Ultimate Future Games Issue 4

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

Media

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  Battle of the Consoles Part 1

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  Battle of the Consoles Part 2

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  Battle of the Consoles Part 3

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  Family Feud Preview

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  Hard Corps Preview

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  Hell Preview

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  Return Fire Preview

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  Jammit Review

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  Calculus Ad

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  Deep Logic Ad

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  Game Zone Ad

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  GamePlay Ad

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  Loaded Consoles Ad

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  Mode Seven Ad

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  Queensway Consoles Ad

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  Special Reserve Ad

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  Zap Ad