Winter CES 1990
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Winter CES 1990 |
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Date: 1990-01-06[1] – 1990-01-09[1] |
Location: Las Vegas Convention Center , Las Vegas, NV, 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].
Contents
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
- Assault City[4][5]
- Basketball Nightmare[4][5]
- Dead Angle[4]
- Dynamite Dux[4]
- Golden Axe[4]
- Golfamania[4][5]
- Jungle Fighter[4]
- Psycho Fox[4][6]
- Scramble Spirits[4][7]
- Shinobi Kidd[4][5]
- Simple Fighter (announced)[5]
- Slap Shoot[4][5]
- Super Monaco GP (announced)[5]
- Tennis Ace[4]
- Ultima IV[4][5]
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
- Arcade Power Stick[5][6]
- Power Base Converter[5]
- 688 Attack Sub[2][5]
- Abrams Battle Tank[2][5]
- Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle[8][5]
- Altered Beast[2]
- The Amazing Spider-Man[9][5][10]
- Arnold Palmer's Golf[8]
- Battling Worlds[8][6]
- CyberBall[10][2]
- Crack Down [3][8]
- Dick Tracy[3][9]
- Epyx "Games" series (Portion of Summer, Winter, and California games; announced, not demonstrated)[2]
- E-SWAT[3][3][8]
- Fantasia[9]
- Ghostbusters[3][8]
- Golden Axe[3][5]
- Herzog Zwei[3][8]
- Michael Jackson's Moonwalker[3][8][11][12]
- Phantasy Star II[9][5]
- Super Monaco GP[3][8]
- Super Basketball[8][5]
- TeleGenesis Baseball[8][5]
- Tommy Lasorda Baseball[8]
- World Championship Soccer[8]
- Zoom![8][5]
Activision
American Treco
DreamWorks
Hot-B
MicroProse
Namco
Seismic Software
Spectrum Holobyte
Technosoft
Tengen
- Hard Drivin'[14][15]
- Klax (announced, not demonstrated)[14]
- Paperboy (announced, not demonstrated)[14][6]
- RBI2 Baseball[5]
- RoadBlasters (announced, not demonstrated)[14][6]
- Skull & Crossbones[14][5]
- Xybots[5]
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
Television coverage
TV report
Magazine articles
- Main article: Winter CES 1990/Magazine articles.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "April 1990" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 22
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 3.0 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
- ↑ 4.00 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
- ↑ 5.00 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
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 Game Players, "Vol. 2 No. 3 March 1990" (US; 1990-0x-xx), page 48
- ↑ Power Play, "3/90" (DE; 1990-02-19), page 13
- ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 15
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 14
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Mega Drive Fan, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 65
- ↑ File:BangorDailyNews US 1990-01-17; Page 19.png
- ↑ File:SunHerald US 1990-01-18; Page 10 (B-2).png
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 18
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 14.5 Computer Entertainer, "January 1990" (US; 1990-01-20), page 19
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Mega Drive Fan, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 66
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Mega Drive Fan, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 67
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1990" (DE; 1990-0x-xx), page 44