Some special Dreamcast models were released in certain regions. In North America, a limited edition black Dreamcast was released with a
Sega Sports logo below the Dreamcast logo on the lid, along with matching Sega Sports-branded black controllers.
Electronics Boutique offered a blue Dreamcast through its website. In Japan, Sega released many varieties of the system, including a pink
Sakura Taisen version, and a
Hello Kitty version released in 2000 in
Japan which, due to its limited production, has become an extremely rare collector's piece. The package contains a
keyboard,
controller,
VMU,
mouse, and a Hello Kitty
trivia game. The console and accessories came in both translucent
pink and
blue in color with some printed designs.
Japan also saw the release of two limited edition Dreamcasts based on
Capcom's
Resident Evil Code: Veronica game, one a clear pink Claire Redfield model that included a copy of the game and a special pink VMU and also a clear dark blue model that also included the game and a blue VMU. The blue model had the Resident Evil trademark S.T.A.R.S. logo on the lid. Sega also released the limited R7 ("Regulation#7," referring to the second provision of the first section of regulation seven in the Japanese penal code pertaining to businesses that are deemed to affect public morals) Dreamcast in Japan. This model consists of a special refurbished Dreamcast unit that was originally used as a network console in Japanese pachinko parlors, in a newly designed black case with a black controller in a black retail box, all marked with R7 branding. Due to its late date of release and common availability, it is considered one of the more easily obtained limited edition Dreamcast units by collectors.