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Top Hat Gaming Man you can do a better American accent than that. It's easy to do if you stop acting like you are Sherlock Holmes having tea with your nanny.
I was an original era owner of a 3DO and I can remember LOVING it. Games to look into could be Need for Speed, Jurassic Park Interactive, The Deadalus Encounter, and Twisted. Had so much fun with this thing.
One of the reasons why Sewer Shark looks so good is because it was directed by John Dykstra, who was the special effects coordinator and miniature model maker for Star Wars: A New Hope and worked at Industrial Light and Magic . He did special effects for many different Hollywood movies and still works in Hollywood today. Just about everything in Sewer Shark was made with miniature scale models, puppets, and practical effects.
Kwyjibe O_o Star Control II on the 3DO had new graphics and sound. And the FZ-1 model of the 3DO was a high end model, which is why it was so expensive at launch. It has superior sound to the other consoles around at the time. Playing Road Rash on an FZ-1 model that is connected to a good amp with good quality cables impressed me in the 00s when I first bought a 3DO.
I developed a game based on the 3DO. It's intended to give that look and feel of an early 90's 3D game...as you say, when there was a sense of mystery and intrigue regarding the future of 3D graphics. The game is called "Verzaken!" and is available on Steam. It's intentionally cheesy - anyone nostalgic for the 3DO will enjoy it. And it contains several easter eggs :)
I always tell people the 3d0 is the most legendary system of all time it had video CDs before the DVD player and with the system you could get your photos onto a disc and then zoom in CSI style and have it digitally recreate blurred spots it had the first video effects that were created by music and could even do karaoke! Not to mention the concept of the interactive movie something that to this day hasn't fully been realized
The appeal of Night Trap was that it was so awesome to see FMV in 1992-1993 on a console. Compared to what limited animations were available on a SNES or Genesis/MD cartridge, seeing real people in the game WAS the future (or so we thought). Now, the only appeal to play it is for nostalgia or as a historical piece of how the ESRB was created.
Never had a 3DO but ALWAYS wanted one.I would play the Demo unit at Macy’s over and over again. I also rented a unit from a local video store where I came across my first Horror Videogame Killing Time. I loved Killing Time so much. I even hunted down the rights holder to look into a rerelease. She responded that she was going to do a remake or HD version, can’t remember which. I also love Quarantine, the first car combat I ever played.
I always wanted a 3DO. Yes, please do more videos on the 3DO! Also, please check out Lucienne's Quest. It was the only real JRPG on the system, and it looks like a pretty damn decent one. The only other console the game was on is the Saturn, but only in Japan. I think the 3DO was a really great system hardware wise, but it was just too damn expensive, lacking in 3rd party support, and lacking in AAA titles. They had some 3rd party support and a few big name titles, just not enough. They tried hard though, so I have much respect to the former 3DO company for that. People forget that this console was suppose to be the next big thing when it was released. All the experts thought this was the next console to dominate the market.
Great overview of an underrated console. I recently picked up an FZ-10 3DO and am in the process of getting the games I know I’ll play for purposes of ripping them and making my own backups. I’m surprised there wasn’t a 3DO version of Final Fight, the system could have used a good beat-em-up. As far as Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties, it’s good for some cheap laughs, but nothing more.
Best part was when he did his Dr. Evil impression and started throwing up discs in the air making in rain like money in strip club. I'm just surprised he didn't cover the adult titles available for the 3DO.
Brilliant video! Enjoyed that! Yeeeaahhh! 😎 Your UK 3DO sounds like it's capacitors have gone, you can get a capacitor pack on eBay for cheap and that should fix it.
Late 90s and 2000 babies know jack about this console. I had it back in the day, I must have been the only person on earth time who was super excited about M2 the 3DO successor.
I really like the system. Bought it a couple of years ago and have a large collection for it now. I think it was ahead of its time. A lot of nice titles. The game are usually cheap too, but very uncommon in Europe. Back in the day, when it was new, I did not have enough money for it, so I kept my Mega Drive (I was a small kid).
I don't really like when people bashes old failed systems, but it's a fact that most of the best games for the 3DO can be played on other systems where they are better (or the same), cheaper or just easier to procure. It's a system I still fail to find terribly interesting.
Amerigo Costa po'ed and need for speed were better on PSX, road rash was more or less equal across the 32bit systems. Wing Commander was better on 3do IMO. Shockwave was better on 3do. Gex was best on Saturn IMO. Not many games were better on 3do. Best home console version of wolf 3d being a Mac port had increased resolution and sprites and the music the jag version was missing.
drunkensailor112 SC2 is a port from the MS-DOS PCs. A huge amount of 3DO games basically computer games. Nothing bad with that but it might be one of the reasons why it was ignored by console gamers.
but the port is very different. the whole game is now voice acted (and if you played it you know how important that is in this game). they added fmv's to it and made an entire new soundtrack. the game also looked better.
Hi THGM. Several games that I can think of that were either unique to the 3DO, or show what was decent for the system: Captain Quazar, Lucienne's Quest, AD&D DeathKeep, Wing Commander 3, Star Control 2, and Immercenary.
i always viewed the 3do as a success in its own right, mainly because its one of the few CD based systems that has an actual ODE for it other than the saturn and dreamcast.
I still own the F-1 and it’s original packaging. I purchased the unit back in 1993. It’s in storage but it’s in awesome condition. I pulled and toyed with the device a few years ago.
I see the thumbnail contains the blonde from Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. I feel like it wouldn't be a proper rundown of the 3DO without mentioning that glorified slide show! I think the problem with the 3DO (and why Sony didn't go for it) was because both the software was licensed out to third parties and so was the hardware. This allowed the games to be cheaper than titles for other platforms but the hardware has to be more expensive. If a company like Sony were to do with the 3DO what they did with the PS1, the Sony 3DOs might have been cheaper on the hope that they could sell the console as a loss leader, but that would never happened as Sony titles would have been more expensive that titles from other publishers. Sewer Shark reminds me of Microcosm. The 3DO could have been a good platform had it been cheaper. It's certainly one I really want to try, but then again, I kind of like platforms that are a little rough around the edges... I'm an Amiga fan after all!
@@NoizeAddict13 and from a quick google search she was one of the original Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling - GLOW on which the Netflix series of the same name is based!
In 1996 I worked at Funcoland, a video game store that went on to become Game Stop. We had every system set up to try and I spent a lot of time playing the 3DO when I'd get bored with other systems but only for a day or two before something new came in for PS1, N64, or Saturn. We never sold one because it was so expensive so we only had the demo unit and over in the back room collecting dust
The soundtrack of Road Rash was god damn amazing. How the hell did playing street fighter 2 work when the controller only had 2 shoulder buttons and 3 on the pad? That's 1 button short for the l/m/h punch and kick inputs required.
@"Top Hat Gaming Man" I think the issue of whether it is reasonable for a game to impose a learning curve or "getting used" to the controls is not one with a simple one-size-fits-all answer. Sometimes you have to learn new, perhaps counter-intuitive, control schemes because the functionality they enable justifies it. Also, just what IS "intuitive" anyway? Think, for example, of the upright/inverted debate. I cut my 3D teeth on the N64, and there most games came with "inverted" controls as default or even only option. I'm not only used to them, but in my opinion they make more sense in the context of an FPS, than the "upright" Y axis that seems to be preferred nowadays. I find newer games that impose that type of control to be frustrating (although that's only one gripe I have with modern fps controls), and also because they don't tune the "inverted" version well. Well, this discussion could go on forever, but the point is, intuitiveness depends on a mixture of human nature, culture and personal idiosincrasy, so that's one aspect to consider. Now, apart from whether the controls or play style are novel or stablished, is the button mapping, tuning and even the functions provided a good way to interact with the game's world? Do they enable an efficient translation of the player's will onto the on-screen action? Did they think things out or did they obviously just slap things toghether in the most unimaginative way? I'll go back again with my experience on the N64: The controller for that system is notoriously different compared to anything you could have considered standard back then or today. Many people rant like crazy about how bad it was, but I think they are speaking nonsense, particularly when most of them praise the DualShock as the best thing on earth, about which I can find a few important flaws, such as the ludicrous position of the analog sticks, the stupid plastick cross in the middle getting in the way of my comfort, the unintuitiveness of the symbols instead of letters scheme (some call it genius though, I guess it's a matter of flavor in this case), and the nonsensical way many games assign functions to the buttons, not to mention every game just does whatever they want. With the N64 they managed to stablish a sort of non-spoken agreement about how A abd B were to be used in menus, for example, or maybe they did include guidelines to that effectin the development documentation, I'm not sure. The point want to bring forward with all of this is that, when it came to N64 games that were ports of PC or PlayStation games, or just general multiplatform games (which the system didn't receive many of, and most of them were PS ports anyway), I always found interesting and annoying how they unnecesarily FUCKED UP the controls unnecesarily, and my conclusion was that they were just lazily mirroring their PS and PC practices and seemingly refused to acknowledge even the most obvious and easily solved problems. I guess the platform was not the highest priority when it came to port quality, but then again, I guess the PS counterparts didn't control much better either. Also, menu style and navigation in games by many third parties that did mostly PS development used to stink quite a bit compared to Nintendo and Rare's games. There's no universal answer, but it must be answered on a per game basis. It all boils down to the quality of the design and how involvedly or lazily they were implemented. Sometimes you have to wonder how such turds could possibly pass any reasonable playtest.
3DO Doom was a rushjob due to executive incompetence. There was only one programmer tasked with converting the game to the 3DO and was under a 10-week deadline to do it since the company managing the port had little experience with game conversions and had false assumptions over how the conversion could be done. Look up info on the game's programmer, Rebecca Heineman, as she offered a full story on the nightmares she dealt with trying to program the game on such a tight deadline.
much more to Killing Time than the somewhat awkward ducks in a maze opening part. Get inside the actual mansion and the real game and ghostly plot begins
I found this interesting rabbit hole through their sarge heroes games on n64- and I got to say I didn’t realize how connected they were to the gaming world that we know now.
FWIW the FZ-10 has 1 capacitor that is known to leak causing it to stop working (I believe GadgetUK made a video on it). When you replace that 1 capacitor your FZ-10 will come back to life and work great.
Great video. I love this console. I was inspired me to make a '5 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Games Worth Playing' video. I think you might like it. Keep up the good work.
I know this video is a few years old but having owned one since the late 90’s I’m glad to see content exploring it. I’d say The Horde, Immercenary, and Star Controller 2 were some of my favorites just out of the pure fun. The first two I listed seem to never get any love on the internet which saddens me. If you haven’t burned and played these games I’d say give them a try. The Daedalus encounter was also decent for its use of live action. I forget the name but there was a Sherlock Holmes game with a bit of fun to be had also that perhaps a Brit would laugh at wholeheartedly lol
"...the Bandai Pippin" (2:39)? I remember that as the Apple 'Pippin'. Apple's attempt to break into the games console market. I wonder if it was made by Bandai for Apple? I do vaguely recall that there was a period between when Steve Jobs left Apple only to returns a few years later during which time Apple went down the OEM road - like IBM did with the PC.
I was one of the only people in my area that had a panasonic 3DO ... loved it. I ended up having to sell it because I mistakenly ran up a huge phone bill using Dial-Up AOL without a local call in number. :(...
Swap trick for the GoldStar unit? Please tell me how in a reply or post a quick video of how. I have not seen this done or heard of this, if you have please share.
Around the mid 90s when the 3DO was on the ropes, they started allowing adult titles from Vivid Video and others, usually soft core porn. And yeah, at US game stores like Electronics Boutique and others, they actually carried these. They were all at the absolute top shelves, which I believe was based on the reasoning that kids who were too young to reach them meant they wouldn't be buying them.
Please try Star Control 2. The 3DO has the best version of starcon2 with cut scenes and voice. You can actually get those for the PC rerelease ur-quan masters, now. It's a space exploration game, a genre long forgotten until the rise of the indie developers. You fly around in your space ship, mining planets and making contact to other races, slowly building your rebellion against the empire. Battles are 1on1, with each race having a unique type of space ship and in the battles it really shows that the game is from the same guys who made Archon.
I remember playing SSF2T on a demo unit in the store. I was impressed, but the console was so expensive that there was no way I was ever going to get it.
I bought this console second-hand around 25 years ago and it still works! unfortunately the guy that sold it to me din't take great care with the CDs and they were damaged; I can't finish Crash and Burn and Killing time has half the garden labyrith loose it visual graphic (but you can still navigate through! yes I'm persistant) but the Dungeon and Dragon game works well. My control is getting old, and one feature you didn't talk about is the second control plug in the controler, making multiple players a possiblility! My brother played on a giant screen in a bar Road Rash with 8 players split-screen!
I read somewhere that nintendo bought the factory for the 3DO M2 which makes sense because NGC was originally called dolphin, which was best tech demo for the M2. also panasonic made another console after with nintendo the GameQ they also supplied the optical components, partly why a gamecube never dies.
I had the Goldstar 3DO as a kid and enjoyed it immensely. I always rented games 1st to try them out and sure, I came across some bad ones (as with any system) but it also introduced me to new things and some great graphics for the time. Give the "Wing Commander" series a try starting with WC 3. It had an interactive story with FMV and tight space combat along with Mark Hamill and other notable actors playing roles. The 1st Need for Speed was also released on this system and was great. The best game ever has to be "Putt Putt Goes to the Parade" obviously LOL
The Goldstar now "LG" 3do version was notorious for the drive ribbon to crack and fail. As at thte time there was no replacement to buy you could repair if you had expert soldering skills( i DO have them) but the room that was to be used would make the unit unable to be put back together. I tossed it for a modded Ps able to read burnt disc's. If the 3do was to continue Playstation would have had a serious problem in years to come. Loved my 3DO till it died!
You must give Killing Time a chance. The intro map is annoying, and the framerate/controls take getting used to, but it is an ambitious fps of its time. Definitely worth a serious playthrough.
It's a game I've always been interested in checking out, being partial to first person shooters, and after reading many rave reviews for it in gaming publications back in the day.
Dear Mr. Top Hat Gaming Man, Please when are you going to make video's about the retro MS DOS Games or the Windows 95 games. I mean for some those where the days. Playing games just from floppy disks and later CD Rom. I always loved playing games on a PC so i hope one day you make a video about it.
I used to own one of these a few years ago, but unfortunately sold it off when I went through a period of collection downsizing. Shame, some really neat hidden gems here!
I remember this system being laughably expensive. One of those kind of prices even a kid knew better than to ask their parents for. I was only interested is Super Street Fighter II Turbo, as that game never came out for the 16-bit systems. Then it came out for MS-DOS and there was no need for the 3DO.
3DO worth playing these days? Well, maybe 3DO-exclusive games, since most of the games made on the 3DO eventually ported either to Playstation and Saturn later on, and the FMV games such as Dragon's Lair eventually ported to DVD.
as kid a loved the 3do got a used one somehow with my dads helps NFS AND Road Rash Are Must Play And Few others i can't remember o wing commander was awesome and street fighter was so awesome great system really for me thats the only game i needed and me and my old child hood friends played the shit out of it my friend where like wooo when they saw it i was a cool kid for at least 6 months lol
Your _PAL_ FZ-1 model did not go out because it was poorly made. You gradually burnt it out via the voltage because you didn't have it connected to a voltage step down transformer. Different regions around the world use varying levels of voltage and to adhere to these changes in regions, you have to check the voltage on the back (or bottom) of your console to determine which step down transformer you have to purchase. Also, you should be happier with the FZ-10. I own both the FZ-1 and FZ-10 and side by side on two TV's you can clearly see a difference. This is because the FZ-10 had an upgraded graphics chip, so it's actually slightly less grainy and choppy than the FZ-1.
Very interesting and informative. Love all the Street Fighter music in the background. I remember my brother actually considering buying one of these back in the day...glad he passed on it. The Saturn he got instead wasn't great, but it was definitely better than this.
there is a great cheat in the Sega version of Sewer Shark if someone has the second controler he can control the ship. this makes the game alot easier as one can shoot and the second can be the pilot watching for directions and recharge points. This makes it easier to get to solar city
A fine system overall, if you get the FZ-1 or 10, but such a strange marketing strategy back then. Hawkins licensed the hardware to multiple companies, as you stated, which led to the odd situation of competing against himself.
I've not tried my own 3DO in a while, but my dad's no longer works. I believe it could be fixed with a full recap. Capacitors don't last forever after all. If yours won't even turn on though, the problem might be a little more serious.
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You resorting to clickbait on us now, THGM? ;)
Top Hat Gaming Man you can do a better American accent than that. It's easy to do if you stop acting like you are Sherlock Holmes having tea with your nanny.
Top Hat Gaming Man. Taik. Dream cast. Next. By. Dylan Pierce. Good. My. You. Dylanpc1987 My. You. Buddy.
3:43 it is worth mentioning that EA under Trip Hawkins was a quality publisher that did not resort to all the BS they do now.
Exactly!
Yeah, that's worth mentioning.
Facts don't seem to be relevant in the world of this TH-cam creator.
@@rars0n THGM is no worse on facts than at least most of the others, really. It's not the only one he got wrong in this, anyway.
As an American hearing your attempt at an American accent, I think you’ve settled the score for Kevin Costner’s interpretation of Robin Hood.
It's either that or hear someone saying nonsense like, "TOSHEBERR" that other brits like to do. Like I dunno where all the r sounds come from..
I was an original era owner of a 3DO and I can remember LOVING it. Games to look into could be Need for Speed, Jurassic Park Interactive, The Deadalus Encounter, and Twisted. Had so much fun with this thing.
Same.. I'm trying to remember this horror game I use to play
@@user-nj9ll6em8k Well, the horror ones I can recall from 3DO are Phantasmagoria, 11th Hour and Alone in the Dark (I and II).
One of the reasons why Sewer Shark looks so good is because it was directed by John Dykstra, who was the special effects coordinator and miniature model maker for Star Wars: A New Hope and worked at Industrial Light and Magic . He did special effects for many different Hollywood movies and still works in Hollywood today. Just about everything in Sewer Shark was made with miniature scale models, puppets, and practical effects.
The 3D0 has the best official versions of Star Control II and Road Rash.
So it is stil worth playing today.
Star Control 2 FTW!!
The best official version that only just a tiny bit better than their respective DOS and PS1 counterparts. It's not worth it.
Kwyjibe O_o
Star Control II on the 3DO had new graphics and sound.
And the FZ-1 model of the 3DO was a high end model, which is why it was so expensive at launch. It has superior sound to the other consoles around at the time. Playing Road Rash on an FZ-1 model that is connected to a good amp with good quality cables impressed me in the 00s when I first bought a 3DO.
@@justsomeguy8385 shut up bitch
Star control 2 would be the reason I buy another one with Road crash
I developed a game based on the 3DO. It's intended to give that look and feel of an early 90's 3D game...as you say, when there was a sense of mystery and intrigue regarding the future of 3D graphics. The game is called "Verzaken!" and is available on Steam. It's intentionally cheesy - anyone nostalgic for the 3DO will enjoy it. And it contains several easter eggs :)
One word: underrated most definitely
That was fun to watch off the back of your 3DO Twitch stream this week. Great work
I always tell people the 3d0 is the most legendary system of all time it had video CDs before the DVD player and with the system you could get your photos onto a disc and then zoom in CSI style and have it digitally recreate blurred spots it had the first video effects that were created by music and could even do karaoke! Not to mention the concept of the interactive movie something that to this day hasn't fully been realized
I still have my original FZ1 3do which I purchased in 1993/4 and it still works perfectly !!!
Nic White mine just broke :( but got the fz10 :)
The appeal of Night Trap was that it was so awesome to see FMV in 1992-1993 on a console. Compared to what limited animations were available on a SNES or Genesis/MD cartridge, seeing real people in the game WAS the future (or so we thought). Now, the only appeal to play it is for nostalgia or as a historical piece of how the ESRB was created.
I’m pleased to see the return of the good old regular-speed introductory sequence.
I do remember the 3DO, at the moment it was so powerful, games used to be very detailed in graphics and the sound from the console was awesome.
Never had a 3DO but ALWAYS wanted one.I would play the Demo unit at Macy’s over and over again. I also rented a unit from a local video store where I came across my first Horror Videogame Killing Time. I loved Killing Time so much. I even hunted down the rights holder to look into a rerelease. She responded that she was going to do a remake or HD version, can’t remember which. I also love Quarantine, the first car combat I ever played.
I always wanted a 3DO. Yes, please do more videos on the 3DO! Also, please check out Lucienne's Quest. It was the only real JRPG on the system, and it looks like a pretty damn decent one. The only other console the game was on is the Saturn, but only in Japan.
I think the 3DO was a really great system hardware wise, but it was just too damn expensive, lacking in 3rd party support, and lacking in AAA titles. They had some 3rd party support and a few big name titles, just not enough. They tried hard though, so I have much respect to the former 3DO company for that. People forget that this console was suppose to be the next big thing when it was released. All the experts thought this was the next console to dominate the market.
I love how you used Super Street Fighter II Turbo music in this video.
I love the 3DO's version of the Cammy theme.
Great overview of an underrated console. I recently picked up an FZ-10 3DO and am in the process of getting the games I know I’ll play for purposes of ripping them and making my own backups. I’m surprised there wasn’t a 3DO version of Final Fight, the system could have used a good beat-em-up. As far as Plumbers Don’t Wear Ties, it’s good for some cheap laughs, but nothing more.
The FZ-1 is a sexy beast.
Best part was when he did his Dr. Evil impression and started throwing up discs in the air making in rain like money in strip club. I'm just surprised he didn't cover the adult titles available for the 3DO.
Brilliant video! Enjoyed that! Yeeeaahhh! 😎
Your UK 3DO sounds like it's capacitors have gone, you can get a capacitor pack on eBay for cheap and that should fix it.
You do very good unbiased and accurate videos ... I love the 3do and enjoyed the info you gathered on it . New subscriber here .
Sees a new THGM video!
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OMG LOLOL "Now we're playing with power." Totally earned my sub. Thanks for the laugh.
thanks for reminding me how good the 3do version of the super sf II soundtrack was
Had a blast playing samurai showdown, return fire and need for speed on 3DO when I was young
Late 90s and 2000 babies know jack about this console. I had it back in the day, I must have been the only person on earth time who was super excited about M2 the 3DO successor.
I really like the system. Bought it a couple of years ago and have a large collection for it now. I think it was ahead of its time. A lot of nice titles. The game are usually cheap too, but very uncommon in Europe. Back in the day, when it was new, I did not have enough money for it, so I kept my Mega Drive (I was a small kid).
I still play mine, Return Fire, Road rash, NFS, Star Wars Rebel Assault and Twisted are just a few of my favourites that I have to go back and play.
I don't really like when people bashes old failed systems, but it's a fact that most of the best games for the 3DO can be played on other systems where they are better (or the same), cheaper or just easier to procure. It's a system I still fail to find terribly interesting.
Amerigo Costa po'ed and need for speed were better on PSX, road rash was more or less equal across the 32bit systems. Wing Commander was better on 3do IMO. Shockwave was better on 3do. Gex was best on Saturn IMO. Not many games were better on 3do. Best home console version of wolf 3d being a Mac port had increased resolution and sprites and the music the jag version was missing.
Amerigo Costa star control 2. One of the best games ever made and still exclusive. A sci fi open world rpg.
drunkensailor112 SC2 is a port from the MS-DOS PCs. A huge amount of 3DO games basically computer games. Nothing bad with that but it might be one of the reasons why it was ignored by console gamers.
but the port is very different. the whole game is now voice acted (and if you played it you know how important that is in this game). they added fmv's to it and made an entire new soundtrack. the game also looked better.
drunkensailor you're totally right, there is a very limited number of games that have on the 3DO their best version.
Hi THGM. Several games that I can think of that were either unique to the 3DO, or show what was decent for the system: Captain Quazar, Lucienne's Quest, AD&D DeathKeep, Wing Commander 3, Star Control 2, and Immercenary.
i always viewed the 3do as a success in its own right, mainly because its one of the few CD based systems that has an actual ODE for it other than the saturn and dreamcast.
19K subs, congrats!
Still can't believe this channel has only 19k. Congratulations though.
Yes - totally worth playing today even for just the handful of amazing games it had
Anyone else watching this in 2020? Still holds up damn well!
Battlesport was my favorite game. Definitely check that one out!
I still own the F-1 and it’s original packaging. I purchased the unit back in 1993. It’s in storage but it’s in awesome condition. I pulled and toyed with the device a few years ago.
I see the thumbnail contains the blonde from Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. I feel like it wouldn't be a proper rundown of the 3DO without mentioning that glorified slide show!
I think the problem with the 3DO (and why Sony didn't go for it) was because both the software was licensed out to third parties and so was the hardware. This allowed the games to be cheaper than titles for other platforms but the hardware has to be more expensive. If a company like Sony were to do with the 3DO what they did with the PS1, the Sony 3DOs might have been cheaper on the hope that they could sell the console as a loss leader, but that would never happened as Sony titles would have been more expensive that titles from other publishers.
Sewer Shark reminds me of Microcosm. The 3DO could have been a good platform had it been cheaper. It's certainly one I really want to try, but then again, I kind of like platforms that are a little rough around the edges... I'm an Amiga fan after all!
Hmm is it actually her? Been a while since I've seen that game 👀
@@NoizeAddict13 and from a quick google search she was one of the original Gorgeous Ladies Of Wrestling - GLOW on which the Netflix series of the same name is based!
In 1996 I worked at Funcoland, a video game store that went on to become Game Stop. We had every system set up to try and I spent a lot of time playing the 3DO when I'd get bored with other systems but only for a day or two before something new came in for PS1, N64, or Saturn.
We never sold one because it was so expensive so we only had the demo unit and over in the back room collecting dust
This is probably the most underrated intro
The soundtrack of Road Rash was god damn amazing.
How the hell did playing street fighter 2 work when the controller only had 2 shoulder buttons and 3 on the pad? That's 1 button short for the l/m/h punch and kick inputs required.
SSF2 played best with the 6 Button Capcom Soldier Pad. The perfect joypad for this game.
@"Top Hat Gaming Man"
I think the issue of whether it is reasonable for a game to impose a learning curve or "getting used" to the controls is not one with a simple one-size-fits-all answer.
Sometimes you have to learn new, perhaps counter-intuitive, control schemes because the functionality they enable justifies it.
Also, just what IS "intuitive" anyway? Think, for example, of the upright/inverted debate. I cut my 3D teeth on the N64, and there most games came with "inverted" controls as default or even only option. I'm not only used to them, but in my opinion they make more sense in the context of an FPS, than the "upright" Y axis that seems to be preferred nowadays. I find newer games that impose that type of control to be frustrating (although that's only one gripe I have with modern fps controls), and also because they don't tune the "inverted" version well.
Well, this discussion could go on forever, but the point is, intuitiveness depends on a mixture of human nature, culture and personal idiosincrasy, so that's one aspect to consider.
Now, apart from whether the controls or play style are novel or stablished, is the button mapping, tuning and even the functions provided a good way to interact with the game's world? Do they enable an efficient translation of the player's will onto the on-screen action?
Did they think things out or did they obviously just slap things toghether in the most unimaginative way?
I'll go back again with my experience on the N64: The controller for that system is notoriously different compared to anything you could have considered standard back then or today. Many people rant like crazy about how bad it was, but I think they are speaking nonsense, particularly when most of them praise the DualShock as the best thing on earth, about which I can find a few important flaws, such as the ludicrous position of the analog sticks, the stupid plastick cross in the middle getting in the way of my comfort, the unintuitiveness of the symbols instead of letters scheme (some call it genius though, I guess it's a matter of flavor in this case), and the nonsensical way many games assign functions to the buttons, not to mention every game just does whatever they want.
With the N64 they managed to stablish a sort of non-spoken agreement about how A abd B were to be used in menus, for example, or maybe they did include guidelines to that effectin the development documentation, I'm not sure.
The point want to bring forward with all of this is that, when it came to N64 games that were ports of PC or PlayStation games, or just general multiplatform games (which the system didn't receive many of, and most of them were PS ports anyway), I always found interesting and annoying how they unnecesarily FUCKED UP the controls unnecesarily, and my conclusion was that they were just lazily mirroring their PS and PC practices and seemingly refused to acknowledge even the most obvious and easily solved problems.
I guess the platform was not the highest priority when it came to port quality, but then again, I guess the PS counterparts didn't control much better either.
Also, menu style and navigation in games by many third parties that did mostly PS development used to stink quite a bit compared to Nintendo and Rare's games.
There's no universal answer, but it must be answered on a per game basis.
It all boils down to the quality of the design and how involvedly or lazily they were implemented.
Sometimes you have to wonder how such turds could possibly pass any reasonable playtest.
He's right. I've seen people beat games using stuff like the controller from Guitar Hero, so there you go.
I like how hes so chill
"Their pathetically inferior voltage systems" I fucking lost it BAHAHAHAHAHA!!! GOLD!
3DO Doom was a rushjob due to executive incompetence. There was only one programmer tasked with converting the game to the 3DO and was under a 10-week deadline to do it since the company managing the port had little experience with game conversions and had false assumptions over how the conversion could be done. Look up info on the game's programmer, Rebecca Heineman, as she offered a full story on the nightmares she dealt with trying to program the game on such a tight deadline.
good work getting Trip on your show, he sounded a bit salty.
Saying about lost gaming systems. Have you had a chance to procure an Amstrad GX4000 yet?
much more to Killing Time than the somewhat awkward ducks in a maze opening part. Get inside the actual mansion and the real game and ghostly plot begins
I found this interesting rabbit hole through their sarge heroes games on n64- and I got to say I didn’t realize how connected they were to the gaming world that we know now.
Heh, didn't even know one of my most favorite games of all times, Starcontrol 2, was ported to the 3DO. :)
FWIW the FZ-10 has 1 capacitor that is known to leak causing it to stop working (I believe GadgetUK made a video on it). When you replace that 1 capacitor your FZ-10 will come back to life and work great.
Top Hat Gaming Man, I have a question for you, what do you prefer Peter Pan or Chicken Nuggets?
I had a blast with the 3DO back in the day!
We need more 3DO game reviews alot of retro gamers in today's times dont even know what 1 is😢
Great video. I love this console. I was inspired me to make a '5 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Games Worth Playing' video. I think you might like it. Keep up the good work.
love your channel dude
I know this video is a few years old but having owned one since the late 90’s I’m glad to see content exploring it. I’d say The Horde, Immercenary, and Star Controller 2 were some of my favorites just out of the pure fun. The first two I listed seem to never get any love on the internet which saddens me. If you haven’t burned and played these games I’d say give them a try. The Daedalus encounter was also decent for its use of live action. I forget the name but there was a Sherlock Holmes game with a bit of fun to be had also that perhaps a Brit would laugh at wholeheartedly lol
"...the Bandai Pippin" (2:39)? I remember that as the Apple 'Pippin'. Apple's attempt to break into the games console market. I wonder if it was made by Bandai for Apple? I do vaguely recall that there was a period between when Steve Jobs left Apple only to returns a few years later during which time Apple went down the OEM road - like IBM did with the PC.
I was one of the only people in my area that had a panasonic 3DO ... loved it. I ended up having to sell it because I mistakenly ran up a huge phone bill using Dial-Up AOL without a local call in number. :(...
What's the great music at the beginning? After the intro
Ryu’s Stage
Was "procure" on word of the day toilet paper? ;-)
Search up Adam Koralik's video on the 3DO it's pretty interesting what they were trying to do
Joey Parkhill Adams voice makes me sleepy. Iplay him on 1.25x speed
Goldstar 3DO has piracy protection. No burned games on that one sadly. :(
That's why he didn't buy it!
Right but it should have been mentioned in the video for people who don't know unlike me and you.
There's a swap trick for the goldstar units. Just get a fz model tho
Swap trick for the GoldStar unit? Please tell me how in a reply or post a quick video of how. I have not seen this done or heard of this, if you have please share.
GameWired don't do it. It will ruin your goldstar.
New sub here. I love the House of Cards theme song. Plus, I'm a 3DO nut!
Around the mid 90s when the 3DO was on the ropes, they started allowing adult titles from Vivid Video and others, usually soft core porn. And yeah, at US game stores like Electronics Boutique and others, they actually carried these. They were all at the absolute top shelves, which I believe was based on the reasoning that kids who were too young to reach them meant they wouldn't be buying them.
Give Killing Time another chance, you need to find the invitation to get into the mansion where the game actually starts.
Please try Star Control 2. The 3DO has the best version of starcon2 with cut scenes and voice. You can actually get those for the PC rerelease ur-quan masters, now. It's a space exploration game, a genre long forgotten until the rise of the indie developers. You fly around in your space ship, mining planets and making contact to other races, slowly building your rebellion against the empire. Battles are 1on1, with each race having a unique type of space ship and in the battles it really shows that the game is from the same guys who made Archon.
This was a good laugh!
I remember playing SSF2T on a demo unit in the store. I was impressed, but the console was so expensive that there was no way I was ever going to get it.
Always great watching you display your games and systems. I can't stop laughing.
I bought this console second-hand around 25 years ago and it still works! unfortunately the guy that sold it to me din't take great care with the CDs and they were damaged; I can't finish Crash and Burn and Killing time has half the garden labyrith loose it visual graphic (but you can still navigate through! yes I'm persistant) but the Dungeon and Dragon game works well. My control is getting old, and one feature you didn't talk about is the second control plug in the controler, making multiple players a possiblility! My brother played on a giant screen in a bar Road Rash with 8 players split-screen!
I read somewhere that nintendo bought the factory for the 3DO M2 which makes sense because NGC was originally called dolphin, which was best tech demo for the M2. also panasonic made another console after with nintendo the GameQ they also supplied the optical components, partly why a gamecube never dies.
Top Hat Gaming Man not happy making me to want a Saturn, now is teasing me to want a 3DO.
the difference is that the Saturn is actually legitimately great
I had the Goldstar 3DO as a kid and enjoyed it immensely. I always rented games 1st to try them out and sure, I came across some bad ones (as with any system) but it also introduced me to new things and some great graphics for the time. Give the "Wing Commander" series a try starting with WC 3. It had an interactive story with FMV and tight space combat along with Mark Hamill and other notable actors playing roles. The 1st Need for Speed was also released on this system and was great.
The best game ever has to be "Putt Putt Goes to the Parade" obviously LOL
Definitely worth to play the Wolfenstein 3D, Personally, I think it's the best best version.
I have that version lol
The Goldstar now "LG" 3do version was notorious for the drive ribbon to crack and fail. As at thte time there was no replacement to buy you could repair if you had expert soldering skills( i DO have them) but the room that was to be used would make the unit unable to be put back together. I tossed it for a modded Ps able to read burnt disc's. If the 3do was to continue Playstation would have had a serious problem in years to come. Loved my 3DO till it died!
So you played all that on the stream for a reason! ;-) Wait, you can put your power on and off with a switch? Direct to the thingie? That's dandy!
You must give Killing Time a chance. The intro map is annoying, and the framerate/controls take getting used to, but it is an ambitious fps of its time. Definitely worth a serious playthrough.
It's a game I've always been interested in checking out, being partial to first person shooters, and after reading many rave reviews for it in gaming publications back in the day.
Rebecca hienman made 3do out of this world, wolf 3d, doom and killing time.
Killing time was my gem for the 3do
Dear Mr. Top Hat Gaming Man, Please when are you going to make video's about the retro MS DOS Games or the Windows 95 games. I mean for some those where the days. Playing games just from floppy disks and later CD Rom. I always loved playing games on a PC so i hope one day you make a video about it.
I used to own one of these a few years ago, but unfortunately sold it off when I went through a period of collection downsizing. Shame, some really neat hidden gems here!
I know this video is kinda old, but you need to play all the wing commander games on the 3DO
I remember this system being laughably expensive. One of those kind of prices even a kid knew better than to ask their parents for. I was only interested is Super Street Fighter II Turbo, as that game never came out for the 16-bit systems. Then it came out for MS-DOS and there was no need for the 3DO.
Some how I did not even know this thing existed as a kid.
Very informative video THGM, Just picked a Japanese Fz-1 3DO, it powers on but won't spin or read discs :( Might have to go with the Fz-10!
RetroMediaCrypt mine too, cd rom unit burnt out.
3DO worth playing these days? Well, maybe 3DO-exclusive games, since most of the games made on the 3DO eventually ported either to Playstation and Saturn later on, and the FMV games such as Dragon's Lair eventually ported to DVD.
as kid a loved the 3do got a used one somehow with my dads helps NFS AND Road Rash Are Must Play And Few others i can't remember o wing commander was awesome and street fighter was so awesome great system really for me thats the only game i needed and me and my old child hood friends played the shit out of it my friend where like wooo when they saw it i was a cool kid for at least 6 months lol
We have 240v outlets here in the US. We're just capable of recognizing that it isn't necessary for most devices.
I love the 3DO... of course still worth playing!
Your _PAL_ FZ-1 model did not go out because it was poorly made. You gradually burnt it out via the voltage because you didn't have it connected to a voltage step down transformer. Different regions around the world use varying levels of voltage and to adhere to these changes in regions, you have to check the voltage on the back (or bottom) of your console to determine which step down transformer you have to purchase. Also, you should be happier with the FZ-10. I own both the FZ-1 and FZ-10 and side by side on two TV's you can clearly see a difference. This is because the FZ-10 had an upgraded graphics chip, so it's actually slightly less grainy and choppy than the FZ-1.
Street fighter music makes everything cool!!
Supreme Warrior! Laser video games were awesome
Very interesting and informative. Love all the Street Fighter music in the background. I remember my brother actually considering buying one of these back in the day...glad he passed on it. The Saturn he got instead wasn't great, but it was definitely better than this.
there is a great cheat in the Sega version of Sewer Shark if someone has the second controler he can control the ship. this makes the game alot easier as one can shoot and the second can be the pilot watching for directions and recharge points. This makes it easier to get to solar city
That guy playing the 3DO looks like Pete Conrad.
Good video! very entertaining!!
The first 3d generation should of been dreamcast generation
Great idea, let's just get rid of a ton of great early 3D games.
I would really appreciate if you'd provide a list of games that the footage in your videos came from.
A fine system overall, if you get the FZ-1 or 10, but such a strange marketing strategy back then. Hawkins licensed the hardware to multiple companies, as you stated, which led to the odd situation of competing against himself.
wow I sold mine about 10 years ago and got a fair bit for it, massive price on eBay surprise surprise now
I've not tried my own 3DO in a while, but my dad's no longer works. I believe it could be fixed with a full recap. Capacitors don't last forever after all. If yours won't even turn on though, the problem might be a little more serious.