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Details are still a bit sketchy but over the last two months the 3DO RSA encryption keys have finally been brute forced. The algorithm has been known for quite some time but this is the first bit of solid news on a potential for homebrew. The Older Game releases from a few years back were just Betas that were reverse engineered using the 3DO Game Guru program but this is definitely something different and looks to be the real deal.

Jaguars were released here in limited quantities as well as the CD32 as I have previously mentioned - but it is extremely rare to find any on Aus Ebay as Australians are notorious for throwing stuff out and moving on. I bought a CD32 new from "Norman Ross" now known as "Harvey Norman" in 1994 and had seen Jags for sale at at least two locations in the ACT in 1995 - I bought my first 3DO new from one of those shops the same year. In addition to your questions about the TG16 - it certainly was never released here nor was its Japanese counterpart the PC Engine (they are the same). And to everyone else - A typical console costs nearly $100 US in freight alone from either Japan , UK or the US to send here - it makes me cry - seriously!

In Australia if you want ease of collecting go the Commodore 64 - They had a massive distribution network here and are still relatively cheap. As for a locally released obscure console - forget the VBoy - it was never available here so if you got one you are going to pay high prices for any games/accessories. Consoles that did get limited release - Vectrex , Goldstar 3DO , Amiga CD32 , Jaguar - are all gonna cost $ If you want a cheap oddity then go a Sega Mega CD - although even they are a little high priced. You need to check amps/watts/volts on anything from overseas. Jaycar Electronics and Dick Smith both do converters but depending on your needs your going to pay between $60 and $200. Once you add that to your cost price and freight you may as well pay for a local overpriced version. Anything you decide on send me a message - I may have something in stock and ready to go. Matt. Unusual handhelds are another option - ever thought about a Neo Pocket or Wonderswan?

I've had a an all white 3DO suggested to me and will be going ahead with one soon! I got a delivery of loose 3DO's out of Japan that had obviously spent their life with other stuff stacked on them as they all had scratched tops! The paint is very durable - the process is identical to that used on plastic fenders. Bonding agents are used and a tough enamel shell formed. A delivered shell would cost approx $100. If you supplied the shell that would drop to $70 - 3DO's aren't that common here. Crazy thing is that I have already sold two of the 64s at that price ...so there is definitely a market. I do clean and check all components and replace capacitors and resistors where necessary during reassembly.

That is AWESOME! Mattyg checking in

yeah I know! I gotta put up some more recent pics as the collection has grown somewhat since

I agree - however all the consoles I do are complete basket cases when I start. If doing this means that a ratty old console rescued from a rubbish tip (the N64 started off this way) finds a respectful place in someone's home then I'm all for it. If a customer wants me to do it to something in A1 condition then I am not above doing that - but my personal coloured stuff were all damaged loose pieces.

To their credit they didn't make me look like a complete lunatic! Rybags - you may have noticed my boxed 64C during the interview - I will unpack and take photos soon as previously promised time just keeps getting away on me!

The 3DO FZ-1 is now finished and reassembled:

I am giving serious consideration to doing a limited run of 50 including numbered certificate and a mario toy - the big issue for overseas buyers is the PAL/240 volt issue. I would be prepared to colour customer shells then send back for the customer to reassemble. This would cut down postage costs and get around the voltage/system issue. I was looking at $250 for one complete boxed as new with certificate and toy or $150 loose. If it was just a shell you are looking at $100 for the respray and postage return. Each one costs me $70 in materials and booth time alone - so not much profit. I have already taken orders for two of the 64s and am doing a Saturn in Sonic blue/white for another customer - finished pics will go up when done.

I bought a 3DO at the time on the basis of Star Trek TNG : World for all Seasons screenshots - man that game coulda been somethin' Also IMSA racing and D2 on the M2. The script and game on the M2 version of D2 was different to the version later released on the Dreamcast.

This link may not work for all of you but for those that it does here is an interview I did for Australian TV show Good Game - hope I did the community justice. My link

I've been busy...................here are are the results of some of my latest creations! I am considering doing a whole range of Red/White Mario themed Ninty consoles based on how the 64 turned out What do you guys think?

Killing Time and Space Hulk are sold! Others are still available!

Okay I've done a bit of cleaning up and I have some excess 3DO games to sell/trade in the coming weeks. First up on offer are my loose discs. 1.Samurai Shodown US disc with some light surface scratches $7 2.Space Hulk US disc in excellent condition $7 3.Road Rash US disc in very good condition $5 4.Incredible Machine US disc in excellent condition $7 5.Gex US disc in excellent condition $5 6.Guardian War US disc some light scratches and inventory barcodes $5 7.Theme Park US disc in very good condition $7 8.Captain Quazar UK disc with very light surface scratches $10 9.Wing Commander III UK discs ? All 4 discs in very good condition $10 10.Psychic Detective US discs All 3 discs in very good condition $12 11.Shockwave II US discs both good condition with shop stickers on discs $10 12.Killing Time UK disc very good condition with conway estate map $8 13.PO'ed UK disc light surface scratches has manual $7 I will combine postage for sales and pay for outgoing postage in trades. There are a large number of titles I still don't have and many titles I only have loose discs for so feel free to pm me if interested. Be aware guys that pricing is in AU dollars and postage may be expensive if you are from overseas but great if you are local! Whilst it is not the best paypal will be the easiest.

The title pretty much says it all! 1 Vectrex Star Trek cart with overlay - our Magnavox odyssey friend has one but I will buy from him over my dead body 2 loose Space Ace disc - I was gipped on one I paid for - got the long box but no disc grrrrrrrrr 3 CD-i controller to suit a 470 model - wired or remote - my 220 remote does not work with this model cheers

I only have 2 Vectrex games and only one has it's overlay so Hyperchase is my No.1 by default Always looking for more though ! PM me if you're selling

Thought I'd better throw a post in. Mattyg of Newcastle checking in Red leader Those of you in Australia will be seeing me and my collection soon on the tv show Good Game this year! Not much else to say - specialise in 3DO but love ALL consoles Current List 1- Sheen pong clone cib 2- Magnavox Odyssey 4000 cib 3- Magnavox Odyssey 2 cib 4- Atari VCS cib 5- Atari 2600 “Vader” 6- Colecovision cib 7- Intellevision cib 8- Vectrex 9- Commodore 64C cib 10- NES cib 11- Sega Master System 2 – Sonic version cib 12- Sega Master System 2 – Alex Kidd version cib 13- Atari 2600 Jr. cib 14- Sega Mega Drive – cib 15- Sega Mega Drive II sonic 2 version cib 16- Sega Mega Drive II 2 controller version cib 17- SNES base version cib 18- SNES Starwing version cib 19- NEC PC Engine Core Grafx version cib 20- Sega Mega CD II cib 21- Philips CD-I 220 22- Philips CD-I 470 23- NEC PC FX cib 24- Amiga CD32 cib 25- Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 cib 26- Panasonic 3DO FZ-10 cib 27- Sanyo 3DO 28- Goldstar 3DO cib 29- Atari Jaguar 64 cib 30- Atari Jaguar 64 CD cib 31- Casio Loopy cib 32- Sega Saturn cib 33- Sony Playstation 34- Nintendo Virtual Boy 35- N64 standard version cib 36- N64 Pokemon version cib 37- SNK Neo Geo AES 38- SNK Neo Geo CD cib 39- Sega Dreamcast 40- Nintendo Gamecube cib 41- Nintendo Wii 42- Xbox 360 Handhelds 1- Nintendo Game boy 2- Sega Game gear cib 3- Atari Lynx cib 4- Atari Lynx II cib 5- Bandai Wonderswan cib 6- Bandai Wonderswan Colour cib 7- Neo Geo Pocket Colour 8- NDS 9- NDS lite

Sorry but we are talking about the Amiga CD32 NOT the Philips CD-i As for the CD32 - it is a great option if you liked Amiga games. It was so much easier to place a cd in a drive than to muck around with floppy discs. Most of the library is in PAL so I suggest if you don't have a mouse or a compatible monitor don't bother. Some of the European developers that worked on it made some beautiful arcade style games - Super Stardust and Alien Breed have both gotten recent XBLA upgrades , Chaos Engine and Banshee are fantastic steampunk titles and the CD32 version of Simon the Sorcerer is just plain funny. It is a quirky system that sits nicely between 16 bit and 32 bit. I recommend ! It was never "officially" sold in the states - there is the famous story of Commodore making one last ditch to stave off bankruptcy and literally produced warehouses of them to launch in the US. Sadly under pressure from some US companies (as I am on an Atari forum I won't say anymore) the US government would not let them enter under insolvency laws. Some of that Philippines stockpile still exists and these are the NTSC ones you see permanently on ebay from China. Luckily we did get an official release in Australia and I bought one brand new at the time. Other titles to look out for include the classic point and clicks Beneath a Steel Sky and Darkseed.

perhaps I should have used the term "insincere" as opposed to "lazy" . The original NFS was intended as a street race sim. In addition to your smarmy opponent - which I actually liked - you got some great FMV footage of the real cars in action. The distance you travelled on the track and the speed you drove were real time scaled. ie if you really drove at x speed it would get you x distance. The dashboards were straight out of the original vehicle and the view uncluttered.If you drove the Porsche too hard the back would swing out as it would in real life - the Viper handled like a dog just as it really does etc. Unfortunately this proved too cerebral for most console owners and the game was savaged for having too much FMV , too slow a framerate and too difficult to control.There was nothing wrong with the framerate - the game only appeared slow because well that's what its like in the real world. So what did EA do for the Saturn and PS versions? They removed the FMV opponent (stupid because he could be toggled off anyway) and the footage of the real cars. They increased the framerate and dumbed down the handling to give it an arcade feel. They added a ridiculous HUD that covered too much of the screen and the map which in the 3DO version could only be seen when paused was also thrown onto the screen. The only worthy additions? Two player and the ability to change the in game tunes. The 3DO gave you a much more rewarding experience that had you coming back to it again and again..........if you gave it some game time. The ports on the other hand were the equivilant of gaming junk food. NFS on the 3DO is the only car game ever that makes me want to use manual mode and the in car view. It is a subliminal game. Whilst EA continued to develop this franchise into a bubblegum format some of the guys that were in charge of the Burnout series kept a 3DO with NFS in their office ....so is it any wonder once they were given the NFS franchise to work with that the excellent Shift emerged? I don't think so. NFS in my opinion was the 3DO's finest moment and definitely worthwhile to own - because just about every 3DO owner did - this excellent game is amongst the easiest and cheapest to get - so what are you waiting for?

might I also add that the 3DO had some excellent puzzle games - Trip'd , Icebreaker and Gridders as well as the two excellent gameshows Twisted and Zhadnost

Firstly - get one but not the Goldstar - poor reliability , although the tray and laser are actually Sanyo they use poor ribbon cable and are prone to mainboard failures. Secondly - no cracked RSA key means no homebrew - period. RJ Mical messaged me recently to say that even he doesn't know a way around it. Thirdly - a lot of games actually debuted on this machine (esp the EA stuff) and are the superior versions - Road Rash , Need for Speed , Shockwave , Gex , Fifa , Madden as well as the 3DO studio stuff like Battlesport and Return Fire are all AAA titles. The Playstation and Saturn versions are the lazy ports. There is also some great PC stuff that is so much easier on a console with less stuffing around - Wing Commander III comes to mind. Fourthly - SFII is brilliant when used with either the Panasonic arcade stick or the Capcom controller Fifth - the 3DO controllers are not that bad - but if you can find them Hori and Logitech made some nice ones too and are the ones to get Lastly - there are over 300 officially released titles available nuff said

Currently own: 1- Sheen pong clone cib 2- Magnavox Odyssey 4000 cib 3- Magnavox Odyssey 2 cib 4- Atari VCS cib 5- Colecovision cib 6- Intellevision cib 7- Vectrex 8- Commodore 64C cib 9- NES cib 10- Sega Master System 2 – Sonic version cib 11- Sega Master System 2 – Alex Kidd version cib 12- Atari 2600 Jr. cib 13- Sega Mega Drive – cib 14- Sega Mega Drive II sonic 2 version cib 15- Sega Mega Drive II 2 controller version cib 16- SNES base version cib 17- SNES Starwing version cib 18- NEC PC Engine Core Grafx version cib 19- Sega Mega CD II cib 20- Philips CD-I 220 21- Philips CD-I 470 22- NEC PC FX cib 23- Amiga CD32 cib 24- Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 cib 25- Panasonic 3DO FZ-10 cib 26- Sanyo 3DO 27- Goldstar 3DO cib 28- Atari Jaguar 64 cib 29- Atari Jaguar 64 CD cib 30- Sega Saturn cib 31- Sony Playstation 32- Nintendo Virtual Boy 33- N64 standard version cib 34- N64 Pokemon version cib 35- SNK Neo Geo AES 36- SNK Neo Geo CD cib 37- Sega Dreamcast 38- Nintendo Gamecube cib 39- Nintendo Wii Handhelds 1- Nintendo Game boy 2- Sega Game gear cib 3- Atari Lynx cib 4- Atari Lynx II cib 5- Bandai Wonderswan cib 6- Bandai Wonderswan Colour cib 7- Neo Geo Pocket Colour 8- NDS 9- NDS lite Used to own an Hanimex cartridge system and a VIC 20! Good to see another active Aussie on the forums!

PM me ax if you have any Sanyo/Goldstar 3DO lasers and ribbon cables ! I need one set desperately!

A couple of footnotes: The 3DO - because of its light display when playing audio cd's - was often referred to as the world's most expensive lava lamp! In addition to its internal memory - memory cards were also available The Sanyo and Goldstar versions had memory managers built in and please come and visit us over at 3DO Zero if you want to talk about all things 3DO (and Jag!)