IMG Game Poll If you would like to rate some of your favorite (or not-so-favorite) games and possibly win a copy of Star Trek: 25th Anniversary compliments of MacPlay, just print and fill out the Game Poll form bundled with this issue. Top Selling Software Compiled from information received in the IMG game poll. Results are published bi-monthly. Rank Game 1 Might & Magic III 2 Civilization 3 Spaceward Ho! 4 Spectre Supreme 5 Iron Helix (CD-ROM) 6 The Journeyman Project (CD-ROM) 7 Prince of Persia 8 A-Train 9 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 10 Hellcats: Missions at Leyte Gulf IMG Game Poll Scores Scores are averaged using the six categories in the game poll. The overall score is weighted 50 percent while graphics, sound, speed, interface, and playability count for 10 percent each for a total of 100 percent. The following ratings have a minimum of 5 respondents. 1 - Poor 2 - Fair 3 - Good 4 - Excellent 5 - Sublime Score Game 4.51 Hellcats: Missions at Leyte Gulf 4.40 Mac GamePad 4.32 Monkey Island 1 4.28 Maelstrom (Shareware) 4.28 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis 4.28 Hellcats over the Pacific 4.22 4-D Boxing 4.20 Space Madness 4.14 Heaven & Earth 4.08 Prince of Persia 4.07 Might & Magic III 4.05 Eight Ball Deluxe 4.03 RoboSport 4.00 King's Quest 6 3.98 Oxyd (Shareware) 3.96 Spectre 3.93 Mission: Thunderbolt 3.92 Spectre Supreme 3.90 Civilization 3.89 S.C.Out 3.89 Spaceward Ho! 3.87 Shanghai II 3.87 The Journeyman Project (CD-ROM) 3.84 Tesserae 3.84 Out of this World 3.83 Iron Helix (CD-ROM) 3.82 Lemmings 3.80 Super Tetris 3.78 PGA Tour Golf 3.78 3 in Three 3.77 Gravis MouseStick II 3.75 Tristan 3.66 Sim City 3.65 The Tinies 3.58 Space Quest 4 3.58 Pararena 3.55 Warlords 3.53 Railroad Tycoon 3.50 Sim Ant 3.50 Spaceship Warlock (CD-ROM) 3.48 Oids 3.43 Loom 3.42 Sim Life 3.42 V for Victory 2 3.34 Leisure Suit Larry 5 3.33 Rise of the Dragon 3.31 Strategic Conquest 3.0 3.30 V for Victory 3.26 Vette 3.17 Sim Earth 3.16 Falcon MC 3.15 Pax Imperia 2.92 Bane of Cosmic Forge 2.89 Harpoon 2.87 Microsoft Flight Simulator 2.81 Stellar 7 2.74 Might & Magic II 2.69 Secret of the Silver Blades 2.58 A-Train 2.08 Red Baron 1.95 Capitalist Pig Reader Feedback Iron Helix: Iron Helix is surprisingly fast even for a CD game. The game's documentation is outstanding, the background storyline is great (if you like sci-fi). However, the game is solved much too easy. It took me about 45 minutes to solve the whole game. Christian Franz - Zuerich, Switzerland Super Maze Wars: Great! This is totally cool - all the fun of Spectre with some strategy and some quick action in it, too. Peter A. Cohen - Melrose, MA Pathways Into Darkness: Pathways Into Darkness is absolutely the best Macintosh game I have ever played. It's also the most intense game I have ever played. After playing it for awhile, I noticed myself leaning to the side while I dodged enemy projectiles. This game has wonderful 256 color graphics and texture-mapping, which makes for very detailed 3D graphics, and the sound effects are very realistic. It makes great use of the Macintosh interface (especially in the inventory). Pathways Into Darkness is worth every cent of the money I paid for it. Jeremy Condit - Gainesville, Florida Space Junkie: Space Junkie is a tiny little Space Invader/Galaxian/Phoenix type game. It takes up only about 80K of space on the drive, but is wonderful (and very hard) to play. A very nice piece of coding, that puts a lot of bigger efforts to shame. David Wareing - Seacliff, South Australia Mac GamePad. The GamePad is probably the best single piece of hardware that has been released since the mouse. It makes games that previously were unplayable very addictive (e.g. Arashi) and in other games it gives you a great advantage over players that don't have it (Super Maze Wars). Thirdly it adds a whole dimension to two-player/single-mac games like 4D Boxing. No Mac should be without it! Christian Franz - Zuerich, Switzerland