r/3DO

Sadly i never played this game! It is the first thing i plan to do in my new house by the will of God … be well guys!

Hey all, I was trying to setup wireless controllers today so I could play some 3DO and ran into the issue described in my header. I was hoping to get some advice on maybe what is needed to get it back up and running, it had been working fine until today :( I took a video to help illustrate the sound it's making if that helps, thanks all!

https://youtube.com/shorts/i4fV15HHu-U?si=EcgiCdr2zxp7HUPi

I finally finished modding my GoldStar unit.

I replaced the original 110V power setup with a 15V power adapter feeding two DC buck converters — one set to 5V and the other to 12V. I originally considered using 12V directly, but because of voltage loss/dropout issues, using a 15V source gave much more stable outputs on both rails.

I also installed an ODE, so the system now runs perfectly without discs.

For the power LED, I removed the original LEDs and resistor from the old power board and rewired them to the new 5V line so the original front LEDs still work.

I also bypassed the original CTL control wire and added an external power switch instead.

Sorry for the non-professional 100% DIY work 😅 but the console is working perfectly now. Honestly, 110V power is really annoying for me, and I wanted to avoid external step-down transformers because I’ve accidentally fried too many devices in the past.

Any other games we should play tonight?

I've dedicated pretty much my whole week speculating about the M2's library had it released as a game console, and along with the spreadsheet, here's some additional notes...

• A 1996 issue of REAL Magazine made very clear that Trouble Decker (the dolphin demo) was only meant as a tech demo, but I'm not sure if tech demos would've counted towards "in-development titles" or not.
• 3DO Magazine Japan - June 1996: Panasonic Wondertainment head Takeshi Matsuo confirms the existence of "table games" on M2, along with the usual arcade/action stuff
• Edge - October 1996: Wondertainment software producer Hiroyuki Sakai confirms two internal games in development based off the prerendered demos from E3 1995, a racing game and a first-person shooter. He does not mention Studio 3DO once.
• London Gazette - March 1997: Omcourt Limited (t/a Perceptions) liquidated on the 28th of February that year.
• EGM - May 1997: confirms the existence of an M2 update to Tokimeki Memorial, along with a soccer game (Heat of Eleven) and a new racing IP. Also rumours of a Street Fighter III port and sequel to Strider.
• Ultra Game Players - July 1997: A former 3DO employee confirms ASCII, Enix, Hudson, Treasure and Namco as M2 licensees.
• NextGen - August 1997: Boss Game Studios and Iguana are confirmed US developers. Boss' Top Gear Rally from later that year lists Panasonic Wondertainment head Takeshi Matsuo under Special Thanks.
• Edge - January 1998: the M2 was shown at Digitalmedia World Expo in November 1997, and showcased three games (Trouble Decker, a scrolling shoot-em-up called Memory Breaker and Digital Dance Mix).
• Genki was long rumoured to be making a shooter similar to Panzer Dragoon. Considering a Sega game was there to show off the tech, third parties definitely weren't off the table. The Jan-Feb and Mar-Apr issues of 3DO Magazine Japan show screenshots of their work done for the system.
• Multiple magazines confirm Wondertainment did develop two publically-released games, just not under their own name in the end: Web Mystery for Dreamcast and Goraku Ou Tango for WonderSwan.
• Doda - March 2014: Head of Zener Works confirms they were behind one of the system's supposed launch titles.
• Other companies and games were confirmed for M2 before 1997, but Panasonic ghosting every Western developer makes me believe most of those wouldn't have seen the time of day... at least not on the M2.

Nearly 80 games in total, more than 40 from Japan... what other games do you think would've made it onto the M2 had it released?

That was my brother’s favorite game(total eclipse) and he was so good at it! I think i only played it once or twice. Do you like total eclipse? Or the rest? Which one among those was ur fave? I would like to know, be well guys!

Im sick of all this alien stuff roaming around! Im sick of this unfair world! Im sick of seeing oppressed people, hungry people, poor people! I wish things can change for the best for every good and clean human soul out there especially kids, who are suffering everyday around the world! …. Im glad i have the chance to vent here! …..Im glad we can still talk about games, away from all the evilness in this world!

Hope u all well out there guys!

Which one would you like to play?

This early casing for the M2 shows it once had support for all these formats, so I wonder if that functionality was kept for the final kiosk model?

Also I know the 3DO has a cool visualiser for playing audio CDs, and I was wondering if the M2 has a similar function. Maybe it could give us a glimpse into what the console menu would've looked like outside of the very 90s-looking Storage Manager.

Which one is your favorite and why?

I remember the unlimited hours we spent on Way of the Warrior

Our entire neighborhood used to stay over for long night challenges… wish i can go back! That was more than 30 years ago if my memory serves me right. The good old days

Just came across an absolutely insane ODE modded FZ-10 on the Facebook marketplace and grabbed it immediately. It’s also modded with a 240p flipper switch but didn’t have an s-video cable with it at time of sale. Does anyone have recommendations on a quality s-video and stereo cable for running through a RetroTink 4k Pro?