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                        By Budda/NFA

P5Having never visited a London exhibition before in my life I
was  unsure  of what to expect.  Having never been to London
before  I had no idea of the size which the exhibitions took
up.   Well  the  day had come - Sunday 25th September and it
was to be a new experience for me...

P7Well  after a long slow drive to Earls Court we were told to
sod  off and find a parking space somewhere else because all
the  Earls  Court  carparks  were  full!  So after finding a
space  down  a  back street in front of someones living room
window, I treked off back towars Earls Court.  Upon dragging
myself  up  the steps I had to que for only a few minutes to
get  a  ticket.   After  convincing  the women at the ticket
kiosk  that  I  was  under  16 (hehe!  It was only P2£3.00)P7; I
bobbed on through the turnstyle.  Collecting my very stylish
'Microsoft'  bag  and  guide  booklet I set off for a day of
freebie collecting!

P1Not  knowing  what  to  expect  to be on show I was hit with
loads  of  musical  shit.   Not  being intrested in all that
stuff  I  headed  for the computers/TVs/Hi-Fi's.  Wo!  First
visit  was  straight  to  the P2SONYP1 stand, and what a corker.
The walk through trail was excellent.  A small circular room
filled  with  light laser and booming music chanting 'sony'.
Then  continuing  the walk along the Sony stand you traveled
through a tube of TV's.  There must have been at least 100!

P3After  the  Sony stand the 'others' were pretty disapointing
and  mostly they were just like going into a shop and seeing
different models on shelves - not even turned on!  Examining
the  Live'94  guide  I  hunted  for  some  decent  stands...
Philips,  Sega,  Sky TV (all crappy!) and then the Panasonic
3D0...   at  last  something good at the show.  After queing
for  what  seemed like bloody ages I finally got a chance to
get  inside  this 3D0 shaped lorry and 'enter the new world'
as  Pansaonic  had  you  belive.  Well having only 7 minutes
time  to  play on games and most people were hogging all the
good games I was stuck with a choice of 'Microcosom' or some
teddy  bear educational adventure.  What a good choice!  The
only  good  thing  I  got  out of the 3D0 stand was the neat
little 'credit card' thingy.

P1As  I  slipped  around  Earls Court I was loaded up with all
sorts  of  junk  advertising and freebies!!  Here is some of
the better ones :-

                P1Philips ball point pen
                P7Sony mini disc
                P3Cannon BJC-4000 biro and pencil
                P1Sky-TV Balloon
                P5Computer   shopper   magazine   x   3
                                 (Free coverdisks!!)
                P6Sky-TV 3D Glasses
                P7Micro Mart Magazine

P3Probably  the best thing I got outa going to LIVE'94 was the
freebies!!   Well  that's all you need to know so I'll leave
ya for now.P1