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Apr 4, 2008 23:10:14 GMT
Post by nespig on Apr 4, 2008 23:10:14 GMT
dont shoot me just yet, even though my names nespig (because i am) i always come across sega stuff in my travels and i more and more often end up buying sega stuff. i actually used to be in the sega club here in australia (when i was about 10 or 11, im now 27) and regrettably threw away all my segazones, newsletters, megazones, CVG's (and then CVGT's) & megaplay magazines. i only have left my membership card and a spare membership registration slip. so im on here to get an idea of the scene again, pick up a few tips on variants & more collectable items/games and ask the questions that you guys know like "how much is this worth?" which will also answer the inevitible "did i just get ripped off?".
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Apr 5, 2008 9:14:22 GMT
Post by rupert on Apr 5, 2008 9:14:22 GMT
Welcome to the forum.
What did being a member mean? was it just a newsletter?
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Apr 5, 2008 10:27:02 GMT
Post by sega club on Apr 5, 2008 10:27:02 GMT
membership was $20 annually, you got a t-shirt(which i wore until it fell apart), a 12 month subscription (quarterly magazine) to segazone, the official club magazine. a bunch of newsletters, stickers, posters a membership card and there were special offers but they usually appllied to people in areas like sydney or melbourne because most of the time they were things like discounts on games at "toys r us" but back then "toys r us" was only located in capital cities and not like they are now. there were competitions for members only and when you rang up the sega hotline to ask for a code or "how to do this" you would quote the number on your membership card and it would become a free call which was a very cool idea. i cant remember how many years i was in the club but it must have been about 5 years judging by the segazones and newsletters i used to have and i had actually kept every single thing (stickers, newsletters etc...) that i ever got until i threw it out which was about 1999-2000ish as always i now wish i didnt and the worst part is that i never took the posters out of any of my magazines from segazone to CVG (being about 50-60 of them) because i had grand ideas of a huge room with all the posters and games in it, and until then i wasn't going to take the posters out....in the mind of an 11 year old that was amazing to think about. earlier i was trying to find something from my sega past and i did come a cross about 20 sonic the hedgehog comics which i used to get put away at the newsagent, they go from "well-read" condition to "i lost interest but mum kept buying them". i really wish i didnt throw my stuff away but i do remember that they were a hassle to move whenever i moved house because that many magazines probably weighed more than me at the time! BTW i owned a SMS2 with good old alex kidd built in that me and my brother had a garage sale to get some money and buy it with, we had Aztec Adventure which i remember totally sucked arse (but it was the first game i ever had to ring the sega hotline about) enduro racer, alex kidd in hi-tech world which i wrote a full solution down for it and sent it to segazone, they never published it though wonderboy which got stolen (bastards, that was and is still fun) sonic 1 & 2 and my absolute favorite which took months of saving up for: mickey mouse castle of illusion, i could'nt get enough of that one and used to stare at pictures of the cover just thinking about how fun iot would be. another good one was wonderboy III being mouse man and lizard man (i think?) which i have recently acquired it once again 15 years later CIB. i cant remember if we owned "psycho-fox" but i know we definitely played the hell out of it, anyways that about enough reminiscing from me. i think i answered your question in all that....
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Apr 5, 2008 10:44:02 GMT
Post by nespig on Apr 5, 2008 10:44:02 GMT
BTW the above post was from me ,nespig. im just a bit too fresh for this forum replied without even logging in, Da... but this gives me a chance to bring up that i also owned "the ninja" which is probably not worth bringing up from memory but to this day i can still remember the music.
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Apr 5, 2008 10:58:14 GMT
Post by ninjabearhug on Apr 5, 2008 10:58:14 GMT
Welcome aboard .
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Apr 5, 2008 11:08:46 GMT
Post by rupert on Apr 5, 2008 11:08:46 GMT
we had Aztec Adventure which i remember totally sucked arse (but it was the first game i ever had to ring the sega hotline about) Dont let bock here you say that, I think it's his fave game
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Apr 5, 2008 11:17:03 GMT
Post by nespig on Apr 5, 2008 11:17:03 GMT
eh!, someone likes aztec adventure *gasp*, no i cant say that on my 3rd post its just not right. but theres something not right about Aztec Adventure:)
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Apr 7, 2008 5:14:37 GMT
Post by grolt on Apr 7, 2008 5:14:37 GMT
Aztec has a certain charm to it. On one hand it's a load of crap, but there's an odd charm about having to bribe bad guys to join your party that's oddly appealing. Damn capitalists!
Welcome to the forum.
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Apr 9, 2008 10:55:10 GMT
Post by SMSCollect on Apr 9, 2008 10:55:10 GMT
Welcome aboard man. Enjoy!
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Apr 9, 2008 14:36:37 GMT
Post by Policenaut on Apr 9, 2008 14:36:37 GMT
I learned to love Aztec Adv., I remember I wanted Shinobi as Christmas gift but it was not available, so received Aztec. I was amazed to find in the end that it was a charming game.
Welcome to the forum!
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Jun 20, 2008 14:03:11 GMT
Post by Brian Costelloe on Jun 20, 2008 14:03:11 GMT
Just a message in regards to all these memories being brought back up from the Sega days. I use to work in the hotline so it's interesting to me to see the 10 year olds (approx) that we use to talk to on the hotline and how they think back on it now. We loved the time we spent on the hotline. From the sincere kids that were honestly trying to complete a game. To the freaks (40 plus year old's playing RPG's with their mums!) and the dodgy calls trying to lie their way past us to get a tip.
Man I do miss those days!
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Jun 20, 2008 14:15:42 GMT
Post by playgeneration on Jun 20, 2008 14:15:42 GMT
Its great to hear from people involved with Sega at the time. Was this in the UK? It would be great if you could tell us more about it. Did you have to know how to complete the games yourself or did you have guides made by Sega? Did Sega give you free games or anything like that?
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Jun 20, 2008 19:07:41 GMT
Post by rupert on Jun 20, 2008 19:07:41 GMT
Just a message in regards to all these memories being brought back up from the Sega days. I use to work in the hotline so it's interesting to me to see the 10 year olds (approx) that we use to talk to on the hotline and how they think back on it now. We loved the time we spent on the hotline. From the sincere kids that were honestly trying to complete a game. To the freaks (40 plus year old's playing RPG's with their mums!) and the dodgy calls trying to lie their way past us to get a tip. Man I do miss those days! Thats great info, please register and create a thread which includes any storys or memories you have of your time on the helpline, I'm sure we would all love to here about it.
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Jun 21, 2008 14:54:27 GMT
Post by Stan on Jun 21, 2008 14:54:27 GMT
Great to have you aboard. Personally, I think Aztec is a pretty good game until the levels repeat. It gets tiresome there, though still playable, but really hits a wall with the Nazca line level at the end where you fight a living Nazca line drawing. Wow.
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