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The E3 of 1995

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gaming-history dept.

simoniker writes "Having just finished the glut of gaming goodness that is E3, GameSetWatch has dug out the E3 show plans from 1995, the first ever iteration of the massive video game show, revealing, among other things, that 'Sega had the largest booth of the show (larger than any first-party's today)', and that 'John Wayne Bobbitt made an appearance at a Petree booth'. Pretty much business as usual, then!"

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  1. Missing area by DaHat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bah! What good is any talk about E3 without showing Booth Babes?

    I for one would like to see a comparison between those of yore and those of today.

    Who knows what has changed since.

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    1. Re:Missing area by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

      I thought the article had such a pic - but upon closer inspection, it's a furry woodland creature.

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    2. Re:Missing area by __aaclcg7560 · · Score: 2, Funny

      You can tell that 1995 was the dark ages for E3 if they have John Wayne Bobbitt as a booth babe.

    3. Re:Missing area by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's shocking how much of that also applies to booth babes.

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  2. Reminds me of the Bobbit Virus by gurutc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Turns your hard disk into a 3.5" floppy...

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  3. My Personal Highlight by The-Bus · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Booth 4124 is occupied by Abco Distributors, who bought up a great big chunk of space to advertise their hot new title: Cooking with Dom DeLuise, a 2-disc CD-ROM cooking reference."

    I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. From excitement.

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    1. Re:My Personal Highlight by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

      Was there a big-head code?

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  4. 1995? by Soulfader · · Score: 4, Funny

    Weren't we waiting interminably for a Duke Nukem game then, too?

  5. Dude by Darth_brooks · · Score: 3, Funny

    Also, let's not forget -- let's NOT forget, Dude -- that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city -- that aint legal either.

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  6. In the article, a funny: by DorkusMasterus · · Score: 2, Funny

    I noticed this, (and yes, I'm a big dork for doing so...) that in the second picture in the article, that booth 861 is for STD, and that 961 is for Coconuts Japan. So isn't that being a little risky with your Coconuts? Getting them so close to the STDs?

    Please feel free to mod this down... I know it's a stupid groaner. :)