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Sega Dreamcast: Windows CE's newest family member (continued)

Hydro Thunder
In this game, you get to choose from up to 13 high-powered racing boats and race on 14 vividly rendered tracks. The action is intense, the graphics are awesome, and it's a perfect port of the coin-operated arcade game. The game uses Newtonian physics, so it emulates the actual feel of driving a real racing boat. No cars on water here!

Mortal Kombat Gold
I was really looking forward to this one a lot because I played the original to death on the Super Nintendo and in the arcades. It's definitely true to the original (there's plenty of blood and meaningless death), but when compared with Tekken 3 on the less-than-capable Playstation, let alone Soul Calibur, it's not even in the same league. It's much better when you play it against a friend or your spouse, though. You can't LEGALLY behead or impale someone you love in real life, so I guess the game has definite value.

Conclusion
All in all, I'd have to say that the Dreamcast is definitely the best video game system to date and has a lot of potential to showcase Windows CE as the definitive OS used in interactive information appliances. The first crop of games, for the most part, does not disappoint. There are still a lot more of them to come during this holiday season. I can definitely picture myself putting a few hundred dollars worth of dents in my credit cards to acquire them. All I have to do is figure out a way to keep my wife Rachel from finding the receipts!

Product availability and resources
You can find more information on Sega Dreamcast at http://www.dreamcast.com.

Special thanks to IGN.com for allowing us to use their Dreamcast screenshots. For more information on the Dreamcast, check out http://dreamcast.ign.com.

For more on Sonic Adventure, visit http://www.sega.com/games/games_sonic.shtml.

Trick Style can be found at http://www.acclaim.net/games/trickstyle/index.html.

If you want to find out more about Soul Calibur, check out Namco's Web site at http://www.namco.com/athome/titles/soulcalibur/index.html.

You can find more on Ready 2 Rumble Boxing at http://www.midway.com.

Marvel vs. Capcom can be found at http://www.capcom.com/games/e3/1999/marvel_v_capcom/.

More information on Airforce Delta can be found at http://www.sega.com/games/games_airforce.shtml.

Hydro Thunder can be found at http://www.midway.com.

Check out Midway's Web site for more on Mortal Kombat Gold at http://www.midway.com.

Kimberly Bryant is a business and personal success coach who helps empower people to real fulfillment in their lives and work. She particularly enjoys coaching women. Visit http://www.kimberlybryant.com or write timecoach@kimberlybryant.com.


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