implement audio positioning, mixing and control directly in the game software. Later versions of QMixer added support for 3D-accelerated hardware through the low-level Microsoft DirectSound3D Application Programming Interface. Sega started using the technology in 1993 for Sega CD games, beginning with Ecco the Dolphin, and continued the use of this technology for some games through its final home console, the Dreamcast. These consoles, however, did not have the processing power to do so in real-time hardware-wise, so they were instead utilized as pre-recorded tracks that met the Redbook CD standard. Q3D has been incorporated in a variety of computer sound cards and sound card drivers. While the system is known by some for its use in video game titles, the first QSound chip used for that purpose was not created until 1991, while QSound had been developed in the late 1980s and has been used in everything from screensavers to television programming. Some TVs were also produced with this technology. Several 1990s music albums were also "mixed in QSound" (see below) using the QSystem or QSystem II hardware processors, and many other music releases have been enhanced with QSound effects using software plug-in versions of the QSystem and other software utilities. (The QSound website maintains a list of known projects.) In 2003, Q3D was added to the list of components in QSound Labs' microQ, a small-footprint, performance-optimized software digital audio engine aimed at the mobile market (i.e. cellphones and the like). Q3D enables 3D sound for handheld gaming and can be controlled in Java games via the JSR-234 application programming interface. QSound was also available for general home use in the UltraQ QPC 1500, a hardware device that used RCA connectors to connect to a variety of mono and stereo devices to produce surround-sound like effects. Awards QSound won Electronic Entertainments 1993 "Most Promising" award; the editors called it the "hottest new audio technology around". Selected games using QSound (Most arcade games on this list run on the CPS-2 arcade system) Notable games include: 1944: The Loop Master (Capcom) 19XX: The War Against Destiny (Capcom) Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness (Capcom) D2 (Sega) Darkstalkers (Capcom) Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara (Capcom) Eco Fighters (Capcom) Ecco the Dolphin (Sega CD version) (Sega) Marvel vs Capcom (Capcom) Marvel Super Heroes (Capcom) Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter (Capcom) Mega Man: The Power Battle and The