3DO Interactive Multiplayer System Review - Gamester81

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The 3DO was released by Goldstar, Sanyo and Pansonic, and was released in 1993 for $699 USD.
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@TipsterLIVE 10 лет назад

I was lucky enough to recently get my hands on an FZ-1. Got a couple games with it and I love the thing. Awesome console...

@TheInnovationJames 10 лет назад

Plumbers don't wear ties?

@TipsterLIVE 10 лет назад

James Lehoe LOL nope

@ChildOL 9 лет назад

I have played just about every game console ever released in the US and the 3DO was one of THE BEST ones for the quality of games and fun factor. From Road Rash to Road and Track's The Need for Speed and Star Control II and Wing Commander III etc. etc.I remember how it blew away EVERYONE including me when I purchased it at the discounted $499. I remember the main reason of it's failure is its hefty PRICE which is why the PlayStation 3 was almost a flop if Sony hadn't thrown so much money at it. Many market players learned long ago (especially Nintendo) that $199 is the sweet spot and $299 is the max price for a gaming console and that any more then it may not sell enough.

@tvandlust 15 лет назад

Great review. I love the 3DO. I really enjoy Road Rash, Crash n Burn, Return Fire and Guardian War myself. When I did some research for my review, I couldn't find any information on any expansions either, but a few people informed me that were indeed expansions. I still can't find any info on them, though.

@untouchable4rc 15 лет назад

Your videos never fail to amaze me. Its always cool to know that there's people out there that can get into talking about consoles and gaming as much as I like to. A+ dude, your honestly one of the biggest reasons I started uploading vids. I actually own the Goldstar and the FZ-10 but I need to purchase the accessories.

@VirtualRobotsRevolt 9 лет назад

I got the top loader 3DO this past weekend and love it! I love these FMV games and even better versions of some of these cool games like Road Rash :-)

@meetoo594 9 лет назад

I got an FZ1 in 94. In the UK it was very hard to find 3d0 stuff and marketing was pretty much non-existent. As far as im aware no major retailers stocked it or the games. I got a local tv retailer to order one for me after seeing it in an early Edge magazine. I think it cost about £650. I Also got an infrared controller set, which was nice. Games like road rash made all the other consoles look prehistoric in comparison and the demo disk had a batman cartoon that looked amazing compared to the grainy cinepak video on the mega cd. The best bit of all is that although it cost a lot, its still working perfectly after 20 years of use, pulling cd playing duties (with the awesome fractal light synthesiser thingy being projected onto a 12ft screen via a led projector). Great machine thats built like a tank.

@alexojideagu 9 лет назад

meetoo594 Edge Magazine are partly responsible for the hype around this, they followed it from the start.

@SaltyPeanutz 3 года назад

I remember seeing this at SEARS when I was a kid lol

@devmiles 12 лет назад

the panasonic 3do model looks awesome and was far ahead of it's time.. if only the price would have been reasonable. 32 bit was at the time of the 3do release very new and expensive and this was super high tech. nice to have one nowadays in your collection since there are some good games for it

@dogeymon83 14 лет назад

The daisy-chain feature on the controllers was AWESOME!! The other game console makers could have learned from that. Since you kept linking to each additional controller, there was no need to be repugnant devices like multi-tap adapters.

@spectreair 15 лет назад

Great Review!!!! your reviews are extremely well done :D

@specialformula14 4 года назад

i finally just found one today in the wild .. works great.. fz-1 happy to add to my collection

@PhatPhunk 15 лет назад

Now you've got me into the 3DO! I remember when it was displayed in a Panasonic showroom many years ago, and I tried a F-Zero type game, can't recall the title, but it was so freaking amazing. I knew my dad won't let me have it as I was already having difficulty trying to convince him to get me a Super Famicom.. Lol. Great vid John!

@nviso209 12 лет назад

FZ-1 FTW! Wing Commander 3. Return Fire, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Samurai Shodown, Road Rash, The expansion was going to be for VCDs and MPEG video.

@noizyme 12 лет назад

I had an FZ1, and for the time, it was fantastic. The games were created by less known companies, but I appreciated the uniqueness of their individual features. The sampler CDs were great, featuring around 8 or 10 games on a CD. I had Road Rash, Samurai Shodown, Quarantine, Links Golf, and a few sampler discs, and it was more than enough. Find it and buy it!

@chriscancer13 11 лет назад

I love my Goldstar, it's my favorite system, I picked it up at a thrift store for $3, two controllers and it's in perfect condition.

@marccaselle8108 2 года назад

To find any 3DO at a thrift store is the stuff of legends.

@Zhadnost 9 лет назад

The side expansion port could house a VideoCD adapter or a memory upgrade and was originally going to be used to add an M2 upgrade board. (to make upgrading to an M2 cheaper). The upgrade path was cancelled shortly before the M2. AFAIK, the VideoCD adapter was only available in Japan.v

@junbugdoe3930 10 лет назад

A classic systems deserves a dust wipe down

@Metal-Possum 7 лет назад

"classic" would imply that it's also good. Only morons like the 3DO.

@Gamester81 14 лет назад

@robhova Yeah Slam Jam is a great game. Wasn't that kinda a 3Dish style of play? Kinda like NCAA Basketball for the SNES?

@moviereviews4life 13 лет назад

I loved Twisted, I really wish they would have ported the game onto a newer system, but I heard it wasn't well received. If I get the system, that's the only game I plan to get

@Wahagetswaha3 12 лет назад

you're like a console museum and curator. awesome

@HerecomestheCalavera 13 лет назад

I just recently picked up a Goldstar 3DO for $5, bought a brand new in the box FZ-JP1X controller for $9.99 and I am loving it! $700 worth of fun for $15. The 3DO really does have quite a few good games. If you find a system for cheap I highly recommend getting one. Also the 3DO has no copy protection so you it will play all of you backup games with no problem!

@KyleMoore1 14 лет назад

Funny story - I used to play the Road Rash demo that was on some demo CD that I had. It was set on a timer that would just reset to the main screen after a certain amount of time, so I must have played the same 2 minute stretch of the game 50 times anticipating getting the game for Christmas. I snuck and opened the gift early, replacing the CD with another and rewrapping it, just to find that the full version of the game reset at the same point. I was devastated.

@llaprad1 13 лет назад

@TheEscapedBalloon There was a product planning reason for that. "3DO" was going to be a standard for multimedia entertainment, much like "VHS" is a standard. It took several tries and many unsuccessful products for companies to learn that "edutainment" does not sell hardware, but games do.

@gir 14 лет назад

I remember when these first game out... I was 12, and I really really really wanted one! They cost so much.. I wanted to play The Need For Speed.. it was one of the best driving games at the time. 17 years later... I suppose I can afford one now. I remember the graphics were awesome, the sound was awesome, and the design of the console looked awesome. It's so strange that I could just buy one so cheap on ebay now! Thanks a lot for this video, it was cool :) I remember the controller so well.

@SproutyPottedPlant 12 лет назад

I imagine an 8 player game and all the tangled wires but the headphone socket is a great design!

@JerryTerrifying 15 лет назад

I really like the 3do too. A lot of people don't know that a lot of early Saturn and Ps1 games are ports from the 3do. I personally like the FZ10. I preffer the flip tops to slide out trays. One less thing to break. I'd also recommend the game Lucienne's Quest, it's a pretty sweet RPG.

@BKDDY 15 лет назад

Oh yeeah, One of my favorite systems! I remember getting this instead of a Neo-Geo back then, but then a year or two later my FZ-1 died and by then PS1 just came out, so I just got a PS1 instead. I loooove "The Horde" and "Star Control 2" on 3do among others...so great!

@metaljo666 9 лет назад

Just got mine last week !

@andreo 12 лет назад

I picked up a FZ1 at Best Buy as an open box item for $50. It had some games crammed into the box as well. Everything worked fine. Best find I've had and it was at a retail store and a great price to boot.

@deedeemerry1295 Год назад

its 2023 and the FZ-1 3DO is still the best looking gaming console ever released. this video doesnt do it justice tho

@sennaho 15 лет назад

You just made me want a 3DO! :p Great video as always! ^^

@mariosonic190 15 лет назад

The 3DO is a great system. Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Gex, Road Rash and Need for Speed are my favourite games on the system. I think if the system launched at a cheaper price, had more 3rd party support, and had more controller ports, it could of done very well. Great vid, as always. :)

@RobertLewis85 27 дней назад

Return Fire is a really fun game for 3DO and other systems.

@yellowhue30 13 лет назад

I got mine in '93 for $700.00 with Dragon's lair, Road Rash, and need for speed. One of my favorite systems. I still have it, and it works great. Still waiting for the M2...

@ViceLibertyAndreas 10 лет назад

the design FZ-10 model of Panasonic was similar to PS3 slim. It was way too ahead of its time.

@nathanallan1 15 лет назад

Great coverage! I had a controller once and the cord on it was about FIFTEEN feet long! I wonder how big the TV had to be to really justify such a controller (or the idea of it, anyway). Crazy long cable!

@Rockythefishman 15 лет назад

Great video, in the UK it used to sell from £500 pounds. Thats like 800 USD its was crazy. I have always wanted one

@CaseTheFace 12 лет назад

Surprised you didn't mention that the original Need for Speed was on 3DO.

@ArcadeGames 15 лет назад

I remember this system being sold at Radio Shack I think in the early 90's.

@3styler1 13 лет назад

the goldstar one was actually manufactured by LG electronics but at the time they where trading their electronics side under the brand name goldstar

@mp4podcastDOTcom 14 лет назад

I think the port on the back of the Panasonic was to be a add on device so the Panasonic would play CDi and VCD movies. I heard CDi and VCD are the same thing. Goldstar Released a CDi or VCD add on for 199 dollars. And it came with a copy of Total Recall with Arnold Schwarzenegger. There is a Total Recall show from the 90's you can watch it on HULU dot COM. But its from the point of view of a Blade Runner. Blader Runner and Total Recall are in the same universe.

@TheBroz 15 лет назад

Thanks for posting the vid, I feel almost special as I requested it a few days ago :-) Need to give some kudos to Space Hulk though, 3do version was awesome sauce.

@DerekDumas 10 лет назад

you forgot the side posts of the Panasonic

@JuliaxNervoza 11 лет назад

I had a 3DO the day it came out when I was a kid.. I loved most of the games for it, it was really fun to play. Had the best version of Wolfenstein 3D. And the AD&D games were good for it too.

@SilverMongooseVideos 15 лет назад

I find that most of the good games on the 3do (like GEX and Road Rash) are also available on the PS1 and Saturn. Still, it does have a couple good exclusives. Still worth picking one up in my mind. Also, if you like FMV games, this is the system to get for sure.

@TheCodedtestament 10 лет назад

The high price tag made the 3DO nearly unattainable for most gamers, unless they were well off or saved their money for a rather lengthy period of time. By the time that 3DO prices came down, Sony's PlayStation console had taken the video gaming world by storm, retailing at less than half of what 3DO had originally cost to buy initially. Big-time video game publishers like Konami and Capcom were never interested in doing any research and development for the console, and even with the strength of Electronic Arts behind it, the 3DO died a quick and fairly unnoticeable death about two years after its release

@teckademiczlol 15 лет назад

yeah man 3do was way cool i remember my bro borrowing this system from his good friend back in 94 this shit blew my mind playing crash and burn and demolition man it was ahead of it time :o

@wesgrosscustoms 15 лет назад

awesome review man, lots of good information there bro.. i dont believe ive ever played a 3do haha

@Wallcrawler 12 лет назад

So you did do a review on the 3DO my apologies. Ahh 3DO, possessing two video co-precessors outputs 16 million pixels per second, Enables use of Dolby Digital surround sound and head phone jack, could play Video CD's which was the pre-cursor to DVD's, the expansion bay was your memory card slot (things was huge!) and it has one of the best port of Street Fighter 2 X for technical reasons. Gex was decent, Samsho, Crash N Burn, and that Korean fighter made by SNK was solid. 3DO is special 2 me.

@Comptekhs 14 лет назад

I remember when walmart sold this model. I think part of 3DO was they never had a demo system to play at walmart to market the system.

@WetVein 13 лет назад

One nice thing about the 3DO is that the games don't have any copy protection. So if can find the roms online (pretty easy) you can just burn them to a CD. Road Rash is great... and so is Return Fire!

@abhitron 15 лет назад

The letter 'G' in LG stands for 'Goldstar', while the 'L' stands for Lucky, another successful Korean company that Goldstar merged with to create 'Lucky Goldstar'. They shortened it to LG to make it more markertable.

@waynersmall1 11 лет назад

You're thinking of the CDI. That was the Panasonic console with Zelda games.

@marccaselle8108 2 года назад

Also the 3DO didn't have copy protection, so you could play burned games too.

@berner 14 лет назад

I had a 3do. I loved it and brought it to work, brought it to friends' places and we played the hell out of it :)

@DaisyTheSadboi 12 лет назад

I just picked one up for about $100. Much fun to collect for, given the oddities.

@Ausbis145josh 14 лет назад

I loved road rash on the PC back in the day.

@Motleyguts 14 лет назад

Love yer vids, jus now discovering them, and Im getting all nostalgic lol... I ended up using it mostly as a music player for the decent visuals. I was into the floyd and other 60s-70s bands and recreational medicinal herbs. I ended up giving it to a soon-to-be-after ex. That mortal kombat clone that took brutality over the top was so hard to play thanks to the controllers, as I previously mentioned ;(

@pcharl01 11 лет назад

I never realized that the s video output came out so long ago.

@silntdoogood 15 лет назад

there was a dead one of these at a local goodwill, wish I had bought it anyway now...

@NerfMaster000 11 лет назад

This sytem might actually make an impact on the console market if it: 1. Wasn't launched at such a high price 2. More third party support 3. Manufactured by 1 company only

@Gamester81 15 лет назад

It's different than the PS1, but came out around the same time, just a little bit before. I feel that the graphics are better and run smoother than the PS1, but the PS1 had better games.

@sinistermoon 15 лет назад

I had one of these but sold it off. Cool video man.

@legatodark 15 лет назад

Never seen the 3DO an it's games....nice review on this console

@TheHighlander71 13 лет назад

@gamester81. Nice review. I'll be checking more of your video's. But why do you speak at warp speed? Slow down a bit, makes it easier for the listener.

@JAGUARCD32X 11 лет назад

Yeah 3DO was fucking amazing back then. The only people who trash talk it are people who likel never even seen one out side a shop display. IT was expensive at launch but that was soon fixed. It had games like Killing Time, Space Hulk, Return Fire, Star Fighter, Escape from Monster Mannor, Alone in The Dark, Fifa/Madden 3D Arcade perfect ports of Samuri Showdown, Super Street Fighter,Need For Speed. It also got ports of all the big PC games of the day. I was sick of 2D side scrollers of SNES etc

@fmdof 14 лет назад

i heard they revamped the 3do to the fz-10 to cut back on piracy, as you can just burn your games and play them on the fz-1 without any modding. Captain Quazar, another great 3do game.

@SamuraiGhost63 10 лет назад

I still want one of those :D

@WonderCreationStudios 12 лет назад

Yeah, it did flop, but in my opinion it was the best of the ones that royally flopped. IE, compared to the Sega CD, 32x, Atari's Jaguar, Philips CD-i, Sega Saturn. It did have a few good games. I still have my 3DO after all these years and out of all the systems that I've gotten rid of over the years, I can't get rid of my 3DO.

@BackForwardPunch 15 лет назад

Nice video, you've got me interested in it now, I'd like to try it out. How can you play Street Fighter II without the buttons though?

@captainthrall 11 лет назад

one thing worth mentioning about this console is the insane marketing that 3DO employed. 3DO basically attempted to convince people that this was the future, and any other system was prehistoric out-dated technology. in reality it was a $700 piece of garbage. the games were horrible, the load times were horrible, the video integration was horrible... etc. 3DO is a perfect example of the 1990's console wars. Games at the time were going for as much as $69 (~$110 in 2012)

@Ryio5 13 лет назад

those things on the corners look like the supports on the N64 w/ 64DD attached

@zombee38 13 лет назад

You forgot to mention the very rare PC card 3DO BLASTER

@techromancer1 15 лет назад

my dad bought me a neogeo aes back in 1989 that system cost me $600.00 .. imagine has crazy was that of corse my dad had a arcade rental service ...i still have it with me ...

@dave4shmups 15 лет назад

So, which of the 3 controllers is the most comfortable-mainly in terms of the directional pad? I would think the "top-loader" would be more durable because you don't have a tray motor that can break.

@Arcadiality 11 лет назад

I remember when it came out. Back then I thought that a high price meant ultimate graphics and gameplay but, sadly not. Luckily I didn't bug my parents to part with so much cash, seeing as it was an epic failure. I'm sure Trip made a quick buck on it though! :-)

@drunkensailor112 12 лет назад

considering this was almost 20 years ago with infaltion the system cost more like 1100$ if it were seen today.

@JMsolidsnake 14 лет назад

I still have this system. I have the FZ-1 model with 2 controllers. GEX is the shit on this console. Can't forget about Dirk The Brave and his adventures so deadly that you will die 20 times in the first 2 levels. This system was awesome but so expensive. Thank god mine was free.

@mp4podcastDOTcom 14 лет назад

I had this sysstems. I loved it when I had it.

@JasonJ25 15 лет назад

Ha ha. I love the part were you were talking about playing with a friend and they would unplug your controller. "It was bullshit." Awsome. Laughed my ass off because its so true.

@dogeymon83 14 лет назад

@1994lebaron - If you're familiar with the SEGA CD, the 3DO was like it. Many FMV games like Sega CD, and plus it had 3D capabilities. It was like a REALLY souped up and more powerful Sega CD system, meaning far superior video quality. I don't think it had a faster disc-read speed though. But Playstation 1 outperformed 3DO quite comfortably.

@lonzomachimself3866 8 лет назад

I Think I Might Get A Panasonic 3DO On My Birthday And Maybe A Copy Of Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare Or Grand Theft Auto 5 For The Console.

@gravysauce 13 лет назад

@3:11 you said you can't play multiplayer on the first system... but indeed you can, the 2nd port was on the top of the actual controller

@dgb751 9 лет назад

We had this...it was cool. The construction was high quality. Road rash was great. The golf game (think it came w it) was also impressive. The amount of good games was its fall-off I guess.

@townsjim 15 лет назад

1 controller port? That and the price sealed it's fate

@MegaAstroFan18 11 лет назад

Also has Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. :D

@swerboski 10 лет назад

As expensive as we may think the 3do was, it was really technically advanced for its time. Imagine a console today that blows XBox One and PS4 out of the water. WOW!

@TheDuMontNetwork 11 лет назад

There was only one game that it was even worse for the 3DO is "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties". It was a really bad game, it had some sort of slideshow elements used throughout the game, the intro was done on video, but the whole game was full of slideshow. Thanks to the magic of GoAnimate, I remade "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties" using some new characters done exclusively to GoAnimate. This is inspired the whole "Grounded" series. I uploaded several videos from this awful game using GoAnimate. Go see it!

@JerryTerrifying 15 лет назад

You're thinking of the Neo Geo AES.

@roosteemon 13 лет назад

i think the expansion bay was for a video cd adaptor but im not sure

@Hyper_Egret 13 лет назад

you can play dragon's lair in the 3do? i dont have one because in my country doesn't seen like many people have it on sell on the internet.

@tallirasha 14 лет назад

I've always wanted quick draw mcdraw for the 3DO but it was way too expensive back in the day

@MaximumRD 15 лет назад

I had the FZ1 model but it was giving me read problems no matter what I did so I got a top loading FZ10 and it's been fine.

@TheMetroidMurderer 14 лет назад

Holy crap TEXTp people go to the HD section and if you are able to select TEXTp you should check it out it's pretty funny.

@gojordon1 15 лет назад

wolfenstein 3d was amazing on the 3do. I have never played the pc version but i'm pretty sure it's just as good

@Mr.Atari2600 13 лет назад

@robhova well i have try out the 3DO with GOLD STAR i tried getting the FZ-1 but i cant find a good cheap one so i got the goldstar which it cost me $50 and got 2 games with it (gex-wolfenstein 3d) and trying to get more good games like dragons lair and wing commander

@JAGO_Tech 13 лет назад

$699 in 1993 is about $1,100 in 2011! THAT IS NUTS!

@qwertman1414 15 лет назад

According to the inflation calculator $699 in 1993 would be equal to $1028.95 today.

@mp4podcastDOTcom 14 лет назад

There was one other 3DO it was called 3DO Blaster. Just google 3DO Blaster.

@Motleyguts 14 лет назад

Heh... made me feel dumb. I bought one of these new retail when they came out. I had the 1st Panasonic version. The bundled game was that 3rd person 3D spaceship flight game. I loved Road Rash, and actually finished Star Control II on this system. From a hardware perspective, they didnt even try to make a game controller. What they really did was make a cheap wired "remote" control shaped like a controller, and that's what really stood out as major suckage the moment u fired it up the 1st time.