Episode 57 - This time on the show, let's flick through the first issue of Official Dreamcast magazine, from September of 1999. Actually, this isn't the first issue because there was an issue #0. Not really sure how that works. This issue covers most, but not all of the launch games, including Sonic Adventure, SoulCalibur, Power Stone, NFL 2K, and more. Only a couple of games actually got reviewed though, and most game coverage comes in the form of previews. Issue #2 has many more of the launch games reviewed in it.

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Show notes:

- Big thanks to Atari Age forum member "Vector" for basically donating the entire run of Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine to the show for the price of shipping.

- When possible, game play footage was recorded using a Dreamcast VGA cable passed through a Behar Bros. sync combiner and upscaled with a Framemeister. For games that are not VGA compatible, I literally pointed a camera at the TV screen.

- The "face cam" footage is grainy because I used the wrong ISO setting. It should be better next time.

- This is the fourth CGQ video to be sponsored by Dollar Shave Club. Thanks, DSC! You guys are helping keep these "Let's Read" shows on the air!

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All video game footage featured on Classic Gaming Quarterly is recorded from actual game hardware, unless otherwise noted. As of episode 35, it is recorded in RGB using an XRGB Mini Framemeister and an Elgato Game Capture HD, or an OSSC and a Startech USB 3.0 capture device. Prior to that, it was recorded in s-video using am RGB to s-video encoder and a DVD recorder. All videos are edited on a Mac using Final Cut Pro X.

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