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Mean Machines, issue 19 (April 1992)

Images, EMAP. 1992. “Mean Machines, issue 19 (April 1992).” Mean Machines, issue 19. EMAP Images.

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Mean Machines 19
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https://archive.org/details/Mean_Machines_Issue_19_1992-04_EMAP_Images_GB
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https://archive.org/download/Mean_Machines_Issue_19_1992-04_EMAP_Images_GB/Mean_Machines_Issue_19_1992-04_EMAP_Images_GB_djvu.xml
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2026-11-06
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© EMAP Images (at the time of publication); scan hosted by the Internet Archive
Credit
Scan in the Internet Archive item "Mean_Machines_Issue_19_1992-04_EMAP_Images_GB"; the pin is the item's OCR, as DjVu XML.
Notes
Pinned in stubs batch 34 for Rainbow Islands: the NES review (Ocean). The marks are not in the OCR.

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Mean Machines reviewed Ocean's NES version (£34.99, for release in May) in April 1992 and gave it 67% overall, with 70% for presentation, 73% for graphics, 49% for sound, 72% for playability and 65% for lastability. Its two reviewers, Rich and Rad, were disappointed, and the verdict called it a potentially great conversion let down by plodding gameplay, annoying controls and dodgy collision detection.p. 70 (image 70)p. 70, marks (image 70)p. 70, overall comment (image 70)p. 70, comment captioned RICH (image 70)p. 70, comment captioned RAD (image 70)Magazine
A box in Mean Machines' April 1992 review of the NES version said a superb version of Rainbow Islands was also available on the Mega Drive, but only on import.p. 68, box "Megadrive: Over the Rainbow" (image 68)Magazine