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Sega's theme for this show was "Sega for the 90's", and included a display of video game history up until that point, culminating with the [[Sega Genesis]] console. This means at the Sega booth there was at least one ''Pong'' console, an [[Atari 2600]], [[Intellivision]] and [[NES]] (alongside a [[Master System]] and Genesis to complete the set){{magref|ce|8.10|12}}.
 
Sega's theme for this show was "Sega for the 90's", and included a display of video game history up until that point, culminating with the [[Sega Genesis]] console. This means at the Sega booth there was at least one ''Pong'' console, an [[Atari 2600]], [[Intellivision]] and [[NES]] (alongside a [[Master System]] and Genesis to complete the set){{magref|ce|8.10|12}}.
  
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Having regained the rights back from [[Tonka]], [[Sega of America]] was directly supporting the [[Sega Master System]] in January 1990, and brought over a dozen games to the show. It also dropped the price of the console to $70 USD in the US{{magref|cvg|100|49}}, matching the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]].
 
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===[[Mega Drive]]===
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Winter CES 1990 was the first major event the Mega Drive (or Genesis) appeared at post-launch, with Sega keen to promote its "arcade in the home" credentials and initial offerings from third-party publishers. ''[[Michael Jackson's Moonwalker]]'' garnered the most attention, alongside ''[[Dick Tracy]]'', the video game adaption of what was then expected to be one of the highest grossing movies of 1990.
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*''[[Altered Beast]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|12}}
 
*''[[Altered Beast]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|12}}
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*''[[Ghostbusters (Mega Drive)|Ghostbusters]]''{{magref|cvg|100|49}}{{magref|ce|8.10|15}}
 
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*''[[Tommy Lasorda Baseball]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|15}}
 
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*''[[World Championship Soccer]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|15}}
 
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*''[[Tongue of the Fatman]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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====[[American Treco]]====
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*''[[Atomic Robo-Kid]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|19}}{{magref|mdfan|4|66}}
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====[[DreamWorks]]====
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*''[[Shove It! ...The Warehouse Game]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|gameplayers|0203|48}}
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*''[[Target Earth]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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====[[Hot-B]]====
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*''[[Insector X]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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*''[[Ka-Ge-Ki]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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====[[MicroProse]]====
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*''[[F-15 Strike Eagle II|F-15 Strike Eagle]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|12}}{{magref|s|4|23}}{{magref|mdfan|4|67}}
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====[[Namco]]====
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*''[[Phelios]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|mdfan|4|67}}
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====[[Seismic Software]]====
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*''[[Super Hydlide]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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====[[Spectrum Holobyte]]====
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*''[[Vette!]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|12}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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====[[Technosoft]]====
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*''[[Thunder Force III]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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====[[Tengen]]====
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*''[[Hard Drivin']]''{{magref|ce|8.10|19}}{{magref|mdfan|4|66}}
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*''[[Klax]]'' (announced, not demonstrated){{magref|ce|8.10|19}}
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*''[[Paperboy]]'' (announced, not demonstrated){{magref|ce|8.10|19}}{{magref|gameplayers|0203|48}}
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*''[[R.B.I. Baseball 2]]''{{magref|s|4|23}}{{magref|gameplayers|wces1990|14}}
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*''[[RoadBlasters]]'' (announced, not demonstrated){{magref|ce|8.10|19}}{{magref|gameplayers|0203|48}}
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*''[[Skull & Crossbones]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|19}}{{magref|s|4|23}}
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*''[[Xybots]]''{{magref|s|4|23}}
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===[[IBM PC]]===
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*''[[Power Drift]]''{{magref|gameplayers|wces1990|3}}
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===[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]===
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[[Tengen]] also brought a handful of its NES ports of Sega games to the show:
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*''[[Alien Syndrome]]''{{magref|asm|1990-03|44}}
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*''[[Fantasy Zone]]''{{magref|asm|1990-03|44}}
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*''[[Shinobi]]''{{magref|asm|1990-03|44}}
  
 
==Third-party games featured==
 
==Third-party games featured==
 
===[[Master System]]===
 
===[[Master System]]===
 
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*''[[Paperboy]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|19}}
 
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*''[[Shove It! ...The Warehouse Game]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}
 
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*''[[Skull & Crossbones]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|19}}
 
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*''[[Super Hydlide]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}
 
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*''[[Target Earth]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}
 
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*''[[Thunder Force III]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}
 
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*''[[Tongue of the Fatman]]''{{magref|ce|8.10|18}}
 
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==Television Coverage==
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==Television coverage==
 
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WCES1990 US TV.mp4|TV report
 
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Winter CES 1990
Date: 1990-01-06[1] – 1990-01-09[1]
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center, 3150 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, Nevada 89109, United States

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The Winter International Consumer Electronics Show 1990 (WCES 1990).

Sega's theme for this show was "Sega for the 90's", and included a display of video game history up until that point, culminating with the Sega Genesis console. This means at the Sega booth there was at least one Pong console, an Atari 2600, Intellivision and NES (alongside a Master System and Genesis to complete the set)[2].

Products featured

Master System

Having regained the rights back from Tonka, Sega of America was directly supporting the Sega Master System in January 1990, and brought over a dozen games to the show. It also dropped the price of the console to $70 USD in the US[3], matching the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Sega

Beeshu

Seismic Software

Mega Drive

Winter CES 1990 was the first major event the Mega Drive (or Genesis) appeared at post-launch, with Sega keen to promote its "arcade in the home" credentials and initial offerings from third-party publishers. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker garnered the most attention, alongside Dick Tracy, the video game adaption of what was then expected to be one of the highest grossing movies of 1990.

Sega

Activision

American Treco

DreamWorks

Hot-B

MicroProse

Namco

Seismic Software

Spectrum Holobyte

Technosoft

Tengen

IBM PC

Nintendo Entertainment System

Tengen also brought a handful of its NES ports of Sega games to the show:

Third-party games featured

Master System


Floor plan

  • West hall

Television coverage

  • TV report

Magazine articles

Main article: Winter CES 1990/Magazine articles.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "April 1990" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 22
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 12
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 Computer & Video Games, "March 1990" (UK; 1990-02-16), page 49
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 21
  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 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 S: The Sega Magazine, "March 1990" (UK; 1990-02-01), page 23
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Game Players, "Vol. 2 No. 3 March 1990" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 48
  7. ↑ Power Play, "3/90" (DE; 1990-02-19), page 13
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Game Players, "CES Videogame and Computer Game Guide (Winter CES 1990)" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 6
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 9.10 9.11 9.12 9.13 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 15
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 14
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mega Drive Fan, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 65
  12. ↑ File:BangorDailyNews US 1990-01-17; Page 19.png
  13. ↑ File:SunHerald US 1990-01-18; Page 10 (B-2).png
  14. ↑ Game Players, "CES Videogame and Computer Game Guide (Winter CES 1990)" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 12
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 15.5 15.6 15.7 15.8 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 18
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 19
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Mega Drive Fan, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 66
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Mega Drive Fan, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 67
  19. ↑ Game Players, "CES Videogame and Computer Game Guide (Winter CES 1990)" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 14
  20. ↑ Game Players, "CES Videogame and Computer Game Guide (Winter CES 1990)" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 3
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1990" (DE; 1990-0x-xx), page 44


Trade events attended by Sega in the United States
"Arcade"
American Coin Machine Exposition (ACME) 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96
(A)MOA Expo / 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
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) 95 ... 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 22
"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
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
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