October 2002 Charts October witnessed a titanic struggle for the number one spot between Links Championship Edition and The Sims Vacation. In the end, last month's top dog succumbed to the sporty challenge from Links CE. The sterling performance of Medal of Honor Allied Assault is worthy of note as it came within an ace of taking second place from The Sims Vacation. New kid on the block Soldier of Fortune 2 Double Helix also performed well in the face of such strong opposition. Noteable resurgence of the month must go to the respectable 5th place achieved by real-time strategy game, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds. Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar remains top the applications charts while we have new top of the educational charts with Kid Pix Studio Deluxe. The Gravis GamePad Pro USB is our new bestselling gamepad. What of next month, November? Well, early Christmas sales always affect the charts, but we are expecting some new titles, such as the add-on for Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds, called Clone Campaigns. But perhaps the biggest seller will be another Star Wars tie-in, Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 Jedi Outcast. Top 20 Games 1, Links Championship Edition The biggest graphics update to Links ever. Create your own courses with the Arnold Palmer course designer. Realistic ball flight physics. Tee-off on 13 of the world's finest championship courses. Play against your friends online. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 2, The Sims - Vacation The next add-on for The Sims. The Sims are going on holiday! Snowball fights, skiing, carnivals, beach volleyball plus loads of extra items. (PC version is known as The Sims on Holiday). Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 3, Medal of Honor Allied Assault Top selling WWII game. 1942-45. Survive the D-Day landings and fight across Europe to the Bridge at Remagen. Even don enemy uniforms to evade capture! Over 20 levels of action using the Quake III engine. Over 20 authentic WWII weapons and 22 different types of enemy from snipers to the Gestapo! Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 4, Soldier of Fortune 2 Double Helix £32.99 Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix is the much-anticipated Macintosh sequel to the explosive first person shooter that was a massive hit on the PC! You are a Weapons Specialist, Anti-Terrorist Mercenary. A new bio-terrorist group and their Gemini Virus has to be dealt with. Full frontal assaults, stealth and subterfuge are your tactics. Submachine guns, assault rifles and grenades are your tools! Take a gander at the screenshots! Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 5, Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Real-time strategy set in the Star Wars universe. Uses the Age of Empires II game engine. Play as either Rebels, Royal Naboo, Gungans, Wookiees, Galactic Empire, or Trade Federation. Each has its own campaign, with up to 7 missions. Over 300 different units and structures. Also single-player campaigns, skirmishes and multiplayer battles. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 6, The Sims - Hot Date The next add-on for The Sims. The Sims are dating! Get them out of the house and into the all-new downtown area complete with shops, restaurants, parks and a beach. There are over 40 new one-on-one interactions. With brand new characters to meet and date, like the Dream Boat, Lounge Lizard and Femme Fatale, and over 125 new items. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 7, Age of Empires 2 Gold Edition Age of Empires II Gold Edition is the sequel to Age of Empires. Includes the Conquerors Expansion pack which was sold separately on the PC. Classic real-time strategy game. Features mediaeval civilisations, troops, technology and warfare. Campaigns and random scenario generator. Different styles of games, including against-the-clock. Excellent graphics. Will keep you engrossed for hundreds of hours. Brilliant and a bargain. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 8, The Sims Build, design and furnish dwellings; populate with Sims, guide their careers, help them make friends, and find romance. Fast becoming THE game to have. MacFormat 90%. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 9, Civilization 3 The third instalment of Civilization from its creator Sid Meier. Now there are new ways to win, new pathways to explore, strategies to employ and more powerful tools to build and manage. Check out the screen shots... Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 10, WarCraft 3 Reign of Chaos Orcs and Humans are joined by the Night Elves and The Scourge, the army of the Undead in this next instalment of the excellent Warcraft series. Each have distinctive units, magical abilities and weapons of war. New 3D engine. Features Neutral buildings and characters for the first time. Azeroth now also contains legendary Heroes who can collect items and then use them to cast spells. Improved Battle.net features. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 11, Diablo 2 Lord of Destruction Baal, with a horrific army of demonic minions, plots to corrupt the powerful Worldstone that protects the world. Includes a new 6 quest Act situated in the Barbarian Highlands; 2 new character classes, the Assassin and the Druid, each equipped with 30 unique skills and spells; thousands of new weapons, armour and magical items, including class-specific, crafted items, Rune Words and Elite Unique items; over 50 new monster classes, with 7 innovative boss monsters. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 12, realMYST realMYST is the version of Myst that Cyan and the world-famous Miller brothers always wanted to make, but the technology wasn't ready - until now. Experience a fully immersive, dynamic world that you can wander through and with which you can interact. Has an entirely new realm to discover! Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 13, StarCraft & Brood Wars Bundle One of the most challenging real-time space strategy games together with its add-on pack. 92% MacFormat review score. MacGold 'Must Buy' Rating! Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 14, Return to Castle Wolfenstein You are a highly decorated Army Ranger tasked with escaping and then returning to Castle Wolfenstein in an attempt to thwart Heinrich Himmler's occult and genetic experiments. Through genetic engineering and the harnessing of occult powers, Himmler hopes to raise an unstoppable army to level the Allies once and for all. If you played the earlier versions take a look at the screen shots of this one! Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 15, Black & White Black & White is a god game. Packed with strategy, it gives you control of the destiny of an entire world. You must use your godly powers to rule over and look after your people. As you do so they pray to you and worship you more and more, and you use this power, this belief to carry out Miracles and to extend your influence over the world. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 16, Fallout 2 Fallout 2 is the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that took RPG'ing out of the dungeons and into a dynamic, apocalyptic retro-future. Fallout 2 is set approximately 80 years since your ancestor, the 'Vault Dweller' trod across the wastelands. Improved combat AI for friends and foes alike. Bigger, smarter, nastier enemies - more mutants, super-mutants, droids and ghouls who may join the adventure. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 17, Baldurs Gate 2 Shadows of Amn You're now in the exotic southern kingdom of Amn, amidst the opulence of the sinister capital city of Athkatla. Journey through the fierce, unforgiving wilderness of Amn, and through the treacherous caverns of the Underdark, in your quest. Scored 100% in IMG review! Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 18, Stronghold Stronghold is a real-time strategy game that tries to bridge the gap between the RTS and city-building genres. Stronghold will focus specifically on building castles and then fighting your enemies while defending your home front. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 19, Sim City 3000 One of the all-time great strategy games, it is the ultimate development of the original Sim City. Tremendous graphics and detail. You can even import your old Sim City 2000 cities! MacFormat review score 90%. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. 20, Total Annihilation Gold Edition Brilliant real-time strategy; MacFormat review score; 94% great value-for-money because this Gold Edition includes Total Annihilation and both add-ons: Battle Tactics and Core Contingency. Click on product title for full description, technical requirements, screenshots, reviews and more. Other Charts October 2002 Top 5 Applications and Utilities October 2002 Top 5 Educational Titles Older Charts Current Month September 2002 August 2002 July 2002 June 2002 May 2002 April 2002 March 2002 February 2002 January 2002 December 2001 November 2001 October 2001 September 2001 August 2001 July 2001 June 2001 May 2001 April 2001 March 2001 February 2001 January 2001 Back to the Magazine.

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