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CONTENTS

Features

4* SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE 3E

20 Yuli Naka Reveals All! Creator of Sonic the Hedgehog, NiGHTS and Burning Rangers, Yitji Naka spills the beans on the 128-bit extravaganza you’ve all been waiting for!

40 Capcom Speaks!

sivefy to Warren Harrod about theftrture of Saturn,

52 Drones Special Report next level of futuristic sports sims as French devel¬ oper Nigma finally reveals details on its first Dreamcast title!

bo Astra Superstars It’s 4MB action all the way with SunSoft’s latest 2D

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Previews

Reviews

Regulars

Playing Tips

Triicelon until you take a look at Genetal Entertainment’s wacky winter wonder!

Sonic’s Back! It’s the Dreamcast game we’ve all been waiting for! Sonic Team stages first public playtest! ■ 15,000 people attend Sonic event! ■ Yuji Naka in fine comedy form! ■ Crowd chants recorded for use in

Back with a blast!

Sonic Team’s greatest hero returns!

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Dreamcast demos

Future City shoot ’em up revealed!

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Sega Rally 2

Exclusive shots of PC conversion!

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Neo Geo Pocket

First pics of SNK’s new handheld!

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For full & comprehensive information regarding advertising in Sega Saturn

magazine, call Kathryn Clements on 0171 880 7415 or fax 0171 880 7443

Dreamcast Demos Exposed! Dreamcast technical demos sighted by SSM ■ Blade Runner-style shoot ’em up revealed ■ European demo programmer interviewed ■ Check out these incredible screenshots!

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PC Sega Italy 2 Revealed! PC Sega Rally 2: first shots ■ Original Sega Rally tracks included ■ Dreamcast version to benefit from same home features ■ Exclusive PC screenshots! ■ Lee has Sega Rally relapse!

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NEO GEO Pocket Unveiled!

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It was only a matter of time before it happened. Yep, Konami has jumped on the retro bandwagon and compiled thirty of its classic MSX games for Japanese Saturn owners. Can they still cut it a decade on?

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The Sega Ages retro brand goes from strength to strength in the Land of the Rising Sun. This month, Sega announced that two of its most celebrated Megadrive platformers will hit the Saturn...

Sega Ages: Disney

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X-Multiply and Image Fight on one CD? That's, like, two of the best shoot 'em ups of all time presented in one convenient package. It's a laser-based dream in software format! Make no mistake.

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Y'know, it turns out that this new-fangled "Dreamcast" contraption you're all on about is actually quite exciting. Having seen the full power of Sega's 128-bit wonder, I can only dream at the brilliance of the games we're going to be play¬ ing when the machine makes its debut! Believe the power! Anyway - enough! I haven’t slept properly for ages, so let’s just get the address over with: INSOM¬ NIAC Q+A, SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE, 37-39 Millharbour, London E14 9T2. Or... email ssm.qa@ecm.emap.com.

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Waitasecond! It's ZD, it's a beat 'em up and it's not from Capcom or SNK? Yep, SunSoft muscles its way onto Saturn with a 4MB-boosted fighter for which the

□ phrase "over-the-top" could have been invented.

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Let's not waste any time this month as we continue our adventure straight after the events in the Outer Wall. This time, you'll get to grips with (lying, familiars and even tougher bosses. MATT YEO is your Vampire Savior!

Megathon! Complete A-Zpart One

Every tip we’ve ever printed • collected, sorted and presented here as the biggest and best Saturn tips guide in videogaming history! It's a mammoth task, and one we hope new Saturn owners, new readers of SEGA SATURN MAGAZINE and any lunatics who missed the odd back issue, will appreciate. If a game isn’t mentioned here, it probably doesn't NAVE any tips!

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BURNING RANGERS

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E R T E £ I This issue we take a look at the latest addition to SNK’s classic beat ’em up series, PLUS present yet another

EXCLUSIVE interview with the talented coin-op creators at AMI. WARREN HARROD reports.

DYNAMITE COP: EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW!

The Godzilla VMS is ace, encouraging us all to swap DNA in a safe, non-sexual man¬ ner. Monsters are also ace, and let's face it, who hasn't felt the urge to rampage through Tokyo destroying skyscrapers at one time or another? Time for a special

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The real things!

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Nirvana, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails, Coal Chamber, Poo Fighters, Deftones, Bush,

Fear Factory, Reef, Skunk Anansie, The Smashing Pumpkins...

The loudest magazine on the planet

Come and have a go if you think you’re hard enough...

Aaaaagh! I missed the Sonic Adventure launch

I didn’t log on to on Sonic Saturday. I missed the shots, the show report and the chance to

leave my own Sonic Soundbite on the site. Quelle Horreur. But I can still tune in for previews of games like D2, import Q&A and an online countdown to the launch.

Where will you find the quickest and most comprehensive Dreamcast news on the web? Ask Laura.