What does /vr/ think of the 3DO?

Yes.

It's a console!

It's pretty good, got some decent games before companies like Sony and then Microsoft with more money to burn were able to more successfully implement the strategies the 3DO company originally came up with.

>>4152987
I always beelined for it at whatever the hell Best Buy used to be called when I was a kid to play that Jurassic Park game, specifically the part where you got chased around by Raptors as Muldoon, only the coolest motherfucker ever to my child brain.

>>4152987
Should've become the dominant system instead of Playstation.

>>4153016
Why do you say that? PS was ahead of it in terms of quality.

>>4153027
Only because it nigged the third party from Nintendo. If they had gone to 3DO, things would be better.

>>4153029
3DO hardware was worse though, games were quite low on framerates with the PS, would you really want single digit FPS?

>>4153054
Well, the 3DO wasn't gonna last forever. M2 would have replaced it after a few years which was some of the greatest hardware of its time, all it needed though was some videogames.

>>4153060
M2 would be tricky to release no? If they'd release it in 1997 - 1998 like they were going to they might have taken the Dreamcast place but surely lose to PS2. If they'd release it earlier like 1996 they might overtake the N64.

>>4152987
You can see looking at it how it inspired the N64 and the PS1 on a design level, and playing it you can see how it inspired the Jaguar's lack of character and ability

>>4153081
I think he's fantasizing about an alternate reality where Sony decided not to enter the video game market. 3DO would indeed have most likely gotten a lot of the "Playstation-type" games and might have shared the marketspace with Sega and Nintendo rather than steamrolling it with big bucks.

Would that have really been better though? Misanthropes will always say yes, that anything is better than the real world but I personally was stoked about Playstation. It made me believe again.

>>4152987
I'm just now discovering the 3D0 through the wonders of emulation. I hated FMV games back when it was 'the thing', and I still don't care for them much now.

So what are the best 3D0 games (any region)? What are the best shooters? Best racing games? Best RPGs? Are there any fighters that don't suck that aren't arcade ports?

Can someone save me from the rock-paper-scisscors music in my head?

>>4154578
>3D0
>0

you stop that

>>4154585
Why don`t you try to make me, hmm?

>>4154585
>>4154590
Uuuuuuuuuuhhhhhh.

>>4153104
The market only has place for 2 "big" guys.
In Japan it was NEC vs Nintendo, Sega vs Nintendo in the west of the world. 3DO was never a real threat, it was an amazing system for 1993, and had some good games, and actually could have gotten a ton of great exclusives (like Metal Gear 3), but the high price of the console never made it a popular choice.
Sony entering the market made the Sega vs Nintendo paradigm shake, making Sega die, and Nintendo survived doing their own thing, reigning in handhelds, and being the "weird guy" in the console triarch, but real "big" rivals are Microsoft and Sony now. They took Sega and Nintendo's old place.
In Japan it might be Nintendo vs Sony still, though, only because Xbox never really penetrated that market.
In an AU where Sony never entered the market, we might still be on Sega vs Nintendo times, or maybe Panasonic VS Phillips, who knows.

Also, for "PlayStation-like" games (I assume you meant "mature") there's always PC.
PS made you a "believer" because you ate all that marketing, which was aimed right at you in those days. Thankfully it paid off because PS became the dominant console, but the early days of PS were as uncertain as the 3DO or the Saturn.

>>4154614
The PC-FX sold like shit. 5th gen in Japan was Nintendo vs. Sega vs. Sony

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

>>4154651
Yeah I'm talking mainly about the west, Japan during 5th gen was a struggle to see who survived to Sony, Saturn sold more hardware than Nintendo, but Nintendo sold more software. Then Sega released the Dreamcast and we know the rest of the story.
When I say PC, I'm talking about IBM-compatible/IBM clones that ran Windows and had western PC games. A lot of "classic PS" titles are originally on PC, like Tomb Raider.

>>4154685
He means you're giving NEC way too much credit they were essentially a 4th gen only video game company but they really really defined the 4th gen every step of the way start to finish.

>>4154695
Right, I was talking about 4th gen only (and late 3rd).
Maybe the reason Mega Drive never caught on in Japan is because PC Engine was already popular and I think at one point it outsold the Famicom (when everyone and their grandmas already had one, but still).
I think NEC deserves the credit for being a good Nintendo rival during those days.

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>>4154685
>Saturn sold more hardware than Nintendo,
Only in Japan and only slightly.

>>4154731
Yes I was talking Japan-only. Read my posts.

>>4154731
What about South Korea and Taiwan?

>>4154756
What about Paraguay and Urgay

>>4152987
Good system but not enough games for there to be much to talk about

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>>4152987
Best system for adult FMV

>>4154881
tell me more

>>4154870
I never mentioned those South American Countries, tho.

Quit forcing this stupid meme or just
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dbR2JZmlWo

Is it copy protected? Or can I play burnt games on it without any modding?

>>4155324
You can just play them

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Best versions of R&T Presents The Need For Speed and Novastorm are on 3DO

>>4155374
Best SF2 if you ask me

>>4155097
In a few words, 3DO is know for some softcore porn that plays like Dragon's Lair. http://nerdbacon.com/vivid-interactive-3do/
Gains some points for being in 94, when pron on the internet wasn't a thing.

it tastes good

>>4152987
Very slow loading time.
Only have 5 button.
Nice OP when open system.
Design look like greek castle.
R rate game and headphone jack at controller.
Only one console who not want multi-tap.
They make 64bit addon adapter but they cancel.
700$
Samurai shodown good gameplay but framerate was suck.
Alone in the dark have loading 5s. very time enemy come on screen.
Virtual cameraman 3 The D dinner and Super street fighter II X was most games I love.
I try hard to sell it for buy PS because everyone not want it.

>>4158374
>Very slow loading time.
not really

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>>4152987
/vr/ doesn't know SHIT about the 3DO
/vr/ think Jaguar was a better console
just imagine the ignorance

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>better than the PSX version

>>4152987
The need for speed franchise started there.
Had one of the best Road Rash.
Gex was pretty fun but, you know, back in the day purchasing an expensive system like the 3DO to play a 2d platformer was a letdown.
Same with Star Control II, amazing game, amazing voice acting, but we wanted 3d.
Mad Dog McCree II was pretty fun, it does look bad now but it was the closest thing we could get to Virtua Cop in our homes.

>>4158374
>Only one console who not want multi-tap.
Not really true, you could daisy chain up to 8 controllers according to FZ-10's manual, although I do not remember any game supporting it.

>>4154731
Awesome chart
So much opposites

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>>4154585

>>4154731
>Only in Japan and only slightly.

N64 was supported in Japan for a much longer time than Saturn (96 mid to 2002 versus 94 last month to 98 autumn).

>>4155374
>>4155946
And the best Star Control II.