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Gamest's 1996 Top Lists

Top Ten By Popularity
1. Street Fighter Alpha 2
2. Virtual On
3. The King of Fighters '96
4. Virtua Fighter 3
5. Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
6. Psychic Force
7. RayStorm
8. X-Men vs. Street Fighter
9. Real Bout Fatal Fury
10. Battle Garegga

Top Ten By Income
1. Virtua Fighter 2
2. Street Fighter Alpha 2
3. Virtual On
4. Tekken 2
5. The King of Fighters '96
6. Real Bout Fatal Fury
7. Virtua Fighter 3
8. Street Fighter Alpha
9. X-Men vs. Street Fighter
10. Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (this was a minor upgrade of Alpha/Zero 2 that had new moves for certain characters and all the extra characters from the US version)

Top 50 of the Year
1. Virtua Fighter 2
2. Street Fighter Alpha 2
3. Tekken 2
4. Virtual On
5. The King of Fighters '96
6. Real Bout Fatal Fury
7. Virtua Fighter 3
8. Street Fighter Alpha
9. Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara
10. Battle Garegga
11. Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha
12. X-Men vs. Street Fighter
13.DecAthlete
14. Tokimeki Memorial: Taisen Puzzle Dama
15. Last Bronx
16. Rave Racer
17. RayStorm
18. 19XX
19. The King of Fighters '95
20. Soul Edge
21. Samurai Shodown IV
22. Sexy Parodius
23. Fighting Vipers
24. Kosodate Quiz: My Angel
25. Virtua Striker
26. Night Warriors
27. Magical Drop 2
28. Marvel Super Heroes
29. Quiz Nanairo Dreams
30. Puzzle Bobble 2
31. Psychic Force
32. Strikers 1945
33. Sengoku Blade
34. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo
35. Raiden Fighters
36. Super Street Fighter II Turbo
37. Die Hard Arcade
38. Terra Diver
39. Alpine Racer
40. Dancing Eye
41. Time Crisis
42. Salamander 2
43. Game Tengoku
44. Art of Fighting 3
45. Prop Cycle
46. Magical Drop
47. Namco Classic Collection Vol. 2
48. Slam Dunk 2
49. Sega Rally Championship
50. Ninja Masters
50. Metal Slug

I'm surprised at Metal Slug ranking so low. It's not like it was late release, since this issue was published on December 27, 1996 and Metal Slug was a May/June release.