MegaTech

{{short description|British video games magazine}}

{{About|the magazine|the arcade system board|Sega Mega-Tech||Megatech (disambiguation){{!}}Megatech}}

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{{Infobox magazine

| image_file = mtech1xmas91.jpg | image_size = 200px | image_caption = MegaTech #1, XMAS 1991

| editor = Paul Glancey
Steve Merrett
Julian Rignall

| frequency = Monthly

| circulation =

| category = Video game magazines

| company = EMAP
Maverick Magazines

| firstdate = XMAS 1991

| finaldate = 1994

| finalnumber =

| country = United Kingdom

| language = English

| website =

| issn = 0964-5764

}}

MegaTech (sometimes styled with the katakana メガテケ) was a publication from EMAP aimed specifically at the Sega Mega Drive gaming market. The magazine was started in 1991. The launch editorial consisted of a small team including Paul Glancey (editor) and Mark Patterson (deputy editor). It was published monthly.[http://segaretro.org/MegaTech MegaTech] Sega Retro. Retrieved 23 August 2016. In 1993 the magazine was acquired by Maverick Magazines.{{cite web|title=The Rise and Fall of EMAP's Video Game Magazine Empire|url=http://www.outofprintarchive.com/articles/features/out-of-print/emap.html|work=Out of Print Archive|access-date=12 December 2016}} It ceased publication in 1994 when it was merged into Mega magazine.{{cite web|title=Megatech Magazine - Issue 16|url=http://www.retrogames.co.uk/041184/Sega/Megatech-Magazine-Issue-16|work=Retrogames|access-date=12 December 2016}}

Founding editor Paul Glancey spoke about the magazine's difficult launch, evolution and eventual closure, in a 2022 retrospective article, The MegaTech story: An oral history.