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'''Dreamcast '''was the first of the sixth generation of video game consoles and the last home console made by [[Sega]] before it became a third party company.
== Sega Katana ==
 
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{{Primary Logos}}
 
==Sega Katana==
 
===1997–1998 (pre-launch)===
 
[[File:Katana logo.png|center|250px]]
   
=== 1997-1998 (pre-launch) ===
 
[[File:Katana logo.png|centre|thumb|261x261px]]
 
 
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== Sega Dreamcast ==
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==Dreamcast==
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===1998–2007===
 
 
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=== 1998-2007 ===
 
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Sega Dreamcast logo.svg|Japanese variant<br>(1998-2007)
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Sega Dreamcast logo.svg|Japanese logo (released in 1998)
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Dreamcast logo.svg|American variant<br>(1999-2001)
Dreamcast logo.svg|American logo (released in 1999)
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Dreamcast-P.svg|European/PAL variant<br>(1999-2002)
Dreamcast-P.svg|European/PAL logo (released in 1999)
 
 
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The European/PAL Dreamcast logo is blue to avoid copyright and trademark infringement with a German company, [[Tivola Publishing|Tivola]] because the company used the orange swirl years before the Dreamcast used a similar logo.
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The Japanese version of the logo was orange, as that colour is considered to be lucky in Japanese culture. The European/PAL version was colored blue to avoid trademark infringement issues with German video game publisher [[Tivola Publishing|Tivola]], who had been using an orange swirl as its logo before the Dreamcast was introduced.
   
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{{Chronology|''[[Sega Saturn]]''||[[File:Sega (Print).svg|center|125px|link=Sega]]Home Consoles}}
 
{{Sixth generation video game consoles}}
 
{{Sixth generation video game consoles}}
 
{{Sega Sammy Holdings}}
 
{{Sega Sammy Holdings}}
[[Category:Sega]]
 
[[Category:Sega home consoles]]
 
[[Category:Defunct video game systems]]
 
[[Category:Japan]]
 
 
[[Category:Defunct]]
 
[[Category:Defunct]]
[[Category:1998]]
 
[[Category:1999]]
 
[[Category:Sega Sammy Holdings]]
 
 
[[Category:Video game systems]]
 
[[Category:Video game systems]]
[[Category:1997]]
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[[Category:Defunct video game systems]]
 
[[Category:Sega home consoles]]
 
[[Category:Sega]]
 
[[Category:Sega Sammy Holdings]]
 
[[Category:1998]]

Revision as of 20:28, 3 October 2020

Dreamcast was the first of the sixth generation of video game consoles and the last home console made by Sega before it became a third party company.

This page only shows primary logo variants.
For other related logos and images, see:

Sega Katana

1997–1998 (pre-launch)

Katana logo


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Dreamcast

1998–2007

The Japanese version of the logo was orange, as that colour is considered to be lucky in Japanese culture. The European/PAL version was colored blue to avoid trademark infringement issues with German video game publisher Tivola, who had been using an orange swirl as its logo before the Dreamcast was introduced.

Sega Saturn
Sega (Print)
Home Consoles