In Issue 5, Rob had a genius idea: Why don’t we make a fake game and see if anyone notices? We all thought it was a neat idea, and so off he went and came back with the legendary Duck Kick 2. Tim created some fake screenshots and box art and the rest is history. …
On the back cover of Issue 4, at the very bottom, was a secret code. It seems that nobody really seemed to notice it, as only two to three of our customers ever asked what it was. We did leave some clues on social media about it, but it just completely failed to gain any …
It’s a little known fact that Sega Mania OG and writer Simon Pike is an incredible artist. He spent some time experimenting with some Sega based artwork and created this absolutely fantastic Burning Rangers image. As soon as we saw it, we knew it had to be a cover one day so a mockup was …
Following our trip to Blackpool to promote the mag at Play Expo. One thing we kept hearing was “oh cool a comic book”. It was clear that our cover art while fantastic, had been a bit same-y for a while. To rectify this Tim turned to long time friend and acclaimed 3D artist Blake Guyan …
When Noah Copeland produced his masterpiece: Sonic Triple Trouble 16-bit, he also had some comic book artwork created to help promote the game. To compliment our interview with him, we decided to make that comic a reality and produced a high quality printed version of it to giveaway with Issue 7. Sonic Triple Trouble Mini …
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For complicated reasons, Sega Mania was limited to 84 pages and no more. So, when we came to do Issue 4 we struggled to find space for the deluge of Mega-CD games that had been released. The Mega-CD Mini Mag was the result. Featuring reviews of all the Mega-CD launch titles, it was a fun …
We were thrilled when Audio Sprite agreed to let us use his content to produce Sega Mania’s first (and last) cover CD for Issue 3. The tracks below are what were on that CD and were taken from a variety of his albums. We implore you to check out his Bandcamp page and support him …
The last issue of Sega Mania Magazine. Issue 7 was the peak of Sega Mania writing and design. We pulled out all the stops for this issue and it shows. Tom Anson also came on board as a full reviewer and staff member following his guest article in Issue 6. The exceptional artwork was designed …
A cover variant was always something we wanted to try. However, when talking to the printers this would have doubled the production cost as it wasn’t just a case of switching the covers half way through the print run. So instead we opted for a dual cover approach. On the front was an airbrushed piece …
Issue 4’s cover was amazing and we knew we had to top it. So, we reached out to Simon K. Bennett a freelance artist to see if he could produce something just for us for Issue 5. What he created for us is nothing short of stunning and full of excellent little details. Kudos if …
