Ultimate Future Games Issue 4

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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
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

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