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Neil West - MEGA Issue 1

Neil West was an Editor who worked on Future Publishing titles such as Sega Power, Mega and Next Generation.

Profile[]

Neil worked on Sega Power in 1990, becoming deputy editor. He also contributed to several other Future Publishing titles like Commodore Format, Amiga Format and Amiga Power. It was during this time that he also appeared many times on games tv shows such as GamesMaster, co-commentating with host Dominik Diamond on the latest games challenge. He also co-hosted, with Jane Goldman, the Games World reviews show 'House of Games' that was broadcast on satellite TV.

During the end of 1992, he was given responsibility of launch Editor of Mega. Edited the "Official Sega Megadrive Power Tipsbook", which was released in 1994. He left Mega and the UK to work in the United States. In 1995 he launched the respected US games magazine Next Generation, holding the position of editor-in-chief. Under his guidance, the magazine offered exclusive coverage, including interviews with the people in the industry. In 1996 Marketing Computers magazine ranked him the US's most influential interactive entertainment journalist.

He would return to the UK in 1998 to take over the Editor's position on multi format magazine Arcade. He left the games industry in 1999 to manage garageband.com as Editor & Publisher (Garageband.com was a band filter company for the music industry). In 2002 he decided to take time out to travel the world. He produced his own website neilwest.com, which features articles and pictures of his travels. The website's moto: "Whatever it takes to have a nice day" ...

Magazine career[]

Sega Power

  • Deputy Editor 1990-1992

Total

  • Contributor (Feb 1992 - )

Mega

  • Editor (Oct 1992 - Oct 1993)
  • Contributor (Nov 1993 - Aug 1994)

GamesMaster

  • Contributor (Jan 1993 - )

PC Gamer

  • American Editor (Dec 1993 - Jan 1994) - 2 Issues
  • Contributing Writer (Feb 1994 - )

Next Generation

  • 1995-

Arcade

  • Editor (Dec 1998 - Sep 1999) - 10 Issues

Reviews[]

Title Format Magazine Published Rating Adj Rating
NHLPA Hockey '93 Mega Drive MEGA #01 1992/09/17 92 92%
Prince of Persia Mega CD MEGA #01 1992/09/17 41 41%
Thunder Force IV Mega Drive MEGA #01 1992/09/17 81 81%
Sonic 2 Mega Drive MEGA #02 1992/10/15 94 94
Thunderstorm FX Mega CD MEGA #02 1992/10/15 80 80
Greendog Mega Drive MEGA #02 1992/10/15 57 57
Predator 2 Mega Drive MEGA #02 1992/10/15 28 28
Super High Impact Mega Drive MEGA #02 1992/10/15 39 39
John Madden Football 93 Mega Drive GamesMaster #001 1992/12/03 90 90
Lotus Turbo Challenge Mega Drive GamesMaster #001 1992/12/03 79 79
Krusty's Super Fun House Amiga GamesMaster #002 1993/01/21 80 80
B.O.B. SNES GamesMaster #006 1993/05/20 75 75
SpikeOut Arcade Arcade #01 1998/11/17 5/5 100

Articles[]

Magazine Published Article
MEGA #1 1992/09/17 Feature: Is Kryten any good at Thunder Force III, or what? - page(s) 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...
MEGA #1 1992/09/17 Feature: More than just a game… - page(s) 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.
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