Overview

News

3DO: Lower Price Higher Profile - Page and a half article giving an update around the 3DO, It includes mentioning a 2nd Mall Tour in the US, more marketing spend, a price reduction, the MPEG release and also mentions various software titles being released in the coming months. (Also mentions how some Japanese titles wont work on US/UK machines). Lastly it brings up the UK Launch, it states a potential May launch at £500. ZCL will be the distributor, supplying 700 stores across the country. It mentions the UK Shopping Center tour as well as 30-40 titles being available for the machine at launch (even though most if not all will be NTSC so will display in a letterbox format) (Pages 16-17)

Electronic Arts - 4 page article on the publisher giant, covering games such as Road Rash, Shock Wave, PGA Tour Golf, FIFA and John Madden Football. Frank Gibeau, the US product manager stated that it takes 12-18 months to produce a title, and they are still learning the 3DO system. (Pages 30-33)
Elite Systems - 6 page feature on the UK based developer, speaks about the unreleased game Power Slide as well as the "quirky" Virtuoso. The developers were impressed with the machine in general. (Pages 34-39)

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Pages	Pg No(s)	Rating
Escape From Monster Manor	Electronic Arts	N/A	1	79	5

Escape From Monster Manor - But the biggest failing is that most of the screens are too empty of things for you to interact with, And the occasional 3D gems and coins that you pick up seem to have almost no effect on the game — they're just money in the bank.

3DO Questions - Letter from a potential 3DO buyer about how the machine will shape up against the upcoming releases from Sony and Sega (Edge noted there was a confirmation of an upgrade) and about the developers from Japan/ Edge noted all the big hitters had signed up with a total of 110 Japanese Developers. (Page 97)