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Does know any good sources for my "Failed gaming systems" speech? I have to do a speech for my speech class that has: At least 1 book At least 3 articles No more than 2 websites as my sources
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Recently purchased a Sanyo Try IMP-21J 3DO console as a more hackable daily driver compared to my Panasonic FZ-1. While cleaning it I noticed two separate jumper pads. One populated with 4 pins and the other unpopulated. Changing JP2 made no observable difference and I did not check JP1. Still need to more closely follow the traces. I have the service manuals found on retrorgb for FZ1 and EU FZ-10 but I'm not seeing any jumpers referenced. I've looked around for the IMP-21J service manual to no avail.
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Dear AtariAge forum Recently I found out interesting 3DO stuff. - In some Japanese 3DO FZ-1 theres is a single SOP44 ROM chip which does contain BIOS and Kanji fonts on the same package. The second ROM slot on the board is left blank. - SOP44 3DO ROM chips can be read as if they were 29LV160 chips (eg. AM29LV160**, MBM29LV**, MX29LV160**, ES29LV160**, HY29LV160**, the asterices being any letter) - BIOSes can be written on to AM29LV160DB and AM29LV160BB. Probably on the rest of the afore mentioned chips too. - The RSA check can be removed from the BIOS by changing the two occurrences of 000313A0000111A0 into 000313A0000011A0. It is important to leave the 000213A0000111A0 as it is. - Without RSA check all arcade games and unlicensed games will run on home console 3DOs - M2 games did not run on such systems yet and probably won't Member Tajigamer was a invaluable help during these explorations! Keep on preserving stuff, kind community! Ben
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Hello I recently saw the My Life in Gaming episode in which they mention that some Japanese FZ-1 have a A/B switch which toggles between 480i and 240p. Today I opened my FZ-1 to change its BIOS. At this opportunity I discovered that all other Japanese FZ-1 have the necessary elements for the 480i / 240p switch on PCB, yet non-populated. Could somebody with a Japanese FZ-1 and switch make a photo of the PCB part on the back of the console, which makes up the switch? thanks =) With kind regards Ben EDIT: I have a somewhat strange PCB though: It's Japanese but lacks IC340 (where people belief the Kanji are saved; I guess mine has them at a different place) -
Hey People, I have noticed that there is a video cartridge available for Japanese 3DO's that allows the user to play VCD's. Anyone ever attempted to set this up on a US model? What do I need? If I plug this sucker into the side of my NTSC 3DO will it be able to play VCDs? http://www.ebay.com/itm/JAPAN-NTSC-U-C-J-PANASONIC-REAL-3DO-FZ-FV1-FULL-MOTION-VIDEO-CD-ADAPTER-CIB-used-/221593125105?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3397fac0f1 Would it play the Phillips CD-i VCD's or are those proprietary to that system? Were there commercially released "general use" VCD's or would I have to burn my own? Thanks! -
I am selling all my 3do games....around 80 or so in various condition. Some in US/EU, some in japanese. Some in big box edition, some in more classic jewel cd boxes. I am selling all the games for 1100 euros (shipping from France). I only take paypal. You can get the list as an attached file.. I can sell them separatly but only if several games are bought at once (and it might depend on the games). Thanks for looking!!!
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HI everyone first post here and excited to find this community. Recently(now that my son has moved out, and daughter is headed to college) I decided to get back everything I had to sell off over the years (video game collections) to make ends meet, and expand. Needless to say I have gone a bit overboard and even have been picking up broken consoles too to fix and trade or sell to get more for my collection. I love fixing them, it's like rescuing something that would have been doomed for no good reason, especially the simple ones!! I have tons of tools and intermediate electronics experience (I have my own metcal soldering station and reflow air blower, desoldering gun etc etc etc) Yesterday I came across a Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 at an estate sale. This estate sale was unlike no other I have been to in the area as the person was a Arcade / coin op machine repairman. On top of the 3DO I saw 2 things, first the $15 price tag (and there was 25% off that day too!!!) and a sticker indicating a new brush-less motor had been installed. Sadly they couldn't find the controller for it. I get the 3DO home, plug it in grab an audio CD since I didn't have any games handy, hook in to my tube TV and it powers on! As I look at the 3DO logo I thought AWESOME! I eject the tray, pop in the CD, the access light flashes brightly a few times, the screen goes black, 3DO logo appears again, screen goes black, 3DO Logo and the access light goes off.... nothing. I eject the disc out, unplug the machine and open the system up to take a look. This system is incredibly clean...I take the shield cover off the optical drive, plug it all back in and power it on. I can see the laser assembly move around a bit back and forth and bob up and down and can even see the red laser. I eject the tray pop the music CD back in and hope for the best. The CD spins the laser sled moves around, the laser moves around again as the CD spins up faster, then the CD slows a tiny bit bot nothing happens on screen. I'm left staring at the 3DO logo and nothing else. I go back to my desktop and start to do some research. I read that when no disc is inserted the 3DO should show the 3DO logo when powered on then after a bit either show an insert disc screen or a screen saver consisting of asteroids. I get none of this either with a disc in or out, the empty CD Tray in or out, even after an hour of sitting there I assume you do not have to have a controller plugged in for any of this to happen.... is my assumption correct? So I need the advice and help of the repair GURUs, should I go ahead and re-cap the whole thing? I do not see any obvious signs of caps bulging or leaking but I know that can be tricky sometimes as they may not look bad but end up being bad anyway. I'm leaning more toward the board since I am not getting pas the BIOS screen and the CD does spin and the laser assembly moves. Should I reflow solder joints just to make sure of good contact? Peeking around the internet I haven't found anyone with any issues like mine as most everyone says the get the insert disc or asteroid screens. even a few have said they get the no controller screen. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you for any assistance!
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Specifically looking for a 3DO FZ-10 console only. I have power cable, vid cable and controllers. I have a broken one, and so I'd love to get a working one that I can swap parts and test with. Looking to spend $75-ish but negotiable. FOR TRADE: (bare consoles, if interested I can see if I have power supplies/controllers, all 100% tested/refurbished and work, pictures available) Sega Master System Model 1 w/ Hang On built in Sega Genesis Model 2 (I have 4 of these) Sega Genesis Model 1 (I have 3 of these) Nintendo NES front loader Sega CD Model 2 (can include burned backup games) Atari 2600 vader Sega Dreamcast Obviously, I don't want to trade ALL of these for a 3DO, but let me know and we can made a deal.
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In case anyone who in interested isn't tracking... The 3DS, (specifically the New 3DS) has recently gotten ports of Stella, Prosystem, Handy, O2EM, Virtual Jaguar, 4DO, and more via RetroArch/LibRetro. Emulation of these systems run full speed: 2600 7800 Lynx Vectrex Odyssey2 Game & Watch Near full speed: CPS3 Interesting, but not fast enough to be considered playable: 3DO Jaguar These are not yet part of the official build, but can be found in posts by MrHuu in the thread at gbatemp. He plans to make a separate thread at some point, but as of the time of this posting, the builds are posted at page 270 (Stella, Vectrex, & Prosystem), page 273 (Handy, O2EM, VirtualJaguar, & 4DO), page 275 (Game & Watch), and page 279 (CPS3). MrHuu also posted a playlist generator here. Also interesting is that on a New 3DS (not XL), the screen size when set to "integer" is exactly the same as the screen size on a real Lynx. -
Evil Australians is a small game i made for the 3DO, Sega Dreamcast and PCs for the Ludum Dare MiniLD. It's a platforming arena game made from scratch with the help of my own library, Gameblabla's Wrapper. The game has several missions and in each mission, you are stuck in an arena where you must defeat all the remaining enemies. To defeat the enemies, you have a rapid-fire gun that can shoot several bullets at the same time. There are 4 missions in total. Story John, living in Australia, is an avid video game collector. However, he learns from the news that the Australian government is soon going to ban video games. John became furious : he grabs his weapons and swears vengeance on the government. However 7 years ago, the government collected his own DNA as part of a secret project. This secret project allowed the government to steal DNAs from all the aussies. The Government learned of John's plan and they used his DNA to build an entire clone army of himself. John is now facing an entire army of himself, will he make it alive and finally kill the law ? Download 3DO Source code The 3DO port was almost never going to happen... but thankfully, i made a breakthrough and found a way to reuse CELs without reloading them ! Unfortunately my game is CPU-intensive and not very well optimized so it's a bit slow... Hopefully i can improve this in the future. -
There were so many other games from back in the day that would have been better candidates to trigger a rating system. It kind of baffles me that this one started the rating system. How bad do you think this game is in comparison to the others at the time? -
One of my favorite "if I had a million dollars" pipe dreams is to have a road rash on the Jaguar. The 3DO Road Rash is the pinnace of the series (imo) and i'd love to see that ported to Jaguar CD someday. Are there any technical limitations that would stop the Jaguar from being able to handle that game? I think the top 3d games on the Jaguar (Skyhammer, Battlemorph, Battlesphere) show that the Jag is capable of graphics on that level, but I wonder if there is something about the way that game is coded that would make trying to run it on Jaguar a nightmare. Thoughts?
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From the album: Custom Arcade
This cabinet houses a 3DO, Super Nintendo (region modded) with a Pro Fighter X disk system, a RetroPort (NES compatibility), and a RetroGen (Sega Genesis compatibility)!! It uses a 3DO to SNES controller adapter.© Jay "Papa" Caraway 2015
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The 3DO was released in fall 1993 for $600-700, IIRC. The Saturn was released in spring 1995 for $399, IIRC. The PlayStation was released in fall 1995 for $299, IIRC. (Please correct me on any of the numbers if I'm wrong.) My question is: Does anyone remember what the 3DO price had dropped to by spring and fall 1995? (Also, what was it at Christmas 1994?) Did it go below the Saturn and PlayStation prices as these systems were released?
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From the album: CatPixtures
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From the album: CatPixtures
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From the album: CatPixtures
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From the album: CatPixtures
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From the album: CatPixtures
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Looking to trade for a 3DO Light Gun. I have a bunch of 3DO games as trade stock as well as a bunch of other stuff. If you have one (or two!) PM me and hopefully we can work something out! Thanks!
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Hi all! I just got an used Panasonic FZ-1 3DO with a very strange noise. Sounds like a grinding noise when it reads the disc (also when you open and close the tray). I uploaded a video to youtube: http://youtu.be/sXzGFytUitA You can hear the noise at: 0:02 0:07 0:13 0:27 0:35 0:38 0:45 0:49 From 0:53 to 0:58 Actually, it reads the disks and I can play the games, but the noise is very annoying and it could mean that something inside is broken. What do you guys think? Thanks!
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Hi! I would like to buy a japanese 3DO in working condition. Please contact me if you want to sell! Best regards, Nick
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Let me know what you've got! I already have Star Control 2, Crash & Burn, Madden, Shockwave 2, Out of this World, The Incredible Machine, and a few others. Biggest wants right now are Road Rash and The Need for Speed, but I'm interested in just about anything. Thanks!
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3DO Games Gex $5 3DO Game Guru $10 Star Control II $15 Night Trap(2 Disks) $30 Twisted: The Game Show $5 Sega Master System games Great Golf $2 Pro Wrestling $2 Space Harrier 3-D $5 After Burner $2 Hang On/Safari Hunt $2 My Hero(card) $3 Shinobi $5 Super Wonder Boy in Super Wonder Land $5 Gensis Games: Lethal Enforcers $2 Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II $2 PGA Tour Golf $1 Sonic & Knuckles $5 Sonic 2 $3 Jurassic Park $3 Mortal Kombat I $3 Sonic Spinball $3 Sega CD Games: Microcosm: $3 Cobra Command $3 Sewer Shark $3 Mortal Kombat I $5 WWF Rage in the Cage $3 Wirehead $5 Jurassic Park $5 32X Games: Virtua Fighter $3 36 Great Holes Staring Fred Couples $2 Discounts available for multiple game purchases.
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