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GAME OF THE YEAR!

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From: camp1
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 1996 06:56
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>I found out the other day that I-PC Games awarded Galactic Civilizations
>with both Best Strategy Game and Game of the Year.
>
>Now, I reacted as any OS/2 game developer would...
>
>I checked out the story assuming it was some sort of a prank! After a few
>days of verifying that someone wasn't putting us on it turns out that it is
>indeed a real deal. There's even an awards ceremony as this year's CES
>trade show in Las Vegas.
>
>So to anyone out there who thought that writing OS/2 software was insane
>all I can say is: Nah! Nah!
>
>Here's the complete list of awards:
>
>==============================================================================
>          I n t e r n e t   P C   G a m e s   A W A R D S   1 9 9 5
>==============================================================================
>
>In January, at the CES in Las Vegas, the Internet PC Games Awards will 
>(hopefully) be presented to the best PC game developers and publishers. 
>These awards represent the opinion of game players from all around the 
>world, and they are presented by the Internet PC Games Charts, G+ 
>Magazine and the Games Domain.
>
>==============================================================================
>  These are the results as they have been voted for over the last four weeks
>   by a few thousand game players on the Internet. Only games that entered
>        the charts after Nov 1, 1994 have been nominated and awarded.
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>Best Strategy Game:
>
>    Galactic Civilizations
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Best Action Game:
>
>    Descent
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Best Adventure Game:
>
>    Full Throttle
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Best Role-Playing Game:
>
>    Realms of Arkania 2: Star Trail
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Best Sports Game:
>
>    NHL Hockey 95
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Best Simulation Game:
>
>    U.S. Navy Fighers
>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Best Overall Game:
>
>    Galactic Civilizations
>
>
>

Congratulations!
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Subject: GAME OF THE YEAR!
Date: 4 Jan 1996 06:56:18 GMT
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