30 minutes of E3 1996

Camcorder footage a 19 year old me filmed at E3 1996. Apologies for the lower right being partially obscured for most of the video. I honestly don't remember if that was a funky lens cap or what since the triangle size obstruction seems to vary in size. It was a Sony Hi-8 camcorder that I borrowed from "The Good Guys!" where I worked at the time. I've also edited out as much shaky footage as possible.
Notes from this show:
This was one year after Sega had surprise launched the Saturn during E3 1995 with a price tag of $399. By E3 1996, PS1 had already dropped to $199 which Sega was forced to match. This is probably the fastest, steepest price cut (1 year, 50%/$200) in console history. Despite this, Sega was still dedicated to the platform as they were showing Netlink for the Saturn. Unfortunately, it seems they were trying to make that lost Saturn revenue back because they were charging $200 for it.
Virtua Fighter 3 was not a great game but it still looks awesome to this day.
Nintendo bringing the laser light show to their booth. For some reason all I can think of is Poison videos from the 1980's when I see that stuff. Virtual Boy got a new MSRP of $100 but they weren't fooling anybody. Their sizzle reel showcased Goldeneye, Blast Corps! and WaveRace 64 among others but the only thing people were there for was Super Mario 64. Most of the demo stations were running it and they were packed.
Other than that the show was actually kind of dull as it was mostly sequels from every publisher. The next E3 I would attend would be E3 1999 where we saw John Romero in person talking to someone about Daikatana and our initial reaction was "Dude, he crimps his hair?!". Sadly, I have no footage of that.

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

Coming back here after the announcement of E3 ending. Sure, later years were a mess, but I am going to miss these convention floors. At least we have PAX, which is more open to the public.

[@MTCTpl]

1:36 You want fun? Wario show you fun

[@superadrik09]

Mario: Oh crap At least the fun Wario actually showed us was actually cool.

[@benbenzay]

I was 15 years in 1996 and I miss you 90s games I miss you Sega

[@cstein1595]

F sega Nintendo number 1

[@oliexe2599]

i was -7. wish i was there to see it

[@JksansIG]

C Stein So technically you’re saying f**k Nintendo Because Nintendo owns SEGA

[@monado5937]

@@JksansIG Persona 5 is a PS4 exclusive, Persona 5 is made by Atlus, which is owned by Sega.

[@plasticpaddy985]

@@JksansIG You're daf.

[@karelpipa]

1:17 its to think that only a handful of people by that point in time knew, that the silver skin of Mario is actually a photo of flowers

[@AlucardMaster94]

This is E3! Not like now!

[@kathews6364]

Is me I,m back but you no now I see the game systems I can get now and is not sony or Sega any more in the end I see the gen that for and is not mine is kids and gen y and gen m that y Sega r doing dark and kid movies like Sony and not really doing game systems or arcade any more by by Sega your with that dark Sony now your dead😭😭😭😡😡

[@ElPepe0805]

whats wrong with e3 nowadays?

[@NationOfMasturbation]

​@@ElPepe0805 dogshit

[@Stuffed_Trigger]

@@ElPepe0805 it doesnt exist for one

[@Paladin360]

⁠@@ElPepe0805now its like the oscars for games. Its all about popularity and franchises instead of groundbreaking game design

[@leeartlee915]

I can’t believe this made it onto the internet. I remember hearing about E3 back in the 90s and it felt like some made up, fantasy thing where all the magic of video games gathered once a year. But nope, it was real. Here’s the proof. I know people kind of turned on E3 as the years went on but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss it. What we have in its place just doesn’t feel the same. Long live E3. You were special.

[@axelcutythetvguy786]

1:26 The Wario Apparition

[@MitochondriaRaine]

So cool to see what E3 looked like the year I was born. Very interesting.

[@Carsonj13]

Back when it was actually about the GAMES as apposed to spectacle and non-game related multimedia (redbox, netflix, cloud technology etc.)?

[@leeartlee915]

You made me feel VERY old with that comment… lol

[@Clodd1]

The Nintendo booth was absolutely impressive.

[@LuneNova]

8:27 omg dream almost come true!

[@frankalvira1176]

Ah 1996 I was 6 years old good times

[@Edgelite306]

Ah 1996, I was never a fetus yet, good times.

[@Rodniikun]

I was only 3

[@tombystander]

@@Rodniikun twinsies

[@TreJowy]

I read about this show jealously when Game Fan reported it back...I devoured that issue! This really was the Golden Age. Sega, Nintendo, Sony...everyone was at the top of their game!

[@Treetops27]

TreJowy Sega was pretty much dead at this point

[@sebastienboucher4387]

this is awesome so sad that today i learn that it is all over for E3 rip Electronic Entertainment Expo 1995-2023

[@supergirlkels]

god damn.... seeing Sonic Xtreme.. :'(

[@bautistasolisgd4988]

I now 😢

[@Jestr86]

just imagine we all excited back then as we are this E3... again i awe of the amazing graphics and new game systems... 1996 i was only 10 years old..

[@eppinizer]

God does this make me miss the 90s...Thanks for the upload sir and might I add, great camera work for age 19.

[@lancehairdo1429]

Thank you for uploading this!!

[@suiken3149]

I first experience playstation back around 95-96 when my cousins were playing Street Fighter Alpha and Xtreme Games. I was so blown away because 3D graphics were new at that time and the thought of playing on a CD was also a new concept. So I went back at home and thought maybe I can play my mom's Madonna CD's as a game, lol.

[@adidas1984x]

8:38 sonic xtreme!!

[@sega-kid]

Aside from the actual story of Sonic Xtreme, i think if i was Sega at this E3 seeing Mario 64 and looking at even the video for Sonic Xtreme, vs an actual playable game of Mario 64, i would just throw Sonic Xtreme in the bin and start again. It is amazing to look at this E3 though, as a consumer looking around you wouldn't have guessed Playstation would be the absolute standout winner of this war. All 3 look pretty evenly matched.

[@torres3800]

Virtua Fighter 3 was known later as Virtua Fighter 3tb and came out 3 years later for Sega Dreamcast.

[@kudratortikov1204]

Great video! Thanks for sharing! 90's games are revolution in History!!!

[@pokemonfan187]

2:29 that was for the gamecube

[@neoasura]

It was supposed to launch for the Nintendo 64 which came out that year. But kept getting delayed.

[@LamestLameOK]

0:01 sounds like the noise rayman makes in rayman 1 when he gets hit.

[@theironhorsegamer2097]

Thank you so much for this!!!

[@Wesley_C]

Sega Saturn, sony playstation and N64 has debuted, great 90's of these games.

[@_l3m35_]

Great material, thanks for sharing.

[@ryn1003]

so many many many hours spent on that first level playing on the tilting bridge, surfing on the turtle shell, and seeing how long i can stay airborne with the wing-cap.

[@amiibojeremiah809]

8:28 I wonder how that persons felt when he heard sonic xtreme got canceled or how he is one of the only people that got to play that build people will die for

[@TheSpyChecker]

Goosebumps and cold shivers from all of this. I weren't there, i was busy being a 7 year old kid, but my dad brought home a PS1, and a heap of pictures, videos. Such great times, dude. I especially remember the jumping flash and the namco tekken panels. He brought me Tekken, and i couldn't wait for Tekken 2. So many great games followed... Thanks dad. He's Aussie, but at the time was working in LA, while we lived in Budapest, Hungary. Nostalgia pls, fuck off.

[@Schmaahn]

That Nintendo Show was Epic. Glad i had a n64. Good Times.

[@puffwad]

I can't believe that was 20 years ago...

[@smb2fds]

Twenty-seven years ago...

[@TreJowy]

That's Jumping Flash...one of my favorites from the early days of the PS1.

[@Poyostar]

Ah, what ancient footage indeed. As a longtime Kirby fan though, what really interests me here is the footage of Kirby's Air Ride 64 that was recently brought to the attention of Kirby Informer. Who knew that this version of the game directly reused music from Kirby Super Star?

[@Zolega89]

I wish it was 1996 again

[@Laundrybin]

Im so excited for e3 1997

[@Mutsukichan]

wow a demo of sonic extreme. sega saturn was my console back then and sadly bernie stolar killed it >.>

[@Gothenburg1]

was 8 years old... But enough to enjoy two years later the release of the best game ever, MGS.

[@rebow2568]

6:13, That is my favorite part. Since the Windows -based Nintendo 64 SDK was launched in 1996 before the launch of the games (developed by using the Windows Based N64 SDK) for Nintendo 64 starting in 1998 such as Banjo-Kazooie.

[@uptowndanram6753]

25:47 What would later become the "WCW Thunder" theme song, LMAO. Even Sony used it for promo videos in the late '90's.

[@TRJ2241987]

Nice catch. A lot of wrestling theme songs were originally stock music used elsewhere. Harlem Heat, Hardcore Holly, Hardy Boyz all come to mind....Steve Blackman's first theme for sure.....

[@francislalonde9133]

The Kirby game shown is actually Kirby Air Ride before they finally released it on Gamecube,yup at the very beginning of the N64 unveiling back in 1996 the game was in production altough it was only a beta.I wonder how the game would had looked if they finished it in time and released it on N64 ?

[@kirbster0577]

and before Air Ride 64, it was Kirby Bowl 64

[@minilabyrinth]

what a time to be alive, back when Sega was still a thing

[@RobertK1993]

Sony PlayStation was newbie about dominant the video game industry for 27 years so far.

[@StuffeyStuffs]

Every comment now: WARIO APPARITION

[@smb2fds]

That Was The Best Part Sunflower.

[@retrorena149]

Was 14 years old classic gaming history miss tho days 😪

[@Wesker186]

I need that Resident Evil US Promotion Poster!!!😀

[@stockloc]

I was 3 years old back then. Crazy times, eh?

[@lily_kookie7839]

Skimtar I was not born back then, crazy times

[@JThePlante]

I wasn't even alive while this all happened!! XD

[@davidm9442]

Same lol

[@Zj2030]

Wow I wasn’t even born yet, 4 years early

[@tristanmcfrosty2588]

What was that Kirby game near the beginning?? I don't recognize it at all! Also, I love the kid that freaks the hell out at 6:02 because of the Bob-Omb lol

[@vertz1515]

“aaaaaaaaaaaa, get away from me” absolutely incredible

[@MouseCIick]

I didn't even know e3 existed during that time.

[@ethan6727]

before e3 it was literally press conferences that were boring as fuck

[@MouseCIick]

@@ethan6727 yeah make senses. these conferences are for shareholders and investors anyways.

[@ethan6727]

@@MouseCIick i mean the press conferences went from real press conferences that werent supposed to be seen by the public to public e3 where people can play betas and have fun to now edited staged conferences for a more professional way

[@flatshade]

I remember that. Crazy times.

[@GreenYoshi93]

This is great stuff!

[@mr.vidjagamez9896]

back when Fulgore was a Nintendo all-star.

[@Drago1995]

i was just 1 year lol. nobody glued on fucking smart phones or tablets

[@michaelhall8586]

What a crazy time to be alive

[@DDarth68]

I was 17 old... school . school.... I like N64. Only 2017 was been there E3 now 2020 cancelled (pandemic is stupid)

[@Vub.]

I hope i live long enough for time machines to be invinted..

[@francislalonde9133]

Lots of interesting games here,especially the ones that werent finished like Contra:Legacy of wars for exemple.Also its nice to see most of the games in their beta versions.

[@erickruiz7754]

0:51 super Mario kart r 28:41 I heard super Mario kart r

[@darrenmichaelsen2492]

That was the year I was born :)

[@rebow2568]

Darren Michaelsen, me too. The all way SGI model modification of Super Mario 64 will be better in 256-bit pure graphics on the Super Mario 64 to be included in Super Mario 3D All Stars for Nintendo Switch coming in 2021.

[@elshogun1032]

Long time ago, E3 was an event where everyone could enjoy their favorite games with friends and family. But everything changed, when the fanboy nation attacked...

[@skyrimisepik]

Bruh ...

[@TheKungas]

Hasn't E3 been a developers and industry professional only event until recently?

[@hondamanvtec2894]

Evil Hadoken 😆😆😆 are you 15 years old or just a crackhead

[@orangeflipgram6549]

no it was for developers and industry professional's from 2007-08 but it has mostly been public

[@lokostill]

lol Guess you don't remember "Sega does what Nintendon't" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWjRpHWlpq9pqZo - Fanboys have always been around, We just have internet and comment sections now to get more exposure.

[@M1GarandMan3005]

The N64 was the shit back in the day, even though I never had a PS1 while I was growing up, I always had an N64 until we got the Gamecube in 2005.

[@wishingW3L]

wow man, you really were a trooper. Even as a nintendo fan myself I couldn't put up with the lack of games on both of those systems compared to the gigantic libraries of the ps1 and ps2.

[@pepahort4921]

Oh... in this year i wasn't in the world :O

[@TechGamesAU]

Where did the jaguar go lol

[@waterhands20]

19 years old? I was only 8 at that time, wish I could've been there.

[@tetrasonic91]

Sonic Xtreme?

[@Seven7601]

1:24 This is familiar, also 1:16, looks like the 29/07/1995 build lol

[@SlimecraftStudios]

That would be because the whole "29/07/1995" thing is completely fake

[@MrKshahdoo]

07:44 Scorpion played as Scorpion in MK Ultimate! 😆

[@jasonwalsh3903]

Yeah I know it looks savage that time. A cool party vibe 💥😀

[@deckofcards87]

The Playstation absolutely blew us away! Genuinely felt like we'd entered a "new age of entertainment" I think 1995 - 1998 were my favourite years gaming. Sony's advertising was epic!

[@Mokujo]

Where did the statues at 15:51 go?

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

Rest in piece

[@ericjb3571]

MAN I CANT WAIT FOR KIRBY SKATEBOARD OR WHATEVER

[@paranoidgenius9164]

Looking at the overhanging N64 & the joypad prop, imagine if the joypad was in reletive size to the actual console! The joypad being nearly as big as the console!

[@bluepterosaur]

I want that giant controller

[@yonoexist0]

I remember arguing my friends for wich console was better, ps1 or n64, whhat a times.

[@Thewolfguys.cartoons2000]

I'm pretty sure everyone is going to argue about the Xbox series, PS5, and the Nintendo Switch in nowadays LOL

[@kascnef]

Super mario 64 was great and so was super Mario rpg for snes...it was my first square game.

[@Walkinfaaaast]

7:06 Someone somewhere has a giant N64 system and controller hanging in their garage.

[@Lars-ze2xf]

What? No Crash Bandicoot?

[@andu7049]

Larry Hryb/Major Nelson brought me here

[@davidsmith6997]

Yup the 90’s the decade of X-TREAME!! we’re everything was X-TREAME

[@thetheriddler986]

I remember seeing bestbuy and Toys”R”Us at the time being half as decent and this is much nicer

[@petermacnab1871]

I was there !!

[@auddisvali]

I envy you, I bet it was magical.

[@smb2fds]

Legend.

[@petermacnab1871]

@@auddisvali it was awesome ! I went to about 8 E3’s during its best days. I was a video game buyer that supplied rental stores ! Those were the days 😀

[@Asancu]

Those young people back in 1996... just... how will they be now?

[@SlimecraftStudios]

Could you upload one with the shaky bits?

[@METALMAN4Wii]

I lost a lot of friends to the 90s console wars, war never chances as long as the corporations make money.

[@Mr.Wormsworth]

OMG can't wait!

[@bfbfour5012]

Who here after the Every Mario Game is personazlited

[@TheKunde92]

I Buy my Sega Saturn at this Time and he still working!!!

[@fiddlenn]

fucking yes. I get excited just seing Kirby, Donkey Kong, & Mario being in the spotlight. Nintendo better do somethin about the Wii U to win this back.

[@Alexis-shorts127]

1:24 & 29:49 Wario apparition

[@finsterhund]

Heart of Darkness at 11:42

[@AkhtarMahsen]

Super Mario 64 😮 E3 1996

[@KarsonGameboy]

Does anyone know where in the video crash bandicoot stuff is

[@JonDan]

jumping flash 2 I guess

[@TheSpyChecker]

literally the thumbnail, my dude.

[@KarsonGameboy]

Super Dragon Time Stamp? My dude

[@ZonerHODHC]

I was born this year.

[@luisstellostudios1507]

29:49 the wario Apparition again.

[@SuperWindows78]

1:24

[@crapObear2323]

yeah, you kids missed out big time. history in the making.

[@katzestuff]

1:26 the way he moves-

[@hotd34me1991]

8:58 wow theres a rarity, the net link version of sega saturn that was never released?

[@jonyleche3549]

18:20 thats the only crash b. I saw