Ultimate Future Games Issue 4

Overview
- Full Name: Ultimate Future Games Issue 4
- Issue 4
- Date March 1995
- Region: UK
- Barcode: 9771355 728000 03
- Cover Disc No
- Notes:
Features
- Battle of the Consoles - Page 58-63 feature, battling types of games against each other:
- Shoot em ups - 3DO comes 2nd behind the Jaguar, with games mentions such as Shock Wave, Wing Commander 3, Mad Dog McCree, Burning Soldier, Virtuoso, Belzeriun and StarBlade.
- Beat em ups - 3DO comes 3rd with Neo Geo CD winning and Playstation 2nd....games listed include Street Fighter 2, Samurai Shodown, Shadow, Rise of the Robots and Way of the Warrior
- Platforms - 3DO comes 3rd, behind Jaguar, with Saturn winning, 3DO games mentioned, Gex and Soccer Kid
- Driving Sims - 3DO respectable 2nd behind Playstation, Need for Speed is the top 3DO contender, with Road Rash, Crash n Burn and Off World Interceptor
- Strategy - 3DO Wins! Star Control 2, Theme Park, Gridders and Outer World, Myst, Jurassic Park, Dragons Liar, Flashback and the never released 11th Hour
- RPG - 3rd this time, Playstation winning with Saturn 2nd, games are Slayer and Powers Kingdoms
- Sports Sims - Another winner! Mentions Fifa and Striker, and brings up the ESPN games and Slam City
- Conclusion - "3DO certainly makes a healthy appearance in every gaming area, but has had a fair amount of time to gain a foothold"
Previews
- Hell (Page 12-13) - Small preview in the Las Vegas CES show (Includes a picture)
- Family Feud (Page 13) - Another small preview from the Las Vegas Show
- Hard Corps (Page 14) - Part of the Las Vegas CES show, this unreleased game was also planned for Playstation, Saturn and PC, small picture
- Return Fire (Pages 20-21) - Big 2 page preview for Return Fire
Reviews
Game Title | Publisher | Reviewer | Pages | Pg No(s) | Rating |
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Jammit | GTE Entertainment | N/A | Quarter | 86 | 23% |
- Jammit - Pointless +Roxy, the babe -Poor animation
Adverts
Retail
- Calculus - 2 Page spread, with 1 page being dedicated to 3DO (The other Jaguar), FZ-1 for £399.95 plus a selection of games (Pages 2-3)
- Special Reserve - 2 Page Ad, with various consoles in a retail list, 3DO has about 20+, 3DO FZ-1 is £389.99. Powerslide is also listed as for sale (Page 32-33)
- Mode Seven - Full Page ad with various consoles, 3DO tucked away in the corner with about 10 games (Page 35)
- Gameplay Full page ad, various listed consoles and games, 3DO has about 30 games, there are Smurfs and Pinball Fantasies listed, however, I think these are misprints and the 3DO is for sale at £384.99 (Page 57)
- Zap - Full page ad, picture of consoles (Including 3DO), as well as 4 screenshots of 3DO games - Fifa, Need for Speed, Street Fighter and Off World Inceptor, no prices though (Page 87)
- loadeD Consoles - Small ad (Almost so small you cant read what they are selling!), Selling some imported 3DO games (Page 97)
- Deep Logic - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 97)
- Game Zone - Small ad with 3DO logo amongst other console logos (Page 97)
- Queensway Consoles - Small ad with 3DO logo amongst other console logos (Page 97)
Other 3DO mentions
- Page 9 - CES Report - Claims to have 11th Hour previewed in the feature but either I am missing a page or it got dropped.
- Page 31- Mega Handling Letter - Complaint about how much attention is being paid to 3DO (And other consoles)
Credits
- Editor - David Roberts
- Consulting Editor - Frank O'Connor
- Art Editor - Lam Tang
- Deputy Editor - Rob Pegley
- Staff Writer - Marcus Hawkins
- Art Editor - Brad Merrett
Media
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Battle of the Consoles Part 1
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Battle of the Consoles Part 2
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Battle of the Consoles Part 3
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Family Feud Preview
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Hard Corps Preview
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Hell Preview
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Return Fire Preview
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Jammit Review
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Calculus Ad
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Deep Logic Ad
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Game Zone Ad
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GamePlay Ad
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Loaded Consoles Ad
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Mode Seven Ad
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Queensway Consoles Ad
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Special Reserve Ad
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Zap Ad
Categories:
- UK Magazine
- Gametek
- SCI
- Silent Software
- GTE Entertainment
- Hell
- Family Feud
- Return Fire
- Wing Commander 3
- Shock Wave
- Mad Dog McCree
- Burning Soldier
- Virtuoso
- Belzeriun
- StarBlade
- Super Street Fighter II
- Samuari Shodown
- Rise of the Robots
- Shadow
- Way of the Warrior
- Soccer Kid
- Gex
- The Need for Speed
- Road Rash
- Off World Interceptor
- Crash 'n Burn
- Star Control 2
- Theme Park
- Gridders
- Another World(Outer World)
- Myst
- Jurassic Park Interactive
- Dragons Lair
- Flashback
- Powers Kingdom
- AD&D Slayer
- Fifa International Soccer
- Striker
- Jammit
- Hard Corps
- Powerslide
- Smurfs
- Pinball Fantasies
- 7th Guest II: 11th Hour, The
- Slam City With Scottie Pippin