SimCity Beats Back EverQuest

SimCity 3000 reclaimed its hold on the PC Data sales charts as top-selling game. EverQuest made a valiant effort to displace SimCity 3000, but could only muster the strength for a single week in the number 1 position. Now, it's back down the charts to number 5 for the 989 Studios online title.

Here's the lineup of the ten top-selling games for the week of March 21 through the 27 according to PC Data-supplied stats.

Rank Title / Publisher / Average Price

1. SimCity 3000 / Electronic Arts / $402. Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2 / Activision / $183. Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance / LucasArts / $484. Monopoly Game / Hasbro Interactive / $175. EverQuest / Sony / $446. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri / Electronic Arts / $437. Deer Avenger / Havas Interactive / $188. Tonka Raceway / Hasbro Interactive / $299. Frogger / Hasbro Interactive / $2110. Baldur's Gate / Interplay / $46

And for the nostalgia buff, here's the lineup of the best-selling games for the week previous - March 14 through March 20

1. EverQuest / Sony / $492. SimCity 3000 / Electronic Arts / $433. Heroes of Might and Magic III / 3DO / $374. Monopoly Game / Hasbro Interactive / $155. Frogger / Hasbro Interactive / $196. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri / Electronic Arts / $417. Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2 / Activision / $198. Deer Avenger / Havas Interactive / $189. Half-Life / Havas Interactive / $4210. Baldur's Gate / Interplay / $46