Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
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| File:ODM UK 00.pdf |
| Official Dreamcast Magazine |
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| 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: |
| 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 | |
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| 0 | 
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Special Issue 1999 | 1999-09-02 | £4.994.99 | Dream On Preview | |
| preview |
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Taster | 1999-xx-xx | |||
| 1 |
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November 1999 | 1999-09-30[3] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-11 | Dream On Volume 2 |
| 2 |
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December 1999 | 1999-11-11[4] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-12 | Dream On Volume 3 |
| 3 |
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January 2000 | 1999-12-09[5] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-01 | Dream On Volume 4 |
| 4 |
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February 2000 | 2000-01-13[6] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-02 | Dream On Volume 5 |
| 5 |
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March 2000 | 2000-02-10[7] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-03 | Dream On Volume 6 |
| 6 |
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April 2000 | 2000-03-09[8] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-04 | Dream On Volume 7 |
| 7 |
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May 2000 | 2000-04-06[9] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-05 | Dream On Volume 8 |
| 8 |
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June 2000 | 2000-05-11 | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-06 | Dream On Volume 9 |
| 9 |
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July 2000 | 2000-06-08[10] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-07 | Dream On Volume 10 |
| 10 |
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August 2000 | 2000-07-06[11] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-08 | Dream On Volume 11 |
| 11 |
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September 2000 | 2000-08-03[12] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-09 | Dream On Volume 12 |
| 12 |
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October 2000 | 2000-09-07[13] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-10 | Dream On Volume 13 |
| 13 |
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November 2000 | 2000-10-05[14] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-11 | Dream On Volume 14 |
| 14 |
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December 2000 | 2000-11-02[15] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-12 | Dream On Volume 15 |
| 15 |
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January 2001 | 2000-11-30[16] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-01 | Dream On Volume 16, Planet Ring |
| 16 |
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February 2001 | 2001-01-04[17] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-02 | Dream On Volume 17; Poster |
| 17 |
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March 2001 | 2001-02-08[18] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-03 | Dream On Volume 18 |
| 18 |
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April 2001 | 2001-03-08[19] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-04 | Dream On Volume 19 |
| 19 |
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May 2001 | 2001-04-05[20] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-05 | Dream On Volume 20 |
| 20 |
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June 2001 | 2001-05-24 | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-06 | Dream On Volume 21 |
| 21 |
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July 2001 | 2001-06-21[21] | £4.994.99 | 9771467626003-07 | Dream On Volume 22 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://mediatel.co.uk/news/2001/02/19/gaming-titles-suffer-further-decline/ (Wayback Machine: 2020-08-06 23:50)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://mediatel.co.uk/news/2001/08/17/jan-june-2001-abcs-performance-by-publisher/ (Wayback Machine: 2020-08-07 00:27)
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "Special Issue 1999" (UK; 1999-09-02), page 130
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 130
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-11), page 122
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "January 2000" (UK; 1999-12-09), page 130
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "February 2000" (UK; 2000-01-13), page 122
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2000" (UK; 2000-02-10), page 130
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "April 2000" (UK; 2000-03-09), page 130
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2000" (UK; 2000-05-11), page 10
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "July 2000" (UK; 2000-06-08), page 8
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "August 2000" (UK; 2000-07-06), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "September 2000" (UK; 2000-08-03), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-10-05), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "December 2000" (UK; 2000-11-02), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "January 2001" (UK; 2000-11-30), page 8
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "February 2001" (UK; 2001-01-04), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "March 2001" (UK; 2001-02-08), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "April 2001" (UK; 2001-03-08), page 6
- ↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "June 2001" (UK; 2001-05-24), page 6