* Access: At long last, a way to produce realistic sound from an IBM speaker - RealSound. Access has added it to its games: With the golf simulation World Class Leader Board, you can hear the swish of the ball through the air. Access hopes to put RealSound on demo disks, talking calendars and what it calls "floppy commercials."
* Acclaim: It was only a matter of time before Battle of the Monster Trucks made it to the small screen. A new Nintendo game called Bigfoot is made up of five events: Weight Pull, Hill Climb, Mud Race, Obstacle Course and everybody's favorite, the Metal Munchin' Car Crush.
* Accolade: Hardball II (IBM, $40; Amiga, $45) is the sequel to Accolade's best-selling baseball simulation - now you can position fielders individually, see instant replays and view the action from behind the batter or pitcher. Also new: Heat Wave, an offshore speedboat racing game; Eye of the Storm, a helicopter rescue mission, and Conspiracy, a graphic adventure. Conspiracy is the most interesting, with 500 digitized photographs of locations in New York City.
* Activision: Ghostbusters II (IBM, Commodore, Amiga) and Die Hard (IBM) both should sell big when they come out later this year. But Activision's best new game is the charming Cosmic Osmo (Mac, $70), an epic tale that will have you wandering through six disks of Alice in Wonderland-style fantasy. If you liked Manhole, you'll love this.
* Avery: The people who make all those office-supply labels now make software too. List & Mail (IBM, Apple) is a series of programs for managing and printing mailing lists.
