ISSUE: 4Content
Sega's own newsletter, mailed free to anyone who sent in the registration card for a Sega product (or had a friend sign them up via the mailing list). Sixteen pages, but we're seeing more ads than in previous issues.
Features:
- Now the Fun Starts (John Sauer's editorial about all the great Sega things coming soon)
- Name the Sega Newsletter contest (see issue 6 to find out how that works out...)
- Sega Input (all reader-submitted stuff winds up here, but we'll still break it down for you because we love you here at Retromags!)
- Draw Your Favorite Sega Game Contest Winners (the 9-and-under and 10-15 crowd winners revealed...next issue shows 16-20 and 21+ winners)
- Sega Software Checklist (Collect 'em, trade 'em with your friends...)
- Tech Talk (Everything you ever wanted to know about the SegaScope 3D glasses)
- Sega Accessories Order Form (Brand loyalty for life, yo! Also, this is the only place you can get Power Strike (SMS), so don't wimp out because supplies are limited...)
- Scoreboard (The top 5 reader scores for Wonder Boy in Monster World (SMS)! Next month: Thunder Blade (SMS)!)
Reviews:
- Thunder Blade (SMS)
- Double Dragon (SMS)
- Phantasy Star (SMS)
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (SMS)
Tips From the Team (reader-submitted hints and tips):
- Choplifter (SMS)
- Great Football (SMS)
- Gangster Town (SMS)
- Wonder Boy (SMS)
- Alien Syndrome (SMS)
Sega Secrets (editor-supplied strategy and tactics):
- Thunder Blade (SMS)
- Shinobi (SMS)
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land (SMS)
Ask the Sega Master (the Sega sensei answers reader's questions about specific games):
- Space Harrier (SMS)
- After Burner (SMS)
- Alex Kidd in Miracle World (SMS)
- Aztec Adventure (SMS)
Coming Soon:
- Poseidon Wars 3-D (SMS)
- R-Type (SMS)
- Reggie Jackson Baseball (SMS)
- Summer Games (SMS) (advertised as 'Summer Games I', but there's never a 'Summer Games II')
- Altered Beast (SMS)
- California Games (SMS)
- Walter Payton Football (SMS)
Notable Stuff:
- Why, that's a Nintendo game featuring in the ad for the Pro Play Home Arcade Cabinet. Fancy Sega letting that happen, considering John Sauer's editorial next issue, eh?
- Seriously, guys, there's no stage select for Space Harrier (SMS). Stop asking us about this!
- Sauer Sez of Double Dragon (SMS), '...rumor has it there's a secret invincible mode hidden somewhere in the game.' No, John, there isn't. Quit playing games with our hearts.
- A $5 rebate offer on Phantasy Star (SMS) which requires so many steps they have to print more comprehensive instructions for it next issue.
- Features ads for Electronic Game Player magazine, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (SMS), and Beeshu joysticks.
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