POPULARITY POLL by Richard Karsmakers
Again, there's been quite a stir in the charts. Many new games
have been launched that have immediately fought their ways high
up into the "Software Top 15". Though the two games that ranked
the first two places in the previous issue of ST NEWS have still
been able to hold on to that! "Flightsimulator II" is still going
down, and so is former hit "Arkanoid" from Ocean. "Impact",
however, seems to hold one's own quite steadily.
Mad Max from TEX is still at the top of the music programmer's
Top 10, still because of the mega-fantastic "B.I.G. Demo" and
because of the new "Amiga Demo", too. Rob Hubbard still manages
to hold to place three, in spite of the fact that he hasn't done
much on the ST lately. Maybe the launch of "Thrust" and "Warhawk"
have helped here, as well as the fact that he in fact composed
all songs in the "B.I.G. Demo". David Whittaker couldn't have
gone down, because he's working very hard at the moment, writing
the music for quite a lot of ST programs!
Music programmers Top 5:
1) Mad Max from TEX (BIG Demo, Amiga Demo, ST NEWS)
2) David Whittaker (Defender of the Crown & more)
3) Rob Hubbard (Warhawk, Thrust, Goldrunner)
4) Holger Gehrmann (Extensor, Terra Nova)
5) Paul Schields (Airball, ST Soccer)
Software (games) Top 15:
1) (1) Bubble Bobble (Firebird)
2) (2) Super Sprint (Electric Dreams)
3) (-) Return to Genesis (Firebird)
4) (3) Impact (Audiogenic Software Ltd.)
5) (7) Wizball (Ocean)
6) (4) Backlash (Novagen)
7) (-) Space Racer (Loriciels)
8) (6) Flightsimulator II (SubLOGIC)
9) (5) Arkanoid (Ocean)
10) (8) Rampage (Activision)
11) (9) Goldrunner (Microdeal)
Software (games) Top 15 (continued):
12) (-) ST Soccer (Microdeal)
13) (-) Dungeon Master (Faster Than Light)
14) (12) Barbarian (Psygnosis)
15) (10) Airball (Microdeal)
In the next issue of ST NEWS, you'll be able to read the things
that have happened in the charts....see you then!
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