Xref: utzoo rec.games.video:13899 rec.games.misc:15223 comp.sys.apple2:13811 comp.sys.mac.games:3663 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!radon.berkeley.edu!erc From: erc@radon.berkeley.edu (Eric Ng) Newsgroups: rec.games.video,rec.games.misc,comp.sys.apple2,comp.sys.mac.games Subject: VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT [APPLE] Message-ID: <41524@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> Date: 1 Apr 91 06:04:54 GMT Sender: nobody@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: video@irss.njit.edu (Video Game Ratings Server) Followup-To: video@irss.njit.edu (Video Game Ratings Server) Organization: U.C. Berkeley ERL/Microfabrication Lab Lines: 302 For information on the list format and on submitting your ratings, see the end of this posting and the article entitled "ABOUT THE VIDEO GAMES RATINGS REPORT" in the newsgroup rec.games.video. APPLE GAME RATINGS REPORT APPLE II GS New Distribution Votes Rank Title ........*. 1 9.0 A Mind Forever Voyaging ......2231 8 8.4 Alien Mind .........* 1 10.0 Amnesia ...6.3.... 3 4.7 Argh! ......5111 6 8.0 Arkanoid ......3222 9 8.3 Arkanoid II: Revenge Of Doh .3....6... 3 5.3 Balance Of Power (1990 Edition) .......*.. 1 8.0 Bard's Tale I ........*. 1 9.0 Bard's Tale II ......522. 4 7.8 Battle Chess ....6.3... 3 5.7 Beyond Zork ......*... 1 7.0 Block-Out ......25.2 4 8.2 Bouncing Bluster ....*..... 1 5.0 Captain Blood .........* 1 10.0 Championship Lode Runner .......*.. 1 8.0 Computer Baseball ...1.11111 6 7.3 Cosmocade ....3.6... 3 6.3 Cryllan Mission ..1...23.2 8 7.6 Crystal Quest .....55... 6 6.5 Dark Castle .....333.. 3 7.0 Defender Of The Crown ....2.25.. 4 7.0 Deja Vu ....3.33.. 3 6.7 Deja Vu II .....*.... 1 6.0 Destroyer .....55... 2 6.5 Dream Zone ....1..124 7 8.7 Dungeon Master .....*.... 1 6.0 Final Assault .........* 1 10.0 Floppy ...3.33... 3 5.7 Fourth And Inches .....*.... 1 6.0 G.B.A. Basketball *......... 8 1.0 Gauntlet ....2.52.. 4 6.8 Gnarly Golf .2...25... 4 5.5 Grand Prix Circuit ....*..... 1 5.0 Great Western Shoot-Out, The .......*.. 1 8.0 Gruds In Space ..*....... 1 3.0 Hacker II .*........ 1 2.0 Halls Of Montezuma 5.5....... 2 2.0 Hardball ...3....6. 3 7.3 Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The .....*.... 1 6.0 Hunt For Red October, The ........72 4 9.2 Immortal ....33..3. 3 6.7 Jam Session .5...5.... 2 4.0 Kaleidokubes .........* 1 10.0 Keef The Thief ....333... 3 6.0 King Of Chicago ......*... 1 7.0 King's Quest I .......*.. 1 8.0 King's Quest III ...5..5... 2 5.5 King's Quest IV .......*.. 1 8.0 Land Of Ys ..5...5... 2 5.0 Laser Force ...*...... 1 4.0 Last Ninja, The ......*... 1 7.0 Life And Death .........* 1 10.0 Lode Runner .....522.. 4 6.8 Mean 18 .....*.... 1 6.0 Microleague Baseball ....*..... 1 5.0 Monte Carlo .......*.. 1 8.0 Moria ......*... 1 7.0 Neuromancer ....3.6... 3 6.3 Omega ......72.. 4 7.2 Orbizone ......*... 1 7.0 Pinball Wizard ....5..5.. 2 6.5 Pipe Dream .......55. 2 8.5 Pirates! .....*.... 1 6.0 Police Quest I ......55.. 8 7.5 Qix ......*... 2 7.0 Questron .......225 8 9.2 Rastan .....333.. 3 7.0 Reach For The Stars .......*.. 1 8.0 Revolution '76 ......*... 1 7.0 Roadwar 2000 ......*... 1 7.0 Rocket Ranger .....33.3. 3 7.3 Roger Rabbit: Tass Times In Toontown ......*... 1 7.0 S.S. Ice Hockey ......*... 1 7.0 Scrabble ....3.1.31 6 7.5 Senseless Violence ....3.33.. 3 6.7 Shadowgate .....3.33. 3 7.7 Shanghai 5.5....... 2 2.0 Shogun .....5.111 6 7.5 Shufflepuck Cafe ....5.5... 2 6.0 Silent Service .1..12121. 8 6.4 Slipheed ......*... 1 7.0 Space Ace .........* 1 10.0 Spare Change .......*.. 1 8.0 Survival I .........* 1 10.0 Survival II .........* 1 10.0 Survival IV ......1313 6 8.7 Task Force ....36.... 6 5.7 Test Drive II: The Duel ...2.2222. 5 6.8 Tetris ..2...52.. 4 6.2 Thexder ..3..33... 3 5.3 Tomahawk 2..2..22.. 4 5.0 Tower Of Myraglen ...1.1223. 9 7.4 Tunnels Of Armageddon ..2.2.22.. 4 5.8 Uninvited ........*. 1 9.0 Vegas Craps ......55.. 2 7.5 War In Middle Earth ...2.24.2. 5 6.6 Warlock 3..33..... 3 3.3 Windwalker .......5.5 2 9.0 Wizardry .......*.. 1 8.0 Wizardry II .......*.. 1 8.0 Wizardry III .........* 1 10.0 Wizardry IV .........* 2 10.0 Wizardry V .1.....161 8 8.1 Xenocide ....1.215. 8 7.9 Zany Golf ......*... 1 7.0 Zork ......*... 1 7.0 Zork II ...*...... 1 4.0 Zork III APPLE MACINTOSH New Distribution Votes Rank Title ......5.5. 2 8.0 3 In Three ....5..5.. 2 6.5 Adventure Of The Snake ......*... 1 7.0 Alterego .....*.... 1 6.0 Ambush 0.0.222.1. 14 5.9 Ancient Art Of War At Sea, The ..0.11220. 17 6.6 Ancient Art Of War, The 1.2111.11. 8 4.9 Apache Strike 1113.....1 6 4.0 Archon ....11203. 17 7.2 Arkanoid ........28 5 9.8 Armor Alley ......*... 1 7.0 Arthur ...55..... 2 4.5 Autoduel 1..2.12.1. 7 5.4 Balance Of Power ........36 3 9.7 Balance Of Power (1990 Edition) .....*.... 1 6.0 Balance Of The Planet ...3...6.. 3 6.7 Bard's Tale I ...5..5... 2 5.5 Bard's Tale II .....01141 16 8.4 Beyond Dark Castle 2...2.22.2 5 6.2 Bomber .....*.... 1 6.0 Chessmaster 2100 1...115... 6 5.5 Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer 1...3..32. 9 6.4 Citadel 0...0.2122 13 7.7 Colony, The ......6.3. 3 7.7 Columns ...31.2121 10 6.7 Continuum ......*... 1 7.0 Crab Attack II ..*....... 2 3.0 Crazy Cars ......*... 1 7.0 Cribbage King/Gin King .3...3..3. 3 5.7 Cribbage Tutor .000001320 29 7.2 Crystal Quest ...2.24.2. 5 6.6 Cumulonimbus 1...0.1240 19 7.5 Dark Castle 2...2..22. 4 5.8 Darwin's Dilemma ..00..323. 13 7.3 Deja Vu ......522. 4 7.8 Deja Vu II ...333.... 3 5.0 Diamonds .55....... 2 2.5 Downhill Racer ...11323.. 10 6.5 Dungeon Of Doom .....*.... 2 6.0 Earl Weaver Baseball 5..22..... 4 2.8 Faces (...Tris III) ..0.0.4211 20 7.5 Falcon ....*..... 1 5.0 Fast Break ...5...5.. 2 6.0 Ferrari Grand Prix 1..111..3. 6 5.7 Flight Simulator ..0...0224 15 8.7 Fool's Errand .1111.12.. 7 5.3 Gato .1.3002... 11 4.7 Gauntlet .1111.111. 7 5.4 Glider+ .11.2213.. 10 5.8 Glypha ....*..... 1 5.0 Gold Rush ...5.5.... 2 5.0 Grand Prix Circuit ...3..33.. 3 6.3 Grid Wars .......55. 2 8.5 Halls Of Montezuma 22....5... 4 4.2 Hardball ......2.52 4 8.8 Harpoon .....33..3 3 7.7 Harrier Strike Mission II ...5...5.. 2 6.0 Hidden Agenda 1..11212.. 8 5.6 Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy, The 2.22....2. 4 4.2 Hunt For Red October, The 2......52. 4 6.5 Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade .........* 1 10.0 Ishido 2..2.22... 4 4.5 Jack Nicklaus 18 Holes Of Championship Golf ....5.5... 2 6.0 Jet .......55. 2 8.5 Journey .........* 1 10.0 Karnov 5.....5... 2 4.0 King's Quest II .5....5... 2 4.5 King's Quest III 2.2..2.2.2 5 5.6 Klondike ....33.3.. 3 6.3 Leaderboard Golf ...5..22.. 4 5.8 Leisure Suit Larry I ..1.1.13.1 6 6.8 Leprechaun 2....22.2. 4 5.8 Life And Death ......5.5. 2 8.0 Lode Runner ......*... 1 7.0 Mac Ski ....2242.. 5 6.6 Macgolf .....262.. 5 7.0 Maclanding .......*.. 1 8.0 Macman ....3.23.. 8 6.6 Macmoria .......*.. 1 8.0 Manhunter 2: San Francisco ......*... 1 7.0 Mean 18 5..5...... 2 2.5 Microleague Baseball II .....1322. 8 7.6 Might And Magic I ......1151 7 8.7 Might And Magic II .33.3..... 3 3.3 Mission Starlight ......5.5. 2 8.0 Mombasa ....3.6... 3 6.3 N.F.L. Challenge ........*. 1 9.0 N.Y. Warriors ...0000222 15 8.0 Nethack 62.2...... 5 1.8 Ogre .........* 1 10.0 Oids .4.4...2.. 5 4.0 Omega 262....... 5 2.0 Orbiter 2..2....42 5 6.6 Panzer Battles 2...4.22.. 5 5.2 Pararena .3.3..3... 3 4.3 Patton Vs. Rommel ..100.2012 13 7.1 Pipe Dream 1..1...114 7 7.4 Pirates! ......3.33 3 8.7 Playmaker Football ....*..... 1 5.0 Police Quest I .......*.. 1 8.0 Pool Of Radiance .....622.. 5 6.6 Pt-109 ..1.12.3.1 8 6.8 Quarterstaff ...11131.. 6 6.2 Risk ..*....... 1 3.0 Road Racer 2.2.5..... 4 3.5 Sands Of Fire ......*... 1 7.0 Sargon III .....2222. 4 7.5 Sargon IV ..4..4.2.. 5 5.2 Scarab Of Ra ...1...35. 8 8.0 Shadowgate 0....03211 17 7.5 Shanghai ......*... 1 7.0 Shogun 0...01121. 11 6.7 Shufflepuck Cafe ...*...... 2 4.0 Sierra Boxing ..0..01142 33 8.6 Simcity ..2.1...23 8 7.4 Simearth 1....313.. 6 6.0 Skyshadow .....*.... 1 6.0 Solarian ..10000411 18 7.2 Solarian II ....55.... 2 5.5 Space Quest II ......3.6. 3 8.3 Space Rogue ........*. 1 9.0 Spaceward Ho! .3..6..... 3 4.0 Star Fleet I .*........ 1 2.0 Star Light 1.11.31... 6 4.5 Star Wars ....5.5... 2 6.0 Starflight ...1.1.341 10 8.0 Strategic Conquest ..5.....5. 2 6.0 Sub Battle ...*...... 1 4.0 Super Hang-On ..3...33.. 3 6.0 Taskmaker ..3...33.. 3 6.0 Test Drive II: The Duel ...0.13210 25 7.6 Tetris .....2.5.2 4 8.0 Theldrow-Boden ...55..... 2 4.5 Trust And Betrayal: The Legacy Of Siboot 1....2122. 8 6.8 Uninvited ...*...... 1 4.0 Universal Military Simulator ......*... 1 7.0 Warlock .0..312.00 12 6.2 Welltris .......55. 2 8.5 Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego? 2...2.5... 4 5.0 Windwalker ......52.2 8 8.0 Wizardry .......*.. 1 8.0 Wizardry II .....*.... 1 6.0 Xerion .....3.3.3 3 8.0 Zork In this list, games have been rated on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the best and 1 being the worst. For each game, the total number of votes, the average rating, and the vote distribution are shown. New games are indicated by a "*" before their entry. If a "(C)" appears after the title it means that the game is a CD-ROM or disc system title. If a "(J)" appears after the title it means that the game is currently only available in Japan. The general guideline for ratings is: 8-10 worth buying at full price 6-7 worth buying at a discount, or if you're particularly interested in this kind of game 3-5 only worth renting 2 only worth playing for free, and only for a few minutes 1 worthless The vote distribution uses a single character to represent the percentage of votes for each ranking. The following character codes can appear: "." no votes cast "3" 30-39% of the votes "7" 70-79% of the votes "0" 1-9% of the votes "4" 40-49% of the votes "8" 80-89% of the votes "1" 10-19% of the votes "5" 50-59% of the votes "9" 90-99% of the votes "2" 20-29% of the votes "6" 60-69% of the votes "*" 100% of the votes Please consult the article entitled "ABOUT THE VIDEO GAME RATINGS REPORT" in the newsgroup rec.games.video for more details, including information on how to vote. Questions, comments, problems, and errors should be directed to the list maintainer at either of the below addresses: video-request@irss.njit.edu ..!uunet!irss.njit.edu!video-request -- eric ng erc@radon.berkeley.edu ..!ucbvax!radon!erc