Call it a Virtual Memory System or a Personal Digital Assistant, but get ready for a change in the way we play console and arcade games. So far, people have only been able to hatch and raise a virtual Godzilla to battle it out with other monsters. Later as it has been known, the virtual Godzilla data will be used with the DC version to effect change on those monsters. Now the player has a sort of Fuzzy Logic control over their gaming experience. How well did you raise Godzilla? Could you have done anything to make him stronger? Did Godzilla absorb the right DNA from other people's creatures?

What is so exciting is the shear possibilities of the VMS. Now that network and online gaming are a reality for home consoles, the gamer has access to anyone else with a Dreamcast and modem. Sure you can link two VMS's together and duke it out or exchange saved game data but why not send your virtual creature to a friend in another state or another country. Show off your driving skill in the arcade with your finely tuned racecar and replay of your best lap time on that course with all the hairpin turns. Another good use is for the role-playing game. Start out with an average character and send him off to battle. Now that he has higher stats and perhaps that certain rare magic item, save him to the VMS and load him into a friend's campaign and battle side by side.

I foresee a use of the VMS as a variation of the Game Shark. Not that it is used to make codes but rather to store them along with saved game data and give the owner access to that time release character in the newest fighting game. Change outfits and set the damage settings to your liking, add moves that a character would not originally have. Feel a bit artistic? With a pixel paint program you could even design that outfit or perhaps you want to give that racecar a new paint job with a custom logo design.