{"id":26814,"date":"2021-05-17T17:00:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T21:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/?p=26814"},"modified":"2021-05-28T11:05:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T15:05:07","slug":"official-sega-saturn-magazine-february-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/official-sega-saturn-magazine-february-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Sega Saturn Magazine (February 1998)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FOfficial_Sega_Saturn_Magazine%28UK%29%2FOfficial_Sega_Saturn_Magazine_028&amp;twg_show=OSSM28-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-742x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"742\" height=\"1024\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-26816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-742x1024.jpg 742w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-768x1060.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-1113x1536.jpg 1113w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-1484x2048.jpg 1484w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-87x120.jpg 87w, https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/OSSM28-001-scaled.jpg 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 742px) 100vw, 742px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"\/magazines\/index.php?twg_album=Video_Game_Magazines%2FOfficial_Sega_Saturn_Magazine%28UK%29%2FOfficial_Sega_Saturn_Magazine_028&amp;twg_show=OSSM28-001.jpg\" class=\"keychainify-checked\">Official Sega Saturn Magazine &#8211; Issue Number 28 &#8211; February 1998<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"320\" height=\"270\" src=\"\/ebay\/SegaSaturn.html\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\nThe Sega Saturn was viewed as a failure and I guess relative to the PlayStation it was. However, it was still popular for a time and had some great games and magazines dedicated to it. This particular &#8220;Official&#8221; magazine was published in the U.K. for a few years. The February 1998 issue includes:<\/p>\n<p>Features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>1997 Retrospective<\/b> &#8211; It&#8217;s been a big year for the Saturn. SSM takes a look back at the highs and lows of the last 12 months!<\/li>\n<li><b>Zero Divide<\/b> &#8211; Fists of iron and souls of steel. Zoom&#8217;s heavy metal mauler makes it to Japanese Saturns in time for Xmas!<\/li>\n<li><b>Shining Force 3<\/b> &#8211; It&#8217;s here, it&#8217;s incredible and it&#8217;s coming your way! Team Sonic&#8217;s masterpiece blows SSM away!<\/li>\n<li><b>Cotton 2<\/b> &#8211; Yet another import shoot &#8217;em up, but this broomstick blaster is as cute as hell! Give it a whirl!<\/li>\n<li><b>Top 50 Saturn Games<\/b> &#8211; The definitive guide to the Saturn games you just can&#8217;t live without! And wait &#8217;til you see what&#8217;s No.1!<\/li>\n<li><b>Burning Rangers<\/b> &#8211; Sonic Team&#8217;s fearless fighters are finally here. It&#8217;s a scorcher!<\/li>\n<li><b>Panzer Dragoon Saga<\/b> &#8211; We&#8217;ve played the finished game &#8211; It&#8217;s a stunner!<\/li>\n<li><b>Winter Heat<\/b> &#8211; AM3 are back with the snowy sequel to Athlete Kings!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Previews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shining Force 3<\/li>\n<li>Vandal Hearts<\/li>\n<li>Bubble Symphony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reviews<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rampage World Tour<\/li>\n<li>NBA Live &#8217;98<\/li>\n<li>FIFA &#8217;98<\/li>\n<li>NHL Hockey &#8217;98<\/li>\n<li>NBA Action &#8217;98<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regulars<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>News<\/li>\n<li>Back Issues<\/li>\n<li>Subscriptions<\/li>\n<li>Virtua Writer<\/li>\n<li>Q+A<\/li>\n<li>Coin-Operated<\/li>\n<li>Out Now<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Playing Tips<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Small Tips<\/li>\n<li>Touring Car Guide<\/li>\n<li>Quake Guide, Part 2<\/li>\n<li>Duke Nukem Guide, Part 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8230;and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: Official Sega Saturn Magazine &#8211; Issue Number 28 &#8211; February 1998 The Sega Saturn was viewed as a failure and I guess relative to the PlayStation it was. However, it was still popular for a time and had some great games and magazines dedicated to it. This particular &#8220;Official&#8221; magazine was published in the U.K. for a few years. The February 1998 issue includes: Features 1997 Retrospective &#8211; It&#8217;s been a big year for the Saturn. SSM takes a look back at the highs and lows of the last 12 months! Zero Divide &#8211; Fists of iron and souls of steel. Zoom&#8217;s heavy metal mauler makes it to Japanese Saturns in time for Xmas! Shining Force 3 &#8211; It&#8217;s here, it&#8217;s incredible and it&#8217;s coming your way! Team Sonic&#8217;s masterpiece blows SSM away! Cotton 2 &#8211; Yet another import shoot &#8217;em up, but this broomstick blaster is as cute as hell! Give it a whirl! Top 50 Saturn Games &#8211; The definitive guide to the Saturn games you just can&#8217;t live without! And wait &#8217;til you see what&#8217;s No.1! Burning Rangers &#8211; Sonic Team&#8217;s fearless fighters are finally here. It&#8217;s a scorcher! Panzer Dragoon Saga &#8211; We&#8217;ve played the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[2524,1498,1518,1524],"class_list":["post-26814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-retro-games","category-sega-saturn","tag-retrogaming","tag-saturn","tag-sega","tag-sega-saturn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.megalextoria.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}