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Most Popular PC Games in the World
Edition 219 - Week 11 - March 10, 1997

This week the votes from 2353 people have been used to compile this chart. This list 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.

TW	LW	NW	Title	Developer/Publisher(s)	Cat	HI	ID
1	2	9	Diablo	Blizzard	RP	1	2154
2	1	15	Command & Conquer: Red Alert	Westwood/Virgin	WG	1	2101
3	3	53	Civilization 2	MicroProse	ST	1	1879
4	4	16	Heroes of Might & Magic 2	New World	ST	4	2091
5	5	32	Quake	Id/GT	SH	1	1999
6	6	15	Master of Orion 2: Battle at Antares	MicroProse	ST	3	2095
7	7	66	Warcraft 2/add-on: Tides of Darkness	Blizzard	WG	2	1817
8	8	44	Duke Nukem 3D	3D Realms/FormGen	SH	2	1923
9	9	16	Tomb Raider	Core/Eidos	AC/AD	9	2088
10	12	24	The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall	Bethesda/Virgin	RP	6	2032
11	10	63	Galactic Civilizations 2	Stardock	ST	3	1828
12	13	76	Command & Conquer/Covert Operations	Westwood/Virgin	WG	1	1729
13	15	33	World Circuit Racing/Formula One: Grand Prix 2	MicroProse	RA	6	1857
14	11	11	Trials of Battle	Shadowsoft/Stardock	SH	10	2134
15	16	12	Privateer 2: The Darkening	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC/ST	15	2131
16	17	52	Descent 2	Parallax/Interplay	SH	5	1891
17	22	3	G-Nome	7th Level	AC	17	2181
18	18	22	NHL Hockey '97	EA Sports/Electronic Arts	SP	18	2055
19	14	21	Avarice: The Final Saga	CSS/Stardock	AD	10	2061
20	20	10	NBA Live 97	EA Sports/Electronic Arts	SP	20	2149
21	19	20	MechWarriors 2: Mercenaries	Activision	AC	15	2065
22	21	75	Heroes of Might and Magic	New World	ST	6	1737
23	23	126	Doom 2: Hell on Earth	Id/GT/Virgin	SH	1	1502
24	24	18	Syndicate Wars	Bullfrog/Electronic Arts	AC/SH	18	2069
25	25	126	Master of Magic	SimTex/MicroProse	ST	3	1501
26	30	25	Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games	Sir-Tech	ST	20	2031
27	29	55	Wing Commander 4: The Price of Freedom	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC/SI	4	1867
28	26	14	Fifa Soccer '97	EA Sports/Electronic Arts	SP	20	2103
29	28	16	Screamer 2	Milestone/Virgin	RA	28	2083
30	27	67	Stars! 2	Star Crossed	ST	11	1786
31	32	8	M.A.X.	Interplay	WG	31	2152
32	31	73	Championship Manager 2	Domark	SP	27	1746
33	35	13	Lords of the Realm 2	Impressions/Sierra	ST	31	2107
34	34	75	Need for Speed	Distinctive/Electronic Arts	RA	12	1738
35	37	38	The Settlers 2/Die Siedler 2: Veni, Vidi, Vici	Blue Byte	ST	15	1953
36	33	73	Steel Panthers	SSI/Mindscape	WG	15	1757
37	38	13	Steel Panthers 2: Modern Battles	SSI/Mindscape	WG	37	2116
38	40	25	Crusader: No Regret	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC	26	2030
39	39	32	Links LS	Access	SP	30	1997
40	46	28	Z	Bitmap Brothers/Renegade/Virgin	AC	10	2017
41	43	84	MechWarrior 2/NetMech/add-ons: The Clans	Activision	AC	6	1697
42	49	23	Star Control 3	Time Warner	AD/ST	14	2046
43	36	8	Obsidian	Rocket Science/Sega	AD	29	2160
44	42	62	Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within	Sierra	AD	12	1832
45	47	101	X-COM 2: Terror from the Deep	Mythos/MicroProse	ST	8	1600
46	44	15	Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail!	Sierra	AD	27	2090
47	50	151	U.F.O./X-Com: Enemy Unknown	Mythos/MicroProse	ST	1	1437
48	56	120	Warcraft: Orcs and Humans	Blizzard/Interplay	WG	4	1528
49	41	66	11th Hour: Be Afraid of the Dark	Trilobyte/Virgin	AD	15	1809
50	48	127	Colonization	MicroProse	ST	5	1496
51	51	119	Panzer General	SSI/Mindscape	WG	11	1522
52	45	67	Worms/Reinforcements	Team 17/Ocean	AC/PU	17	1784
53	64	117	Wing Commander 3: Heart o.t. Tiger	Origin/Electronic Arts	AC/SI	6	1562
54	54	165	SimCity 2000	Maxis	ST	2	1399
55	59	66	The Dig	LucasArts	AD	21	1798
56	57	12	Nascar Racing 2	Papyrus/Sierra	RA	56	2123
57	52	19	Shattered Steel	Bioware/Interplay	AC	13	2047
58	73	107	Dark Forces	LucasArts/Virgin	SH	2	1585
59	55	30	The Pandora Directive	Access	AD	36	2003
60	53	18	Broken Sword/Circle of Blood: The Shadow of the Templars	Revolution/Virgin	AD	46	2066
61	63	66	Capitalism	Enlight/Interactive Magic	ST	25	1806
62	78	44	Conquest of the New World	Quicksilver/Interplay	ST	39	1853
63	58	10	Discworld 2: Missing Presumed...!?	Psygnosis	AD	58	2139
64	62	97	Full Throttle	LucasArts	AD	10	1612
65	60	138	Tie Fighter/add-on	LucasArts/Virgin	AC/SI	3	1473
66	83	121	Transport Tycoon/deluxe	MicroProse	ST	14	1521
67	70	12	Destruction Derby 2	Psygnosis	RA	67	2106
68	65	115	Descent	Parallax/Interplay	SH	1	1565
69	67	69	Hexen/add-on: Beyond Heretic	Raven/Id/GT	SH	8	1775
70	87	48	Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands	Infocom/Activision	AD	29	1906
71	71	155	Myst	Cyan/Broderbund/Electronic Arts	AD	11	1426
72	66	34	Close Combat	Atomic/Microsoft	WG	28	1990
73	79	50	Fantasy General	SSI/Mindscape	WG	26	1900
74	77	20	F22 Lightning 2	Novalogic	SI	62	2053
75	72	25	CFS Poker	CFS Nevada	ST	28	2022
76	69	9	RAC Rally Championship	Europress	RA	49	2120
77	61	6	Rocket Jockey	Sega	PL	59	2094
78	68	9	Stellar Frontier	SolarSystems	AC/ST	61	2150
79	86	61	Monopoly	Westwood/Virgin	ST	29	1841
80	81	179	Master of Orion	SimTex/MicroProse	ST	2	1344
81	80	38	AH-64D Longbow	Origin/Electronic Arts	SI	41	1965
82	74	125	Galactic Civilizations/Shipyards	Stardock	ST	1	1508
83	75	13	Phantasmagoria 2: Puzzle of Flesh	Sierra	AD	65	2104
84	99	2	Emperor of the Fading Suns	Holistic/Segasoft	ST	84	2183
85	90	219	Civilization/CivNet	MicroProse	ST	1	1002
86	94	5	Realms of Arkania 3/Das Schwarze Auge 3	Sir-Tech	RP	86	2138
87	82	72	Ascendancy	Logic Factory/Virgin	ST	22	1753
88	96	26	Deadlock	Accolade	ST	28	2023
89	76	11	Wages of War: The Business of War	Random/New World	WG	64	2115
90	84	47	Anvil of Dawn	DreamForge/New World	RP	31	1819
91	98	7	Over the Reich	Big Time/Avalon Hill	WG	91	2133
92	85	13	Creatures	Cyberlife/Warner/GT	ST	69	2114
93	91	19	3D Lemmings	Psygnosis/Sony	AC/PU	63	1918
94	92	36	You Don't Know Jack	Berkeley	PU	56	1790
95	95	176	Day of the Tentacle	LucasArts/US Gold	AD	6	1268
96	-	1	Sega Rally Championship	AM3/Sega	RA	96	2191
97	88	23	Monster Truck Madness	Microsoft	RA	63	2028
98	89	78	Star Emperor	Stardock	ST	4	1716
99	93	7	Magic The Gathering: Battlemage	Realtime/Acclaim	ST	75	2159
100	100	2	Ultimate Soccer Manager 2	Sierra	ST	100	2168

These games fell out of the Top 100 this week.

The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the Top 100 chart.

TW	NW	Title	Developer/Publisher(s)	Cat	ID
1	4	Scrabble	Hasbro	ST	2184
2	9	SimCopter	Maxis	ST	2157
3	4	NBA Jam Extreme		SP	2185
4	8	Hunter & Hunted	Sierra	AC	2161
5	2	KKND: Krush, Kill & Destroy	Melbourne/Electronic Arts	WG	2205
6	4	SimPark	Maxis	ST	2182
7	2	Risk	Hasbro	WG	2200
8	3	Scorcher	Scavenger/GT	AC/RA	2192
9	6	Power Chess	Sierra	ST	2169
10	2	Fallen Haven	Interactive Magic	ST	2201
11	6	Fragile Allegiance	Gremlin/Interplay	ST	2170
12	1	MDK	Shiny/Interplay		2209
13	3	3 Skulls of the Toltecs	Warner	AD	2193
14	3	Diamond Mind Baseball	Diamond Mind	SP	2194
15	6	Virtua Soccer	Gremlin/Interplay	SP	2167
16	3	Harpoon Classic 97	Interactive Magic	ST	2195
17	2	The Crow	Acclaim		2202
18	2	Air Warrior 2	Interactive Magic	SI	2203
19	1	Magic: The Gathering	MicroProse	ST	2210

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