Back when video game news would arrive once a month…

#MegaMan #Capcom #NES #Famicom #MeanMachines #RetroGaming ☀️🌴

Psycho Fox for Master System. Reviewed in Mean Machines. People seem to either love or hate this one…

#Sega #MasterSystem #MeanMachines #RetroGames #Kitsune 🦊

Back when you had to get your gaming hints and tips from monthly magazines...

#Shmup #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #MeanMachines #90s #VideoGameMagazines

“Mean Machines doesn’t normally cover coin-ops…”

Street Fighter 2 arrives on the scene in 1991. Earns a rare editorial from Jaz at Mean Machines.

#Capcom #SF2 #MeanMachines 💪

From the archives - I spoke to Richard ‘Rich’ Leadbetter from Digital Foundry about his time at CVG and Mean Machines… Interview link below👇

#DigitalFoundry #MeanMachines #PCengine #NeoGeo #MegaDrive #RetroGames ☀️🌴

A few more (mixed) retro gaming magazines picked up.

#Sega
#Dreamcast
#Nintendo
#N64
#GameBoy
#MeanMachines

New article is live!

Why did the UK have so many Sega specific magazines compared to the US? I asked a bunch of magazine editors from the 16bit era. Link below👇

#Sega #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #SegaPower #MeanMachines #MasterSystem ☀️🌴

Stop the press! Street Fighter 2 is coming to the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive. Huge, if true…

Taken from the November 1992 issue of Mean Machines Sega.

#Sega #Capcom #StreetFighter #MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #MeanMachines 💪

Huzzah! Finally got my copy of Jazza’s book. The guy was my childhood hero, so this is very cool.

PS. I interviewed Jaz a little while back, you read it here 👉 www.forgottenworlds.net/blog/the-jul...

#CVG #MeanMachines #VideoGames #RetroGaming #Sega #Nintendo #PCengine 🌴☀️

"You must be a sad thickie..."

Mean Machines promo in another one of EMAPs publications. This must be early 1992 ish...

#Sega #Nintendo #MeanMachines #RetroGaming #Megadrive #SuperNintendo #MasterSystem #NES 📚

Another issue of @forgottenworlds.bsky.social. Covering my two favorite console mags in high school. SuperPlay and MeanMachines. Planted that seed / obsession with shock of the new that was 16-bit import.

A promo for the best of Mean Machines.

This one never made it to Australian newsagents, and it seems like it was only available via mail order in the UK. Anyone still own a copy?

#MeanMachines #RetroGaming #Sega #Nintendo #MegaDrive #MasterSystem #SNES

Mean Machines coverage of NBA Jam TE, featuring some... interesting captions...
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Got my Mean Machines issue 1 through the post the other day. I know I’m 34 and a bit years late, but thanks to @jazrignall.bsky.social , Oz Browne, Matt Regan, Gary Harrod and the rest of the team for the best gaming mag there ever was. 🙏🏼 #meanmachines #gaming #sega #nintendo #90s

I've just bought this book (with additional PDF download) about the history of videogaming by 'Jaz' Rignall from #BitmapBooks. Looks to be very interesting and I grew up on his writing in #CVG & #MeanMachines so am looking forward to hearing his prose and thoughts on the whole shebang!

Ad: For Sale - Mean Machines 15 complete - Super Mario Bros. 3 Hologram Cover - Christmas issue #SuperMarioBros3 #MeanMachines #ChristmasIssue

scelto di ripresentarsi a nome delle rispettive Nazioni, alcuni come Eagles🏆🇵🇱 (Polonia) dopo lunga assenza , altri Crusaders Amsterdam🏆🇳🇱 e gli 1814's(Eidswoll,🏆🇳🇴Norvegia) per la prima volta. Sono poi confermati 🏆🇨🇵 BlackPanthers , 🏆🇬🇧Aztecs , 🏆🇸🇪Crusaders e sfidanti MeanMachines , 🏆🇷🇸Vukovi

Mean Machines coverage of VR Troopers
Notice how they call it a "beat-em-up"
This is because it's a UK magazine.
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Anniversary: Mean Machines, The UK's Greatest Console Magazine, Turns 35 Today www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09... #Magazines #MeanMachines #Anniversaries via