Sega Challenge
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| Sega Challenge |
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| Date: 1987 – 1988 |
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Sega Challenge was a US nationwide promotional tour for the Sega Master System, occuring in late 1987 through to some point in 1988. It was fronted by Project Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter[1] and staged in shopping malls and youth centres[2].
Players would compete against each other across five games, including three one-minute tries of OutRun, a round in Shooting Gallery and a set of more physical activities, including having to write as many letters as possible backwards (in a contest called "The Write Stuff") and catching and sorting coloured balls in "Space Balls"[2][3]. Finally, "Ring Maze" required players to manoeuvre a ring through an electric buzzer maze[2] in the shape of "SEGA" letters[3].
Part of the event was developed in conjunction with "computer software experts" and Professor Phillip Merrifield of New York University to assess how video games helped develop "non-verbal faculties" and build confidence amongst children[1][3].
Magazine articles
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References
| Officially licensed Sega tournaments held outside Japan | |
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 FR
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Sega Masters 91 (1991) | Sega Euro Challenge 92 (1992) | Challenge Européen Sega 1993 (1993) |
 UK
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Sega Challenge 1990 (1990) | Sega Masterblaster Championship 1991 (1991) | Sega Sports Challenge (1992) | UK Sega Games Championships (1993) | 1994 Sega UK Challenge (1994) |
 US
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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 |