax/Interplay SH  1 [1821] 128
 10  10  60 VGA Planets {share}                  Tim Wisseman ST  7 [1651] 115
 11  11   7 Ancient Domains of Mystery {free}   Thomas Biskup RP 11 [1976] 111
 12  19* 11 Christminster {free}                 Gareth Rees/ IF 12 [1705] 118
 13  12  60 Descent {share}                Parallax/Interplay SH  1 [1644] 105
 14  14  13 The Light: Shelby's Addendum {share}          IMI IF 14 [1889]  95
 15  16^ 19 Exile 2: Crystal Souls {share}          Spiderweb RP 13 [1914]  97
 16  15   9 SubSpace {W} {share}                       Virgin AC 13 [1955]  80
 17  23^  8 EITTris {free}                     Eric Jorgensen ST 17 [1954]  77
 18  17  60 Doom {share}                                   Id SH  4 [1645]  71
 19  18  12 Yendorian Tales: Chapter 2 {share}      SmithWare RP 14 [1929]  65
 20  13  41 Warcraft 2: Tides of D. {demo}           Blizzard WG  2 [1774]  56
 21  26^ 12 Lost New York {share}                Neil DeMause IF 21 [1920]  67
 22  20  45 Hexen: Beyond Heretic {demo}             Raven/Id SH  1 [1751]  55
 23  21  60 FreeCell {W} {free}                     Microsoft PU  5 [1660]  59
 24  22   5 Bug Eyed Monsters {O} {demo}      Grinning Lizard AC 19 [1984]  54
 25  28^ 20 Star Quest 1 {share}           Virtual Adventures AC 20 [1890]  50
 26  29^ 32 Exile: Escape from the Pit {W} {share}  Spiderweb RP 23 [1724]  54
 27  24  57 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt Begins {share} Apogee SH 10 [1668]  45
 28  25  41 Wolfenstein 3D {share}                  Id/Apogee SH 14 [1658]  41
 29  35^ 23 Theatre {free}                          Cave Rock IF 16 [1700]  43
 30  34^ 48 Tyrian {share}                       Eclipse/Epic AC  3 [1725]  27
 31  31  60 Slicks 'n' Slide {share}           Timo Kauppinen RA 11 [1659]  25
 32  30  50 Abuse {share}                       Crack Dot Com PL  6 [1715]  23
 33  38^ 60 One Must Fall: 2097 {share}                  Epic FI  8 [1647]  29
 34   -^ 56 Jazz Jackrabbit {share}                      Epic AC 13 [1652]  27
 35  36^ 60 Minesweeper {W} {free}                  Microsoft PU  5 [1184]  24
 36  32  56 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {demo}        Activision AC 10 [1696]  19
 37  33  40 Extreme Pinball {share}      Epic/Electronic Arts AC  4 [1776]  17
 38  37  57 Heretic {share}                          Raven/Id SH  7 [1648]  20
 39  39   6 Close Combat {W} {demo}          Atomic/Microsoft ST 31 [1978]  18
 40  40   2 Xixit {share}                               Optik PU 40 [1996]   7

    Dropped Out:

     27  14 Mixman                                     Mixman AD 10 [1928]

 The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: 
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  Runners Up for Download Top 40       Edition 60 - Week 34 - August 19, 1996
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         NW Title                         Developer/Publisher(s) Cat  ID
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 Tip  1   4 Albion {demo}                              Blue Byte RP [2000]
 Tip  2   7 Operation Carnage {S} {share}               Beaucomm AC [1983]
 Tip  3   3 Fields of Battle {share}                  Bevelstone WG [2001]
 Tip  4   1 Eradicator {demo}                                    SH [2011]
 Tip  5   2 Drug Killers {share}                         Ticsoft AC [2007]
 Tip  6   2 Fire Fight {W} {share}              Chaos Works/Epic SH [2008]

 I'd like to take this opportunity to inform the voters and readers of our
 lists about the new charts software and website that are being developed.
 We're building a new engine than can do much more in much less time. For each
 title in the list we're going to show you from which countries the votes
 are coming. You can see the history of each title in the chart, several
 interesting URLs for each title, and possibly names and email addresses of
 voters for each of the entries, so fans can get in contact with eachother if
 they want. Voting through email will get easier and more powerful too.
 Voters will be able to spread votes over different messages and re-route our
 charts to other email addresses.

 Apart from that, the algorithms for the charts will get even more
 professional. The new engine can deal properly with votes received from
 publishers, who are voting for their own titles, with excessive lobbies and
 people stuffing the ballot through different email addresses. Fake email
 addresses will be taken care of automatically, and floods of votes that are
 a result from newsgroup or mailing list calls will be detected. Full details
 of all algorithms and mechanisms will be published as soon as the engine is
 ready.

 You will understand that all this programming and designing takes a lot of
 time, so there's a little less promotion and updating to the current website
 these weeks. You will start seeing the changes very soon, and from there we
 will have more time, more features and even more eagerness to keep the lists
 running and hopefully introduce even more entertainment charts before the
 end of the year. With 5,500 weekly voters the Internet Charts are the leading
 entertainment polls on the Internet. There's no way back...

 Stay with us, keep voting, and see you all next week!

 Jurgen.

 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 190 - Week 34 - August 19, 1996
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 TW  LW  NW Title                      Developer/Publisher(s) Cat HI ID Points
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  1   1  24 Civilization 2 {W}                     MicroProse ST  1 [1879]1275
  2   2  15 Duke Nukem 3D {reg}                Apogee/FormGen SH  2 [1923] 944
  3   3  47 Command & Conquer/Covert Ops.     Westwood/Virgin WG  1 [1729] 934
  4   4  37 Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness     Blizzard WG  2 [1817] 926
  5   8^  3 Quake {reg}                                    Id SH  5 [1999] 607
  6   5  23 Descent 2                      Parallax/Interplay SH  5 [1891] 364
  7   6  34 Galactic Civilizations 2 {O}             Stardock ST  3 [1828] 342
  8   7  46 Heroes of Might and Magic               New World ST  7 [1737] 338
  9   9  55 MechWarrior 2/NetMech: The Clans       Activision AC  6 [1697] 311
 10  11^  4 World Circuit Racing/F1: Grand Prix 2  MicroProse RA 10 [1857] 307
 11  10  97 Doom 2: Hell on Earth                Id/GT/Virgin SH  1 [1502] 334
 12  12  26 Wing Commander 4        Origin/Electronic Arts AC/SI  4 [1867] 240
 13  13  38 Stars! 2.0/2.5 {W} {reg}             Star Crossed ST 11 [1786] 237
 14  14  33 Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within         Sierra AD 12 [1832] 215
 15  15  97 Master of Magic                 SimTex/MicroProse ST  3 [1501] 262
 16  16  44 Steel Panthers                      SSI/Mindscape WG 15 [1757] 182
 17  17  86 Descent {reg}                  Parallax/Interplay SH  1 [1565] 217
 18  20^  9 The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2            Blue Byte ST 18 [1953] 168
 19  18 150 Master of Orion                 SimTex/MicroProse ST  2 [1344] 312
 20  21^ 46 Need for Speed        Distinctive/Electronic Arts RA 12 [1738] 142
 21  19  78 Dark Forces                      LucasArts/Virgin SH  2 [1585] 152
 22  23^ 37 Fifa Soccer 96          EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 20 [1787] 139
 23  22  33 Avarice Preview {O}                  CSS/Stardock AD 14 [1837] 116
 24  28^ 72 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep       Mythos/MicroProse ST  8 [1600] 145
 25  29^ 37 Capitalism              Enlight/Interactive Magic ST 25 [1806] 133
 26  27^ 90 Panzer General                      SSI/Mindscape WG 11 [1522] 157
 27  24  13 Chaos Overlords                         New World ST 24 [1937] 116
 28  26 136 SimCity 2000                      Maxis/Mindscape ST  2 [1399] 210
 29  25  44 NHL Hockey '96                    Electronic Arts SP 23 [1748] 112
 30  32^ 91 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans      Blizzard/Interplay WG  4 [1528] 130
 31  33^ 38 Worms/Reinforcements             Team 17/Ocean AC/PU 17 [1784] 101
 32  37^122 U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown     Mythos/MicroProse ST  1 [1437] 159
 33  52*  6 Mission Force: Cyber Storm                 Sierra ST 33 [1986] 113
 34  35^ 27 Anvil of Dawn                DreamForge/New World RP 34 [1819]  95
 35  36^ 21 Fantasy General                     SSI/Mindscape WG 29 [1900]  96
 36  31  96 Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards {O}     Stardock ST  1 [1508] 107
 37  34  40 Hexen: Beyond Heretic                 Raven/Id/GT SH  8 [1775]  89
 38  46^  5 Close Combat                     Atomic/Microsoft WG 38 [1990] 102
 39  30  49 Star Emperor {O}                         Stardock ST  4 [1716]  74
 40  39  98 Colonization                           MicroProse ST  5 [1496] 118
 41  40  45 Crusader: No Remorse       Origin/Electronic Arts AC 14 [1741]  89
 42  45^ 37 11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark Trilobyte/Virgin AD 15 [1809]  95
 43  41 190 Civilization/CivNet                    MicroProse ST  1 [1002] 286
 44  44  51 Phantasmagoria                             Sierra AD 19 [1712]  88
 45  50^ 19 Zork Nemesis                   Infocom/Activision AD 45 [1906]  90
 46  42 109 Tie Fighter/add-on            LucasArts/Virgin AC/SI  3 [1473] 117
 47  47 140 Doom/Ultimate Doom {reg}                       Id SH  1 [1386] 148
 48  43  92 Transport Tycoon/deluxe                MicroProse ST 14 [1521]  96
 49  49  44 Championship Manager 2                     Domark SP 35 [1746]  82
 50  38  88 Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger    Origin AC/SI  6 [1562]  86
 51  53^ 70 Jagged Alliance                Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST  9 [1605]  88
 52  51   8 Marathon 2: Durandal {W}                   Bungie SH 39 [1960]  76
 53  57^ 37 The Dig                                 LucasArts AD 21 [1798]  82
 54  48  79 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {reg}          Apogee SH 18 [1564]  91
 55  61^ 42 Caesar 2                       Impressions/Sierra ST 34 [1742]  79
 56  67^ 40 Stonekeep                               Interplay RP 21 [1779]  78
 57  56  24 NBA Live 96             EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 34 [1871]  73
 58  55  68 Full Throttle                           LucasArts AD 10 [1612]  80
 59  60^126 Myst {W}          Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts AD 11 [1426] 115
 60  54   6 Afterlife                               LucasArts ST 54 [1980]  69
 61  71^  2 Masterpieces of Infocom        Infocom/Activision IF 61 [2002]  73
 62  78^ 22 Terra Nova: Strike Force C.   LookingGlass/Virgin AC 46 [1883]  76
 63  58  43 Ascendancy                   Logic Factory/Virgin ST 22 [1753]  63
 64  70^ 99 System Shock  LookingGlass/Origin/Electronic Arts AC 11 [1438]  89
 65  75^  3 Links LS                                   Access SP 65 [1997]  66
 66  73^ 42 Microlearn Game Pack 2 {O}      Microlearn Nordic AC 38 [1764]  63
 67  62   5 Swords of Xeen                          New World RP 59 [1940]  57
 68  64 189 Dune 2: Building of a Dynasty     Westwood/Virgin ST  4 [1110] 196
 69  59   9 AH-64D Longbow             Origin/Electronic Arts SI 41 [1965]  56
 70  74^ 25 Indycar Racing 2                   Papyrus/Sierra RA 35 [1862]  59
 71  69 187 VGA Planets {reg}                    Tim Wisseman ST  3 [1131] 180
 72  80^125 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers        Sierra AD 25 [1377]  92
 73  72   7 You Don't Know Jack {W}                  Berkeley PU 56 [1790]  58
 74  68  36 TFX 2: EF2000                           DID/Ocean SI 53 [1797]  54
 75  85^ 37 3D Ultra Pinball {W}                       Sierra AC 61 [1754]  57
 76  63   7 Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Wall of Fire  Koei ST 63 [1948]  51
 77  65  32 Monopoly                          Westwood/Virgin ST 29 [1841]  50
 78  77  15 Conquest of the New World   Quicksilver/Interplay ST 39 [1853]  52
 79  76  31 Shivers {W}                                Sierra AD 39 [1791]  49
 80  66  91 Nascar Racing                      Papyrus/Virgin RA 21 [1529]  62
 81  86^147 Day of the Tentacle             LucasArts/US Gold AD  6 [1268]  94
 82  82  86 Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider {reg}Raven/Id AC  4 [1566]  56
 83  87^ 13 Big Red Racing                     Big Red/Domark RA 72 [1917]  44
 84  90^ 81 Under a Killing Moon               Access/US Gold AD 22 [1517]  50
 85  88^163 Betrayal at Krondor                Dynamix/Sierra RP  6 [1275]  96
 86  79  59 Star Trek TNG: A Final Unity    Spectrum Holobyte AD 16 [1641]  39
 87  83 189 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters       Accolade AC/ST  3 [1116] 122
 88   -^  1 The Pandora Directive                      Access AD 88 [2003]  34
 89  81  35 Extreme Pinball {reg}        Epic/Electronic Arts AR 63 [1789]  35
 90  91^ 17 Ripper                             Take 2/Gametek AD 67 [1884]  36
 91   -^ 37 Destruction Derby           Reflections/Psygnosis RA 46 [1788]  49
 92  92 107 The Settlers/Serf City              Blue Byte/SSI ST  6 [1458]  47
 93  94^117 Ultima Underworld       Blue Sky/Origin/Mindscape RP 62 [1009]  51
 94  89  36 Advanced Civilization                 Avalon Hill ST 65 [1803]  33
 95  84  19 Advanced Tactical Fighter  Origin/Electronic Arts SI 53 [1907]  29
 96  95   4 TacOps {W}                                Arsenal ST 95 [1947]  28
 97  97   2 Gender Wars                                    GT ST 97 [1994]  23
 98  99^  2 NHL Powerplay '96                          Virgin SP 98 [1982]  25
 99  93 181 X-Wing/Imperial Purs.,B-Wing LucasArts/US Gold AC/SI  1 [1169]  78
100 100   2 Space Hulk 2          Key Game/Electronic Arts SH/ST100 [1995]  21

    Dropped Out:

     96   5 Wizardry Gold                            Sir-Tech RP 88 [1972]
     98  30 SimTower                           Handbook/Maxis ST 55 [1617]

 The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: 
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 Runners Up Commercial Top 100        Edition 190 - Week 34 - August 19, 1996
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         NW Title                         Developer/Publisher(s) Cat  ID
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tip  1   6 Fire Fight {W}      Chaos Works/Epic/Electronic Arts SH [1992]
 Tip  2   3 Final Doom                                     Id/GT SH [2004]
 Tip  3   2 Virtua Fighter                                       FI [2010]
 Tip  4   5 Great Naval Battles 4                  SSI/Mindscape WG [1998]
 Tip  5   8 Front Page Sports: Baseball 96                Sierra SP [1981]
 Tip  6   2 Olympic Games                                US Gold SP [2009]
 Tip  7   3 Lemmings Paintball {W}                     Psygnosis AC [2005]
 Tip  8   7 Triple Play '97                      Electronic Arts SP [1989]
 Tip  9   1 Voyeur 2                                     Philips AD [2012]
 Tip 10   7 Silent Thunder: A-10 Tank Killer {W}  Dynamix/Sierra SI [1985]
 Tip 11   1 Firestorm Thunderhawk 2                 Core/US Gold AC [2013]
 Tip 12   6 Rise and Rule Ancient Empires                 Sierra ST [1991]
 Tip 13   3 Trophy Bass                                   Sierra SP [2006]
 Tip 14   1 Offensive                                            ST [2014]



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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.|
|  ^ : Climbing           |--------------------------------------------------|
|  * : 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           | {W}     Windows Only| > 2  Magic of Zuul 4  []   |
| IF : Interactive Fiction| {O}     OS/2 Only   | > 4  The Lost Tycoon  []   |
| PL : Platform           |--------------------------------------------------|
| PU : Puzzle             | (c) 1996 all rights reserved |      World Charts |
| RA : Racing             | Distribution of these charts | Balderikstraat 16 |
| RP : Role-Playing       | is granted only by written   | 3032 HC Rotterdam |
| SH : Shooter            | permission.                  |   The Netherlands |
| SI : Simulation         |--------------------------------------------------|
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| ST : Strategy           | Commercial Top 100:       pcgames@worldcharts.nl |
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