Happy 10th Birthday Dreamcast! - UK and AUS Edition

[Barry the Nomad]

October 14th, 1999

While I'm a Yank through-and-through, I have to share my love for the European (and Aussie) launch of the Sega Dreamcast. I personally thank Europe for bringing me Shenmue II and Jet Set Radio (the TRUE English release of the game).

Share your love for the blue swirl!

[Rounin]

Wow 10 years ago today I picked up my Dreamcast bundled with Sonic Adventure.

[Hatta]

Shouldn't the Australian dreamcast logo swirl the other way?

[Barry the Nomad]

For our friends down under:

[d123456]

Capcom vs SNK got me back into gaming.

[Hobie-wan]

Shouldn't the Australian dreamcast logo swirl the other way?

Haha

Too bad its a myth

So are any blue swirl people doing any parties like we did over here?

[fastbilly1]

Ok Ill admit it, I like the Blue swirl more than the Orange one.

[Barry the Nomad]

I never saw the Dreamcast swirl as orange, it's definitely much more of a red. I think people confuse the orange colored light on the console for the red colored swirl. The Japanese packaging is a true orange, though the swirl is actually white placed on an orange background.





The US/Japan swirl is hex color cf3311 or RGB 207/51/17, much closer to red than orange, though a bit of orange is mixed in.

[fastbilly1]

I always saw it as a burnt orange. But regardless, the cool blue just looks better to me.

[Incognito D]

The Dreamcast swirl can always only be blue to me. It makes so much sense because blue = Sega and red = Nintendo.

The US/Japan swirl always appeared red to me as well, rather than orange

Anyway, I'm not marking the occasion or anything - which I now feel bad about! I didn't even realise it was the anniversary.
I only got my Dreamcast in 2008, so I've nothing really to commemorate. I can't even re-visit the classics seeing as I've been playing them to death over the last year or so .

I will be re-visiting Shenmue again this Christmas though I'm sure.