Business Software Awards
Best New Business Software Product
OS/2 Warp, IBM Personal Software Products
Best Vertical Market Application
QuickBooks 3.0 for Windows, Intuit Corporation
Best Business Application: Word or Text
Microsoft Word and Bookshelf Version 3.0, Microsoft Corporation
Best Business Application: Graphic or Display
Adobe Photoshop 3.0, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Best Business Application: Numeric or Data
Microsoft Excel 5.0, Microsoft Corporation
Best Programming Tool
Lotus Notes ViP, Lotus Development Corporation
Best Utility
The Norton Utilities 8.0, Symantec Corporation/Peter Norton Product Group
Consumer Software Awards
Best Consumer Program
Microsoft Encarta '95, Microsoft Corporation
Best Simulation Program
SimTower, Maxis
Best Strategy Program
Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time, 7th Level, Inc.
Best Personal Productivity Program
Quicken Deluxe 4 for Windows CD-ROM, Intuit Corporation
Best Personal Creativity Program
The Print Shop Deluxe CD Ensemble, Broderbund Software
Best Fantasy Role Playing/Adventure Program
Under A Killing Moon, Access Software, Inc.
Best Sports Program
NASCAR Racing, Papyrus Design Group, Inc.
Best Action/Arcade Program
Doom II, GT Interactive Software, id Software
Education Software Awards
Best Overall Education Program
A.D.A.M. Standard with A.D.A.M. Interactive Physiology CD-ROM, A.D.A.M. Software, Inc.
Best Early Education Program
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? Jr. Detective Edition, Broderbund Software
Best Elementary Education Program
Microsoft Magic School Bus: Human Body & Solar System, Microsoft Corporation
Best Secondary Education Program
Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? CD-ROM, Broderbund Software
Best Home Learning Program
A.D.A.M. The Inside Story CD-ROM, A.D.A.M. Software, Inc.
Best School Productivity/Creativity Program
Kid Pix Studio, Broderbund Software
Best Special Needs Program
Davidson's Kid Works 2 Bilingual, Davidson & Associates, Inc.
Best Educational Tool Program
American Sign Language, Harper Collins Interactive/Ellipsis Multimedia Corp.
General Software Awards
Best User Interface in a New Program
America Online, America Online
Best New Use of a Computer
Map'n'Go, DeLorme Mapping
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gary Kildall (posthumous)