E3 1995
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| E3 1995 |
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| Date: 1995-05-11 – 1995-05-13 |
| Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
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The Electronic Entertainment Expo 1995 (E3 1995) was the first E3 event to take place.
E3 came into existence following the gaming industry's growing dissatisfaction with CES. While CES was happy to host gaming companies, preferential treatment was given to electronics giants, with video games relegated to outside tents away from the main hall. With the industry becoming larger and more elaborate with each passing year, a decision was made to run a gaming-specific convention in the spring. The major players still attended Winter CES 1995 (in January 1995), but big plans (namely the US launches of the Sega Saturn and PlayStation were not publicly discussed), and combined with the rainy weather that year, made for a less exciting atmosphere than in previous CES conventions.
CES was a bi-annual event at this point in time, and 1995 would be the year its "summer" expo would be pulled due to declining visitor numbers. E3 could be a considered a replacement for this, as gaming companies typically had products to show (or at least announce) in anticipation of the following Christmas season.
E3 1995 is infamous as it marks the surprise US launch of the Sega Saturn, and an immediate scramble to reduce the console's price to compete with the PlayStation, which announced a $299 price tag just hours later. Meanwhile much of the show itself contined to be dominated by the Sega 32X, which the Saturn would make obsolete.
Contents
Games featured
- Note: some titles may be incorrect.
Saturn
Sega
- Sega Saturn
- Black Fire[1]
- Bug![2][1] (playable)
- Clockwork Knight[1] (playable)
- Daytona USA[1]
- Ghen War[1]
- Gran Chaser[3][1] (playable)
- NHL All-Star Hockey[4][1]
- Panzer Dragoon[1]
- Pebble Beach Golf Links[1]
- Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders[5][1]
- Riglordsaga[6][1] (playable)
- Shin Shinobi[1]
- Victory Goal[1]
- Virtua Cop[5][7][1]
- Virtua Fighter 2[5][1]
Acclaim Entertainment
Capcom
- Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (as Street Fighter Legends)[12][10]
- Street Fighter: The Movie[13][10]
- X-Men: Children of the Atom[12][10]
Crystal Dynamics
- Blazing Dragons[14][6]
- Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain[6]
- The Horde[15]
- Slam 'n Jam 95[4]
- Solar Eclipse[14][7] (playable)
Digital Pictures
Electronic Arts
Maxis
Time Warner Interactive
Virgin
Unsorted
- The 11th Hour[17]
- 3D Baseball[14]
- 3D Soccer
- Allegiance[18]
- Astal (playable)
- Blade Runner[17]
- Bubsy 3D
- Casper
- Center Ring Boxing[14]
- Congo[5]
- Converse Hardcore Hoops[17]
- Corpse Killer
- Creature Shock[12]
- Cybersled[16]
- Cyberwar
- Darknet
- Dark Legend[12]
- Dark Sun[12]
- Defcon 5[12]
- Descent
- Double Switch
- Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
- Earthworm Jim 2
- Endorfun[18]
- Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
- Fox Hunt[12]
- Free Runner[5]
- Gender Wars
- Gex[14]
- Grand Slam Baseball[5]
- HardBall 5
- Hyper 3D Pinball
- Judge Dredd
- Kingdom of Magic
- The Lawnmower Man 2
- Lobo
- Madden NFL 96[16]
- Magic Carpet[14]
- Minnesota Fats: Pool Legend[12]
- Mission: Deadly Skies[14]
- Mortal Kombat 3
- NBA Action[5]
- NBA Jam: Tournament Edition[8]
- Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge[12]
- Offensive
- Off-World Interceptor[14]
- Parodius
- Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors[13]
- Primal Rage
- Prize Fighter
- Project Overkill
- Quarterback Attack
- Rayman[17] (playable)
- Return of the...
- Ridge Racer ??
- Rise 2: Ressurection
- Road Rash[14]
- Robotica: Cybernation Revolt
- Rollcage[18]
- The Scottish Open
- Screaming Wheels[14]
- Shellshock
- Shredfest[16]
- Sid & Al's Incredible Toons[12]
- Split Realities[14]
- Star Control III
- S.T.O.R.M.
- Street Fighter II Movie (as Street Fighter II: The Interactive Movie)[12]
- Suikoden
- Supreme Warrior 2
- Theme Park
- Thunderhawk 2
- Vanished Powers
- Varuna's Forces[14]
- Virtua Fighter Remix[5]
- Waterworld
- Wing Commander III[14]
- Worms
- XS: Shield Up
- Zoop[17]
32X
Sega
- Kolibri[19][13][4]
- Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders[20]
- Spider-Man: Web of Fire[19][13][20]
- Virtua Fighter[19][7]
- World Series Baseball[20]
- X-Men[19][13][10]
Acclaim Entertainment
Virgin
Unsorted
- 32 Xtreme[19]
- Alone in the Dark 2
- Blackthorne
- Brutal: Above the Claw[18]
- C2: Judgment Clay
- Casper
- Converse Hardcore Hoops
- Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
- Judge Dredd[19]
- Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure[13]
- Primal Rage
- Ratchet and Bolt[19][13]
- Rayman
- Revolution X[19] (playable)
- The Scottish Open
- Shellshock
- Shadow Squadron[19]
- Soulstar X
Mega Drive
Sega
- Batman Forever[21]
- Comix Zone[22][23] (playable)
- Garfield: Caught in the Act[15][23]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie[23]
- The Ooze[23]
- Vectorman[8][23] (playable)
- VR Troopers[23]
Disney
Konami
Namco
Viacom New Media
Virgin
Unsorted
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- The Adventures of Hollywood Spot
- Barkley Shut Up and Jam 2[13]
- Bass Masters Classic
- Batman Forever
- Beethoven's Second: The Quest for the Missing Pups[18]
- Beyond Zero Tolerance[13]
- Converse Hardcore Hoops
- Congo: The Movie
- Cutthroat Island[8]
- Earthworm Jim 2[2] (playable)
- Ecco Jr.
- ExoSquad
- Fever Pitch Soccer
- FIFA Soccer '96
- Foreman For Real[8]
- Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball[8]x
- HardBall '95
- Head-On Soccer (playable)
- Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
- Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
- Jack Nicklaus Golf '95[13]
- Judge Dredd
- Lobo
- Mortal Kombat 3
- Mutant Chronicles (Doom Troopers ?)
- New Horizons[12]
- NHL 96
- Nightmare Circus (playable)
- Phantom 2040
- PGA Tour 96
- Primal Rage[18]
- Revolution X[8]
- Risk[16]
- Sensible Golf
- Spider-Man
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time
- TNN Bass Tournament of Champions[18]
- TNN Outdoors Bass Tournament '96[18]
- Venom - Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety[8]
- Virtua Racing
- Waterworld[8]
- Wayne Gretzky Hockey (Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars ?)
- World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders
- Worms[18]
- WWF WrestleMania (WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game ?)
- X-Perts[8]
- Zoop[17]
Mega-CD
Sega
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin[19][20]
- Fahrenheit[20]
- Myst[20]
- Surgical Strike[20]
- Wild Woody[19][20]
Unsorted
Mega-CD 32X
Sega
Game Gear
Sega
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin[20]
- Garfield: Caught in the Act[21][20]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers[20]
- VR Troopers[20]
Acclaim Entertainment
THQ
Viacom New Media
Unsorted
- Cutthroat Island
- Earthworm Jim
- FIFA Soccer '96[25]
- Foreman For Real
- Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
- Judge Dredd
- Jungle Strike[25]
- Mega Man
- Mortal Kombat 3
- NHL 96
- PGA European Tour[25]
- PGA Tour 96
- Popeye[18]
- Primal Rage[18]
- Spider-Man
- Sports Illustrated: Championship Football & Baseball
- Sports Trivia
- WWF Wrestlemania (WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game ?)
- X-Men: Mojo World
- Zoop[17]
PC
Arcade
Floor plan
South hall
West hall
Magazine articles
- Main article: E3 1995/Magazine articles.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1995" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 78
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 66
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 65
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 8
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 67
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 63
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 8.9 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 10
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 62
- ↑ Press release: 1995-05-10: ACCLAIM OBTAINS RIGHTS TO 'MYST' FOR SEGA SATURN
- ↑ 12.00 12.01 12.02 12.03 12.04 12.05 12.06 12.07 12.08 12.09 12.10 12.11 12.12 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 12
- ↑ 13.00 13.01 13.02 13.03 13.04 13.05 13.06 13.07 13.08 13.09 13.10 13.11 13.12 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 9
- ↑ 14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 14
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 68
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 15
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 17.6 17.7 17.8 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 16
- ↑ 18.00 18.01 18.02 18.03 18.04 18.05 18.06 18.07 18.08 18.09 18.10 18.11 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 11
- ↑ 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 19.12 19.13 19.14 19.15 19.16 GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ 20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14 20.15 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1995" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 77
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6 21.7 21.8 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 69
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 71
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1995" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 76
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 70
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 18