Dreamkey

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Dreamkey
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Keyboard
Genre: ETC

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
EU

The DreamKey discs were software used by the Sega Dreamcast in Europe to connect to the internet. They acted as the method of registering online accounts and adjusting settings, as well as accessing the DreamArena service and surf the web (with later discs allowing users to choose their own ISPs). DreamKey discs were distributed with the Dreamcast console - without them, there was no way for the user to register an online account, and therefore no online gaming features could be accessed.

Production credits

All Staff of Dream-Key
Sega Europe
Psy-Gong
Startle
  • Account Manager: Nicola Reeves
  • Producer: Luc Houselander
  • Technical Consultant: James Gammon
  • General Manager: Sam Pearl
ICL
  • Product Manager: David Court
  • Technical Design Authority Director: Mark Jones
  • Project Leader: Mike Ambler
  • Lead Systems Engineer: Rik Williams
  • Systems Developer: Stephen Nadin
  • Web Implementer: Phil Le Seuer
  • Web Designer: Anton Morrin
BT
  • Project Manager: David Beale
  • Designer: Iain Moffat
  • Delivery Manager: Tony Turner
  • Product Manager: Marie Bancroft
  • Deployment: Mark Cook
  • Total Coordinator: Tomihisa Kamada
  • Chief Engineer: Norio Kimura
  • Engineer: Hiromi Ueda, Nagayuki Wakabayashi, You Furukawa, Yukihiro Hayashi, Masaya Endo
  • Technical Staff: Yasuhiko Yokoyama
  • Technical Adviser: Junichi Katou, Hiroyuki Suzuki
  • Marketing Manager: Kenichi Hoshi
  • Marketing Director: Hiroshi Suzuki
  • Assistant Coordinator: Miho Nakamura, Mari Chuganji
Sega Japan
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Dreamkey/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Dreamcast, EU (blue)

Dreamcast, EU (white)
DreamKey10 DC EU Box Back.jpgDreamKey10 DC EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
DreamKey10 DC UK Disc.jpg
Disc
DreamkeyDCEUinlay.jpg
Inlay
Dreamcast, EU (with Dream On Volume 1)

Dreamcast, AU
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Cover
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Disc
DreamKey10 DC AU Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Dreamcast
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1,219,660,176 1999-09-09 GD-ROM (EU) 833-0003-05 V1.006
Sega Dreamcast
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1,219,660,176 1999-10-07 GD-ROM (EU) 832-0002-05, 833-0003-05 V1.008
Sega Dreamcast
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1,219,660,176 1999-09-09 GD-ROM (FR) 833-0004-09 V1.006
Sega Dreamcast
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1,219,660,176 1999-10-25 GD-ROM (FR) 833-0004-09 V1.008
Sega Dreamcast
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1,219,660,176 2000-02-10 GD-ROM (AU) 673-01243 V1.000
Sega Dreamcast
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1,219,660,176 2000-10-03 GD-ROM (IN) 673-02117 V1.002

References




Dreamkey discs for the Sega Dreamcast
Dreamkey (1999) | Dreamkey Version 1.5 (1999) | Dreamkey Version 2.0 (2001) | Dreamkey 3.0 (2002) | Dreamkey 3.1 (2003)