GamerPro(UK) Issue 1

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Overview

  • Full Name: GamerPro (UK) Issue 1
  • Issue 1
  • Date July 1995
  • Region: UK
  • Barcode: 9771358 753009 07
  • Cover Disc No
  • Notes:

News

  • Digital Pictures Signs Mike Ditka (Page 15) - Small mention in the "At the Deadline..." section, about Digital Pictures signing up Mike Ditka for a new game Quarterback Attack

Features

  • E3 Report - Pages 56-63 - Report about E3, starts with a rather long worded article over 3 pages, within it, it mentions 3DO gets games like Daedalus Encounter, Ballz, BIOSFear and Cyberdillo. The article then breaks down each publisher on what they are working on:

-Absolute Entertainment Showing the ill fated Penn and Tellers Smoke and Mirrors (Featuring guests like Deborah Harry and Lou Reed) -American Laser Games had Space Pirates...and the unreleased Madison High -Crystal Dynamics only had Gex at the show -Domark showed off the never to be released Absolute Zero, a "Sci-Fi action game with flying elements" -EA Sports Foes of Ali and PGA were on show as was NHL Hockey -Electronic Arts were showcasing Psychic Detective, Space Hulk, ShreadFest, Wing Commander 3 and Shock Wave 2 - Gametek for 3DO had Quarantine and Air Cavalry which scored top E3 billing (I think Air Cavalry was a typo, the game was released for SNES around this time) - Goldstar were lining up 3DO games, but none mentioned - Interplay had Kingdom, Alone in the Dark 2, Waterworld and Casper - 3DO were showing of its infamous M2 unveiling - Studio 3DO had Bladeforce, Killing Time and The All New Peoples Game Show...which later got renamed to Zhadnost - Time Warner Interactive showed of Primal Rage on every platform

  • Hot at the Arcades Feature - Pages 64-67 - Feature around the latest arcade games, feature's American Laser Games, Mazer, which is powered by a 3DO "in the cabinet"

Previews

  • Brain Dead 13 (Page 79) - Half page article covering the upcoming release of Brain Dead 13


Reviews

Game Title Publisher Reviewer Pages Pg No(s) Rating
Gex Crystal Dynamics Tommy Gilde 2 20-21 75%
  • Gex - Gex is one little lizard who really puts the FunFactor back into the platform-action genre. If more games like this were available for the 3DO, more people would own the system.

Adverts

Retail

  • Datel Direct - Full page ad, with small section with a picture selling the Logic 3 3DO pad (Page 31)
  • Fire International - Full page ad, with small 3DO section selling 5 games, as well as its own branded 3DO controllers (Page 33)
  • Next Generation Specialists - Half page ad, with a US 3DO for sale + 2 games for £450 (Page 97)
  • Megga Games - Quarter page ad with small mention they sell imported 3DO's (Page 97)
  • Colin Dimond Consoles - Small ad with barely readable writing on the 5 games they are selling for 3DO (Page 134)
  • Console Connections - Small ad with 2 games, 2 different consoles and some controllers for sale (Page 134)
  • Next Generation Consoles - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 134)
  • Planet Consoles - Small retail ad with 3DO logo (Page 134)
  • Loaded Consoles - Small retail ad with some consoles for sale (Page 134)
  • Video Game Centre - Small retail ad with 7 3DO games for sale (Syndicpkate...) and 1 controller (Page 134)
  • Visions - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 135)
  • The Chip Shop - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 135)
  • Wild Consoles - Small ad with about 12 games for sale (Page 135)
  • Next Generation - Small ad with about 15 games for sale (Page 135)
  • Hailwood Software - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 135)
  • Torc - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 135)
  • Arcadia - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 135)
  • GameShack - Half page ad with 5 3DO games for sale (Page 139)
  • GamePlay - Full page ad with 25+ 3DO games, including unreleased ones like Dragon and 11th Hour (Page 147)


Tips

  • Page 116 Way of the Warrior
  • Page 127 - Shock Wave
  • Page 128 - Super Street Fighter 2

Credits

  • Editor - Jay Sharpies
  • Deputy Editor - Paul McNally
  • Staff Writer - Biff
  • Art Editor - Jim Eagers
  • Production - Neil Jackson

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