What is your preferred 3DO console?
Moderators: 3DO Experience, Devin, Bas, 3DOKid
What is your preferred 3DO console?
Just wondering what everybody's personal favorite 3DO console model was. Personally I own a Goldstar model and that is the only model I have tried, but I really do like the design of the Goldstar the best. The FZ-1 is close though. If you select other please explain.
- Dr.Enceladus
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 135
- Joined: Thu May 05, 2011 3:59 pm
- Location: Western Australia
- Contact:
i just voted 4 the FZ10, but i really should have voted 4 the 3DO PC Blaster card because of the almost unlimited 600mb 486 SX-33 PC's HDD save game space and 8 meg of old school RAM, can i change my vote now or do i forever have to hold down my 3 (all three) button 3DO controller to escape the menu screen? or can i just press "esc" on my keyboard
...eat well, stay fit, look good, feel great - die anyway...
Not really any way to change it, this is the best I can doDr.Enceladus wrote:i just voted 4 the FZ10, but i really should have voted 4 the 3DO PC Blaster card because of the almost unlimited 600mb 486 SX-33 PC's HDD save game space and 8 meg of old school RAM, can i change my vote now or do i forever have to hold down my 3 (all three) button 3DO controller to escape the menu screen? or can i just press "esc" on my keyboard
Panasonic FZ-1 [ 3 ]
Panasonic FZ-10 [ 2 ]
Goldstar [ 1 ]
Other (Sanyo, 3DO Blaster etc....) [ 1 ]
Dr.Enceladus wrote:i just voted 4 the FZ10, but i really should have voted 4 the 3DO PC Blaster card because of the almost unlimited 600mb 486 SX-33 PC's HDD save game space and 8 meg of old school RAM
Neither the HDD nor the system memory of the host PC are utilized by the Blaster.
The 3DO Blaster is an entire "console on a card" and as such utilizes its own NVRAM, DRAM and VRAM.
for playability and reliabilty you can't go wrong with the FZ-10. It's just the workhorse.
My FZ-1 is still on the shelf, but that's because the tray loading makes it stackable. IMO the FZ-1 feels like a more expensive machine all around. Solid construction, svideo, built in AC. I really like it, but the FZ-10 is still my workhorse.
My FZ-1 is still on the shelf, but that's because the tray loading makes it stackable. IMO the FZ-1 feels like a more expensive machine all around. Solid construction, svideo, built in AC. I really like it, but the FZ-10 is still my workhorse.
- 3DO Experience
- 3DO ZONE ADMIN
- Posts: 3686
- Joined: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:47 am
- Location: U.S.A.
- 3DO Experience
- 3DO ZONE ADMIN
- Posts: 3686
- Joined: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:47 am
- Location: U.S.A.
- phatrat1982
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 213
- Joined: Wed Jun 15, 2011 4:01 pm
- Location: USA
- knightintosh
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 199
- Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 12:16 am
- Location: Whitehead, Northern Ireland
- Contact:
I owned a FZ-10 back in the day and only recently re-purchased one, but also got a FZ-1 along with it. I have to say the FZ-1 is really and truly a thing of beauty! It's gorgeous! And if released today I honestly believe it would still garner a lot of attention, the design is still futuristic and compelling to me.
I never owned the Goldstar or Sanyo models, but I always thought they looked cool. The Goldstar one was a nice colour and shape and I'll definitely be adding one to my new collection. However, while I never saw a Sanyo one in the "flesh" I always thought it was a beauty of a machine! It was my dream machine and probably still is. The ripple effect, the front LED, the front panel, everything about it was just awesome!
However, as I've never owned one, and even though the FZ-1 is a spectacular looking machine, I've voted for the FZ-10 as it holds a special place in my heart as it was the system I owned before and have so many memories attached to.
I never owned the Goldstar or Sanyo models, but I always thought they looked cool. The Goldstar one was a nice colour and shape and I'll definitely be adding one to my new collection. However, while I never saw a Sanyo one in the "flesh" I always thought it was a beauty of a machine! It was my dream machine and probably still is. The ripple effect, the front LED, the front panel, everything about it was just awesome!
However, as I've never owned one, and even though the FZ-1 is a spectacular looking machine, I've voted for the FZ-10 as it holds a special place in my heart as it was the system I owned before and have so many memories attached to.
- knightintosh
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 199
- Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 12:16 am
- Location: Whitehead, Northern Ireland
- Contact:
- knightintosh
- 3DO ZERO USER
- Posts: 199
- Joined: Thu May 26, 2011 12:16 am
- Location: Whitehead, Northern Ireland
- Contact:
My Goldstar is a model GDO-101M manufactured April 1995. Are the GDO-101M rare or more valuable? The reason I ask is because there is a Goldstar on ebay with the GDO-101M in the auction title and they are asking $133 for it and it is in pretty rough condition. Here is a link to the auction.
http://cgi.ebay.com/3DO-GoldStar-GDO-10 ... 1075586297
http://cgi.ebay.com/3DO-GoldStar-GDO-10 ... 1075586297
- 3DO Experience
- 3DO ZONE ADMIN
- Posts: 3686
- Joined: Sun Jun 24, 2007 8:47 am
- Location: U.S.A.
because the M2 sucks assTrixie the naughty Goblin wrote:Um, you don't have the M2 as a choice. How am I supposed to vote for it? 64-bits is better than 32, do the math!
Ex-3DO collector extraordinaire , but i still have my collection
Villagephotos is dead, need to find my old pics and find another host
Villagephotos is dead, need to find my old pics and find another host