Sega Visions Magazine - Gaming Historian

[@mylifeingaming]

[Coury] I used to call the 1-800-USA-SEGA phoneline all the time during the Master System and early Genesis years. I would call nearly every day and talk Sega with the various game counselors, two of which were Theresa Woodberry and Michael McShane that are seen at 6:12 in this video. I still have several pieces of mail I got from these two and other game counselors at the time.

[@SurriSama]

Out of curiosity do you know how much it cost to do that? I was always tempted to call as a kid but I was terrified of a huge phone bill 😅 I do notice it's a toll free number but idk, still felt like if get hit somehow.

[@GamingHistorian]

A big thanks to former Sega of America Marketing Director Al Nilsen for speaking with me. Hope you all enjoy the video! PS: Music is from Ristar, Streets of Rage, & Sonic 3 (in that order.)

[@DavesArchives]

***** Really cool that you were able to get some commentary into the video. It truly raises the quality of your work another notch! Thanks again, Norman.

[@mr569JJA]

***** Wow the quality of your content has shot up drastically. Keep up the good work!

[@worsel555]

***** So many mullets back then....

[@EMPERORCEASAR12]

Great video Norm! Plus I didn't know Sega even had their own magazine. Now I wanna chexk it out. Thanks a ton! Also, it was awesome seeing the band Mr. Big get interviewed in one of the issues that were shown in the video. Their one of my favorite rock bands of all time! Once again, thanks Norm and keep making awesome videos!

[@AutoNomadic]

***** Wow. I have NO recollection of this magazine, not even a phantom memory. The Link to the Past issue of Nintendo Power was my most utilized issue. Gamepro: MKII issue. Still have the poster. Great video.

[@Bonetrousle]

“It was so popular, it’s still going on today!” Gaming Historian 2015 R.I.P Sonic Archie Comics

[@crazisaturn2274]

At least IDW is still making Sonic Comics.

[@MaximumRK]

@@crazisaturn2274 Yeah, and they’re better than the Archie ones (Mostly, because I loved the Sonic Mania issues way more).

[@digimonlover1632]

@@MaximumRK Late af but in my opinion no. They’re stories straight out of the games. Which are mediocre for the most part.

[@MaximumRK]

@@digimonlover1632 Isn’t the IDW comics completely original for the most part?

[@grodcoyote6635]

@@MaximumRK exactly I don't see any Sonic game doing a metal virus story in a way that idw did. God I'm so hopeful now that's Sonic Frontiers is being written by Ian Flynn. Everything looks just right for Frontiers to be a hit, all they have to do is not fumble now.

[@chadtronic]

Reading those Sonic comics as a kid was the best thing ever. I still have some.

[@isaacsgames5411]

Love your videos chadtronic. :)

[@jimdogger9935]

Chadtronic Chad commenting on a GH vid, truly awesome..

[@jarredmiguelbaguing7136]

Jimdogger There is also the other way

[@party_dude1889]

Chad ur AWESOME

[@zellagooey]

i subscribed u

[@n64glennplant]

I always love everything retro magazine related, always such a pleasure to go back and read all the news and gossip from the time

[@estebancruz6194]

So do i man.. Wish there was a place you could buy some of those magz back.

[@Deathgeist]

@@estebancruz6194 Yeah agreed, I still have some old boxes of Nintendo Power in storage and seeing this made me want to go and read through some.

[@estebancruz6194]

@@Deathgeist cool. Enjoy. Wish i had some of those. I will start buying some early mid 90s EGMs or anything from that decade i can read.

[@SaturdayMorningAlive]

I think I found my new favorite KZbin series. Thank you Gaming Historian. You are very informative and entertaining without being silly, annoying or trying too hard to be funny. Your series reminds me of the old PBS show Computer Chronicles (which I loved). Again thank you!

[@Larry]

So bizarre that Sega started so late with a magazine in the US, their UK/European side had "S: The Sega Magazine" since 1988 (which re-branded as Sega Power about a year later) but it lasted years, pretty much until the death of the Dreamcast.

[@kidthorazine]

***** It's not that weird, the Master System didn't do very well here because of Nintendos anti competitive business practices, so Sega wasn't really a big name in the U.S. until the Genesis came out and started gaining popularity.

[@kylem1112]

kidthorazine exactly i always thought the sega genesis was the first system by sega until like 2005. granted i was born in 92' so i didnt grow up when they were new, but i still hadn't even heard of it till then

[@Larry]

kidthorazine tonka screwed up the publicity too. sega couldnt touch the machine for years.

[@videogameobsession]

***** well, we did have the Team Sega Newsletter here in the US back in 1988. videogameobsession.com/videogame/mags/TeamSegaNewsletter/ They released 7 issues of that before moving onto Visions. This was no doubt to compete with the Nintendo Fun Club News.

[@Larry]

videogameobsession Ah wow, that's awesome!!!

[@alex_is_shook]

3:41 That mullet is LEGENDARY!

[@JohnRiggs]

I received a free copy once under a fake name I sent in on a warranty card. That's when I realized warranty cards are a way of collecting names and address for spamming.

[@Rilshock]

John Riggs: RIGG'd Games genius

[@kamin8368]

Thanks forvthe advice man now i wont get spamer s again ever again

[@KeithPhillips]

I didn't get my subscription from a warranty card, and I wasn't even aware of the magazine, but I had designed a game and sent all the material in a giant manila envelope addressed to SEGA's Research and Development office address. It obviously piqued someone's attention at SEGA, because weeks later, I got an enormous influx of promotional material, pretty much everything that existed, along with a nice letter addressed to me from SEGA of America regarding what I'd sent them. Some more time passed and I started receiving this magazine until the end of its publication life.

[@michaelgonzales92mg]

2022 and Sonic comics are still going strong! Though, it's not made by the same comic book company, Sonic still remains the only game character to have a long lasting comic book series.

[@ryanh.3192]

The issue with Street Fighter II on the cover was my favorite. I re-read that one more times than any other issue. Still have it in my closet somewhere.

[@jsttv]

About 12 years or so ago I sold my whole collection, to a local video game store for about $150 store credit towards an XBOX 360 Kinect for my wife.

[@kornnut43]

Man, I just got done reading through "Console Wars", and seeing that you got to interview Al Nilsen is awesome! He figures pretty prominently in that book - you've probably already read it, but if you haven't, I highly recommend it.

[@cersadescosmos7497]

I want to let you know how pleasing and nostalgic the intro of your videos is to me,it just takes me to a good place and happy times! Thanks!

[@squigin3380]

Never knew Sega had an official mag, and I'm a Sega fan. That's so awesesome they gave it away for free

[@NandemoGuy]

Excellent episode. I had no idea that this magazine existed, and I grew up through the Golden years of Sega /Nintendo.

[@goncalotordo4507]

Thank you for making this video. I actually went to the internet archive and real issues. It even prompted me to write a blog series about it with the first part already released.

[@Riz2336]

That's pretty cool, of course I was familiar with Nintendo Power as pretty much any gamer our age was but when that was around I never heard of or ever saw a copy of Sega Visions.

[@GamingHistorian]

Riz2336 A select few stores did sell Sega Visions (most people I talked to said it was at Blockbuster), although the majority of people subscribed directly from Sega.

[@ballrude]

Was a subscriber from 1993-95, Sega Visions and Game Players were my absolute favorite gaming magazines growing up.

[@Flemtality]

Your content is getting better and better Norm. Keep it up. You're doing some important work here.

[@Korok96]

I find myself re watching your videos all the time. Something calming about them. Just feel peace when listening

[@dudleyville66]

So happy to hear "Break Silence" being used.

[@GamingHistorian]

Dudleyville One of my fav tracks from Ristar!

[@pferreira1983]

And people say Sega had terrible music compared to Nintendo.

[@claygraphics1]

Loving your work Historian. The amount of depth, professionalism and your 'history' angle, gives you great angle with your shows. Keep up the stella work sir!

[@skreign]

Your videos are really informative and calming. Great stuff

[@SharifSourour]

Very cool. I used to stay away from Nintendo Power because we saw it too much as an advert, but got into it a little bit by the late 90s. However I missed the Sega Visions, so it was great to learn about a publication I had no idea about from a company I love so much.

[@NESADDICT]

I have the copy with sonic and tales on the front. A kid at school gave it to me in the sixth grade which was like 1992. I found it in my attic a few months back. Thanks so much for the video. I think it's a highly overlooked piece of Sega history.

[@bluelavender5139]

Another video proving why this is a great channel. Was big on the magazines as a kid- had subscriptions to gamepro, egm and Nintendo power, sometimes I think simultaneously. Never heard about Sega Visions though- granted, seeing it was rather limited in its distribution, I can imagine why (as well as being a Nintendo kid,) but still, very cool to learn about. Thanks again for yet another wonderful history lesson.

[@michaelk8860]

I love the Streets of Rage soundtrack in the background when you go between the covers to look at the magazine itself. So many great memories, especially of the SOR game.

[@paulbrughelli8485]

I sent in 3 subscriptions back in 1993, when I first got my Sega Genesis, and never got a single issue. Thanks for making these kinds of videos.

[@theorthodoxkase2442]

It’s weird: growing up, I was primarily on the Nintendo side of things; I was one of those stupid kids that defended the SNES because of maximum amount of colors and graphics output, etc. LOL! But, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve developed this strange soft spot for Sega: purely from a character design point of view, I’ve come to like Sonic more than Mario (the Mario games are ultimately better; I speak purely from the character perspective). Also, I now look back with great nostalgia for the Dreamcast and that sort of thing. Is it true that Sega is going totally mobile games (I’m not confusing this with Konami)? I thought I heard this like a year ago or something that Sega will no longer be supporting consoles at some near future point. Wrong about that?

[@KyanbuXM]

They are still supporting consoles a bit to a lesser extent. Only thing that really is up in the air is the Sonic franchise due to low sales. Since they did say that would be focused more towards mobile and PC.

[@kfcnyancat]

Brent Kaseman >the Mario games are ultimately better HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[@Needwagon4Speedwagon]

kfcnyancat Hey, one of those kids he was talking about

[@ichigokarasu]

I loved the Dreamcast and the Saturn to an extent, but the Genesis always felt like it was "missing something," to me. With the NES/SNES, the music always felt rich, the animation for most games was smooth, you could "feel" when you hit something, or jumped, kicked, punched, etc. With a lot of 16-bit Sega games - especially 3rd party ones - I always felt like the sound was tinny, the color was washed out, and you'd feel as if you were "skating" instead of running. I guess it's a matter of preference, but the whole "Nintendon't" thing always rang hollow to me. :P

[@teamspirits732]

+Brent Kaseman Nothing weird about that, ultimately you grew up and your choice of content changes. It's like watching a cartoon as a kid and then years later watching an actual R rated movie. Cartoon bomb each other, shoot each other with guns but still remain alive turning violence into jokes but watching the actual movies make things seem real where characters actually died and your feeling of joy changes. You watch those movies, you ain't coming back to those cartoons anymore, same reason you never coming back to Nintendo. Once you grew up, your perspective of contents change, the quality of Nintendo is still the same, just your picture of them is different.

[@kevinhibbard320]

Great video norm, your narrations have such a respectful, nostalgic tone, a kind of a tributary love letter type of feel towards the subject matter that seems so personal to you that It makes the viewer feel connected and personally invested as well. Thanks I can't wait to see what you come out with next.

[@MrSky128]

It's sad, it just seems as if Sega always tried to outbest and put down Nintendo, but in the end, they wanted to be just like them ;~;

[@sanicyouth6540]

+✰Mr.Sky They may not be Nintendo but at least they are Sega. Had much better luck competing against Nintendo than NEC (TurboGraphix 16) or post 1983 Atari.

[@doleluv01]

That is actually really deep and sad

[@pcapcom5283]

Mr. Sky there is a proverb I know of; "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em."

[@azizabdul8914]

to be fair, Sega going against Nintendo is probably the reason why more companies are upping their games to compete with Nintendo, it gives them a proper competition and curb off the video game industry monopoly that Nintendo got during it's heydays. man probably we never get cool shit like Playstation and the resurgence of PC gaming if they didn't go up to the challenge.

[@nebunezz_r]

Modern sega won out in the end imo, they are able to break into all platforms while Nintendo are stuck to their own

[@EastsideShowSCP]

Back when I was younger, I didn't even realize Sega Visions existed.

[@str8price]

Always excited when I get a notification that you have uploaded a new video. Fantastic work as always. Thank you very much.

[@Islandswamp]

I loved Sega visions magazine. It was free which helped me afford it 😂

[@Petitephysiquebarre]

Very kind of Al Nilsen to speak with you for this one. Wish there had been any mention of SEGA Vision in "Console Wars", just finished reading it. Great video!

[@thepumpkingking8339]

As a US only Release .. Never Heard of this mag before. In the UK we Had SEGA Power...

[@polyphonydigital]

...and Nintendo Visions? lul

[@chrissphinx]

omg 3:39 Spencer Nilsen sporting a mullet what a goddamn badass

[@kindaaredneckkindaar]

Every Time I see one of your videos in my subscription list, I am made immediately happy. Your videos and content are fantastic!

[@ichigokarasu]

The Sonic comic definitely still has its fans. My mom found a cache of around 12 boxes of my old gaming magazines from ~1988-2002 in her garage last summer, and after convincing her not to bundle them for recycling, I found a Sonic comic promo/issue #1 from the "Sega World Tour '91", tucked inside a Nintendo Power of all things. Much to my amazement, it actually went for around $60 on eBay. They also gave out specially-minted Time Traveler tokens that day, to play that game, which I walked away with instead of depositing it into the machine. However, I have no idea where that is. (I remember I initially put it inside of a Little Caesars finger puppet, which is a fitting location for a piece of early-90's memorabilia) And, I had no idea that there were only 25 issues of Visions. I'd be willing to bet I had damn near all of them, then. I loved the "Sega History" issue, too. I remember getting it in the mail on a Saturday, and spending the entire afternoon poring over those few pages, and wondering how expensive it would've been to get my hands on an older, mechanical Sega arcade game, haha. I was definitely a Nintendo kid through and through - there was something very "West Coast by way of Japanese design/style" that I loved about Nintendo Power - but that issue definitely bolstered my interest in historical SErvice GAmes.

[@IndyTheGreat]

3:38 shoutout to Spencer Nilsen, the guy's amazing.

[@Michirin9801]

Very nice video! I didn't even know Sega Visions existed until now... I guess I learn something new with each video. Say, how about covering the Turbo Play magazine? ;3

[@Michirin9801]

Zayaan Nashrid You betcha it had! I've never read it though...

[@Michirin9801]

Zayaan Nashrid The same way I hadn't heard of Sega Visions before this video

[@Michirin9801]

Zayaan Nashrid Nintendo power was still around until not so long ago

[@Michirin9801]

Zayaan Nashrid That's when emulation comes in handy!

[@Michirin9801]

Zayaan Nashrid The PC engine is, in my opinion at least, the best video game system to emulate, it's easy to get your emulators configured (unlike other Japanese systems that I like) the library of games is really good and filled with hidden gems, many games in the system don't require knowledge of Japanese to enjoy (heck I think you don't even need to know English to play many of the good games in the system) There are a few really good Japanese CD games that did get fan-translations like Ys IV, and Xak III, among others... Hudson soft is long gone and NEC is no longer making any money out of any video game related thing, so the only ones making money out of Turbografx 16 or PC engine sales are resellers (eBay) and Konami (in Japan only) so you shouldn't need to feel guilty about emulating/pirating it since the games are otherwise thoroughly unavailable...

[@VirtualVernon]

I found one of these in my basement a few months ago when I was cleaning out the junk room. It was the October/November 1994, with Doom 32X featured on the cover. I found a quite few good NES games. Super Mario 2, Mike Tyson's Punch Out, Contra, Super Mario Brothers 1, NES Playaction Football, and Base's Loaded 2. I also found about 10 to 15 PS1 games, and a bunch of random NES manuals.

[@luginess0]

r.i.p. archie sonic

[@Clesarie]

Man watched 2 of your videos and now im subscribed. How the hell have I been missing out on this?

[@CasaiAgicap]

6:15 I'm not sure whether you're intended to appreciate them for their gaming prowess, or by the size and quality of their mullets.

[@MrMashbox]

Great video! I don't remember how I stumbled across your channel but I'm a big fan. I totally forgot about this magazine & it brought back fun memories of when I was a kid.

[@Someguyhere111]

"It was so popular, it's still going on today!" Penders: "Hold my beer."

[@kabukimanindahouse]

we had a really good sega magazine in germany. it ran from 93 to 2000. it was quite expensive, but also contained cd's with demos and such.

[@seth2901]

AMAZING video Norm!!! it's great to see that you now have an interview!! so glad to see that your videos are getting better and better, it will be very interesting to see how they evolve with time :D

[@TheMrRuttazzo]

6:15 Every-single-one of them with a mullet. It's burning...

[@TheGameGrinder]

Whoa! I thought I never heard of this magazine, but when you showed the comic, it all came back to me. I'm not sure how, but my brother had a couple issues of this when we were kids. Crazy stuff, and thanks for the nostalgia rush!

[@AssociationAdmirer]

Another outstandingly researched and well-presented video. I wonder if the proliferation of the internet was a factor in Sega Visions being cancelled. I don't know what the content on the Sega website was like back then, but Sega of America execs could certainly have argued that the website was reaching their fans in much the same way as Sega Visions was meant to.

[@MrAdrenaline1982]

I always had free subscriptions to Sega Visions, at least through early 1995. I didn't realize they ever charged money for it.

[@jaysmith9933]

I was a diehard Sega/Sonic fan back then so I loved Sega Visions. I literally had the covers for the Sonic 3 issue and the Sonic and Knuckles issues up like posters on my bedroom wall. Gaming magazines in general are such a major part if my early to mid 90's kid childhood nostalgia, but I almost forget just HOW big of a deal they were back then until watching stuff like this. Especially at school back then, you were literally "the man" in class/the playground back then if you were the one who brought the newest issue of one of the various gaming mags to school back then. They would literally circulate through almost all of the boys and the occasional girl in class, every now and then getting confiscated by the teacher for being read during the lesson or some dumbass would occasionally tear pages out or try to make off with it altogether. Good times! The magazine rack at Wal-Mart or Walden Books in the mall might as well had been the library, many trips were taken there solely to go read all of the newest gaming magazines. Fond memories.

[@urdnal]

I see a Vectrex in the back there. Mine Storm was the first game I ever played; the clerk in an electronics store in Berlin shuffled me over to it while my parents were buying a VCR.

[@urdnal]

Also, just curious, how old are you? You look young enough to not even remember cartridge media. But I think its cool you like the old games.

[@SickDashRendar]

I love your videos. They are very informative and entertaining. I would love you to do a video on something from the UK either Mean Machines or CVG magazine or maybe a TV show that was very important over here called Games Master. Keep up the good work mate.

[@TheGameBench]

I loved getting these in the mail as a kid. I have probably about half of them. I'd like to get all of them at some point.

[@vice86]

Glad there's places online that offer downloads of old retro mags. That's a lot of work to scan all the old magazines!

[@notyoursavior78]

Wow that was wildly nostalgic for me. I actually grew up with a Sega Genesis over SNES for the most part because my older brother wanted NHLPA Hockey '93 for the system and we got a Genesis shortly after that came out. I remember getting Sonic 1 and 2 free as well, it was all awesome! As for the mag I completely forgot it was free at one time, but I do remember subscribing too and then it suddenly ending. Great review Norm I really enjoyed it! Very impressive you got that new audio interview too.

[@internetjunk5239]

I really enjoy your videos dude, been a fan for years. Keep up the good work!

[@brainstar64]

My dad gave me and my older brother a couple of issues he had a long time ago. It was interesting and fun to read.

[@Herodanger89]

The first series of gaming magazines i ever got into were the Gamepro issues at least the ones that came from America (as i'm from Aus) and the first and second issue were my most cherished because they had a linked strategy guide for Grandia 2 and Breath of Fire 4 which i used for years to come..... such good times =)

[@The_Laser_Channel]

I had a subscription to Sega Visions back in the day. Me and a classmate became friends over this magazine! I was his only friend with Sega hardware (although, he got WAY more into Sega hardware than I did.....)

[@fathergetdown]

This brought back so many memories. I sent in that little card and got the free subscription.

[@zetto156]

I totally got this magazine as a kid!!! I was actually just reading through the Sonic & Knuckles issue when I found it in my basement a few months ago. Great video as always Norm!

[@eyeheartchrist]

Awesome. I had one or two issues, and probably still do somewhere. On another note, you mentioned on this episode or previous episode about an upcoming one about Tetris; can't wait!

[@TheWordWind]

Ahh, old game magazines. I used to read Famitsu, Famimaga and that other Japanese Magazine that had a fox as their mascot (I think it became a geek/nerd lifestyle type magazine with it's own extra comics in the magazine centre you could take out if you wanted to collect it). They were pretty thick if I recall but that was ages and ages ago where some houses still had those rotary telephones lying around and you could still find black and white television sets lying about in a few older houses. Talk about living through rapid technological changes.

[@Menleah]

Another fantastic video! Jeez, these are the best GH!

[@CouncilEstatePopMusic]

My friends and I were so gutted/envious living here in the UK (early to mid 90's). All you guys in the US had all the best stuff!!! The UK gamers of that time were left out and lost without such literature.

[@muhanc.a.9299]

I'd like to say a few things: #1 GamingHistorian I notice some technical evolution in your videos; nice. #2 I didn't know Sega had their own magazine, if I could have read one of those magazines in the 90s maybe I would have bought a sega genesis. (I was a Nintendo-mbie [A Nintendo Zombie]) ¡¡ Bravo !!

[@GuardYourFlanks]

Huge fan of Sega Visions and was a subscriber from the beginning. I'm missing a couple of issues now, but I still have them.

[@SPac316]

Good video as usual. I used to have a subscription to this back in the day.

[@IaconDawnshire]

I remember reading some of those issues. Didn't even realize it was the official magazine.

[@minnescanada]

I really enjoy your work here ! Well done, as always! Cheers!

[@CelticSaint]

6:15 - Great mullets!

[@adamtrudeau2931]

I think Wesley Willis wrote Cut The Mullet after reading Sega Visions?

[@Incognito1986]

Those mullets! God, I didn't realize the early 90s had so many.

[@ottagol1985]

Nice to see someone do a video on Sega Visions. I think I still have a couple issues with me. The issue with Street Fighter II on the cover also introduced me to games I would be a fan of; one of which is "Rocket Knight Adventures". Many thanks for giving this magazine the spotlight; shame it had to end that soon.

[@TheRoughneck80]

Just mindblowing to me that sega isnt bigger today instead of being nearly none existent.

[@ChronoFreezer]

Great video Norm! good work and good use of journalism. One of your best video's yet.

[@MrKenvader]

Do a history of dreamcast magazine that's the one I fondly remember and loved because they'd give you a dreamcast demo disk every month . I know playstation did the same before but for me dreamcast magazine was my go to magazine every month.

[@EmpressB7]

Oh wow, this brings back memories! I had a subscription to Sega Visions back in the early 90's! I owned most of the covers that you showed in this video! I think my first issue was the one with Sonic and Tails on the cover. I thought this was the best magazine ever! I never realized it got cancelled by Sega, I just thought my mom stopped the subscription. LOL Thank you for the history and trip down memory lane. ^_^

[@DASfilms]

Dude awesome episode. I'm happy I've stayed subscribed to your channel, your videos are definitely improving and getting better and better.

[@rob_4227]

Fantastic Norm! Great interview with the marketing director. I had no idea this existed. Thanks for the Sega love. Despite being deemed the underdog by history, Sega holds an important place in gaming history. Hey! What about Road Rash? That game kicked ass. Nintendont have anything that can top Road Rash!

[@almondmcclain8026]

Had a few of the 32X era magazine, which I eventually sold with my boxed 32X later on. good stuff.

[@makedaevilmage]

Never even knew Sega had their own magazine, never really came to mind. But it's cool to see it and the history behind it. I love gaming history :)

[@Dtown1996]

This channel has a bright future. Keep up the good work.

[@messiahrp]

There also was a Turbografx branded magazine that I used to receive as well that really doesn't get covered much. It would be cool to put some additional info out about that.

[@MoonspiderHugs]

awesome episode as always, really great to find out about these things

[@ZerotakerZX]

I don't get it. Why Saturn have to kill the magazine? Was that impossible to swith to rewiev 32bit games?

[@GamingHistorian]

ZerotakerZX Sega had to prioritize where to spend marketing money. Unfortunately, that meant taking from the magazine budget.

[@videogameobsession]

ZerotakerZX Sega did eventually make a print comeback with their Official Sega Dreamcast Magazine here in the US. The first issue was free and the rest would cost you. The great thing about that magazine is that they would come with demo discs.

[@ichigokarasu]

Which was strange, because as much as they hyped the Saturn up, they ended up debuting it early, with little fanfare. But the marketing they went in for at the time, was pretty spot on, if not a little strange. (Like the "theater of the mind" spots. I remember one of the first few Next Generation magazine covers featuring that ad.) I remember getting demo CDs that were also like, alternative rock music samplers, too. For the time, that was kind of a new thing, as I think even PC Gamer was still using floppies for their "demo discs".

[@lylequinn1104]

Sega

[@OmegaWarrior]

+Gaming Historian But the magazine *WAS* a marketing tool, it was like a direct line to their consumer base. It sounds like the marketing department just cannibalized itself.

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

Never knew about this at all. I only had Nintendo Power all the way through, though I don't remember when my subscription ended, but I still have those magazine somewhere.

[@Randomark3087]

I started buying Retro Nintendo Powers some ago. Now I might have to pick up a few of these as well.

[@sewart]

Not surprising that Visions ran an ESRB article, considering Sega was basically a driving force behind its formation. A couple more interesting tidbits about the mag: - Like Nintendo Power, it seemed to evolve out of a previously free newsletter, called Sega Challenge, or the Team Sega Newsletter. - Bill Kunkel, Arnie Katz and (I believe) Joyce Worley all contributed to the magazine. They are, of course, video game journalism pioneers and the creators of Electronic Games Magazine, which was the first dedicated VG mag in the US as far as I know.

[@WhiskeyPieSometimes]

God this made me nostalgic as fuck.

[@juul_lian58]

Great vid once again 👌🏿 will definitely be checking out sega visions during my down time at work

[@cromtuiseagain]

Your pad looks so clean! I don't know why, but I feel like pointing it out. Also, great vid. Never knew Sega had a magazine.

[@WHATISUTUBE]

Streets of Rage OST for the win. Makes everything better. EVERYTHING.

[@JoseDanielCampa]

I had a subscription to this magazine as a kid. I loved it, I'm so jealous you have old issues. If you haven't already you should do a video on EGM. EGM was my favorite video game magazine growing up.

[@JoyVisionStudio]

Very cool! I did not know about this magazine. Thanks so much for the info!

[@CCzarMasta56]

Great episode! Never even knew Sega had its own magazine but with trying to compete with Nintendo, it's not too surprising. It's great that you can go and view the issues. I gotta do that and get a blast from the past. Man, I love the Internet!