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Sega MultiMedia Studio

Genre: Demo disc

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1992

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The Sega MultiMedia Studio demo disc is a Sega Mega-CD demonstration program developed and produced by Sega Multimedia Studio as a means to promote the advanced hardware features and graphical effects of the upcoming CD-based system. While not publicly released, it was demonstrated by Sega of America at their Summer CES 1992 booth.^[1]

Controls

Holding START pauses the video, although the audio will remain playing, and holding , , or reduces the video's playback speed by different increments.

Content

The Sega MultiMedia Studio (demo) consists of a real-time demonstration of Mega-CD hardware features, particularly its ability to scale and rotate sprites, and its full-motion video playback capabilities. In addition to featuring extracts from the 1992 films Cool World and Batman Returns (as well as a clip from the 1946 Bugs Bunny cartoon The Big Snooze), artwork and digitized photographs of Star Trek's USS Enterprise, ToeJam & Earl and Joe Montana also make brief appearances.

The demo's repeated use of Sonic the Hedgehog resulted in several news outlets erroneously confusing the program with the unreleased Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD^[2]^[3]. It was also mistaken for the scrapped Mega-CD version of Cool World.

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega MultiMedia Studio (demo)/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Mega-CD, US
Cover
Disc

References

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1992-08.pdf_p82-1] Mega Drive Fan, "August 1992" (JP; 1992-07-xx), page 82

[:File:EGM_US_037.pdf_p83-2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "August 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 83

[:File:Joypad_FR_012.pdf_p31-3] Joypad, "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-0x-xx), page 31

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-The '''''Sega MultiMedia Studio''''' demo disc is a demonstration CD created by [[Sega Multimedia Studio]] as a means to promote the [[Sega Mega-CD]] (Sega CD) in North America. It was not released publicly, though was displayed at [[Summer CES 1992]]{{magref|mdfan|31|82}}.
+{{stub}}The '''''Sega MultiMedia Studio''''' demo disc is a [[Sega Mega-CD]] demonstration program developed and produced by [[Sega Multimedia Studio]] as a means to promote the advanced hardware features and graphical effects of the upcoming CD-based system. While not publicly released, it was demonstrated by [[Sega of America]] at their [[Summer CES 1992]] booth.{{magref|mdfan|31|82}}
-The disc is not "playable", instead consisting of a real-time demonstration of the Mega-CD hardware, namely its ability to scale and rotate sprites and play [[full motion video]]. Holding {{start}} pauses the video (though not the audio), while holding {{A}}, {{B}} or {{C}} slows the video down by differing amounts.
+==Controls==
+Holding {{start}} pauses the video, although the audio will remain playing, and holding {{A}}, {{B}}, or {{C}} reduces the video's playback speed by different increments.
-The demo's repeated use of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] meant it was erroneously reported by several news outlets at the time as being part of (the unreleased) ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD]]''{{magref|egm|37|83}}{{magref|joypad|12|31}}. It was also mistaken for the scrapped Mega-CD version of ''[[Cool World]]''.
+==Content==
+The {{PAGENAME}} consists of a real-time demonstration of [[Mega-CD]] hardware features, particularly its ability to scale and rotate sprites, and its [[full-motion video]] playback capabilities. In addition to featuring extracts from the 1992 films ''[[wikipedia:Cool World|Cool World]]'' and ''[[wikipedia:Batman Returns|Batman Returns]]'' (as well as a clip from the 1946 [[wikipedia:Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]] cartoon ''The Big Snooze''), artwork and digitized photographs of ''[[wikipedia:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'''s USS ''Enterprise'', ''[[ToeJam & Earl]]'' and [[Joe Montana]] also make brief appearances.
-As well as featuring an extract from ''Cool World'', the demo also contains footage from ''[[wikipedia:Batman Returns|Batman Returns]]'' and the 1946 [[wikipedia:Bugs Bunny|Bugs Bunny]] cartoon, "The Big Snooze". ''Star Trek'', ''ToeJam & Earl'' and a single sprite of [[wikipedia:Joe Montana|Joe Montana]] also make an appearance.
+The demo's repeated use of [[Sonic the Hedgehog]] resulted in several news outlets erroneously confusing the program with the unreleased ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 CD]]''{{magref|egm|37|83}}{{magref|joypad|12|31}}. It was also mistaken for the scrapped Mega-CD version of ''[[Cool World]]''.
 ==Magazine articles==