Sega Dreamcast Archive

North American Exclusive Dreamcast Games

During the Dreamcast's roughly 2 year life in North America, it managed to gather a fairly decent set of North American exclusive titles, mostly sports titles, 26 in fact. Another 29 Dreamcast games are exclusive in the sense that they are only available in Japan or North America. No games were exclusive to the United States or Canada respectively.


The table below contains the list of all 26 NA exclusives, sorted from oldest to newest release date.

Game Title Release Date Publisher Genre
Centipede November 23, 1999 Leaping Lizard Software Arcade
Armada November 26, 1999 Metro 3D/td> Shooter
Test Drive 6 December 21, 1999 Pitbull Syndicate Racing
Namco Museum June 25, 2000 Mass Media Arcade/Compilation
NFL QB Club 2001 August 24, 2000 High Voltage Software American Football
NFL Blitz 2001 September 12, 2000 Avalanche Software American Football
Hoyle Casino September 29, 2000 Sierra On-Line Gambling
Frogger 2: Swampy's Revenge October 12, 2000 Blitz Games Action
Demolition Racer: No Exit October 25, 2000 Pitbull Syndicate Racing
4x4 Evo October 26, 2000 Terminal Reality Racing
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness November 13, 2000 Mass Media Maze/Arcade
Maximum Pool November 16, 2000 Dynamix Pool/Billiard
ESPN NBA 2Night November 20, 2000 Sunset Entertainment Basketball/Sports
Who Wants to Beat Up a Millionaire December 1, 2000 Hyptonix Action
Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights December 4, 2000 Avalanche Software Action/Platformer
Q*bert December 5, 2000 Pipe Dream Interactive Action
Max Steel: Covert Missions December 5, 2000 Treyarch First Person Shooter
Bang! Gunship Elite December 22, 2000 Rayland Space Combat
Sega Smash Pack Vol. 1 January 30, 2001 Sega Game Compilation
Atari Anniversary Edition June 26, 2001 Digital Eclipse Arcade Compilation
Alien Front Online August 7, 2001 Wow Entertainment First Person Shooter
NCAA College Football 2K2: Road to the Rose Bowl August 28, 2001 Visual Concepts Football/Sports
Ooga Booga September 11, 2001 Visual Concepts Action Platformer
Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX September 12, 2001 Runecraft Racing/BMX
Bomberman Online October 30, 2001 Hudson Soft Puzzle/Online
Midway's Greatest Hits Volume 2 November 15, 2001 Digital Eclipse Arcade Compilation

29 games were available in both Japan and North America but not Europe. This means that for European gamers, the North American version is the definitive, English version of the game they want to play. The following list will be in the oldest-first order. For the dates, the first release date is chosen which usually is the Japanese release date.

Game Title Release Date Publisher Genre
Seventh Cross: Evolution December 23, 1998 HuneX RPG
Flag to Flag: Super Speed Racing March 25, 1999 Zoom Racing
Elemental Gimmick Gear May 27, 1999 Birthday Action RPG
The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999 June 24, 1999 SNK 2D Fighter
Seaman July 29, 1999 Vivarium Unique
Gundam Side Story 0079: Rise from the Ashes August 26, 1999 BEC Shooter
NFL 2K September 9, 1999 Visual Concepts American Football
Industrial Spy: Operation Espionage September 23, 1999 HuneX RPG
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram December 9, 1999 Sega AM3 Mech Fighter
D2 December 23, 1999 Wrap Survival Horror
The Ring: Terror's Realm February 24, 2000 Asmik Ace Entertainment Survival Horror
The Typing of the Dead March 30, 2000 Smilebit Typing Arcade
The King of Fighters '99: Evolution March 30, 2000 SNK 2D Fighter
World Series Baseball 2k1 July 25, 2000 Wow Entertainment Baseball
NFL 2K1 September 7, 2000 Visual Concepts American Football
Sega Marine Fishing October 16, 2000 Wow Entertainment Fishing/Arcade
NBA 2K1 October 31, 2000 Visual Concepts Basketball
Mars Matrix November 9, 2000 Takumi Corporation 2D Shooter
The Last Blade 2: Heart of the Samurai December 21, 2000 SNK 2D Fighters
Giga Wing 2 January 18, 2001 Takumi Corporation 2D Shooter
Reel Fishing: Wild February 22, 2001 Westone Bit Entertainment Fishing/Arcade
Illbleed March 29, 2001 Crazy Games Survival Horror
Sports Jam April 12, 2001 Wow Entertainment Sports
Death Crimson OX May 10, 2001 Ecole Lightgun
World Series Baseball 2K2 August 14, 2001 Visual Concepts Baseball
Sega Bass Fishing 2 August 21, 2001 Wow Entertainment Fishing/Arcade
NFL 2K2 September 18, 2001 Visual Concepts American Football
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves September 27, 2001 SNK 2D Fighter
NHL 2K2 February 12, 2002 Treyarch Hockey