Review - 3DO Homebrew Pack #1
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 8:45 pm
Good 'ol Game Guru ... what power do you hide? Being greeted by it's familiar screen upon loading this disc, I at once renewed my determination to hack the device! "The 3DO homebrew scene will match the Jag's yet" I proclaimed with confidence. That was until reality set in. Quickly I remembered that I had absolutely no clue of how to even begin such a process. So, looks like I won't be building the multiplayer's next great game. But, I'm doing something that's almost as good ...
I'm posting a tiny review ...
of an obscure disc ...
for a niche platform ...
on a small forum.
Anyway, while this disc is certainly of interest it lies only with the serious collector, and mainly for the promise it holds rather than it's contents. The 'homebrew demos', '3DO sdk samples', and 'other stuff' do contain games, but they are very simple. The rest of the content is essentially screen savers that do a good job of showing off 3DO's graphical tricks but nothing more. It doesn't impress a great deal once the 3DO rose colored goggles come off (thankfully I've had permanent 3DO laser surgery )
Actually, having experienced the bulk of this content on the now very rare Icebreaker II release, my excitement has obviously lessened. And while it is always handy to have a storage manager, I've no real need for it owning both a Game Guru and several demo discs with one included. Is one look at this disc enough? Yes. I was curious, but am now satisfied with no real need to re-visit.
Still, this shows that homebrew is alive if hardly thriving on 3DO (IBII & GDG's Onside & Powerslide notwithstanding) MNEMONIC promises disk #2 which hopefully will arrive soon, and with meatier content. Like many 3DO collector's, healthy homebrew activity on the 3DO is my wish for the future.
-Trev