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With the Spring glut of tax software getting pushed aside for lighter diversions, more than half the top 20 CD-ROMs in June were game titles. Sure, gory first-person shooters like Aliens vs. Predator (debuting at No. 11) are still hot. But the real power belongs to brainier fare: Witness cerebral Scrabble and Monopoly checking in at Nos. 18 and 19, and the strong hold of strategy titles like Sim City 3000. It gives a whole new spin to the phrase ''mind games.''

TOP 20 CD-ROMS

LAST MONTH 1 NORTON ANTIVIRUS 5.0 Symantec, PC 1 2 MECHWARRIOR 3 Hasbro Interactive, PC -- 3 STAR WARS: EPISODE I -- THE PHANTOM MENACE LucasArts, PC 3 4 NORTON SYSTEM WORKS 2.0 Symantec, PC 4 5 MICROSOFT OFFICE 2000 UPGRADE Microsoft, PC -- 6 STAR WARS: EPISODE I -- RACER LucasArts, PC 9 7 MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 2ND EDITION UPGRADE Microsoft, PC -- 8 ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON Hasbro Interactive, PC 10 9 VIRUSSCAN 4.0 CLASSIC Network Associates, PC 7 10 MIGHT AND MAGIC VII 3DO, PC -- 11 ALIENS VS. PREDATOR Fox Interactive, PC -- 12 TOTAL ANNIHILATION: KINGDOMS GT Interactive, PC -- 13 PRINT SHOP 6.0 DELUXE Learning Company, PC 6 14 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX GOLD Red Storm Entertainment, PC - 15 SIM CITY 3000 Electronic Arts, PC 8 16 MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 UPGRADE Microsoft, PC 2 17 QUICKEN DELUXE Intuit, PC and Mac 16 18 SCRABBLE Hasbro Interactive, PC -- 19 MONOPOLY Hasbro Interactive, PC -- 20 NORTON UTILITIES 4.0 Symantec, PC --

TOP 5 PC GAMES

1 MECHWARRIOR 3 Hasbro Interactive -- 2 STAR WARS: EPISODE I -- PHANTOM MENACE LucasArts 1 3 STAR WARS: EPISODE I -- RACER LucasArts 4 4 ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON Hasbro Interactive 5 5 MIGHT AND MAGIC VII 3DO