Mega Drive Advanced Gaming was, as the name suggested, a magazine that focused on the Sega Mega Drive

Sega Mega Drive

The Sega Genesis is a fourth-generation video game console developed and produced by Sega. It was originally released in Japan in 1988 as , then in North America in 1989 as Sega Genesis, and in Europe, Australia and other PAL regions in 1990 as Mega Drive. The reason for the two names is that...

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, but would also cover the Mega CD and 32X. Launched by Maverick Magazines around the same time as Future

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Mega (magazine)

MEGA, subtitled '100% pure Mega Drive' was a monthly magazine, published in the United Kingdom, aimed at users of the Sega Mega Drive and its additions, the Mega CD and 32X. During its time, as one of the main Mega Drive publications, Mega covered the golden age of the Sega Mega Drive; from 1992 to...

in August 1992, with issue 1 cover dated as September 1992.

Hugh Gollner, publisher and owner of Maverick Magazines, granted the magazine preservation project, Out-of-Print Archive, permission to scan, edit and release the back issues of Mega Drive Advanced Gaming.