Play! ’98 Fuyu Taikenban

Description

Play! ’98 Fuyu Taikenban (Play! ’98 Winter Demo) provides a “hands-on” preview of the most anticipated titles released during the late 1998 holiday season in Japan. This release is part of the recurring Play! Taikenban series. Demos feature a strictly limited trial period for each game, often restricted by a timer or a specific stage boundary. Players interact with the disc through a central hub that allows for quick transitions between demos and promotional video trailers. It is comparable to the Japanese Sega Flash discs for the Saturn.

The distribution of this disc was strategically diverse, moving away from simple retail availability toward a more integrated promotional model. Its distribution was its inclusion as a bundled pack-in with new PlayStation hardware purchased during the 1998 winter season, acting as an immediate “starter kit” for new owners. Additionally, the disc was widely distributed as a free giveaway at major retail outlets like Sofmap and Bic Camera, and was often included as a physical insert in gaming magazines such as Weekly Famitsu.

Disc contains:

• Piとメール (Pi to Mail)
• Crash Bandicoot 3 (ブッ飛び！世界一周)
• Thousand Arms (サウザンドアームズ)
• Atelier Elie (エリーのアトリエ)
• Street Fighter Zero 3
• Tamamayu Monogatari (Jade Cocoon)
• Ehrgeiz (エアガイツ)
• Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon 2
• I.Q FINAL
• Brave Saga (新世代ロボット戦記)
• Kamaitachi no Yoru: Tokubetsu-hen
• R4: Ridge Racer Type 4
• Tales of Phantasia
• Bomberman (ボンバーマン)
• Kidō Senshi Gundam: Gyakushu no Char
• POCKET P.D.A.