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Look at it first! | ============================================================================== The following Top 100 contains the most popular video games at this time. The list includes games from all next generation video game consoles. Vote for a game in this chart if you think other people should buy it too. ============================================================================== Internet Video Games Top 100 Edition 101 - Week 10 - March 1, 1998 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 59 Final Fantasy 7 {P} Square RP 1 [1175] 2 2 27 Sakura Wars/Sakura Taisen {S} Red/Sega AD 2 [1595] 3 3 5 Resident Evil 2 {P}{!} Capcom AD 3 [1718] 4 4 27 Goldeneye 007 {N} Rare/Nintendo AC 2 [1594] 5 7^ 6 Red Asphalt {P} Interplay RA 5 [1711] 6 14* 6 Gran Turismo {P} Sony RA 6 [1716] 7 5 16 Colony Wars {P} Psygnosis SH 4 [1660] 8 10^ 86 Nights (Into Dreams) {S} Sonic Team/Sega PL 1 [1228] 9 6 14 Tomb Raider 2 {P}{!} Eidos AC/AD 4 [1674] 10 11^ 60 Fighters Megamix {S} AM2/Sega FI 1 [1400] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 8 14 Diddy Kong Racing {N}{!} Rare/Nintendo RA 2 [1683] 12 9 12 Fifa (Road To World Cup 98) {P}{S} Electronic Arts SP 8 [1686] 13 13 23 Abe's Oddysee {P}{!} Oddworld/GT PL 4 [1610] 14 12 12 Sonic R {S} Traveller's Tales/Sega RA 7 [1694] 15 17^ 15 Crash Bandicoot 2 {P}{!} Naughty Dog/Sony PL 9 [1659] 16 23^ 47 Wild Arms {P} Media Vision/Sony RP 5 [1409] 17 15 21 Castlevania (Symphony of the Night) {P} Konami AC 6 [1628] 18 19^ 17 Duke Nukem 3D {S} Lobotomy/Sega SH 5 [1652] 19 26^ 35 Final Fantasy Tactics {P} Square RP/ST 13 [1555] 20 27^ 27 Tokimeki Memorial {P} Konami ST 20 [1596] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 21 16 11 Street Fighter 2 Collection {S} Capcom FI 11 [1698] 22 21 7 Alundra {P}{!} Working Designs AC/AD 16 [1710] 23 24^ 37 Shining (The Holy Ark) {S} Sega RP 7 [1397] 24 29^ 6 Mace (The Dark Ages) {N} Atari/Midway/GT FI 24 [1631] 25 20 8 Fifa (Road to World Cup 98) {N}{!} Electronic Arts SP 12 [1708] 26 18 34 Thunderforce 5 {S} Technosoft SH 18 [1567] 27 36^ 7 Hanagumi Taisen Columns/Sakura Columns {S} Sega PU 27 [1709] 28 22 30 Langrisser 4 {S} NCS/Masaya ST 20 [1582] 29 28 37 International Superstar Soccer/ISS 64 {P}{N} Konami SP 5 [1548] 30 30 20 Soukyugurentai {S} Raizing/Electronic Arts SH 22 [1443] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 31 32^100 Tekken 2 {P} Namco FI 1 [1149] 32 39^ 12 Ghost in the Shell {P}{!} Exact/THQ SH 27 [1689] 33 35^ 10 Quake {S} Id/Lobotomy/Sega SH 29 [1693] 34 34 20 Top Gear Rally {N} Boss Game/Midway RA 17 [1630] 35 33 18 Extreme G. {N} Probe/Acclaim RA 31 [1644] 36 37^ 44 Starfox 64/Lylat Wars {N} Nintendo SI 5 [1517] 37 64* 2 Bust a Move (Dance & Rhythm Action) {P} Enix PU 37 [1730] 38 25 17 Dead or Alive {S} Tecmo FI 6 [1655] 39 38 3 Critical Depth {P} Singletrac/GT AC/ST 38 [1677] 40 40 64 Killer Instinct Gold {N} Rare/Nintendo FI 8 [1247] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 41 53^ 27 Dracula-X (Night Symphony) {P} Konami PL 41 [1487] 42 48^ 82 Tomb Raider {P}{S} Core Design/Eidos AC/AD 1 [1193] 43 52^ 19 Super Robot War F {P}{S} Banpresto ST 43 [1552] 44 47^ 24 Time Crisis {P} Namco SH 34 [1559] 45 46^ 14 Sega Touring Car Championship {S} Sega RA 5 [1666] 46 59^ 96 Guardian Heroes {S} Treasure/Sega FI 2 [1172] 47 31 18 Croc (Legend of Gobbos) {P}{S} Argonaut/Fox PL 29 [1634] 48 61^ 8 Steep Slope Sliders {S} Cave/Sega SP 32 [1706] 49 41 11 WCW Vs. NWO (World Tour) {N} Asmik/THQ FI 19 [1697] 50 57^ 86 Mario 64 {N} Nintendo PL 1 [1224] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 51 43 3 Bomberman Fight {S} Hudson AC/PU 43 [1719] 52 42 15 San Francisco Rush {N} Atari/Midway/GT RA 18 [1671] 53 54^ 6 WCW Nitro {P} Inland/THQ FI 53 [1705] 54 62^ 40 Persona (Revelations) {P} Atlus RP 20 [1382] 55 65^ 23 PaRappa the Rapper {P} Sony AC 28 [1493] 56 69^ 22 NHL 98 {P}{!} EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 21 [1616] 57 66^ 2 Nagano Winter Olympics '98 {P} Konami SP 57 [1725] 58 50 49 Blast Corps {N} Rare/Nintendo AC/SH 20 [1488] 59 45 11 Bomberman 64 {N} Hudson/Nintendo AC/PU 30 [1688] 60 63^ 48 Vandal - Hearts {P} Konami RP/ST 24 [1492] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 61 56 27 Marvel Super Heroes {P}{S} Capcom FI 16 [1587] 62 60 100 Resident Evil {P}{S} Capcom AD 1 [1148] 63 72^ 67 Albert Odyssey {S} Working Designs RP 36 [1215] 64 55 21 Formula 1 (Championship Edition) {P}{!} Psygnosis RA 15 [1633] 65 81^ 22 Last Bronx {S} AM3/Sega FI 20 [1585] 66 51 65 Wipeout XL/Wipeout 2097 {P} Psygnosis RA 11 [1312] 67 58 27 Darklight Conflict {P}{S} Rage/Electronic Arts AC 42 [1556] 68 44 4 Yoshi's Story {N}{!} Nintendo PL 44 [1720] 69 82^ 12 Duke Nukem (Total Meltdown) {P} Eurocom/GT SH 51 [1687] 70 78^ 19 Nightmare Creatures {P}{!} Kalisto/Activision AC 49 [1642] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 71 89^ 12 Monster Rancher {P} Tecmo ST 69 [1685] 72 75^ 2 NBA (In The Zone '98) {N}{!} Konami SP 72 [1729] 73 71 33 Bushido Blade {P} Light Weight/Square/Sony FI 28 [1479] 74 67 17 Cyberbots {P}{S} 47 [1491] 75 86^ 3 Riven {P}{!} Cyan/Acclaim AD 75 [1707] 76 76 69 Suikoden/Genso Suikoden {P} Taito/Konami RP 7 [1181] 77 70 63 Mario Kart {N} Nintendo RA 2 [1392] 78 73 6 Jet Moto 2 {P} Singletrac/Sony RA 73 [1670] 79 79 14 Dragonball GT (Final Bout) {P} Bandai FI 76 [1657] 80 -* 1 Winter Heat {S} Sega SP 80 [1733] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 81 -^ 41 X-Men Vs. Street Fighter {S} Capcom FI 31 [1414] 82 88^ 2 Grand Theft Auto {P}{!} DMA/BMG RA 82 [1731] 83 83 55 Dark Savior {S} Climax/Sega AC/AD 30 [1391] 84 77 24 Armored Core {P} From/Sony AC 41 [1569] 85 99^ 13 NBA Live 98 {P}{S} EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 59 [1654] 86 91^ 22 NFL Gameday '98 {P} Sony SP 50 [1600] 87 74 10 One {P} Visual Concepts/Asc SH 44 [1695] 88 68 27 Warcraft 2 (The Dark Saga) {P}{S}{!} Blizzard WG 26 [1593] 89 95^ 9 Cool Boarders 2 {P} UEP/Sony SP 61 [1669] 90 84 12 MK Mythologies (Sub-Zero) {P}{N} Midway AC/AD 67 [1690] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 91 80 12 NCAA Gamebreaker 98 {P} Sony SP 55 [1680] 92 90 33 Sailor Moon Super S {P}{S} Angel FI 16 [1360] 93 87 13 Test Drive 4 {P} Pitbull Syndicate/Accolade RA 47 [1663] 94 97^ 2 Beast Wars (Transformers) {P} Takara/Hasbro AC 94 [1691] 95 94 4 Fighting Force {P} Eidos FI 88 [1656] 96 92 33 Ray Storm {P} Working Designs/Taito SH 23 [1428] 97 96 3 Shadow Master {P}{!} Hammerhead/Psygnosis SH 93 [1727] 98 93 36 Ace Combat 2 {P} Namco SI 13 [1545] 99 100^ 7 Discworld 2 {P} Psygnosis AD 97 [1621] 100 -^ 1 G-Police {P} Psygnosis SH100 [1641] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dropped Out: 49 3 Lylat Wars {N} Nintendo SH 49 [1717] 85 55 Eve-Burst Error {S} Imagineer RP 32 [1432] 98 5 NHL 98 {S}{!} EA Sports/Electronic Arts SP 43 [1713] The following games have not yet received enough points to enter the chart: ============================================================================== Runners Up Edition 101 - Week 10 - March 1, 1998 ============================================================================== TW LW NW Title Developer/Publisher Cat HI ID ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1 1 5 Bravo Air Race {P} THQ SI 1 [1721] 2 2 7 Virtual Pool {P} Celeris/VR Sports/Interplay SP 1 [1712] 3 3 5 Elemental Gearbolt {P} Alfa/Sony SH 3 [1722] 4 4 5 NBA (In The Zone '98) {P} Konami SP 4 [1724] 5 5 3 All Japan Pro Wrestling {S} Sega FI 5 [1728] 6 6 2 Skull Monkeys {P} Neverhood/Dreamworks PL 6 [1732] 7 -^ 1 Gex (Enter the Gecko) {P}{!} Crystal Dynamics PL 7 [1734] 8 -^ 1 NHL Breakaway 98 {N} Sculptured/Acclaim SP 8 [1735] 9 -^ 1 Olympic Hockey '98 {N} Midway SP 9 [1736] 10 -^ 1 Guntu Western Front {P} Electrocoin SH 10 [1737] Over the last two weeks we've asked you to decide about any new charts we should be introducing this year. The votes are in, and the results are interesting: 1. hot babes/guys (33 votes) 2. websites (32 votes) 3. television (30 votes) 4. books (23 votes) 5. software (14 votes) 6. sports (11 votes) 7. dance music (10 votes) 8. magazines (6 votes) I'm sorry that I haven't been able to answer all you people personally. Your comments have been very interesting to read, and they will all be taken into account. It is clear that the top 4 (websites, hot babes and guys, tv and books) are the ones we should start working on right now. Although obviously we cannot promise you we're going to implement them all at once. For each of these new lists there are several things to consider. I will list some questions here, and I love to get some opinions from you about it. 1. hot babes/guys This is a difficult one. A lot of people would like to see an up-to-date list of the most popular males and females in the world. But we've also received some comments that such lists could be offensive. It surprised us that most respondents want to see both the most popular women and the most popular men, and only few mentioned just one of these two lists. Maybe 'hot babes/guys' is not a good name to use. We could go for 'Celebrities' or 'Best Looking'. It depends on what the lists should stand for. Do we want famous people on the list who are very popular but not particularly physically attractive, or should the list be restricted to idols that people around the world are dreaming about? And how do we make sure that these lists don't degrade the perception of World Charts as a whole? 2. websites There are already many lists of cool webpages, website hot 100 lists etc. It will be difficult to compete with them. But we know of no Website Top 100 published weekly, built from votes of readers and not using ordinary traffic data. So it still will be worth doing. One other problem is the size of the web. There are zillions of websites, ranging from obscure personal homepages to huge multi-branded conglomorates of websites. Should we include sites like Yahoo and CNN, or should we restrict ourselves to pure entertaining simple webpages. Should we make more than one list, like one for personal homepages and one for the big brands? How do we find new candidates for a Runners Up list? How do we define a website as one entity, when a site can consist of several sub-sites? 3. television This one is just a little bit easier. Still a few questions need to be answered. Do we restrict the list to television series, spanning multiple episodes, or could a one-time tv program also be included on the list? Are there enough tv series to make a Top 100 list of, or do we have to make it a Top 40? And would there be enough changes in a weekly TV programs list, or should we be compiling this list only once a month? 4. books Roughly the same questions arise here as they do for the websites list. What kind of books should we be including on the list? Many books are only released in one country. Can a small Garfield pocket compete with Tolkien's big books, or do they have to be on different lists? That's about enough questions to wonder about. I would definately like to hear from you about it. Jurgen. info@worldcharts.nl ============================================================================== Note: The editorials published here, and the Smash titles announced throughout the website, are personal expressions of the editors. Personal views and opinions have no influence on the fair and unbiased compilation of the charts. 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