Search |  Saved Search |  Login  |  Tips |  FAQ |  Pricing |  My Account |  Help |  About |  Terms

Document
Advanced Saved Help
Buy Complete Document: AbstractAbstract Full Text Full Text Reprints and Permissions Reprints and Permissions  
Getting a jump on hardware
[FINAL Edition]
USA TODAY (pre-1997 Fulltext) - McLean, Va.
Author: Mike Snider
Date: Dec 15, 1994
Start Page: 04.D
Section: LIFE
Text Word Count: 565
Abstract (Document Summary)

-- Sega Genesis ($99; with Sonic 2, $129; with The Lion King, $139.99). More than 500 games out, including hits Sega's Sonic and Knuckles and NFL '95, and Electronic Arts' Urban Strike. Besides the 32X, it's upgradeable with the $229 Sega CD; CD games have grainy video but titles like Sega's Tomcat Alley and Rocket Science's Loadstar still deliver. Games cost $30-$80.

-- Super Nintendo ($99.95; with Donkey Kong Country or Super Mario World, $149.95). Nearly 500 games available; hits include EA Sports' Madden NFL `95 (also for Genesis and 3DO), Nintendo's Tin Star, Super Punch-Out and Super Mario Paint. Games cost $30-$80. Super Game Boy attachment ($59.99) lets you play Game Boy games in color on the Super NES.

-- 3DO (players by Panasonic and Goldstar or plug-in board for PC from Creative Labs, each $399). About 100 CD titles including ESPN golf, baseball and fitness tutorials, plus games like Panasonic's Super Street Fighter II Turbo, EA's Road Rash, Crystal Dynamics' Gex, Universal's Demolition Man, and EA Sports' FIFA International Soccer, the most realistic-looking sports game available. Games cost $30-$70.

Buy Complete Document: AbstractAbstract Full Text Full Text Reprints and Permissions Reprints and Permissions  

Most Viewed Articles  (Updated Daily)