Mean Machines gave the Game Boy port of the game a score of 91 %, noting that while some changes had been made the game played identical to the original arcade port and " provides much addiction and challenge ".

Mean Machines describes the game as having " struck gold " in a way that no other – not even its sequels – has matched and GameSpot named the game as one of the greatest games of all time for its innovation, gameplay and visual style.

The game received scores of 862 ( DOS ) and 834 ( Atari ST ) out of 1000 from ACE, 79 % from Mean Machines and 57 % from Power Play.

* Zany Golf Megadrive review from Mean Machines Archive

Mean Machines two reviewers, Julian Rignall and Matt Regan, praised several aspects of the game.

Mean Machines gave the Game Boy port of Boulder Dash a score of 90 %, praising it as " one of the finest video games ever written ", describing the game as " one to buy as soon as possible " and noting its faithfulness to the original Commodore 64 version.

This meant the show could pool the collective opinions of magazines like Mean Machines, C & VG and ACE.

* 688 Attack Sub Review at Mean Machines

In that series, he rides a bicycle that resembles the Mean Machine and his clothes resemble his ones from Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines.

Campaigns were even waged to have Digitiser's writing team fired-both within Teletext by its editorial minions, and beyond ( by disgruntled Amiga, Sega, Sony, or Nintendo fans, not to mention the staff of Mean Machines and Official Nintendo magazines-whom Digitiser frequently poked fun at ).

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Road Rash received a very favourable review in Mean Machines magazine.

* Gunstar Heroes Mega Drive review from Mean Machines Archive

Mean Machines was split into two, The One for ST Games was incorporated into Europress's ST Action, and ACE magazine closed.

Several gaming magazines ( including GamePro, Mean Machines SEGA and Computer & Video Games ) gave previews and even reviews of the game, showing pictures of levels, enemies, artwork and special moves which were not seen in the final version at all.

* Turbo OutRun Review at Mean Machines Mag ( refers to the poorly received home port, not the arcade original )

It was also featured in UK-based magazine Mean Machines, where it received high praise from editors Matt Regan and Julian Rignall.

* UN Squadron SNES review from Mean Machines Archive

Mean Machines found the game addictive and original, but found fault with its slow-paced combat.

* Legend of the Mystical Ninja SNES review at Mean Machines Archive

Mean Machines described Solar Striker as " adequate ", but noted a there was a lack of material to keep players interested, giving the game a score of 69 %.

Richard Leadbetter, editor of Mean Machines Sega, awarded the Japanese version of the game a score of 90 %.

It was also covered in the NES section of the November 1991 issue of the UK gaming magazine Mean Machines, where it received an 88 % rating.

UK magazines Computer and Video Games and its spin-off Mean Machines – in the latter's premiere issue – gave the game positive reviews.

The famous Coca-Cola commercial in which " Mean " Joe Greene gives a boy his game jersey aired during CBS ' telecast of the game.

The commercial is actually a parody of another famous one from the 1970s produced by Pepsi's rival, Coca-Cola, in which a young boy meets football player " Mean " Joe Greene as he is leaving the field after a game.

After they gained fame with the 1997 album Floored in 1998, the single " Speed Home California " and " Mean Machine " off Lemonade and Brownies was featured in the PlayStation game Road Rash 3D, and its Nintendo 64 counterpart Road Rash 64, respectively.

She gained notoriety as the hostess of the BBC television game show The Weakest Link which has earned her the nickname " Queen of Mean ".

Before being branded as Puyo Pop internationally, the first game saw release outside Japan in 1993 as Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine for the Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, and Master System ( The SMS version was released in Europe and Brazil ), and two years later as Kirby's Ghost Trap ( European Super NES version ) and Kirby's Avalanche ( North American Super NES version ).

Mean Machine appears in the 1995 video game as a boss.

The FIU Golden Panthers won their last game at the Orange Bowl against the North Texas Mean Green on December 1, 2007 by a score of 38 – 19, snapping a 23-game losing streak that many attributed to the consequences of suspensions following the UM-FIU brawl the year before.

The primary villain in the game is a parody of the late Leona Helmsley, the " Queen of Mean ".

During the game, an incident with the Steelers ' then-rookie " Mean Joe " Greene led to Greene spitting into Butkus ' face and challenging him to a fight after Butkus committed what Greene considered a dirty hit on a teammate of Greene's.

Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine, also known as Dr. Robotnik and His Mean Bean Machine in parts of Europe, is a Puyo Puyo game released for the Sega Mega Drive, Game Gear, and the Sega Master System.

The music used in the Mega Drive version of Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine are an assortment of remixes from the original Puyo Puyo game as well as having its own soundtrack.

Unlike Kirby's Avalanche, where the only original music was Warning of Puyo Puyo, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine is the only western release of Puyo Puyo game to feature music from the original Puyo Puyo game.

When the game finally reached Japan, thanks to Sonic Mega Collection, it became known in that country as " Dr. Eggman's Mean Bean Machine ".

Other memorable songs co-written by Moran are " Snot Rap " ( Kenny Everett ) as well as " No Mean City ", the theme to the crime drama Taggart, sung by Maggie Bell ; " It's Alright ", the theme to the crime drama New Tricks, sung by Dennis Waterman ; and the music for the UK game shows Chain Letters, Lucky Ladders and The Krypton Factor.

* Dick Dastardly, Muttley, and the Mean Machine returned as a boss car in the Wacky Races video game voiced by Jim Cummings and Billy West.

In this sense, Regan ( Linda Blair ) is a modern-day saint — like Ingrid Bergman in Europa ' 51, and in a way, like Charlie in Mean Streets.

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* Mondro, Mitchell J, ( June 2002 ), " Approximation of Mean Time Between Failure When a System has Periodic Maintenance ", IEEE Transactions on Reliability, v 51, no 2.