3DO Magazine Live Issue 4

Overview

• Full Name: 3DO Magazine Japan Issue 11 1994
• Issue 4 1994
• Date November 1994
• Region: JP
• Barcode: T1064681040686
• Cover Disc Yes
• Notes:

News

• New Products (Page 41) - Report from CES, showing the Goldstar machine, that it be released in May in Korea and the US, the VCD upgrade is undecided. Samsung showed off their machine (No picture), but unsure of when it will be released. AT&T had postponed their machine, and cancelled the modem to focus on the Genesis. Also brought up is the Flight Stick Pro and 3DO Blaster.
• New Project (Page 41) - Half page article about how the M2 will be using the PowerPC to run (It will also be compatible with 3DO games by having its chip in the system)
• New Product - Sanyo (Page 42) - Article about Sanyos release, not sure if they would have 20,000 or 2 millions units in production a month (Different results from different translating tools), they said they will be releasing 6 titles by the end of the year (Soccer Kid and Gridders), with another 16 "original" titles in 1995. There is the mention of its Video CD Adaptor, but no release date or price. The article also contains a quote from a Sanyo employee about the M2, of which he states its unknown still and they want to focus on the 3DO.
• Photo CD Publishing Club (Page 42) - How Kodak, Panasonic, Sanyo and NEC Home Electronics are coming together to standardize Photo CDs by sharing information and promoting together.
• 3DO Exhibitions (Page 42) - 3DO will have large booths at the following shows: Electronics Show 94 (Tokyo), Tokyo International Trade Fair Venue (Harumi), Railway Festival (Kyo-Akihabara Station), Audio Fair (Tokyo), Tokyo International Games Festival (Tokyo), Cable Telepi 94 (Tokyo), Multimedia 94 (Chiba), Silicon Graphics Expo (Yokohama) and Tokyo International Games Festival (Tokyo)

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Coming Soon

Coming Soon Japan - List of games that are coming out in Japan

Ones that never made it:

• Hakone Tower - Toshiba EMI
• The Audition - Rainbow Japan
• Dragon Lore - Multisoftware
• Naoko and Hidebo The Genius of Arithmetic 3 - Gakuman
• Naoko and Hidebo The Genius of Kanji 2 - Gakuman
• Naoko and Hidebo The Genius of Kanji 3 - Gakuman
• Naoko and Hidebo The Genius of Japanese language 1 - Gakuman
• With Nontan: Go Here And There - Victor Entertainment
• With Nontan: Time Machine - Victor Entertainment
• Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Peter Pan - Elcom
• Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Little Red Riding Hood - Elcom
• Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Nemurihime - Elcom
• Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Isop Monogatari Vol 2 - Elcom
• Yokomachi 4-chome Ghost House - Warp
• Raindrops - EA Victor
• Creature Shock - Virgin
• 11th Hour - Virgin
• 3D Atlas - EA

Coming Soon Overseas - List of games that were meant to have come out in the US but never did: (I haven't included games that were listed and released)

• 3DO - Twisted 2
• Activision - Return to Zork
• ASG Media - BIOS Fear
• Digital Pictures - Slam City with Scottie Pippen, Kids on Site, Whats my story
• Digital Productions - Meiko - A Story of Japanese Culture, The Whole Dog Almanac,
• Dynamix - Red Baron
• Electronic Arts - Peter Pan: A Story Painting Adventure
• Elite - Powerslide
• Intellimedia - ESPN Baseball: Catching, ESPN Baseball: Defensive Play, ESPN Baseball: Pitching, ESPN Football: Defensive Backfield, ESPN Football: Linemen, ESPN Football: Quarterback, ESPN Football: Receiver
• Interplay - Clayfighter 2, The Lost Vikings,
• Megatech - Dragons Knight 3 (RPG)
• Paramount - Star Trek Manual
• Park Place - 3D Football, 3D Adventures
• Psygnosis - Lemmings 3
• Readysoft - Dragons Lair 2
• Runandgun - Duelin Firemen
• Spectrum Holobyte - Top Gun, Star Trek The Next Generation
• Tetragon - NT2
• VideoactV - Fun!, InteractV Aerobics:Hi Low & Combo, Time is Broken, Tigernaut Beyond the Stars, Silly Classics:At the Museum,
• Virgin Interactive - Trace Mission, Dino Blaze, The 11th Hour
• Vivid Interactive - American Blonde, Intimate Desire, Love Bites, Mask, Naked Reunion, New Lovers, Parlor Games, Steamy Windows, Taken it off, The Blind Spot, The Swap, Voices in my bed, Winner Takes All

Features

• Mr Takagi Future Pirates Interview (Page 43) - Full page interview
• 3DO Overseas Release (Page 44) - Full page article about the release of the 3DO in UK, Canada and Taiwan, it does say that the Taiwanese version will be the same as the American, I am not sure if thats a pack in (As believe the Japanese version was imported). Also speaks about the UK Road show that happened.
• US Retail (Page 45) - Full page article about an overview of the US retail side
• Tokyo Electronics Show (Page 46-47) - Two page overview of the expo, pictures of peripherals including some Panaonic VR? Googles and 3DO Blaster
• M2 Overview (Pages 48-49) - Two page overview of the M2, mainly taken from magazines like Edge
• Sanyo Machine Overview (Pages 50-51) - Two page over of the new Sanyo machine, including a feature on what you can do on it (Play music, photo cds etc)
• Peripherals Overview (Page 52) - One page overview of the upcoming peripherals, all of which were released (Memory seems to be early prototype)
• For Adults (Page 94) - Regular "naughty" feature speaking about adult titles, speaks upcoming titles Penthouse Interactive Virtual Photo Shoot Vol. 1, Mahjong Mad Age: AV Gal Uniform Edition, Oneesan to Issho! Janken Paradise and The Yakyuuken Special
• All About Photo CD (Pages 112-113) - Photo CD Feature, with a 2nd contest, where you can win 3DO goodies such as a VCD extension and memorbellia.

Previews

• Road And Track Presents Overtrack (Page 36) - Full page preview
• Policenauts (Page 37) - Half page preview
• D (Page 37) - Half page preview
• Myst (Page 38) - Third page preview
• Makaroni Horenso Interactive (Page 38) - Third page preview
• F1GP (Page 38) - Third page preview
• Insect Wars (Page 39) - Third page preview
• Theme Park (Page 39) - Third page preview
• World Cup Striker (Page 39) - Third page preview
• Sailor Moon (Page 40) - Quarter page preview
• Idol Janshi Suchie (Page 40) - Quarter page preview
• Belzerion (Page 40) - Quarter page preview
• Peter Frank: Tower of Puzzles (Page 40) - Quarter page preview
• Other mentions - (Page 40) - Table of upcoming games, that include - Demolition Man (Virgin), Yu Yu Hakusho (Tomy), Sangokushi IV (Koei), Doraemon (Riverhill Soft), Montana Jones (Future Pirates), Samurai Shodown (BMG Victor), Tetsujin: The Return (Synergy, Inc.) and The 11th Hour (Virgin)
• Dragon Edge Tycoon (Page 123) - Half page preview
• Hakone Tower (Page 123) - Quarter page preview of the unreleased game
• Bonogurashi (Page 123) - Quarter page preview
• Demolition Man (Page 125) - Small preview
• VR Stalker (Page 125) - Small preview
• 11th Hour (Page 125) - Small preview
• Creature Shock (Page 125) - Small preview]

Games Overview

• J League Virtual Stadium (Pages 54-61) - 8 page overview
• Street Fighter 2 (Pages 62=67 ) - 6 page overview
• Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery (Pages 68-71) - 4 page overview
• Jurassic Park (Pages 72-73) - 2 page overview
• Sotsugyo: Graduation Final (Pages 74-75) - 2 page overview
• Novastorm (Pages 76-77) - 2 page overview
• Outerworld (Pages 78-79) - 2 page overview
• Waialae Golf (Page 80) - 1 page overview
• ESPN Golf: Lower Your Score with Tom Kite (Page 81) - 1 page overview
• Battle Pinball (Page 82) - 1 page overview
• Pataank (Page 83) - 1 page overview
• Strahl (Page 84) - 1 page overview
• Putt Putt Joins the Parade (Page 85) - 1 page overview
• Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book: Snow White (Page 86) - 1 page overview
• Small Stories of Sleepless Nights (Page 87) - 1 page overview
• Soccer Kid (Page 88) - 1 page overview
• Gridders (Page 89) - 1 page overview
• Shanghai: Banri no Choujou: The Great Wall (Page 90) - 1 page overview
• Mahjong Goku Tenjiku (Page 91) - 1 page overview
• Horse Race Winning Law (Page 92) - 1 page overview
• Murphys TV (Page 93) - 1 page overview
• Star Control 2 (Page 118) - 1 page overview
• Way Of The Warrior (Page 119) - 1 page overview
• Mad Dog 2 (Page 120) - Half page Overview
• ESPN Lets Play Soccer (Page 120) - Half page overview
• Igo Time Trial: Thumego 1 (Page 121) - Small overview
• Furopon World (Page 121) - Small overview
• Putt Putts Fun Pack (Page 121) - Small overview
• Fatty Bears Fun Pack (Page 121) - Small overview
• Marine Tour (Page 121) - Small overview
• Lemmings (Page 121) - Small overview
• Secre Humins Toy Box (Page 121) - Small overview
• Road Rash (Page 121) - Small overview
• Shadow (Page 121) - Small overview
• Grimms Masterpiece Theater Vol 1-3 (Page 121) - Small overview
• Winning Post (Page 122) - Small overview
• Nobunagas Ambition (Page 122) - Small overview
• Battle Chess (Page 122) - Small overview

Adverts

Publishers

• Panasonic 3DO Real Einstein Ad - Two page ad, 1st page contains mainly Street Fighter 2, with smaller pictures for Novastorm, Pebble Beach and Murphys TV, the 2nd page is Alone in the Dark, with the bottom corner having Einstein. (Page 2-3)
• Montana Jones Ad - Full page ad (Page 4)
• J League Virtual Stadium Ad - 2 Page ad (6-7)
• Electronic Arts Ad - 2 Page ad, with Road Rash and Lemmings taking up a quarter each, and Shock Wave in the centre taking up the rest. (Page 8-9)
• Off World Interceptor Ad - Full page ad (Page 10)
• Star Control 2 Ad - Full page ad (Page 11)
• PaTaank Ad - Full page ad (Page 12)
• Assault Agency! Megadasu! Ad - Full page ad (Page 13)
• D Ad - Two page ad (Pages 14-15)
• Sotsugyo: Graduation Final Ad - Two page ad (Pages 16-17)
• Micro Cabin Ad - Two page ad with Powers Kingdom on one full page, and Puppet Tale and Life Stage Virtual House taking up half a page each on the other (Pages 18-19)
• T&E Soft Ad - Two page ad with Waialae Golf taking up half a page, Augusta 3 a quarter and Pebble Beach Golf Links the other quarter. 2nd page contains Nova Storm (Half a page) and the other half equally containing The Incredible Machine, Microcosm, Stella 7 and Dragons Lair (Pages 20-21)
• Pack In Video Ad - Two page ad with Nishimura Kyotaro Travel Mystery taking up a page, and Yamamura Misa Suspense and Burning Soldier taking up half a page each (Pages 22-23)
• Theatre Wars Ad - Full page ad (Page 24)
• Alone in the Dark Ad - Full page ad (Page 25)
• Murphys TV Ad - Full page ad (Page 26)
• Dragon Tycoon Edge Ad - Full page ad (Page 27)
• Winning Post Ad - Full page ad (Page 28)
• Mahjong Goku Tenjiku Ad - Full page ad (Page 29)
• Horse Race Winning Law Ad - Full page ad (Page 30)
• Mega Race Ad - Full page ad (Page 31)
• Igo Time Trial: Thumego 1 Ad - Full Page ad (Page 32)
• Battle Pinball Ad - Full page ad (Page 33)
• Jurassic Park Ad - Full page ad (Page 34)
• Strahl Ad - Full page ad (Page 35)
• The Yakyuuken Special Ad - Full page ad (Page 127)
• Mahjong Mad Age: AV Gal Uniform Edition Ad - Full page ad (Page 128)
• Oneesan to Issho! Janken Paradise Ad - Full page ad (Page 129)
• Sanyo Ad - 2 Page Ad showing off the console (Pages 130-131)
• Panasonic Einstein Ad - Back page ad with Einstein and just the FZ-1 (Back page)

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Charts

Has two months worth of charts (Page 122):

July 1994

• 1 Burning Soldier
• 2 Super Wing Commander
• 3 Pharaohs Seal
• 4 Powers Kingdom
• 5 Total Eclipse
• 6 Chiki Chiki Machine
• 7 Augusta 3
• 8 Mahjong Goku Heaven
• 9 The Horde
• 10 Night Trap

August 1994

• 1 Road Rash
• 2 Burning Soldier
• 3 Super Wing Commander
• 4 Fropon World
• 5 Pharaohs Seal
• 6 The Horde
• 7 Augusta 3
• 8 Powers Kingdom
• 9 Total Eclipse
• 10 Chiki Chiki Machine

Tips

• Pages 96-97 - Road Rash
• Pages 98-99 - Shockwave
• Pages 100-103 - Nobunagas Ambition
• Pages 104-105 - Winning Post
• Pages 106-107 - Alone in the Dark
• Page 108 - Furopon World
• Page 109 - Burning Soldier
• Page 110 - Mega Race
• Page 110 - Crash N Burn
• Page 111 - Shadow

Media

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  Coming Soon News

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  Shall We M2? Part 1 News

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  Shall We M2? Part 2 News

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  Shall We M2? Part 3 News

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  3DO Awards Part 1 Feature

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  3DO Awards Part 2 Feature

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  3DO Awards Part 3 Feature

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  For Adults Feature

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  Ladies and Kids Feature

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  Promal Rage Preview

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  Psychic Detective Preview

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  Return Fire Maps O Death Preview

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  Shock Wave 2 Preview

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  Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 Preview

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  7 Masters Overview

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  Blue Forest Story Part 1 Overview

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  Blue Forest Story Part 2 Overview

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  Blue Forest Story Part 3 Overview

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  Blue Forest Story Part 4 Overview

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  Clockwerx Overview

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  Doom Part 1 Overview

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  Doom Part 2 Overview

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  Rockman 3 Overview

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  V Goal Soccer 1996 Part 1 Overview

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  V Goal Soccer 1996 Part 2 Overview

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  Alone in the Dark 2 Tips

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  Autobahn Tokio Tips

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  Captain Quazar Part 1 Tips

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  Captain Quazar Part 2 Tips

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  Crayon Shin-Chan Tips

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  D Directors Cut Tips

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  Defcon 5 Tips

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  Grand Chef Part 1 Tips

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  Grand Chef Part 2 Tips

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  Idol Mahjong Final Romance 2 Hyper Edition Tips

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  Oneesan to Issho! Tips

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  Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S Tips

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  Princess Maker 2 Tips

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  Road Rash Tips

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  Royal Pro Wrestling Tips

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  Sotsugyo II Neo Generation Special Tips

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  Super Real Majong PV Tips

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  Tanjo Debut Pure Part 1 Tips

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  Tanjo Debut Pure Part 2 Tips

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  The Need For Speed Tips

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  The Tower Tips

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  Theme Park Tips

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  Tokimeki Mahjong Paradise Special Koi no Tenpai Beat Tips

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  Way Of The Warrior Tips

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  D2 M2 Ad

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  Doom Ad

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  Short Warp Ad

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  Tokuma Intermedia Ad

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  V Goal Soccer Ad

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  Whats New By Panasonic Ad

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  Whats New By Panasonic Blue Forest Story Back Page Ad