amdb00mer

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #201

When EGM covered the first one back in 1995. Have kept up with it ever since.

 

Jaguar Victory

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #202

EGM & GAMEPRO back in 95

 

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Merchandise

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #203

If I had to guess it would be around the first Wii related E3 on G4. That channel was my jam.

 

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Lettuce

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #204

The Giant said:

Nintendo Magazine System back in 1995.

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This

 

ShirAhava

Plays with kids toys, in the adult gaming world

• Oct 17, 2017

• #205

The Sega Saturn announcement in 95 reading GAMEPRO...holy shit that was the first E3....me and my friends were talking about that on the playground lol

 

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emag

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #206

I remember when the NES was shown at CES (1985), a decade before E3 even existed.

Bonus (CES Summer 1991):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwlvYWflbXY

 

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Unspoken90

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #207

In the early 2000s when G4 was still a thing. I found out through their coverage.

 

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SuomiDude

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #208

I think since it started. I used to read a Finnish gaming magazine called Nintendo-Lehti (Nintendo-Magazine), and they had news articles about all gaming expos, E3 being one of them. Didn't really know much else about it other than it being a big event, but yeah, I think since the beginning of the event back in 1995.

 

Palom

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #209

I used to follow CES reports in magazines before E3 came into existence. I definitely remember reading about the first E3 in 1995 because I was so hyped for the PS1, and also the backlash Sega's surprise Saturn launch caused.

 

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Neptonic

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #210

Whenever it was on Spike and I flipped to it and thought it was crazy that video games were on the TV

 

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cyress8

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #211

Way back at the beginning. Think it was Gamepro or Game Informer that I read about it. I always wanted to go when I was a youngun. I have the money to easily go now, but just not the time.

 

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balohna

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #212

Sometime in the 90s, in GamePro or EGM or something. 97-99 or so. I definitely knew EXACTLY what it was and when it would happen by 2000 or so, and remember gobbling up all the news in 2001 and every year since.

 

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Metalgus

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #213

1996 or 1997. But my most vivid memory of it was seeing Zelda Oot on a video reel prepared by a local computer/video game show who attended E3 1998. I lost my shit when I saw that (it was Dodonjo’s Cavern).

 

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NealMcCauley

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #214

2000 because news about the MGS2 trailer was everywhere.

 

Crazyorloco

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #215

Damn I feel so old compared to a lot of you.

It was before the internet was really popular so 1994/1995. EGM/GamePro/Nintendo Power Magazines - this is where I got all my gaming news from.

 

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Het_Nkik

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #216

97 or 98, I would say, since that's when I started reading IGN.

I went in 2004, which was cool for the Twlight Princess reveal and all the DS stuff. I get to tell people I played Steel Diver in 2004 and Kameo on OG Xbox.

 

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Cess007

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #217

The first one was reported in Club Nintendo (Mexico's equivalent of Nintendo Power), so it was there. Man, I remember each year waiting for the E3 edition, reading all about the new games and systems.

 

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erikNORML

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #218

2002. The "Celda" meltdowns online were hilarious.

 

Crayon

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #219

I think edge magazine when we were going to have the first one.

 

AudioEppa

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #220

I use to be on GameSpot message boards / website heavily, what feels like forever ago. I eventually saw an ad on the main page about it. My first live streamed event was Sony’s 04 show. Been watching ever since.

 

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Peltz

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #221

I honestly can't remember.

 

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mattwhite924

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• Oct 17, 2017

• #222

1995 or 96, can't remember which, but it was a big section of Nintendo Power. Most of the coverage was about the N64, but there was a bit about the Virtual Boy and Mario RPG.

I don't think I actively kept up with E3 news until around 2000. It was far easier to get get information online at that point, and I was super excited about the GameCube and GBA. I remember downloading QuickTime trailers for Rogue Squadron 2 at school.

Edit: Now that I think about it, the GCN info was at SpaceWorld, not E3, but I still remember all the PS2 and Xbox info around that time too. Usually video game magazines with the new info made the rounds at school.