Summer CES 1994

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Summer CES 1994
Date: 1994-06-231994-06-25
Location: McCormick Place, 2301 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States

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The Summer International Consumer Electronics Show 1994 (SCES 1994) was the last Summer CES to be held.

Sega had a smaller presence in this event than previous years, with only a single room in the basement[1]. The company had originally planned to host its own show in Orlando, Florida, but changed its mind[2], and much of what was on display had previously been announced at Sega Gamer's Day 1994.

Nintendo had a much larger presence, with an elaborate staging area for the Super NES game Donkey Kong Country and Ultra 64 technical demos being shown behind closed doors[3]. Some third-party publishers were situated in the Nintendo area so were unable to demonstrate Sega titles, such as Capcom[4].

Sega put together a promotional video for the event, starring American singer Lou Rawls. It marked the first time the general public were able to see Sega 32X games in action (albeit running on development kits, where only one of the SH2 processors was operational[5]), but despite being teased at Winter CES 1994 five months prior, the Sega Saturn was nowhere to be found.

Contents

Products featured

32X

Summer CES 1994 was the first public outing for the 32X, though the system was still in a very early state at this point in time. What few demos were available were supplemented with pre-rendered videos, and in the case of Star Wars Arcade and Virtua Racing Deluxe, Sega Model 1 arcade footage.

Mega-CD 32X

Sega

Unsorted

Mega Drive

With the 32X still months away, the Mega Drive (or Genesis) made up the bulk of Sega's offerings at Summer CES, and was the focus for third-parties. Alongside some sports games, Dynamite Headdy, Ecco: The Tides of Time and Taz in Escape From Mars were the main stars of the show, with Sega also introducing the Sega Club range aimed at younger players. Of more interest to the gaming press were the successors to Disney's Aladdin; Virgin Interactive's The Lion King and Aladdin programmer David Perry's Earthworm Jim. The home ports of Mortal Kombat II also drew crowds.

Sega

Absolute Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment

Accolade

Activision

American Sammy

American Softworks

American Technos

Atlus

AT&T

Capcom

Core Design

Data East

Davidson & Associates

Domark

Electro Brain

Electronic Arts

Extreme Entertainment Group

FCI

Fox Interactive

GameTek

Hudson Soft

Imagineer

Interplay

JVC

Kaneko

Koei

Konami

MicroProse

Namco

Playmates Interactive Entertainment

Psygnosis

The Software Toolworks

Sony Imagesoft

Spectrum Holobyte

Sunsoft

Taito

Takara

Tecmagik

Tecmo

Time Warner Interactive

THQ

U.S. Gold

Viacom New Media

VIC Tokai

Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Williams Entertainment

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Mega-CD

Sega

Absolute Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment

Activision

American Laser Games

CapDisc

Core Design

Data East

Digital Pictures

Domark

Dynamix

Electronic Arts

Extreme Entertainment Group

FCI

GameTek

Imagineer

Interplay

JVC

Konami

Namco

Psygnosis

ReadySoft

Rocket Science Games

Sales Curve Interactive

The Software Toolworks

Sony Imagesoft

Spectrum Holobyte

Sunsoft

THQ

U.S. Gold

Velocity

Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Williams Entertainment

Working Designs

Game Gear

Sega

Absolute Entertainment

Acclaim Entertainment

Accolade

American Technos

CapDisc

Domark

Extreme Entertainment Group

GameTek

Hi-Tech Entertainment

Namco

Psygnosis

Spectrum Holobyte

Taito

Takara

Tecmagik

Time Warner Interactive

THQ

U.S. Gold

Viacom New Media

Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Unsorted

Arcade

Magazine articles

Main article: Summer CES 1994/Magazine articles.

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References

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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 ... 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