From one of the toy industry trade publications comes assorted information
on upcoming video game hardware.....

JVC is already advertising its X'EYE Multi Entertainment System, which it
says plays Sega CD games, Karaoke, and music CDs.

Sony's Play Station system is a 32-bit game system that will be available
in Japan later this year and in the United States and Europe in 1995.

Sega has the 32X machine, which wil ship in the fall. It's basically an
upgrade to the Genesis that allows you to play 32-bit games on your 16-bit
Genesis. The upgrade allows players to use all 16-bit Genesis games with
increased power.

In addition to the 32X, other new hardware Sega has added includes the CDX,
which is out now, and Saturn, which is scheduled for release in Japan this
fall and in the United States in 1995. The CDX is a portable multimedia
system - a 16-bit, very compact, CD-ROM and cartridge player that also
plays audio CDs. The Saturn will initially be very expensive, containing
the same 32-bit chip set as the 32X -- just more of them! This system is
supposedly extremely powerful, an almost direct translation from the
high-tech, theme-park, virtual-reality world to the home.

3DO was new to the industry this year with its 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
which plays CD games, music CDs, photo CDs and video CDs. There are seven
companies producing hardware and over 100 companies publishing software.
In the first six months on the market 3DO already had 40 titles available
and expects over 100 by the year's end. According to 3DO, the Interactive
Multiplayer's chip set generates photorealistic graphics, fluid animation,
CD-quality digital sound, and fast-paced interactivity -- with up to 50
times the performance of other systems.

Atari Corp introduced the industry's first 64-bit interactive multimedia
home entertainment system last November and expects to sell 500,000 units
by Christmas. The Jaguar produces true-color graphics and video effects,
3D images in real time that rotate, distort, and change texture;
unparalleled animation speed; CD-quality sound; and adaptive lighting. In
addition to game power, Atari is emphasizing the fact that Jaguar is the
only video game system manufactured in the United States. IBM Corp.
manufactures, tests, packages and distributes the systems for Atari!

Atari has also signed an agreement with Sigma Designs to deliver PC cards
that incorporate Jaguar's 64-bit technology with Sigma's Reel-Magic
full-motion vidoe capabilities. The card will allow users to play Jaguar
software titles on their IBM and compatible personal computers by the end
of 1994. Atari also has plans to release a double-speed Jaguar CD
peripheral that will play audio CDs and Jaguar game CDs.

Pioneer's LaserActive is a multi-format system developed in technical
cooperation with Sega and NEC Home Electronics -- combining full-motion
video of LaserDisc technology with interactive capabilities. LaserActive
users can play interactive games, watch movies, listen to music, and use
educational electronic publishing and how-to software.

Currently Nintendo has four programs in the works: a 16-bit Super Nintendo
bundle offer; Super Game Boy; 1 32-bit system; and a 64-bit system. Super
Game Boy lets gamers play Game Boy cartridges on their TV screen in full
color by inserting the Game Boy cartridge into Super Game Boy and then
inserting Super Game Boy into the SNES. For 1995, the planned 32-bit
system will supposedly not use a TV screen or require headgear of any
kind.

Nintendo's 64-bit system, code-named Project Reality, is a joint creation
with Silicon Graphics. This product will be in arcades this fall and
available for home use in the fall of 1995.

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