The show started on May 11th of 1995 and lasted until May 13th. It took place at the Lost Angeles Convention Center, and in the first year of the event over 50,000 people attended the show. While the show started on May 11th, companies like Nintendo and Sega held press conferences the day before to showcase some of their biggest games and reveal plans for the event. A week prior to E3 Nintendo unfortunately had to make the announcement that their console, the Ultra 64, later known as Nintendo 64, was to be delayed by a year.