1994 Summer CES

Some footage from the 1994 Summer Consumer Electronics show in Chicago. Mainly featuring the union of SGI and Nintendo along with Donkey Kong Country, the Atari Jaguar, and a pinch of 3DO.
This was the last time CES was held in Chicago. I really miss going.

[@The0ptimus]

1:21 That real life tree house is AWESOME

[@X_Leonhart]

I miss those days. Thanks a lot for sharing this video.

[@faceduro6719]

Best times in video games in my opinion today's age doesn't capture much of that feeling like it was in the 80's and 90's...

[@mac3770]

the absolute height of gaming and western civilization.

[@analog_ape]

1994, possibly the best year in console ever

[@migangelmart]

And there's STILL a hundred billion copies of NBA Jam in pawn shops and flea markets everywhere.

[@alejandrovaldez9848]

2:04 it’s really cool to see what changes they made on the final product, like how the banana count is over 99 or how the gears were in another underwater stage besides poison pond.

[@lisvender]

Terrific stuff! Thank you! I love these old shows.

[@DigitalNeohuman]

@KevinCali24 Thanks! I shot it on Hi8 using a Canon A1 Digital. It was one of the best consumer camcorders of the day. I wish I still had it.

[@symir547]

3:07 Charles Martinet?

[@AwesomeAceZ]

I think that's him. He did these kind of things starting in 1990 before becoming the actual voice of Mario. To this day he still does these kind of things.

[@DTM-Books]

This was really cool to see. I was lucky enough to attend SCES '94 with a lot of the other fanzine editors. I can't tell you how much fun this was for us. Very exhausting, too, with all the loud noises and crowds of people everywhere, and you're trying to catalog everything that's happening....

[@Shinji91]

This is awesome. I have a vhs that my brother gave me from this company called Dragon Video. It shows all the exhibits from CES 1994. So cool.

[@analog_ape]

Ever thought to digitize it? Do share please

[@mac3770]

please share.

[@Shinji91]

@@analog_ape I lost the VHS unfortunately. By chance some guy did upload a recording of the same VHS but he only got a bit of it. I was able to grab only about 30 minutes of it.

[@dvchel]

Wow! Amazing footage. Almost 25th anniversary. Thanks for sharing.

[@Nick930]

6:16 Naughty Dog was there!

[@DTM-Books]

Yeah, I remember the talking Donkey Kong head. This was a classic show. Nintendo stunned the hell out of everyone with DKC. Lots of great videogames from all the major players. I hung out at the Atari booth a lot. I also had to score a lot of free booze for the under-21 journalists at the parties, hah.

[@lupinespiritcandlesandcroc3635]

I went to CES that year. We went before the general public got to go. Not sure if being pregnant was a blessing or a curse.

[@uroskesic6117]

I think he was voiced by Charles

[@kevinanderson2135]

I can remember the smell of popcorn there.

[@Kevin_40]

Very cool video, you shot this? :) Im amazed at the quality of the image as well, most video from the mid to early 90's doesn't look very clear, this does!

[@jasonwalsh3903]

It’s cool getting to see some of the old booths 🕹👍

[@apunkteinstein]

i wish i were on the ces '94 :( soo amazing

[@CGPhotoKandou]

me too. This looks epic. and i wish i could have this feeling on seeing donkey kong country anonced. People thought they used new hardware to show it. But it was the snes omg.

[@mac3770]

@@CGPhotoKandou imagine if thwt game and vectorman were released in the first yrs of those consoles lives i think they would have accelerwted technological innovaiton qnd growth by a decade. i bet you when those systems first came out they would laugh at you if you showed them such footage of what was possible on the hardware of 89 or 91.

[@MrPeter-xs4xv]

7:38 Programing computer games

[@showerpwner]

I was 2 when this occurred.:(

[@jasonalexander7089]

I was 50

[@royedking]

I wonder what ever happened to the treehouse I wish I bought it if it was online!?

[@0002pA]

Thank you so much for providing this video.

[@SamomikeOfficiel]

amazing ! awesome ! Great video, good quality ! thanks for the remembers !

[@deckruler3802]

A year before E3

[@RobertK1993]

Rayman at CES 1994 I thought wasn’t unveiled until E3 1995 most be an early beta.

[@Channel-ji3ly]

Mr obvious

[@jasonalexander7089]

I'm reading console wars now. Chapter 61

[@rhett8819]

3:18 OH NO WATCH OUT DK

[@sombrio12]

Which game is in the screen at 2:37?

[@nostrnastr9439]

illusion of time for snes a great game underrated and the sequel of this game call terranigma spiritual sequel also for snes illusion of time was laucnh on 1994 and terranigma on 1996 on the final era of snes

[@grounder]

@TheEXITEND The game being played around 5:00? It's Alien vs. Predator for the Atari Jaguar.

[@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx]

you hear dkc everywhere must’ve been the start of the show

[@Seiko180]

Donkey Kong Country was the SHIT back then

[@sweet_sukeban4022]

It still is.

[@xXSpongeBroBrownPantzXx]

2:05 looks like poison pond had originally no smoke and wasn’t green

[@lelsewherelelsewhere9435]

Imagine if Atari pushed that "Video CD" capability (4:30) back then? Maybe it would have been like the PS2 and dvds, people buying it as their first disc based video player. But then again, not everyone even had their own VCR then (renting the device was common), and there wasn't a big change in TV tech (plasma and LCD with higher resolution) that happened during DVD's span...

[@carywise6291]

does anybody know what game engine cybermorph uses? And also does anybody know what game engine zarch a computer game uses? If so please tell me i would like to know thanks

[@OpticalHaze]

Super Metroid ? Wasn't this released @ this stage?

[@sweet_sukeban4022]

Super metroid came out in 93

[@Silent700]

So is that the real Hulk Hogan at 5:43 or a look-alike?

[@TheEXITEND]

can some one tell me the name of the in 5:00 pls `

[@Climacticc_Chaos]

would have done anything to be there unfortunitly i was only a year old :/

[@nothabbo]

I CAM45m5o I I was minus 4

[@waluigifan7545]

Oh christ that donkey kong head

[@TeamRocketHQR]

There's so much beta footage here. Even super punch out!

[@emilianoruizaspe2834]

Animation with balloon version (FANMADE): -Sonic the Hedgehog (1993-1997) -Quik Bunny (1988-1999) -Beethoven (1993-1995, 2008) -Optimus Prime (1986-2000) -Snoopy & Woodstock (1988-1995) -Spider-Man (1987-1998) -Bart Simpson (1990-1995) -Batman (1988-1997) -Ronald McDonald (1987-1990, 1993-1994) -Big Bird (1988-2000) -Garfield (1984-1989, 1992-1999) -Barney (1994-2002) -The Pink Panther (1988-1997) -Izzy (1993-1995) -The Cat in the Hat (1994-1997) -Woody Woodpecker (1982-1996) -Snuggle (1987-1994) -Clifford, the Big Red Dog (1990-1996, 2000-2004)

[@umeng2002]

My how the industry has fallen.

[@jasonalexander7089]

Yeah it's different now. Seems like they didn't innovate enough

[@ChrisPorterMusic]

Hulk Hogan at 5:42

[@yellowmarioflexing8626]

Donkey Kong Country already came out in Japan on November 20th, 1994 before this was released. So, this vid was released on Q2 1995.

[@DigitalNeohuman]

Not sure what you mean. I shot this in June 1994 in Chicago. The game wasn't released anywhere yet. CES used to be a summer and winter show but now it is only in the winter.

[@wariopremium73thisisbobide67]

@@DigitalNeohuman Nope. The DKC 3D graphics don't exist until November 1994.

[@DigitalNeohuman]

@@wariopremium73thisisbobide67 I was there. I filmed this. June 1994.

[@yellowmarioflexing8626]

@@DigitalNeohuman Nope. This was recorded on June 1994, but released later...

[@DigitalNeohuman]

@@yellowmarioflexing8626 Here is footage from someone else at the same convention in June 1994. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2SqdXZ4m7ubfdk . Not sure if you are a troll or just cannot understand that games take many months to years to create and are often displayed prior to release at trade shows.

[@cristian2929]

7:37 Paul Heyman?