List of SEGA Swirl Releases (Legal, Official) (Sega Dreamcast, PC, Shockwave, Palm Pilot)

[Nz17]

List of SEGA Swirl Releases
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SEGA Swirl for PC
Free, freeware
Distributed via World Wide Web
Features Dreamcast <-> PC online gameplay for up to four players

SEGA Swirl for Shockwave
Free, freeware
Distributed via World Wide Web

Sega Swirl for Palm Powered handhelds (Palm Pilot)
Lite ver. is free / freeware distributed via World Wide Web.
The Full ver. is commercial and discontinued. Its online archival status is unknown.

SEGA Swirl for Sega Dreamcast

1. Dreamcast Web Browser Version 2.0
2. SEGA Smash Pack
3. Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) DreamOn demo discs since at least Volume 8 (#?? to #??)
4. Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) demo discs since March 2000 (#?? to #??)

Features Dreamcast <-> PC online gameplay for up to four players

This post will be revised with corrections and additions during 2019. Please reply with additional relevant information! Thank you.

[Nz17]

Was SEGA Swirl included with the Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) demo discs?

[runkthepunk]

Was SEGA Swirl included with the Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) demo discs?

Yes it came on the DreamOn Volume 8 disc

[runkthepunk]

[runkthepunk]

And DreamOn volume 18

[Nz17]

Thanks for the useful info, RTP! I have upgraded the original post to reflect this information.

[streeker]

For the DreamOn demo discs it's not "since at least Volume 8 (#?? to #??)", it's explicitly only #8 and #18.

Also these discs weren't solely issued in the UK. They came bundled with Dreamcast magazines in France ("Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel"), Spain ("Revista Oficial Dreamcast") and Germany ("Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin" and after its discontinuation "Dreamcast Kult") as well. See this site for reference: https://segaretro.org/Dream_On

In France the DreamOn demos 7&8 were issued together on one disc:
https://www.sega-dc.de/dreamcast/Datei:Dreamon78.jpg

In the USA "Sega Swirl" has been part of the magazine volumes #4, #7 and #11:
https://www.sega-dc.de/dreamcast/Dreamc ... en_Staaten

[mr.kaeru]

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread.

I was wondering if Sega Swirl ever came out in Japan?

They had their own magazine with GD-R occasional demo discs, as well as official promotional discs containing demos and videos (distributed by Sega) called Dream Express.

I could check the content of every Dream Express disc but not the magazine ones.
I also tried searching the Japanese internet and couldn't find any information. So I would assume it never came out in Japan, but I'm still curious if anyone here knows anything.

Thanks