Sega Swirl (Windows)

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This game/console's online features are no longer supported.
While this game/console's online features were once accessible, they are (as of September 28, 2007) no longer officially supported and online-exclusive features may be documented as now-unseen content.

Sega Swirl is a simple SameGame-style puzzler for Dreamcast and Windows. It was released as a free download on Sega's website, or as a free bonus on various Dreamcast discs (such as Sega Smash Pack Volume 1). The game allowed for cross-platform multiplayer through email.

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Inside of the executable (around 0x4D568, 0x4D8B4, and 0x4DBF4 in the latest version), some text can be found should an unusually high score result be achieved somehow, plus a couple more typical error strings.

Timed Practice Mode Score was too high - are you kidding?!
Timed Level Mode Score was too high - are you kidding?!
Practice Mode Score was too high not to be doubled - are you kidding?!
Practice Mode Score was too high - are you kidding?!
Level Mode Score was too high - are you kidding?!
High score file did not pass decoding check
FREAD returned 0