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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For Sega's coming Dreamcast machine, developers can use familiar software-writing tools like Microsoft's DirectX.

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First, it has in Bernard Stolar, the president of Sega of America, a seasoned industry executive who hammered out third-party software relationships for the PlayStation during his tenure at Sony.

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