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I'm really looking forward to the day I'll own a copy of this. Wayne's World is a cult movie from my early years, I know the french-canadian dubbed version almost by heart to this day. I have _never_ played this, but I always saw it everywhere and Cass-- Tia Carrere on the cover alway caught my eye. This predates her Sydney Fox days by 4 years. Fun fact: Relic Hunter is mostly canadian-produced. ​Would you be more inclined to play/buy the game after reading up on it? It's not even an uncommon title so it should be relatively easy to find it at a good price, unless you're in Canada. (currency conversion, shipping and customs really do break deals in my case)

New review! ​This one is a game I'm actively hunting for (not keen on paying eBay prices on this one). It is considered one of the better FMV games, but apparently the movie-to-game ratio isn't optimal. It's mostly a movie, but the reviewer from my favorite game mag from the days, Game Players, seems to like it. Bonus points to Jeff Lundrigan for being mostly non-sexist in his writing. ​The Daedalus Encouter ​This 73% score is surprisingly high for an FMV game, which was a dreaded genre even back then. Come to think of it, whose brilliant idea was it to offer gamers titles that were essentially non-games and expect them to buy that sh*t? And most times the "movie" isn't even good. But I digress, here's the detailed score: Graphics: 10 +Excellent video quality, nice design work. +Oh, OK- Tia Carrera is cute too. Music & Sound FX: 9 +The sound is great, especially in full surround. -The music is good, but it's pretty generic outer space music. Innovation: 4 +Some of the puzzles I haven't seen before. -Nothing much new here really. Gameplay: 7 +Not bad if you like puzzles and enjoy the videos. -Nothing else to like if you don't. Replay Value: 7 +There are some "hidden" things you might miss the first time. -It still doesn't take manu tries before you're tired of it. ​I have yet to play this so I can't compare my own experience with Jeff's. He probably makes valid points: this is mostly a movie with some puzzles to solve here and there. My research tells me there are 11 puzzles scattered throughout this movie. It could probably be played via a DVD player with just your remote, if they had made it that way. ​A score in that range is better than a near-perfect or near-zero to inform us readers and would-be buyers about the game. So here we are clearly told that this is mostly a movie with little interaction, but that the acting and the set are above average. This looks like an accurate reflection of the game, just by looking at the screenshots and considering the cast. I mean yeah, Cassandra​ Tia carrere is a well known actor after all. ​Ms Carrere herself was present at the last ComicCon I went to, and my main regret is not having a boxed/sealed copy of this game for her to sign. Hopefully I'll make that happen someday soon. BONUS: A second opinion, EGM's review ​It looks like EGM's review agrees with that of Game Players, averaging 6.75/10 with some mostly positive comment about the quality of the video. ​Have you played this game? How hot is Tia​ What did you think of this "movie with 11 puzzles"?

Yeah most people will agree that the game is almost solid. It's near miss and it is fully underserving of a near-perfect score.

Ah...but the 90s were a different time. It's just how they did reviews. The guy likes the game a lot (or got paid a lot) so he writes only nice things about it. There are negative points made about the map and repetitive action. You'd get a more solid, nuanced review if it scored 60-70%, then he'd be talking about the high and low points from the game. I'll have such reviews up for you guys shortly.

I'm late on this, but the original idea to show games worst than E.T. is brilliant. E.T. was never, nor will it ever be, the worst Atari 2600 game.

Here I'll share some reviews for 3DO games for discussion purposes. ​I found scans from my favorite gaming magazine from the days, Game Players and they have some 3DO games reviewed. They were always pretty favorable to the machine, and the magazine itself was a pleasure to read. They have this whole 2-year cycle where they had great humor, a lot of personality and they engaged the readers directly. Quite the gem. Sadly it fizzled out rather quickly after trying to reinvent itself a couple times. But I digress. ​Here is the review for none other than Blade Force. WOAH look at that score! 95% lands Blade Force a "Game Players Ultimate" award and the reviewer Jeff Lundrigan can't seem to get over how good the game is. ​In case the text is too hard to read, here's the detailed score: Graphics: 10 +Beautiful, texture-mapped city to fly through. +And it MOVES, baby! Music & Sound FX: 8 +A great -and loud- rock soundtrack. -Scrapes the edge of generic rock, though. Innovation: 9 +There's never been a heli-pak sim before. +Just two words- Bungee Cam! Gameplay: 10 +If you love to fly, you'll love this! +Special weapons, challenging gameplay- what more do you need? Replay value: 9 +Screaming action keeps you coming back! -Gets a little repetitive after a while ​Bonus : Blade Force was also titled 3DO game of the year in the 1995 Holiday issue Do you agree with the review? I DON'T. ​Don't get me wrong, I like Blade Force. It's one of the true quality exclusives for the 3DO and it is quite the technical achievement in terms of graphics and framerate. I really shows off what the 3DO could do. But come on- read that review; "fly! shoot! explosion! woohoo!" He's basically regurgitating a mix of the press release and a few of the most obvious features of them. It's almost as if he only played the first level or so and extrapolated from there. ​While the review does mention of how deficient the map is, it misses that everything sorta looks the same so you're always getting lost and most of all, nowhere does Jeff Lundrigan talk about the legitimately broken collision detection. Again, I like Blade Force, but I just think it was never as great as M. Lundrigan makes it out to be. Technical prowess aside, I'd rate this game more in the 70% range, especially due to its gameplay flaws which were apparent even back then. ​What do you guys think of Blade Force or the review?

lol that intro. It looks like we're INSIDE a 3DO game.

I had to chuckle at "The next console war is here" while they show N64, PSX, Dreamcast and a hypothetical system called Project X.

Hey -- Next Generation! I prefered Game Players (same publisher). They were usually pretty favorable to the 3DO and gave good reviews, even if I could smell the bribe once in a while. ​I agree it's all semantics. Objectively, the 3DO was still alive when the PSX and Saturn hit the market. So much so that the better EA and Crystal Dynamics games from the 3DO library were ported to the other consoles. But look at the cover : Sony VS Nintendo VS Sega. This goes with what I'm saying : the 3DO never really had a dog in this race. ​And the header also mentions the M2 as if it were an actual product, and today we all know it's as real as unicorns. Matsushita must've been shooting money their way lol

Ah but the 3DO ran from 1993 to 1996. The N64 had just barely hit the market when the 3DO Interactive Player went under. It lived and died mostly before the 32/64bit generation came to be. ​The Dreamcast was a more serious contender to the PS2/XBOX/GameCube generation, it had its life cycle in the same years, even if it came out in 1999. And the TG16 is generally considered a proper 16bit-er. It released here the same year as the Genesis and it was clearly more powerful than the NES. ​But this is all semantics, really. No one ever really talks about the 32bit generation as being : 3DO, Jaguar, PSX, Saturn and N64. It's mostly the latter 3.

Put them up on Imgur and link me?

What do you have for sale? The boxes?

Essentially, yes. Plus lots of pictures of M2 hardware. ​You have those?

​These pictures were still available last year. I wanted to use them to reference something on another site. Eh well.

​I bought some off eBay a year or two ago and it was pretty much the last batch that seller had to offer and he didn't renew his stock. The protectors did fit the 3 different type of boxes I had : the fragile cardboard with top/bottom flaps, the "snapper style" and the "gift box" type (Cannon Fodder like). Must've been different. Where were yours from?

retroprotection now has 3DO longbox protectors. They've only been in for a week or so as of writing.

I haven't played Iron Angel of the Apocalypse (Tetsujin in Japan). It's a slow-paced first person dungeon crawler RPG. Here's a vid ​The sequel looks like it moves faster, it might be a more action oriented FPS. I don't know yet. Here's another vid

I got some 3DO games in.

This is last night's mail call! I'm stoked with this purchase. I got Cannon Fodder Under the usual prices I'd see it at and BC Racers is just a rare game to come across. It's not great or anything but at least I have it. ​I already had Return Fire, just not in the box so this one comes in at a perfect time and I'm eager to try the new missions in Maps O' Death which I never played before. ​Iron Angel of the Apocalypse The Return is the sequel (duh) to Iron Angel of the Apocalypse. I don't own the first game nor have I played it. I'm on the line to decide if I'll wait to play the original first because I heard the 2 had noticeable différences in their engines and I don't want to "ruin" the experience of the first game by playing an improved version first. ​Show me yours, 3DO lovers!.

Yes. Oui. 100% Have you played both? The smoothed graphics, lightning fast frame rate, remixed orchestral soundtrack, german language and no-censorship on the 3DO, as well as having all the missions including the expansions and new weapons truly make it the definitive port. The only​ complaint I have about the 3DO Wolfenstein is that the screen doesn't flash red when you get shot. It makes it hard to notice you're being blindsided sometimes, and that can get annoying in the middle of a solid run.

The pictures are gone.

Hey! I didn't realize you're Austin Mackert, whomst've I subscribed to on the YouTubes. This places your comment in a better perspective, because I've seen many 3DO videos from your channel and I know you're knowledgeable when it comes to the 3DO. Hopefully my remark didn't come off as too snarky, I did want to match your tone tho. Let's just get to the realistic fact that any machine that had to die once the PSX/Saturn came to the market couldn't _really_ be part of that generation. I tend to fantasize that better devs could have made games that closely matched early PS1/Saturn titles, but it's just not how it went down, sadly.

mods can delete if this sort of advertising is forbidden. ​3DO longbox protectors are available at retroprotection : http://www.retroprotection.com/3DO_c271.htm They're the only online store I know of that carries them.

The NeoGeo CD is a poor man's Neo Geo. I agree that the Neo Geo blows the 3DO out of the lake, but it's just that weird thing I do where I'd rather have a Neo and a 3DO and I'd never consider buying a NeoGeo CD. Also : Samurai Showdown is crazy good on 3DO, so it could probably have handled the other SNK Fighters and puzzlers. ​Sure, the libraries are quite different and the 3DO probably has more variety. That's a great point even though it wasn't my reasoning.