Difference between revisions of "Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)"

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Official Dreamcast Magazine
File:ODM UK 00.pdf
Publisher: Dennis Publishing
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Backed systems: Sega Dreamcast
First issue date: 1999-09-02
Last issue date: 2001-06-21
Number of issues: 21 (23)
Frequency: Monthly
Circulation: 50,653 (1999-07—1999-12)^[1] 51,805 (2000-01—2000-06)^[2] 52,157 (2000-07—2000-12)^[1] 46,294 (2001-01—2001-06)^[2]
ISSN: 1467-6265

The United Kingdom edition of the Official Dreamcast Magazine was a monthly magazine dedicated to the Sega Dreamcast which ran from September 1999 to July/August 2001. Though not the longest running Dreamcast magazine, it was the most popular, mostly due to the fact it was endorsed by Sega and came bundled with DreamOn demo discs (one of which featured a full game, Sega Swirl and another issue came bundled with Planet Ring).

Though the magazine kept up a strong userbase for most of its lifetime, towards the end problems started to occur with the manufacturing of the demo discs. As Dreamcast support was dwindling in favour of the PlayStation 2, the publishers struggled to fill the discs with new demos, and in fact the final issue simply had "the best" demos from previous issues. Despite claims that the magazine would keep going as long as new Dreamcast games were released, it finished abruptly when no content could be found for the discs and future backing from Sega looked unlikely.

The fact that Sega endorsed the magazine also meant ODM was unable to criticise games fully, so even the poorest of Dreamcast games often received praise from parts of the review, even if the end score was low. It was, however, more up to date than rival magazines as it could access information directly from Sega themselves.

Ratings

Main article: Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)/Ratings.

Back issues

Issue	Name	Date	Price	Barcode	Extras
0	Special Issue 1999	1999-09-02	£4.994.99		Dream On Preview File:ODM UK 00.pdf
preview	Taster	1999-xx-xx			File:ODM UK Preview.pdf
1	November 1999	1999-09-30^[3]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-11	Dream On Volume 2 File:ODM UK 01.pdf
2	December 1999	1999-11-11^[4]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-12	Dream On Volume 3 File:ODM UK 02.pdf
3	January 2000	1999-12-09^[5]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-01	Dream On Volume 4 File:ODM UK 03.pdf
4	February 2000	2000-01-13^[6]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-02	Dream On Volume 5 File:ODM UK 04.pdf
5	March 2000	2000-02-10^[7]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-03	Dream On Volume 6 File:ODM UK 05.pdf
6	April 2000	2000-03-09^[8]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-04	Dream On Volume 7 File:ODM UK 06.pdf
7	May 2000	2000-04-06^[9]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-05	Dream On Volume 8 File:ODM UK 07.pdf
8	June 2000	2000-05-11	£4.994.99	9771467626003-06	Dream On Volume 9 File:ODM UK 08.pdf
9	July 2000	2000-06-08^[10]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-07	Dream On Volume 10 File:ODM UK 09.pdf
10	August 2000	2000-07-06^[11]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-08	Dream On Volume 11 File:ODM UK 10.pdf
11	September 2000	2000-08-03^[12]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-09	Dream On Volume 12 File:ODM UK 11.pdf
12	October 2000	2000-09-07^[13]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-10	Dream On Volume 13 File:ODM UK 12.pdf
13	November 2000	2000-10-05^[14]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-11	Dream On Volume 14 File:ODM UK 13.pdf
14	December 2000	2000-11-02^[15]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-12	Dream On Volume 15 File:ODM UK 14.pdf
15	January 2001	2000-11-30^[16]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-01	Dream On Volume 16, Planet Ring File:ODM UK 15.pdf
16	February 2001	2001-01-04^[17]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-02	Dream On Volume 17; Poster File:ODM UK 16.pdf
17	March 2001	2001-02-08^[18]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-03	Dream On Volume 18 File:ODM UK 17.pdf
18	April 2001	2001-03-08^[19]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-04	Dream On Volume 19 File:ODM UK 18.pdf
19	May 2001	2001-04-05^[20]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-05	Dream On Volume 20 File:ODM UK 19.pdf
20	June 2001	2001-05-24	£4.994.99	9771467626003-06	Dream On Volume 21 File:ODM UK 20.pdf
21	July 2001	2001-06-21^[21]	£4.994.99	9771467626003-07	Dream On Volume 22 File:ODM UK 21.pdf

References

Sega-related magazines published in the United Kingdom
Future Publishing	S: The Sega Magazine (1989-1990) \| Sega Power (1990-1997) \| Mega (1992-1994) \| Sega Zone (1993-1994) \| Saturn+ (1995-1997) \| Saturn Power (1997-1998) \| DC-UK (1999-2001) \| DC-Tips (1999)
Paragon Publishing	Sega Pro (1991-1996) \| Sega XS (1993-199x) \| Mega Power (1993-1995) \| Dreamcast Magazine (1999-2002) \| Dreamcast Solutions (1999)
EMAP	MegaTech (1991-1994) \| Mean Machines Sega (1992-1997) \| Sega Magazine (1994-1995) \| Sega Saturn Magazine (1995-1998)
Impact Magazines	Sega Force (1992-1993) \| Sega Force Mega (1993-1994) \| Sega Master Force (1993) \| Mega Machines (1993-1994)
Maverick Magazines	Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (1992-1995) \| Mega (1994-1995) \| MegaTech (1994)
Dennis Publishing	Sega Zone (1992-1993) \| Official Dreamcast Magazine (1999-2001)
Europress Interactive	Mega Action (1993-1994)
Rapide Publishing	Total Saturn (1996-1997)
Quay Magazine Publishing	Dreamcast Monthly (1999-2001) \| Dreamcast Strategies (1999)
Magical Media	Mr. Dreamcast (2000)

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[:File:ODM_UK_00.pdf_p130-3] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "Special Issue 1999" (UK; 1999-09-02), page 130

[:File:ODM_UK_01.pdf_p130-4] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 130

[:File:ODM_UK_02.pdf_p122-5] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-11), page 122

[:File:ODM_UK_03.pdf_p130-6] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "January 2000" (UK; 1999-12-09), page 130

[:File:ODM_UK_04.pdf_p122-7] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "February 2000" (UK; 2000-01-13), page 122

[:File:ODM_UK_05.pdf_p130-8] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2000" (UK; 2000-02-10), page 130

[:File:ODM_UK_06.pdf_p130-9] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-09), page 130

[:File:ODM_UK_08.pdf_p10-10] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 10

[:File:ODM_UK_09.pdf_p8-11] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 8

[:File:ODM_UK_10.pdf_p6-12] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-06), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_11.pdf_p6-13] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_12.pdf_p6-14] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_13.pdf_p6-15] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-10-05), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_14.pdf_p6-16] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-11-02), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_15.pdf_p8-17] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "January 2001" (UK; 2000-11-30), page 8

[:File:ODM_UK_16.pdf_p6-18] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-04), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_17.pdf_p6-19] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-08), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_18.pdf_p6-20] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "April 2001" (UK; 2001-03-08), page 6

[:File:ODM_UK_20.pdf_p6-21] Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2001" (UK; 2001-05-24), page 6

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 The United Kingdom edition of the '''''Official Dreamcast Magazine''''' was a monthly magazine dedicated to the [[Sega Dreamcast]] which ran from September 1999 to July/August 2001. Though not the longest running Dreamcast magazine, it was the most popular, mostly due to the fact it was endorsed by [[Sega]] and came bundled with [[DreamOn]] demo discs (one of which featured a full game, ''[[Sega Swirl]]'' and another issue came bundled with ''[[Planet Ring]]'').
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 The fact that Sega endorsed the magazine also meant ODM was unable to criticise games fully, so even the poorest of Dreamcast games often received praise from parts of the review, even if the end score was low. It was, however, more up to date than rival magazines as it could access information directly from Sega themselves.
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