Sega Visions (May 1995)

Sega Visions was Sega’s answer to Nintendo Power, an official magazine from Sega. The May 1995 issue includes:

Cover Story

The Sega Saturn Arrives – Tons of coverage for the then brand new Sega Saturn. In addition to the console itself, all of the earliest games were covered including Panzer Dragoon, Virtua Fighter, NHL All-Star Hockey, Clockwork Knight, Daytona USA, Virtual Hydlide, Worldwide Soccer, Grandslam Baseball, Deadlus, Pebble Beach Golf Links, Van Battle, Virtua Cop, Astal, Gotha, Yumeni Mansion II, Bug!, Myst, V.R. Virtua Racing, Dark Legends, Defcon 0, and more.

Features

Sega Online – A guide to the Sega resources available on Compuserve and the World Wide Web…quite a new concept in 1995.

Primal Rage – Coverage of the upcoming Genesis, Game Gear, 32X and Saturn versions of Primal Rage.

Knuckles’ Chaotix – A follow-up to Sonic & Knuckles, Knuckles makes his debut on the 32X in Knuckles’ Chaotix.

Profile of a Game Designer – An interview with Novak, designer of X-Men 2 on the Sega Genesis, Spider-Man for the 32X and other Sega games.

The Hottest Titles of E3 – Coverage of Sega’s lineup at E3 including Kolibri, VR Troopers, Spider-Man: Web of Fire, and Virtua Hamster for the 32X, The Adventures of Batman & Robin for the Genesis and Sega CD, Wirehead for the Sega CD, Comix Zone for the Genesis, Garfield: Caught in the Act for the Game Gear, Vectorman for the Genesis, and X-Men: Mojo World, The Adventures of Batman & Robin, and Power Ranger: The Movie for the Game Gear.

Genesis 32X
- Shadow Squadron – A 3D polygon space combat shooter. This was one of the few games I really wanted for the 32X…not that I had one at the time.
- Zaxxon’s Motherbase 2000 – A Zaxxon update with the same perspective as the original. Another 32X game I wouldn’t have minded having at the time.
- Brutal – An updated and enhanced version of the parody fighting game that was originally released on the Genesis.

Sega CD
- Road Rash – An update to the original Road Rash for the Genesis that includes full motion video, a stereo soundtrack, and other enhancements.
- Dungeon Explorer – A 1-4 player dungeon crawl in which you must traverse Darkling Tower to rescue the Goddess of Ambition.
- Popful Mail – An action RPG by Working Designs. This was the kind of game that early CD based systems excelled at in my opinion.

Genesis
- Beyond Oasis – An action RPG for the regular old Genesis. This one probably would have been a good candidate for a CD-based game too.

Overheard at Sega – News and rumors including info on Ratchet and Bolt, a new game for the 32X.

Fast Takes – Brief reviews and hints for the following games:
- NBA Hangtime ’95 (Sega CD)
- Barkley’s Shut Up & Jam 2 (Genesis)
- Coach K College Basketball (Genesis)
- ExoSquad (Genesis)
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition (Genesis)
- Skeleton Krew (Genesis)
- Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time (Genesis)
- StarGate (Genesis)
- True Lies (Genesis)
- Warlock (Genesis)

Sports Playbook – Reviews and hints for Sega sports games including ATP Tour Championship Tennis, NBA Action ’95 Starring David Robinson, RBI Baseball ’95, NFL Quarterback Club, and Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All Stars. All are for the Genesis except RBI Baseball ’95 and NFL Quarterback Club which require the 32X.