Video Games(DE) Issue 3-94

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Overview

  • Full Name: Video Game Issue 3-94
  • Issue 3-94
  • Date March 1994
  • Region: DE
  • Barcode: 4391062 305803 03
  • Cover Disc No
  • Notes:

News

  • Winter CES Las Vegas (Pages 8 - 38) - Large article covering Winter CES, 3DO has its own section (Pages 32-38) but is also mention several times throughout:

- AT&T - Picture of the Prototype (Page 9). AT&T Prototype was "Under the glass", but when released would have an intergated "Voicespan" modem, the service offered will be Edge 16, there will also be a keyboard for $30, the AT&T player would be released mid/late 1994 (Page 10)

- Panasonic - Picture of the Panasonic stand showing quite a few units (Pages 8-9), Showing off their MPEG player (Page 10)

- 3DO - Small overview of 3DO exhibiting, how they were in a different hall away from the likes of Nintendo and Sega. They had themselves 43 games on show from 23 different publishers (With another 100 games out by the end of the year) (Page 10). 3DO Also mentioned apart from Panasonic, Sanyo and AT&T, they have 3 more manufactures lined up to present their own machines. (But wouldn't name them). The PC Card was also shown, and Panasonic, Logitech, CH-Products and Alps would be releasing Trackballs, Mice, Keyboards and a Flight stick. The 3DO would also be released in Germany in the Summer of 1994. (Pages 10-11)

- Sanyo - Small mention on Sanyo showing 1 unit, it would be out in Japan in the Summer, and in the US by the end of 1994 (Page 10)

- Absolute Entertainment - Mention of Rise of the Robots for the 3DO (Page 14)

- Activision - Had Return to Zork (Page 15)

- EA - Had FIFA on show

- Microprose - CPU Bach (Pages 23 and 25)

- Psygnosis - Microcosm (Page 25), Lemmings (Page 27)

- ReadySoft - Space Ace (Page 27), Dragons Lair (Pages 32 and 33)

- Namco - Total Eclipse (Pages 33 and 34)

- Other Games - Small articles (without mentioning developers most of the time) contains the following games:

Previews

  • Lemmings (Pages 22) - Half page preview
  • Putt Putt Goes To the Moon (Page 22) - Half page preview

Adverts

Retail

  • Galaxy - Quarter page ad with about 5 3DO games for Sale (Page 17)
  • Maro - Quarter page ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 17)




  • Brain Technologies - Quarter page ad with 8 3DO games for sale (Page 19)
  • World of Video Games - Quarter page ad with mention they sell 3DO (Page 24)
  • Traumfabrik - Half page ad with very small writing on all the games they sell (Bizarre format too, this month they don't state prices, only console names), Unreleased 3DO games include Battletech, Citizen X, Double Switch, Dune 2, Eye of the Beholder, Ground Zero Texas, Lord of The Rings, NHL Hockey, Pirates Gold, Red Baron, Star Trek The Next Generation and World Builders Inc (Page 31)
  • Game Express - Full page ad with about 10 3DO games for sale, mainly US and Japanese imports (Page 41)
  • Zapp Games - Quarter page ad with a handful of 3DO games including Shadow Caster (Page 46)
  • Arjay - Full page ad with a handful of 3DO Consoles for sale (Page 51)
  • Dynatex - Small ad with a 3DO logo (Page 57)
  • Wolfsoft - Quarter page ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 57)
  • Trendline - Small ad with mention they stock 3DO (Page 59)
  • ChronoService - Full page ad with 10 games (Page 63)
  • Jump N Run - Full page ad with just a 3DO console for sale (Page 85)
  • Versand and Laden - Quarter page ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 89)
  • Wave Games - Quarter page ad with about 9 3DO games for Sale including Star Trek (Page 89)
  • Gnadenlos - Quarter page ad with 1 game for sale (Page 93)
  • Tradelink - Half page ad with 10 3DO games for sale (Page 101)
  • GT Elektronik - Quarter page ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 105)
  • Test N Take - Quarter page ad with mention they sell 3DO games (Page 105)

Credits

  • Chefredaktion - Hartmut Ulrich
  • Chefin vom Dienst - Ulrike Peters
  • Redaktion - Jan Barysch, Tetsuhiko Hara, Ralph Karels, Manfred Neumayer, Dirk Sauer, Wolfgang Schaedle, Robert Zengerle

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