Disculpen si este hilo no va aquí, sino que el moderador lo mueva.
Hace 20 años, del 11 al 13 de Mayo de 1995, se dio cita en la ciudad de los ángeles el primer E3. En el contexto Sega y Sony estaban en la lucha por hacer el mejor debut para su respectiva máquina de "32 bits", Nintendo por su parte tenía al Virtual Boy y al en ese entonces proyecto Ultra 64 (Que a final de cuentas terminó por ser Nintendo 64).
3DO por su parte no tenía buenas perspectivas así que mostraba lo que sería su proyecto M2, mientras Atari mostraba su Jaguar VR (su respectivo proyecto de Realidad Virtual), y SNK enseñaba lo que sería su nueva consola, el Neo-Geo CD.
Compañías presentes en el E3 de 1995:
3DO Company
Acclaim
Accolade
Activision
Apple
Atari
Berkeley Systems
Bethesda Software
BMG Interactive
Capcom
Crystal Dynamics
Data East
Disney Software
Electronic Arts
Gametek
GT Interactive
GTE Interactive
Interplay
KOEI
Konami
LucasArts
Microsoft
Mindscape
Namco
Nintendo
Philips Interactive Media
SEGA
SNK Home Entertainment
Sony PlayStation
Sony Imagesoft
Sunsoft
US Gold
Vic Tokai
Virgin Interactive
Williams Entertainment
Así estuvierón repartidos los stands:
A este último no le entiendí- pero lo pongo por si acaso:
Fuente:
http://www.ign.com/wikis/e3/E3_1995Algunas de las noticioas a destacar de ese E3 son:
Welcome to the first day of E3! The excitment has been great here - especially since the announcement of Sega's Saturn units immediate sale. You read it correctly, start harrasing your local store - they are out now! Sega debuted the Saturn with a complete line up of games including Virtua Racing, Virtua Fighter, Daytona USA, and several others. Sega plans to have 15 titles for release within two weeks.
Cooling down from Sega's heat were both Nintendo and 3DO. These two system makers made sure to let gamers know that their current systems are not to be forgotten... and their new systems not to be seen. An uncomfirmed early 1996 release date is slated for both systems. However, the new 3DO and SNES games previewed were hot! Nintendo was flaunting their new Donkey Kong Country 2, and Killer Instinct for the SNES and Gameboy. First impressions of the new DKC were awesome. The SNES Killer Instinct looks impressive, but pales in comparison to its arcade counterpart. Doom for the SNES using the FX2 chip was demoed at Williams. More titles for the Virtual Boy were announced. Nintendo announced that they are planning to price the Virtual Boy at $179.00 with a pack-in game.
Don't forget about the 3DO this early, however. They previewed 50 new titles at the show today, and some were very hot. Also, a short development video of the M2 was shown. Current specs for the system include a wide variety of 3D functions that the demo tape really showed off.
In the Sony PlayStation corner an official release date has been set to September 9th, with a suggested retail price of $299.00. Expect to see many new games on this killer new system. The floors were flooded with developers rushing their PlayStation CD's to completion. Namco was leading the pack with Ridge Racer, and Tekken - an intense 3D fighting game. Psygnosis showed an impressive Destruction Derby preview that supported two-player simultaneous dual-system play. Williams PlayStation preview of MK3 was a near perfect rendition of the arcade version. Mindscape announced several new titles to be cross licenced on the PlayStation as well as the PC (ie. Warhammer!)
The PC Gaming arena had a little action on the Windows95 front with promised Windows95 ports of the Warhammer series, as well as a hot new cyber-racing game. Thrustmaster (the joystick folks) announced a new electronic golf club, that is fully interactive. Hopefully it will be as sensitive as their flight-stick series. Also, the PC version of MK3 was announced. Microsoft announced further upgrades to their Arcade series, but had no real new exciting news. IBM also announced that they are producing several new educational games for the Windows platforms. No new news on OS/2 gaming... yet.
SNK Corporation of America
SNK announced the Neo*Geo CD unit for US release. The system will retail for less than $500, optimized for arcade-style game play. Less aimed at polygon mapping, the Neo*Geo CD features strong sprite manipulation capabilities. Hardware includes 8MB RAM, 7MB DRAM (56Mb), 512KB VRAM and 64K SRAM, max 65,536 color palate, and PCM sound. Over 50 Neo*Geo cartridge titles will be ported to the unit for release, plus 20 all-new titles. However prices will be significantly more affordable than the Neo*Geo cartridge unit. Expect games in the range of $39-$79 US retail, vs. $250 US retail for previous cartridge releases. Early releases include Samurai Showdown, Samurai Showdown II, King of the Fighters '94, Fatal Fury Special, Super Sidekicks 3, Magician Lord, and Baseball Stars 2.
Fuente:
http://www.gamezero.com/team-0/articles/industry/e3_1995/e3-day1.htmlhttp://www.gamezero.com/team-0/articles/industry/e3_1995/e3finala.htmlY por cierto aquí algunos videos:
Este es sobre Atari Jaguar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC9ZJWHFjhcGunpei Yokoi en el E3 de 1995:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pglBI1TkuMkAquí hay más del E3 de 1995 (sobre todo Virtual Boy), empieza al 1:29:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLgnUldIwCoSupuestos anuncios de Sega Saturn en el respectivo E3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0ozAQjOyZ4Forma de presentar a Bug en el E3 de 1995:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXxFI0YhnioEn el stand de SNK primera parte:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc9N-gjlVeUConferencia de Sony, primera parte:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Aa9w54Y1hgConferencia de 3DO, primera parte:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xeyucnjf7YE¿Qué opinan ustedes sobre ese E3?¿Cómo ha evolucionado el evento desde entonces? ¿Quién "ganó" el E3 de 1995?, si estuvieramos en ese entonces ¿Qué consola es la que más les llamaría la atención? y ¿Qué opinión les hubiese causado en su momento cada una de las compañias con su hardware y software?