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A kinder, gentler trend in CD-ROMs -- or another sign of Armageddon? Not only has Mattel's Barbie Nail Designer clawed its way into the top 20, it also sits pretty at No. 5 on the usually macho games list. Maybe it's the holiday season: Nearly half the top 20 CD-ROMs are children's games and educational titles. So on the bright side, after the kids do their nails, they can learn to spell.
TOP 20 CD-ROMS LAST MONTH
1 MICROSOFT WINDOWS 98 UPGRADE Microsoft, PC 1 2 DEER HUNTER II 3-D GT Interactive, PC -- 3 I SPY Scholastic, PC and Mac 11 4 MICROSOFT ENCARTA ENCYCLOPEDIA Microsoft, PC -- 5 BLUE'S ABC TIME ACTIVITIES Humongous, PC and Mac 2 6 QUICKEN DELUXE Intuit, PC and Mac 3 7 NORTON ANTIVIRUS 5.0 Symantec, PC and Mac 6 8 MAC OS 8.5 Apple, Mac -- 9 OREGON TRAIL II Learning Company, PC and Mac 16 10 NEED FOR SPEED 3 Electronic Arts, PC -- 11 PRINTMASTER PREMIER 7.0 Learning Company, PC 14 12 COMPTON'S INTERACTIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA 99 Learning Company, PC -- 13 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX Red Storm Entertainment, PC 7 14 QUICKEN Intuit, PC 9 15 BLUE'S BIRTHDAY ADVENTURE Humongous, PC and Mac 4 16 STARCRAFT Cendant Software, PC 10 17 BARBIE NAIL DESIGNER Mattel Media, PC -- 18 DIABLO Cendant Software, PC and Mac 18 19 DEER HUNTER GT Interactive, PC and Mac 5 20 LEGO ISLAND Learning Company, PC --
TOP 5 PC GAMES
1 DEER HUNTER II 3-D GT Interactive -- 2 NEED FOR SPEED 3 Electronic Arts 14 3 TOM CLANCY'S RAINBOW SIX Red Storm Entertainment 2 4 STARCRAFT Cendant Software 3 5 BARBIE NAIL DESIGNER Mattel Media 15
TOP 5 MACINTOSH GAMES
1 NASCAR I Cendant Software -- 2 UNREAL GT Interactive 1 3 DEER HUNTER GT Interactive 2 4 MONOPOLY GAME Hasbro Interactive 6 5 CIVILIZATION 2 GT Interactive 3
TOP 5 REFERENCE
1 MICROSOFT ENCARTA ENCYCLOPEDIA Microsoft 1 2 COMPTON'S INTERACTIVE ENCYCLOPEDIA 99 DELUXE Learning Company 4 3 WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA STANDARD 99 IBM -- 4 INFOPEDIA 2.0 Learning Company -- 5 MICROSOFT ENCARTA REFERENCE SUITE Microsoft --
SOURCE: PC DATA (ALL RANKINGS ARE PROJECTIONS)
