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Mega Lo Mania

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Virgin Games, Ecseco Development, CRI (JP)

Developer: Sensible Software

Sound driver: Krysalis/Shaun Hollingworth

Genre: Simulation

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-04-23	¥8,8008,800	T-68053
US	1993	$59.9959.99^[3]	T-70056
EU	1993-04-05		T-70056-50
FR	1993		T-70056-09
PT	1993		MD70056
AU	199x

Mega Lo Mania (メガロマニア), called Mega-Lo-Mania on the European and Australian box, is a strategy game developed by Sensible Software for numerous systems including the Sega Mega Drive. In North America the Mega Drive version is known as Tyrants: Fight Through Time.

For the game's release in the UK, Virgin Games produced a maxi-single, "Mega-Lo-Mania (Goin' All the Way)", and an eponymous dance album to promote it.^[4]

Magazine articles

Main article: Mega Lo Mania/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #45: "April 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #46: "May 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[5]
GamePro (US) #48: "July 1993" (1993-xx-xx)^[6]

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #5: "February 1993" (1993-01-28)

Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #11: "September 1993" (1993-07-30)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #142: "September 1993" (1993-08-15)^[7]

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #14: "Février 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #15: "Mars 1993" (1993-0x-xx)

Print advert in Todo Sega (ES) #2: "Mayo 1993" (1993-04-15)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

80

^[11]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

83

^[12]

Bad Influence! (UK)

PAL

50

^[13]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

91

^[15]

Cool Gamer (RU)

90

^[16]

Dengeki Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[17]

Digitiser (UK)

80

^[18]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[19]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

80

^[20]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6 (RU)

70

^[21]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

94

^[22]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[23]

Game Power (IT)

91

^[24]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[8]

Gamers (DE)

67

^[25]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

88

^[26]

GamesMaster (UK)

87

^[27]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[28]

Joypad (FR)

88

^[29]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

94

^[30]

Mega (UK)

PAL

88

^[9]

MegaTech (UK)

PAL

92

^[31]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

94

^[1]

Player One (FR)

92

^[32]

Play Time (DE)

70

^[33]

Play Time (DE)

NTSC-U

86

^[34]

Power Up! (UK)

83

^[35]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

66

^[36]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

92

^[37]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

92

^[38]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

89

^[39]

Sega Force (UK)

PAL

90

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[40]

Supersonic (FR)

94

^[41]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

NTSC-U

59

^[42]

	81
Based on 36 reviews

Mega Lo Mania

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, FR
Cover

Mega Drive, AU

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	a744921e
MD5	b090d74241cd56820b568c319799412b
SHA-1	99ae974fccebfbf6f5a4738e953ad55181144a99

1MB

1992-09

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	2148d56d
MD5	e622bc3c4a61aacc2efc1fe4c580987f
SHA-1	e861551edabe55181ed1b7260169e953af903b5e

1MB

1992-09

Cartridge (EU)

v00

✔

CRC32	ab9fed30
MD5	a4561b736011c91e43c18aa8971cdead
SHA-1	3794cb708b1f54675eb6fb272cfee01e6dbcecc1

1MB

1992-12

Cartridge (EU)

v01

✔

CRC32	3b3231ed
MD5	1b06184a4c719b8435f574acdab0183d
SHA-1	1fcfc9ee3bffc25388735782b0cdb829a7e40507

1MB

1992-09

Cartridge (FR)

✔

CRC32	a60d8619
MD5	6d294b1a2c901ae61774754f6f533a34
SHA-1	66e391c69dfbe7329654550ebf4464b4f426c5a0

1MB

1993-02

Cartridge (JP)

References

NEC Retro has more information related to Mega Lo Mania

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega03UK.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:SegaPro DE 06.pdf, page 38
↑ File:GamePro US 040.pdf, page 51
↑ File:CVG UK 138.pdf, page 10
↑ GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 130
↑ GamePro, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 102
↑ Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 2
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:GamePro US 040.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 040.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:Mega UK 06.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Mega UK 06.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 File:SegaForce UK 15.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForce UK 15.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Avril 1993" (DE; 1993-03-08), page 137
↑ Bad Influence!, "xxxx 1993" (UK; 1993-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-08), page 25
↑ Consoles +, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 100
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 122
↑ Dengeki Mega Drive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-xx), page 31
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-04-16)
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 132
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 129
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 68
↑ Famitsu, "1993-04-30" (JP; 1993-04-16), page 40
↑ Game Power, "Febbraio 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 48
↑ Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 56
↑ GamesMaster, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-18), page 66
↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 2, episode 24" (1993-03-11, 24:00) (+6:04)
↑ Hippon Super, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-03), page 33
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 84
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 24
↑ MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 42
↑ Player One, "Février/Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-02-10), page 62
↑ Play Time, "4/93" (DE; 1993-03-10), page 116
↑ Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 108
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, March 20, 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 1
↑ Sega Power, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-04), page 48
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 42
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Zone, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 54
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Supersonic, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 12
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 208

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[:File:SegaPro_DE_06.pdf_p38-2] File:SegaPro DE 06.pdf, page 38

[:File:GamePro_US_040.pdf_p51-3] File:GamePro US 040.pdf, page 51

[:File:CVG_UK_138.pdf_p10-4] File:CVG UK 138.pdf, page 10

[:File:GamePro_US_046.pdf_p130-5] GamePro, "May 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 130

[:File:GamePro_US_048.pdf_p102-6] GamePro, "July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 102

[:File:CVG_UK_142.pdf_p2-7] Computer & Video Games, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-15), page 2

[:File:GamePro_US_040.pdf_p50-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:GamePro US 040.pdf, page 50 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 040.pdf_p50" defined multiple times with different content

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[11] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 127

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-04.pdf_p137-12] Aktueller Software Markt, "Avril 1993" (DE; 1993-03-08), page 137

[:File:BadInfluence.21_UK_02.pdf_p40-13] Bad Influence!, "xxxx 1993" (UK; 1993-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-05.pdf_p25-14] Beep! MegaDrive, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-08), page 25

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_018.pdf_p100-15] Consoles +, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 100

[16] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 122

[:File:DengekiMD_JP_03.pdf_p31-17] Dengeki Mega Drive, "June 1993" (JP; 1993-05-xx), page 31

[digitiser1993-04-16604-18] Digitiser (UK) (1993-04-16)

[:File:EGM_US_040.pdf_p28-19] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 28

[20] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 132

[21] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 6, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 129

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p68-22] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 68

[23] Famitsu, "1993-04-30" (JP; 1993-04-16), page 40

[:File:GamePower_IT_14.pdf_p48-24] Game Power, "Febbraio 1993" (IT; 1993-0x-xx), page 48

[:File:Gamers_DE_1993-01.pdf_p56-25] Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 56

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_003.pdf_p66-26] GamesMaster, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-18), page 66

[gamesmastertv2x24604-27] GamesMaster (UK) "Series 2, episode 24" (1993-03-11, 24:00) (+6:04)

[28] Hippon Super, "May 1993" (JP; 1993-04-03), page 33

[:File:Joypad_FR_018.pdf_p84-29] Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 84

[:File:MDAG_UK_07.pdf_p24-30] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 24

[:File:MegaTech_UK_14.pdf_p42-31] MegaTech, "February 1993" (UK; 1993-01-20), page 42

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_028.pdf_p62-32] Player One, "Février/Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-02-10), page 62

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-04.pdf_p116-33] Play Time, "4/93" (DE; 1993-03-10), page 116

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1993-06.pdf_p108-34] Play Time, "6/93" (DE; 1993-05-05), page 108

[35] Power Up!, "Saturday, March 20, 1993" (UK; 1993-03-20), page 1

[:File:SegaPower_UK_40.pdf_p48-36] Sega Power, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-04), page 48

[:File:SegaPro_UK_17.pdf_p42-37] Sega Pro, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-38] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SegaZone_UK_05.pdf_p54-39] Sega Zone, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 54

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-40] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[:File:Supersonic_FR_08.pdf_p12-41] Supersonic, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 12

[42] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 208

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Difference between revisions of "Mega Lo Mania"

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Revision as of 03:22, 17 August 2017

Contents

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References