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Champion Train '93
Date: 1993-05-08 – 1993-06-06
Location: Germany
Attendance: 3000[1]

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The Champion Train '93 was a German Sega gaming event held on a graffited two carriage special train[2][3] (Sonderzug) of the German Federal Railway (Deutsche Bundesbahn), from May 8 to June 6, 1993.

In order to give the train a suitable outfit for the ocasion, German teen magazine Popcorn[4] called on its readers to take part in a graffiti competition called "Stylt den Sega Champion Train!"[2] (Style the Sega Champion Train!). The winners of the competition were Erik Mahnkopf[5][6][7] and Malte Nickau[8][7], two youngs from Berlin, which with the help of two of their friends, spent two days in Munich decorating the two carriages of the train[9].

The train toured by the railway stations of 30 largest German cities, namely Munich (München Hauptbahnhof; May 8[10][11]), Nuremberg (Nürnberg Hauptbahnhof; May 9[10][11]), Offenbach am Main (Offenbach am Main Hauptbahnhof; May 10[10][11]), Fulda (Fulda Hauptbahnhof; May 11[10][11]), Kassel (Kassel Hauptbahnhof; May 12[10][11]), Erfurt (Erfurt Hauptbahnhof; May 13[10][11]), Chemnitz (Chemnitz Hauptbahnhof; May 14[10][11]), Cottbus (Cottbus Hauptbahnhof; May 15[10][11]), Leipzig (Leipzig Bayerischer Bahnhof; May 16[10][11]), Braunschweig (Braunschweig Hauptbahnhof; May 17[10][11]), Berlin (Berlin-Lichtenberg; May 18[10][11]), Schwerin (Schwerin Hauptbahnhof; May 19[10][11]), Kiel (Kiel Hauptbahnhof; May 20[10][11]), Hamburg (Sternschanze; May 21[10][11]), Bremen (Bremen Hauptbahnhof; May 22[10][11]), Oldenburg (Oldenburg Hauptbahnhof; May 23[10][11]), Münster (Münster Hauptbahnhof; May 24[10][11]), Hagen (Hagen Hauptbahnhof; May 25[10][11]), Bochum (Bochum Hauptbahnhof; May 26[10][11]), Oberhausen (Oberhausen Hauptbahnhof; May 27[10][11]), Aachen (Aachen Hauptbahnhof; May 28[10][11]), Koblenz (Koblenz Hauptbahnhof; May 29[10][11]), Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof; May 30[10][11]), Mainz (Mainz Hauptbahnhof; May 31[10][11]), Heidelberg (Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof; June 1[10][11]), Saarbrücken (Saarbrücken Hauptbahnhof; June 2[10][11]), Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof; June 3[10][11]), Freiburg im Breisgau (Freiburg Hauptbahnhof; June 4[10][11]), Ulm (Ulm Hauptbahnhof; June 5[10][11]) and Augsburg (Augsburg Hauptbahnhof; June 6[10][11]).

To participate, gamers all over Germany, in two groups; "junior" (12 years and under) and "senior", had to get a free "score card" available on "training camps" set up by Sega in authorized department stores which could also be obtained on-site, in the train, where they had compete for a high score on Taz-Mania, Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators and Thunder Force IV for the Sega Mega Drive.

Gamers of each city with the first and second best scores of each group (four gamers in total per city) would compete for the title of German "junior" and "senior" Champion in a Final (originally planned to be held in Hamburg), held in a special tent set up by Sega in the Hockenheimring race circuit during the Formula One 1993 German Grand Prix, where the winners would be entitled to a place in the Sega European Championships 1993, to compete for the title of European Champion.

Christopher Sigmund, aged 12, won the the junior contest[12] while Andreas Hugel, aged 20, won the senior contest[12]. Alain Prost and Damon Hill of Williams-Renault Formula One Team, awarded the prizes which consisted of a trophy and a Mega-CD 2 to each of the two champions, while the second and third classified of each group received a Sega Mega Drive Magnum Set as a consolation prize. Retired German high jumper Carlo Thränhardt[13], was present at the event as a special guest, supporting the contestants and giving them autographs in the end.

Magazine articles

Main article: Champion Train '93/Magazine articles.

Gallery

  • All finalists of the Champion Train '93, competed in the German Sega Championships Final held in a special tent set up for the ocasion in the Hockenheimring race circuit, in Hockenheim, Germany

  • Alain Prost and the podium finishers of the junior contest

  • Christopher Sigmund, the winner of the junior contest alongside Damon Hill and Alain Prost

  • Christopher Sigmund and Carlo Thränhardt[13]

  • Andreas Hugel the winner of the senior contest alongside Williams-Renault Formula One Team's car Williams FW15C

  • Erik Mahnkopf, Malte Nickau and friends

  • The "Champion Train" in Munich

  • Badge

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  • ChampionTrain93 Badge2.jpg

References

  1. ↑ Gamers, "August/September 1993" (DE; 1993-07-23), page 10
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Video Games, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-26), page 31
  3. ↑ File:FernsehkulturSubjektivitätineinerWeltbewegterBilder Book DE 1996 (by Ben Bachmair).pdf, page 41
  4. ↑ Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 25
  5. ↑ https://www.maz-online.de/Lokales/Oberhavel/Mit-Pinsel-und-50-Litern-Farbe (archive.today)
  6. ↑ https://www.xing.com/profile/Erik_Mahnkopf (archive.today)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 https://www.graco-berlin.de/en/about/ (archive.today)
  8. ↑ https://www.saechsische.de/alles-bunt-auf-der-kirchstrasse-5086560.html (archive.today)
  9. ↑ File:ChampionTrain93 Popcorn DE Magazine.jpg
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 Sega Pro, "Mai 1993" (DE; 1993-04-xx), page 4
  11. ↑ 11.00 11.01 11.02 11.03 11.04 11.05 11.06 11.07 11.08 11.09 11.10 11.11 11.12 11.13 11.14 11.15 11.16 11.17 11.18 11.19 11.20 11.21 11.22 11.23 11.24 11.25 11.26 11.27 11.28 11.29 Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 11
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Sega Magazin, "September/Oktober 1993" (DE; 1993-09-01), page 36/37 (36)
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 https://content2.promiflash.de/article-images/video_1080/carlo-thraenhardt-in-der-zdf-talkshow-von-markus-lanz.jpg


Officially licensed Sega tours
United Kingdom UK Sega in 2 Action! Tour (1995)
United States of America US Cherry Coke/Sega Sonic Shuttle 1993 (1993) | Cherry Coke/Sega Sonic Shuttle 1994 (1994) | Cherry Coke/Sega Saturn Shuttle Sampling Program (1995) | Cherry Coke/Sega Saturn Shuttle Tour '96 (1996) | Sega Dreamcast Mobile Assault Tour (1999)
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