Winter CES 1995
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| Winter CES 1995 |
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| Date: 1995-01-06 – 1995-01-09 |
| Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, United States |
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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. As such, the "winter" prefix is often dropped.
This was the event in which the localised "black" Sega Saturn for Western markets was first shown[1], although Sega's focus was geared around the Sega 32X. Sega also used th event to announce a letter of intent from Microsoft to create Softimage 3D development kits for Saturn developers[2]. They also announced an agreement to incorporate QSound technology into their consoles[2]. Deion Sanders was also named as the "official spokesman" for Sega Sports[3].
Sega and Sony's representitives were staying at the same hotel, Alexis Park, the venue Sega had used for several years when attending WCES. Traditionally Sega would put a five-foot Sonic the Hedgehog inflatable outside the hotel's entrance, however this year Sony representitives deflated it and threw it in the swimming pool[4]. In retaliation, Sega defaced Sony's "PSX welcomes Sega" balloons with "Play Sega 32X"[4].
Contents
Games featured
Saturn
Sega
- Virtua Fighter (playable)
Sunsoft
32X
Sega
- After Burner (playable)
- Chaotix
- Cosmic Carnage
- Doom
- Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
- Metal Head (playable)
- Motocross Championship (playable)
- Space Harrier (playable)
- Star Wars Arcade
- Tempo[5]
- Virtua Racing Deluxe
- Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000[5] (wasn't on display, but appeared in the press kit[1])
Unsorted
Mega Drive
Sega
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin (playable)
- Comix Zone[6]
- Ecco Jr.
- NFL '95
- NHL All-Star Hockey '95
- Scholastic's The Magic School Bus: Space Exploration Game
- World Series Baseball '95
- X-Men 2: Clone Wars[6]
Unsorted
- XBAND[7]
- Aero the Acrobat 2
- Aerobiz Supersonic
- ATP Tour Championship
- Barkley: Shut Up & Jam 2
- Bass Masters Classic[7]
- Batman Forever
- Darkstalkers
- Demolition Man
- Desert Demolition
- Earthworm Jim 2
- ExoSquad
- Fireteam Rogue
- The Great Circus Mystery Starring Mickey & Minnie
- Izzy's Olympic Quest
- Jack Nicklaus Golf '95
- Judge Dredd
- Justice League Task Force (playable)
- Manchester United Soccer
- The Mask[7]
- Rockman: Mega World
- Mr. Nutz 2
- Mutant Chronicles
- NBA Basketball '95
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
- Pac-Attack
- Pac In Time
- Pac-Man 2: The New Adventures
- Phantasy Star IV
- The Punisher
- Putty Squad
- Revolution X
- Saturday Night Slam Masters
- SeaQuest DSV[7]
- Scooby-Doo Mystery
- Skeleton Krew
- Snooker
- Spider-Man
- Stargate
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time
- Street Racer
- Warlock
- Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars[8]
- Weaponlord
- Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel 2
X-Perts was meant to be shown at this event but was reportedly pulled at the last minute[1].
Mega-CD
Sega
- Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side[6]
- Fahrenheit[5]
- Midnight Raiders[5]
- Surgical Strike[5]
- Wirehead
Unsorted
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- Another World 2
- Brain Dead 13
- Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: The Second Cataclysm
- Crime Patrol
- Demolition Man
- Dungeon Explorer 2
- Dungeon Master 2
- Earthworm Jim: Special Edition
- Eternal Champions: Challenge From the Dark Side
- Fahrenheit
- Fatal Fury Special
- Heimdall
- Johnny Mnemonic
- Keio Flying Squadron (video)
- Loadstar 2
- Lords of Thunder
- Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold
- Midnight Raiders
- Obsidian
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
- Samurai Shodown
- Shining Force CD
- Skeleton Crew
- Space Adventure: Cobra 2
- Surgical Strike
- Time Cop
- Wild Woody
- Wirehead
- World Champion Rally
Mega-CD 32X
Game Gear
Sega
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- Fatal Fury
- Fred Couples Golf
- Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
- NHL All-Star Hockey
- Ristar
- Sonic Drift 2
- Striker
- Super Columns
T-HQ
Unsorted
Arcade
Third-party games featured
Absolute
Interplay
Rocket Science
Floor plan
Magazine articles
- Main article: Winter CES 1995/Magazine articles.
External Link
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sega Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 89
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 96
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 88
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 13
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Computer & Video Games, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-15), page 12
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 7.6 Press release: 1995-01-04: T-HQ shows new lineup of portable video games and XBAND video game modem at 1995 Winter CES
- ↑ Press release: 1995-01-06: TIME WARNER INTERACTIVE TEAMS WITH WAYNE GRETZKY AND THE NHL PLAYERS' ASSOCIATION FOR LINE OF INTERACTIVE HOCKEY GAMES