The E3 1996 was one of the key shows for SEGA in the nineties. SEGA's booth certainly was impressive enough with roughly 40,000 square feet at their disposal. One of the main happenings at the show was the 'shock announcement' by Sony to drop their PSX price to $199. SEGA had little choice but to follow suit. Naturally there also was the showcasing one of the biggest cult games ever: Sonic X-treme (of which playable material only recently surfaced). Apart from that SEGA also unveiled their Netlink hardware and its (browser) software and had NiGHTS prominently displayed, complete with the new analogue pad.

SEGA also faced the tricky situation of not only supporting the Saturn platform but also keeping their existing Genesis (Megadrive) consumers happy. Genesis software on show included Sonic Blast, Vectorman 2 and the (unreleased) X-Women.

Overall it was one of the most interesting shows for SEGA fans ever as the list of showcased games was simply HUGE and included loads of games that never saw the light of day. See the list below for what should be a pretty complete picture of what was there.