'94 Tokyo Toy Show

'94 Tokyo Toy Show
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Date: 1994-06-02^[1] – 1994-06-05^[1]
Location: Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Chiba-ken, Japan
Attendance: 147,427^[2]
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The Tokyo Toy Show 1994 (東京おもちゃショー 1994).

This was the event in which the Sega Saturn was first demonstrated, albeit in a very rough form. The console itself was not playable - only a hacked together build of Virtua Fighter could be played on prototype Saturn hardware - a PCB not yet simplified to fit in the console's shell. Everything else was shown as little more than tech demos, or pre-rendered footage. Likewise the Sega 32X was also on show, in a more finalised, but still early state.

Sega was not alone in displaying very early hardware - the PlayStation, in slightly better shape, was also there with a range of barely-playable software, but unlike Sega was in a position to boast about the large number of Japanese third-party developers on its side. Also at the show were prototype versions of NEC's PC-FX, Bandai's Playdia (at the time known as the BA-X) and SNK's Neo Geo CD.

Sega were planning to release Sega Game Gear consoles with coloured shells (in addition to the regular black), and asked visitors to select their favourite out of 16 potential candidates (labled A-M). The presumed "winners", blue, yellow and "smoke" went on sale in November 1994^[3] (with a red variant appearing shortly afterwards).

Products featured

Saturn

Sega Saturn console
Blue Seed: Kushinada Hirokuden
Clockwork Knight
Daytona USA (arcade footage; basic Saturn demo with a hornet driving around a Sega logo)
Gale Racer
Kanzen Chuukei Pro Yakyuu Greatest Nine
Mahou Kishi Rayearth
Panzer Dragoon
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Rampo
Shinobi EX
Shinsetsu Yumemi Yakata: Tobira no Oku ni Dareka ga...
SimCity 2000 (PC screenshots)
Victory Goal
Virtua Cop
Virtua Fighter ("30-40% finished")
WanChai Connection

32X

Sega 32X add-on
After Burner Complete
Doom
Ecco the Dolphin
Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
Metal Head
Shadow of Atlantis
Star Wars Arcade
Virtua Racing Deluxe

Mega Drive

Game Gear

Magazine articles

Main article: '94 Tokyo Toy Show/Magazine articles.

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:Harmony_JP_129.pdf_p5-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Harmony, "1994 7" (JP; 1994-07-01), page 5

[:File:Harmony_JP_129.pdf_p4-2] Harmony, "1994 7" (JP; 1994-07-01), page 4

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1994-12.pdf_p33-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1994" (JP; 1994-11-08), page 33

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