This time round she'll have to battle games from a new rival - Sega's 128-bit Dreamcast - a games console which also gives access to the internet.

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Mindful of Nintendo's software problems with the N64, Sega is already hard at work to ensure that Dreamcast has great games.

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Due to launch before Christmas in Japan and sometime next year in the U.S., Dreamcast will ship with a modem, and Sega is already hard at work developing unique multiple-player online games.

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