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From: macsuppor@a1.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis)
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Subject: Re: ECTS - impressions
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 04:17:59 +0200
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Robert Ryan <sol.campbell@england.com> wrote:

> I joined in the rush for the freebies they were chucking out at the
> Eidos and Playstation stands. I managed to get away with about 5 copies
> of the winter '98 demos disk (unintentionally; they all fell into my bag
> and I never noticed), a Lara Croft deck of cards, a Playstation mug, a
> couple of copies of the Carmageddon 2 demo (only zombies this time), a
> couple of bags, a Tekken 3 calendar, a Lara Croft postcard, a Yaroze
> pen, a playstation pen, a few sweeties and a load of bruises. I also
> caught a brief glimpse of Michael Owen at the Eidos stand.

I have it all too, but what is bruises? And yeah right, CD's falling
accidently in your bag...

> The Vm Labs stand was closed off to the public. I was hoping to swipe a
> Project X prototype =) (and maybe get a glimpse of Mr Minter).

I did went in there and got even some gimmicks..

> It was also my first opportunity to see some of the GDUK entries. It's
> clear that none of you were exaggerating; the demos were all absolutely
> amazing. A few updated classics with a couple of brand new games. Sony
> have got to give us the opportunity of getting one of these disks. Total
> Soccer Yaroze on it's own is worth at least a tenner of anyones money.

I agree, the total soccer is super! Give that man a job SCEE!!

> It was great meeting up with some of you guys. Nice to see Rob(Swan) and
> the Teapot guy again (sorry; not you Herbs. Another teapot guy (not some
> sort of camp double entendre by the way). I'm sure someone knows what I
> mean). Also got to meet Mr Rutherford on Saturday (then brag to all my
> mates that I met Mr Frosty in person). It was also nice to see DEnnis
> (of course)

Same here!

>, Nick F, Scott C (who I managed to thank for the beginners
> tutorials), the guys from Mobius, and a load of others. I think I was
> the only one there who didn't have a demo to their name yet.

Yeah, the mobius bloke! I was impressed by his Z1 game. It was cool to
see him in person too!


> Most of it was pretty much what I was expecting. Zelda and MGS were both
> what I was anticipating (all the more reason to get them), and Sony's
> 'Big Announcement' was kind of a dissapointment. I also had a few tries
> at Medieval and Klenoa (and added both to my shopping list). Other than
> that, I spent a rather unhealthy amount of time trying to ogle the
> dancing girls at the Akklaim stand. 

There were better girls around, believe me. I consider myself a
specialist on the ECTS promogirls now ;-)
[just kidding for the ones that don't get it]

Later DEnnis