ECTS 1998

The European Computer Trade Show 1998 was an event held at the Olympia London exhibition centre from September 6 to September 9.

MediEvil at ECTS 1998

A demo of MediEvil was playable at the event at Stand G700.^[1]^[2]
As was the case for Tekken 3, Spyro the Dragon and Crash Bandicoot: Warped, the PlayStation kiosks with the game were placed around a big statue of the game's protagonist enclosed within a spherical cage.^[3]
A demo disc featuring a MediEvil demo, and a MediEvil sticker kit for the PlayStation console were given away for free.^[4]^[5]
There was a MediEvil themed bar at the Sony party that took place after day two of ECTS. A coffin was allegedly stolen from said bar.^[6]

↑ "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (Stand G700) will have its big Christmas 98 titles, including Crash Bandicoot 3, Spyro the Dragon, Tekken 3 and Medieval,^[sic] the first title from its Cambridge development studio." — ECTS 98: SONY AND NINTENDO TO OUTLINE CHRISTMAS 98 AND 99 PLANS AS HUNDREDS OF NEW TITLES ARE SET FOR EUROPEAN DEBUT on ResponseSource. Published August 6, 1998. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
↑ "MediEvil was one of the Sony developed games that was on show in the main product areas." — IGN Staff, ECTS: Sony Displays The Lot on IGN. Published September 10, 1998.
↑ Templo dos Jogos: Especial ECTS, 10:03.
↑ Graham, Goring, ECTS impressions on uk.games.video.playstation. Published September 8, 1998.
↑ J, Chris, The Slider Files - European Computer Trade Show 1998. on uk.games.video.playstation. Published September 10, 1998.
↑ "You jest, but last year someone managed to swipe a coffin from the MediEvil bar at the sony party." — Brown, Iain, ECTS and Sony mugs :) on uk.game.video.playstation. Published April 16, 1999.

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ECTS 1998
Date	September 6-9
Location	Olympia London