Weekly Famitsu Magazine Issue 288(JP)

Overview

• Full Name: Weekly Famitsu Magazine Issue 288
• Issue 288
• Date 24th June 1994
• Region: JP
• Barcode: T1026254260293
• Cover Disc No
• Notes:

News

• Tokyo Toy Show - Report from the event, 3DO had the following: (Pages 8-11)

-Panasonic and Sanyo Attacking from both sides - Overview report with how 3DO was aggressively marketing at the event (Page 9)

-Sanyo Showed off their machine (Page 9)

Charts

Weekly Famitsu has several charts:

• USA Top 10 - Only one entry for 3DO, John Madden Football (Page 17)

Feature

• Weekly Famitsu ran a "Next Gen Comparison", 3DO, like others, had its own page, it shows the FZ-1, the Sanyo model (But with a digital clock at the front) and the AT&T machine (Page 89).

• Weekly Famitsu interviewed various Japanese publishers on if they are working on machines, here is the list of publishers planning, working or released 3DO software (Pages 96-97):

• • Arkham Products (アーカムプロダクツ) - Planning on Producing
  • Artdink (アートディンク) - Wants to Produce
  • Ides (アイデス) - Planning on Producing
  • Activision (アクティビジョン) - Wants to Produce
  • Ascii (アスキー) - 2 Titles released
  • ASK Kodansha (アスク講談社) - 2 Titles released
  • Asmik (アスミック) - Wants to Produce
  • Atelier Double (アトリエドゥーブル) - Planning on Producing
  • Amuse (アミューズ) - 2 Titles released
  • Ixies (イクシーズ) - Planning on Producing
  • INTEC (インテック) - Wants to Produce
  • Virgin Games (ヴァージ ンゲーム) - 1 Title released
  • MDB (エム・ディー・ビー) - Wants to Produce
  • Electronic Arts Victor (エレクトロニック・ーツ・ビクター) - 5 released
  • Orion PR (オリオンピーアール) - Planning on Producing
  • Kadokawa Shoten (角川書店) - Wants to Produce
  • Kaneko (カネコ株式会社) - Planning on Producing
  • Capcom (カプコン) - Planning on Producing
  • Climax (クライマックス) - Wants to Produce
  • Glams (グラムス) - 1 Title released
  • Crystal Dynamics (クリスタルダイナミックス) - 1 Title released
  • Genki (元気) - 2 Titles released
  • Koei (光栄) - 3 Titles released
  • Coconuts Japan (ココナッツジャパン) - 1 Title released
  • Konami (コナミ) - 1 Title released
  • Covia (コビアシステム) - 1 Title released
  • Cybel (サイベル) - 1 Title released
  • Success (サクセス) - Wants to Produce
  • Sanei Shobo (三栄書房/ワープ) - 2 Titles released
  • Sanshusha (三修社) - 2 Titles released
  • SunSoft (サン電子) - Planning on Producing
  • Just (ジャスト) - Wants to Produce
  • Chat Noir (シャノアール) - 1 Title released
  • Shogakukan‑Shueisha Productions (ShoPro) (小学館プロダクション) - 1 Title released
  • Zoom (ズーム) - Planning on Producing
  • Stage Instruments (ステージインスツルメンツ) - Planning on Producing
  • Seta (セタ) - 1 Title released
  • Tatio (タイトー) - 2 Titles released
  • Dat Japan (ダットジャパン) - Wants to Produce
  • T&E Soft (ティーアンドイーソフト) - 3 Titles released
  • Data West (データウエスト) - Planning on Producing
  • Teichiku (テイチク) - Planning on Producing
  • Technos Japan (テクノスジャパン) - Planning on Producing
  • Decmo (デクモ) - Planning on Producing
  • Tengen (テンゲン) - Planning on Producing
  • Dennou Shokai (電脳商会) - Planning on Producing
  • Toei Video (東映ビデオ) - Wants to Produce
  • Tohokushinsha (東北新社) - Planning on Producing
  • Tokumashoten Intermedia (徳間書店インタ-メディア) - Planning on Producing
  • Tomy (トミー) - 1 Game in Production
  • Nacs (ナックス) - 2 Games released
  • Jujube (ナツメ) - Planning on Producing
  • Namco (ナムコ) - Wants to Produce
  • Nihon Create -Japan Create (日本クリエイト) - Planning on Producing
  • Japan System Supply (日本システムサプライ) - 1 Title released
  • Japan Data Works (日本データワークス) - 1 Title released
  • Nippon Telenet (日本テレネット) - Planning on Producing
  • Nova Tokai (ノバ・トーカイ) - Planning on Producing
  • Harvest One (ハーベストワン) - 1 Title released
  • Pau (パウ) - 1 Title Released
  • Hakuhodo Multimedia Software (博報堂マルチメディアソフト) - 2 released
  • Hacker International (ハッカーインターナショナル) - Planning on Producing
  • Pack In Video (パック・イン・ビデオ) - 2 Titles released
  • Hummingbird (ハミングバード) - 1 Title released
  • Bandai (バンダイ) - Planning on Producing
  • Victor Entertainment (JVC) (ビクターエンタテインメント) - 1 Title released
  • Human Entertainment (ヒューマン) - 1 Title released
  • Bing (ビング) - Wants to Produce
  • Fill-In-Cafe (フィルインカフェ) - 1 Title released
  • Fairy Dust (フェアリーダスト) - Wants to Produce
  • Profile (プロファイア) - 2 Titles in production
  • Pony Canyon (ポニーキャニオン) - 2 Titles released
  • Ponytail Soft (ポニーテールソフト) - Wants to Produce
  • Hobby Japan (ホビージャパン) - Wants to Produce
  • Polygram (ポリグラム) - Wants to Produce
  • Microcabin (マイクロキャビン) - 2 Titles released
  • Micronet (マイクロネット) - 1 Title released
  • MiCROViSion (マイクロビジョン) - Planning on Producing
  • Multi Software (マルチソフト_ - 4 Titles released
  • Media Entertainment (メディアエンターテイメント) - 1 Title released
  • Universal Interactive Studio (ユニバーサルインタラクティブスタジオ)- 1 Title released
  • The Right Stuff (ライトスタッフ) - Planning on Producing
  • Riverhillsoft (リバーヒルソフト) - 1 Title released
  • Rainbow Software (レインボーソフト) - 1 Title released

Preview

• Burning Soldier - Quarter page preview (Page 95)
• Mahjong Goku Tenjiku - Quarter page preview (Page 95)
• Igo Time Trial: Thumego 1 - Quarter page preview (Page 95)
• Nobunaga no Yabo Haoden - Quarter page preview (Page 95)

Coming Soon

• List of about 50+ games, Ones that never saw the light of day - Illustrated Encyclopedia (Ask Kodansha), GE・TEN Untitled Simulation Game (GE・TEN/Hokusho), Unknown Cybelle Game (Cybelle), Unknown Taito Driving Game, Unknown Taito Shooting Game, Unknown Educational Japan System Supply Game, Unknown Harvest One Game, Unknown Bau Game, Unknown ProFire 3D Game, Unknown ProFire Interactive Movie Game, The Audition (Rainbow Software) - It also has "Untited Shooting Game - Genki" which I am presuming is Scramble Cobra., There is also a Nippon Data Works game which I am presuming is Battle Pinball, there is a unknwon action game from Fill-In-Cafe which I presume is Sotsugyo II: Neo Generation Special. There is also some unreleased regional - 20th Century Video Almanac, San Diego Zoo Presents: The Animals and Space Shuttle (Pages 99/100)

Adverts

Retail

• Pickup - Full Page ad with only a FZ-1 for sale (Page 156)

• 
  News - Tokyo Toy Show Overview
• 
  News - Tokyo Toy Show Sanyo
• 
  Charts - Top 10 USA
• 
  Feature - Coming Soon
• 
  Feature - Next Gen Comparision - 3DO Overview
• 
  Feature - Publisher Questionaire
• 
  Preview - Burning Soldier
• 
  Preview - Igo Time Trial
• 
  Preview - Mahjong Goku Tenjiku
• 
  Preview - Nobuaga
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  Advert - Pickup Retail