Has the end of the summer left us feeling a bit belligerent? War-strategy game Command & Conquer 2: Tiberian Sun storms onto the charts at No. 3, leaving stalwarts like Sim City 3000 and Starcraft in the dust. Otherwise, it's time to chain yourself to the desk with the help of brain boosters World Book 2000 and Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia (Nos. 10 and 11).

TOP 20 CD-ROMS LAST MONTH

1 MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 2ND EDITION UPGRADE Microsoft, pc 1 2 NORTON ANTIVIRUS 5.0 Symantec, PC 2 3 COMMAND & CONQUER 2: TIBERIAN SUN Electronic Arts, PC -- 4 NORTON SYSTEM WORKS 2.0 Symantec, PC 3 5 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX GOLD EDITION Red Storm, PC 9 6 ROLLER COASTER TYCOON Hasbro Interactive, PC 5 7 MCAFEE OFFICE 2000 Network Associates, PC 10 8 MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 UPGRADE Microsoft, PC 7 9 STARCRAFT Havas Interactive, PC and Mac 6 10 WORLD BOOK 2000 IBM, PC -- 11 MICROSOFT ENCARTA ENCYCLOPEDIA Microsoft, PC -- 12 PRINT SHOP 6.0 Mattel Media, PC -- 13 HALF-LIFE Havas Interactive, PC 4 14 SIM CITY 3000 Electronic Arts, PC and Mac 8 15 PRINTMASTER PREMIER 8.0 Mattel Media, PC -- 16 PRINT SHOP 6.0 DELUXE Mattel Media, PC -- 17 QUICKBOOKS 99 Intuit, PC 14 18 NEED FOR SPEED 3 Electronic Arts, PC 13 19 QUICKEN DELUXE Intuit, PC 11 20 QUICKBOOKS PRO 99 Intuit, PC 19

TOP 5 PC GAMES

1 COMMAND & CONQUER 2: TIBERIAN SUN Electronic Arts, PC -- 2 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX GOLD EDITION Red Storm 5 3 ROLLER COASTER TYCOON Hasbro Interactive 2 4 STARCRAFT Havas Interactive 3 5 HALF-LIFE Havas Interactive 1

TOP 5 MACINTOSH GAMES

1 MONOPOLY GAME Hasbro Interactive -- 2 FUN PACK GT Interactive 4 3 STARCRAFT Havas Interactive 1 4 AGE OF EMPIRES GT Interactive 5 5 STAR WARS REBEL ASSAULT LucasArts 2

TOP 5 REFERENCE

1 WORLD BOOK 2000 IBM, PC 2 2 MICROSOFT ENCARTA ENCYCLOPEDIA Microsoft, PC 1 3 COMPTON'S INTERACTIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA 99 DELUXE Mattel Media, PC -- 4 WORLD BOOK MILLENNIUM 2000 DELUXE EDITION IBM, PC -- 5 MICROSOFT ENCARTA ENCYCLOPEDIA DELUXE Microsoft, PC --

SOURCE: PC DATA (ALL RANKINGS ARE PROJECTIONS)


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