Hewlett-Packard’s NewWave won for the categories of best business application: graphic or display orientation and best design achievement. It’s published by Maxis Software of Moraga at (415) 376-6434. A color version for the Mac II sells for $79.95. List price is $49.95 for all versions except Commodore, which sells for $29.95. It’s available for the Macintosh, IBM PC, Amiga and Commodore 64. The program lets you create and run a modern city and solve problems related to taxes, crime, disasters and monsters. Three honors-best simulation program, best entertainment program and best curricular program-went to SimCity, the City Simulator. Awards was also a black-tie event, held at the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego and hosted by Saturday Night Live’s newscaster, Dennis Miller. Although not nationally televised, the Software Publishers Assn. The day after the motion picture industry celebrated its Academy Awards, the software industry followed suit with a similar event.
