Dreamkey

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Dreamkey
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
Licensor: Access
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast Keyboard, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: ETC
Number of players: 1
Official in-game languages: English Français
Release Date RRP Code EU 1999-10-14

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

• Executive Producer: Kazutoshi Miyake
• Product Development Director: Naohiko Hoshino
• Network Director: Keizo Fukahori
• Network Senior Producer: Steve Wombwell
• Translations Manager: Catherine Barnfather
• Webmaster: Rich Lloyd
• Sound Producer: Richard Jacques

Psy-Gong

• Planner: Yasunori Nishikawa
• Designer: Tomohiro Yamamoto, Masaharu Nakayama
• Engineer: Daisuke Yamamoto

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

Access

• 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

• Technical Administrator: Tetsuya Kaku
• Technical Staff: Takeshi Suzuki, Tatsuya Ando, Yasushi Sakaguchi, Yoshitaka Saguchi, Mitou Yoshida
• Executive Producer: Syouichirou Irimajiri
• Executive Producer: Satou Hideki

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Dreamkey/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Dreamcast, EU (blue)

Dreamcast, EU (white)
Cover
Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, EU (V1.006)(with Dream On Volume 1)
Cover
Disc Inlay Inside

Dreamcast, AU
Cover
Disc Manual

Technical information

Main article: Dreamkey/Technical information.

ROM dump status

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