Challenge Européen Sega 1993

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Challenge Européen Sega 1993
Date: 1993-04-10 – 1993-05-09
Location: France
Attendance: 200.000[1]

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The Challenge Européen Sega 1993 was an event held on a train in France, from April 10 to May 9, 1993[2] as a successor to the Sega Euro Challenge 92 and like its predecessor it consisted of a gaming challenge as well as an exhibition[1] of Sega's latest products.

Like in the previous competition, the train toured by the railway stations of 22 of the largest French cities, namely Lille (04/10 and 04/11), Amiens (04/12), Rouen (04/14), Reims (04/17), Strasbourg (04/18), Mulhouse (04/19), Besançon (04/20), Nancy (04/21), Dijon (04/22), Lyon (Lyon-Perrache Railway Station; 04/23 and 04/24), Clermont-Ferrand (04/25), Grenoble (04/26), Marseille (Marseille-Saint-Charles Railway Station; 04/27), Montpellier (04/28), Toulouse (Toulouse-Matabiau Railway Station; 04/29), Bordeaux (Bordeaux-Saint-Jean Railway Station; 05/01), Tours (05/02), Angers (05/03), Nantes (05/04), Rennes (05/05), Le Mans (05/06) and Paris (Montparnasse Railway Station; 05/08 and 05/09) where young visitors from the 22 cities in two groups, "junior" (12 years and under) and "senior" would compete in two Sega video games for a score, against a time limit, this time on Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 for the Mega Drive[3] (Club Sega members had priority over other competitors in queues and the right to a bonus in points[4]). A total of 48 players (24 from each group) would be qualyfied for a grand final held in Paris on June 27, 1993 at the Aquaboulevard[5], the biggest urban water park in Europe where the winners of each group would be entitled to a place in the Sega European Championships 1993, held in Vienna, Austria to compete for the title of European Champion.

Two of the four[6] carriages of the train were transformed, like in the previous year, into exhibition booths where Sega's latest novelties were exhibited to the French public with each visitor receiving a keyring with a replica[7] of the trophy[7] of the Challenge Européen Sega 1993 as well as an exclusive twenty-page special edition of the French Sega magazine Mega Force, focused entirely on the event, as souvenirs.

Finalists[8]

City Junior winner Senior winner
Lille Cedric Peltier (04/10); David Vincent (04/11) Loic Denimal (04/10); Antoine Thirion (04/11)
Amiens Christophe Kucala Olivier Sannier
Rouen Bruno Deneuve Mathieu Chauvin
Reims Bruno Delahaie Alexandre Rudoni
Strasbourg Mickaël Muller Sebastien De Groot
Mulhouse André Lizzy Gabriel Frey
Besançon Ludovic Cheuroton Orlane Badino
Nancy Olivier Beer François Beren
Dijon Michel Dorian Raphael Badino
Lyon Roger Goudard (04/23); Denis Goudard (04/24) Farhad Devallou (04/23); Sebastien Larue (04/24)
Clermont-Ferrand Boubeker Kemisti Laurent Magnan
Marseille Stephane Morgana Sephane Seniau
Montpellier Fabrice Strazzieri Julien Martin
Toulouse Arnaud Bressolles Jean Baptiste Cabot
Bordeaux Boris Tessier Didier Buzzacaro
Tours Franck Gauthier Benoit Selles
Angers Nicolas Dallay Dimitri Fauchard
Nantes Frederic Blain Rolland Gicquel
Rennes Christophe Chillou Franck Teurtrie
Le Mans Kome Djapite Cedric Gueffier
Paris Thomas Laurent (05/08); Didier Pascarel 05/09 Axel Rudomi (05/08); Vincent Cornelin (05/09)

Magazine articles

Main article: Challenge Européen Sega 1993/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in (FR) #15: "Mars 1993" (1993-0x-xx)
also published in:
  • (FR) #18: "Mars 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[9]
  • (FR) #18: "Mars 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[10]
  • (FR) #29: "Mars/Avril 1993" (1993-03-10)[11]
  • (FR) #19: "Avril 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[12]
  • (FR) #19: "Avril 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[13]
  • (FR) #30: "Avril/Mai 1993" (1993-04-10)[14]
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Gallery

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mega Force, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 10
  2. ↑ http://www.trains-expo.fr/index.php/pages/?title=inventaire&id=26 (Wayback Machine: 2011-09-12 02:33)
  3. ↑ Mega Force, "Numero Gratuit" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 9
  4. ↑ http://www.the-blue-room.info/2010/02/04/1992-le-train-sega/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-12-21 03:08)
  5. ↑ https://trainsexposncf.wordpress.com/2013/12/ (archive.today)
  6. ↑ File:ConfinoSarlMuseum&ExhibitionDesign FR File 2006-06.pdf, page 2
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/SEGA/comments/awn39v/wts_holy_grail_1993_sega_european_championship/ (archive.today)
  8. ↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 10
  9. ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 20
  10. ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 4
  11. ↑ Player One, "Mars/Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-03-10), page 2
  12. ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6
  14. ↑ Player One, "Avril/Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-04-10), page 8


Officially licensed Sega tournaments held outside Japan
France FR Sega Masters 91 (1991) | Sega Euro Challenge 92 (1992) | Challenge Européen Sega 1993 (1993)
United Kingdom UK Sega Challenge 1990 (1990) | Sega Masterblaster Championship 1991 (1991) | Sega Sports Challenge (1992) | UK Sega Games Championships (1993) | 1994 Sega UK Challenge (1994)
United States of America US Sega Challenge (1987-1988) | Sega Genesis World Championship (1990) | Rock the Rock (1994)
Others Sega TV Game-ki Zenkoku Contest (Japan; 1974) | 1991 Sega European Championship | 1992 Sega European Championship | Sega European Championships 1993 | Champion Train '93 (Germany; 1993) | Télémoustique Sega Cup 93
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