Dreamcast
Japan · HKT-5000 (Sega; 'and others') · Sega · 1998
Rate2,86 Msold16variants
Why
sold 2,860,000 - UncommonSpecs
- Released
- 1998-11-27
- Type
- home console
Description
The standard Japanese Dreamcast, released on 27 November 1998 for JPY 29,800 with an orange swirl logo. Its price fell to JPY 19,900 on 24 June 1999 and to JPY 9,900 in March 2001.
Source: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0Details from sources
Orange 'Dream Orange' swirl logo (JP, NA and Asia; ja.wikipedia citing a Sega quiz page). Front text 'Designed for Microsoft Windows CE' (es.wikipedia). Supports MIL-CD (removed on units shipped from 2000-12-28, see dc-jp-milcd-less). Box: console, 1 controller, stereo AV cable, power cable, 5 m modular cable, manual, Dream Passport disc (Sega). Modem: 33.6 kbit/s per Sega (spec table and column); CONFLICT: en.wikipedia (Gaming Hacks, O'Reilly) says Japanese consoles sold after 1999-09-09 have a 56 kbit/s modem. Early boxes used scenes from the 'Yukawa senmu' TV ads; later boxes were plain white (Sega). Sega's hardware encyclopedia gives the model number as 'HKT-5000 and others' (型番 HKT-5000 他). Collector sources label the console units HKT-3000 (JP), HKT-3020 (NA) and HKT-3030 (PAL); in the sources read here these three codes appear only in es.wikipedia image captions, so they are not…
At a glance
- Dreamcast: when was it released?
- 1998
- Dreamcast: how many sold?
- 2,86 M
- Dreamcast: how many variants?
- 16 variants
Data source: sega.jp
Prices by market
We collect prices from marketplaces in Ukraine and Europe: once there are at least three listings a week, a median will show up here.
Where to check prices and buy
The links open search results for Dreamcast in shops and classified sites. We sell nothing and are not responsible for sellers: check the model and code.
Reviews and ratings
No reviews yet. Leave the first one: a rating and a few words help others choosing or evaluating the find.
Write a review
Reviews are published instantly. We remove violations upon report.






























