Overview

Full Name: 3DO Magazine Japan Issue 7 1995
Issue 7 1995
Date March April 1995
Region: JP
Barcode: T1064681070683
Cover Disc Yes
Notes:

News

Show - CES Winter 1995 (Page 27) - Report from CES Winter 1995, stated how 3DO didnt have the M2 on display, but it was behind closed doors for certain developers. 3DO also had 30+ titles on show, plus hardware from Goldstar,Panasonic and Creative Labs
New Product - M2 Officially announced by Panasonic (Page 27) - Article about some top line specs of the M2, and how it will be released sometime in 1995. Also states that it will be easy to transfer over from 3DO to M2 development wise
Show - MacWorld in the US (Page 28) - Report from MacWorld in the US - Overall report from the event that mentions showing the PowerPC chip as well as PDA's, mentions Synergy Interactive had a booth there showing "Gadgets" as well as Future Pirates that had Chiki Chiki Machine Mo Race
Show - Cable TV Ikebukuro 1994 (Page 28) - Report from the Nov/Dev TV B2B show, Shows the unreleased "Karaoke On Demand 3DO", mentions this is the first time that Panasonic have shown as a communication terminal
Show - MacWorld Tokyo (Page 28) - Small information on the upcoming Tokyo show, Tickets are 1500 Yen for 1 day or 2000 for 3 day, previous year saw 303 companies and 110k+ attendees
Show - Crystal Dynamics Fair (Page 28) - Doesn't give too much info, only it will be from the 2nd to the 4th October. Also states that Crystal Dynamics and BMG Victor will give away two phone cards, Samurai Shodown and Gex as a set. You just need to send in two "back labels" (Excluding PaTank for some reason though!)

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Coming Soon

For the Japanese these is broken down across various features

Coming Soon Kids

(Page 65) - List of kids games that are coming out in Japan

Ones that never made it:

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
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Little Red Riding Hood - Elcom
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Peter Pan - Elcom
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Sleeping Beauty - Elcom
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Isop Monogatari Vol 2 - Elcom

Coming Soon Adults

(Page 70) - List of kids games that are coming out in Japan

Ones that never made it:

Bodyconscious Digital Rave Part 2 - Trans-Pegasus Limited
11th Hour - Virgin

Coming Soon All

(Page 127) List of all games that are coming out in Japan

Ones that never made it:

Bodyconscious Digital Rave Part 2 - Trans-Pegasus Limited
Humanoid Monster Bem - Vantan International
Lost In Time - Coktel Vision
Creature Shock - Virgin
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
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Peter Pan - Elcom
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Little Red Riding Hood - Elcom
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Sleeping Beauty - Elcom
Shogo Hirata Interactive Picture Book:Isop Monogatari Vol 2 - Elcom
Yokomachi 4-chome Ghost House - Warp
Rise of The Robots - Multisoftware
Raindrops - EA Victor
11th Hour - Virgin
3D Atlas - EA

Hardware:

Sanyo Video adapter
Modem - TDK
3DO Card Reader - TDK

Coming Soon Overseas

List of games that are coming out in the US (Page 126)

Ones that never made it:

Activision - Return to Zork
Art Data Interactive - Doom 2
ASG Media - BIOS Fear
Digital Pictures - 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 Football: Defensive Backfield, 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
Rocket Science - Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Loadstar
Runandgun - Duelin Firemen
Spectrum Holobyte - Star Trek The Next Generation, Top Gun
Tetragon - NT2
US Gold - Hyatt Dorado Beach
VideoactV - Fun!, Time is Broken, Tigernaut Beyond the Stars, Toontime 2:In The Park
Virgin Interactive - The 11th Hour, Dino Blaze
Vivid Interactive - American Blonde, Mask, Naked Reunion, New Lovers, Parlor Games, Steamy Windows, The Blind Spot, The Swap, Taken it off, Voices in my bed, Winner Takes All

Features

Fuji TV Interview (Page 29) - One page interview with 2 people from Fuji TV (Yomekuti Shingo Mitsuiue & Yoshihisa Tachikawa) - Not much is discussed apart from their release of Nice Body All-Star and how they can't really make games at the moment but would love to onboard amateurs to start.
For Kids (Pages 78-79) - Dedicated feature including overviews of games With Nontan: Hoshinos Gift, Fatty Bears Birthday Surprise, Fun n Games and Sesame Street. Also includes a "Kids Coming Soon"
For Ladies (Pages 80-81) - Dedicated feature for the ladies, games include Tarot Fortune Telling, Heisei - Good Luck Calendar By Nine Star Astrology and Name Judgement, all from Ariadne. There is also a "write in" for ladies, 3 letters cover asking for a Knitting reference game, a diet game and a conversion of the SFC game Angelique
For Adults (Pages 82-84) - Dedicated Adult Section, has info on Virtual Photographer Part 1 and Penthouse Interactive Virtual Photo Shoot Vol 1. As well as games Yoshio Ishida 9-dan Go conquest, Paddock Note '95 and Twinkle Knights, it also features an "Adults Coming Soon"
1st Anniversary Info (Page 96) - Quarter page article about the 1st Anniversary Campaign, you get given the Anniversary Disc if you purchase a console, if you purchase 3 "Power Campaign" games you get a disc holder and 5 a "3DO Bag".
CES Report (Pages 101-103) - 3 Page special report from the CES Show, short mentions of the likes of The M2, Unreleased Games: 11th Hour, DinoBlaze, Doom 2, Star Trek and released games Doom, Pyramid Intruder, StarBlade, Wing Commander 3, Station Invasion, The Daedalus Encounter, 3D Atlas and Policenauts. Also states the Game Gun was going to be compatible with Doom. Has a half page article on the VCD adapters by both Goldstar and Panasonic,There is also a small article on RunandGuns Dullein Firemen. It states that it isnt on the Panasonic stand as its not yet playable, but weirdly noted that their business cards didnt have any names on them...also mentioned 3 Magazine will be on sale from May.
3DO Blaster - (Pages 104-105) - 2 page overview of the 3DO Blaster
Goldstar GDO101M - (Pages 106-107) - 2 page overview of the Goldstar Machine
Mechadeus Interview (Pages 108-109) - 2 Page Interview with the US Developer - Speaks about the development of the The Daedalus Encounter
Bullfrog Interview (Pages 110-111) - 2 Page Interview with the UK studio, With Peter Molyneux and Les Edgar, they speak about Theme Park specifically, but also Magic Carpet, and how you can connect 4 3DO's together for a multiplayer experience
The Story Of The 3DO (Pages 118-121) - 4 page overview of the 3DO

Previews

Gex (Pages 30-33) - 4 page preview
D (Pages 34-35) - 2 page preview
Policenauts (Pages 36-37) - 2 page preview
Sangokushi IV (Pages 38-39) - 2 page preview
F1GP (Page 40) - 1 page preview
Crime Patrol (Page 112) - 1 page preview
Return Fire (Page 113) - 1 page preview
Supreme Warrior (Page 114) - 1 page preview
Daedalus Encounter (Page 126) - Half Page
Bakusho All Yoshimoto Quiz (Page 126) - Small preview
Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S (Page 126) - Small preview
Humanoid Monster Bem (Page 126) - Small preview
POed (Page 128) - Small Preview
Dino Park Tycoon (Page 128) - Small Preview
Braindead 13 (Page 128) - Small Preview
Space Pirates (Page 128) - Small Preview
Drug Wards (Page 128) - Small Preview

Games Overview

Samurai Shodown (Pages 42-47) - 6 page overview
Peter Frankl: Puzzle no To (Pages 48-51) - 4 page overview
Star Wars Rebel Assault (Pages 52-53) - 2 page overview
Dragon Tycoon Edge (Pages 54-55) - 2 page overview
Montana Jones (Pages 56-57) - 2 page overview
Macaroni Horen Sho Interactive (Pages 58-59) - 2 page overview
Super Real Mahjong PIV (Pages 60-61) - 2 Page Overview
Flashback (Page 62) - 1 page Overview

Adverts

Publishers

Panasonic 3DO Real 2 Einstein Ad - Two page ad, 1st page contains small images of characters (And ships) from Sailor Moon, Samurai Shodown and Starblade with the 2nd page having Einstein. (Page 2-3)
Montana Jones Ad - Full page ad (Page 4)
Sanyo I Love People And Earth - Two page ad, 1st page contains a big image of Overdrivin while below has small screenshots of Dragons Tycoon Edge, Flashback, Idol Janshi Suchie-Pai Special and Assault Agency! Megadasu!! While the 2nd page is mainly D with information on the Sanyo machine below (Pages 6-7)
D - 2 Page ad, first page is an apology from the creator about the delay, something (Full translation needed) about they wasnt expecting the CGI to take too long and now are putting it on 2 discs. 2nd page is an image of D (Pages 8-9)
Assault Agency! Megadasu! - 2 page ad of the game (Pages 10-11)
T&E Soft - 2 Page ad from the publisher, first page is a full page for AD&D Slayer, while the 2nd page contains smaller images and info of Nova Storm, Shadow, Microcosm, Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge, Dragons Lair and The Incredible Machine (Pages 12-13)
Koei - 2 page ad from the publisher, first page is mainly Sangokushi IV, with a small Nobunagas Ambition at the bottom, while 2nd page is mainly Emit (All volumes) plus a small Winning Post also at the bottom (Pages 14-15)
Ishida Yoshio Kudan no Igo Seiha - 2 Page ad for the board game (Page 16-17)
Super Real Mahjong PIV - Full page ad (Page 18)
Bakusho!! All Yoshimoto Quiz-Ou Ketteisen - Full page ad (Page 19)
Daedalus Encounter - Full page ad (Page 20)
Humongous Entertainment Inc - Full page for the publisher, mainly with Fatty Bears Birthday Surprise, they do have smaller images of Fatty Bears Fun Pack with Putt Putts Fun pack and Putt Putt Joins the Parade, but boxes look like PC versions (Even though it doesnt state it) (Page 21)
Dragons Tycoon Edge - Full page ad (Page 22)
Mega Race - Full page ad (Page 23)
Vantan International - Full page ad with 75% of the page showing the unreleased game Humanoid Monster Bem, as well as the last quarter being Its Murphy! Everyone Gather! (Page 24)
Azure Fleet - Full page ad (page 25)
Yakyuuken Special - Full page ad (Page 26)
Crystal Dynamics - 2 Page Ad, with Samurai Shodown taking up the most with Star Control 2 the rest. There are small images of Off World Interceptor and Gex. Also has information regarding getting the Gex/Samuari Shodown Phone card (Pages 130-131)
Panasonic Real 2 3DO Back Page - Full page ad with a picture of the FZ-10 (Back Page)