Game Players Sega Guide

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Game Players Sega Guide
Editor	Robert Lock, Matthew A. Firme
Categories	Sega consoles and games
Frequency	Quarterly (1990), bimonthly (1991-93)
First Issue	Fall 1990
Final Issue — Number	Apr/May 1993 15
Publisher	Signal Research (1990-92), GP Publications (1992-93)
Country	USA

Game Players Sega Guide (originally Game Player's Sega Genesis Strategy Guide) is a bimonthly magazine launched by Signal Research, modeled after their highly successful Nintendo strategy magazine. It followed directly after the launch of Game Player's Strategy Guide to Game Boy Games and would outlive it by a year and a half.

History

Structurally it was the exact same as Game Players Nintendo Guide. The main emphasis was on strategy and cheats, although reviews were published in the rear of the magazine. These reviews began to be numerically scored in mid-1992 in a redesign to bring it up-to-date with the rest of the mags in GP Publications' stable.

Its main competition on the stands was Mega Play, and that competition often became heated -- editor-in-chief Firme pointed out in one editorial that it was the "real" number-one independent Sega magazine and that it knew its readers "don't want a screenshot and a paragraph on every Mega Drive game in Japan". While its screenshots were lower-quality than Mega Play's and its coverage generally more outdated, it was the clear winner in feature stories and strategy.

Sega Guide was merged with Game Players Nintendo Guide in June 1993 to form a single multiplatform magazine, Game Players.

Issue Index

Index of Game Players Sega Guide issues

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Feb

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Apr

May

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Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

1990

v1n1

1991

v2n1

v2n2

v2n3

v2n4

v2n5

v2n6

1992

v3n1

v3n2

v3n3

v3n4

v3n5

v3n6

1993

v4n1

v4n2

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