
The Download Top 40
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   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.

   This list is prepared by Jurgen "Jojo" Appelo and reprinted by 
permission. To see how commercial games rate, look for The Internet Top 
100 in the FIRST section of PCM Online.

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 Download Top 40                  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)   5 Nethack 3.1 {F}                     DevTeam RP [1186] 283
  2 (  2)   5 Descent {S}              Parallax/Interplay AC [1644] 136
  3 (  4)^  5 Stars! {S}                     Star Crossed ST [1662] 105
  4 (  3)   5 Terminal Velocity {S}  Termin. R./3D Realms AC [1646]  83
  5 (  6)^  5 Doom {S}                                 Id AC [1645]  73
  6 (  5)   5 Angband {F}             Robert Alan Koeneke RP [1255]  71
  7 (  7)   5 Heretic {S}                        Raven/Id AC [1648]  60
  8 ( 11)^  5 Minesweeper {F} {W}               Microsoft ST [1184]  48
  9 ( 10)^  5 VGA Planets {S}                Tim Wisseman ST [1651]  37
 10 ( 12)^  2 Xquest {F}                         Atomjack AC [1482]  36
 11 ( 20)^  3 Full Throttle {D}                 LucasArts AD [1689]  36
 12 ( 34)^  5 FreeCell {F} {W}                  Microsoft ST [1660]  35
 13 (  9)   5 Virtual Pool {S}          Celeris/Interplay SP [1655]  31
 14 ( 15)^  5 Rise of the Triad: The Hunt B. {S}   Apogee AC [1668]  31
 15 (  8)   5 One Must Fall: 2097 {S}                Epic AC [1647]  30
 16 ( 18)^  5 Sherlock {S}                  Everett Kaser ST [1654]  30
 17 ( 19)^  5 Roids {S} {O}                   Leonard Guy AC [1670]  28
 18 ( 14)   5 Jazz Jackrabbit {S}                    Epic AC [1652]  25
 19 ( 26)^  5 Scorched Earth {S}           Wendell Hicken AC [1673]  22
 20 ( 36)^  4 Curses {F}                    Graham Nelson AD [1396]  21
 21 ( 17)   5 3D-Lemmings {D}  Dime. Cr./Eclipse/Psygnos. AC [1619]  19
 22 ( 24)^  5 Raptor: Call of the Shadows {S}  Cy./Apogee AC [1665]  19
 23 ( 16)   5 Cyberdogs {F}                  Ronny Wester AC [1542]  17
 24 ( 13)   5 Wacky Wheels {S}              Beavis/Apogee AC [1649]  16
 25 ( 22)   5 Slicks 'n' Slide {S}         Timo Kauppinen SP [1659]  16
 26 ( 28)^  4 Barren Realms Elite {S}  M. Patel/Solar Rea.ST [1683]  16
 27 ( 30)^  4 Mordor {S} {W}                     MakeItSo RP [1681]  15
 28 ( 32)^  3 Ragnarok {F}                      Norsehelm RP [1243]  15
 29 ( 25)   5 Wolfenstein 3D {S}                Id/Apogee AC [1658]  13
 30 ( 21)   5 Epic Pinball {S}                       Epic AC [1650]  12
 31 ( 29)   5 Oxyd {S}                         Dongleware PU [1671]  10
 32 ( 35)^  5 Duke Nukem 2 {S}                     Apogee AC [1677]  10
 33 (  -)^  1 Fade to Black {D}  Delphine/Electronic Arts AC [1693]  10
 34 ( 33)   4 Alphaman {S}                     Jeff Olson RP [1680]   9
 35 ( 38)^  2 Nahlakh {S}                   Tom Proudfoot RP [1692]   9
 36 (  -)^  1 Witchaven {D}            Capstone/Intracorp RP [1694]   8
 37 (  -)^  1 Solitaire {F} {W}                 Microsoft ST [1214]   7
 38 ( 23)   5 Asteroids {F} {W}                 Microsoft AC [1653]   5
 39 (  -)^  1 Hi-Octane {D}      Bullfrog/Electronic Arts AC [1695]   5
 40 (  -)^  1 MechWarrior 2: The Clans {D}     Activision AC [1696]   5

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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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