Posted: 11/17/98    Previous | Headlines | Next

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Santa has a tough job this year figuring out what to buy PC gamers. Luckily the pros at Computer Gaming World have taken it upon themselves to compile the best the industry has to offer from the mind-blowing 3,800 products available (or they were naughty all season and are just trying to get back onto Santa's "nice" list). The Holiday Hot 100 will not only help Santa with purchasing titles and peripherals for PC gamers, but will also help parents who wouldn't know Quake from Pong. Here are a few items that the CGW editors have selected as the hot 100 for this year.


Top Action Game
Half-Life
Sierra Studios

Top Adventure Game
King's Quest: Mask of Eternity
Sierra On-Line

Top Role-Playing Game
Might & Magic VI
3DO

Top Classics & Puzzle Game
Creatures 2
Mindscape

Top Simulation Game
World War II Fighters
Jane's Combat Simulations

Top Space Sims Games
Independence Wars
Ocean/Infogrames

Top Sports Game
FIFA 98/World Cup 98
EA Sports

Top Racing Game
F1 Racing Simulation
Ubi Soft Entertainment

Top Strategy Game
Starcraft
Blizzard

Top Wargames Game
The Operational Art of War
TalonSoft

Top Hardware (graphics accelerator)
STB Velocity 4400
STB Systems

Top Stocking Stuffer (portable music player)
Diamond Rio PMP300
Diamond Multimedia

"PC Data projects computer game sales to increase a little more than 10 percent over last year's fourth-quarter sales of $400 million," notes Wilson. "I'm more optimistic, by at least a few percentage points. Based on continued market growth, and the high quality of the games we've seen this year, I think developers, retailers, and gamers are in for a very happy holiday season."