abstract
| - The Control Zone in this issue is largely different from all other iterations of the feature, the main alteration being the lack of Megadroid. The Sega Charts would also not feature until Issue 1, perhaps because there was no set date for the preview's release. Instead, the Control Zone encourages people to check out the full edition for complete stories and features like the News Zone and Review Zone. Later on, a two-page splash continued to entice future Boomers with promises of a free gift in each of the first three issues, more Sega Superstars and the catchphrase "Sharper Than A Cyber-Razor Cut". Additionally, the editors threatened to "send the Badniks round" if people didn't buy it. The final page saw the birth of a competition to win either one of 3 Game Gears, one of 5 Master Systems or the top prize of a Mega Drive, Mega-CD and games. Readers were encouraged to collect tokens in this issue and future editions and send them in, despite only nine people being guaranteed a prize. This system would not reoccur in later issues.
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