Most Popular PC Games in the World

Commercial Top 100

Edition 199 - Week 43 - October 21, 1996

TW	LW	NW	Title	Developer/Publisher(s)	Cat	HI	Points
1	3	12	Quake	Id	SH	1	1292
2	1	33	Civilization 2	MicroProse	ST	1	1239
3	2	46	Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness	Blizzard	WG	2	1043
4	4	56	Command and Conquer/Covert Operations	Westwood/Virgin	WG	1	1047
5	5	24	Duke Nukem 3D	3D Realms/FormGen	SH	2	797
6	6	13	World Circuit Racing/Formula One: Grand Prix 2	MicroProse	RA	6	449
7	10	43	Galactic Civilizations 2	Stardock	ST	3	407
8	8	55	Heroes of Might and Magic	New World	ST	6	317
9	7	32	Descent 2	Parallax/Interplay	SH	5	305
10	9	35	Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC/SID	4	266
11	13	64	MechWarrior 2/NetMech/add-ons: The Clans	Activision	AC	6	297
12	11	106	Doom 2: Hell on Earth	Id/GT/Virgin	SH	1	318
13	19	4	The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall	Bethesda	RP	13	234
14	16	8	Z	Bitmap Brothers/ Renegade/ Virgin	AC	14	213
15	14	106	Master of Magic	SimTex/MicroProse	ST	3	282
16	12	47	Stars! 2.0/2.5	Star Crossed	ST	11	181
17	15	46	Fifa Soccer 96	EA Sports/ Electronic Arts	SP	13	177
18	17	55	Need for Speed	Distinctive/ Electronic Arts	RA	12	174
19	26	42	Avarice: Preview	CSS/Stardock	AD	14	183
20	18	95	Descent	Parallax/Interplay	SH	1	191
21	23	18	The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2: Veni, Vidi, Vici	Blue Byte	ST	15	151
22	20	42	Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within	Sierra	AD	12	131
23	21	81	X-COM 2: Terror from the Deep	Mythos/MicroProse	ST	8	157
24	24	159	Master of Orion	SimTex/MicroProse	ST	2	293
25	22	99	Panzer General	SSI/Mindscape	WG	11	167
26	29	5	Crusader: No Regret	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC	26	142
27	30	53	Championship Manager 2	Domark	SP	27	135
28	25	100	Warcraft: Orcs and Humans	Blizzard/Interplay	WG	4	152
29	28	6	Deadlock	Accolade	ST	28	122
30	36	87	Dark Forces	LucasArts/Virgin	SH	2	156
31	27	54	Crusader: No Remorse	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC	14	112
32	34	30	Fantasy General	SSI/Mindscape	WG	29	115
33	39	53	Steel Panthers	SSI/Mindscape	WG	15	122
34	37	46	11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark	Trilobyte/Virgin	AD	15	112
35	52	5	Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games	Sir-Tech	ST	35	123
36	33	46	Capitalism	Enlight/ Interactive Magic	ST	25	90
37	35	12	Links LS	Access	SP	30	89
38	38	46	The Dig	LucasArts	AD	21	93
39	32	131	U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown	Mythos/MicroProse	ST	1	142
40	31	22	Chaos Overlords	New World	ST	16	74
41	49	145	SimCity 2000	Maxis/Mindscape	ST	2	189
42	42	107	Colonization	MicroProse	ST	5	117
43	44	47	Worms/ Reinforcements	Team 17/Ocean	AC/PUD	17	84
44	54	10	The Pandora Directive	Access	AD	44	92
45	51	118	Tie Fighter/ add-on	LucasArts/Virgin	AC/SID	3	132
46	40	97	Wing Commander 3: Heart o.t. Tiger	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC/SID	6	100
47	46	14	Close Combat	Atomic/Microsoft	WG	28	77
48	58	53	NHL Hockey '96	Electronic Arts	SP	23	83
49	43	18	AH-64D Longbow	Origin/ Electronic Arts	SI	41	69
50	41	36	Anvil of Dawn	DreamForge/ New World	RP	31	63
51	70	3	Star Control 3	Time Warner	AD/STD	51	81
52	66	105	Galactic Civilizations/ Shipyards	Stardock	ST	1	124
53	47	41	Monopoly	Westwood/ Virgin	ST	29	69
54	45	28	Zork Nemesis	Infocom/ Activision	AD	29	63
55	65	126	Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss	Blue Sky/ Origin/ Mindscape	RP	55	113
56	48	45	EF2000/TFX 2	DID/Ocean	SI	36	62
57	53	49	Hexen/add-on: Beyond Heretic	Raven/Id/GT	SH	8	63
58	63	15	Mission Force: Cyber Storm	Sierra	ST	33	66
59	57	149	Doom/ Ultimate Doom	Id	SH	1	128
60	55	79	Jagged Alliance	Sir-Tech/Mindscape	ST	9	71
61	60	199	Civilization/CivNet	MicroProse	ST	1	241
62	61	51	Caesar 2	Impressions/Sierra	ST	34	61
63	64	3	Monster Truck Madness	Microsoft	RA	63	60
64	62	101	Transport Tycoon/deluxe	MicroProse	ST	14	80
65	78	17	Marathon 2: Durandal	Bungie	SH	39	69
66		1	Avarice: The Final Saga	CSS/Stardock	AD	66	63
67	84	5	CFS Poker	CFS	ST	67	67
68	56	49	Stonekeep	Interplay	RP	21	50
69	86	7	Bad Mojo	Pulse/Acclaim	AD	69	59
70	50	11	Masterpieces of Infocom	Infocom/Activision	IF	24	42
71	67	24	Conquest of the New World	Quicksilver/Interplay	ST	39	53
72	81	77	Full Throttle	LucasArts	AD	10	62
73	59	33	NBA Live 96	EA Sports/ Electronic Arts	SP	34	44
74	69	108	System Shock	LookingGlass/ Origin/ Electronic Arts	AC	11	64
75	93	58	Star Emperor	Stardock	ST	4	70
76	76	16	You Don't Know Jack	Berkeley	PU	56	48
77	87	22	Big Red Racing	Big Red/Domark	RA	72	48
78	97	37	Mortal Kombat 3	Midway/GT	AC	36	51
79	98	45	Advanced Civilization	Avalon Hill	ST	65	48
80	73	52	Ascendancy	Logic Factory/Virgin	ST	22	41
81		97	Nascar Racing	Papyrus/Virgin	RA	21	58
82	79	5	Time Commando	Adeline/ Electronic Arts	AC/ADD	73	40
83	72	9	Final Doom	Id/GT	SH	71	39
84	77	196	VGA Planets	Tim Wisseman	ST	3	141
85	82	60	Phantasmagoria	Sierra	AD	19	41
86	83	135	Myst	Cyan/ Broderbund/ Electronic Arts	AD	11	65
87	71	172	Betrayal at Krondor	Dynamix/Sierra	RP	6	88
88	74	9	Virtua Fighter	Sega	FI	74	37
89	80	198	Dune 2: The Building of a Dynasty	Westwood/Virgin	ST	4	138
90	68	90	Under a Killing Moon	Access/US Gold	AD	22	40
91	99	95	Heretic/Shadow of the Serpent Rider	Raven/Id	AC	4	46
92		1	Lighthouse: The Dark Being	Sierra	AD	92	32
93	90	156	Day of the Tentacle	LucasArts/US Gold	AD	6	70
94	94	15	Afterlife	LucasArts	ST	54	34
95	85	2	NHL Hockey '97	EA Sports/ Electronic Arts	SP	85	23
96	88	51	Microlearn Game Pack 2	Microlearn Nordic	AC	38	32
97	91	88	Rise of the Triad: Dark War	Apogee	SH	18	40
98	92	146	Sam and Max Hit the Road	LucasArts/US Gold	AD	11	61
99	96	3	Albion	Blue Byte	RP	96	31
100		1	Gene Wars	Bullfrog/ Electronic Arts	WG	100	26

Runners Up

	New Entry (or re-entry)	AC	Action	RA	Racing	TW	This Week
	Star (large votes increase)	AD	Adventure	RP	Role-Playing	LW	Last Week
	(ex) Number One	AR	Arcade	SH	Shooter	NW	Number of Weeks
	Registered Version	FI	Fighting	SI	Simulation	HI	Highest Position
	Windows Only	IF	Interactive Fiction	SP	Sports		Climbing
	OS/2 Only	PL	Platform	ST	Strategy		Bullet (climbing fast)
		PU	Puzzle	WG	Wargame