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Mean Machines Sega, issue 17 (March 1994)

Gus and Mean Machines Sega staff. 1994. “Mean Machines Sega, issue 17 (March 1994).” Mean Machines Sega, issue 17. EMAP.

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MMS 17, Mar 1994
Original
https://archive.org/details/meanmachinessega17
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6b3d2f560e1a3900314169957936ac06b6804118c6e9a3c4ecb220420e923ea1
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https://archive.org/download/meanmachinessega17/Mean%20Machines%20Sega%20%2317_djvu.txt
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2026-10-26
Licence
© EMAP; scan hosted by the Internet Archive; quoted briefly
Credit
Review by Gus; scan uploaded to the Internet Archive.
Notes
Sonic 3 review ending on p. 49 (archive.org page n48): Presentation 92, Graphics 96, Sound 93, Playability 95, Lastability 90, Overall 94, with a comment by Gus and a "Cart Spec" box on a planned 24-meg edition. Page 13 (page n12) prints only "24 FEB" beside Sonic. The OCR text is the pinned copy; scores and boxes were read on the page images.

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Sonic the Hedgehog 3 came out in North America on 2 February 1994 and in the UK on 24 February; some European countries and Australia followed in March, and Japan on 27 May.p. 13 (archive.org page n12)Interview
Mean Machines Sega's March 1994 review of Sonic 3 reported plans for a 24-megabit deluxe edition with extra levels, and possibly a plug-through cartridge for the 16-megabit Sonic 3 that would also work with Sonic 1 and 2.p. 49, "Cart Spec" box (archive.org page n48)Magazine
Mean Machines Sega scored Sonic 3 94% overall, with 95 for playability; its reviewer Gus wrote that he had said Sonic 3 "had to be something special" and that it was, and the box faulted it for having no difficulty settings and for being partly finishable within a week.p. 49, score boxes (archive.org page n48)p. 49, Gus's commentp. 49, Presentation boxp. 49, Lastability boxMagazine