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| bobscreen=PeteSamprasTennis title.png
| publisher=[[Codemasters]]
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| publisher=[[Codemasters]], [[Spectrum HoloByte]] (US)
| developer=[[Codemasters]]
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| developer=[[Codemasters]] {{GG}} [[Big Red Software]]
 
| system=[[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Sega Game Gear]]
 
| system=[[Sega Mega Drive]], [[Sega Game Gear]]
| romsize={{MD}} 1MB, {{GG}} 256kB
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| romsize={{MD}} 1MB
| sounddriver=
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| sounddriver={{MD}} [[Sound Images v1.2]]
 
| peripherals={{GG}} [[Gear-to-Gear Cable]]
 
| peripherals={{GG}} [[Gear-to-Gear Cable]]
 
| players=1-4
 
| players=1-4
 
| genre=Sports
 
| genre=Sports
| releases={{releases
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| releases={{releasesMD
| md_date_uk=1994-06-16
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| md_date_uk=1994-06-16{{fileref|Mega UK 22.pdf|page=92}}
| md_rrp_uk=34.99 {{fileref|CVG UK 153.pdf|page=74}}
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| md_rrp_uk=34.99{{fileref|CVG UK 153.pdf|page=74}}
 
| md_date_fr=1994
 
| md_date_fr=1994
 
| md_code_fr=120004
 
| md_code_fr=120004
| md_date_us=1994
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| md_date_us=1994-04{{fileref|GamePro US 056.pdf|page=172}}
 
| md_code_us=T-120066
 
| md_code_us=T-120066
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| md_rrp_us=59.95{{intref|Press release: 1994-08-30: JUST IN TIME FOR THE U.S. OPEN(R); 'PETE SAMPRAS TENNIS(R)' ON SEGA(TM) GENESIS(TM) AND SEGA GAME GEAR(TM)}}
 
| md_date_au=1994
 
| md_date_au=1994
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{releasesGG
 
{{releasesGG
| gg_date_eu=1994-08-19
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| gg_date_eu=1994-08-19{{fileref|Mega UK 22.pdf|page=92}}
 
| gg_code_eu=T-120078-50
 
| gg_code_eu=T-120078-50
| gg_rrp_uk=29.99 {{fileref|CVG UK 156.pdf|page=53}}
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| gg_rrp_uk=29.99{{fileref|CVG UK 156.pdf|page=53}}
| gg_date_us=1994
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| gg_date_us=1994-11{{intref|Press release: 1994-08-30: JUST IN TIME FOR THE U.S. OPEN(R); 'PETE SAMPRAS TENNIS(R)' ON SEGA(TM) GENESIS(TM) AND SEGA GAME GEAR(TM)}}
 
| gg_code_us=T-120078
 
| gg_code_us=T-120078
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| gg_rrp_us=34.95{{intref|Press release: 1994-08-30: JUST IN TIME FOR THE U.S. OPEN(R); 'PETE SAMPRAS TENNIS(R)' ON SEGA(TM) GENESIS(TM) AND SEGA GAME GEAR(TM)}}
 
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{{sub-stub}}'''''[[wikipedia:Pete Sampras|Pete Sampras]] Tennis''''' is a tennis game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and [[Sega Game Gear]]. During development, before Pete Sampras was signed to become the face of the game, it was known as '''''Tennis All-Stars'''''.
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{{sub-stub}}'''''[[wikipedia:Pete Sampras|Pete Sampras]] Tennis''''' is a tennis game for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and [[Sega Game Gear]]. During development, before Pete Sampras was signed to become the face of the game, it was known as '''''Tennis All-Stars'''''.{{fileref|CVG UK 150.pdf|page=14}}
  
The Mega Drive version of ''Pete Sampras Tennis'' was the first game published by [[Codemasters]] to utlise their [[J-Cart]] design, allowing for four-player support without the need for extra adapters. Non-J-Cart versions were also sold for a lower price.
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The Mega Drive version of ''Pete Sampras Tennis'' was the first game published by [[Codemasters]] to utilise their [[J-Cart]] design (and the only J-Cart game to be released in North America), allowing for four-player support without the need for extra adapters. In Europe, non-J-Cart versions were also sold for a lower price.
  
 
The game was followed by ''[[Sampras Tennis 96]]''.
 
The game was followed by ''[[Sampras Tennis 96]]''.
  
==Promotional Material==
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==Magazine articles==
<gallery>
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
File:PeteSamprasTennis MD US PrintAdvert.jpg|Mega Drive US print advert
 
File:PeteSamprasTennis MD UK PrintAdvert.jpg|Mega Drive UK print advert
 
File:PeteSamprasTennis MD FR PrintAdvert.jpg|Mega Drive FR print advert
 
</gallery>
 
  
==Physical Scans==
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==Promotional material==
===Mega Drive Version===
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{{gallery
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|{{GalleryPrintAd
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|GamePro US 064.pdf|gamepro|64|268
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|EGM2 US 05.pdf|egm2|5|113
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}}
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|{{galleryPrintAd
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|SegaVisions US 22.pdf|sv|22|153
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}}
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|{{GalleryPrintAd
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|text=Mega Drive print advert
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|Mega UK 22.pdf|mega|22|92
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|Mega UK 23.pdf|mega|23|92
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}}
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|{{galleryPrintAd
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|MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf|mms|24|116
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}}
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|{{GalleryPrintAd
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|text=Game Gear print advert
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|SegaMagazine UK 11.pdf|segamaguk|11|23
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|MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf|mms|26|47
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}}
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|{{galleryPrintAd
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|text=Mega Drive print advert
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|PlayerOne FR 043.pdf|playerone|43|130
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}}
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}}
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==Physical scans==
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===Mega Drive version===
 
{{ratings
 
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| stc=91
 
| stc_source={{num|31|page=11}}
 
| stc_source={{num|31|page=11}}
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| videogamesus=70
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| videogamesus_source={{num|71|page=140|pdf=VideoGames US 71.pdf}}
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Scanbox
 
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| console=Mega Drive
 
| console=Mega Drive
 
| region=FR
 
| region=FR
| cover=
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| cart=
 
| cart=
 
}}{{Scanbox
 
}}{{Scanbox
 
| console=Mega Drive
 
| console=Mega Drive
 
| region=FR (J-Cart)
 
| region=FR (J-Cart)
| cover=PST MD FR Box.jpg
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| cart=PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
 
| cart=PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
 
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| console=Mega Drive
 
| console=Mega Drive
 
| region=SE (Rental)
 
| region=SE (Rental)
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| cover=PST MD SE Box Rental Alt.jpg
 
| cart=
 
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}}
  
===Game Gear Version===
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===Game Gear version===
 
{{ratings
 
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| spinemissing=yes
 
| spinemissing=yes
 
| cart=PST GG US Cart.jpg
 
| cart=PST GG US Cart.jpg
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| manual=Pete Sampras Tennis GG US Manual.pdf
 
}}{{Scanbox
 
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| spinemissing=yes
 
| spinemissing=yes
 
| cart=PST GG EU Cart.jpg
 
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}}
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==Technical information==
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===ROM dump status===
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{{romtable|
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{{rom|GG|sha1=AB9B4C833207824EFB14B712B4EC82721C8436BC|md5=8A033A243A35FEF96E6EA99584FE1755|crc32=C1756BEE|size=256kB|date= |source=Cartridge (EU)|comments=|quality=|prototype=}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 15:29, 21 January 2019

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PeteSamprasTennis title.png

Pete Sampras Tennis
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Codemasters, Spectrum HoloByte (US)
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
Sound Images v1.2
Peripherals supported:
Sega Game Gear
Gear-to-Gear Cable
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$59.9559.95[4] T-120066
Sega Mega Drive
FR
120004
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£34.9934.99[2]
Sega Mega Drive
AU
Sega Game Gear
US
$34.9534.95[4] T-120078
Sega Game Gear
EU
T-120078-50
Sega Game Gear
DE
T-120078-50

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Pete Sampras Tennis is a tennis game for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear. During development, before Pete Sampras was signed to become the face of the game, it was known as Tennis All-Stars.[6]

The Mega Drive version of Pete Sampras Tennis was the first game published by Codemasters to utilise their J-Cart design (and the only J-Cart game to be released in North America), allowing for four-player support without the need for extra adapters. In Europe, non-J-Cart versions were also sold for a lower price.

The game was followed by Sampras Tennis 96.

Magazine articles

Main article: Pete Sampras Tennis/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Logo-pdf.svg
Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)[7]
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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)
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Mega Drive print advert in Mega (UK) #22: "July 1994" (1994-06-16)
also published in:
  • Mega (UK) #23: "August 1994" (1994-07-21)[8]
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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #24: "October 1994" (1994-08-xx)
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Game Gear print advert in Sega Magazine (UK) #11: "November 1994" (1994-10-15)
also published in:
Logo-pdf.svg
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Mega Drive print advert in Player One (FR) #43: "Juin 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
89 №33, p98/99/100
84 №151, p67[10]
82 №18, p42/43
89 №31, p120/121
75 №23, p18/19
88 №21, p30/31
93 №20, p58-60[11]
90 №43, p80/81/82
88 №55, p42/43/44
90 №33, p54/55
91 №31, p11
70 №71, p140[12]
Sega Mega Drive
86
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[13]
Consoles + (FR)
89
[14]
Cool Gamer (RU)
60
[15]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[10]
Gamers (DE)
53
[16]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
82
[17]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
94
[18]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
90
[19]
Hyper (AU)
88
[20]
Joypad (FR) PAL
89
[21]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
70
[22]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
82
[23]
Mega (UK) PAL
88
[24]
Mega Force (FR)
88
[25]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
79
[26]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
79
[27]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
93
[11]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
25
[28]
Player One (FR)
90
[29]
Play Time (DE)
79
[30]
Sega Magazin (DE)
84
[31]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
92
[32]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
88
[33]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
90
[34]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
72
[35]
Sega Force (SE)
61
[36]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
91
[37]
Todo Sega (ES)
93
[38]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
87
[39]
Video Games (DE) PAL
65
[40]
VideoGames (US)
70
[12]
Sega Mega Drive
79
Based on
31 reviews

Pete Sampras Tennis

Mega Drive, US
PST MD US Box.jpg
Cover
PST MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, UK
PST MD UK Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, UK (J-Cart)
PST MD UK Box JCart.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, FR
PST MD FR Box.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, FR (J-Cart)
PST MD FR Box JCart.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, DE

Mega Drive, DE (J-Cart)
PST MD DE Box JCart.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, ES

Mega Drive, ES (J-Cart)
PST MD ES Box JCart.jpg
Cover
PST MD EU Cart JCart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)
PST MD SE Box Rental.jpg
Cover
Mega Drive, SE (Rental; alt)
PST MD SE Box Rental Alt.jpg
Cover

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
90 №35, p157
88 №156, p53[5]
87 №5, p22
91 №25, p96/97[41]
90 №45, p92/93
86 №61, p81
91 №38, p51
Sega Game Gear
89
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR)
90
[42]
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
88
[5]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
87
[43]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
82
[44]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
76
[45]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
91
[41]
Player One (FR)
90
[46]
Sega News (CZ)
42
[47]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
86
[48]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
91
[49]
Todo Sega (ES)
87
[50]
Video Games (DE) PAL
69
[51]
Sega Game Gear
82
Based on
12 reviews

Pete Sampras Tennis

Game Gear, US
PST GG US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngPST GG US Box Front.jpg
Cover
PST GG US Cart.jpg
Cart
Pete Sampras Tennis GG US Manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
PST GG EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
PST GG EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, DE
PST GG DE Box Back.jpgNospine.pngPST GG DE Box Front.jpg
Cover
PST GG EU Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 c1756bee
MD5 8a033a243a35fef96e6ea99584fe1755
SHA-1 ab9b4c833207824efb14b712b4ec82721c8436bc
256kB Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 File:Mega UK 22.pdf, page 92
  2. File:CVG UK 153.pdf, page 74
  3. File:GamePro US 056.pdf, page 172
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Press release: 1994-08-30: JUST IN TIME FOR THE U.S. OPEN(R); 'PETE SAMPRAS TENNIS(R)' ON SEGA(TM) GENESIS(TM) AND SEGA GAME GEAR(TM)
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 File:CVG UK 156.pdf, page 53 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 156.pdf_p53" defined multiple times with different content
  6. File:CVG UK 150.pdf, page 14
  7. EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 113
  8. Mega, "August 1994" (UK; 1994-07-21), page 92
  9. Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 47
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:CVG UK 151.pdf, page 67 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 151.pdf_p67" defined multiple times with different content
  11. 11.0 11.1 File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega20UK.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  12. 12.0 12.1 File:VideoGames US 71.pdf, page 140 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames US 71.pdf_p140" defined multiple times with different content
  13. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 173
  14. Consoles +, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 98
  15. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 179
  16. Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 30
  17. GamesMaster, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 42
  18. Games World: The Magazine, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-05-26), page 15
  19. Hobby Consolas, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-xx-xx), page 126
  20. Hyper, "July 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
  21. Joypad, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 120
  22. MAN!AC, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-08), page 58
  23. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "July 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 18
  24. Mega, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 30
  25. Mega Force, "Mai 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  26. Mega Fun, "07/94" (DE; 1994-06-22), page 38
  27. MegaTech, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-19), page 10
  28. Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 80
  29. Player One, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 80
  30. Play Time, "8/94" (DE; 1994-07-16), page 142
  31. Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 24
  32. Sega Magazine, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-15), page 82
  33. Sega Power, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-04-28), page 42
  34. Sega Pro, "June 1994" (UK; 1994-05-24), page 54
  35. Sega Zone, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-xx), page 60
  36. Sega Force, "6/94" (SE; 1994-09-14), page 24
  37. Sonic the Comic, "August 5th 1994" (UK; 1994-07-23), page 11
  38. Todo Sega, "Junio 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 64
  39. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 133
  40. Video Games, "6/94" (DE; 1994-05-25), page 96
  41. 41.0 41.1 File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega25UK.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
  42. Consoles +, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 157
  43. Games World: The Magazine, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-09-29), page 22
  44. Mega Force, "Octobre 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 92
  45. Mega Fun, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-19), page 77
  46. Player One, "Septembre 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 92
  47. Sega News, "Leden 1997" (CZ; 1997-xx-xx), page 36
  48. Sega Power, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-20), page 81
  49. Sega Pro, "November 1994" (UK; 1994-10-06), page 51
  50. Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1994" (ES; 1994-1x-xx), page 88
  51. Video Games, "11/94" (DE; 1994-10-26), page 112


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