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MEGA issue 1 was released on 17th September 1992, cover dated October 1992 and cost £1.95. This issue covered the Mega Drive and some Mega CD coverage.

Mega City (News)[]

Headlines - 6 pages (8-13)

  • MEGA: The start of something big - (8)
  • What the hell happened to the Mega CD? - (8-9)
  • The Future Entertainment Show - (10)
  • F-15 Strike Eagle II - Incoming? - (10)
  • Super Sonic: Sonic CD - (10)
  • Superman's a Virgin - (11)
  • Willy Beamish (Mega CD) - (11)
  • Cool World (Mega CD) - (11)
  • Busman's Holiday: Andy Dyer - (11)
  • Jimmy's bus hits the road! - (12)
  • To be this good takes ages...: Official Sega Pro-Master Tips books - (12)
  • The Secret of Monkey Island (Mega CD) - (12)
  • Chess - a game of 16 bits: The Chessmaster - (12)
  • Batman Returns (Mega CD) - (13)
  • The Terminator (Mega CD) - (13)
  • Stop Press!: Golden Axe 3 - (13)
  • The world's best soccer game goes Mega Drive: Sensible Soccer - (13)
  • Lock up your daughters! It's... the MENACER - (13)

Previews[]

Previews - 6 pages (24-29)

Features[]

Contents - 2 pages (6-7)

Interview: Is Kryten any good at Thunder Force III, or what? - 2 pages (16-17)

Cult BBC2 TC space comedy Red Dwarf is watched by more than 6.5 million viewers - that's twice as many as Gamesmaster. Everyone knows that Kryten the droid (Robert Llewellyn) can hoover with his groinal socket but, in the first of a series of interviews in which TV celebrities try their hand at Mega Drive games, Neil West proposes a very different challenge...

More than just a game - 4 pages (18-21)

Ever wondered how EASN make their sports sims so good? Neil West spoke to Don Transeth the executive director of EASN to find out just how the company set about creating a rootin-tootin', run-and-shootin', jock strappin' sports masterpiece.

The Charts - 1 page (23)

Worst 10 - 1 page (85)

The 1992 Sega European Championships - 2 pages (88-89)

Nine Sega hot-shots from around Europe flew into London to play Mega Drive. After three hours, one was to emerge victorious. MEGA were there to gallantly applaud the winner and heartlessly challenge the sobbing losers to a thrashing at EA Hockey

Mega Mouth (Letters) - 2 pages (90-91)

Shut Down - 1 page (98)

Reviews[]

Title Publisher Format Reviewer Page No(s) Rating
Earnest Evans Wolf Team Mega CD Uncredited 9 30
Funky Horror Band Sega Mega CD Uncredited 9 31
Heavy Nova Micronet Mega CD Uncredited 9 12
Sol-Feace Wolf Team Mega CD Uncredited 9 48
NHLPA Hockey '93 Electronic Arts Mega Drive Neil West 32-37 92
Krusty's Super Fun House Flying Edge Mega Drive Amanda Cook 40-41 80
Prince of Persia Victor Mega CD Neil West 42-43 41
LHX Attack Chopper Electronic Arts Mega Drive Paul Mellerick 44-47 88
Thunder Force IV TechnoSoft Mega Drive Neil West 48-49 81
Speedball 2 Virgin Games Mega Drive Andy Dyer 50-51 81
Aquatic Games starring James Pond and the Aquabats, The Electronic Arts Mega Drive Paul Mellerick 52-53 75
Sports Talk Baseball Sega Mega Drive Andy Dyer 54-55 74
Team USA Basketball Electronic Arts Mega Drive Paul Mellerick 56 72
Super Smash T.V. Flying Edge Mega Drive Paul Mellerick 57 37
Honoo no Doukyuuji: Dodge Danpei Sega Mega Drive Amanda Cook 57 73
Dragon's Fury Tengen Mega Drive Andy Dyer 60 83
Last Battle Sega Mega Drive Uncredited 60 4
Super Hang-On Sega Mega Drive Uncredited 60 74
Super Thunder Blade Sega Mega Drive Uncredited 60 18
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle Sega Mega Drive Uncredited 60 36
World Cup Italia '90 Sega Mega Drive Uncredited 60 20
Space Harrier II Sega Mega Drive Uncredited 60 55
Zany Golf Electronic Arts Mega Drive Uncredited 60 11

Comments

NHLPA
Bigger, better and bloodier than its older brother, NHLPA Hockey truly kicks. Sell your old cart and buy it

Krusty's Super Fun House
A platform-puzzler with class, but the passwords will help you finish it quickly and you probably won't want to come back to it

Prince of Persia
A nice game to play, but not something that you'll get a lot of value-for-money from. And a complete waste of the capabilities of the Mega CD

LHX Attack Chopper
Get this! LHX Attack Chopper is a game with real depth. The control system is fairly complicated, but who said flying a chopper was easy? With 5 different skill levels and 30 missions to complete, check this out if you want a real challenge

ThunderForce IV
Technically amazing, but the only amazing thing about the game underneath is how bog-standard it is. Aero Blasters and Hellfire stomp all over it, with big boots on

Speedball 2
Definitely best when two people are playing. It can get a bit frustrating but it's good aggressive fun

Mega Play[]

Tips - 3 pages (62-64)

Rip 'n' Tip - 4 pages (65-68)

Mega Medic - 4 pages (70-73)

Arena - 1 page (74)

Top 100[]

Top 100: The best Mega Drive games of all time - 9 pages (76-84)

Caption
Header cell Header cell
1 John Madden Football '92
2 EA Hockey
3 Sonic the Hedgehog
4 Hellfire
5 Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
6 Streets of Rage
7 Quackshot Starring Donald Duck
8 Road Rash
9 Rainbow Islands
10 PGA Tour Golf
11 Sword of Vermilion
12 Phantasy Star III: Generations of Doom
13 Air Buster
14 Golden Axe II
15 Desert Strike
16 Speedball 2
17 Thunder Force III
18 Revenge of Shinobi, The
19 Taz-Mania
20 James Pond II: Codename: Robocod
21 Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
22 Decap Attack
23 Ghouls 'n Ghosts
24 Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs
25 Populous
26 ToeJam & Earl
27 Pit-Fighter
28 Shining in the Darkness
29 Phantasy Star II
30 F-22 Interceptor
31 Strider
32 ESWAT
33 Shadow Dancer
34 Columns
35 Kid Chameleon
36 Terminator, The
37 Two Crude Dudes
38 After Burner II
39 Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday
40 New Zealand Story, The
41 Truxton
42 Olympic Gold: Barcelona '92
43 World Class Leader Board
44 Battle Squadron
45 Blockout
46 F1 Circus MD
47 David Robinson's Supreme Court
48 Super Hang-On
49 Arcus Odyssey
50 Joe Montana II: Sports Talk Football
51 Fighting Masters
52 Chuck Rock
53 Tetris
54 688 Attack Sub
55 Star Control
56 Herzog Zwei
57 Spider-Man (1991)
58 Corporation
59 Test Drive II: The Duel
60 Trouble Shooter
61 Arnold Palmer Tournament Golf
62 Winter Challenge
63 Klax
64 James Pond: Underwater Agent
65 Immortal, The
66 Sagaia
67 Might and Magic: Gates to Another World
68 California Games
69 Budokan: The Martial Spirit
70 Zero Wing
71 Thunder Force II
72 Turrican
73 European Club Soccer
74 Fatal Rewind
75 CrossFire (1991)
76 El Viento
77 Grandslam: The Tennis Tournament
78 Rolling Thunder 2
79 Jewel Master
80 Talmit's Adventure
81 Batman: The Video Game
82 Alisia Dragoon
83 Bonanza Bros.
84 Gynoug
85 Forgotten Worlds
86 M-1 Abrams Battle Tank
87 Space Harrier II
88 Space Invaders '91
89 Hardball
90 Rambo III (Sega)
91 Moonwalker (Sega)
92 King's Bounty: The Conqueror's Quest
93 Crack Down
94 Mike Ditka Power Football
95 Stormlord
96 Marble Madness
97 Arch Rivals
98 Super Off Road
99 RoadBlasters
100 Dick Tracy

Adverts[]

Virgin Games

The Terminator, European Club Soccer, Speedball 2, Chuck Rock, Corporation

Domark/Tengen

Dragon's Fury, Pit-Fighter, Pac-Mania, Paperboy

Sega Power - 3 pages (95-97)

Other Credits[]

Art Editor

Amanda Cook

Deputy Editor

Andy Dyer

Staff Writer

Paul Mellerick

Production Editor

Ashley Young

Contributors

Stuart Campbell, Andy Hutchinson, James Leach, Adrian Price, Adam Waring

Publisher

Steve Carey

Analysis[]

Type Pages %
News 6 6%
Features 8 8%
Reviews 25 25%
Previews 6 6%
Competitions 2 2%
Other Editorial (Contents, Surveys, etc..) 24 24%
Tips 11 11%
Advert: Games 4 4%
Advert: Magazines 0 0%
Advert: Other 14 14%
Total Editorial 82 82%
Total Adverts 18 18%

External links[]

MEGA issue 1 at Out-of-Print Archive

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