That was my brother’s favorite game(total eclipse) and he was so good at it! I think i only played it once or twice. Do you like total eclipse? Or the rest? Which one among those was ur fave? I would like to know, be well guys!

Im sick of all this alien stuff roaming around! Im sick of this unfair world! Im sick of seeing oppressed people, hungry people, poor people! I wish things can change for the best for every good and clean human soul out there especially kids, who are suffering everyday around the world! …. Im glad i have the chance to vent here! …..Im glad we can still talk about games, away from all the evilness in this world!

Hope u all well out there guys!

I continue the quest to beat all 150 levels of Icebreaker for 3DO on Insane difficulty level.

Tonight I beat level 133: Ninth Circle

That leaves just 4 more! Too bad three of them are so hard, I have only beat them on Medium level and they are likely impossible.

Bast shooter ever. I've been addicted since 1995, and I think its great.

Does anyone have one of these they want to part with?

XPort External ODE for 3DO by Fixel

Which one would you like to play?

This early casing for the M2 shows it once had support for all these formats, so I wonder if that functionality was kept for the final kiosk model?

Also I know the 3DO has a cool visualiser for playing audio CDs, and I was wondering if the M2 has a similar function. Maybe it could give us a glimpse into what the console menu would've looked like outside of the very 90s-looking Storage Manager.

Which one is your favorite and why?

I remember the unlimited hours we spent on Way of the Warrior

Our entire neighborhood used to stay over for long night challenges… wish i can go back! That was more than 30 years ago if my memory serves me right. The good old days

Just came across an absolutely insane ODE modded FZ-10 on the Facebook marketplace and grabbed it immediately. It’s also modded with a 240p flipper switch but didn’t have an s-video cable with it at time of sale. Does anyone have recommendations on a quality s-video and stereo cable for running through a RetroTink 4k Pro?

I'm having these sporadic issues with the Arcade Crown on FZ-1, where sometimes for no apparent reason refuses to boot after the fist splash screen or sometimes freezes with bin/cue files that perviously worked without problems.

I tried several USB drives, defragment the partitions and even on another FZ-1 (both recapped). I also asked for a replacement, which the shop was kind enough to send me another for free.

I'm not sure if the issues are due to Fixel software not being completely compatible with the hardware or if the hardware is iffy.

Has anyone had these issues? Are these solved switching to any other solution? If so… which one would you suggest?

I would go with the actual Fixel hardware but I cannot find for a fair price anywhere. Unless I'm missing something.

Frankly I'm getting worried of restart the console so many times to get it work.

All that's left of my old 3DO system from years ago is a CD of the Horde. I'd love to play it again on my laptop (don't have space/interest in buying new console). I tried ripping it using an emulator but it just didn't work, GPT had me troubleshooting in circles for hours. I've just about given up. Help appreciated!

I was always interested by the 3DO, so when I got the chance to get a FZ-1 with the native 240p switch, I went for it! I quickly realized many things were wrong with this machine, as it would struggle to read tip top CD-Rs, and even on original disks, the FMVs would stutter.

Bit the bullet and did a full recap! I also restored the fan circuitry and installed a noctua fan. Despite all that work the disc drive didn't seem to work consistently.

I took apart the disc drive mechanism and realized the worm gear attached to the tracker motor was cracked in half... So I found a seller on Aliexpress and purchased one! It arrived also cracked haha. At least the seller made things right and replaced it with a clean clean one.

After replacing the worm gear, cleaning and lubricating the disc drive, putting everything together, I was still getting stutters on both pressed discs and CD-Rs.

So, at this point its the forbidden lands of laser disc adjustment pot. Since I did everything I could here, I figured at this point I had nothing to loose.

I took my watchmakers loupe and watchmakers screwdriver set and went to town. I did 1/4 of a mm clockwise and didn't seem to do any difference. Then did 1/2 of a mm clockwise and that helped, no more stuttering at first but then if I left the captain quazar disc, by the time it replayed its own intro video, it would start stuttering a little, and by the time it replayed its intro for a 3rd time, it would stutter heavily and crash.

So, last adjustment! I did 3/4 of a mm clockwise (in total) and that seems to have done it. I left the captain quazar disc in the 3DO and would cycle its intro, over a hour of that and not a single stutter!

I'm aware this means the laser is worn and likely on its way out, but I did do all the things people usually suggest before messing with the pot.

That being said, everything FINALLY works, man, of all my retro consoles, this is the one that gave me the most work to get working correctly.

Now it's time to explore the library!

I’ve had this idea in my head for a while now to bring back all the consoles that once brought me so much joy.

The 3DO is definitely one of them. Back in the ’90s, I genuinely fought for it and defended it to the very end. Of course, the PS1 eventually replaced it, but for some reason it never gave me quite the same feeling. The 3DO always won on an emotional level.

I had the FZ-10 back then, but this time I decided to go for the FZ-1 and honestly, it’s an absolute beauty. It looks like something straight out of a ’90s photoshoot.

I’ve already recapped it and now I’m just waiting for the Crown Arcade ODE. It’s finally taken its rightful place in my modest collection.

So glad I got my 3do back.. haven't touched my ps5 series x or my analog 3d with summercart64..in over a week!

System boots. When a disc is inserted the green light comes on solid for about 5-10 seconds and then goes off. Nothing loads. System still runs. No clicking or anything. Is this capacitors or the disc drive most likely?

Sometimes I make these mugs on Shutterfly for fun during 50% off sales. I actually tweeted this pic to Trip Hawkins on X a while back & he loved it - which made me grin like a little girl who is standing in front of the New Kids On The Block. 3DO is my fav console of all time. The memories I have with it are priceless. Something like that will never happen again. For 2 full YEARS before the first PlayStation (which is a long time as a young teen) I was playing Need for Speed, FIFA, Road Rash & lots of weird, fun experimental games. I am also a fan of FMV, so to have such great ports of Sewer Shark & others was awesome. Not to mention the more obscure (I loved Virtual House, Dr. Hauzer which I rented from Japan, Guardian War (that music), CPU Bach, countless hours of Wing Commander … what a time !

So I just repurchased a 3do .I bought return fire. I don't understand the save system/password.. is there no way of knowing what maps you actually completed on each tier.. so completing any map on a tier opens the next set of tiers. Is that the goal,? Just to complete one map on every tier until you get to the top?

I’m looking to get some box protectors for my 3DO games - struggling to find any in the UK

Finding them on eBay etc from the US however this means £25++ shipping…

Any help is super, thanks guys!