E3 party like it's 1999.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=zz9y_UR2MT0

E3 2019 is less than a month away so might be fun to reflect on a past E3. E3 1999. 20 years ago when the event was held in May. This was an interesting year. PS1 and N64 years were winding down and were getting ready for the next gen. SEGA was just months away from their US launch of the Dreamcast. Personally, this is one of my fave E3's just because Dreamcast was on the horizon and the future to my naive eyes looked bright for it. Never before or since has a machine from it's physical appearance to its games and graphics ever screamed Next Gen to me more than SEGA Dreamcast.



RIP DC. RIP TechTV.

Cool. Thank you for sharing.

Wii Music. Best Nintendo E3 ever!

The boss of my Import shop went to that E3, I still have his video and have to upload it one day. Highlights for me was seeing NFL 2K, the awesome Maken X and the demo of Dead Or Alive . I also loved the old style look to MSR too (think the car models looked better). It was just a shame that the Shenmue stand demo was so crap, but I guess Shenmue was a hard game to show off.

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Voodoo 3 series graphics cards

The 3DO Company

Army Men: Air Attack
Army Men: Sarge's Heroes
Battle Tanx 2
Crusaders of Might & Magic
Gulf War: Operation Desert Hammer
Might & Magic 7: For Blood & Honor

Acclaim
Acclaim Booth
Acclaim Booth

All-Star Baseball 2000
Armorines
Bust-A-Move
Jeremy McGrath Supercross 2000
NFL Quarterback Club 2000
Re-Volt
Shadowman
South Park: Chef's Luv Shack
Trickstyle
Turok: Rage Wars
WWF Attitude

Activision

BattleZone 2
A Bug's Life
Dark Reign 2
Heavy Gear 2
Quake III: Arena
Soldier of Fortune
Spider-Man
Star Trek: Armada
Star Trek: Insurrection
Tenchu II
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
Toy Story 2
Vampire: The Masquerade - Redemption
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style
X-Men: Mutant Academy

Agetec

Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within
Fighter Maker
R-Type Delta
Rising Zan: Samurai Gunman
Shadow Tower

Atlus

Maken X
Tail Concerto
Thousand Arms

Blizzard Entertainment

Diablo II

Bungie

Myth II: Chimera
Oni

Capcom
Capcom Booth
Capcom Booth

Dino Crisis
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Marvel vs Capcom
The Misadventures of Tron Bonne
Power Stone 2
Resident Evil GBC
Resident Evil 2
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
Resident Evil: Code Veronica
Rival Schools 2
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Strider 2
Trick'n Snowboarder

Codemasters

Colin McRae Rally 2.0

Eidos Interactive
Eidos Booth
Eidos Booth

Braveheart
Deus Ex
Fear Effect
Fighting Force 2
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
Omikron: The Nomad Soul

Electronic Arts
EA - WCW
EA - WCW

Black & White
F1 Championship
FIFA 2000
Final Fantasy VIII
Hot Wheels
Knockout Kings 2000
Madden NFL 2000
NASCAR 2000
NBA Live 2000
NCAA Football 2000
NHL 2000
Need for Speed: High Stakes
The Sims
Sled Storm
Superbike 2000
Supercross 2000
System Shock 2
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2000
Tomorrow Never Dies
Triple Play 2000
Warpath: Jurassic Park
WCW Mayhem
Xena

Fox Interactive
Fox Booth
Fox Booth

Croc 2
Die Hard Trilogy 2
Fox Sports Pro Basketball 2000
Planet of the Apes

Gathering of Developers

Kiss: Psycho Circus
Metal FAKK 2
Max Payne
Nocturne
Rune

GT Interactive
GT Interactive Booth
GT Interactive Booth

40 Winks
Animorphs
Driver
Duke Nukem: Zero Hour
Oddworld 3
Rogue Trip 2
Unreal Tournament
The Wheel of Time

Interplay

Carmageddon
Freespace 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Messiah
Planescape Torment

Koei

Romance of the Three Kingdoms VI
Winback

Konami
Konami Booth
Konami Booth

Air Force Delta
Azure Dreams
Castlevania: Resurrection
Hybrid Heaven
Konami Rally
Major League Soccer
Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel
Metal Gear Solid: VR Missions
NBA In the Zone 2000
NHL Blades of Steel 2000
Nightmare Creatures II
Soul of the Samurai
Suikoden II
Vandal Hearts II

LucasArts

Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Star Wars: Episode I - The Gungan Frontier
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace

Microsoft

Age of Empires II: Age of Kings
Freelancer
Intellimouse Explorer

Midway
Midway - Michael Buffer
Midway - Michael Buffer

Gauntlet Legends
HyrdoThunder
Jackie Chan's Stuntmaster
Mortal Kombat Gold
Mortal Kombat: Special Forces
NBA Showtime: NBA on NBC
NFL Blitz 2000
Ready 2 Rumble
World Driver Championship

Namco

Ace Combat 3: Electrosphere
Dragon Valor
Namco Museum Volume 1
Namco Museum Volume 2
Namco Museum Volume 3
Point Blank 2
R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
Soul Calibur
Tekken 3
Tekken Tag Tournament
Time Crisis

Natsume

Harvest Moon 64
Harvest Moon GBC
Legend of the River King
Lufia III
Lufia: Ruins Chaser
Reel Fishing 2

Nintendo


Conker's Pocket Tales
Donkey Kong 64
Eternal Darkness
Excitebike 64
Game Boy Color
Jet Force Gemini
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Slugfest
Mario Golf
Mini Racers
N64 Expansion Pak
NBA Courtside 2 featuring Kobe Bryant
The New Tetris
Nintendo 64
Perfect Dark
Pokemon Pinball
Pokemon Snap
Pokemon Stadium
Pokemon Yellow
Project Dolphin
Starcraft 64
Super Smash Bros.

Psygnosis

Colony Wars 3: Red Sun
Drakan: Order of the Flame
Formula One '99
Metal Fatigue
Rollcage Extreme
Team Buddies
TNT
Wipeout 3

SEGA!
Sega Booth
Sega Booth

D2
Dreamcast
Dynamite Cop
Ecco the Dolphin
House of the Dead 2
Metropolis Street Racer
NBA 2000
NFL 2000
Seaman
Sega Rally 2
Shenmue
Sonic Adventure
Virtua Fighter 3tb

Sierra

Gabriel Knight III
Team Fortress 2
Tribes II

SNK

Neo Geo Pocket Color

Sony
Sony Booth
Sony Booth

3Xtreme
Ape Escape
Bloody Roar 2
Cool Boarders 4
Crash Team Racing
Gran Turismo 2000
Gran Turismo 2
Grandia
Jet Moto 3
NBA ShootOut 2000
NCAA Final Four 2000
NCAA GameBreaker 2000
Next Generation PlayStation
NFL GameDay 2000
NFL Xtreme 2
Omega Boost
Spyro 2
SuperCross Circuit
Syphon Filter 2
Tiny Tank
Twisted Metal 4
UmJammer Lammy

Squaresoft
Squaresoft Booth
Squaresoft Booth

Chocobo Dungeon 2
Chocobo Racing
Ehrgeiz
Final Fantasy Anthology
Final Fantasy VIII
Final Fantasy IX
SaGa Frontier II

Tecmo

Dead or Alive 2
Gallop Racer 3
Monster Rancher 3

THQ

Championship Motocross featuring Ricky Carmichael
Danger Girl
Nuclear Strike
Rugrats: Scavenger Hunt
WWF

Tiger

Game.com

Ubisoft

All-Star Tennis '99
Monaco Grand Prix
Rayman 2: The Great Escape
Speed Devils

Working Designs

Lunar 2: Eternal Blue
Silhouette Mirage

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I can't think of an E3 with a lineup this killer.

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My god I thought your icon was a church organ until I looked closely.

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Wii Music. Best Nintendo E3 ever!

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Ugh, I remember that one. It was a dark time to own a Nintendo console.

Sony 2006
Nintendo 2008
Xbox 2010

Are some of the worst conferences ever.

Konami 2010 is, of course, the best ever made.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6OCnvvkSLM

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Ugh, I remember that one. It was a dark time to own a Nintendo console.

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I can't remember Nintendo ever having a good E3 tbh. My fav E3's would be 2001 and 2002. When SEGA were really on fire showing off the likes of JSRF (which even at 10% complete looked amazing), GV, VF 4 on the PS2 and then a later latter showing off Orta with the most amazing trailer ever created and the use of the Saga music just fitted the trailer perfectly

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2iTs8zWt2I

SEGA Japan at their very best.

Nintendo's 2004,2010 and 2014 were all good. 2004 they introduced Reggie and the DS. The Revolution and Zelda TP. 2010 they showed off Donkey Kong. Metroid. Goldeneye. Golden Sun. Kirby. 2014. Bayonetta 2. Hyrule Warriors. Breath of the Wild. Splatoon. Yoshi Wooly World. Xenoblade X. Their 1999 booth you can see in the video and the games listed above. 2011 was a disaster as Skyward Sword would not work on stage and 2012 was pretty bad with it ending on Nintendoland fireworks. After that, they went to the Nintendo Directs.


SEGA 1999 was the best ever since it had Shenmue. SEGA 1997 was pretty good despite them not showing a ton.
MS 2010 however while maybe not as bad as Nintendo 2008 because unlike Nintendo 2008 MS at least showed more than 2 games...literally Nintendo only showed 2 games in 2008.
MS in 2010 showed the Xbox 360 slim and that was the only good part. Rest of it was kid actors playing Kinect. Remember skittles the tiger? This was also the E3 with Milo. Fake Skype phone calls. We got to see the bottom of an avatar's shoe. Outside of 2018 and 2005 Xbox has never really had a standout E3. Sony, of course, has had some good ones like announcing Shenmue III but they are the only ones I know of who got audibly booed on stage when they announced AT&T for PSVita in 2011. Last 2 years Sony had not been great.

Devolver Digital has had the most interesting in the last 2 years. While the only they have shown that interests me is Metal Wolf Chaos..they are still fun to watch for how batshit insane it is. Last year they sold that coin which fluctuated in price by the minute and it meant nothing and people bought it.

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Nintendo's 2004,2010 and 2014 were all good. 2004 they introduced Reggie and the DS. .

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I'm not a fan of Reggie at all; he's just the usual mouthpiece with nothing interesting to say, no vision and just saying and doing what his Japanese masters tell him to say

The Revolution marked the end of when Nintendo even tried to compete in tech and when they started to sell out to the casuals and relied far too much on gimmicks. The only time, I half enjoyed Nintendo at E3 was their Cockers E3 booth and when they were showing off Star Wars RS II on the Cube (which blew me away at the time, and was one of the games of the show). I enjoyed the 1999 SEGA E3 both, but the trouble was I already had my import DC and to me the Shenmue 1999 E3 section was terrible (and it got bad reviews) it was NFL2k, DOA II (ok it was running on NA@MI at the time) and Maken X that really blew me away and I was super impressed with MSR too. E3 2001 and 2002 were the 1st time I got to see JSFR and Orta running for the 1st time respectively

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I can't think of an E3 with a lineup this killer.

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1999 was a great year. All those Star Wars games, Colin McRae 2.0, Sim City 3000, Age of Empires II, Re-Volt, Rayman 2, Max Payne and NHL 2000 with its killer intro:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxNvXtU5K4Y

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I'm not a fan of Reggie at all; he's just the usual mouthpiece with nothing interesting to say, no vision and just saying and doing what his Japanese masters tell him to say

The Revolution marked the end of when Nintendo even tried to compete in tech and when they started to sell out to the casuals and relied far too much on gimmicks. The only time, I half enjoyed Nintendo at E3 was their Cockers E3 booth and when they were showing off Star Wars RS II on the Cube (which blew me away at the time, and was one of the games of the show). I enjoyed the 1999 SEGA E3 both, but the trouble was I already had my import DC and to me the Shenmue 1999 E3 section was terrible (and it got bad reviews) it was NFL2k, DOA II (ok it was running on NA@MI at the time) and Maken X that really blew me away and I was super impressed with MSR too. E3 2001 and 2002 were the 1st time I got to see JSFR and Orta running for the 1st time respectively

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Suggesting NOA doesn't make any move w/o the approval of NOJ is not a stretch but he is/was charismatic unlike some of the other suits to fill the role.

Reggie came in as head of marketing. He created the I love the series on VH1 and the Bigfoot Pizza. He was a good marketing guy. He was only promoted to COO of NOA later. Say all you want but the Touching is Good campaign and Wii would like to play were successful ads. When it came to decision tho he reminded me of Stolar at times and not the best of ways. Lastly, who cares if Shenmue got mixed reviews? That's just because Shenmue was always polarizing because it's so different. It didn't get bad reviews. Mixed. Not like the game is universally hated or anything. Why fans gave 7 million to a 3rd game and Sony earned Kudos points by announcing it on their stage. Microsoft thought there was enough merit to the game to get II as an exclusive in the US and later a BC 360 title. Shenmue is awesome btw.

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Suggesting NOA doesn't make any move w/o the approval of NOJ is not a stretch but he is/was charismatic unlike some of the other suits to fill the role.

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I've never been impressed with him at all. Just a mouthpiece, mind you when you're given some of the crap that NCL makes, it's a hard sell.
The only ones I've been impressed with over the years is Peter Moore when he was at SEGA (before he became just a mouth piece for MS) and Phil Spencer. The worst would be Robbie Bach, Don Mattick and the most useless of the lot... Kudo Tsunoda Even when the games weren't working and the press was laughing he couldn't get it or take it in.
Have to say Ubisoft staff always put on a good E3 show too