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...step up from the original PlayStation's 32 bits. That means the new units can play CDs and DVDs, and can accommodate add-ons for broadband Internet, digital cameras and digital music players. No modem is included with PS2, which puts it behind Sega's Internet-ready Dreamcast. But PS2 does have one feature parents will appreciate: it is backward compatible, meaning it can play the original PlayStation's 800 existing games...
...much ballyhooed PlayStation2 on Oct. 26. Sony expects that only 500,000 units will be available, which sounds like a lot, but demand is expected to run into the millions. Retailers may have trouble filling even their preorders, so don't wait. Reserve yours now. Or buy a Dreamcast...
...talking to her. I'm talking to Seaman, the hideous, fussy, cranky, mopey creature on my TV screen. My wife is beginning to suspect that I'm having an affair with it. I'm not sure she's wrong. Seaman ($49.95) is a truly bizarre new game for Dreamcast, Sega's plucky, we're-not-PlayStation home-gaming console--but I use the term game loosely...
...also one of the most compelling. When Seaman was released in Japan last year, it quickly sold more than 550,000 units to become the most popular Dreamcast game ever. A technological breakthrough, it's the first video game ever to use voice recognition. You talk; Seaman listens. The game comes with a little microphone, so you and your virtual pet can engage in virtual banter together, with Seaman relying on its 12,000 lines of preprogrammed dialogue...
...more on Seaman and other Dreamcast games, visit sega.com Questions and comments? E-mail Lev at lev@timedigital.com