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by Martin III
Tue Dec 19, 2017 2:09 am
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: Documenting 3DO Game Contents
Replies: 51
Views: 93258

Re: Documenting 3DO Game Contents

The back. I seriously doubt that re-sealers would take the time to put in a hangtab. Also, there is mention in the text of this being a "first case." Was this intended to be the start of a series? Hah, I noticed that too as I was looking over your photo. My copy of the game came with the discs, cas...
by Martin III
Tue Dec 19, 2017 2:02 am
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: 3DO/PSX Shockwave differences
Replies: 15
Views: 24985

Re: 3DO/PSX Shockwave differences

You've probably already done it by now but in case not, you probably want to check out some YouTube videos and make some comparisons. I hadn't, actually. I'm not sure I even thought of doing that, but I'm really bad at playing spot-the-difference (it once took me almost 15 minutes to solve one of t...
by Martin III
Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:51 am
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: Ben Zeller
Replies: 1
Views: 9186

Re: Ben Zeller

That is sad. It was always nice to see his face on screen.
by Martin III
Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:49 am
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: PROJECT: 3DO MAGAZINE PRESERVATION
Replies: 14
Views: 23034

Re: PROJECT: 3DO MAGAZINE PRESERVATION

Yeah, I would love to be able to read more of these. I only have scans of the first issue; wish I had physical copies that I could share.
by Martin III
Thu Oct 19, 2017 1:13 am
Forum: 3DO M2 Forum
Topic: DVD or CD?
Replies: 1
Views: 10424

DVD or CD?

I'm a little bit confused as regard to the M2's software medium. I've found magazines from mid-1996 pretty firmly declaring that the M2 would use DVDs, but I'm now reading an interview with Trip Hawkins in the October 1996 issue of Next Generation in which he says that a DVD game system would not be...
by Martin III
Tue Sep 26, 2017 1:56 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: 3DO/PSX Shockwave differences
Replies: 15
Views: 24985

Re: 3DO/PSX Shockwave differences

Some serious thread necromancy here, but has anyone tried out the Saturn or Pippin versions of Shockwave? Do they have the same weaknesses as the PlayStation version? (If so, it seems a shame... Last I checked the Saturn version is one of the few Saturn games that still goes for dirt cheap, and gett...
by Martin III
Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:24 pm
Forum: Technical Support
Topic: 3DO gamegun and Demolition Man
Replies: 4
Views: 12945

Re: 3DO gamegun and Demolition Man

Shoot, I can't believe I overlooked this thread until now. In all probability the original poster isn't even checking this forum anymore. Just in case, though: The 3DO Gamegun doesn't work with Demolition Man when plugged directly into the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. You have to use a standard 3DO ...
by Martin III
Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:21 pm
Forum: Popular Topics
Topic: Import games - pearls of wisdom.
Replies: 53
Views: 81193

Re: Import games - pearls of wisdom.

[quote=goldenband post_id=40485 time=1503703326 user_id=773] [quote=a31chris post_id=40484 time=1503682865 user_id=907] Looks like it didn't [/quote] Yeah, for some reason BBCode broke after my Aqua World post (as you can see from my failed attempt to quote you). Any ideas why? Is everyone else also...
by Martin III
Sun Sep 10, 2017 4:17 pm
Forum: Atari Jaguar forum
Topic: The Syndicate thread
Replies: 10
Views: 16799

Re: The Syndicate thread

Something has occurred to me. Mike Diskette tried to give Magic Carpet a go on the Jag and had no luck supposedly. We know the Jag can do textured 3D. HoverStrike etc. Not fantastic but it's there. I think he was overlooking some Jag fundamentals. He did two 2D games(Sydnicate, Theme Park) on the J...
by Martin III
Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:38 pm
Forum: Atari Jaguar forum
Topic: Attack of the Mutant Penguins
Replies: 3
Views: 11280

Re: Attack of the Mutant Penguins

Can you post the magazine article? I didn't know about Attack of the Mutant Penguins being release in PAL regions first, maybe "Atari Europe" had the game finished and this was them doing a last ditch effort to move the game out! Sorry it took me so long to respond. I've been having computer troubl...
by Martin III
Sun Sep 10, 2017 3:00 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: Getting all the beetles in D
Replies: 7
Views: 9445

Re: Getting all the beetles in D

Very cool.

For beetle spawning points, off the top of my head I remember beetles at the numbered drawers in chapter 1, and at the fountain in chapter 3. Never saw any beetles at the brick walls in chapter 3, and I've approached all of those brick walls at least once.
by Martin III
Sat Jun 24, 2017 5:13 pm
Forum: Atari Jaguar forum
Topic: Attack of the Mutant Penguins
Replies: 3
Views: 11280

Attack of the Mutant Penguins

So, I'm still doing my old magazine researches, and I came across a good article about the Jaguar's official discontinuation. In it, an Atari representative owned up that Atari hadn't been developing Jaguar games for about six months, and that they would release just two more games for the system. O...
by Martin III
Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:03 pm
Forum: Suggested Projects
Topic: Japanese Game Translation "Wish List"
Replies: 12
Views: 33055

Re: Japanese Game Translation "Wish List"

Sorry, I haven't been checking on this part of the forum lately. I definitely second Grand Chef. I'd also love to see Ghost Hunter Series, though I may be unique in that desire. It's just such a deliciously weird game, and I love my first person dungeon crawlers. Blue Forest Story is not a bad idea ...
by Martin III
Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:50 pm
Forum: General Forum
Topic: Zelda's Adventure
Replies: 4
Views: 14409

Re: Zelda's Adventure

The mystery deepens... I noticed on the Wikipedia article, Zelda's Adventure is listed not only as a PAL-only release, but a Netherlands-only release! No source for this claim is provided, and though I tried asking the editor who added it for more information, it's been over two months and still no ...
by Martin III
Sat Jun 03, 2017 11:30 pm
Forum: 3DO Game Reviews
Topic: Review - DOOM
Replies: 20
Views: 39046

Re: Review - DOOM

Yeah, I've been wanting to play it myself. I'm intrigued by the thought of playing Doom on the 3DO, and since it only has 24 levels I could whip through it in just a few days. And one thing I've learned from playing the Saturn and SNES versions of Doom is that the merits or shortcomings of Doom conv...
by Martin III
Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:56 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: American Laser Games
Replies: 1
Views: 4421

American Laser Games

During my editing on Wikipedia I stumbled upon a former employee of American Laser Games. Check out our conversation here - some interesting stuff about the company's history and their unfinished PlayStation game Shining Sword.
by Martin III
Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:51 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: Finally replaced Wolfenstein, someone help though...
Replies: 10
Views: 15773

Re: Finally replaced Wolfenstein, someone help though...

This truly is an excellent game on 3DO. Yeah, I was just reading through an issue of GamePro, and in their end-of-the-year awards they actually named Wolfenstein 3D the Best 3DO Game of 1995. Which is pretty crazy once you take into account that 1995 was the year of The Need for Speed, Return Fire,...
by Martin III
Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:46 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: My complaint about the 3DO start game exit screen setup.
Replies: 1
Views: 3770

Re: My complaint about the 3DO start game exit screen setup.

I can' think of any game where I've had a problem with this, though I haven't played Shockwave Assault. The one thing that threw me for a while is that A, the leftmost action button, is used as the main action button in most 3DO games. I'm more used to the Saturn, NES, Game Boy Advance, etc., for wh...
by Martin III
Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:13 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: 3DO Article in Popular Science - Dec 1993
Replies: 1
Views: 4132

Re: 3DO Article in Popular Science - Dec 1993

Very interesting stuff! I've read quite a bit of articles about the 3DO, but always in gamers' magazines; this offers a whole different perspective. Thanks for sharing this.
by Martin III
Sat Jun 03, 2017 10:05 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: PO'ed
Replies: 19
Views: 24790

Re: PO'ed

Which was the level where you have to use a path to get to the top and cant just get up there with the jetpack? There was a bit of a trick there, but id have to play it again to know how i did it. That one is "Spiral", the first "secret level". Let me know if you figure out the trick; going through...
by Martin III
Sun Mar 12, 2017 4:26 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: PO'ed
Replies: 19
Views: 24790

Re: PO'ed

The hand wipes the blood away when you use the drill! Ahhh... Now it makes sense. Good to hear from you again, Fujisan! Sorry to hear POed didn't come out in Japan. But can't you play the North American version on your 3DO? The game has almost no text, and the 3DO isn't region locked. After conside...
by Martin III
Sun Mar 12, 2017 3:06 pm
Forum: 3DO Game Reviews
Topic: Review - Iron Angel of the Apocalypse: The Return
Replies: 6
Views: 16431

Re: Review - Iron Angel of the Apocalypse: The Return

I just found this contemporary review of the game in Next Generation #15 (March 1996) and was floored by how it echoed precisely my own sentiments. The similarity is almost scary, but it's cool to know that someone else out there had the same reaction to the game as I did, all the more so when that ...
by Martin III
Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:12 am
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: PO'ed
Replies: 19
Views: 24790

Re: PO'ed

Pompous Tartar is about the same again, just a bit more difficult. Not sure if there was another weapon hidden in Medium Rare, did you look down where you find the meat cleaver in Pompous? No, I didn't. Regretting that now! I finally had to give up and consult a YouTube vid to figure out how to exi...
by Martin III
Fri Mar 03, 2017 9:51 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: Introduce yourself.
Replies: 825
Views: 2383264

Re: Introduce yourself.

Belated welcomes, BurritoBeans and Optimus! Got any favorite 3DO games?
by Martin III
Mon Feb 20, 2017 1:49 am
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: PO'ed
Replies: 19
Views: 24790

Re: PO'ed

Its been years since i played this, but i do remember a few things. I found the flame thrower good for getting rid of the green slime enemies. Really? I had instinctively thought the same thing, but when I tried it out it didn't seem to work too well. Maybe I misjudged how tough the slimes are. I g...
by Martin III
Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:27 am
Forum: Homebrew Development
Topic: Gameblabla's Crappy Compilation
Replies: 20
Views: 27960

Re: Gameblabla's Crappy Compilation

No worries; to be honest I'd have been surprised if this sort of thing were reasonably doable. I just thought it would be good to let you know there was interest in it either way.
by Martin III
Mon Feb 13, 2017 1:21 am
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: PO'ed
Replies: 19
Views: 24790

Re: PO'ed

Now I'm really cooking with this game! (Pun not intended but welcome nonetheless. :) ) I cheated a bit and consulted ewhac's Let's Play to see how to get to the top of "Jump", though I figured out how to get the jetpack from there on my own. Blitzed through another six levels and loving it. "Sponge"...
by Martin III
Sun Feb 12, 2017 8:07 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: Flashback
Replies: 15
Views: 21030

Re: Flashback

I really like Blackthorne and Prince of Persia which are kind of like Flashback, but I can't get into Flashback because the passwords are so few and far between. It's a slog to grind through an area for 45 minutes or more, and then die, and get put all the way back to the start or a checkpoint that...
by Martin III
Sun Feb 12, 2017 7:48 pm
Forum: 3DO Main Forum
Topic: Phoenix 3 thoughts?
Replies: 3
Views: 6777

Re: Phoenix 3 thoughts?

The term "interactive movie" actually refers to any game where full-motion video is a major component, regardless of genre. Button configuration isn't really a problem for me. I mean, sure, it annoys me when a game has an unusual button configuration and doesn't give the option to change it, or even...
by Martin III
Sat Feb 11, 2017 1:32 pm
Forum: Homebrew Development
Topic: Evil Australians - New 3DO game for Ludum Dare
Replies: 4
Views: 12639

Re: Evil Australians - New 3DO game for Ludum Dare

Sweet. Downloaded. Now I just need to remember what software I use to burn ISOs.