Dreamcast: white swirl on spine

[Rhuno | 192]

Hey all,

I was looking through my current DC collection and noticed 2 games have a white swirl on the spine: Spec Ops II and Sega Smash Pack Volume 1. Does anyone know why this is? I was able to find white and orange swirl versions for both games when looking on ebay, but I don't know the reason for it. Also had trouble searching for it because all the results were for white labels vs black, which I know was due to a rebranding.

White swirl:                                                    Orange swirl:

                                                      

[xelement5x | 168]

I am fairly certain this is just sunfade on the spine.  It is hard to tell the difference over the rest of the spine since it's just white text over black, but I have gotten games like this before with Dreamcast.

[SilverspoonGaming | 367]

I just looked thru my Dreamcast collection and couldnt find any white swirls, just black swirls on the orange spines.  Is it possible that its a repro boxart?

[final fight cd | 257]

2 hours ago, xelement5x said:

I am fairly certain this is just sunfade on the spine.  It is hard to tell the difference over the rest of the spine since it's just white text over black, but I have gotten games like this before with Dreamcast.

I think I agree.  The swirl looks more like a very faded orange.

[Rhuno | 192]

Wow! Thanks, @xelement5x and @final fight cd. It seems so obvious now, but it never even occurred to me.

@SilverspoonGaming, repro art was my first thought as well, but then I saw sealed copies that also had it.