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''Sega Zone'' was a
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orientated publication from
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in the early 1990s. ''Sega Zone'' had split off from the former multiformat console title ''Game Zone'', which continued as a
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magazine. Early Dennis Publishing staff members included launch editor Amaya Lopez, deputy editor Vivienne Nagy, and staff writer Martin Pond. In 1993 ''Sega Zone'', along with ''Game Zone'', was sold to
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. During this period ''Sega Zone'' had the following familiar
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names working for the magazine; Tim Norris (editor), Tim Tucker (deputy editor), Josse Billson (staff writer) and Stuart Campbell (longtime contributor). In early 1994
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itself sold the ''Sega Zone'' title onto
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. The same year the titles faded away.


See also

* ''
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Sega Force ''Sega Force'' was an early 1990s publication that covered the Sega console range (Sega Mega Drive, Mega-CD, Master System and Game Gear). History ''Sega Force'', along with ''Nintendo Force'', was initially announced in mid-1991 by Newsfield. ...
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Sega Pro ''Sega Pro'' was the first publication from Paragon Publishing and catered for the Sega consoles: the Master System, Game Gear and the Mega Drive. Early editorial staff included Dominic Handy (editor), Les Ellis (games editor), Dave Perry (de ...
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Mean Machines Sega ''Mean Machines'' was a multi-format video game magazine published between 1990 and 1992 in the United Kingdom. Origins In the late 1980s ''Computer and Video Games'' (''CVG'') was largely covering the outgoing generation of 8-bit computers li ...
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Sega Magazine ''Sega Saturn Magazine'' was a monthly UK magazine covering the Sega Saturn, a home video game console. It held the official Saturn magazine license for the UK, and some issues included a demo CD created by Sega, ''Sega Flash'', which included ...
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References


External links


AP2 - Amiga Power tribute site
Sega Zone page.

Selection of Sega Zone reviews and features by Stuart Campbell.
Archived Sega Zone magazines
on the
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