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| - The 3DO is a CD-Rom based console made by Panasonic. Various versions of the system were produced throughout 1993 and 1994.
- The only Star Wars game to be released on the 3DO is Star Wars: Rebel Assault.
- The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer has one hell of a pedigree. Conceived by Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins, and designed by Amiga veterans RJ Mical and Dave Needle, it was not one specific console, but a standard: different models were produced by Panasonic, Sanyo, GoldStar (now LG), and Creative Labs, under license from The 3DO Company. The games are supposed to be fully compatible with any 3DO console of any region (although there were a few issues with early GoldStar units, as well as with certain NTSC games on PAL consoles).[1] Also, the system has no copy protection whatsoever. The 3DO is a misunderstood system: as it did not sell well, people think that it was a bad system with a poor library. That's very far from the truth. Its main problem was that the console sold for $599 (adjusting for inflation, over $930). Nowadays, though, you can easily get one for less than $30. The 3DO was actually a stellar hardware at the time, with a decent list of games from good to excellent, and its specialty was really in that it had the best ports/versions of just about everything, although it does have a few great exclusives of its own. Of course, there's some dreck like Plumbers Don't Wear Ties, but what console doesn't have some turds? Well, no turds in this list, just the good stuff. By the way, it's not "three-dee-zero", you goddamn nincompoops, it's the letter "O". Audio, video, three-dee-o!
- The 3do was and is a video game console releaced on October 4th 1993 by video game race driver Panasonic the race in question being against Commodore's Amiga CD32, Atari's Jaguar, Sega's Saturn, Sony's PS1 and Nintendo's N64. It had smash hit game Crash 'N' Burn releaced on it and hit game Corpse Killer, Dragons Lair, Ground Zero:Texas, Jurassic Park, Killing Time, Myst, Sewer Shark releaced on it among others such as these
* 20th Century Video Almanac' 3D Atlas' 3DO Action Pak' 3DO Buffet' 3DO Interactive Sampler CD 1' 3DO Interactive Sampler CD 2' 3DO Interactive Sampler CD 3' 3DO Interactive Sampler CD 4' 3DO Maniac Pack' Achieve Peace (Prototype) Advanced Dungeons & Dragons: Slayer' AI Shogi (Japan)Akagi: Topaiten (Japan) Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Japan) Alone in the Dark' ,Alone in the Dark 2' ,Another World (Japan, Aka. Out of This World in North America) Animals!' ,Armageddon (Korea) ,Autobahn Tokio (Japan) ,Ballz: The Directors Cut', Battle Blues (Korea), Battle Chess,' BattleSport', Battle Tryst (Prototype) ,BC Racers' ,Belzerion (Japan), BladeForce,' BISHOUJO SENSHI SAILOR MOON S (Japan) ,Blonde Justice (Adult), Blue Chicago Blues (Japan),Blue Forest Story (Japan) ,Bonogurashi (Japan), Brain Dead 13' ,Burning Soldier', Bust-A-Move (Japan) ,C.P.U. Bach', Cannon Fodder', Captain Quazar' ,Carrier: Fortress at Sea', Casper', Chinese Checkers (Japan), Club 3DO: Station Invasion,' Coven (Adult), Cowboy Casino', ' Crayon Shin-Chan (Japan), Creature Shock', Crime Patrol',Crusaders of Might and Magic',Crystal Dynamics: Sample This!',Cyberdillo',Cyberia',D',Daedalus Encounter',DeathKeep ,Defcon 5 (Europe),Demolition Man (Video Game)',Dennis Miller: That's News to Me',Digital Dreamware',DinoPark Tycoon',Doctor Hauzer (Japan),DOOM',Dragon Lore',Dragon Tycoon (Japan),Diving Spot Guide Marine Tour (Japan),Drug Wars',Duelin' Firemen! (Prototype),Doraemon Yuujou Densetsu (Japan),EMIT Vol. 1: Toki no Maigo (Japan),EMIT Vol. 2: Meigake no Tabi (Japan),EMIT Vol. 3: Watashi ni Sayonara o (Japan),Endlessly (Adult),Escape from Monster Manor',ESPN Baseball',ESPN Beach Volleyball',ESPN Golf',ESPN Golf: Mental Messages',ESPN Skiing',ESPN Soccer',ESPN Step Aerobics',ESPN Tennis',Eye of Typhoon (Korea),F1GP (Japan),Family Feud',Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise',Fatty Bear's Fun Pack',FIFA International Soccer',Firewall (Video Game) (Korea),Flashback',Flying Nightmares',Foes of Ali',Formula 1 World Championship (Prototype),Fun 'N Games',Game Guru,'Game's Master (Prototype),Gex',Ghost Hunter Series Kurokishi no Kamen (Japan),Graduation II Neo Generation Special (Japan),Grand Chef of the Kingdom (Japan),Gridders',Guardian War',Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller',Hello Kitty (Japan),Horde',Icebreaker',Immercenary',Immortal Desire (Adult)Incredible Machine',Iron Angel of the Apocalypse',Iron Angel of the Apocalyspe: The Return'Isis (Prototype),Jammit',Janken Paradise (Adult) (Japan),'J.League Virtual Stadium (Japan)'J.League Virtual Stadium '95 (Japan),'John Madden Football',Johnny Bazookatone',Interactive',Kakinoki Shogi (Japan)Kamachi's Museum (Japan),Keiba Saisyo no Housoku (Japan),Kingdom: The Far Reaches',Konpeki no Kantai (Japan),Kure Yon Shin Chan (China).Last Bounty Hunter'.Lemmings'.Letter That Came Over Time (Japan,Life Stage: Virtual House,'Lost Eden',Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes'mLove Bites (Adult),Lucienne's Quest',Macaroni Hourensou Interactive (Japan),Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold',Mad Dog McCree',Mathemagics'Mazer',MegaRace',Microcosm',Miyuki Nakajima (Japan),Mind Teazzer (Adult),Monoshiriji Yuugaku: Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Hen (Japan),Montana Jones (Japan),Might And Magic Heroes Series',The Need for Speed',Neo Organic Bioform (Japan),NeuroDancer (Adult),Night Trap'Nobunaga's Ambition Haouden (Japan),Novastorm',Oceans Below',Off-World Interceptor',Olympic Soccer',Olympic Summer Games'Othello Trial (Japan),Onee-san to Issho! Janken Paradise (Japan),Out of This World',Over Drivin (Japan, Aka. Need For Speed in North America),Oyaji Hunter Mahjong (Japan),Paddock Note '95 (Japan),Panzer General',Pataank',Pebble Beach Golf Links',Penthouse Interactive: Virtual Photo Shoot Vol. 1 (Adult) (Japan)Perfect General, The,,'PGA Tour 96',Phoenix 3',Plumbers Don't Wear Ties',PO'ed',Policenauts (Japan)Power Slide (Prototype),,Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S',Primal Rage',Psychic Detective',Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon'Putt-Putt Joins the Parade',Putt-Putt Fun Pack',Puzzle Bobble (Japan),Pyramid Intruder (Japan),Quarantine',Quarterback Attack',Real Pinball',Return Fire',Return Fire: Maps O' Death',Return to Zork (Prototype),Rise of the Robots'Road Rash,'Robinson's Requiem',Romance of the three Kingdoms IV (Japan),Royal Pro Wrestling (Japan) RTS Army Men',Samurai Shodown',San Goku Shi IV (Japan),Scramble Cobra',Seal of the Pharaoh',Sesame Street: Numbers',',Sex - Virtual Interactive (Adult),Shadow: War of Succession',Shanghai: The Great Wall (Japan),Shanghai: Triple Threat'.Shock Wave'.Shock Wave: Operation Jumpgate'.Shockwave 2: Beyond the Gate Short Warp (Japan).Slam 'N Jam '95'.Slopestyle'.Slayer'.Snow Job'.Soccer Kid'.Space Ace'.Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels',Space Pirates',Space Shuttle',Starblade',Star Control II',Star Fighter',Star Wars: Rebel Assault ,Sword & Sorcery (Japan, Aka. Lucienne's Quest in North America),Syndicate,TAKERU (Japan) ,Taiketsu! Rooms (Japan),Tetsujin Returns (Japan),Theatre Wars (Japan) ,Theme Park',The Need for Speed',Toontime in the Classroom',Total Eclipse',Tower (Japan) ,Trip'd.Turbo Blaster (prototype)'.Twinkle Knights (Adult) (Japan).Twisted: The Game Show'.Ultraman Powered (Japan), Virtual Cameraman Part 1: Sawada Naomi and Juri Anna (Adult) (Japan),Virtual Cameraman Part 2: Kawai Natsumi and Tachihara Kimi (Adult) (Japan),Virtual Cameraman Part 3: Sugimoto Yumika (Adult) (Japan),Virtual Cameraman Part 4: Toya Shiori (Adult) (Japan),Virtual Cameraman Part 5: Anzo Ari (Adult) (Japan),Virtuoso',VR Stalker',V-Goal Soccer '96',Waialae Country Club',Way of the Warrior',Who Shot Johnny Rock?',Wicked 18',Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger',Winning Post (Japan,Wolfenstein 3D',Woody Woodpecker and Friends Vol. 1',Woody Woodpecker and Friends Vol. 2',Woody Woodpecker and Friends Vol. 3',World Cup Golf,Yakyuuken Special, The (Adult) (Japan),Yamamura Misa Suspense (Japan),Yu Yu Hakusho (Japan),Zhadnost: The People's Party games listed also and the console has sold 2 million+ units to date
- When the company was first founded, its original objective was to create a next-generation, CD-based video game system which would be manufactured by various partners and licensees; 3DO would collect a royalty on each console sold and on each game manufactured. To game publishers, the low $3 royalty rate per game was a better deal than the higher royalties paid to Nintendo and Sega when making games for their consoles. The launch of the platform in October, 1993 was well-promoted, with a great deal of press attention in the mass media as part of the "multimedia wave" in the computer world at the time. The 3DO console itself was priced at $699, and the promised "early adopters" never showed up to purchase mass quantities of games. The lack of console and subsequently game sales achieved trumped the low royalty rate and proved a fatal flaw. In October 1995, The 3DO Company sold its next generation console, codenamed M2, to Matsushita and changed its business to develop and publish games for other game consoles and PCs.
- Many fans consider this to be the worst console port of Doom since it runs in a small screen at a low frame rate. The game offers 6 screen sizes, the 2 largest only available via a cheat. The advantage of selecting smaller screen sizes is that the game runs faster and at a higher frame rate. The game includes an autosave feature, which allows the player to start at any previously reached level and retains all sound and graphics settings. Its updated soundtrack features remixed versions of the original music.
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