Special Dreamcast Models
From Sonic Retro
The following is a list of special Dreamcast models made throughout the lifespan of the Sega Dreamcast.
| Mazora: The first special edition Dreamcast made was the 'Mazora,' which was made for the Japanese paint company and its sponsoring of Japansese motorsport. The model is dark green/purple and came complete with agreen/ purple controller. Only 500 units were made. |
| Dreamcast Super Black: The Pearl Pink, Pearl Blue, Super Black and Metallic Silver were all part of the same production round. Each version was limited to 200 units and only made available through D-Direct with a batch of each released over a series of months. These are very hard to find and often fetch a very high price. The Super Black run started on Aug. 10, 2000. |
| Dreamcast Metallic Silver: The Pearl Pink, Pearl Blue, Super Black and Metallic Silver were all part of the same production round. Each version was limited to 200 units and only made available through D-Direct with a batch of each released over a series of months. These are very hard to find and often fetch a very high price. The Metallic Silver run started on March 29, 2001. |
| Dreamcast Pearl Pink: The Pearl Pink, Pearl Blue, Super Black and Metallic Silver were all part of the same production round. Each version was limited to 200 units and only made available through D-Direct with a batch of each released over a series of months. These are very hard to find and often fetch a very high price. The Pearl Pink run started on March 29, 2001. |
| Dreamcast Pearl Blue: The Pearl Pink, Pearl Blue, Super Black and Metallic Silver were all part of the same production round. Each version was limited to 200 units and only made available through D-Direct with a batch of each released over a series of months. These are very hard to find and often fetch a very high price. The Pearl Blue run started on March 29, 2001. |
| Dreamcast Seaman Crystal: With the success of Seaman in Japan, Sega released two special edition Dreamcasts featuring the character. Seaman Crystal was the first, released on July 29, 1999. The pack featured the game Seaman, the microphone peripheral, a transparent VMU and a music CD. |
| Dreamcast Seaman Christmas Edition: The Christmas Seaman Dreamcast is entirely red, and comes with a VMU and controller, both the same colour as the console. Included is a special communication package which allows you to send voice messages (using the Dreamcast microphone) over the net. There's a silhouette picture of Seaman on the drive lid too. This edition was released on Dec. 16, 1999, with only 850 units produced. |
| Dreamcast Resident Evil Claire: A promotional console made for Sega by Top-Airbrush studio in Germany, this model was not for sale, but was only a promo item. Only five were made. |
| Dreamcast Resident Evil: Claire Edition: To celebrate the Japanese release of Capcom's successful series 'Resident Evil' on the Dreamcast, two specials machines were released on Feb. 3, 2000. Both consoles came in the same box, so there was no way of knowing which version one would get upon ordering. Both have matching controllers and a light purplish grey VMS. Of course both are bundled with the game. (Only the top plastic cover is coloured, the bottom piece is standard grey). The translucent red Claire edition was the more common of the two, with 1800 units. |
| Dreamcast Resident Evil: S.T.A.R.S. Edition: To celebrate the Japanese release of Capcom's successful series 'Resident Evil' on the Dreamcast, two specials machines were released on Feb. 3, 2000. Both consoles came in the same box, so there was no way of knowing which version one would get upon ordering. Both have matching controllers and a light purplish grey VMS. Of course both are bundled with the game. (Only the top plastic cover is coloured, the bottom piece is standard grey). The translucent purple S.T.A.R.S. edition was the less common of the two, with only 200 units produced. |
| Dreamcast Sega Sports: The Sega Sports DC, a black Dreamcast with a Sega Sports logo on the lid and a black controller, was made as part of a pack-in with two Sega Sports games, NBA 2K and NFL 2K. It was released on Sept. 13, 2000, with 10,000 units made. |
| Dreamcast Hello Kitty Blue: One transparent pink, the other transparent blue, these editions include a pink or blue controller, VMU, keyboard and the Hello Kitty Dream Passport software. The set was released on Nov. 25, 2000, with 1500 of each color. |
| Dreamcast Hello Kitty Pink: One transparent pink, the other transparent blue, these editions include a pink or blue controller, VMU, keyboard and the Hello Kitty Dream Passport software. The set was released on Nov. 25, 2000, with 1500 of each color. |
| Sakura Taisen Dreamcast: To celebrate the success of the Sakura Taisen series on the Dreamcast--more than 15 games in the series were made for the console--a limited edition pink Dreamcast with several of the characters on the lid was produced and released on Dec. 26, 2000. The pack also came with a pink controller and VMU. |
| Dreamcast Gundam RX-78 Custom Edition: One of the rarest Dreamcast models, the RX-78 Custom Edition is colored blue with yellow and red highlights on the console, much like the Gundam RX-78. 78 units were produced, which came with a blue controller and Dream Passport 3. |
| Dreamcast Chu Chu Rocket Edition: This Dreamcast is a special edition made by Sega of Germany and was not for sale but only a promo item, just like Dreamcast Resident Evil Claire. This one, pictured at left, was received directly from a Sega of Germany department in Düsseldorf some days before it was closed. |
| Dreamcast Sonic 10th Anniversary: This was a limited edition Dreamcast made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Adventure 2. The lid was signed by Sonic Team. |
| Dreamcast Sonic 10th Anniversary Sega employee edition: This was a limited edition Dreamcast made to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Adventure 2, but given only to Sega employees. The lid was signed by Sonic Team. |
| Dreamcast Tsutaya Rental Unit: In 2000, Sega experimented with renting out Dreamcasts. It is something that is done in the US, but it is not done in Japan due to the unwillingness of companies to provide licenses for rentals. Even today you cannot rent games or game systems in Japan and bring them to your home.
Sega's Dreamcast sales were declining, so in a last ditch efford to raise popularity with the Dreamcast console they made an arangement with Tsutaya Department stores to rent out Dreamcast units. The idea was short lived and only a few number of these rental units exist today. It was enclosed in a hard case and includes a Dreamcast, two controllers, all cables, instructions, installation instructions, two games and a phone cord. |
| Dreamcast Swatch: The Dreamcast Swatch was a dark green/black transparent console released to celebrate the cooperation of Swatch and Sega. The console lid features the outline of a Swatch watch. |
| Fuji Television 'DIVERS 2000 Series CX-1': A combination TV/Dreamcast with a cool design - lots of curves and colours (it's designed to look like a Morolien from the game Space Channel Five). It's light blue with little antennae on the top and the 4 Dreamcast controller ports under the screen. The unit was released on April 21, 2000. |
| Regulation 7 Dreamcast: Originally the R7 Dreamcasts were Japanese Dreamcasts that were used as a network console in pachinko parlors in Japan, and was previously only avaliable to pachinko parlors. 2000 units were produced. |
| Dreamcast K Sugiura (also known as Dreamcast Sega Partner): This is a limited edition Dreamcast featuring a standard Dreamcast console with a silver plate with the signature of then-Sega president Shoichiro Irimajiri on it. |
| Dreamcast Toyota: This Dreamcast is a standard console with a yellow half-circle, blue kanji, and a red Toyota logo on its lid. It was sold through Toyota dealerships. |
| Dreamcast Gold: This console was the very last Sega Dreamcast made. |
