Megazone
From Sega Retro
Hi guys, I noticed you were missing a lot of Megazones so I've scanned and uploaded some of my covers as well as obtaining other scanned covers from around the net. You've got a pretty good collection now!
I wasn't sure where to put it on the page as I'm not sure if it's of interest to you guys but I've also uploaded a super rare sega megazone issue 25 tv advert recording to youtube a few years back on youtube. Video ID & timestamp: Ej9udvlqWPA?t=2m30s (link is triggering spam filter) - Blake00
- I wasn't too keen on listing some of the earlier issues here, because this magazine started off as a multi-format publication. It didn't become Sega-specific until a couple of years down the line -Black Squirrel (talk) 10:16, 4 May 2018 (CDT)
Oh... Well if I had known all I was going to get a no thanks I would have put that hour and all that effort into something else! I have many of the mags so yes I know it didn't become Sega only until issue 32, however it was still a Sega heavy mag before that due to being published by Sega Ozisoft (which is why there was next to no Nintendo stuff in the muti format mags), and if its full of sega stuff despite having other stuff in it & published by Sega too why get rid of it? Look at those beautiful sonic covers in the old issues, the Sonic 2 one is beauty! - Blake00
- We are always thankful for new material... he just explained you why we didn't have them ... I can't see a single word in his comment alluding to that... scanning entire magazines is sometimes boring... it takes time ... patience... our objective is to preserve the maximum we can about Sega ( and Sonic of course) ... there's lots of information in these magazines from the past... so without pressure... and if you're disposed to do it we would be thankfull ... I'm in no way trying to be offensive with you... nor trying to impose you rules ... sometimes we may feel that our work is not apreciated ... but I can assure you that it is... I guess the trick is to not think in ourselves as individuals ... but as a team... no offense ... (It's not perceptible ... but we do prefer to have just a cover than having nothing)... --Asagoth (talk) 02:36, 5 May 2018 (CDT)
Well you said thanks so I'll take that one lol. Yeah scanning mags is pretty full on so I'm can't promise that, however I did just come across a large select of scanned megazone pdfs from another website so I probably could upload them although I think they're all above your 100meg limit. As for my physical collection I only have from issue 29 onwards to the final issue 56 but I'm actively trying to get earlier copies on ebay, in fact I just bagged issue 24 with the sonic 2 cover, I always wanted that one! I've also got quite a few spares (including new & sealed ones) that I'm going to sell too so if you guys want any, do an ebay megazone search over the next few days and you'll probably see them haha. Oh and it turns out I missed another one that you guys don't have. The last EVER issue of Sega Megazone, issue 56! I've scanned it and uploaded it to your page so now with that plus the others you should have a complete record all the way back to issue 16. If I bag any pre 16 (and they appear still heavy on Sega content & published by Sega Ozisoft) I'll let ya know. I can't find a single trace of them online though, I think they must have been in the MegaComp mag days. I've got saved ebay search for that to keep an eye out. - Blake00
- Do not worry about the size limit... Sega Retro staff is able to upload them via ftp ... if one of your magazine scans exceeds the limit just let Wiki Sysop Black Squirrel know about it and he will upload it for you... as I said to you before, don't feel pressured... I know its a huge task to scan all that stuff ... but someone has to do it one day... We are not trying to compete with other wikis or websites... our aim is to preserve Sega's history and reunite all this good stuff not just for our community, but for everyone who loves Sega... is better to have this goodies in just one place than have them scattered across thousend websites and short living blogs... in fact no one will be punished for downloading our material (I can't find a better definition for "public service") ... just a tip for you... there's a button in the Talk page (the one that looks like a signature) for signing your messages... just click on it after writing and it will add your signature to your messages ...--Asagoth (talk) 04:54, 11 May 2018 (CDT)
Hi guys, Been a few years (so long I had to make a new account as the old one had been removed lol) but I'm back. I've managed to bag a super old MegaZone for my collection that I thought you guys might want to add to your online collection. It's in pretty good condition and even still has the poster! Only problem is I'm unable to identify what issue number it is as unlike later issues it doesn't seem to state the number on the cover or internally, at least not that I can find so far. It appears to be the November 1990 issue before they switched to bimonthly. I've uploaded the cover for now. If you want the whole mag I can try and scan it into a pdf at work for you (if so do you have a recommend scanning guidelines to follow or advice for me?). I've uploaded the cover to here: https://retrocdn.net/File:Megazone_AU_Nov1990.png BTW I was gonna say this years ago so I may as well say it now. I see no signature button. All I've got is save changes/shopw preview/show changes/cancel/editing help at the bottom. On other wiki sites I see at bar at the top with a sig button but not yours. - Blake00 17/11/2019
UPDATE: Matt from the RetroGamingAus MegaZone wiki has given me this information about this issue..
"Thanks Blake – have never seen that one before. The National Library’s record on Megazone notes that their numbering dropped off after September 1990. Definitely can see it picks up on the Falcon cover #16 which is where the bimonthly run started according to NLA. The government’s record seems to assume that there was an issue number for January, but the editorial page for the Arachnophobia cover issue (Feb 91, don’t have the cover anymore but this page is on the Amiga Magazine Rack - http://amr.abime.net/issue_1840) suggests that there was no January issue. That issue is #12, so based on the existence of a December 1990 issue (which I believe would have been the first issue I had back in the day, as the Arachnophobia one was the second), it would be #10." - Blake00 17/11/2019
Wild stuff Blaze00, I'd be super keen to read it! I'd also possibly ask @sincespacies on Twitter as he worked on the Magazine at one point. - Rlan
Already have mate. :) Been mates with Brian (sincespacies) for a few years now as he contacted me after I posted an old Sega MegaZone TV advert I recorded as a kid on youtube. This mag is so old it predates when he worked there so even he doesn't know either! It's quite a find haha! - Blake00 17/11/2019
One of your people deleted my cover upload (stating copy on retrocdn as reason) so I've switched the link above to https://retrocdn.net/File:Megazone_AU_Nov1990.png - Blake00 18/11/2019
I have painstakingly scanned this super rare copy of Megazone issue 10 at 400dpi which resulted in 123mb file. This place has a 100mb upload limit so I used adobe acrobat optimizer to reduce the file to 300dpi but with high quality jpgs still which dropped the file size to 79mb. I've uploaded that one here for you guys to preserve and have edited the Sega Megazone back Issue section to use the file. If you want the original bigger one let me know. I'm not going to bother uploading this file to retrocdn as someone will probably delete it, so you guys can transfer it there if you want. - Blake 11/12/2019