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
- 1 Games featured
- 1.1 Saturn
- 1.1.1 Sega
- 1.1.2 Acclaim Entertainment
- 1.1.3 Capcom
- 1.1.4 Crystal Dynamics
- 1.1.5 Data East
- 1.1.6 Digital Pictures
- 1.1.7 Electronic Arts
- 1.1.8 JVC
- 1.1.9 Maxis
- 1.1.10 Namco
- 1.1.11 Ocean Software
- 1.1.12 Philips
- 1.1.13 Scavenger
- 1.1.14 Ubi Soft
- 1.1.15 Viacom New Media
- 1.1.16 Virgin Interactive Entertainment
- 1.1.17 Unsorted
- 1.2 32X
- 1.3 Mega Drive
- 1.4 Mega-CD
- 1.5 Mega-CD 32X
- 1.6 Game Gear
- 1.7 PC
- 1.8 Arcade
- 1.1 Saturn
- 2 Floor plan
- 3 Magazine articles
- 4 References
Games featured
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]
- Time Warner Interactive's VR Virtua Racing[3][7] (playable)
- Victory Goal[1]
- Virtua Cop[5][8][1]
- Virtua Fighter 2[5][1]
- Virtua Fighter Remix[5][7]
Acclaim Entertainment
Capcom
- Fox Hunt[14]
- Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge[14]
- Sid & Al's Incredible Toons[14]
- Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (as Street Fighter Legends)[14][11]
- Street Fighter: The Movie[15][11] (playable; Ryu and Cammy only[14])
- Street Fighter II Movie (as Street Fighter II: The Interactive Movie)[14]
- X-Men: Children of the Atom[14][11]
Crystal Dynamics
- 3D Baseball[16]
- Blazing Dragons[16][6]
- Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain[6]
- Gex[16]
- The Horde[17]
- Off-World Interceptor[16]
- Slam 'n Jam 95[4]
- Solar Eclipse[16][8] (playable)
Data East
Digital Pictures
Electronic Arts
- FIFA Soccer 96[18][4]
- Madden NFL 96[18]
- Magic Carpet[16]
- PGA Tour Golf '96[3]
- Road Rash[16]
- Shredfest[18]
- Viewpoint[18][10]
- Wing Commander III[16]
JVC
- Center Ring Boxing[16]
- Mission: Deadly Skies[16]
- Screaming Wheels[16]
- Split Realities[16]
- Varuna's Forces[16]
Maxis
Namco
Ocean Software
Philips
Scavenger
Ubi Soft
Viacom New Media
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Unsorted
- 3D Soccer
- Astal (playable)
- Bubsy 3D
- Casper
- Congo[5]
- Corpse Killer
- Cyberwar
- Darknet
- Descent
- Double Switch
- Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom
- Earthworm Jim 2
- Endorfun[19]
- Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
- Free Runner[5]
- Gender Wars
- Grand Slam Baseball[5]
- HardBall 5
- Hyper 3D Pinball
- Judge Dredd
- Kingdom of Magic
- The Lawnmower Man 2
- Lobo
- Mortal Kombat 3
- NBA Action[5]
- Offensive
- Parodius
- Penn & Teller's Smoke and Mirrors[15]
- Primal Rage
- Prize Fighter
- Project Overkill
- Quarterback Attack
- Return of the...
- Ridge Racer ??
- Rise 2: Ressurection
- Robotica: Cybernation Revolt
- The Scottish Open
- Shellshock
- Star Control III
- S.T.O.R.M.
- Suikoden
- Supreme Warrior 2
- Theme Park
- Thunderhawk 2
- Vanished Powers
- Worms
- XS: Shield Up
32X
Sega
- 32 Xtreme[24]
- Kolibri[24][15][4]
- Prime Time NFL Football Starring Deion Sanders[25]
- Ratchet and Bolt[24][15]
- Shadow Squadron[24]
- Spider-Man: Web of Fire[24][15][25]
- Virtua Fighter[24][8]
- Virtua Hamster[24][15]
- World Series Baseball[25]
- X-Men[24][15][11]
Acclaim Entertainment
Activision
GameTek
Scavenger
Time Warner Interactive
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Unsorted
Mega Drive
Sega
- Batman Forever[27]
- Comix Zone[28][29] (playable)
- Garfield: Caught in the Act[17][29]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie[29]
- Nightmare Circus[30] (playable)
- The Ooze[29]
- Vectorman[9][29] (playable)
- VR Troopers[29]
- X-Perts[9]
Acclaim Entertainment
- Cutthroat Island[9]
- Foreman For Real[9]
- Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball[9]
- Revolution X[9][20]
- Venom - Spider-Man: Separation Anxiety[9]
Accolade
American Softworks
Disney
Hi-Tech Expressions
Konami
Namco
Ocean Software
Parker Brothers
Time Warner Interactive
Viacom New Media
Virgin Interactive Entertainment
Unsorted
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin
- Bass Masters Classic
- Converse Hardcore Hoops
- Earthworm Jim 2[2] (playable)
- Ecco Jr.
- ExoSquad
- Fever Pitch Soccer
- FIFA Soccer '96
- HardBall '95
- Head-On Soccer (playable)
- Indiana Jones' Greatest Adventures
- Izzy's Quest for the Olympic Rings
- Judge Dredd
- Lobo
- Mortal Kombat 3[32] (two levels playable[33])
- Mutant Chronicles (Doom Troopers ?)
- New Horizons[14]
- NHL 96
- Phantom 2040
- PGA Tour 96
- Sensible Golf
- Spider-Man
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Crossroads of Time
- Virtua Racing
- Wayne Gretzky Hockey (Wayne Gretzky and the NHLPA All-Stars ?)
- World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders
- WWF WrestleMania (WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game ?)
Mega-CD
Sega
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin[24][25]
- Eternal Champions: Challenge from the Dark Side[24]
- Fahrenheit[25]
- Myst[25]
- Surgical Strike[25]
- Wild Woody[24][25]
- Wirehead[24]
Absolute Entertainment
American Laser Games
Electronic Arts
Hudson Soft
Parker Brothers
Spectrum Holobyte
Unsorted
Mega-CD 32X
Sega
Game Gear
Sega
- The Adventures of Batman & Robin[25]
- Garfield: Caught in the Act[27][25]
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers[25]
- VR Troopers[25]
Acclaim Entertainment
THQ
- FIFA Soccer '96[34]
- Jungle Strike[34]
- Michael Jordan: Chaos in the Windy City[34][31]
- NHL 96
- PGA European Tour[34]
- Super Return of the Jedi[34][31]
- Urban Strike[28]
Time Warner Interactive
Viacom New Media
Unsorted
PC
Arcade
Floor plan
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 Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 10
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 63
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.7 9.8 9.9 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 10
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 64
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.6 11.7 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 62
- ↑ Press release: 1995-05-10: ACCLAIM OBTAINS RIGHTS TO 'MYST' FOR SEGA SATURN
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 13
- ↑ 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 14.13 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 12
- ↑ 15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10 15.11 15.12 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 9
- ↑ 16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10 16.11 16.12 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 14
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 68
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 18.8 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 15
- ↑ 19.00 19.01 19.02 19.03 19.04 19.05 19.06 19.07 19.08 19.09 19.10 19.11 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 11
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Computer & Video Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-09), page 7
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 20
- ↑ 22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 16
- ↑ Computer & Video Games, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-09), page 8
- ↑ 24.00 24.01 24.02 24.03 24.04 24.05 24.06 24.07 24.08 24.09 24.10 24.11 24.12 24.13 24.14 24.15 24.16 GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ 25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1995" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 77
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 21
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 27.6 27.7 27.8 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 69
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 71
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1995" (DE; 1995-06-14), page 76
- ↑ GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 37
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 Player One, "Juin 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 70
- ↑ Sega Magazine, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-15), page 18
- ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 60
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 18