Who was lucky enough to play Crash N Burn in October of 93?
Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:13 pm
Prior to October 1993, I was very excited about the 3DO and the possibilities it presented. Seeing screenshots of Jurassic Park with a giant character walking around, and seeing screenshots of Star Trek: TNG really impressed the heck out of me. However, as impressed as I was by all of it, no way in hell was I spending the $599.99 or whatever the thing actually retailed at. Luckily, I had a good friend who jumped on the bandwagon immediately.
This buddy of mine was an even a bigger early-adopter than me. (which is saying something). He got the 3DO on launch day, and proceeded to tell me how amazing it was. I ended up over at his house alot during that time, playing the hell out of Crash N Burn and waiting patiently for the release of Total Eclipse.
I must say that the experience of playing Crash N Burn back then was like none other. I think this is one of the things that is forgotten about the 3DO. The general public at large didn't get exposed to the 3DO until the price of the machine had come WAY, WAY down. This was a couple of years after it was launched, so most people that experienced Crash N Burn thought it was really lame, because they were playing it almost 2 years after it had first come out.
Those of us that were lucky enough to play the thing in late 1993, know better. The thing was absolutely the pinnacle of Next-Gen gaming at that time. Think about the other games that people were playing in 1993 on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. Sure, lots of great 16-bit games, but technologically speaking, Crash N Burn was light-years beyond that. I remember telling him, "Dude, you basically have an arcade machine in your house with this 3DO". Because I honestly think that if Panasonic made a Arcade cabinet with a 3DO in it, playing Crash N Burn, in late 1993, it would have been very popular, because the graphical fidelity was on par with what was going on in the Arcades at the time. In some ways, it was beyond what was going on in the Arcades.
I still enjoy playing Crash N Burn to this day, because the nostalgia feeling that it gives me is irreplaceable. I like playing it on a rainy day, because in late October and November of 1993, I remember playing it at his house when it was overcast and rainy. Very special memories. Lots of people consider the 3DO to be one of the worst gaming systems ever, and they just have no idea how wrong they are, primarily because their first exposure to the 3DO came post Saturn/Playstation/N64, and the 3DO didn't compare too well to those other systems. Those of us that played the 3DO in 1993 and 1994 know better.
This buddy of mine was an even a bigger early-adopter than me. (which is saying something). He got the 3DO on launch day, and proceeded to tell me how amazing it was. I ended up over at his house alot during that time, playing the hell out of Crash N Burn and waiting patiently for the release of Total Eclipse.
I must say that the experience of playing Crash N Burn back then was like none other. I think this is one of the things that is forgotten about the 3DO. The general public at large didn't get exposed to the 3DO until the price of the machine had come WAY, WAY down. This was a couple of years after it was launched, so most people that experienced Crash N Burn thought it was really lame, because they were playing it almost 2 years after it had first come out.
Those of us that were lucky enough to play the thing in late 1993, know better. The thing was absolutely the pinnacle of Next-Gen gaming at that time. Think about the other games that people were playing in 1993 on the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo. Sure, lots of great 16-bit games, but technologically speaking, Crash N Burn was light-years beyond that. I remember telling him, "Dude, you basically have an arcade machine in your house with this 3DO". Because I honestly think that if Panasonic made a Arcade cabinet with a 3DO in it, playing Crash N Burn, in late 1993, it would have been very popular, because the graphical fidelity was on par with what was going on in the Arcades at the time. In some ways, it was beyond what was going on in the Arcades.
I still enjoy playing Crash N Burn to this day, because the nostalgia feeling that it gives me is irreplaceable. I like playing it on a rainy day, because in late October and November of 1993, I remember playing it at his house when it was overcast and rainy. Very special memories. Lots of people consider the 3DO to be one of the worst gaming systems ever, and they just have no idea how wrong they are, primarily because their first exposure to the 3DO came post Saturn/Playstation/N64, and the 3DO didn't compare too well to those other systems. Those of us that played the 3DO in 1993 and 1994 know better.