E3 1996

E3 1996

Outside Inside
Date: 1996-05-16 – 1996-05-18
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Attendance: 57,795^[1]

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The Electronic Entertainment Expo 1996 (E3 1996) was the second E3 event to take place.

E3 1996 is considered to be one of the more notable E3s, as it took place right at the peak of a bitter rivalry between Sony and the PlayStation, and Sega with its Sega Saturn. It was also the event in which the Nintendo 64 was fully revealed and made playable to the public. A surprise price drop for the PlayStation on the first day prompted Sega to match it on the second, taking the Saturn to $199 USD.

Much of the event was dominated by the Nintendo 64, with the likes of Super Mario 64 being playable, and a number of key titles being demonstrated, including Super Mario Kart R (later Super Mario Kart 64), Kirby's Air Ride (which would be scrapped for the N64, arriving on the GameCube years later), Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, StarFox 64, Pilotwings 64, Wave Race 64 and GoldenEye 007 (Dixie Kong's Double Trouble taking the lead with the Super NES). Sony had a more muted presence, demonstrating Crash Bandicoot alongside Twisted Metal 2 and Tobal No.1.

Sega leaned heavily on the Sega NetLink peripheral for the Saturn, alongside games such as the troubled Sonic X-treme and NiGHTS into Dreams. Much of Sega's booth was devoted to arcade and PC games as well as the Saturn, with Virtua Fighter 3 playing a central role.

Products featured

Saturn

Scavenger

Tecmo

Dead or Alive^[21]^[39]

Telstar Electronic Studios

Starfighter 3000'^[5]

Titus

Wild Animalympics^[5]

Ubi Soft

Rayman 2^[22]^[31]
Street Racer^[42]^[5]^[31]

U.S. Gold

Olympic Soccer^[16]

VIC Tokai

Dark Rift^[21]^[25]^[30]
Wet Corpse^[26]

Virgin Interactive Entertainment

Williams Entertainment

Area 51^[23]^[3]
Return Fire^[3]

Working Designs

Unsorted

Mega Drive

Sega

Acclaim Entertainment

Iron Man/X-O Manowar in Heavy Metal ^[55]

Electronic Arts

Infogrames

The Smurfs 2^[51]

Konami

International Superstar Soccer Deluxe^[51]

THQ

=Williams Entertainment

Game Gear

Sega

Infogrames

The Smurfs 2^[51]

THQ

Arcade

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On
Daytona USA (playable)
Fighting Vipers (playable)
Sonic the Fighters
Virtua Fighter 3^[19] (rolling demo^[57]^[58])
Virtua Fighter Kids^[59]

PC

Sacred Pools (SegaSoft)
Virtua Fighter PC

Games announced

Cyber Troopers Virtual-On (Saturn)
Daytona USA (PC)
Manx TT Super Bike (Saturn, PC)
Virtua Fighter on Mega Drive, probably meaning Virtua Fighter 2 (Mega Drive)
Virtua Fighter Animation^[50] (Game Gear)

Floor Plan

Magazine articles

Main article: E3 1996/Magazine articles.

Photo gallery

Top-down view of Sega's booth

References

Trade events attended by Sega
"Arcade"
American Coin Machine Exposition (ACME)	90 \| 91 \| 92 \| 93 \| 94 \| 95 \| 96
AMOA / 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
Amusement Machine Show (JAA Show, JAMMA, AM Show)	67 \| 68 \| 69 \| 70 \| 71 \| 72 \| 73 \| 74 \| 75 \| 76 \| 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 \| 14 \| 15
Amusement Trades Exhibition (ATE)	60 \| 61 \| 62 \| 63 \| 64 \| 65 \| 66
Amusement Trades Exhibition International (ATEI) / European Amusement and Gaming Expo International (EAG)	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 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16
AOU Show / Japan Amusement Expo (JAEPO)	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 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18
Feria Española del Recreativo (FER)	84 ... 86 ... 88
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA)	95 ... 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17
South America Leisure Exhibition (SALEX)	... SALEX-PARKEX '95 ...
Others	IMA 94 \| IMA 95 \| IFA Berlin 1995 \| EAAPA 12 \| IAAPI 12 \| ENADA 12 \| GameNet 12 \| RAPPA 12 \| DEAL 12 \| GTI 12 \| Kiev Show 12 \| EAS 12 RAAPA 13 \| DEAl 13 \| EAS 13 \| EAS 14 \| ATRAX 14 \| EAS 15 \| Fun & Biz Africa 15 \| RAAPA 15 \| ATRAX 15 \| DEAL 16
"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
Eurogamer Expo / EGX	08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| Rezzed 14 \| 14 \| Rezzed 15 \| 15
European Consumer Trade Show (ECTS)	89 \| 90 \| 91 \| Autumn 92 \| Spring 93 \| Autumn 93 \| Spring 94 \| Autumn 94 \| Spring 95 \| Autumn 95 \| Spring 96 \| Autumn 96 \| 97 \| 98 \| 99 \| 00 \| 01 \| 02 \| 03 \| 04
Gamescom	09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15
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
Tokyo Game Show (TGS)	96 \| 97 Spring \| 97 Autumn \| 98 Spring \| 98 Autumn \| 99 Spring \| 99 Autumn \| 00 Spring \| 00 Autumn \| 01 Spring \| 01 Autumn \| 02 \| 03 \| 04 \| 05 \| 06 \| 07 \| 08 \| 09 \| 10 \| 11 \| 12 \| 13 \| 14 \| 15 \| 16 \| 17 \| 18 \| 19 \| 22
Tokyo Toy Show	90 \| 91 \| 92 \| 93 \| 94 \| 95 \| 96 \| 97
Gambleriada	Gambleriada I \| Gambleriada II \| Gambleriada III \| Gambleriada V \| Gambleriada VI
Play Box	Play Box 95 \| Play Box 96 \| Play Box 97
Others	The Future Entertainment Show \| The Second Future Entertainment Show \| COFAX 92 \| Sejem Sodobna Elektronika 1993 \| Ucila '94 \| HIT 96 \| Infosystem'97 \| Comtek 2000 \| Nintendo Conference 2008

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_102.pdf_p16-1] Ultra Game Players, "October 1997" (US; 1997-09-16), page 16

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p11-2] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 11

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p59-3] 3.00 ^3.01 ^3.02 ^3.03 ^3.04 ^3.05 ^3.06 ^3.07 ^3.08 ^3.09 ^3.10 ^3.11 ^3.12 ^3.13 ^3.14 ^3.15 ^3.16 ^3.17 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 59

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p9-4] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 9

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_Supplement_055_1.pdf_p2-5] 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 ^5.14 ^5.15 ^5.16 ^5.17 ^5.18 ^5.19 ^5.20 ^5.21 ^5.22 ^5.23 ^5.24 ^5.25 ^5.26 Consoles +, "Spécial USA: La Guerre des Consoles supplement" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 2

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p89-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 89

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p60-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 60

[:File:GamePro_US_095.pdf_p49-8] 8.0 ^8.1 GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 49

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p28-9] 9.0 ^9.1 ^9.2 ^9.3 ^9.4 ^9.5 ^9.6 ^9.7 ^9.8 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 28

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p75-10] 10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p26-11] 11.0 ^11.1 ^11.2 ^11.3 ^11.4 ^11.5 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 26

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p61-12] 12.0 ^12.1 ^12.2 Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 61

[:File:GamePro_US_095.pdf_p46-13] GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 46

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_065.pdf_p65-14] Player One, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 65

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p23-15] 15.0 ^15.1 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 23

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p27-16] 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 ^16.13 ^16.14 ^16.15 ^16.16 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 27

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_065.pdf_p63-17] Player One, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 63

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p90-18] 18.0 ^18.1 ^18.2 ^18.3 Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 90

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p8-19] 19.0 ^19.1 Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 8

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_07.pdf_p73-20] 20.0 ^20.1 ^20.2 ^20.3 Maximum, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-05-30), page 73

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p25-21] 21.0 ^21.1 ^21.2 ^21.3 ^21.4 ^21.5 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 25

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p97-22] 22.0 ^22.1 ^22.2 ^22.3 ^22.4 ^22.5 ^22.6 ^22.7 ^22.8 Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 97

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p24-23] 23.00 ^23.01 ^23.02 ^23.03 ^23.04 ^23.05 ^23.06 ^23.07 ^23.08 ^23.09 ^23.10 ^23.11 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 24

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p76-24] 24.0 ^24.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 76

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p77-25] 25.0 ^25.1 ^25.2 ^25.3 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 77

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p79-26] 26.0 ^26.1 ^26.2 ^26.3 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 79

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p9-27] 27.0 ^27.1 ^27.2 ^27.3 ^27.4 ^27.5 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 9

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_065.pdf_p80-28] 28.0 ^28.1 Player One, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 80

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p78-29] 29.0 ^29.1 ^29.2 ^29.3 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 78

[:File:GamePro_US_095.pdf_p51-30] 30.0 ^30.1 GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 51

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_065.pdf_p87-31] 31.0 ^31.1 ^31.2 ^31.3 ^31.4 Player One, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 87

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p95-32] 32.0 ^32.1 Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 95

[:File:GamePro_US_095.pdf_p50-33] 33.0 ^33.1 GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 50

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p11-34] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 11

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p14-35] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 14

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_065.pdf_p81-36] Player One, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 81

[:File:GamePro_US_095.pdf_p48-37] 37.0 ^37.1 GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 48

[Press_release:_1996-05-16:_Interplay_releases_console-hit_Loaded_tm_on_Sega_Saturn-38] Press release: 1996-05-16: Interplay releases console-hit Loaded tm on Sega Saturn

[:File:EGM_US_084.pdf_p80-39] 39.0 ^39.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "July 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 80

[Press_release:_1996-05-10:_Broken_Helix_for_Sony_PlayStation_.26_Sega_Saturn-40] Press release: 1996-05-10: Broken Helix for Sony PlayStation & Sega Saturn

[Press_release:_1996-05-10:_Contra_for_Sony_PlayStation_.26_Sega_Saturn-41] Press release: 1996-05-10: Contra for Sony PlayStation & Sega Saturn

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p12-42] 42.0 ^42.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 12

[Press_release:_1996-05-10:_Kumite_for_Sony_PlayStation_.26_Sega_Saturn-43] Press release: 1996-05-10: Kumite for Sony PlayStation & Sega Saturn

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p96-44] Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 96

[Press_release:_1996-05-10:_NFL_-_Full_Contact_for_Sony_PlayStation_.26_Sega_Saturn-45] Press release: 1996-05-10: NFL - Full Contact for Sony PlayStation & Sega Saturn

[Press_release:_1996-05-10:_Policenauts_for_Saturn-46] Press release: 1996-05-10: Policenauts for Saturn

[Press_release:_1996-05-10:_Project_Overkill_for_Sony_PlayStation_.26_Sega_Saturn-47] Press release: 1996-05-10: Project Overkill for Sony PlayStation & Sega Saturn

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p62-48] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 62

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p10-49] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 10

[:File:CVG_UK_176.pdf_p91-50] 50.0 ^50.1 ^50.2 ^50.3 ^50.4 Computer & Video Games, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-12), page 91

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p12-51] 51.00 ^51.01 ^51.02 ^51.03 ^51.04 ^51.05 ^51.06 ^51.07 ^51.08 ^51.09 ^51.10 ^51.11 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 12

[:File:GamePro_US_095.pdf_p54-52] 52.0 ^52.1 ^52.2 ^52.3 ^52.4 ^52.5 ^52.6 ^52.7 GamePro, "August 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_065.pdf_p79-53] Player One, "Juin 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p63-54] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 63

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p13-55] 55.0 ^55.1 ^55.2 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 13

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_32.pdf_p11-56] 56.0 ^56.1 ^56.2 ^56.3 ^56.4 ^56.5 ^56.6 ^56.7 Sega Magazin, "Juli 1996" (DE; 1996-06-12), page 11

[:File:SSM_UK_09.pdf_p7-57] Sega Saturn Magazine, "July 1996" (UK; 1996-06-20), page 7

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0908.pdf_p56-58] Game Players, "Vol. 9 No. 8 August 1996" (US; 1996-07-09), page 56

[:File:MAXIMUM_UK_07.pdf_p94-59] Maximum, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-05-30), page 94

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