Magazine System and As the UK video games market grew and matured, Sega and Nintendo emerged as the two dominant manufacturers. EMAP split the magazine in two, creating Mean Machines Sega and the officially endorsed Nintendo Magazine System. After a successful launch, monthly sales of NMS dropped to a level just below the original Mean Machines at its peak, and the circulation of MMS began to decline, and at the end of 1993, EMAP Images launched the officially endorsed Sega Magazine, which competed with sales of its own independent Sega publication. The magazine was published until 1997. The staff were then incorporated into Official Sega Saturn Magazine. Nintendo Magazine System became Nintendo Official Magazine , and continued until the official Nintendo licence was won by Future Publishing. The last Mean Machines magazine was Mean Machines PlayStation and the original Mean Machines staff had long since moved on. This soon folded after the launch of Official PlayStation Magazine. Only six issues were released. Staff Julian Rignall (Editor), Gary Harrod (Designer), Richard Leadbetter (Staff Writer), Radion Automatic (Staff Writer), Oz Browne (Designer), Matt Regan (Staff Writer), Angus Swan (Staff Writer), Paul Glancey (Contributor), and Robert Alan Bright (Staff Writer). See also Video game journalism Video game industry References Retro Gamer, The Mean Team, Issue 31 pp.30-34 Further reading External links The Mean Machines Archive Archived Mean Machines Sega on the Internet Archive Archived Mean Machines on the Internet Archive Video game magazines published in the United Kingdom Magazines established in 1990 Magazines disestablished in 1992 Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom Sega magazines Magazines about Nintendo