Electronic Entertainment Expo 1998 event footage [Hi8], May 27–30, 1998

Item

Identifier: PARISI-1.08

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Scope and Contents

This videotape mainly features Nintendo of America's annual E3 press conference. Among many games shown at this event, this presentation includes an extended roll-out for the Pokémon franchise, which launched in the United States later that year. This video also includes a press conference for Squaresoft, which marked the American press debut of the game Final Fantasy VIII; the game premiered earlier that year in Japan.

The remaining video on this tape is an extended hands-on look at two Nintendo 64 titles, Banjo-Kazooie and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, with additional footage of the unreleased game Twelve Tales: Conker 64.

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Games and hardware featured in this video, in order of first appearance:

Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr.
Banjo-Kazooie
F-Zero X
Twelve Tales: Conker 64 (unreleased)
Game Boy Color hardware
Pokémon
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
Kobe Bryant in NBA Courtside
Waialae Country Club: True Golf Classics
Cruis'n World
F-1 World Grand Prix
Game Boy Camera
Jet Force Gemini
WWF War Zone
Bomberman Hero
World Cup 98
Madden NFL 99
"Mario RPG" [Paper Mario]
Mortal Kombat 4
Forsaken
Chopper Attack
Star Wars: Rogue Squadron
Wetrix
Mission: Impossible
WCW/nWO Revenge
Quest 64
Turok 2 [: Seeds of Evil]
Wipeout 64
NFL Blitz
"Earthbound" [Mother 3] (unreleased)
International Super Star Soccer '98
Rush 2: Extreme Racing USA
Tonic Trouble
Body Harvest
All-Star Baseball 99
Perfect Dark

Dates

Recorded: May 27–30, 1998

Creator

Anthony Parisi (Videographer, Person)
Howard Lincoln (Presenter, Person)
Peter Main (Presenter, Person)
Ken Lobb (Presenter, Person)
Shigeru Miyamoto (Speaker, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Videos in this collection recorded by Anthony Parisi are owned by the Video Game History Foundation and are accessible in our digital archive for research use and personal reference.

Historical Note

E3 1998 may mark the first time that the American press was able to play The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Although the game was demoed at other events in Japan, this is the earliest event we can identify when a hands-on demo of the game were available tor the English-language press.