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*A [[MediEvil Demo/SCED-01441|demo disc]] featuring a [[MediEvil Demo|''MediEvil'' demo]], and a [[MediEvil sticker kit|''MediEvil'' sticker kit]] for the PlayStation console were given away for free.<ref>{{Cite web|site=uk.games.video.playstation|author=Graham, Goring|title=ECTS impressions|published=September 8, 1998|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/A-Jij3w-mxg/m/gJmR-yzavYwJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/9N6DPYJkMI0/m/GkLn8D0RmioJ|title=The Slider Files - European Computer Trade Show 1998.|site=uk.games.video.playstation|published=September 10, 1998|author=J, Chris}}</ref> | *A [[MediEvil Demo/SCED-01441|demo disc]] featuring a [[MediEvil Demo|''MediEvil'' demo]], and a [[MediEvil sticker kit|''MediEvil'' sticker kit]] for the PlayStation console were given away for free.<ref>{{Cite web|site=uk.games.video.playstation|author=Graham, Goring|title=ECTS impressions|published=September 8, 1998|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/A-Jij3w-mxg/m/gJmR-yzavYwJ}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/9N6DPYJkMI0/m/GkLn8D0RmioJ|title=The Slider Files - European Computer Trade Show 1998.|site=uk.games.video.playstation|published=September 10, 1998|author=J, Chris}}</ref> | ||
*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.<ref>{{Cite web|quote=You jest, but last year someone managed to swipe a coffin from the MediEvil bar at the sony party.|author=Brown, Iain|published=April 16, 1999|title=ECTS and Sony mugs :)|site=uk.game.video.playstation|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/bee8QfKm2JA/m/5Yg-wblmTvUJ}}</ref> | *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.<ref>{{Cite web|quote=You jest, but last year someone managed to swipe a coffin from the MediEvil bar at the sony party.|author=Brown, Iain|published=April 16, 1999|title=ECTS and Sony mugs :)|site=uk.game.video.playstation|url=https://groups.google.com/g/uk.games.video.playstation/c/bee8QfKm2JA/m/5Yg-wblmTvUJ}}</ref> | ||
*ECTS press CDs called [[Power Source]] were given out to members of the press. The [[Power Source ECTS '98 Press CD #1|first disc]] contained renders from ''MediEvil''. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[ECTS 1997]] | *[[ECTS 1997]] | ||
Revision as of 15:21, 4 March 2024
| ECTS 1998 | |||
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| Date | September 6-9 | ||
| Location | Olympia London | ||
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]
- ECTS press CDs called Power Source were given out to members of the press. The first disc contained renders from MediEvil.
See also
References
- ↑ "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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