Ultimate Future Games Issue 7

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Overview

  • Full Name: Ultimate Future Games Issue 7
  • Issue 7
  • Date June 1995
  • Region: UK
  • Barcode: 9771355 728000 06
  • Cover Disc No
  • Notes:


Features

  • The Top 100 Games of the Future - Page 10 - 20 - Nice article about 100 games yet to be released. 3DO features 16 of the games, 2 of which are never released. In Order:
  • No 16 - Primal Rage
  • No 28 - Fifa Soccer - Mentions Fifa 95 "Could appear"...Believe this would of been a 2nd game, but then mentions that "If not" you can play a slicker version on the M2
  • No 32 - Hell
  • No 33 - Magic Carpet - Hints the 3DO version will be far superior to the PC version
  • No 36 - Slam City
  • No 43 - Wing Commander 3
  • No 47 - Alone in the Dark
  • No 48 - Corpse Killer
  • No 52 - Flashback
  • No 53 - Gex
  • No 63 - Striker - Bizarrely claims that "Doubtful we will get a release in Europe"
  • No 70 - Return Fire
  • No 71 - Supreme Warrior
  • No 85 - PO'ed
  • No 90 - Immercenary
  • No 93 - Slam n Jam
  • The Console Barometer - Page 30 - Consoles pitted against each other on how well they did that month, 3DO came 2nd, due to its Best Hardware win at ECTS (UK Consumer show) and its releases of Gex and Immercenary

Previews

  • PO'ed (Page 25) - Half page article covering the upcoming release of PO'ed

Reviews

Game Title Publisher Reviewer Pages Pg No(s) Rating
Flashback US Gold N/A Half 86 60%
Gex Crystal Dynamics N/A Half 84 70%
Immercenary Electronic Arts N/A Almost full 2 pages 84-85 74%
Myst Panasonic N/A Half 81 75%
  • Flashback - Dated +Great graphics and sound -A flashed-up 16 bit
  • Gex - Unoriginal +Slickly done -Just a platform game
  • Immercenary - Stylish +Jacking in with polish -Lacks total depth
  • Myst - Riveting +Great to look at -Tiring to play

Adverts

Retail

  • Calculus - 1 Page ad, with a section with about 35-40 games, includes Dragon, 11th Hour and Cyberclash (Page 27)
  • Fire International - 1 Page ad, retailer also sold its own branded controllers, small 3DO section with 5 games listed and a pic of Need for Speed (Page 83)
  • Console Connections - Small ad, mainly filled with selling a 3DO wireless controller (Page 94)
  • Jive Consoles - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 95)
  • Game Wizard - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 95)
  • Console Exchange - Medium Ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 95)
  • Gameplay Full page ad, various listed consoles and games, 3DO has about 30 games and the 3DO is for sale at £380.99 (Page 99)


Other 3DO mentions

  • Page 39 - Letters page - Small mention about how the 3DO is better than all consoles at the moment in the letter "Abuse me Gently", didn't warrant putting into the letters section


Credits

  • Editor - David Roberts
  • Art Editor - Lam Tang
  • Editorial Assistant - Kamar Shah
  • Deputy Editor - Marcus Hawkins
  • Art Assistant - Brad Merrett

Media

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