The images on this page are from the "Electronics Boutique 1996 Spring CD".
This was a promotional CD catalog given out at Electronics Boutique & Waldensoftware stores in early 1996.
The images are only 256 color because that was the depth of the source files (keep in mind this was 1996).
Click on the thumbnails to see or download the full-size images (~488x480).
This site is in no way affiliated with Electronics Boutique/Waldensoftware (now EBGames/GameStop) or the publishers of these items.
These images are simply up for nostalgic value.
If you take video games way too seriously then I guess they even serve a historical purpose by documenting the state of gaming in
early 1996.
A while back I posted & reviewed a
promo
tape for the Atari Jaguar. Just about everything I have to say about the
system is there. It was a "64-bit" system that was inferior to its
16 and 32-bit competitors. The Genesis and Super Nintendo had games that
were just plain better while the Saturn and Playstation blew it away
visually.
The Jaguar Core System was down to $99.99 at this point but would
shortly fall to $49.99.
I'm sure the Jaguar port of NBA Jam Tournament Edition was
somewhere between the Super Nintendo and Saturn versions. Even today I
frequently play the Saturn version, this would be one of the Jaguar
games I'd like to pick-up.
Defender 2000 is one of the 6 or so Jaguar games I own. Like
Tempest 2000 and Rayman, it's a fun game that could easily have been
done on a 16-bit system.
Count Zoop among the the list of "Jaguar games that were
virtually indistinguishable from their 16-bit counterparts". This
time it's not a knock on the Jaguar though, Zoop wasn't really a
high-tech game to begin with.
Good ole' Dragon's Lair. It also appeared on the Sega CD, PC, and
3DO. It was basically a staple of multimedia systems until the Saturn
and Playstation decided to pass on it.
Space Ace was something of an unofficial sequel to Dragon's Lair
only faster-paced (and not quite as good). Unlike Dragon's Lair, I don't
recall actually seeing this at our store.
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