Sega Swirl

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  • Windows PC
  • Dreamcast
  • Palm OS

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Sega Swirl
System(s): Windows PC, Sega Dreamcast, Palm OS
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Genre: Puzzle

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Windows PC
US
FREEfree
Shockwave/Adobe Director
World
FREEfree
Shockwave/Adobe Director
World
FREEfree
Sega Dreamcast
US
Sega Dreamcast
EU
Palm OS
US
$9.99 ?




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Sega Swirl is a puzzle game developed by Tremor Entertainment and published by Sega.

History

It was originally released for Windows-based PCs (both as a standalone Windows program as well as a web version running through Macromedia/Adobe Shockwave) but saw the most success as an updated Sega Dreamcast title. It was also brought to Palm OS. Sega Swirl is essentially a glorified version of SameGame (pronounced Sah-meh-gah-meh), a tile-removal game that has been mimicked numerous times. It is the creation of Scott Hawkins.

The game is an oddball in the Dreamcast's library as it was not released commercially. Instead, it was bundled with copies of the Official Dreamcast Magazine in the UK and US, with the Web Browser 2.0 software, with Sega Smash Pack Volume 1, and for a period, with new Dreamcast consoles (as part of the Web Browser 2.0 software included with them). The Dreamcast version has a real-time splitscreen versus mode (in which, if any player clears all swirls of one color in his screen, the color gets removed for everyone else), however both the Dreamcast and PC versions allow two players to compete via email. As a result, it is possible for PC players to play against Dreamcast users.

The PC version uses more simplified graphics, lacks Swirly the Snake (outside of a wallpaper included with the game in certain versions), different sounds, no music and also takes control of the mouse in certain situations such as the attract mode, the versus mode with computer controlled opponents, and during Swirl Email/email challenges when the other player moves are shown.

Sega Swirl was later followed by the PC-only, GameTap exclusive Sega Swirl 2.

Versions

Version history

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Palm OS
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Magazine articles

Main article: Sega Swirl/Magazine articles.

Artwork

Gallery

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
80
[2]
Strana Igr (RU)
75
[3]
Sega Dreamcast
78
Based on
2 reviews

Sega Swirl

Palm OS version

Palm OS, US?
Sega Swirl Palm OS box.jpg
Cover

Technical information

VMU Features

The Dreamcast version of Sega Swirl allows to save high scores on the VMU.

Sega Swirl Save Data
Name File Name Comment File Size Icon
SWIRL_HS.SYS swirl hi-scores 4 blocks Swirl vmu.png

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments

External links

References

  1. http://sega.com:80/games/dreamcast/post_dreamcastgame.jhtml?PRODID=205 (Wayback Machine: 2003-10-16 05:51)
  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "April 2000" (US; 2000-03-07), page 158
  3. Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 20