Trip Hawkins Interview From Next Generation #1

parallaxscroll · Post by **parallaxscroll** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 3:24 pm

Trev · Post by **Trev** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 5:42 pm

Good article!

I think Next Gen was pretty spot on not just w/its questions, but w/its admissions. 3DO was the hottest game machine & biggest bang for your gaming buck during this time. It is easy to forget all these years later, especially since this window was so short, but from late 94 to mid 95 3DO was the console to own.

The questions too showed forsight (doubting the market could support 4 consoles, wondering if 3DO was giving "free" lessons for future systems, etc ...

And Trip was pretty funny (and accurate) w/much of the competition at the time. Games certainly weren't the cd-i's forte, Atari was pretty much done, the 32X was a stopgap, the N64 was delayed, etc...

I also liked reading how a 3DO II, sepearte from the M2, was planned, and Trip likening 3DO to the bubonic plague.

Thanks for posting.

parallaxscroll · Post by **parallaxscroll** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 8:46 pm

You're welcome! I'll tell you all where I got it: Retromags.com. They have a massive amount of magazines scanned into their database, ready for people to download. I'm currently looking for more 3DO articles, especially anything on the M2.

edit: here's one more article from the same mag:

Post by **3DO Experience** » Sun Nov 28, 2010 9:26 pm

niiiiiiiiice!

BryWI · Post by **BryWI** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:07 am

Who is Trip Hawkins?

Post by **3DO Experience** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 2:12 am

You just wanna get kicked out don't you?

BryWI · Post by **BryWI** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 3:09 pm

Kicked in the head is more preferred!

Post by **3DOKid** » Mon Nov 29, 2010 5:25 pm

BryWI wrote:Kicked in the head is more preferred!

No bother. Any particular side?

BryWI · Post by **BryWI** » Tue Nov 30, 2010 12:49 am

Dead Center. Use some of them golf shoes too.

awbacon · Post by **awbacon** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 5:38 am

and to think Trip Hawkins now slings shitty iphone games

I'll take a 3DO 2 instead please

Qcombus · Post by **Qcombus** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 7:59 am

Talking about Trip; do any of you remember his quote saying the PS2 was as revolutionary as the printing press?

I remember that he was quoted in the official playstation mag.

I'll try to dig up that page since I'm pretty sure I have that magazine somewhere

EDIT: Here it is

Post by **3DOKid** » Fri Dec 03, 2010 8:12 am

Qcombus wrote:Talking about Trip; do any of you remember his quote saying the PS2 was as revolutionary as the printing press?

I remember that he was quoted in the official playstation mag.

I'll try to dig up that page since I'm pretty sure I have that magazine somewhere

He has a knack for over exhaggeration. But in my case, people in glass houses... et cetera.