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So when did you first hear about E3
- Thread starter Boss Doggie
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Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
That was my second EGM issue!
I don't remember that being an E3 issue though - just a Dreamcast-centric issue.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
1995.
All the UK games magazines covered it.
All the UK games magazines covered it.
Inspectah_Deck
Member
In a german Nintendo magazine during the N64 days.
Man, I don't know when I heard of E3 since it was so long ago. I probably heard it from a game manual or something, Sly maybe? Either way it was a long time.
Now I only started watching it recently and is now my favourite holiday of the year. Now I remember my brother was forcing me to watch it with him and that year was....2015, the E3 of dreams.
Now I only started watching it recently and is now my favourite holiday of the year. Now I remember my brother was forcing me to watch it with him and that year was....2015, the E3 of dreams.
Samanosuke Akechi
Member
Back when e3 was in May, the August issues had all the coverage. So this would have been the e3 98 issue.
Which E3 did they show off Monster Hunter Tri for Wii? Was it before or the same year as Silent Hill Shattered Memories getting shown off? Because if its the same year, that year, which I feel was like 2009
I can't remember if I knew about E3 super well before that, since I did watch Xplay, but that was the first year I actively searched it out
I can't remember if I knew about E3 super well before that, since I did watch Xplay, but that was the first year I actively searched it out
Inspectah_Deck
Member
Oh, I remember downloading this thing and the graphics blew my mind
at 10fps
Inspectah_Deck
Member
I remember downloading all the Luigis Mansion offscreen footage from IGN at my friends house because he had a flatrate.
EarsOfASnake
Member
Same, I remember fiercely debating the art style with my friends over the latest copy of Nintendo Official Magazine. That was the same E3 that had the behind closed doors Half Life 2 demo right? So 2003?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Back when e3 was in May, the August issues had all the coverage. So this would have been the e3 98 issue.
Ah I see, and my bad, it was the September issue
Heartskips
Banned
I don't remember because I used to buy gaming magazines and they talked a lot about E3.
-shadow-
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2004 reading about it, 2005 was the first one I ever watched live. It was Nintendo's, and while not the best year to jump in, sandwiched between the terrific 2004 with Resident Evil 4, Metroid Prime 2, Twilight Princess and more and 2006 with the Wii. It still had some the Revolution and the announcement of the Virtual Console, which was amazing at the time.
JustSomeone
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Sometime in the 90s when it was still open to the public.
SilverArrow20XX
Walks in the Light of the Crystal
I first heard about it when they had the promotional E3 Pikachu cards. I think it was 1999.
Hitokiri03
Member
1995 in a game magazine.
But I only started to pay attention to the expo in 1997.
But I only started to pay attention to the expo in 1997.
Little Monser
Banned
my brother introduced me to it, cant remember what year but it was the year where there was Cammie doing the presentations at Nintendo's E3 and NSMBWii
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
2010 was my first E3...iirc, that was a great year.
crackhead_bob
Member
1995 for me. And it EGM and Gamefan that promoted the tradeshow, which was a transitionary venue from the Consumer Electronics Show of the previous years. I remember 1994 in particular promoting Nintendo's forthcoming "Ultra 64" that year, along with Donkey Kong Country. The other standouts I paid attention to that year was the Sega Saturn and Clockwork Knight. I never paid any mind to the Sony Playstation though because I predicted it would wind up like the 3DO.
It's surreal thinking back to it and remembering the O.J. Simpson trial that year.
It's surreal thinking back to it and remembering the O.J. Simpson trial that year.
JustAnotherOtaku
Member
Sometime in the mid to late 90s when game magazines had their E3 blowout issue in the summer.
InsaneTiger
Member
Probably around 1999 when I bought my first PSM.
I would say late 90s. I remember reading all about it in like 1997 about latest games and tech and whatnot. It was all over EGM in the mid 90s now that I remember.
It wasn't until maybe 2000 that I started going online and eating up all the video content released (which was not a lot, and it took forever to download any footage). And as soon as streaming of the conferences was possible, I started watching each one. It's probably been 10+ years of streaming conferences at this point.
edit - I also had that "rare" E3 Pikachu card in like 1999 hahaha
It wasn't until maybe 2000 that I started going online and eating up all the video content released (which was not a lot, and it took forever to download any footage). And as soon as streaming of the conferences was possible, I started watching each one. It's probably been 10+ years of streaming conferences at this point.
edit - I also had that "rare" E3 Pikachu card in like 1999 hahaha
2004. I want to say it was GameSpot. All I remember was that I was blown away by the Twilight Princess reveal as a kid. Subsequently forgot it existed until 2006 when I just graduated from 5th grade, and found out that the Wii and PS3 were being revealed. At that point I tuned in through IGN.
In 1995, when they held the first E3. I was reading just about any gaming magazine I could get my hands on but I'm pretty sure it was either Gamepro or Diehard Gamefan that had the first coverage I saw. I remember thinking it seemed like a huge improvement over the scattershot Winter and Summer CES shows that the game industry had been using previously.
