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             PCM Online  August 1995 - BBSCON Edition

FIRST THINGS Contents:

   []  The Issue at Hand: Editor's Notes -- Sound the Trumpets!
   []  README: The 100 Most Popular Games in the World --PCM Online
           carries Jojo Productions' hot list!

Entire contents copyright 1995 by Falsoft, Inc.

PCM -- The Premier Personal Computer Magazine -- is intended for the 
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The Issue at Hand    \|/    by Lauren Willoughby
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"Blab about Windows 95's debut this month, and more blab "

                           SOUND THE TRUMPETS!

   The much-heralded debut of Windows 95 is scheduled for August 24th. 
Thanks to Falsoft's beta-testing, I'm already running the final release 
version (Build 950r-6, if you wanna get technical). Pretty cool -- and 
compatible with my Windows 3.1 programs. The only thing I've found I 
can't run so far is Xplora 1: Peter Gabriel's Secret World (an artsy 
multimedia CD-ROM program with music videos). Older Windows 3.1 programs 
look sharp in Windows 95, and they even inherit some of the new 
interface features -- little improvements, things like more responsive 
mouse/menu action. When you click to pull down a menu and move your 
mouse down the list, the highlight moves with you. And if you move your 
mouse left or right to adjacent menu options, those menus pop down 
immediately, not requiring a second click.

   We've also received a beta of Microsoft Office 7.0. Since I've only 
had a few hours to play with it, I can't report much yet, but I like 
some of the new features in Word 7.0. There's a highlighter button up 
there next to the bold/italic/underline buttons -- yes, you can 
highlight words or whole paragraphs, just as you did with markers in 
college! The default "marker" is yellow, but you can choose other colors 
too. This is better than changing font colors, because you may just want 
to draw attention to words onscreen, not on the printout. I'm a color-
code freak, and I love it. Word 7.0 has gotten more intelligent about 
helping you correct spelling and grammar errors. The program's resident 
"English teacher," ever-vigilant, watches everything as you type it. If 
you type a word that's not in the dictionaries, it marks the word with a 
wavy red line. It catches instances of double capitals (changing "THe" 
automatically into "The") and also corrects common typos (like "teh") on 
the fly.


>>[ This Month's VISA Statement ]<<

   Not content to let the plastic cool off, I did it again: I found some 
great prices on computer stuff and did what comes naturally -- charged 
it! (If only my family would understand that I'm *saving* money here. 
<G>) I want to tell you about my bargains. Here's what I bought: the 
1280MB, 10ms Western Digital IDE hard drive (Model WDAC31200N); and a 
Creative Labs multimedia upgrade kit featuring a Sound Blaster 16, 
double-speed CD-ROM drive, and a bunch of cool graphics programs.

   I *really* needed the hard-disk space, because I've been FTP-ing 
software like crazy over the Internet, and it's been months since my 
poor 340MB hard drive had more than 10MB of free space. I got my new 
drive from Drive Outlet Center ("DOC") of Mundelein, Illinois. It cost 
$314 -- that was the absolute lowest price I could find on that drive at 
the time (mid-July). Fedex two-day shipping cost $16. I try to keep up 
with prices, and Drive Outlet Center consistently seems to have the 
best. (For quotes, call 800-610-1616, or fax 708-970-9003. Nope, they're 
not paying me, in case you're wondering.). I may have to call them again 
soon. I've developed a burning yearning for a VESA Enhanced IDE I/O 
board (with two 16550 serial ports, high-speed parallel ports, some 
caching -- oh, my!).

   I bought the multimedia upgrade kit in early May. In fact, I was 
shopping for Mother's Day presents at the mall when I spied the box 
displayed enticingly on a shelf at Babbage's. From across the way, and 
through a stand of potted trees, the price tag of $199 shone like a 
beacon. The rest is history. $199 is not a bad price for a Sound Blaster 
16 (heck, I paid $159 for just an 8-bit Pro board three years ago), a 
double-speed CD-ROM drive, and lite versions of graphics programs that 
list in the high triple-digits (Altamira Composer, Kai's Power Tools, 
PhotoStyler). Yeah, Babbage's is blowing out the double-speed kits to 
make way for the quad-speeds, but this is still a great bargain. (Though 
I had a hard time explaining it to my mother, who said, "You bought 
yourself $200 worth of computer thingeys, and all I got were two lousy 
cassette tapes?!" <G>)

   Ed Ellers, PCM's Technical Editor, nice guy that he is, offered to 
install my drive for me. (I've never FDISKed -- it's a phobia thing.) 
Little did he know about the sound card and the CD-ROM drive, but when I 
arrived with an armful of shopping bags, he resigned himself to the 
inevitable. Since Ed knows his way around jumpers and interrupts (while 
I trip over them), it was a piece of cake for him to get everything 
working fantastically. He even installed Windows 95 for me -- along with 
Warp! (Thanks, Ed!)


>>[ Operating System Shuffle ]<<

   More conservative computer users pulled me aside and yelled, "You're 
crazy! You wanna put Windows 95 and Warp on the *same drive?* You're 
asking for trouble!" But I've proved them wrong so far. Ha-ha! Take 
that! I have not just Windows 95 but OS/2 Warp running on my system from 
Drive C, thanks to V Communications' System Commander utility (and Ed, 
who did the installation for me when I got squeamish).

   When the computer boots I pick my operating system of choice from the 
menu, and System Commander takes care of whatever needs to be done with 
the master boot record, partition tables and configuration files. System 
Commander can boot up to 100 operating systems this way! Right now I'm 
pretty happy with Windows 95, DOS 6.22 and OS/2 Warp -- but I'm casting 
lustful eyes upon Linux. What the heck; I can afford the disk space (for 
now). I don't want to give away too much about System Commander, since 
Jim Yearwood is covering it in his "Been There, Done That" column this 
month. But I have to say I haven't experienced anything horrible or 
fatal. If I was asking for trouble, trouble decided to pass on by. I 
can't wait to see what all the fuss is about OS/2.


>>[ A Visit From the Graphics "Cover Boy" ]<<

   We had a visitor early this month (July). Maurice Hamoy, the 
Communications VP from Inset Systems, came to demo a beta of HiJaak 95. 
(If you've seen the HiJaak Graphics Suite box, you've seen Hamoy; that's 
his face image-edited into various "looks.") HiJaak 95 is a Windows 95 
version of Inset's popular image viewer/conversion utility. It does 
something really, really neat -- it hooks into the guts of the Windows 
95 system, making it easier than ever to look at your graphics.

   Let's talk a little Windows 95 background. When you're in Explorer -- 
a sort of souped-up File Manager, you see program icons next to files to 
help you visually identify files by type. For example, a Word document 
file has a little picture of the Word icon next to it. A .PCX file, or 
any other graphics file recognized by Windows Paintbrush, has a picture 
of the Windows Paintbrush icon next to it.

   HiJaak goes Windows 95 one better with graphics files: it doesn't 
show you little icons of a program that can merely *load* the picture, 
it *shows you the picture itself* -- in thumbnail form. And HiJaak 95 
recognizes more than 70 image file formats! Now you won't have to guess 
which picture is "hiding" behind a filename -- you'll know at a glance. 
People who deal with lots of images will *love* this. HiJaak 95 also 
lets you catalog and search for files by typed descriptions -- and find 
images by embedded text. Did you know CorelDRAW! .CDR files contain 
embedded, descriptive keywords? We didn't, until Hamoy told us. (Wonder 
if Corel knows? We couldn't find mention of it in the manuals. <G>) This 
makes HiJaak 95 a spiffy companion for CorelDRAW!

   HiJaak 95 will even catalog images on other media, such as backup 
floppies or Photo CDs. If you right-click a thumbnail to load a Photo CD 
image, the program will prompt you to insert that disc.

   Remember I said HiJaak 95 "hooks into the guts of the Windows 95 
system"? Well, what this means is that HiJaak 95 becomes part of every 
Windows 95 program -- you can view, image-edit or print images from 
every program's Open and Save As dialog boxes. You don't need to go 
looking for a HiJaak "group" or "folder," because none is needed. HiJaak 
embeds itself into the system -- it becomes part of Windows 95.

   Microsoft left hooks that allows programmers to integrate their 
utilities into Windows 95. HiJaak 95 is the first program we've 
encountered that takes advantage of these hooks, but we can hardly wait 
to see the kinds of things that will show up. Imagine what an embedded 
Norton Desktop will look like!

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README
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               THE 100 MOST POPULAR GAMES IN THE WORLD

   PCM Online is proud to be an authorized distributor of Jojo 
Productions' Net PC Games Top 100 list, a chart that gauges the 
popularity of PC games. Anyone who can send e-mail can vote, which has 
enabled the Top 100 list to become a great way to measure the worldwide 
success of games both commercial and shareware. The Top 100 list comes 
to us from a generous guy in the Netherlands. We're not sure in exactly 
which section of PCM Online to put the Top 100 list, so for right now, 
we'll put it here.

   Below is an edited version of the latest list, from July 31. (The 
editing involved is to make the information fit within our self-imposed 
73-character line length.) But the list is compiled weekly, so you may 
want to look for the latest version on the Internet. It's updated every 
Monday in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games newsgroup. You can also catch the 
list on Jojo's Web page -- http://www.xs4all.nl/~jojo.

   The best way to get the Top 100 List is, simply, to VOTE! When you 
vote, the full list is sent to you automatically as an e-mail message! 
Plus, if you vote, you'll add to the pool of voters, making the list 
more accurate. Here's how to vote. Compose an e-mail message listing up 
to five games. You have up to 20 points to allocate among the games, but 
you cannot give more than five points to a single game. The message 
should take the format of <Points> <Game Title> <Game's ID number in 
brackets>, like this:

          5   Dark Invader  [1435]
          4   Mysterious Forces 2  [1322]
          5   Super Fighter  [1502]
          2   Magic of Zuul 4  []
          4   The Lost Tycoon  []

   Then send your message to jojo@xs4all.nl. (That's JOJO@NX4ALL.NL)

   Note that you have to look at a list first to find the ID numbers for 
a game. If you're voting on a game so new it hasn't earned a Top100 ID 
number yet, just include empty brackets.

   If you want more info on voting, send an e-mail message to 
jojo@xs4all.nl with the text "send doc" in the Subject line (NOT the 
body of the message).

   And now, the list!

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                    THE INTERNET PC GAMES CHARTS

   This week the votes from 773 people have been used to compile this 
chart. The charts are checked out weekly by most game developers and 
publishers. Let them know what games you like and start voting for this 
list now! Send your votes to jojo@xs4all.nl and you'll get the next 
chart sent to you personally. You can ask for the document that tells 
how to vote. Just | send a message with subject line 'send doc' and 
you'll know all about it. And with subject line I mean SUBJECT LINE, not 
the body of the message! The format for every line with a vote is: 
points title [ ID ]. YOU MUST INCLUDE THE ID NUMBER, and between 
brackets! It is NOT optional. You can allocate a maximum of 20 points, 
BUT NOT MORE THAN 5 FOR ONE GAME. An example can be found at the bottom 
of this list. LOOK AT IT FIRST!

   These charts are published on the Internet with a delay of one week. 
If you send your votes, you will receive the charts one week earlier. 
[Editor's Note: we've posted the new "Download Top 40" list over in the 
Software Shopper section. It contains shareware, freeware and demo 
versions.]

   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 135 - Week 31 - July 31, 1995
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 TW   LW   NW Title                Developer/Publisher(s) Cat  ID Points
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  1 (  1)  31 Descent {R}              Parallax/Interplay AC [1565] 477
  2 (  4)^135 Civilization                     MicroProse ST [1002] 389
  3 (  2)  42 Doom 2: Hell on Earth          Id/GT/Virgin AC [1502] 371
  4 (  6)^ 41 Galactic Civ. (+Shipyards) {O}     Stardock ST [1508] 371
  5 (  3)  23 Dark Forces {C}            LucasArts/Virgin AC [1585] 327
  6 (  5)  36 Warcraft: Orcs and Humans   Blizz.Interplay ST [1528] 324
  7 (  7)  12 Terminal Velocity {R}  Ter. Real./3D Realms AC [1616] 256
  8 (  8)  42 Master of Magic           SimTex/MicroProse ST [1501] 257
  9 ( 11)^ 95 Master of Orion           SimTex/MicroProse ST [1344] 238
 10 ( 10)  17 X-COM 2: Terror f.t. Deep  Myth./MicroProse ST [1600] 226
 11 (  9)  15 Jagged Alliance {C}      Sir-Tech/Mindscape ST [1605] 199
 12 ( 15)^ 35 Panzer General                SSI/Mindscape ST [1522] 204
 13 ( 12)  13 Full Throttle {C}                 LucasArts AD [1612] 183
 14 ( 14)  54 Tie Fighter (+add-on)      LucasArts/Virgin AC [1473] 185
 15 ( 13)  67 U.F.O.: Enemy Unknown (+X-Com)  Myth./Micr. ST [1437] 174
 16 ( 16)  33 Wing Commander 3 {C}                 Origin AC [1562] 168
 17 ( 18)^ 85 Doom (+Ultimate Doom) {R}                Id AC [1386] 145
 18 ( 17)  31 Heretic {R}                        Raven/Id AC [1566] 133
 19 ( 22)^134 Dune 2: Building of a Dyn.  Westwood/Virgin ST [1110] 131
 20 ( 20)   8 Stars! {R}                     Star Crossed ST [1629] 111
 21 ( 24)^ 81 SimCity 2000                Maxis/Mindscape ST [1399] 126
 22 ( 19)  31 Rise of the Triad: Dark War {R}      Apogee AC [1564]  93
 23 ( 27)^ 33 Magic Carpet (+add-on) {C}      Bullfrog/EA AC [1549] 113
 24 ( 36)*  4 STAR TREK TNG: A Final Unity {C}Spectrum H. AD [1641] 143
 25 ( 21)  37 Transport Tycoon                 MicroProse ST [1521]  87
 26 ( 23)  36 Nascar Racing                Papyrus/Virgin SP [1529]  93
 27 ( 25)  10 Virtual Pool {R} {C}      Celeris/Interplay SP [1620]  98
 28 ( 26) 132 VGA Planets {R}                Tim Wisseman ST [1131] 100
 29 ( 28)  71 Myst {W} {C}     Cyan/Broderbund/Elec. Arts AD [1426]  95
 30 ( 30)  43 Colonization                     MicroProse ST [1496]  97
 31 ( 31)  41 One Must Fall: 2097 {R}                Epic AC [1505]  88
 32 ( 32) 134 Star Control 2: Ur-Quan Masters    Accolade AC [1116]  90
 33 ( 29)  31 Little Big Adventure (+Relent.)  Adeline/EA AD [1538]  73
 34 ( 34)  40 Wacky Wheels {R}              Beavis/Apogee AC [1509]  62
 35 ( 39)^ 15 NBA Live 95 {C}      Hitmen/Electronic Arts SP [1602]  70
 36 ( 37)^ 18 Bioforge {C}         Origin/Electronic Arts AD [1599]  63
 37 ( 35)  22 World at War: Stalingrad  Atom./Avalon Hill ST [1584]  56
 38 ( 33)   9 Psycho Pinball                  Codemasters AC [1621]  46
 39 ( 41)^ 44 System Shock   Look.Glass/Origin/Elec. Arts RP [1438]  65
 40 ( 42)^ 91 Epic Pinball (+Silverball) {R}         Epic AC [1359]  67
 41 ( 40)  37 Under a Killing Moon {C}     Access/US Gold AD [1517]  59
 42 ( 44)^ 16 Monty Python's Waste of Time {C}  7th Level AC [1588]  69
 43 ( 43)  34 Roids {R} {O}                   Leonard Guy AC [1531]  65
 44 ( 38)  23 Mortal Kombat 2 {C}          Midway/Acclaim AC [1582]  36
 45 ( 47)^ 32 U.S. Navy Fighters {C}      Electronic Arts SI [1543]  59
 46 ( 46)  59 The Settlers (+Serf City)     Blue Byte/SSI ST [1458]  56
 47 ( 52)^108 Betrayal at Krondor          Dynamix/Sierra RP [1275]  68
 48 ( 48)  77 Pinball Fantasies  Dig. Illus./21st Century AC [1416]  54
 49 ( 45)  43 NHL Hockey '95              Electronic Arts SP [1493]  42
 50 ( 50)  45 World at War: Op. Crusader Atomic/Avalon H. ST [1489]  50
 51 ( 57)^108 Syndicate (+add-on)     Bullfrog/Elec. Arts AC [1271]  62
 52 ( 49)   8 Flight Unlimited              Looking Glass SI [1632]  45
 53 ( 51) 103 Warlords 2                              SSG ST [1284]  48
 54 ( 55)^126 X-Wing (+Imperial P.,B-Wing) L.Arts/US Gold AC [1169]  52
 55 ( 56)^ 84 Sam & Max Hit the Road    LucasArts/US Gold AD [1379]  52
 56 ( 66)^  5 FX Fighter {C}                 Argonaut/GTE AC [1639]  61
 57 ( 63)^ 11 SimTower                     Handbook/Maxis ST [1617]  55
 58 ( 54)  11 1830: Railroads & Robber Barons  Sim./Ava.  ST [1614]  39
 59 ( 60)^ 69 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {R} Cyg./Apogee AC [1434]  49
 60 ( 59)   6 The Perfect General 2                   QQP ST [1626]  47
 61 ( 53)  17 Discworld: The Problem with Dragons  Psygn. AD [1596]  30
 62 ( 62)  82 Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers  Sierra AD [1377]  45
 63 ( 64)^ 86 IndyCar Racing               Papyrus/Virgin SP [1375]  48
 64 ( 68)^135 Links 386 Pro (+add-ons)     Access/US Gold SP [1006]  49
 65 ( 61) 133 Railroad Tycoon                  MicroProse ST [1121]  36
 66 ( 58)  52 Jazz Jackrabbit {R}                    Epic AC [1479]  28
 67 ( 65) 125 Empire Deluxe (+add-ons)          New World ST [1177]  38
 68 ( 73)^  3 Hi-Octane {C}      Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1643]  45
 69 ( 69) 116 7th Guest {C}              Trilobyte/Virgin PU [1230]  32
 70 ( 67) 133 World Circuit (+F1 Grand Prix)   MicroProse SP [1123]  26
 71 ( 77)^  5 Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo {C}    Gametek AC [1628]  38
 72 ( 80)^132 Ultima Underworld 2    Look.Glass/Origin/EA RP [1127]  41
 73 ( 71)  70 Ultima 8: Pagan      Origin/Electronic Arts RP [1401]  25
 74 ( 82)^  2 Space Quest 6: The Spinal Front. {C} Sierra AD [1684]  36
 75 ( 79)^ 27 Video Poker {R} {O}                 IBM EWS ST [1571]  32
 76 ( 70)  11 Ravenloft 2: Stone Prophet {C}  DreamF./SSI RP [1606]  21
 77 ( 87)^  2 Buried in Time {C}  Sanctuary Woods/US Gold AD [1687]  38
 78 ( 76)  34 Boppin' {R}            Accursed Toys/Apogee PU [1526]  22
 79 ( 84)^ 86 Slicks 'n' Slide {R}         Timo Kauppinen SP [1352]  28
 80 ( 78)  96 Privateer (+Righteous Fire)          Origin/EA [1337]  19
 81 ( 83)^  5 Slipstream 5000 {C}         Gremlin/US Gold AC [1638]  24
 82 ( 74)  47 1942 Pacific Air War             MicroProse SI [1460]  14
 83 ( 75)   6 Frontier: First Encounters    Fron./Gametek ST [1624]  15
 84 ( 85)^  2 SuperKarts {C}                       Virgin AC [1685]  25
 85 ( 81)  11 Championship Manager '93             Domark SP [1592]  17
 86 ( 89)^135 Darklands                        MicroProse RP [1008]  24
 87 ( 72)   5 Mordor {R} {W}                     MakeItSo RP [1634]   6
 88 ( 88)  18 Pizza Tycoon {C}                 MicroProse ST [1594]  19
 89 ( 86)  26 Cyberia {C}                Xatrix/Interplay AC [1574]  14
 90 ( 92)^ 14 Woodruff and the Schnibble {W} {C}   Sierra AD [1603]  18
 91 ( 95)^ 86 Rebel Assault {C}         LucasArts/US Gold AC [1374]  19
 92 ( 93)^ 68 Battle Isle 2 (+add-on)  Blue Byte/Accolade ST [1439]  16
 93 ( 90)  27 Aladdin                       Disney/Virgin AC [1578]  13
 94 (  -)^ 27 Trickle Down {O}                 Multigrain ST [1563]  25
 95 ( 99)^ 46 Lode Runner: The Legend Returns      Sierra AC [1487]  17
 96 ( 91)   6 3D Cyber Puck {R}                   Ticsoft AC [1633]  10
 97 (  -)^  1 Micro Machines 2 {C}  Superson./Codemasters AC [1686]  17
 98 ( 94)   7 Daedalus Encounter {C}     Mechadeus/Virgin AD [1609]  10
 99 ( 96)   9 Jewels of the Oracle {C}        Eloi/Discis AD [1615]  10
100 (  -)^ 49 Theme Park         Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST [1459]  18

    Dropped Out:

    ( 97)  47 Xquest {F}                         Atomjack AC [1482]
    ( 98)  12 Robot Battle {R}                Brad Schick AC [1608]
    (100)  32 The Incredible Machine 2             Sierra PU [1537]

 The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the 
Top 100: 
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 New Contestants (Runners Up)     Edition 135 - Week 31 - July 31, 1995
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           NW Title                    Developer/Publisher(s) Cat  ID
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 Tip  1     5 Tony LaRussa Baseball 3  Storm./Electronic Arts SP [1642]
 Tip  2     9 Many Faces of Go                           Ishi ST [1630]
 Tip  3     2 Savage Warriors {C}            Atreid/Mindscape AC [1690]
 Tip  4    10 Johnny Mnemonic {C}             CineActive/Sony AD [1627]
 Tip  5     4 Simon the Sorcerer 2              AdventureSoft AD [1679]
 Tip  6     1 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {C}         Activision AC [1697]
 Tip  7     8 Lords of Midnight: The Citadel Maelstrom/Domark RP [1635]
 Tip  8     4 PowerHouse {W} {C}                  Impressions ST [1678]
 Tip  9     1 Prisoner of Ice {C}          Infogrames/Philips AD [1698]
 Tip 10     6 Confirmed Kill                                  SI [1640]
 Tip 11     3 International Tennis Open            Infogrames SP [1688]
 Tip 12     1 Dungeon Master 2                  FTL/Interplay RP [1699]

   The Internet PC Games Charts WWW site has 'officially' opened its 
doors  to all voters and readers. It gives you the Commercial Top 100 
and the Download Top 40 in all their glory. In 2.5 years the Internet 
Charts have grown to be the most popular international games charts on 
earth. They are compiled by hundreds of voters all around the world. The 
charts are copied in dozens of BBS-es, magazines and newspapers, and 
many, many messages with praise and support have been received from game 
developers and publishers.

   Check out http://www.xs4all.nl/~jojo and see what it has in store for 
you:
 
   []  A very good looking graphical version of the latest charts, 
           every week.
   []  An new voting form that makes it very easy to vote for favourite 
           games.
   []  Free games to win each week, supplied by twenty developers and 
           publishers.
   []  A list of all authorized distributors of the charts, all around 
           the world.
   []  All editions of the charts from previous years in zipped files.
   []  The history file, with statistics for all games that ever hit the 
           charts.
   []  The document that tells how to vote and how the charts are 
           compiled.
   []  And a small picture of me, to convince even the most cynical. ;)
 
   Now, go on... have a look.

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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 : No. of Weeks | The latest charts are published every Monday on  |
|  - : New Entry    | Usenet in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.* newsgroups.|
|  ^ : Climbing     |--------------------------------------------------|
|  * : Bullet       | If you send your votes, do it like this:         |
| AC : Action       | > 5  Dark Invader  [1435]                        |
| AD : Adventure    | > 4  Mysterious Forces 2  [1322]                 |
| PU : Puzzle       | > 5  Super Fighter  [1502]                       |
| RP : Role-Playing | > 2  Magic of Zuul 4  []                         |
| SI : Simulation   | > 4  The Lost Tycoon  []                         |
| SP : Sports       |--------------------------------------------------|
| ST : Strategy     | (c) 1995 all rights reserved |  Jojo Productions |
| {F}: Freeware Ver.| The Internet PC Games Charts | Balderikstraat 16 |
| {D}: Demo Version | are published for the gaming | 3032 HC Rotterdam |
| {S}: Shareware Ver| community. Distribution of   |   The Netherlands |
| {R}: Registered V.| these charts is granted only |    jojo@xs4all.nl |
| {C}: CD-ROM Only  | by written permission.       |                   |
| {W}: Windows Only |--------------------------------------------------|
| {O}: OS/2 Only    | On the WorldWideWeb:  http://www.xs4all.nl/~jojo |
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