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New entries since last post:
 
Bubba 'n' Stix                          Fury of the Furries         
Gunship 2000                            Nick Faldo's Golf           
Project-X / F17 Challenge               Ryder Cup Golf              
Striker                     
 
Those who voted this week:               Of:                              
                                                                          
Janne Siren                              jts@krk.fi
Jason Compton                            jcompton@bbs.xnet.com
Steve Cutting                            Steve_Cutting@guru.apana.org.au

Date of Compilation :  08/14/94
                                                                          
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Name of Game                # of   Game    Hours   # of  Total Desc       
                          Players Rating  of play Voters Votes            
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Alfred Chicken                ?   ***        ?       6     18  Platform
Alien Breed                   2   *** 1/2    ?       3     11  Platform
Arabian Nights                ?   ***        ?       6     19  Platform
Banshee                       2   **** 1/2   ?       2      9  Shooter
Bubba 'n' Stix                1   ****       ?       1      4  Platform
Castles II                    ?   ***        ?       4     12  Strategy
Chaos Engine                  2   **** 1/4  30       7     30  Arcade
D-Generation                  1   ***        ?      11     34  Think-Fast
Dangerous Streets             ?   * 1/4      ?      12     15  
Deep Core                     ?   ** 1/2     ?       3      8  
Dennis                        ?   ** 1/2     ?       2      5  Platform
Diggers                       1   ** 1/2     ?      14     36  Strategy
Fire and Ice                  1   *** 1/2    ?       5     18  Platform
Fly Harder                    ?   **         ?       2      4  
Frontier                      1   *** 3/4    ?       4     15  
Fury of the Furries           1   *****      ?       1      5  Platform
Gunship 2000                  1   ****       ?       1      4  Copter Sim.
James Pond II: Robocod        1   ****       ?       5     20  Platform
John Barnes European Soccer   ?   * 1/4      #       3      4  Soccer
Labyrinth of Time             1   ****       ?      13     52  Adventure
Liberation - Captive 2        1   ****       ?      18     74  Adventure
Mean Arenas                   ?   ** 3/4     ?       5     14  
Microcosm                     2   *** 1/4   25       9     31  Arcade
Morph                         1   *** 1/4    ?       4     13  
Nick Faldo's Golf             ?   ****       ?       1      4  Golf
Nigel Mansell's World Champ   ?   ** 1/2     ?       9     23  Racing
Oscar                         1   ** 1/2     ?      18     45  Platform
Overkill/Lunar C              ?   **         ?       9     20  
Pinball Fantasies             8   ****       ?      14     59  Pinball
Pirate's Gold                 ?   *** 1/2    ?      10     36  Adventure
Prey - An alien encounter     ?   *          ?       1      1  Arcade
Project-X / F17 Challenge     2   ****       ?       1      4  Multiple
Psycho Killer                 ?   *          ?       1      1  
Qwak                          2   ***        ?       2      6  Platform
Ryder Cup Golf                ?   *          ?       1      1  Golf
Seek and Destroy              2   ** 1/2     ?       6     16  Shooter
Sensible Soccer               2   ****       #      11     45  Soccer
Sim City CDTV Edition         2   ****      80       1      4  Strategy
Sleepwalker                   1   ** 1/2     ?       7     18  Platform
Striker                       2   *          ?       1      1  Soccer
Town with No Name             ?   **         ?       1      2  
Trolls                        ?   *** 1/4    ?       4     13  Platform
Ultimate Body Blows           2   **** 1/4   ?       6     26  Fighting
Whale's Voyage                ?   * 3/4      ?       5      9  
Wing Commander                1   ** 1/4     ?      13     31  Flight Sim.
Zool (AGA)                    ?   *** 1/4    ?       8     26  Platform
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 46 games reviewed                     # Means can be played over and over
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                  THE BEST                                
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Games with a 3 star rating or more, that 10 or more people voted for.
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 Game                                # of  Votes   Year               
Rating  Name of Game                Voters Tally Released Company    
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4.214   Pinball Fantasies              14    59    1993   21st Century Ent.
4.111+  Liberation - Captive 2         18    74    1994   Mindscape
4.091   Sensible Soccer                11    45    1994   Renegade
4.000   Labyrinth of Time              13    52    1994   Electronic Arts
3.600   Pirate's Gold                  10    36    1994   Microprose
3.091   D-Generation                   11    34      94   Mindscape
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  6 games out of  10 with 3 stars or better.   (60.0% of all rated games)
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                 THE WORST                                
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Games with less than a 3-star rating, that 10 or more people voted for.
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 Game                                # of  Votes   Year               
Rating  Name of Game                Voters Tally Released Company    
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1.250   Dangerous Streets              12    15       ?   Microvalue-flair
2.385   Wing Commander                 13    31       ?   Electronic Arts
2.500+  Oscar                          18    45    1993   Microvalue-flair
2.571+  Diggers                        14    36    1993   Millenium
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  4 games out of  10 with less than 3 stars.   (40.0% of all rated games)
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                   GLOSSARY                               
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    #      -  Game can be played over and over again.                     
    +      -  Game in which you find a lot of discrepancies in the voting.
    *      -  Dreck, yak, bleck, hack, gleck (Horrible beyond words).     
    **     -  OK, playable, still dreck, although someone might like.     
    ***    -  Decent game that will appeal to some (But not everyone).    
    ****   -  Pretty good, a fun game that almost everyone will like.     
    *****  -  Damn good, a real winner, every game should be this good.   
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
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