Challenge Européen Sega 1993
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| Challenge Européen Sega 1993 |
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| 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 in a train, in 1993[2] as a successor to 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 (Club Sega members had priority over other competitors in queues and the right to a bonus in points[3]). 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[4], 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 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[5] of the trophy[5] 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[6]
| City | Junior winner | Senior winner |
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| 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
also published in:
- Consoles + (FR) #18: "Mars 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[7]
- Joypad (FR) #18: "Mars 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[8]
- Player One (FR) #29: "Mars/Avril 1993" (1993-03-10)[9]
- Consoles + (FR) #19: "Avril 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[10]
- Joypad (FR) #19: "Avril 1993" (1993-0x-xx)[11]
- Player One (FR) #30: "Avril/Mai 1993" (1993-04-10)[12]
Gallery
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mega Force, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 10
- ↑ http://www.trains-expo.fr/index.php/pages/?title=inventaire&id=26 (Wayback Machine: 2011-09-12 02:33)
- ↑ http://www.the-blue-room.info/2010/02/04/1992-le-train-sega/ (Wayback Machine: 2019-12-21 03:08)
- ↑ https://trainsexposncf.wordpress.com/2013/12/ (archive.today)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.reddit.com/r/SEGA/comments/awn39v/wts_holy_grail_1993_sega_european_championship/ (archive.today)
- ↑ Mega Force, "Juin 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 10
- ↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 20
- ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 4
- ↑ Player One, "Mars/Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-03-10), page 2
- ↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6
- ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 6
- ↑ Player One, "Avril/Mai 1993" (FR; 1993-04-10), page 8
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