The 3DO Experience

[@bradybrapples]

my older brother tried to talk me into seling all our nintendo and super nintendo stuff and taking all our detassling and rock picking money and buying one of these as a kid - and as fun as some of these games may be, I'm so, so glad i didn't agree to it

[@autobotstarscream765]

Did you hold out for the N64?

[@G.L.999]

Your brother should've sold his Sega stuff back then if he wanted one!

[@rkfan1012]

I totally agree that the 3DO Super Street Fighter II Turbo OST is the best from that series. Thanks for the quality content.

[@CAPCOM784]

Loved the soundtrack as well!🙂

[@abcmaya]

This is probably the best 3DO video on youtube.

[@Proticity]

Better than the AVGN's? Wow

[@daijdaiji3434]

I played gold star 3do then after I bought ps1 .3do games start to disappear , sad how this console didn’t continue

[@abcmaya]

@@daijdaiji3434 i know it was an awesome system. just like the dreamcast

[@MrSez1979]

Absolutely

[@gamebit9063]

Which joystick did you use to play Snow Job?

[@bringbackmy90s]

Sailor Moon, Quarantine, Myst, Shockwave 1+2, Captain Quazar, Super Wing Commander, Wing Commander 3, Casper, Killing Time, Immercenary, Panzer General, Star Fighter, Alone in the Dark 2, Stellar 7, Johnny Bazookatone, Slam'n Jam '95, even Defcon 5

[@leonidaschryssinas1723]

sailormoon? wow

[@leonidaschryssinas1723]

Lucienne's Quest, D&D : Deathkeep, Demolition Man, GEX, The Horde as well

[@bringbackmy90s]

@@leonidaschryssinas1723 great mentions, friend!

[@leonidaschryssinas1723]

Gex was essential, that's why I got it on the sega saturn, as well as D

[@patbrown911]

The only time I ever saw a 3DO here in Brazil was in a rental store and it blew my mind, but it was almost impossible to play because of the huge "waiting list". By the time I was finally able to play it, no one was giving a crap about it anymore.

[@LucasCardamone]

Eu, nascido em 94, ouvia quando criança meu pai falando sobre "Como o 3DO era um videogame foda", mas nunca vi um até o youtube me recomendar esse vídeo

[@juliospezziadesouza]

Eu sou um piá de merda nascido em 2000, e eu queria ter ido pra Blumenau mês passado, eles tinham um museu de video games, com coisa bem básica, os consoles main stream, mas no meio disso tudo, tinha um saturn, um atari jaguar e um 3DO, sendo que os visitantes poderiam jogar nesses consoles, uma puta oportunidade perdida.

[@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252]

@@juliospezziadesouza Interessante. Eu nací em 1985 (lamento o meu portugues) e acho que nao seja muito justo comparar o Saturn com esses outros titulos muito menos influentes. Com isso dito, nunca vi um Atari ou 3DO aqui na Finlandia mas nao arrependo nao te-los experimentado. Ainda tehnho um Saturn.

[@theroboxer3282]

@@miesvaillanykyisyytta3252 fogo, para um finlandês o teu português é perfeito! Parabéns!

[@bionikball75]

Hahah. That’s right. “Corpse Killer” had Jeanpaul Jeanpaul from “Seinfeld”. Great observation.

[@mazonemayu]

A friend of mine got ripped off on one of these things, by a store owner back then. It was in that period when the PS1 & Saturn were already out & thriving and the 3DO was on its way out. The store owner only had one 3DO in store (prolly his last one), and a ton of Saturn & PS1 consoles, so he told my mate that the 3DO was the way to go & that he only had one left, coz they sold like hot cakes, showing him all those other consoles that didn't sell one bit...my mate took the bait & bought the bloody thing. He was so angry afterwards. He bought a PS1 next week LoL

[@TruTechnoGamer]

This brought a smile to my face :). The 3D0 was the first system i truly yearned for and really invested in. Many of the games you mentioned were favs as well including Road Rash and Gex. Other games you omitted that I loved include Demolition Man, Shockwave 2, Twisted, and Captain Quazer! "Congratulations, reality just hit your home!" :)

[@LoneWolfAudio0524]

One game nobody EVER talks about is Hell: a Cyberpunk Thriller. It was my introduction to a SciFi and supernatural crossover, and even though I could never get past the first puzzzle when I was a teen, it stuck with me for over 17 years. I finally had to pirate the PC version - because I couldn't find it legally and still can't. It's worth a play if only for its very interesting story and fully voicef dialogue - my first intro to that too. I also loved D - both the first and its sequel - though I had to watch the Playthrough on Andoutube for the sequel. As for Out of this World - Another World was good on the 3DO, but I found the music way better on the Sega COULD - which is still the only platform where you can play its sequel Heart of the Alien - even on Modern consoles after the remasters.

[@Will_Bx_NYC_718]

I remember those 3DO days, this system was incredible for its time. I never personally owned one, but a friend of mines did, and we would play the hell out of this system. Just it being CD based and 32 but blew our 14 year old minds away.

[@Gorilla_Jones]

I still have my launch 3DO, luckily I worked in the industry and got games as well. Me and my friends had the time of our lives during this time. 3DO, Jaguar, Saturn, PSOne, what a fucking time man. Best part I was in my late 20s so I could afford everything and appreciate it LOL. I really miss those days, the games were just awesome. All the games of this era give me the warm and fuzzy’ s 😁 FIFA was mind blowing at the time, we played the piss out of this game. Madden as well. C’mon science, please create a time machine so I can go back. We played a ton of Need for speed and Road Rash, Monster Mansion was also fun. I hate when kids these days look at these games with revisionist goggles, back then were awesome.

[@TheDistorted]

Never owned it when it first came out but was always curious and many years later retroactively procured a system and many games. I do not regret it. As you say, many of the games to be found on the system can be played elsewhere, BUT a lot of the 3DO ersions have something truly unique about them that sets them apart from the other ports. Be it a unique CD-quality soundtrack (SSF2T), redrawn sprites (Wolfenstein 3D), different gameplay (Need For Speed), or voice-acted scripts (Star Control II), what the 3DO offers is a unique flavour to these experiences that weren't recreated elsewhere. And it is for this reason (and DnD: Slayer!) that I love my 3DO!

[@Sly2Cooper]

Also Killing Time was the first game that streamed FMV into the game long before Neversoft done it in Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Apocalypse for the PlayStation. And Star Fighter was the first console 3D game with destructible terrain. 3DO was surely a capable system now that I think of it.

[@TheDistorted]

Aye, very true bro.

[@iPlaySEGA]

Believe it or not... I bought a 3DO only because of Way of the Warrior... 😅 At least the OST was great!

[@uscusc11]

Yes. Me too. Where is way of the warrior in this video??

[@dknotts30]

Omg, that was the fighting game I had that I spoke of earlier, sooo much fun!

[@Lucasrainford]

I sold my Amiga 1200 to buy a 3DO after playing Road Rash in a store. I've played most of the games here and a few I've never seen so I'll be checking some of those out. Great vid, great memories. I did think you was a bit hard on Soccer Kid, unique and playable little platformer when you get into it plus it had some of the best gfx out of the games in this vid. No Star Fighter!? That was a top game on the system. Oh and Po'ed!

[@pferreira1983]

Soccer Kid is probably the best for the 3DO.

[@scobo4743]

You forgot Space Hulk. It was so intense!

[@khiladi]

You do an excellen job remembering the 3DO, as you lived her birth and fall. I remember see some on stores here in Spain, can't remember the exact price but was quite expensive, and was ofuscated tthe moment PS1 launched. It's great to hear your storios, thanks for the video!

[@niklev83]

WOW! ... I am so sad that I missed the release of this console! ....The graphics look really great to me, and some games actually look better than what I remember on Saturn and Playstation 1... Thank You for this historic video! :)

[@Dbeau]

I can see I am 1-2 years behind in comments to this video, but I must say this has brought be back to the days in my teen years when I rented the 3DO 3 times just to play games like NFS. It was so far ahead of my snes and out of reach due to the price. But renting it gave me a glimpse of the future, and all these years later it is one of my favorites next to my Saturn and NeoGeo

[@christopherwinko1978]

About a year after it's peak popularity I remember Marshall's store had it on sale for $300 and I lost my shit. It was absolutely obtainable at that price tag. I worked my ass off all summer hustling my ball cards and cutting lawns. But, I got it...and, I loved it! Through the years I ended up actually obtaining the whole library. Still my 2nd favorite system next to the Sega Saturn. Thanks for this nostalgia trip Sega Lord!

[@jinx2131]

A whole segment on the 3D0 (excellent video!) but no love for Wing Commander 3?! Great presentation and content. Subscribed!

[@hondragrid]

I feel like it was way ahead of its time. On board memory for saves as an example. Another feature that not many people talk about is the controllers having an audio jack. Might not sound like much but it was a blessing when you wanted to play video games late at night and you could listen to the game as loud as you wanted to and not bother the parents.

[@testing448]

I remember seeing this at Macy’s back in the 90s yes Macy’s sold video games back then. They didn’t have much selections when it came to video game collections they have them inside the glass like how they have perfume and make up stuff now in their glass. At the time 3DO was released it had a whopping price of 700+ dollars.

[@shiru8bit]

Soccer Kid is like the only game on platform that runs at 60 FPS, though.

[@pferreira1983]

Interesting, I didn't know that.

[@Kevinsyel]

I always saw 3DO ads in my gaming magazines, but they never really advertised anything other than sports games, so I quickly wrote it off. I was too busy with my SNES and Genesis, and I got the SegaCD at the end of it's life, so I had something CD related. But this video makes it look pretty decent, I'm glad you made this.

[@Retro_Royal]

Joe might have dug out the Greendog :)

[@662kev4]

Dude you are absolutely killing it. This format is my amazing, it reminds me of game sack. This is hands down one of the best gaming channels out there right now.

[@HeathenDance]

I had some of these games for the PC. Gex and BC Racers. BC Racers is immensely fun and addictive.

[@LordelX]

The 3DO, Jaguar and CD-1…along with the Sega CD and Turbo CD…were all systems I tried and was genuinely impressed with (especially Need for Speed on 3DO) but I had a SNES, Genesis and a decent PC at the time so I was more interested in buying games than investing in those new systems. How crowded the market was in 1994…there were even NES, Master System and 2600 games still taking up space in the game sections of department stores.

[@NoMastersNoMistress]

The Citizen Kane of FMV games is still Realms of the Haunting, for good old DOS. I still have an immaculate copy which I got back in the day and played straight through, it was just that good.

[@worsel555]

I own three models of the 3DO: The FZ-1, FZ-10 and the Goldstar which is complete in box (it still has a $299.99 price sticker on it). I didn't get into collecting for the 3DO until about 2000 in the very early days of Ebay which was like the Wild West, picked up an FZ-1 with 20 games for $50. Last time I looked not too long ago prices for the system have jumped way up to about $200, it went from people desperate to get rid of them like the 32X and now they are "collectors" items. Also, Space Pirates is the best FMV shooter ever. It gets quite the reaction when I stream it.

[@andrewdannunzio5283]

Yea I was going to sell my NEC TURBO GRAFFIX CD TURBO DUO U.S/ JAPANESE SYSTEM PLAYS CD U.S AND JAPANESE,WITH TURBO GRAFFIX CARDS.

[@Radd1976]

I was getting worried, but you indeed showed Return Fire. Thanks for the video. I had a 3DO back in the day and my fondest memories were SSF2T, Samurai Showdown, Need for Speed, Star Control II, and of course Return Fire. Oh yeah, I played the heck out of The Horde LOL

[@TGApuleius]

I always enjoy your perspective in videos like these. I couldn't afford the 3DO when it came out but remember oogling it in stores and magazines, so it's awesome to hear from someone who was involved with it when it was still the hot item. You and Pandamonium Reviews do a great job adding context to your comments. It's too easy to dismiss these games as ugly or wonky these days when they -- admittedly far from all -- were really impressive in their day.

[@ConsoleShockOfficial]

I really like the 3DO, of the failed mid-90s consoles (3DO, CDi, Jaguar) I think the 3DO is the best one.

[@mattpowell8369]

Sega saturn??

[@jannatalis4697]

@@mattpowell8369 I think a lot of people who love the Saturn don't consider it as a failure. I don't consider it as such either.

[@ConsoleShockOfficial]

@@mattpowell8369 Im referring to the consoles released 92-94 (in the US/UK), such as the 3 I listed.

[@MalcH]

I never knew that Need for Speed came out on the 3DO first! Thanks for teaching me something new today. Great video as always.

[@SegaLordX]

Yup. I think even the PC version was a year after the 3DO release.

[@pferreira1983]

Indeed it did.

[@sido5857]

I played the hell out of NEED FOR SPEED on my 3DO.I was the only one in the projects with one.

[@NikateeN]

When the 3DO came out I was 9 years old and I wanted it more than anything in the world, but my mom saw the price tag and asked me if I was out of my mind... I finally picked one up in 1997 and it was well worth the wait.

[@SegaLordX]

Haha, I bet many kids parents said the exact same thing.

[@ogyogi2552]

my only memory of trying to obtain one was looking at the back of EGM trying to trade all my SNES games and everything possible to get one. I'm so glad I never went through with it.

[@BKDDY]

I had one since launch and it was amazing. So damn fun. Used to drive to the 24hr GoodGuys store in LA at 1am with friends to buy new games and then we'd play all night. Of course later on when the PS1 came out later and that was even more amazing.

[@pal-of-pals]

When you touched upon Total Eclipse, you had me at "polygonal Galaxy Force II".

[@celynjones4958]

3DO was my last console before upgrading to the PC masterrace. Loved many games on it, a pity it suffered from poor developer support and vaporware add ons. Great fun for a couple of years, though with Starfighter being a later standout title. Cheers SLX

[@willman85]

I had a 3DO emulator on my old laptop before it died, and Gex was the one game I remember getting into (although the lag from my controller made it frustrating). I hadn't realized the system had got a port of Dragon's Lair - a pity, I would have liked to try that out.

[@GamerGee]

19:49 3do muffled voices reminded me of a sega. Play against galford and when he dies. And your ears would be fed with super compressed adpcm muffled glory

[@indecent0079]

Finally subbed, sorry, already watched most of the sheeit but this is really good gaming here 👍🏻 Please do some Sega Skitchin’ 😈

[@StoicNatsoc]

I like bros enthusiasm about this console, its beautiful.

[@KristianLander]

Oh yeah and don't forget "Plumbers Don't Wear Ties" what a game!

[@greenelf6506]

On a side note I'm happy you buried Chakan the forever man something I regret having not done even though I did have ample opportunity and motivation I failed to get it done

[@brentwoods7450]

I had 2 friends with the 3DO, I loved the console. My favorite games were Need for Speed, Foes of Ali, Road Rash and FIFA (multiplayer with cheat codes)

[@AlvarezAzel]

The story about getting smacked in the back of the head with a pad playing that pinball game was hilarious. This is why I love your stuff, you always have great little personnel stories to tell about things.

[@ofmannotmachine3012]

Great video. Some other fun 3DO games that dont get much love are Space Hulk, Way of the Warrior, and AD&D Slayer and Deathkeep

[@austincaldwell1]

This is a hell of a good review for a hell of an old system. Hell, it makes me want a 3do right now. But I bet it would be hell trying to find one ;)

[@JohnnyProctor9]

Off-World Interceptor, Alone in the Dark, and Road Rash were totally AWESOME!!!

[@mcorleonep]

My only experience with the 3DO was playing a prototype at the 1992 CES in Chicago. They only had an early version of Total Eclipse running as there were no enemies yet. It was pretty cool at the time but I knew this system was already doomed when the asking price was announced. Turns out, I was right. Even current consoles don’t cost that much and that was in 1992.

[@worsel555]

9:57 Just want to point out that the 3DO has 5 buttons, three main and two shoulder. SSFT2 was pretty playable but a little awkward for sure, but that didn't stop me. Funny how years ago I was thinking "Wow, this is the best port!" and now when you play it you notice all the compressed sound effects. Soundtrack is a banger though, I need to rip that...

[@SegaLordX]

I could never use shoulder buttons well in fighting games, so yeah, it was a 3 button pad for fighters to me. 3rd party pads really saved the day.

[@joelwise9268]

Great video, the hammer o doom part made me crack up

[@joegrant3607]

I bought a fz10 that was packed with gex .I loved it. The horde and killing time. Great games great console.

[@tommybahama9350]

The one redeeming element of Doom 3DO is the absolutely kickasssss soundtrack

[@Rosseboi]

Omg that soundtrack at 10:25......goosebumps!

[@parazels83]

My god, even 3DO didn't suffer from texture warping!

[@Halbared]

Aha, 20 minutes in! THere it is! I'm surprised my lord, you never played Star Control on the Megadrive?

[@coreymcmanus4749]

I used to have a 3do,i loved it. I would always play hell:a cyberpunk thriller.

[@Allious131]

Allot of people don't realize Sega was ahead of it's time bro.

[@stan_austin]

Still own the FZ1 I bought at launch. Great memories of owning a 3DO at the time.

[@SegaLordX]

I think many 3DO early adopters loved their systems. You had to experience it prior to the Saturn/Playstation to truly get the most out of it.

[@joedizzelfoerizle]

Yeah, that sticker shock was real, I settled for a Goldstar 😅

[@djpookie2000]

Damn, the game play is awful. Most of the games control horribly. Street Fighter 2 had a good port.

[@PlasticCogLiquid]

But the whole purpose of the system was for Road Rash 3D to exist :P

[@pferreira1983]

It had plenty of good games and some definitive ports.

[@theearnmoreyouagainmoreres8250]

The arcade version of primal rage where fun to play quarter after quarter

[@thefifthdoctor6780]

I picked one of these up recently which sits nice by my mega cd and Saturn 😎

[@Sly2Cooper]

I remember playing a lot of 3DO games back in the days I would add some shooters such as Blade Force. A great free-roaming shooter with smooth graphics and the gameplay that can make one feel seasick :) Star Fighter is something between Star Fox and Ace Combat with fully destructable terrain and definately the best looking graphics for the system. Also Po'ed with its amazing complicated level design and fun gameplay. Captain Quazar - a fun isometric cartoony shooter. And ofcourse the Killing Time - the most interesting shooter for me. Killing Time was something like a Metroid Prime for that time. With interconnected levels that created a seamless world and tons of secrets to explore. And story FMVs streamed right into the gameplay. And also great soundtrack. But the framerate can make your eyes hurt. In adventure games genre you should definately try Psychic Detective with unique gameplay mechanic when you can freely jump from one person's head to another to see the events from different anfles and solve the crime. Also Daedalus Encounter - a one-screen-puzzle solving game with lots and lots of great cutscenes inbetween unfolding a sci-fi story. I also liked Lost Eden very much for great story and music. There were also some AD&D style RPGs like Slayer, Death Keep. Or Immercennary - a unique and bizzare RPG in cybespace setting. Ofcourse most games feel dated even for PS1 standarts but they were from the time when texture mapped polygons and quality FMV were something unheard of for home consoles and games have only started to learn how to use new mediums that 32bit era had to offer.

[@der-Troet]

thanks so much, the 3DO has some good games, i dont wanna miss

[@jesuszamora6949]

Small correction. The 3DO was a five-button pad, as it had shoulder buttons in addition to the three face buttons. I remember thinking that was such an ODD choice, given six-button had become a standard at this point. Super Turbo was pretty interesting as it usedthe start/play button as an extra button, making it possible to use all six attacks on the normal controller, while select was the pause button. You ARE, however, better off with the Soldier Pad, SF Zero adapter or arcade stick.

[@SegaLordX]

I meant it was a 3 button face. I always found using other buttons like shoulder/start/select much more difficult in fighting games. The Soldier Pad was the great equalizer.

[@BawesomeBurf]

I'm a big fan of Galaxy Force 2, so I will definitely have to check out Total Eclipse one of these days.

[@iliveinasquare1869]

Only just discovered you dude but amazing content! Even though I had a *GULP* SNES growing up, I can't help thinking that if I had a SEGA console as well, it would have been so much more interesting! Also love the name for the golfer in 15:03

[@tommyjones1357]

No one owned a 3DO back in the 90s. This is one of those things you investigate out of curiosity as an adult with money.

[@msanseverino78]

I rented it a few times back then . I had a sega cd which I was obsessed with. I just figured sega would answer the 3do. The price was to high and if I was going to pay that much for a system it would be a neo geo. Still enjoyed most of the games you talked about when I would rent it. Got a few of them when I got my ps1. Funny side note . When ps1 was coming out a lot of us thought it was going to be another 3do.... boy were we wrong. System main issue was it was to slow.

[@Ashitaka0815]

Very good video, but one thing... Doom didn't need to be brought home, it wasn't an arcade game. It was a home version on the PC from the very beginning ;)

[@Halbared]

Only ever wanted this for Star Control2

[@leonardorodrigues4347]

I love the Sega intro.

[@XxCleanUpBoyxX]

I own two Panasonic 3DO, both are broken and i try to find someone to repair the consoles, yet, i don't found somebody, that is so sad...

[@romi2229]

I loved my 3DO. Favourite games were Wing Commander 3 and Super Wing Commander. The WC3 port on 3DO was far superior to that of the one on PS1

[@davistalhone9482]

Ya know, in this, the age of retro minis - I have to confess I would pick up a 3DO (and CD-I for that matter) Classic Edition.

[@gideonwaxfarb]

There's an interesting story behind the 3DO port of Doom. Apparently, it was done by a single dev, and she only had about ten weeks to finish it, and just a few days to optimize the code. With more time and resources, it could've been a lot better.

[@alomonwo]

The 3DO Doom looks like it's running on a 50MHz 486

[@leonidaschryssinas1723]

as far as I know, there is a fantastic sega cd Road Rash version & the best of all is on the sega saturn

[@josphok4142]

amazing video ,,,I love the 3do plz do more ,,,,,and u forgot to mention one game on the 3do ,,,,the demolition man

[@Fenlius001]

I bought the 3DO solely for Super Street Fighter Turbo and that was the only game I owned on that system.

[@robswitzer8334]

I can't believe it came out in 93. You should have mentioned how 3DO wasn't really its own platform but a system other companies could license, mainly Panasonic REAL.

[@UltimateTS64]

That version of Ken's theme sounds really nice

[@sambas9257]

For me the 3do games are the 90s 3D console games aged better. More than Saturn, Ps1 and N64. It's because there is a sort of blur effect that attenuates the pixellation that both Saturn and Ps1 have. N64 had a similar blur..but its games have more poligons but less textures and seem lot less detailed.

[@n0isyturtle]

I remember a KB Toys was shutting down and dumping 3D0s and Jaguars for $49.99. And I STILL couldn't afford one at the time.

[@SegaLordX]

Yeah, I remember as the system was being discontinued the Best Buy near me was dropping FZ-10 systems for 49.99 and games for $5 and $10. Man I wish I had bought some of them.

[@bringbackmy90s]

Awesome! I was waitin for a 3DO discussion by The SegaLordX!! I love my 3DO and still like to collect for the system like crazy. The good 90s...

[@gaoutlaw]

I remember seeing the 3DO on a display at Electric Ave and More, but I never knew anybody who actually owned one.

[@andrewdannunzio5283]

I have three of them ,Last one I bought burnt out unfortunately

[@lap456]

Like with the CDI seeing if for sell only at Campo and Circuit City stores was my only experience with the system.

[@jagodic6796]

finally someone appreciating 3do

[@bigblack9819]

This guy's parents must have been rich AF back in the 90's.

[@sbleed]

I always wanted a 3DO, but it-as you stated many times-was just too expensive. Even some of the games like Cannon Fodder that were available on PC looked better on 3DO. I think it gets a bad wrap. I was a great system. Ahead of it's time really; and in the case of Doom and many other ports, it was usually dumped in someone's lap with a tight window to produce, and the system suffered because of it. This is a great look back on the first REAL console war. GJ

[@LoganHunter82]

Cannon Fodder music playing in the background

[@arzak1]

I also love Wing Commander 3, Space Hulk and Battlesport

[@diegocrusius]

the 3DO. A friend howned one and we gathered at his place to play it a few times. I remember having fun with the Xtreme sports a few afternoons but never got real impressed with the console. Street Fighter 2 was perfect though. Later when I opened a gaming store with my dad I tested this Need for Speed and we absolute despised it, since we had much better racing games option at the time, like Formula 1.

[@doujindance]

In Japan, 3DO has known as erotic games exclusive console.

[@Halbared]

I don't know if it's a shame that the 3DO experiment failed or not, how would it have changed the landscape? Maybe better for the consumer.

[@bizzzzzzle]

That’s why I would never permanently trade till after I had traded/borrow temporarily.