Camcorder footage a 19 year old me filmed at E3 1996. Apologies for the lower right being partially obscured for most of the video. I honestly don't remember if that was a funky lens cap or what since the triangle size obstruction seems to vary in size. It was a Sony Hi-8 camcorder that I borrowed from "The Good Guys!" where I worked at the time. I've also edited out as much shaky footage as possible.
Notes from this show:
This was one year after Sega had surprise launched the Saturn during E3 1995 with a price tag of $399. By E3 1996, PS1 had already dropped to $199 which Sega was forced to match. This is probably the fastest, steepest price cut (1 year, 50%/$200) in console history. Despite this, Sega was still dedicated to the platform as they were showing Netlink for the Saturn. Unfortunately, it seems they were trying to make that lost Saturn revenue back because they were charging $200 for it.
Virtua Fighter 3 was not a great game but it still looks awesome to this day.
Nintendo bringing the laser light show to their booth. For some reason all I can think of is Poison videos from the 1980's when I see that stuff. Virtual Boy got a new MSRP of $100 but they weren't fooling anybody. Their sizzle reel showcased Goldeneye, Blast Corps! and WaveRace 64 among others but the only thing people were there for was Super Mario 64. Most of the demo stations were running it and they were packed.
Other than that the show was actually kind of dull as it was mostly sequels from every publisher. The next E3 I would attend would be E3 1999 where we saw John Romero in person talking to someone about Daikatana and our initial reaction was "Dude, he crimps his hair?!". Sadly, I have no footage of that.
23 сен 2012
