Ultimate Future Games Issue 9

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Overview

  • Full Name: Ultimate Future Games Issue 9
  • Issue 9
  • Date August 1995
  • Region: UK
  • Barcode: 9771355 728017 08
  • Cover Disc No
  • Notes:

News

  • True Lines (Page 16) - Goldstar are now getting into 3DO software publishing with Primal Rage, Defcon 5 and Firewall
  • M2 Something New Something Blue (Page 26) - Article with some really nice pictures of the Blue Panasonic M2 prototype and the Goldstar M2 prototype.


Features

  • The Console Barometer - Page 23 - Consoles pitted against each other on how well they did that month, 3DO came joint 3rd with Jaguar, due to the M2 and Battlesport and Captain Quasar releases


Previews

  • Killing Time (Page 24) - 3 Quarters of a page article
  • Battlesport (Pages 29) - 1/2 page cover on on the upcoming release of Studio 3DO's game
  • Captain Quasar (Pages 30-31) - Mentions about the glitches in the preview build and the hope they will be fixed
  • Psychic Detective (Pages 36-37) - Preview including PC and PSX versions
  • The Last Bounty Hunter (Page 40-41) - PC and 3DO, article says the 3DO version is better and looks "almost as good as a laserdisc)
  • Shredfest (Page 48) - Small preview, in a feature, of the unreleased game
  • Foes of Ali (Page 48) - Small preview, in a Playstation/Saturn feature
  • NHL Hockey 96 (Page 49) - Small preview, in a feature, of the unreleased game
  • Prowler (Page 53) - Small preview, in a feature, of the unreleased game


Reviews

Game Title Publisher Reviewer Pages Pg No(s) Rating
Corpse Killer Acclaim N/A Half Page 92 45%
Supreme Warrior Acclaim N/A Full page 81 45%
  • Corpse Killer - Morbid +Tough Rasta/sound lass -Dodgy Zombies
  • Supreme Warrior - Noodled +Slap happy specials -Enter the Dragon, it ain't

Adverts

Retail

  • CA Games - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 35)
  • Jive Consoles - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 35)
  • Arcadia Consoles - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 35)
  • Action Replay - Full page ad, with only a 3DO Logic 3 Controller advertised (Page 89)
  • 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 99)


Other 3DO mentions

  • Page 32-33 - Letter titled "Mincing Queen" - Fake complaint about Ultimate Gamers fake preview of a 3DO game called "Pub Fighter" in issue 6.
  • Page 34 - Email complaint about how the magazine rated Gex only 70%
  • Pages 44-55 - Every Official pre-Christmas Saturn and Playstation game! - Article covering the new consoles, 3DO is mentioned in some of the games, but interesting, they have a standalone game (Prowler) and one with Playstation (Shredfest), both never released.
  • Off World Interceptor - Game is being redeveloped from the 3DO version to include a new grill cam, extra voice overs and a spectacular FMV sequence.
  • Road Rash - There will be an extra 25 minutes of "Action" from the 3DO version
  • FIFA 96 - How its going to go down a storm in the UK after the 3DO version
  • Wing Commander 3 - Mention that its out on the 3DO already
  • Gex - Crystal Dynamics looking to improve on the 3DO version

Games on the 3DO that weren't mentioned: Shockwave 2, Panzer General, Psychic Detective (Even though the game was previewed earlier on in the issue), 11th Guest (Again, mentioned as a 3DO pending release later, but not in the feature) and Myst


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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