was the 3do technically better than saturn/PSX?

[andsuchisdeath]

I think about buying a 3DO every year or so. I've never owned one.

I know I wouldn't use it much, and I'd probably keep telling myself "just get Eye of Typhoon".

 

[NeoSneth]

necro trolling aside.
It's one of the retro consoles I still play.

 

[Renmauzo]

I bought a 3DO a couple of years ago on yahoo japan so I could finally check it out. My only memories of the system come from popular kids game shows of the day having the system and 5 games be the grand prize every week, and it looked so cool at the time. I kept a Consumers Distributors catalogue in my room and remember the price point being so outrageous that it was in AES 'unobtainable' territory along with the Turbo Express.
All these years later, the MVS is still awesome, the Turbo Express is still awesome, and both get plenty of play, but the 3DO got turned on a handful of times and then I sold it after realizing I had no attachment to it or any of the games. Nearly all of the best stuff on the console could be had elsewhere, so I really didn't see the point in keeping a console that would just sit there.

It was a nice idea, but it was done in by Trip's own hubris.

 

[famicommander]

You know what's really awesome?

Mortal Kombat for the Sega Genesis with the blood code.

Put that in your pipe and smoke it, fuckers!

MK II on 32X is where it's at

 

[andsuchisdeath]

MK II on 32X is where it's at

MK II on the playstation is SUPPOSED to be where it's at.

Still haven't played it

 

[mr_b]

It was a stop gap machine. I was dying for the next generation of consoles to hit. The 16-bit era had drug on so long for me. This damn machine shows up in the mom & pop electronic's stores looking good. I fell for it like many did. I think I was one of those that paid close to the $700 asking price. I was a stupid kid with way too much paper route money. I remember though it came with 2 controllers and I got a handful of games. In hindsight, I should have ordered a AES but that was a unicorn out in rural Illinois back in that day.

The games that were good were good for that brief moment in time.

I remember when my Mom called the house from Toys R Us stating that Sega had some new machine called a Saturn. I flipped out and asked her if she had the money to buy it and I could get the money from the bank and pay her back. I made a call to a buddy of mine and sold him on the greatness of the 3DO. I think I sold the whole lot for about $450 with system and games. I then took that money to cover the Saturn.

 

[fake]

I remember when my Mom called the house from Toys R Us stating that Sega had some new machine called a Saturn. I flipped out and asked her if she had the money to buy it and I could get the money from the bank and pay her back. I made a call to a buddy of mine and sold him on the greatness of the 3DO. I think I sold the whole lot for about $450 with system and games. I then took that money to cover the Saturn.

Awesome.

I wasn't aware of the 3DO back when it came out. Was the hype real? Was the press giving it serious cred, even several months of its being available?

 

[titchgamer]

MK II on 32X is where it's at

I didnt like MK on any of the Sega consoles (and ime a self proclaimed Sega fanboy!)

SNES was where it was at for MK.

 

[andsuchisdeath]

I didnt like MK on any of the Sega consoles (and ime a self proclaimed Sega fanboy!)

SNES was where it was at for MK.

Yeah man, bloodless SNES MK1 ruled!

 

[cat]

I've still got an fz-1 and an fz-10, it's not a system i play anymore though, road rash, gex, blood angels, killing time, street fighter, wing commander 3, return fire were all decent games on it back in the day.
Lots of shit fmv games and just shit in general games on it though, you couldn't give them away 10-15 years ago, nobody wanted one, i didn't pay more than £30 for either of mine.
The 3do card you could stick in a PC must be rare as shit in a cuckoo clock now but practically useless TBH.
Pretty sure there's no copy protection or region lockout either, so easy to burn iso's if you want to play the library, i've never tried though.
Don't think there's one proper shooter on the system either.

 

[famicommander]

I didnt like MK on any of the Sega consoles (and ime a self proclaimed Sega fanboy!)

SNES was where it was at for MK.

The 32X version shits all over the SNES version.

 

[sylvie]

Yeah man, bloodless SNES MK1 ruled!

Console wise I used to always play MK on the Genesis, and MKII on the SNES.

 

[Fuckwit1200]

ROAD RASH!
easily the best version on console.
3DO never got the coverage deserved...

 

[andsuchisdeath]

Console wise I used to always play MK on the Genesis, and MKII on the SNES.

If I'm going to play 16-bit cartridge ports of Mortal Kombat games, those are the two I'll play.

Fammicomander you're wrong about 32x MK "pooping" on SNES MKII

EDIT: You're exaggerating


ALSO, has anyone played PSX MKII???

 

[mr_b]

Yeah Ive played it. Its a smidge better than the saturn version. No where near the quality of the psx MK3 port.

The 32x version isnt as good as the snes version. The 32x version is barely better than the genny version in graphics and sound. Its honestly a slap in the face to the 32x and that's saying something.

 

[famicommander]

The only thing the 32X version does poorly is that the backgrounds are right out of the Genesis version. But the character sprites are much more detailed and better animated
and the controls are dead on.

 

[madman]

Let's take a step back in time 14 years: http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?82688-What-is-the-best-home-version-of-Mortal-kombat-2

 

[famicommander]

Let's take a step back in time 14 years: http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?82688-What-is-the-best-home-version-of-Mortal-kombat-2

Tak laying down the law

32x is the best version I know in terms of gameplay accuracy, graphics and sound. The voice samples sound a bit stuffed, but it's not too bad.

I've played most of the MK2 versions including the PC port and I don't think they can hold up against the 32x version. And yeah, a six-button pad/stick is highly recommended, the 3-button layout is hard to get into.

 

[Neo Alec]

I think about buying a 3DO every year or so. I've never owned one.

I know I wouldn't use it much, and I'd probably keep telling myself "just get Eye of Typhoon".

You'd never find a legit disc. Old Korean stuff is stupid hard to find.

The only thing the 32X version does poorly is that the backgrounds are right out of the Genesis version. But the character sprites are much more detailed and better animated
and the controls are dead on.

What the hell kind of knock off Mega Drive controller is that?

 

[madman]

What the hell kind of knock off Mega Drive controller is that?

PAL region infrared Saturn controller. OG Sega shit, just not for the MD.

https://segaretro.org/Saturn_Infrared_Control_Pad

 

[GohanX]

The SNES version was a good port but it feels stiff as hell after playing the 32x one. I won't go back.

 

[Danthor]

3DO's Wolfenstein 3D is still the best console version. It's the biggest reason my 3DO stays out.

 

[sylvie]

3DO's Wolfenstein 3D is still the best console version. It's the biggest reason my 3DO stays out.

cool to see someone who plays Wolf3D regularly!

 

[madmanjock]

3DO's Wolfenstein 3D is still the best console version. It's the biggest reason my 3DO stays out.

The Jaguar port was excellent also, but shoulder strafe just edges it on 3DO.

The Gameboy Advance port is solid as well. I sometimes like shooting a few Nazi’s while on the pan.

 

[roker]

ALSO, has anyone played PSX MKII???

Hold the presses, there's a PSX version of MKII?

edit: Gonna fire that up on the Raspberry Pi tonight for sure.