On the legal front, NCS is sued by Sony because of the Playstation mod chip. Sometimes it's not good to be a pioneer since it may attract corporate wrath. This is an early 1996 selection of updates but it was a memorable first half because of Vampire Hunter on the Saturn. We would beat these numbers by a wide margin with the Capcom releases that would follow such as Vampire Saviour, Marvel vs Street Fighter, etc. The ability to import Capcom games a week before our fiercest competitors helped NCS corner the Capcom fighting game market.
Some ardent rivals leave the business and others join the market.
1995 NCS tiptoes into the web and issues spotty web updates due to lack of conviction in the new medium. Much of our early material has been lost since we figured the web was a fleeting fad and the future remained on paper and print. Most updates were weekly and only faxed to our vendor accounts. NCS is still doing business the old fashioned way around this time but makes a push into retail. The 32-bit consoles open up new opportunities.