Early Saturn Footage. with video, now early PSX footage.

There was a Game in Limerick since at least 1995, and I don't think there were any EBs in Ireland. We have GameStop now, too - they took over GameSomethingElse a couple of years ago...

 

Before it was called EB (Electronics Boutique sp?) it was called something else but I forget now. Anyway, yes GAME bought the EB chain and changed them all in to GAME.

Yakumo

 

Johnny, that's pretty cool stuff about GT2000 there - I totally forgot about that! Now, I just wonder if any copies of it are floating around...?

 

Yes there is, I worked for Electronic Boutique and my store had the video. It's got a red cars slip cover with a picture of the Saturn on it and there is a white lable on the spine with Sega Promo 1997 or silimar printed on it.

 

Is it the SEGA infomercial video? That would rock.

It was also broadcasted in May 1997, in the middle of the night (!?). The disc that came with
Saturn power #3 had the background music on it. (for download at my site btw)

Would love to see that.

 

That footage you talk about being broadcasted was shown on Channel 4 in the UK. The VF3 section is just the same as the movie shown on the Dreamcast VF3tb after you complete the game. As for the video that EB had that also didn't show the Saturn version of VF3. I know that video.

Yakumo

 

So the televised infomercial and promotional video contains the same early arcade footage of Virtua Fighter 3 as seen at the 1996 E3 (and also later in the Dreamcast version of Team Battle)? The search for that elusive clip of the Aoi tech demo continues... if such a thing really exists in the first place, that is! Considering the length of the VF3 clip, that advert must have been really long (and probably quite expensive), which may explain why it was only broadcast once then left to play in stores. The real question is why such a tape has yet to appear on the 'net - I for one would be more than pleased to see it again, especially since it's the only source for official direct feed Saturn Quake footage! Then again, knowing how many times Saturn enthusiasts have been disappointed in the past it's probably nothing more than the PC version. Everything else described as being on this video can be found on the Sega Flash discs, so maybe it's not worth the effort after all?

 

Future Zone

They had a big 3D face for the shop sign IIRC

 

With all this new gen crap in the news these days I decided to dig something out for everyone Here are a load of screen shots from the unreleased Sega Saturn gun shooter, Millennium Fire. ENJOY :smt033










Now don't say I never give you anything :smt042

Yakumo

 

Nice One, Cheers. Do you own the game, or are these from a magazine or something?

 

It's Yakumo...What Saturn game doesn't he own?

 

I don't actually own the full game but a demo/promotion disc. I took these shots myself which is why I plasted them with my site's logo Don't want others ripping them off as their own.

Yakumo

 

That game looks like crap :')

 

i like the pictures and i would not call them crap but it is up to the individual to decide that

 

that gmae actualy looks nice!

 

guess he was joking

grafical wise seem on metal gear solid level, wich is really not bad.

by the way, it was a lightgun game, yakumo???

 

Yeah, Millennium Fire was a light gun game that also made special use of the Virtua Gun's start button. It allowed you to perform a type of 360 roll to dodge stuff. Sort of like how Namco's time crisis lets you duck behind objects. The crazy thing is that there's no pause since that's what the Virtua Gun's start button is for. I wonder if you plug a controller in to port two and use that as the pause ? Anyway, the game does look like shit. The stills make it look better but in reality it's very ugly. Textures are low and even a bit PSX bendy !! Animation is a bit dodgy too plus everywhere looks almost the same. True it's unfinished but I seriously doubt the graphics would have changed that much.

Yakumo

 

David Bowie circa 1979??

 

it just could well be

Yakumo