Nintendo Magazine System

EMAP gained the official Nintendo license and as a result when Mean Machines split, the Nintendo side gained the blessing of the Big N.

The magazine shared many staff members with Mean Machines Sega, but the tone and design was much changed. A string of editors came and went (including former CVG head chappy Tim Boone) and the publication successfully followed the launch of the N64 in the mid-90s.

The name was changed to Official Nintendo Magazine at around the same time, and when Mean Machines Sega folded, ONM kept on going.

In 2005 Future Publishing wrestled the official Nintendo license away from EMAP’s and the magazine died for good, marking the end of the publishing giant’s interest in the videogame sector – a sector in which it had done much to shape.

Reviews Summary

Game Title	Buy	PDF	Genre	Publisher	Score
Cybernator			Shoot 'Em Up	NCS / Masaya	94%
Cybernator			Shoot 'Em Up	NCS / Masaya	94%
Donkey Kong Country			Platform Game	Nintendo	97%
Doom			Shoot 'Em Up	ID / Williams	95%
Final Fight			Arcade Conversion	Capcom	92%
Hagane: The Final Conflict			Shoot 'Em Up	Hudson	90%
R-Type III			Shoot 'Em Up	Irem	93%
Secret of Mana			Role Playing	Squaresoft	93%
StarFox			Shoot 'Em Up	Nintendo	96%
Super Mario Kart			Driving Game	Nintendo	92%
Super Metroid			Platform Game	Nintendo	92%
The Legend of Zelda - Link to the Past			Role Playing	Nintendo	96%
Tin Star			Shoot 'Em Up	Nintendo	85%
Game Title	Buy	PDF	Genre	Publisher	Score
Super Mario 64			Platform Game	Nintendo	95%