Sega Magazin Mix
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| Sega Magazin Mix |
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| Publisher: Various |
| Country of origin: Turkey |
| Backed systems: Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System among others |
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| Last issue date: |
| Number of issues: 4 |
| Frequency: Quarterly |
Sega Magazin Mix was a quarterly magazine devoted to Sega video game consoles in Turkey. Unlike other gaming magazines released in Turkey or rest of the world, SMM was released once in three months. Console gaming was very recently picking up in Turkey in the years the magazine was released and Sega was becoming a favourite among Turkish gamers.
Contents
Style
Magazine's design was similar to most other gaming magazines. In addition to ads, previews and the news sections, most attention was given to the reviews and walkthroughs. Tips section covered the games briefly and provided hints regarding the games' trouble spots.
Sonic (Master System Version) was the first game received a walkthrough in the first issue. Asterix, which was covered in both 3th and 4th issues was the longest guide in the magazine's short history, with nearly 30 pages were devoted to it.
Magazine also had a science-fiction comic called EXCROM which lasted only for two issues and later dropped due to lack of interest from readers.
Each issue had at least one English game review to encourage the readers to brush up their English skills.
Another section was called "Game Doctor" which was a typical Q&A section for the readers.
Name of the authors were never given which led to the speculation that the articles were actually taken from other magazines from foreign countries and simply translated to Turkish but this was never proven.
End
Magazine's rather short life ended abruptly in late 1993 when the 5th issue which was supposedly to be released October 1993 simply did not appear in shelves for months. Attempts from readers to reach magazine's HQ (It was owned by Metin Textiles Company) resulted in failure and fans eventually gave up hope.
Truth behind the magazine's demise was never explained and this eventually resulted in several conspiracy theories.
Walkthroughs
Magazine was famous (or infamous, depending on the point of view) for spending a great number of pages for game walkthroughs. This is full list of games SMM released guides for.
Sonic the Hedgehog (Master System) : 1st Issue, 6 pages
Castle of Illusion, Starring Mickey Mouse (Master System) : 1st Issue, 4 Pages
Golden Axe (Master System) : 1st Issue, 2 pages
Shinobi (Master System) : 2nd Issue, 8 pages
Deep Duck Trouble, Starring Donald Duck (Master System) : 2nd Issue, 6 pages
Alex Kidd in Miracle World (Master System) : 3rd Issue, 9 pages
Ninja Gaiden (Game Gear) : 3rd Issue, 10 pages
Asterix (Master System) : 3rd and 4th Issues, 24 pages
Shadow Dancer (Mega Drive) : 4th Issue, 7 pages
Covers
Pending. (Need to find a scanner! -Peace)
Issue #1 (October-December 1992)
Issue #2 (January-March 1993)
Issue #3 (April-June 1993)
Issue #4 (July-September 1993)
