Cover of the May 1995 issue of Sega Visions
Sega Visions was Sega's answer to Nintendo Power, an official magazine from Sega. The May 1995 issue includes:
Cover Story
- The Sega Saturn Arrives - Tons of coverage for the then brand new Sega Saturn. In addition to the console itself, all of the earliest games were covered including Panzer Dragoon, Virtua Fighter, NHL All-Star Hockey, Clockwork Knight, Daytona USA, Virtual Hydlide, Worldwide Soccer, Grandslam Baseball, Deadlus, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Van Battle, Virtua Cop, Astal, Gotha, Yumeni Mansion II, Bug!, Myst, V.R. Virtua Racing, Dark Legends, Defcon 0, and more.
Features
- Sega Online - A guide to the Sega resources available on Compuserve and the World Wide Web...quite a new concept in 1995.
- Primal Rage - Coverage of the upcoming Genesis, Game Gear, 32X and Saturn versions of Primal Rage.
- Knuckles' Chaotix - A follow-up to Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles makes his debut on the 32X in Knuckles' Chaotix.
Table of Contents from the May 1995 issue of Sega Visions
Reviews
- Genesis 32X
- Shadow Squadron - A 3D polygon space combat shooter. This was one of the few games I really wanted for the 32X...not that I had one at the time.
- Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000 - A Zaxxon update with the same perspective as the original. Another 32X game I wouldn't have minded having at the time.
- Sega CD
- Road Rash - An update to the original Road Rash for the Genesis that includes full motion video, a stereo soundtrack, and other enhancements.
- Dungeon Explorer - A 1-4 player dungeon crawl in which you must traverse Darkling Tower to rescue the Goddess of Ambition.
- Genesis
- Beyond Oasis - An action RPG for the regular old Genesis. This one probably would have been a good candidate for a CD-based game too.
Table of Contents from the May 1995 issue of Sega Visions (continued)
Departments
- Overheard at Sega - News and rumors including info on Ratchet and Bolt, a new game for the 32X.
- Fast Takes - Brief reviews and hints for the following games:
- NBA Hangtime '95 (Sega CD)
- Barkley's Shut Up & Jam 2 (Genesis)
- Coach K College Basketball (Genesis)
- ExoSquad (Genesis)
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (Genesis)
- Skeleton Krew (Genesis)
- Sports Playbook - Reviews and hints for Sega sports games including ATP Tour Championship Tennis, NBA Action '95 Starring David Robinson, RBI Baseball '95, NFL Quarterback Club, and Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All Stars. All are for the Genesis except RBI Baseball '95 and NFL Quarterback Club which require the 32X.
- Power Shopping - A list of games and peripherals (and prices) that you can order directly from Sega.
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How did that end up working out for them? This was during a time when I was in my magazine buying prime and I never purchased a single edition.
Well, it was around for about 6 years or so but it never had the distribution that Nintendo Power did. I'm not sure it was even ever available on store shelves. Typically how it worked is that you would get a free 2 or 3 issue subscription if you registered a Sega product and then you could pay to continue the subscription. I know I had a subscription for a little while, probably from registering my Game Gear which was the only Sega hardware I owned at the time. The publication schedule was pretty irregular too with issues coming anywhere from 2 to 4 months apart.
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