Dorikore (ドリコレ), short for Dreamcast Collection, was SEGA's way of reintroducing popular Japanese Dreamcast games at a more accessible price point, often catering to the market after the Dreamcast’s commercial decline. As well as re-releasing excessive stock for SEGA, the idea of a budget line would also give a second life to classic titles, some of which had built significant fanbases but which were no longer in production or difficult to find
Six games released under the budget Dorikore label - Aero Dancing F, Airforce Delta, Cool Boarders Burrrn, NFL 2K, Space Channel 5 and The King of Fighters - Dream Match 99 - have distinctly different cover artwork from their original release counterparts (see example):
For the majority of games released as Dorikore versions however, SEGA only applied a sticker to the outside of the game (presumably for cost saving and efficiency reasons), meaning that if the packaging is no longer sealed its nigh impossible to identify a Dorikore release!
Unfortunately this strategy seems to have resulted in some Dorikore games ending up in collections where their budget status is not recognised, potentially leading to confusion in second-hand sales or among game collectors. Whilst its admirable that SEGA managed to bring older titles back into the public eye with the Dorikore line, collectors still need to be vigilant with their purchases, especially when you consider that games are becoming more collectable (and valuable) each year
Below is a list of all Dorikore games together with release dates and retail prices:
18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
21: Two One
(Release date: 31-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Aero Dancing F
(Release date: 28-Dec-2000, price: 2800 yen)
Airforce Delta
(Release date: 21-Dec-2000, price: 2800 yen)
Black/Matrix Advanced
(Release date: 31-Oct-2002, price: 2900 yen)
Capcom vs. SNK 2 Millionaire Fighting 2001
(Release date: 22-Jan-2004, price: 2800 yen)
Capcom vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000 Pro
(Release date: 25-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Castle Fantasia Seima Taisen
(Release date: 11-Mar-2004, price: 2800 yen)
Close to: Inori no Oka
(Release date: 17-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Comic Party
(Release date: 17-Oct-2002, price: 3800 yen)
Confidential Mission
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Cool Boarders Burrrn
(Release date: 21-Dec-2000, price: 2800 yen)
Crazy Taxi 2
(Release date: 20-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Culdcept Second
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Cyber Troopers Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram M.S.B.S. Ver. 5.4
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
D+Vine (Luv)
(Release date: 31-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
De La Jet Set Radio
(Release date: 06-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Dousoukai 2 Again & Refrain
(Release date: 11-Mar-2004, price: 2800 yen)
Ever 17: the out of infinity: Premium Edition
(Release date: 11-Nov-2004, price: 2800 yen)
Fighting Vipers 2
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Gaia Master Kessen! Seikiou Densetsu
(Release date: 11-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Grandia II
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Guilty Gear X
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Hanagumi Taisen Columns 2
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Happy Lesson
(Release date: 17-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Inoue Ryouko: Roommate
(Release date: 17-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Interlude
(Release date: 11-Nov-2004, price: 2800 yen)
Kidou Senkan Nadesico: Nadesico the Mission
(Release date: 20-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Memories Off 2nd
(Release date: 25-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Memories Off Complete
(Release date: 31-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Mercurius Pretty: End of the Century
(Release date: 31-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Miss Moonlight
(Release date: 11-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Moero! Justice Gakuen
(Release date: 11-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Napple Tale: Arsia in Daydream
(Release date: 06-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Never 7: The End of Infinity
(Release date: 23-May-2002, price: 2800 yen)
NFL 2K
(Release date: 21-Dec-2000, price: 2800 yen)
Pandora no Yume
(Release date: 11-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Power Stone 2
(Release date: 25-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Princess Maker Collection
(Release date: 06-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Puyo Puyo Fever
(Release date: 04-Feb-2005, price: 2800 yen)
Record of Lodoss War
(Release date: 20-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Renai Chu! Happy Perfect
(Release date: 11-Nov-2004, price: 2800 yen)
Roommate Asami: Okusama ha Joshikousei - Director's Edition
(Release date: 22-Jan-2004, price: 2800 yen)
Roommate Novel: Satou Yuka
(Release date: 17-Oct-2002, price: 2800 yen)
Segagaga
(Release date: 20-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Shenmue II
(Release date: 06-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Space Channel 5
(Release date: 06-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Tako no Marine
(Release date: 25-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Tentama: 1st Sunny Side
(Release date: 06-May-2003, price: 2800 yen)
The King of Fighters 2000
(Release date: 11-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
The King of Fighters 2001
(Release date: 22-Jan-2004, price: 2800 yen)
The King of Fighters 2002
(Release date: 11-Nov-2004, price: 2800 yen)
The King of Fighters: Dream Match 1999
(Release date: 21-Dec-2000, price: 2800 yen)
Yoshia no Oka de Nekoronde...
(Release date: 25-Sep-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Yume no Tsubasa: Fate of Heart
(Release date: 06-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)
Zero Gunner 2
(Release date: 20-Mar-2003, price: 2800 yen)