Doom ran slow most probably because it used a raycaster engine, therefore needed severe CPU love from Carmack(meaning programming the engine in assembly), which it probably didn't get. But that just makes me wonder, I've watched many 3DO vids, and I haven't seen any depth buffering (or variation thereof) issues on it, such as texture maps squiggling at the bottom of the screen which one saw in PS1 and old PC 3d games. Which makes me question the way the 3DO rendered 3D in the first place.
The 3DO idea of a cheaper licensee to developers is a good idea to get lots of developers to your system, but yeah it hurts you in the long run with a surplus of way to many games.
Also because the system is made by another company, that company expects a profit not a loss like most consoles have (then they make up for it in games). The whole marketing just doomed this console.
btw I want to say Time magazine called the 3DO "Best Product of 1993" pretty cool.
I think that for the time period the 3do was THE best system for games. I think it came out alittle to early and the price was way to high. Sony did their homework and solved the problems the 3do let go, which caused its short life span. Some of the 3dos games were really great for the time period, example. Killing time, need for speed, road rash, gex, fifa soccer, madden football,the list goes on and the fact that you could get games made by Vivid adult studios.(no one else had that)
I got an fz-10 for 60.00 and a goldstar for 35.00, bought two because the hard drive runs out of space when you save your games, the games can be downloaded and burned if you know how, I burned about 100 games. So for 100.00 I got basically the entire library, Star Control II is the best game on the 3do/
Hey, Sega did themselves in when they released a number of subpar add ons to the Genesis. I mean you tell me what fucking genuis decided to release a CD add on to the Genesis, when the Saturn was coming out shortly after?
I got my Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 today in the post, and my own oppinion is... It's a seriously good system for its time. Looking back at the time where there was other consoles like the Philips CDi, Atari Jaguar, Super Nintendo, Sega Megadrive, Mega CD, 32x (ignoring the Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn)... When comparing the 3DO to the other next gens like the CDi and Jaguar... The 3DO shows its colours. :D. One hidden gem game I recommend is Powers Kingdom. :)
The 3DO is a nice to have, but not a must have. The only game to shine for that system is Road and Tracks Need for speed. Yep it all started on the 3DO.
If only the 3do would have come out with a more affordable price.. (like $200) alot of people were excited about the system, but just couldn't afford it... alot of publishers would have jumped aboard, and better games produced...It was certainly alot more powerful than the sega cd and turbo cd....(the ps1 didnt come out for a year or 2 after if i remember correctly)
Great review. No shouting, unnecessary swearing or lame joke attempts when you don't need them. Good short intro and just the facts. Good stuff, and I lol'd at the coven part, haha.
I really wanted to have a 3DO just because of Super Street Fighter 2X, but it was too expensive and I was too young to have such amount of money to buy it.....
It was 1993.. hdmi wasn't invented yet. I have the same 3DO as the guy who made the video and I bought it for the same reason because as a teen in the 90s I always wanted one but it was too expensive for my parents to buy for me.
@ATARI800XLfan To me, yes it is. The Sega CD has some really cool stuff too, but I feel the 3DO's selection is superior. And they'll both end up costing about the same, what with the Sega CD's cost added to the cost of a Genesis to run it.
@phreakindee Thanks, ended up finding a Sega CD model 2 with Model 2 genesis for 30 dollars. Is defiantly the next one I want, for Gex and wing commander 3 along with others.
@phreakindee which version do you think is the best. I can get one for 5 dollars more then the Goldstar version but with less games, plus no memory manager for the FZ-1.
@ATARI800XLfan no. sega cd has way more hidden gems that are also exclusives, try snatcher, lunar games, popful mail, shining force cd, sonic cd, third world war, monkey island, rise of the dragon, vay, space adventure, dark wizard, dune, silpheed and also the batman and spiderman games are very awesome. I LOVE the 3do but sega cd must be the most underrated system out there
I agree that the Sega CD version's graphics look inferior to other ports, especially today.
I guess the ultimate solution is to track down a copy of the game that looks and plays great (i.e. the Windows 95 or Playstation 1 port), mute the (crappy) MIDI music, and just crank up a Soundgarden CD on a regular stereo while you're playing the game.
I must say that aside from Soundgarden, Hammerbox's contributions to Road Rash ("Trip" and "Simple Passing") were stellar. It's a shame that their albums aren't anywhere as easy to track down as Soundgarden's...
@1ex1uger 3DO and PC versions contained the Soundgarden music as well. But yeah, I think the in-race music on the 3DO port is some kind of MIDI music.
Actually, my Windows 95 edition of Road Rash is similar to the 3DO port of Road Rash in the sense that you hear crappy MIDI tunes while racing. You DO hear awesome redbook audio music while interacting with the game's menu screens and buying new bikes, though. Having said that, I prefer the Sega CD port since it features zero MIDI music and all redbook audio.
@1ex1uger Nice to know, I wasn't aware that the SCD version featured full Redbook audio even during races. I'll have to track down a copy of that one!
I had a 3DO in the UK. It had a few great games! As well as the aforementioned Gex, and Need For Speed, it had the original (as in first) proper 3D version of FIFA International Soccer and a very good boxing game called 'Foes of Ali' and a great motorbike game called Road Rash. WIng Commander 3 was one of those games that you looked at and went "wow!" at - the fmv quality - for the time - was amazing, but the flying around itself wasn't that great.
A bunch of the games you pointed out that were good were originally on the Amiga, which I was surprised you even mentioned the Amiga CD32 at the beginning because NO BODY KNOWS ABOUT THE AWESOMENESS OF AMIGA! However, judging by the game footage you showed, they seem like VERY good ports. They even sound the same which is more than you can say about Amiga ports to Genesis (like Turrican).
This is another system that I won't bother collecting till I get magically rich.
It is INCREDIBLY hard to get your hands on a 3DO here in Australia (let alone the games), but it may just be worth the effort in order to play T.I.M on a console :D
@EbayFigureReviews777 Do you have the Goldstar model which has the entire CD-ROM built into the tray? I think there was a second revision that just had a standard front loading try like a computer CD drive. I have the one with the whole assembly built into the tray, I thought that might be the reason yours doesn't play backups, but I'm not sure. When you burn them did you burn them at the slowest possible speed? I burn them at 4x
@HerecomestheCalavera Im not sure I follow. but it was the goldstar model that came with a kodak picture viewer cd and fifa game. and yeah i made alot of coasters at different speeds and diff burning software.
Hey, there's a game for this system and Playstation that was ported from DOS called Wing Commander 3;Heart of the Tiger. I wonder if that is something have played, or better yet, wanted to review;)
A game store near me have 4 3DO's in stock. I was gonna get one but i figured the games might cost a lot on ebay. Now that I know I can burn games, I'm going back to get it. Thx 3DO and Dreamcast for having the balls to say fuck copy protect.
@phreakindee ye thats great imagine if the xbox 360 and the ps3 had no copy protection! one person would buy the game, spread it online and everyone else would get it!
@phreakindee Ahhhh you just made me remember Gex for the Playstation 1! Awesome fucking game and I am now going to watch a playthrough for nostalgia. :D Thank you!
Somehow mine plays ps1 games...dont know what the difference is between a regular 3do but I managed to boot RE2 and duke nukem total meltdown and jet moto 3
I wanted one of these so bad back in the day when they were $699 so I never got one. I was also a big fan of samurai showdown back in the day and also had heard that this is the only home version of samurai showdown that didn't suck.
I didn't know about the fact that the 3DO had no lockouts, pretty sweet considering now you could just make your own game library huge even if it was just a bunch of bad games you copied.
one of the best dead on reviews of the 3do. I own one and love it. Still have an original copy of Star Control II, the default goto game. Thanks for the vid
AVGN reviewed Plumber Don't Wear Ties, that there is a classic example of a horrible 3DO game, I've never used or played with a 3DO, but I'm curious about it.
@Lachlant1984 The 3DO has the quality of having either bad bad bad games, or really good good good games and versions, it is either one or the other, you will never find something middle of the road in it, still it is a very interesting system and many first versions of games are for the 3DO so I think it is worth it.
let's see how I do: 1-NES 2 -ps2 3-dreamcast 4-snes 5-genesis 6-xbox360 7-n64 8-variant of saturn controler? 9-master system 10-ps1 11-atari 2600 12-not sure, maybe aftermarket snes or a philips cdi varient or some other obscurity
@MMZen 8 is the first edition Saturn pad in America, 10 is a PC Gravis Gamepad Pro, 12 is the original PC Gravis Gamepad (which was also used on the CDi)
I don't feel so bad on getting 10 and 12 wrong as those are really obscure but I'm slightly ashamed at number 8 (even though I thought it might have been the saturn) as I actually had a saturn, I remember mine not being so bulky though, maybe I had the second edition
@Dant2142 Yeah... this was back when YouTube still had their 10-minute limit on videos, so I had to do some cutting to make the review fit. I showed the Creative logo in the list of companies that made 3DO hardware, but I had to cut out the entire section where I went into detail about the Creative 3DO Blaster.
@phreakindee Are you going to plan on archiving all cut footage from now on
Its sad to see that your work is Partly Lost
Should this video be known as partially lost. I had seen some early YouTube videos that could be lost forever and even if do exist, exist only in a lower quality copy then the original upload.
@Dakkiller1 Oh it was archived. The problem is I had a serious PC death a couple weeks ago and I lost nearly all my LGR stuff. That's also why I haven't done a video in a couple weeks now.
@phreakindee so most of this only surrvives in compressed form which elemates any change of remastering these episodes in DVD quailty for any DVD release.
Next time, you should make multiple backups to these
Archival Grade Mini DV tapes
Backup hard drives
Golden DVD's
Archival Grade VHS/ Hi-8 or any high quailty analog medium
@Dakkiller1 Ha, um... I think you're being a bit dramatic. There has never been any kind of plan for like... anything like that man. This isn't a classic movie or something spectacular like that. It's a simple hobby created with the most acceptable, cheapest and easiest hardware possible and it's called *lazy* for very good reasons.
I really don't find losing cut footage any more of a big deal than "losing" the hair when I shave. Life goes on, whoopty-doo.
@soisyourface1234 No, what I'm referring to is region lock and copy protection. You can, in theory, burn and play games from around the world without any kind of mod chip or special alterations, just a stock machine.
@Minority119 well i bought a dreamcast just last year and i just download and burn games straight off certain websites and stick them in my dreamcast and they work perfectly straight away.
@StickPeopleAndPuff Haha, no, it's actually not a favorite by any means. The "game" is pretty terrible. It's just a prime example of some of the infamous smut available for the machine.
@phreakindee I have the P.C. version of GEX, and I have a few questions: Is it an obscure port? Is it rare? And have you ever seen the P.C. version of GEX? I have it, and it's the holy grail of my gaming career.
@ProductionsHead For the 3DO, all I have are the two controllers. I've been wanting to get a mouse for it, but coming from Japan they can be tough to find and a bit costly to ship.
Hmm, sounds just like PS3. The parallels are amazing. If it wasn't the shear might of Sony, and a monopolistic gaming /copyright industry, then PS3 could have gone the way of 3DO.
Doom ran slow most probably because it used a raycaster engine, therefore needed severe CPU love from Carmack(meaning programming the engine in assembly), which it probably didn't get. But that just makes me wonder, I've watched many 3DO vids, and I haven't seen any depth buffering (or variation thereof) issues on it, such as texture maps squiggling at the bottom of the screen which one saw in PS1 and old PC 3d games. Which makes me question the way the 3DO rendered 3D in the first place.
strydom666 14 hours ago
What, no mention of Plumbers Don't Wear Ties? :D
taitaisanchez 5 days ago
The 3DO idea of a cheaper licensee to developers is a good idea to get lots of developers to your system, but yeah it hurts you in the long run with a surplus of way to many games.
Also because the system is made by another company, that company expects a profit not a loss like most consoles have (then they make up for it in games). The whole marketing just doomed this console.
btw I want to say Time magazine called the 3DO "Best Product of 1993" pretty cool.
Sypran 1 week ago
I think that for the time period the 3do was THE best system for games. I think it came out alittle to early and the price was way to high. Sony did their homework and solved the problems the 3do let go, which caused its short life span. Some of the 3dos games were really great for the time period, example. Killing time, need for speed, road rash, gex, fifa soccer, madden football,the list goes on and the fact that you could get games made by Vivid adult studios.(no one else had that)
MrHondatrxex 1 week ago
Amiga isn't a company...
mephisto40 1 week ago
the 3do is a good system for its time and very powerfull however the lack of good games and the price killed it
Mhd287 1 week ago
You were playing Bleach by Nirvana on the CD Player screen werent you?
SlasherMiniFilms 1 week ago
@SlasherMiniFilms Yes! For a company founded in 1991 and console released in 1993, I found it extremely appropriate.
phreakindee 1 week ago 2
I could not justify $600 for a console back then.
Daehawk 3 weeks ago
EA should reboot Gex like Ubisoft did Rayman. He could bring back game mascots.
RedWolf3487 3 weeks ago
I got an fz-10 for 60.00 and a goldstar for 35.00, bought two because the hard drive runs out of space when you save your games, the games can be downloaded and burned if you know how, I burned about 100 games. So for 100.00 I got basically the entire library, Star Control II is the best game on the 3do/
IncantationNYDM 3 weeks ago
8:22 he-man? XD
junj03 4 weeks ago
didnt James Rolfe (AVGN) have problems in finding a working 3DO? Im surprised you found one that worked first time!
NarcoticEvil 1 month ago in playlist More videos from phreakindee
@NarcoticEvil That was the CD-I, and nobody likes that console.
Supergamerofchaos 1 month ago
@NarcoticEvil that was the cdi the 3do is far better
Mhd287 1 week ago
What a time not? So many consoles so many changes .. cd-rom and multimedia...and so many horrible horrible bad ideas.
masticina 1 month ago
3DO is really, really, cool. It's like having a 486 or a Pentium PC, but in a console, which makes it cheaper and easier to find.
TeamRocketReviews 1 month ago
wing commander 3 on 3do was awesome
nakorn86 1 month ago in playlist More videos from phreakindee
don't forget Plumbers Don't Wear Ties!
461Masterchief 1 month ago
Hey, Sega did themselves in when they released a number of subpar add ons to the Genesis. I mean you tell me what fucking genuis decided to release a CD add on to the Genesis, when the Saturn was coming out shortly after?
ThinkTink606432 1 month ago
I got my Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 today in the post, and my own oppinion is... It's a seriously good system for its time. Looking back at the time where there was other consoles like the Philips CDi, Atari Jaguar, Super Nintendo, Sega Megadrive, Mega CD, 32x (ignoring the Sony Playstation and Sega Saturn)... When comparing the 3DO to the other next gens like the CDi and Jaguar... The 3DO shows its colours. :D. One hidden gem game I recommend is Powers Kingdom. :)
TheOnlineXtreme 1 month ago
Have you tried Wolfenstein 3D for the 3DO yet? It seems like a decent port.
LoticaStudios 2 months ago 7
@LoticaStudios I have, and it is indeed quite good. Probably the best I've seen on a console from back then.
phreakindee 2 months ago 3
sweet review! I take it The Coven is dirty
TheSegaStoner 2 months ago
The song at the end and during the "coven scene" sounds so much like sofa rockers by Kruder and Dorfmeister. Just sayin'. Oh screw you!
xebek 2 months ago
I didn't now anything about the 3DO until now. Great review!
upallhours9 2 months ago
@phreakindee - I traded an Atari Jaguar I found at a thrift store for a Goldstar 3DO. Do you think it was worth it?
Doommaster1994 2 months ago 2
@Doommaster1994 I've never owned a Jaguar, but from what I've heard and my experiences with the 3DO, I'd say that's not a bad trade.
phreakindee 2 months ago 2
@Doommaster1994 OH YES
Ste6791 1 month ago
I have a boxed Fz-10. Terrible thing. Can't find any good games.
SomaliSamurai 2 months ago
I had a 3DO as a child, I loved it so much. A lot of fond memories, glad to know someone else knows about it.
Subscribed!
Dondeath 3 months ago
Nice imformitive review!:)
Goltork2 3 months ago
I didnt know jack about the 3D0. This was really well done and informative.
OneUpMushroom 3 months ago
whats the coven and where can i get a review and are you a twin or was that your friend
BlueTiger368 3 months ago
The 3DO is a nice to have, but not a must have. The only game to shine for that system is Road and Tracks Need for speed. Yep it all started on the 3DO.
bazfanv2 3 months ago
oh my god i remember hearing about the 3do as a kid but never seen anyone with one i honestly thought it was a myth for a while lol
mrdta97 4 months ago
If only the 3do would have come out with a more affordable price.. (like $200) alot of people were excited about the system, but just couldn't afford it... alot of publishers would have jumped aboard, and better games produced...It was certainly alot more powerful than the sega cd and turbo cd....(the ps1 didnt come out for a year or 2 after if i remember correctly)
nintendoneil 4 months ago
Great review. No shouting, unnecessary swearing or lame joke attempts when you don't need them. Good short intro and just the facts. Good stuff, and I lol'd at the coven part, haha.
LeahWayEarth 4 months ago
I really wanted to have a 3DO just because of Super Street Fighter 2X, but it was too expensive and I was too young to have such amount of money to buy it.....
lamtatyan 4 months ago
It was 1993.. hdmi wasn't invented yet. I have the same 3DO as the guy who made the video and I bought it for the same reason because as a teen in the 90s I always wanted one but it was too expensive for my parents to buy for me.
BlackTTC6 5 months ago
What wired controllers and no HDMI what kind of hell is this! lol
qboywv 5 months ago
32k even less than my bios on me laptop
homer4556 5 months ago
Another professional review of yours which is also entertaining.
G9King 5 months ago
You should've gotten the Wolfenstein 3D port on the 3DO.
LoticaStudios 5 months ago
Would the 3DO be a better choice then a Sega CD?
ATARI800XLfan 5 months ago
@ATARI800XLfan To me, yes it is. The Sega CD has some really cool stuff too, but I feel the 3DO's selection is superior. And they'll both end up costing about the same, what with the Sega CD's cost added to the cost of a Genesis to run it.
phreakindee 5 months ago 8
@phreakindee Thanks, how about a Sega 32X vs CD?
ATARI800XLfan 5 months ago
@phreakindee Thanks, ended up finding a Sega CD model 2 with Model 2 genesis for 30 dollars. Is defiantly the next one I want, for Gex and wing commander 3 along with others.
ATARI800XLfan 5 months ago
@phreakindee Not to mention the 3DO has the best version of Star Control II (provided you can find it)
RJTamm93 5 months ago
@phreakindee which version do you think is the best. I can get one for 5 dollars more then the Goldstar version but with less games, plus no memory manager for the FZ-1.
ATARI800XLfan 5 months ago
@phreakindee cdi is the worst i've heard
makutateridax200 3 months ago
@phreakindee The problem with the 3DO is that it has no good exclusives. The Sega CD at least has some that you can't find anywhere else.
EnigmaHood 6 days ago in playlist Lazy Game Reviews - Official
@ATARI800XLfan no. sega cd has way more hidden gems that are also exclusives, try snatcher, lunar games, popful mail, shining force cd, sonic cd, third world war, monkey island, rise of the dragon, vay, space adventure, dark wizard, dune, silpheed and also the batman and spiderman games are very awesome. I LOVE the 3do but sega cd must be the most underrated system out there
drunkensailor112 5 months ago
@ATARI800XLfan hell yes
DarthSchwartz 2 months ago
@ATARI800XLfan MUCH BETTER IF YOU HAD THE MONEY.
Ste6791 1 month ago
Seeing the intro, I got a question I'm dying to ask.
Coke or Pepsi fan?
739199 6 months ago
@739199 9 Pepsi on its own, especially from a fountain, is sublime and my first cola choice. But I much prefer Coke as a mixer :)
phreakindee 6 months ago
He discovers porn at 9:49 LOL
Reconseal4050 6 months ago
In 5:30 what was that song
undeth01 6 months ago
LOVE IT I STILL HAVE MY ORIGINAL CONSOLE TO PALY SHTTT
machetillo 6 months ago
i love the 3dfx computer case in the backround
NitroDragster426 6 months ago
@NullaVids
I agree that the Sega CD version's graphics look inferior to other ports, especially today.
I guess the ultimate solution is to track down a copy of the game that looks and plays great (i.e. the Windows 95 or Playstation 1 port), mute the (crappy) MIDI music, and just crank up a Soundgarden CD on a regular stereo while you're playing the game.
1ex1uger 6 months ago
@1ex1uger
I must say that aside from Soundgarden, Hammerbox's contributions to Road Rash ("Trip" and "Simple Passing") were stellar. It's a shame that their albums aren't anywhere as easy to track down as Soundgarden's...
1ex1uger 6 months ago
Nice review, man. Subscribed.
Boorger 6 months ago
The 3DO edition of Road Rash featured MIDI music? How lame! The Sega CD port features (great) redbook audio music by (great) bands like Soundgarden.
1ex1uger 6 months ago
@1ex1uger 3DO and PC versions contained the Soundgarden music as well. But yeah, I think the in-race music on the 3DO port is some kind of MIDI music.
phreakindee 6 months ago
@phreakindee
Actually, my Windows 95 edition of Road Rash is similar to the 3DO port of Road Rash in the sense that you hear crappy MIDI tunes while racing. You DO hear awesome redbook audio music while interacting with the game's menu screens and buying new bikes, though. Having said that, I prefer the Sega CD port since it features zero MIDI music and all redbook audio.
1ex1uger 6 months ago
@1ex1uger Nice to know, I wasn't aware that the SCD version featured full Redbook audio even during races. I'll have to track down a copy of that one!
phreakindee 6 months ago
@phreakindee Yea, the in game music is MIDI because the system couldn't handle CD audio with how large the levels are, too much RAM usage apparently.
thatguyontheright1 6 months ago
I paid $400.00 for mine...
WetworksTV 6 months ago
Love my 3DO
bpotts0401 7 months ago
Lol, that version of doom looks sucky, suppose to be good on the jaguar but no music. i want a 3DO so I may get one.
kapeesh67 7 months ago
It's like the 3DS
kevbot5745 7 months ago
This is why I like your reviews - you're an underrated, informative and interesting reviewer. Keep these review up, mate! ;D
Astroman9991 7 months ago
Star Control II. One of the Greatest games of all time is in its full glory on the 3DO!
halfloafofkungfu 7 months ago
Sorry, missed the Road Rash bit at the end of the vid!
shotfan 7 months ago
I had a 3DO in the UK. It had a few great games! As well as the aforementioned Gex, and Need For Speed, it had the original (as in first) proper 3D version of FIFA International Soccer and a very good boxing game called 'Foes of Ali' and a great motorbike game called Road Rash. WIng Commander 3 was one of those games that you looked at and went "wow!" at - the fmv quality - for the time - was amazing, but the flying around itself wasn't that great.
shotfan 7 months ago
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TyTazzyTiger64 7 months ago
A bunch of the games you pointed out that were good were originally on the Amiga, which I was surprised you even mentioned the Amiga CD32 at the beginning because NO BODY KNOWS ABOUT THE AWESOMENESS OF AMIGA! However, judging by the game footage you showed, they seem like VERY good ports. They even sound the same which is more than you can say about Amiga ports to Genesis (like Turrican).
morefredmoore2 7 months ago
great vid! subscribed :)
Ndev07 7 months ago
does it still cost 1000$ today? lol
i might geta new one, since mine got broken (fucking stupid cleaner!!! i told her not to clean the shelf -.-')
HoLDoN4Sec 7 months ago
that "Gex" actually looks pretty cool :P
playsafe869 7 months ago
Holy shit, is that Boards of Canada I hear in the background... props man, completely forgot about the song Nlogax
h0peIs 8 months ago
I'd like to buy another one, but wow, they have really gone up in price over the past 2-3 years =(
EbayFigureReviews777 8 months ago
This is another system that I won't bother collecting till I get magically rich.
It is INCREDIBLY hard to get your hands on a 3DO here in Australia (let alone the games), but it may just be worth the effort in order to play T.I.M on a console :D
Quimbyrbg 8 months ago
699 and in the 90's !!!!!
WTF
even the PS3 wasn't that expensive at the start
mighty3alloa 8 months ago
I just bought a Goldstar for $5 and a brand new in the box FZ-JP1x for $10. So I spend a total of $15 for a working 3DO system. Not a bad deal eh? :)
HerecomestheCalavera 8 months ago
@HerecomestheCalavera too bad the goldstar cant play burnt games that would have definilty been a good deal.
EbayFigureReviews777 8 months ago
@EbayFigureReviews777 Mine plays burnt games just fine, I have several and they all work great
HerecomestheCalavera 8 months ago
@HerecomestheCalavera really? my goldstar didnt play burnt games. interesting.
EbayFigureReviews777 8 months ago
@EbayFigureReviews777 Do you have the Goldstar model which has the entire CD-ROM built into the tray? I think there was a second revision that just had a standard front loading try like a computer CD drive. I have the one with the whole assembly built into the tray, I thought that might be the reason yours doesn't play backups, but I'm not sure. When you burn them did you burn them at the slowest possible speed? I burn them at 4x
HerecomestheCalavera 8 months ago
@HerecomestheCalavera Im not sure I follow. but it was the goldstar model that came with a kodak picture viewer cd and fifa game. and yeah i made alot of coasters at different speeds and diff burning software.
EbayFigureReviews777 8 months ago
@EbayFigureReviews777 I'll try to explain better, when you eject the tray can you see the laser? Or is it just empty like a CD drive on a computer
HerecomestheCalavera 8 months ago
@HerecomestheCalavera it was a couple years ago. but i think the laser came out with it.
EbayFigureReviews777 8 months ago
@EbayFigureReviews777 Hmm, I'm not sure then. Perhaps the laser was just getting worn out.
HerecomestheCalavera 8 months ago
@phreakindee Was Another world made by Lucas arts? It has that feel to it.
Zestypanda 9 months ago
I had a GoldStar VCR! :D
Zestypanda 9 months ago
i think the most underated console and badly programned games for was for the atari jaguar it could have done much more than was achieved
rhodesy71 9 months ago
Hey, there's a game for this system and Playstation that was ported from DOS called Wing Commander 3;Heart of the Tiger. I wonder if that is something have played, or better yet, wanted to review;)
Audiomancer 9 months ago
good review. I like your style. You are quite direct.
dreamcastII 9 months ago
A game store near me have 4 3DO's in stock. I was gonna get one but i figured the games might cost a lot on ebay. Now that I know I can burn games, I'm going back to get it. Thx 3DO and Dreamcast for having the balls to say fuck copy protect.
KoriJei 9 months ago
Hell yeah! Po'ed! I had that for the ps1!
CreamofFetus 10 months ago
I beleive the name 3DO means Three Dimensional Objects
Alevamltd 10 months ago
It's copy protection is great! SEGA also took advantage of this amazing copy-protection with the Dreamcast!
ThePhoneUpdate 10 months ago 6
@ThePhoneUpdate The best copy protection is none at all :D
phreakindee 10 months ago 27
@phreakindee ye thats great imagine if the xbox 360 and the ps3 had no copy protection! one person would buy the game, spread it online and everyone else would get it!
evilgamers1 8 months ago
@phreakindee indeed! i don't know why developers still spend money on copy protection...
it'll be cracked anyway... :D
TomeeDee86 5 months ago
I smell a Ninny
ExtremeBogom 10 months ago
@ExtremeBogom Welcome to YouTube, where every single person who opens their mouth is wrong, ignorant, and deluded.
phreakindee 10 months ago 24
@phreakindee Well said
Blake5467 10 months ago
@phreakindee Ahhhh you just made me remember Gex for the Playstation 1! Awesome fucking game and I am now going to watch a playthrough for nostalgia. :D Thank you!
ghost2021a 6 months ago
nice futuristic
devonatt 10 months ago
Somehow mine plays ps1 games...dont know what the difference is between a regular 3do but I managed to boot RE2 and duke nukem total meltdown and jet moto 3
bsmoove69 11 months ago
6:13 Was Clint in his underwear?! O_o
fatjack421 11 months ago
@fatjack421 Not sure how you saw underwear, but no. Besides, going commando is where it's at.
phreakindee 11 months ago 13
In it's original box:)
fatjack421 11 months ago
I have an FZ-10 :)
fatjack421 11 months ago
I wanted one of these so bad back in the day when they were $699 so I never got one. I was also a big fan of samurai showdown back in the day and also had heard that this is the only home version of samurai showdown that didn't suck.
I didn't know about the fact that the 3DO had no lockouts, pretty sweet considering now you could just make your own game library huge even if it was just a bunch of bad games you copied.
shohmyoh 11 months ago
they added music to Another World??BLASPHEMY!
Zontar82 11 months ago
@Zontar82 Yeah, music during gameplay of Another World I do not agree with. Much better to just have the chilling ambiance.
phreakindee 11 months ago
@phreakindee I could see it either way.
WalrusRockGod 10 months ago
one of the best dead on reviews of the 3do. I own one and love it. Still have an original copy of Star Control II, the default goto game. Thanks for the vid
p0rnstorejanitor 11 months ago
AVGN reviewed Plumber Don't Wear Ties, that there is a classic example of a horrible 3DO game, I've never used or played with a 3DO, but I'm curious about it.
Lachlant1984 11 months ago
@Lachlant1984 The 3DO has the quality of having either bad bad bad games, or really good good good games and versions, it is either one or the other, you will never find something middle of the road in it, still it is a very interesting system and many first versions of games are for the 3DO so I think it is worth it.
Ryoga2K 11 months ago
i have a 3d0 =3
brandonnesfan 11 months ago
let's see how I do: 1-NES 2 -ps2 3-dreamcast 4-snes 5-genesis 6-xbox360 7-n64 8-variant of saturn controler? 9-master system 10-ps1 11-atari 2600 12-not sure, maybe aftermarket snes or a philips cdi varient or some other obscurity
MMZen 11 months ago
@MMZen 8 is the first edition Saturn pad in America, 10 is a PC Gravis Gamepad Pro, 12 is the original PC Gravis Gamepad (which was also used on the CDi)
phreakindee 11 months ago
@phreakindee
I don't feel so bad on getting 10 and 12 wrong as those are really obscure but I'm slightly ashamed at number 8 (even though I thought it might have been the saturn) as I actually had a saturn, I remember mine not being so bulky though, maybe I had the second edition
MMZen 11 months ago
I loved Road Rash on the 3DO, especially listening to Sound Garden while I played.
OneEyedJack1970 1 year ago
I'm surprised you didn't put Wolfenstein 3D in there. That was a pretty good port. Great review though.
Doommaster1994 1 year ago
@jowrab yeah i know... that's what i said :)
DaManIzBack 1 year ago
This was going to be EA's entry into the console market until Trip left the company.
BricktownBubba 1 year ago
I'm surprised you didn't mention the 3DO Blaster in this review.
Dant2142 1 year ago
@Dant2142 Yeah... this was back when YouTube still had their 10-minute limit on videos, so I had to do some cutting to make the review fit. I showed the Creative logo in the list of companies that made 3DO hardware, but I had to cut out the entire section where I went into detail about the Creative 3DO Blaster.
phreakindee 1 year ago
@phreakindee So, could you upload the uncut version of this video
Dakkiller1 11 months ago
@Dakkiller1 I don't have the cut footage anymore.
phreakindee 11 months ago
@phreakindee Are you going to plan on archiving all cut footage from now on
Its sad to see that your work is Partly Lost
Should this video be known as partially lost. I had seen some early YouTube videos that could be lost forever and even if do exist, exist only in a lower quality copy then the original upload.
Dakkiller1 11 months ago
@Dakkiller1 Oh it was archived. The problem is I had a serious PC death a couple weeks ago and I lost nearly all my LGR stuff. That's also why I haven't done a video in a couple weeks now.
phreakindee 11 months ago
@phreakindee so most of this only surrvives in compressed form which elemates any change of remastering these episodes in DVD quailty for any DVD release.
Next time, you should make multiple backups to these
Archival Grade Mini DV tapes
Backup hard drives
Golden DVD's
Archival Grade VHS/ Hi-8 or any high quailty analog medium
Dakkiller1 11 months ago
@Dakkiller1 Ha, um... I think you're being a bit dramatic. There has never been any kind of plan for like... anything like that man. This isn't a classic movie or something spectacular like that. It's a simple hobby created with the most acceptable, cheapest and easiest hardware possible and it's called *lazy* for very good reasons.
I really don't find losing cut footage any more of a big deal than "losing" the hair when I shave. Life goes on, whoopty-doo.
phreakindee 11 months ago
@phreakindee LOL
So far, I only have backup HD for archiving
Starting with a cartoon pilot for my VIR Animation channel, I'll start spending cash on archival media.
Dakkiller1 11 months ago
Return fire i played that game on the ps1 When i was a littel kid! I mis that game alot D;
boethet 1 year ago
Shadow: war of sucksession LOL!
boethet 1 year ago
@boethet Hehe, glad you noticed that!
phreakindee 1 year ago
I see you have a nice collection, have fun! :D
quakebox 1 year ago
freakin lmao 5:58
kinmanyuen 1 year ago
Another World is awesome!
And I didn't know SNK made a Samurai Showdown port on the 3DO. Didn't they have the Neo-Geo already?
Nice review, by the way.
dubstepgamer 1 year ago
Do you have a Atari Jaguar? If you do can you do a review of that?
SniperStorm7 1 year ago
Good review!
carljenk 1 year ago
ok the sega cd and the 3D0 have no lock out code or thing does that mean you can play 3DO games on a sega cd
soisyourface1234 1 year ago
@soisyourface1234 No, what I'm referring to is region lock and copy protection. You can, in theory, burn and play games from around the world without any kind of mod chip or special alterations, just a stock machine.
phreakindee 1 year ago
@phreakindee you can do that on the dreamcast too
DaManIzBack 1 year ago
@DaManIzBack not quite
well, yeah you can
but I think that the post 2000s models had the bios rewritten, therefore, burnt copies wouldn't work
Minority119 1 year ago
@Minority119 well i bought a dreamcast just last year and i just download and burn games straight off certain websites and stick them in my dreamcast and they work perfectly straight away.
DaManIzBack 1 year ago
Agreed. Love the Look! Why are those types of games not available on xbox and sony?
CliveGains80s 1 year ago
where do you download games for the 3DO?
hopsonvideo 1 year ago
@hopsonvideo Decidedly gray areas of the interwebz...
phreakindee 1 year ago
@jowrab No.
IvoryGecko1993 1 year ago
Thanks I'm found my favorite game when I'm was young
juthawong 1 year ago
More Expensive then the average PS3.
Its Everyone's Favorite Panasonic. 3D0!
ProductionsHead 1 year ago
I'm a proud owner of a FZ1 and my favorite game is Gex. The humor in Gex is very funny and the sound and gameplay are great.
Great job on your review.
strebis6 1 year ago
is... is that a gravis pc gamepad controller???
I'm right now erecting a statue in your honor, you glorious man
Minority119 1 year ago
you did forget to show the coven for one of your favorite games
StickPeopleAndPuff 1 year ago
@StickPeopleAndPuff Haha, no, it's actually not a favorite by any means. The "game" is pretty terrible. It's just a prime example of some of the infamous smut available for the machine.
phreakindee 1 year ago
@phreakindee I have the P.C. version of GEX, and I have a few questions: Is it an obscure port? Is it rare? And have you ever seen the P.C. version of GEX? I have it, and it's the holy grail of my gaming career.
IvoryGecko1993 1 year ago
@phreakindee Do you got any Acessories for it?
ProductionsHead 1 year ago
@ProductionsHead For the 3DO, all I have are the two controllers. I've been wanting to get a mouse for it, but coming from Japan they can be tough to find and a bit costly to ship.
phreakindee 1 year ago
This is a very well done review.
Wampaa 1 year ago
3DO?
Hmm, sounds just like PS3. The parallels are amazing. If it wasn't the shear might of Sony, and a monopolistic gaming /copyright industry, then PS3 could have gone the way of 3DO.
biped19 1 year ago
That version of "Road Rash" looks really nice!
MattTheSaiyan 1 year ago 2
ps1 good old times
killerofporn 1 year ago
Cool, By the way, very nice channel idea, and I love GEX!
HitoriItai 1 year ago