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.
============================================================================== Internet PC Games Top 100 Edition 367 - Week 2 - January 10, 2000 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 14 Age Of Empires 2 {!} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 1 [3476] 2 2 45 Heroes of Might and Magic 3 {!} New World/3DO ST 1 [3184] 3 3 6 Unreal Tournament Epic/GT SH 3 [3615] 4 6^ 47 Alpha Centauri/Alien CrossfireFiraxis/Electronic Arts ST 1 [3168] 5 4 32 Jagged Alliance 2 Sir-Tech/TalonSoft ST 2 [3294] 6 5 54 Baldur's Gate {!} Bioware/Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [3115] 7 8^ 5 Quake 3 (Arena) {!} Id/Activision SH 7 [3618] 8 7 59 Half-Life/Opposing Force Valve/Sierra SH 1 [3046] 9 13^ 19 Command And Conquer (Tiberian Sun) Electronic Arts AC/WG 3 [3417] 10 16* 4 Planescape (Torment) {!} Interplay RP 10 [3629] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 11 8 Age Of Wonders Triumph/Epic/G.O.D. ST 11 [3574] 12 10 21 System Shock 2 {!} Looking Glass/Electronic Arts AC/RP 6 [3398] 13 12 92 Starcraft/Add-on {!} Blizzard WG 1 [2677] 14 14 6 Ultima 9 (Ascension) {!} Origin/Electronic Arts RP 12 [3610] 15 9 14 Homeworld Relic/Sierra SI 6 [3479] 16 15 31 Might and Magic 7 (For Blood and Honor) {!} 3DO RP 2 [3287] 17 19^ 7 Gabriel Knight 3 Sierra AD 17 [3595] 18 17 10 Fifa 2000 EA Sports SP 9 [3532] 19 18 61 Railroad Tycoon 2/Add-on {!} PopTop/G.O.D. ST 5 [3008] 20 20 43 RollerCoaster Tycoon/Add-ons Microprose ST 7 [3200] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 21 22 Civilization 2 (Test Of Time) MicroProse ST 16 [3387] 22 22 30 Need for Speed (High Stakes) {!} Electronic Arts RA 14 [3323] 23 23 43 BattleCruiser 3000 AD V.2.0 Interplay ST 17 [3211] 24 31^ 7 Pharaoh Impressions/Sierra ST 24 [3593] 25 24 42 EverQuest {!} Verant/989 Studios/Sony RP 18 [3206] 26 38* 9 X-Com (First Alien Invasion) MicroProse ST 26 [3499] 27 30^ 6 Indiana Jones (The Infernal Machine) {!} LucasArts AC/AD 27 [3598] 28 27 62 Fallout 2 {!} Black Isle/Interplay RP 1 [2995] 29 29 80 Final Fantasy 7 {!} SquareSoft/Eidos RP 7 [2811] 30 25 23 Darkstone {!} Delphine/G.O.D. RP 10 [3378] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 28 89 Might and Magic 6 (The Mandate of Heaven) {!} 3DO RP 2 [2696] 32 42^ 9 Asheron's Call {!} Turbine/Microsoft RP 27 [3559] 33 34^ 10 Revenant Cinematix/Eidos AC/RP 30 [3542] 34 26 18 Nexus (The Kingdom Of The Winds) Nexon AD 12 [3420] 35 32 17 NHL 2000 {!} EA Sports SP 17 [3444] 36 33 40 Championship Manager 3 {!} Eidos SP 14 [3248] 37 39^ 5 Tomb Raider (The Last Revelation) Core/Eidos AC/AD 37 [3612] 38 35 10 Grand Theft Auto 2 {!} DMA/Rockstar/Take 2 RA 35 [3529] 39 47^ 9 NBA Live 2000 EA Sports SP 39 [3541] 40 36 28 Dungeon Keeper 2 Bullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 7 [3343] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41 37 26 Outcast Appeal/Infogrames AD 25 [3349] 42 41 40 Civilization (Call to Power) Activision ST 11 [3235] 43 40 8 Delta Force 2 NovaLogic SI 40 [3560] 44 46^ 39 X-Wing Alliance LucasArts SI 9 [3249] 45 52^ 14 Rainbox Six (Rogue Spear) Red Storm ST 29 [3458] 46 43 14 Freespace 2 Volition/Interplay AC 31 [3480] 47 51^ 13 Disciples (Sacred Land) Strategy First ST 26 [3483] 48 56^ 3 12 O'Clock High TalonSoft/Take 2 ST 48 [3640] 49 44 14 Driver Reflections/GT RA 20 [3477] 50 54^ 57 Thief (The Dark Project) {!} Looking Glass/Eidos AC/AD 6 [3079] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51 53^ 6 Septerra Core (Legacy Of The CreatorValkyrie/Monolith RP 51 [3613] 52 49 20 Discworld Noir Perfect/GT AD 30 [3397] 53 58^ 4 Rally Championship 2000 Magnetic Fields/Europress RA 53 [3544] 54 45 119 Total Annihilation Cavedog/GT WG 1 [2402] 55 55 19 Expendable Rage SH 54 [3348] 56 60^ 7 Omikron (The Nomad Soul) Quantic Dream/Eidos AD 56 [3564] 57 50 28 Total Annihilation (Kingdoms) {!} Cavedog/GT AC/WG 7 [3342] 58 62^ 72 Warlords 3 (Darklords Rising) SSG/Red Orb WG 10 [2882] 59 57 15 Prince Of Persia 3D {!} Red Orb/Mindscape AC/AD 35 [3461] 60 89* 2 Championship Manager 99/00 {!} Eidos SP 60 [3647] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61 48 21 Star Trek (Starfleet Command) Interplay WG 13 [3400] 62 66^ 35 Rage Of Mages 2/Allods 2 (Necromancer) Nival/Monolith RP 20 [3272] 63 64^ 32 Star Trek (Birth of the Federation) MicroProse/Hasbro ST 20 [3296] 64 80^ 31 Aliens Vs. Predator Rebellion/Fox AC 14 [3280] 65 63 8 Theme Park World/Sim Theme PaBullfrog/Electronic Arts ST 61 [3561] 66 72^ 63 Grim Fandango {!} LucasArts/Activision AD 10 [2981] 67 61 128 X-Com 3 (Apocalypse) {!} Mythos/MicroProse ST 4 [2351] 68 79^ 41 Imperialism 2 Frog City/SSI/Mindscape ST 18 [3223] 69 68 34 Star Wars Episode 1 (The Phantom Menace) {!}LucasArts AD 29 [3282] 70 67 72 Rainbow Six Red Storm AC/ST 7 [2883] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71 65 61 Colin McRae Rally Codemasters RA 26 [2989] 72 77^ 13 Pizza Syndicate Software 2000 ST 66 [3381] 73 69 60 Carmageddon 2 {!} Stainless/SCi/Interplay RA 19 [3037] 74 59 58 Heretic 2 Raven/Activision SH 13 [3067] 75 70 7 Odium/Gorky 17 Monolith/Interplay AC/ST 68 [3589] 76 71 157 Diablo Blizzard RP 1 [2154] 77 76 5 Rayman 2 (The Great Escape) UbiSoft PL 76 [3543] 78 74 6 Thief Gold Looking Glass/Eidos AD 67 [3565] 79 78 66 Caesar 3 (Build a Better Rome) {!} Sierra ST 5 [2936] 80 81^ 49 SimCity 3000 {!} Maxis/Electronic Arts ST 13 [3152] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 81 -^ 6 Warcraft 2 (Battle.net Edition) Blizzard AC/WG 81 [3572] 82 93^ 3 SWAT 3 (Close Quarters Battle) Sierra AD 82 [3594] 83 88^ 31 MechWarrior 3/Pirate's Moon {!} Zipper/MicroProse AC 9 [3311] 84 73 22 X (Beyond The Frontier) {!} EgoSoft/THQ AC 47 [3386] 85 75 114 Ultima Online/Second Age {!} Origin/Electronic Arts RP 19 [2399] 86 100^ 85 Unreal/Add-ons {!} Digital Extremes/Epic/GT SH 2 [2753] 87 91^ 4 Close Combat 4 (Battle Of The Bulge) Atomic/Mindscape WG 87 [3586] 88 86 6 Flanker 2.0 SSI/Mindscape SI 86 [3535] 89 90^ 56 Falcon 4.0 {!} MicroProse SI 30 [3091] 90 87 26 ToCA 2 Touring Cars/Touring Car Challenge Codemasters RA 43 [3339] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 -^ 6 Wheel Of Time {!} Legend/GT AC/RP 68 [3575] 92 83 108 Quake 2/Add-on {!} Id/Activision SH 1 [2529] 93 82 15 Re-Volt Acclaim RA 52 [3409] 94 97^ 34 Grand Prix Legends Papyrus/Sierra Sports RA 55 [2935] 95 -^ 1 Crusaders Of Might & Magic New World/3DO AC/AD 95 [3628] 96 -^ 1 Battlezone 2 {!} Pandemic/Activision AC/WG 96 [3657] 97 96 3 Flight Simulator 2000 {!} Microsoft SI 95 [3495] 98 -^ 1 Chessmaster 7000 Mindscape ST 98 [3557] 99 92 41 Superbike World Championship Virgin/EA Sports RA 48 [3194] 100 -^ 3 MechCommander Gold FASA/MicroProse AC/ST 94 [3513] ============================================================================== Dropped Out: 84 6 Myth (The Total Codex) Bungie ST 54 [3596] 85 81 Descent (Freespace - The Great War) Interplay SH 9 [2782] 94 115 Age of Empires {!} Ensemble/Microsoft ST 3 [2424] 95 1 Nascar Legends Papyrus/Sierra RA 95 [3534] 98 94 Battlezone Activision WG 4 [2642] 99 25 Hidden & Dangerous/Devil's Bridge {Illusion/Take 2 AC/WG 28 [3364] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Edition 367 - Week 2 - January 10, 2000 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 16^ 8 Interstate '82 Activision RA 1 [3590] 2 5^ 4 Urban Chaos {!} Mucky Foot/Eidos AC 2 [3641] 3 33^ 2 TacOps 3.0 Battlefront WG 3 [3661] 4 2 8 Slave Zero Infogrames AC 2 [3585] 5 3 5 Mig Alley Rowan/Empire/Interplay SI 2 [3630] 6 7^ 5 Wild Wild West (The Steel Assasin) Southpeak AC/AD 6 [3633] 7 4 8 Diplomacy Avalon Hill/MicroProse/Hasbro ST 3 [3599] 8 6 5 Nerf ArenaBlast Atari/Hasbro AC 6 [3631] 9 10^ 4 Warcraft 2 (Battle Chest) Blizzard AC/WG 9 [3639] 10 8 8 Star Trek (Hidden Evil) Presto/Activision AD 8 [3597] 11 11 5 Antietam! Firaxis ST 11 [3632] 12 12 7 Missile Command Atari AR 12 [3614] 13 14^ 7 South Park (Chef's Luv Shack) Acclaim PU 13 [3611] 14 9 8 Bugs Bunny (Lost In Time) Behaviour/Infogrames PL 8 [3591] 15 17^ 8 Test Drive 6 Pitbull Syndicate/Infogrames RA 15 [3588] 16 20^ 8 Hype (Time Quest) Playmobil/Ubi Soft AC/AD 16 [3587] 17 21^ 8 Lander Psygnosis SI 17 [3592] 18 22^ 7 Phoenix Team 17/MicroProse/Hasbro SI 18 [3616] 19 23^ 6 International Soccer 2000 Microsoft SP 19 [3617] 20 24^ 6 Hangsim Wilco SI 20 [3619] 21 25^ 6 Total Soccer LiveMedia/Iridon SP 21 [3620] 22 26^ 3 Mortyr (2093 - 1944) Mirage/Interplay SH 22 [3648] 23 27^ 3 Shanghai (The Second Dynasty) Activision PU 23 [3649] 24 28^ 3 Dirt Track Racing RatBag/WizardWorks RA 24 [3650] 25 30^ 2 Spellbinder (The Nexus Conflict)Mythic/Centropolis AC/RP 25 [3658] 26 31^ 2 Scooby-Doo! (The Fun Park Phantom) EAI/SouthPeak PU 26 [3659] 27 32^ 2 Puzzle Bobble 2 Agetec PU 27 [3660] 28 -^ 1 F/A-18 Simulator {!} Jane's/Electronic Arts SI 28 [3664] 29 -^ 1 Pro Pinball (Fantastic Journey) Cunning/Empire AR 29 [3665] 30 -^ 1 Wall Street Trader 2000 Monte Cristo/Interplay ST 30 [3666] ============================================================================== Lengend TW : This Week LW : Last Week NW : Number of Weeks HI : Highest Position ^ : Climbing * : Bullet AC : Action AD : Adventure PU : Puzzle RP : Role-Playing SI : Simulation SP : Sports ST : Strategy {free} Freeware {demo} Demo Version {share} Shareware {reg} Registered {W} Windows Only {O} OS/2 Only ==============================================================================Reprinted with permission by World Charts