Source: Mega Drive Advanced Gaming – Issue Number 2 – October 1992 

Mega Drive Advanced Gaming is a magazine that was published in the U.K. and dedicated to the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) and also covered the Mega-Cd and 32X. It was published from 1992 until 1995. The second issue from October 1992 includes:

Regulars

• News – Sega announces release of Streets of Rage II; Lemmings gets official release in the U.S. and Japan but no work on the U.K.; Amstrad hopes to produce combination computer and Mega Drive (the PC would feature a 286 CPU and of course a 68000 for the Mega Drive functionality and include a cartridge slot); Susoft announces Superman; Kaneko announces Power Athlete, a supposed competitor to Street Fighter II; Prince of Persia comes to the Mega Drive; other new and upcoming releases include Side Pocket, the Game Genie, RBI 4, Rampart, Gauntlet, Jennifer Capriati Tennis, Afterburner III, Batman Returns, Phantasy Star IV; and more. There is also coverage of the 1992 Sega European Championship. The number 1 game in the U.K. at this time was Taz-Mania.

• Star Play – A famous soccer player tries out European Club Soccer from Virgin and gives his opinion.

• Oop Yer Way – Gamers give their opinions on the price of Mega Drive games.

• Mega File – The best and the worst in platform games. Some of the games at the top of the list include Castle of Illusion, Ghouls ‘N’ Ghosts, and Sonic. Games at the bottom include Monster Hunter, Alex Kidd and Ghostbusters.

• Megaphone – Letters from readers. Topics include Super Monaco GP, ratings, Kid Chameleon, the high price of Mega Drive games, and more.

• Fist Fight – A hypothetical look at what should be included in the ultimate Beat’Em-Up game.

• Laser Tag – An article about laser tag. It was reaching a peak in the U.K. at this time.

Players’ Guides

• Bart vs. The Space Mutants – A complete solution to Bart vs. The Space Mutants with lots of screen shots to guide you along.

• Cadash – A detailed guide and maps for this coin-op conversion.

• Chuck Rock – A guide to one of the more popular platform games on the Genesis, the cave-man themed Chuck Rock.

• Kid Chameleon – The second part in this guide to a sometimes difficult platformer, including lots of maps.

• Splatterhouse II – A complete guide to this gory, beat-’em-up sequel to a classic.

• Taz-Mania – A guide to the later levels of this excellent Looney Tunes themed side-scroller featuring the Tasmanian Devil.

Games Inside

• Atomic Runner – Review of this older arcade conversion by Data East. It is a pretty mediocre run and shoot type of game.

• Dungeons and Dragons – Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun reminds me a bit of the Gold Box AD&D games that were popular on various computers. I loved those games and have often wondered how this one compares though I have never played it. It gets an OK but not spectacular review here.

• Dyna Brothers – Review of a game that is sort of a cross between Populous and Pokemon…or maybe Digimon…or something similar. The theme is dinosaurs.

• Evander Holyfield – This review agrees with others I have seen. Evander Holyfield’s Real Deal Boxing isn’t that great of a deal.

• Gley Lancer – An excellent side-scrolling shooter (at least according to the review). The screen shots remind me a little of R-Type but then lots of shooters had a similar look.

• James Bond – Preview of a James Bond themed action game that features plenty of classic bond characters.

• Magical Tarot – A unique, fantasy themed platformer that gets a pretty good review here.

• Techno Soccer – A sort of novelty soccer game in which the field can have different surfaces (ice, mud , etc.) and the players can use power-ups to make them faster and stronger. It gets a terrible review here so I’m guessing this one is not for soccer fans…or game fans in general.

• Thunder Force IV – An excellent horizontal shooter that looks even more like R-Type than Gley Lancer. But this is one than any shooter fan and Genesis owner should have.

• Twinkle Tail – The reviewer compares it to Gauntlet and I guess it looks kind of like a more open world Gauntlet. It gets a pretty good review here.

• Warriors of Rome – Warrior of Rome II – A strategy/war/role-playing game. If you are a strategy game fan then this is a good one for the Genesis.

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Source: Mega – Issue Number 2 – November, 1992

MEGA is a magazine that was published in the U.K. and dedicated to the Sega Genesis, or Mega Drive as it was known there. The November 1992 issue includes:

• Mega City – The big news this month is that a Labour MP is campaigning for a drop in the price of carts (good news), and that the Future Entertainment Show is almost upon us. It’ll be a game player’s paradise and what’s more, MEGA will be there (even better news), PLUS! All the latest games news from USA and Japan.
• The Charts – Once again MEGA takes a look at what’s driving the punters wild this month. Yes, it’s the top 20 official releases and import games.
• Does Dominik Diamond Really Know What He’s Talking About, Or What? – True games master or fraud? MEGA finds out if the host of Channel 4’s Gamesmaster show, the self-styled “spokesman of videogamers in Britain today: actually knows diddly squat about his subject. Throughout the first series, Mr. Diamond (as his bank manager calls him) came in for a lot of stick from mags who accused him of knowing less than a particularly laid-back blancmange. Neil West decided to find out for himself, as once more MEGA probes the stars (whether they like to be probed or not).
• Inspect A Gadget! – (Sorry, great feature, sorry about the sad, pathetic pun.) This is where MEGA shows you everything you ever wanted for your Mega Drive but never knew existed, lists every add-on, gadget and widget available, then tells you if they’re any good and where to get hold of them.
• Previews – Road Rash 2? Surely not. What, and Humans? Gulp. Ragnarok too? Lotus Turbo Challenge? Risky Woods? Is there no end to this previews section? Well yes, there is (to be perfectly honest) but it’s still pretty packed.
• Reviewed This Month
• Sonic 2
• Thunderstorm FX
• Captain America
• Greendog
• Twinkle Tale
• Gley Lancer
• Predator 2
• Super High Impact
• Side Pocket
• Lemmings
• Gadget Twins
• Galahad
• Xenon II
• Sonic 2 – Reviewed! – MEGA puts Sega’s spiky speed merchant to the test in the UK’s first review starting on page 36.
• Mega Play – Once again, MEGA scatters its more fibres to the four winds and cheats like hell. Feast your eyes upon a shimmering host of cheats, codes, hints and tips in this month’s MEGA PLAY.
• Rip ‘n’ Tip – Yep, it’s time once again to bring you those handy-dandy little cut-out-and-keep gameplaying guides. This month MEGA tells you everything you need to know about Chuck Rock and Revenge of Shinobi. Scissors at the ready chaps!
• Mega Medic – Paul Mellerick, the man with the maps, the chap with the cheats, the cad with the codes and the twerp with the tips, once again answers your questions on a whole host of Mega Drive games. he may smell, but trust him, he knows his games.
• Areana – It comes to us all in the end. At some stage everyone gets tired of playing with their Mega Drives. This is why MEGA brings you ARENA, the page which contains all sorts of game secrets, hidden bonuses and wacky challenges to put new life into those tired old carts.
• Top 100 and Reader Ads – Each month the MEGA team writes the names of 100 Mega Drive games on pieces of card and throw them into the air to find the order in which they appear. Actually, that’s not true. The Top 100 games are carefully selected in order of fabbiness, AND they feature your ads. So if you’re after a cart – this is where to start.
• Subs and Back Issues – MEGA is selling like hot cakes which have suddenly given blanket coverage in the media and become an overnight, worldwide success. Don’t risk missing out on your copy each month – subscribe! And get a free video in the deal!
• Mega Mouth – Neil West (you know him, he’s the Editor) casts a weary eye on your mail and answers your questions in his own unique, individual way (in other words, rather badly.)
• Scalextric Compo – To coincide with our exclusive preview of Road Rash 2 and Lotus Turbo Challenge (sort of), EA have donated ten Road Rash carts…
• Mail Order – Bargains ahoy! There are savings-a-plenty to be made in the mail order section. Take a look and do some Sega shopping by post. Grab your credit cards and turn to page 102 right now. Remember: materialism is fun.
• Shut Down – By the time you read this, you’ll have realized that MEGA’s gone up in pages since last month – great for you, more work for us. Hmm. Anyway, once you’ve read this spectacularly BIG issue of MEGA, take a look at page 106 to see what’s coming up next time around. And don’t forget, there’s still a chance for you to win yourself a real coin-op-cabinet (among other things.)

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