20 Games That Defined the 3DO

[mmabuff101]

space hulk was sick. graphics killed anything out at the time

[TriggyTiger]

What happen to Captain Quazar, Phonix 3, Battle Sport?

[mo21nk]

gex cannon fodder themepark all good

[Robertdub2006]

This console was far to dear at the time and yet the games were nothing special, i stuck with my snes and megacd which combined where cheaper than the 3do

[Stretchable0]

lol these graphics are no better than the saturn's what's so great about this shit? only came out a year earlier >.>

[YukoAsho]

How the hell is Ballz there but no Star Control 2, Wolf3D, or Total Eclipse?

[msk578]

What no Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball? I spent hours between that one and Need for Speed!

[ThePhil909]

i wont even bother with th emu, thk god for ps1, that blew everyone out of the water, seeya stupid boxy(square shapes) nintendo ahaha

[chickendave2]

@ThePhil909 n64>ps1

[kinmanyuen]

return fire looks pretty wellmade

[killkenny5000]

I CANT BELIEVE YOU FORGOT WOLFENSTEIN 3D

ITS THE BEST WOLF3D PORT EVER KNOWN

[YukoAsho]

@killkenny5000 Pretty much. To think it took, what, 15-20 years for a comparable port (PSN/XBLA), and then still beat by the 3DO with its amazing music.

[killkenny5000]

@YukoAsho well wolfenstein 3D on 3DO is the same version to MAC version

they both have same gameplay and same graphics and both have 90 levels

but i like 3DO better since your using a controller instead of a keyboard + better music

PC, PS3/360 only go up to 60 levels

and SNES atari jaguar only go up to 30 levels

[foxmakeba]

3DO had made OVER 20 games?!

[mrfalafl]

Sorry brah, but Star Control 2 was one of the best games of all time, and easily the best on 3DO.

[TurningJappanesse]

No Wing Commander or Total Eclipse? No we get shit titles like PO'ed and Way of the Warrior.

[madsli]

Needs star control 2, one of the few cases where the superior version wasn't the pc version, it was he one for the 3DO.

[TPubbie]

No Star Control 2? One of the few AAA games that is 3DO console-exclusive, and it didn't make the list.

Sir, I am disappoint.

[4131025]

also doom

[SpiralPegasus]

May I ask what the sweet soundtrack is?

[REALSlutHunter]

@SpiralPegasus

From Fatal Fury 2 - Big Bear Stage

[SpiralPegasus]

@REALSlutHunter Thank you!

[sclf]

There were 20 games?

[nooblet911]

cool console but too expensive for the time.

[Tactomanify]

Gex is so awesome, i played it on pc though

[EmperorofCartoons]

How fitting to begin a video about the 3D) with a game called "Crash and Burn".

[thermonuclearweapon]

3DO president: I mean... how can we possibly fail when we have games called "Ballz" and "Road Rash"??

[calamaty]

@thermonuclearweapon It was the price that made it fail, those two games were also on the Genesis.

[jacksiin1000]

Its strange how the 3do is almost forgotten by all the gaming historians....For the time it was a very powerful and capable system but like the Neo Geo, you had to be bloody rich to own it!

[dvsrt101]

I remember Street Fighter II on 3DO looked awesome, but it was impossible to play with the clunky 3-button 3DO controller.

[mdcowboy15]

@dvsrt101 Ahem, it had 7 buttons. 5 face buttons, and two triggers.

[FuerzaAzteca1000]

Where is Dragon's lair?. he missed that one hehehe 3DO sux anyways

[tHeWasTeDYouTh]

Space Hulk looked pretty awesome

[BanjoKiD2K]

Road Rash, Gex, Need for Speed, Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Return Fire was some of the best on the system.

Space Hulk looked amazing, was not so great to play though, and who can forget Wing Comander 3

[opcode41]

And none of these are good... There's a reason this thing crashed n burned it sucked

[BanjoKiD2K]

@opcode41

It never really sucked that bad.

The SNES was still doing very well, much like the Wii was when PS3 and Xbox 360 was trying to get a better hold on the markets.

The 3DO had some good games, sadly a lot was based on the wow factor of Graphics that was not possible on any other system at that time, many also going the cheap wow looks real motion video games that look like a movie but have limited playability.

the 3D0 high price and news of the PSX and Saturn killed off the console

[BanjoKiD2K]

@opcode41

Also Road Rash was the best version as of that time, and is still one of the best verions of the series, Need for Speed was quite ground breaking. Super Street Fighter 2 X was the most Arcade Perfect version on the market.

Its just a shame that a lot of Games was released purely on visuals and not playable.

Also in those days Sega and Nintendo had a monoply on a lot of Software/Games developers to them selves.

[Zynyster]

I loved the creepy fun shooting game called, "Escape from Monster Manor" of 3DO.

[mostaphobia]

i had 8 of those ...... maybe before 15 years !!!! but c'mon this isn't the best 20 one , i remember a game with a lot of asses and in @ first u just have a knife , and there is spacesport and another 2 games i can't remember anything about them

[Magix1reaper]

My brother purchased the system for 600. I bought it from him a decade and more later for 50. Not a bad system for it's time.

[uzack3]

HELLOOOOO> CRASH N BURN, STAR CONTOLL, TOTAL ECLIPSE??? BEST GAMES EVER not dumb ass soccer and balls

[POTIS1]

SHOCKWAVE WAS THE FIRST AWESOME 3D GAME IN THIS PIECE OF GOLD CONSOLE.

3DO WAS BY DOWNHANDS THE VEST CONSOLE OF 1994 AND THE FIRST REAL 3D CONSOLE THAT KICKED ASS THE AMIGA'S GAMES DOMINATION AND END AMIGA'S GAME REIGN.

[TheWomacker]

Wrong, the best was star control 2,no 3do game could cause bioware to make a series similar to it, trust me, mass effect would exist as the mass effect we knoe today without star control 2

Frungy FTW

[kingstonlj]

The 3DO was an amazing machine back in 93/94 - and only the price prevented it from being a success.... It destroyed the Jaguar - and was a true next-generation 3D machine with CD.... When the Playstation & Saturn arrived, though, they destroyed the 3DO... The machine was part of a strange transition period, that was too early for most people.. so they waited for better machines, as they still liked the 16-bit consoles.

[GoateeMan]

No Guardian War?

[CivfcNeuro]

how bout burning soldier?

[romanant000]

where is Heroes III ????????????????????

[jbisasky]

I think a lot of people didn't realize a lot of the early 'next gen' Saturn/PS1 games were in fact 3DO ports.

[limboslam]

No Wing Commander or Killing Time?

[Gaskinmoo]

What about "Killing time" and "Ice Breaker"

[jackoneill45]

Space Hulk VOTBA was an amazing game. It's funny how even though it was on the 3DO first it was ported to the PC and later the PS1 to keep it alive.

If there was one version that was the best, I'd say the PC version if only for the networked multiplayer. The controls were a bit hard on the PC though if you didn't use a gamepad, because it had no native mouse support.

[defbatface]

I had a majority of these titles. 3DO represented a time of untethered next gen freelance hardware development. proud to say i owned one.

[gumdo666]

@defbatface

I'd be ashamed to admit I dished out 700 bucks back then for this piece of worthless plastic. My friend has this system in Uni and I WASN'T impressed. You' re what's wrong with the economic crisis: Wastig money left and right like it's water.

[defbatface]

@gumdo666 lol cool it bra. First off there was no economic crisis in 1993. We were in fact in a period of historic economic growth. All I'm saying is that during that time there were far more than just 2 consoles to choose from, it represented a period of pioneering hardware development. Also some of these titles defined current gen genre experiences, Alone in the Dark in particular was a huge inspiration for the Resident Evil series. Get your facts straight and quit trolling homey.

[gumdo666]

@defbatface

My facts were straight, but I guess I sounded like a jerk. Sorry about that. I still think this potentially (back then) impressive machine wasted its power on garbage games. software was the killer, as well as price. Same thing with PC Engine(TG16). Look at Castlevania Rondo....awesome game....but machine didn't live up tp its potential. Same as your Alone in the Dark comment :)

[Skittles0whoa]

@defbatface The games were great but the console had it's flaws. Did you pay the full $699 for it?

[DaRezizestence]

@defbatface my dad has one and i play lemmings on it all the time ;D in my opinion it was just a system ahead of its time.

[TomeeDee86]

this console is soooo much 90s :)

love it!

[exactspace]

Haha balls sucked

[hipnotyq]

battlesport!!!

[jeffhanson1]

There was actually a successor for the 3DO called M2, but Panasonic cancelled it just a few weeks before it was going to be released in 1997. Panasonic was worried they wouldn't be able to compete with Sony PlayStation 1.

[RigoKellerColas]

@jeffhanson1 Strange, It looks like even the original 3DO was able to process faster than PS1.

[721bigron]

@RigoKellerColas It wasn't more powerful but it became victim to the same marketing mistakes Atari made despite Atari having the 64-bit Jaguar.

Quote from Wikipedia on the 3DO, "...most of the company's games were critically panned. Consumers also had no interest in purchasing sequels to the earlier 3DO games that disappointed them, and the preventative pricing of said 3DO software forced initial 3DO supporters to eventually flock to Sony's PlayStation for next-gen video gaming".

[SpartanForgeWorld300]

I was on board a military ship one time, and they had a 3do flight simulator. It was in NYC. I got to play, and run around in the ship. I felt like a bad ass.

[HerecomestheCalavera]

You missed Wolf3d! Also Family Feud on the 3DO is pretty darn good ;)

[elbryan42]

Aw man, you missed the Daedalus Encounter and Woflenstein 3D. Still a great list though. :)

[Peckquin]

return fire was my childhood and im 15 :P

[Rockintako]

What about Star Control II?!!!

[sharemyhobby]

I am sooooo sad that they went bankrupt.

my fav game... homm3 PC-CD ROM

[Atompwr82]

very good games!

[rang3r34]

You couldn't pay me play 3DO back when I was a kid, but now I see the true potential it really had!!!

[luvindogadis411]

Good list but forgot "Escape From Monster Manor" and  "Primal Rage".

[Ellisthemechanic]

Shouldn't Super Street Fighter II Turbo be on there. Since it is a good game.

[applemctom]

@Ellisthemechanic: check 1:06 again :)

[Ellisthemechanic]

@applemctom LMAO. Oops. 

[MissingPersonSRK]

@applemctom 3DO version of Super Turbo is one of the worst ports of the game available. I think the only one worse is the PC version. On top of that, the 3DO bad was pad for it. Trying to use punches is horrible, having to use the shoulders and play button. Not knocking the game itself, just think a better 3DO title could have taken its place on the list, such as Clock Tower. Good calls on D and Gex though.

[RealGeniusPlus]

и половина хуйни)))

[GameMaster600VG]

Thanks you, this song is awesome!

[RandyTheRobot1]

wheres plumbers don't wear ties that game was amazing and is what I would consider to be the best game ever made

[gladier1]

@RandyTheRobot1 haha funny

[GameMaster600VG]

What game is the music from? I really want to know!

[TheDemoniusX]

@GameMaster600VG

Fatal Fury - Raiden's stage.

[EbayFigureReviews777]

great =) Deadalus encounter, psychic detective, star fighter, mega race, Sockwave 1,2, street fighter, quarintine, wer probebly my most played games (that i had anyway.

[EbayFigureReviews777]

@EbayFigureReviews777 omg i forgot road rash and bladeforce.

[ChuckN0rr1st]

i started playing video games around the time where the ps2 came out :D

wonderful console but i prefered playing pc untill 3 months ago

now i have a xbox again and i can just repeat

gaming consoles rule!