MegaTech

MegaTech


Publisher: EMAP, Maverick Magazines
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Backed systems: Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD
First issue date: 1991-12-06
Last issue date: 1995-06-30
Number of issues: 43
Frequency: Monthly
ISSN: 0964-5764
Preceded by: The Complete Guide to Megadrive

For the arcade hardware, see Mega-Tech.

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MegaTech was a monthly video game magazine published in the United Kingdom between late-1991 and mid-1995. Published by EMAP, it was the first magazine dedicated specifically to the Sega Mega Drive (and later its add-ons, the Sega Mega-CD and Sega 32X).

MegaTech was staffed by former writers of Computer & Video Games and its spin-off Mean Machines, and would later be accompanied by Mean Machines Sega (which would also cover the Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear and later Sega Saturn). EMAP would also get official rights from Sega and launch Sega Magazine in 1993.

With so many Sega-related publications under its belt, the rights to MegaTech were sold to Maverick Magazines who kept the magazine in print for a further year. Maverick would find itself maintaining three similar Mega Drive publications during this time, after its purchase of Mega and the continuation of Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, both of which had been launched to compete against MegaTech in 1992. All three would cease publication following the arrival of the Sega Saturn.

Ratings

Main article: MegaTech/Ratings.

Back issues

Issue	Name	Date	Price	Barcode	Extras
1	Xmas 1991	1991-12-06	£1.951.95	9770964576002-12
2	February 1992	1992-01-20^[1]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-02
3	March 1992	1992-02-20^[2]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-03	Badge
4	April 1992	1992-03-20^[3]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-04	Error creating thumbnail: convert: Insufficient memory (case 4) `/home/sonicret/domains/segaretro.org/public_html/images/temp/transform_909c47800319.jpg' @ error/jpeg.c/JPEGErrorHandler/338.
5	May 1992	1992-04-20^[4]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-05
6	June 1992	1992-05-20^[5]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-06
7	July 1992	1992-06-20^[6]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-07	Stickers
8	August 1992	1992-07-20^[7]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-08
9	September 1992	1992-08-20^[8]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-09
10	October 1992	1992-09-20^[9]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-10
11	November 1992	1992-10-20^[10]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-11	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 booklet
12	December 1992	1992-11-20^[11]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-12	Tips book
13	January 1993	1992-12-20	£1.951.95	9770964576002-01
14	February 1993	1993-01-20^[12]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-02
15	March 1993	1993-02-20^[13]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-03
16	April 1993	1993-03-20^[14]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-04	Mega-CD guide
17	May 1993	1993-04-23^[15]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-05
18	June 1993	1993-05-20^[16]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-06
19	July 1993	1993-06-19^[17]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-07
20	August 1993	1993-07-20^[18]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-08
21	September 1993	1993-08-20^[19]	£1.951.95	9770964576002-09	Poster
22	October 1993	1993-09-20^[20]	£2.252.25	9770964576019-10
23	November 1993	1993-10-20^[21]	£2.252.25	9770964576019-11	Competition card
24	December 1993	1993-11-20^[22]	£2.502.50	9770964576026-12	Booklet Error creating thumbnail: convert: unable to write blob `/tmp/magick-CUY8Ddn1FWIm2x5gZoV1WLXmJgJymSjo': No space left on device @ error/blob.c/ImageToFile/1919. convert: no decode delegate for this image format `' @ error/constitute.c/ReadImage/575. convert: no images defined `/home/sonicret/domains/segaretro.org/public_html/images/temp/transform_765a3197781b.jpg' @ error/convert.c/ConvertImageCommand/3229.
25	January 1994	1993-12-21^[23]	£2.502.50	9770964576026-01
26	February 1994	1994-01-20^[24]	£2.502.50	9770964576019-03
27	March 1994	1994-02-20^[25]	£2.252.25	9770964576026-99
28	April 1994	1994-03-18^[26]	£2.252.25	9770964576026-04
29	May 1994	1994-04-21^[27]	£2.252.25	9770964576026-05
30	June 1994	1994-05-19^[28]	£2.502.50	9770964576033-06
31	July 1994	1994-06-16^[29]	£2.502.50	9770964576033-07
32	August 1994	1994-07-21^[30]	£2.502.50	9770964576033-08
33	September 1994	1994-08-18^[31]	£2.502.50	9770964576033-09
34	October 1994	1994-09-15^[32]	£2.502.50	9770964576033-10
35	December 1994	1994-10-27^[33]	£2.502.50	9770964576033-11
36	Christmas Special 1994	1994-11-30^[34]	£2.502.50	9770964576026-12
37	January 1995	1994-12-xx	£2.502.50	9770964576026-01
38	February 1995	1995-01-xx	£2.502.50	9770964576026-02
39	March 1995	1995-02-30^[35]	£2.502.50	9770964576026-03
40	April 1995	1995-03-31^[36]	£2.502.50	9770964576026-04
41	May 1995	1995-04-30^[37]	£2.502.50
42	June 1995	1995-05-31^[38]	£2.502.50	9770964576026-06
43	July 1995	1995-06-30^[39]	£2.502.50	9770964576026-06
11s	Sonic the Hedgehog 2 booklet	1992-10-20^[10]
12s	Tips book	1992-11-20^[11]
16s	Mega-CD guide	1993-03-20^[14]

Supplements

Stickers and Buttons
Posters

Promotional material

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #5: "February 1993" (1993-01-28)

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #11: "September 1993" (1993-07-30)

References

Sega-related magazines published in the United Kingdom
Future Publishing	S: The Sega Magazine (1989-1990) \| Sega Power (1990-1997) \| Mega (1992-1994) \| Sega Zone (1993-1994) \| Saturn+ (1995-1997) \| Saturn Power (1997-1998) \| DC-UK (1999-2001) \| DC-Tips (1999)
Paragon Publishing	Sega Pro (1991-1996) \| Sega XS (1993-199x) \| Mega Power (1993-1995) \| Dreamcast Magazine (1999-2002) \| Dreamcast Solutions (1999)
EMAP	MegaTech (1991-1994) \| Mean Machines Sega (1992-1997) \| Sega Magazine (1994-1995) \| Sega Saturn Magazine (1995-1998)
Impact Magazines	Sega Force (1992-1993) \| Sega Force Mega (1993-1994) \| Sega Master Force (1993) \| Mega Machines (1993-1994)
Maverick Magazines	Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (1992-1995) \| Mega (1994-1995) \| MegaTech (1994)
Dennis Publishing	Sega Zone (1992-1993) \| Official Dreamcast Magazine (1999-2001)
Europress Interactive	Mega Action (1993-1994)
Rapide Publishing	Total Saturn (1996-1997)
Quay Magazine Publishing	Dreamcast Monthly (1999-2001) \| Dreamcast Strategies (1999)
Magical Media	Mr. Dreamcast (2000)

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p82-1] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_02.pdf_p80-2] MegaTech, "February 1992" (UK; 1992-01-20), page 80

[:File:MegaTech_UK_03.pdf_p82-3] MegaTech, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_04.pdf_p5-4] MegaTech, "April 1992" (UK; 1992-03-20), page 5

[:File:MegaTech_UK_05.pdf_p82-5] MegaTech, "May 1992" (UK; 1992-04-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_06.pdf_p82-6] MegaTech, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_07.pdf_p82-7] MegaTech, "July 1992" (UK; 1992-06-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_08.pdf_p82-8] MegaTech, "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_09.pdf_p82-9] MegaTech, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_10.pdf_p82-10] 10.0 ^10.1 MegaTech, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_11.pdf_p82-11] 11.0 ^11.1 MegaTech, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_13.pdf_p98-12] MegaTech, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-20), page 98

[:File:MegaTech_UK_14.pdf_p82-13] MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_15.pdf_p82-14] 14.0 ^14.1 MegaTech, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-20), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_16.pdf_p75-15] MegaTech, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 75

[:File:MegaTech_UK_17.pdf_p114-16] MegaTech, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-23), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_18.pdf_p106-17] MegaTech, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 106

[:File:MegaTech_UK_19.pdf_p114-18] MegaTech, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-19), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_20.pdf_p114-19] MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_21.pdf_p114-20] MegaTech, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-20), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_22.pdf_p106-21] MegaTech, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-20), page 106

[:File:MegaTech_UK_23.pdf_p106-22] MegaTech, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-20), page 106

[:File:MegaTech_UK_24.pdf_p114-23] MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_25.pdf_p114-24] MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_26.pdf_p114-25] MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_27.pdf_p114-26] MegaTech, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-20), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_28.pdf_p114-27] MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 114

[:File:MegaTech_UK_29.pdf_p106-28] MegaTech, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 106

[:File:MegaTech_UK_30.pdf_p98-29] MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 98

[:File:MegaTech_UK_31.pdf_p82-30] MegaTech, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-06-16), page 82

[:File:MegaTech_UK_32.pdf_p50-31] MegaTech, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 50

[:File:MegaTech_UK_33.pdf_p50-32] MegaTech, "September 1994" (UK; 1994-08-18), page 50

[:File:MegaTech_UK_34.pdf_p50-33] MegaTech, "October 1994" (UK; 1994-09-15), page 50

[:File:MegaTech_UK_35.pdf_p50-34] MegaTech, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-27), page 50

[:File:MegaTech_UK_38.pdf_p32-35] MegaTech, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-xx), page 32

[:File:MegaTech_UK_39.pdf_p32-36] MegaTech, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-30), page 32

[:File:MegaTech_UK_40.pdf_p32-37] MegaTech, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-31), page 32

[:File:MegaTech_UK_41.pdf_p32-38] MegaTech, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-30), page 32

[:File:MegaTech_UK_42.pdf_p32-39] MegaTech, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-31), page 32

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