Winter CES 1995

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Winter CES 1995
Date: 1995-01-061995-01-09
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, United States
Attendance: 103,282[1]

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The Winter International Consumer Electronics Show 1995 (WCES 1995) was the final CES event in which video games took up a large percentage of the show floor (being replaced by E3 which began later in the year). Due to declining popularity, no "summer" CES event took place in 1995 year, making Las Vegas the sole home of CES.

Sega returned to the Alexis Park hotel, which it had used for several years for WCES, hosting a press conference there prior to the main CES event, detailing the company's strategy, officially introducing the Sega Neptune and naming Deion Sanders as the "official spokesman" for Sega Sports[2].

This year, Sony's representatives were also staying at Alexis Park. Traditionally Sega would put a five-foot Sonic the Hedgehog inflatable outside the hotel's entrance, however this year Sony representatives deflated it and threw it in the swimming pool[3]. In retaliation, Sega defaced Sony's "PSX welcomes Sega" balloons with "Play Sega 32X"[3].

This was the event in which the localised "black" Sega Saturn for Western markets was first shown[4], although Sega's focus was geared around the Sega 32X. Sega also used the event to announce a letter of intent from Microsoft to create Softimage 3D development kits for Saturn developers[5][6]. They also announced an agreement to incorporate QSound technology into their consoles[5].

Acclaim Entertainment had recently signed a distribution deal with Digital Pictures, so its games appeared at the Acclaim booth (alongside some Domark titles). Electronic Arts was not officially at the show, but instead held an event at Planet Hollywood[7]. Its games have been included here for simplicity.

Magicians Penn & Teller appeared on stage to promote Absolute Entertainment's Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors (or "P&T's S&M"[8]), which included a skit where Teller, with a Mega Drive Control Pad attached to his head, was "controlled" by game designer Barry Marx (before being cut in half with an electric saw)[8].

Products featured

Saturn

32X

Mega Drive

Sega

Absolute Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment

Accolade

Capcom

Core Design

Electronic Arts

Fox Interactive

Namco

Ocean Software

Playmates Interactive Entertainment

Sunsoft

Taito

Tecmo

T-HQ

Time Warner Interactive

Ubi Soft

U.S. Gold

Virgin

X-Perts was meant to be shown at this event but was reportedly pulled at the last minute[4].

Mega-CD

Mega-CD 32X

Game Gear

Master System

U.S. Gold

Arcade

Floor plan

Magazine articles

Main article: Winter CES 1995/Magazine articles.

External Link

References

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  2. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 96
  3. 3.0 3.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 10
  5. 5.0 5.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 89
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Trade events attended by Sega in the United States
"Arcade"
American Coin Machine Exposition (ACME) 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96
(A)MOA Expo / Amusement Expo 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 ... 75 | 76 | 77 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) 95 ... 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22
"Home"
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 21
International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Summer 83 | Summer 86 | Winter 87 | Summer 87 | Winter 88 | Summer 88 | Winter 89 | Summer 89 | Winter 90 | Summer 90 | Winter 91 | Summer 91 | Winter 92 | Summer 92 | Winter 93 | Summer 93 | Winter 94 | Summer 94 | CES 1995 | 12
SIGGRAPH 93 | 94 | 95