Ultimate Future Games Issue 8

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Overview

  • Full Name: Ultimate Future Games Issue 8
  • Issue 8
  • Date July 1995
  • Region: UK
  • Barcode: 9771355 728000 07
  • Cover Disc No
  • Notes:

News

  • 3DO Fighting On (Page 9) - Article around M2's reveal at E3, usual demo pictures (Cow, Dinosaur vs girl). Does say that M2 will have MPEG1, so that "killed of any plans for 3DO to release an MPEG add on"...this of course happened...Also mentioned the X-O-TRON, Bladeforce was touted to use it as well
  • True Lines (Page 22) - "Strong industry rumour" that Philips are developing an M2 upgrade for its CD-i player


Features

  • The Console Barometer - Page 23 - Consoles pitted against each other on how well they did that month, 3DO came 3rd, due to its M2 announcement and price drop in the US to $299
  • Speccy Chat M2 - Page 52 - Quarter of a page with very top level stats of the M2
  • Speccy Chat 3DO - Page 54 - 1/3 of a page, but literally 6 lines of whats inside the 3DO
  • Bolt it On - Page 68-70 - Feature on 3DO peripherals, features 4 - Flightstick Pro, TDK Expansion Card, Gamegun and Infra-Red Controller


Previews

  • Bladeforce (Page 22) - Half page article covering the upcoming release of Bladeforce
  • Zhadnost (Pages 18-19) - Two page spread on the quiz game

Reviews

Game Title Publisher Reviewer Pages Pg No(s) Rating
Quarantine Gametek N/A Half 85 80%
Slam n Jam Crystal Dynamics N/A Half on each page 86-87 79%
  • Quarantine - Brutish +Pretty decent sound -Irritating to control
  • Slam n Jam - Pulsating +Fast and Furious action -Difficult viewpoint


Adverts

Retail

  • 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 6)
  • Special Reserve - 1 Page ad, section of about 35 3DO games, includes unreleased ones like 11th Hour, Cyberclash, Dragon and it still has the title "Shut Down". FZ-1 is £385.99 with the Goldstar at £357.99 (Page 59)
  • Arcadia Consoles - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 94)
  • Colin Dimond Consoles - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 94)
  • Loaded Consoles - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO, very small writing you can hardly read (Page 94)
  • Megga Games - Quarter page ad, small 3DO section, with Lemmings Chronicles (Page 94)
  • Jive Consoles - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 95)
  • Krazy Konsoles - Quarter page ad with about 8 games, including 11th Hour (Page 95)
  • Gameplay Full page ad, various listed consoles and games, 3DO has about 30 games (Including 11th Hour) and the 3DO is for sale at £380.99 (Page 99)


Other 3DO mentions

  • Page 28 - Letters page - Small mention about of the 3DO in a letter complaining how the Jaguar didn't get mention on consoles it was being released on/
  • Pages 48-51 - Patriot Games - Feature regarding upcoming PSX and Saturn Games by British developers, 3DO gets several mentions including:

Rage - Made Striker for the 3DO Domark - Flying Nightmares Gametek - Quarantine Argonaut Games - Creature Shock Rebellion Developments - "Involved in a single 3DO project" Core Design - Mentions that Shellshock is coming out for the 3DO Mindscape - 3DO games Panzer General and Dragon Lore will be converted to PS Virgin Interactive - Mentions 3DO games - Creature Shock, Lost Eden and Dragon

  • Pages 56-57 - Feature, giving updates on all nextgen consoles, 3DO and M2 is mentioned a handful of times:

The M2 upgrade Cartridge (Note, they keep calling it a cartridge in this magazine) - will be around $200 ($130) The M2 Upgrade Cartridge will be released in December 1995 in the US & Japan, with Europe following shortly after The M2 will be compatible with 200+ 3DO games, but are looking at porting over 4 Arcade games as well as 8/10 original titles at launch The 3DO has no plans to change its pricing policy over the cost of games

Credits

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

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