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Videogames are not new to the idea of there being problems after the game has shipped. For proof of this, just look at the more modern games for countless pieces of proof of game companies charging for prototypes. The number of games being patched to hell and back after they are released is staggering, and […]
Posts Tagged ‘3do’
5 Times Game Companies Charged for Game Prototypes
August 8th, 2015 
Carl Williams 
Posted in Console, News, Nintendo, Sega 
Tags: 2600, 3do, atari, Blade Force, E.T., genesis, nes, nintendo, pac-man, retro, retro game, retrogaming, sega, star fox, Studio 3DO, Super FX chip, Virtua Racing 
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Top 10 3DO Games Every Retrogamer Must Play
June 11th, 2015 Carl Williams The 3DO was the brainchild of Trip Hawkins. Hawkins was able to, somehow, bring together a conglomerate that would make other conglomerates declare that it was huge. See, Hawkins was also the founder of one of the largest third party developers in the world, Electronic Arts. Maybe you know them for a game franchise called […]
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Posted in 3DO, Console, News Tags: 32-Bit, 3do, Captain Quazar, exclusive, Icebreaker, Incredible Machine, Interactive, Interactive Multiplayer, jurassic park, Killing Time, Lucienne's Quest, retro, retro game, retrogaming, Serrated Scalpel, Sherlock Holmes, Star Control II, Trip Hawkins, Twisted, Way of the Warrior, World, You Don't Know Jack, Zhadnost 15 Comments »
Futurama the Great Unlicensed Adventure Awaits
May 2nd, 2015 Carl Williams Futurama is one of those cartoons for adults that was not quite as offensive as Family Guy but was not as family entertaining as The Simpsons. It is also one of the least ported to gaming cartoons that we have seen (it did get a PS2 or Xbox 3D action adventure but that is it). […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 3do, A Cyber Punk Adventure, Adventure Game Studio, AGS, Arjon van Dam, characters, computers, Episode 1 Season 1, full episodes Youtube, futurama, hell, Iker Maya, indie retro news, lucasarts, lucasfilm, New Futurama Episodes 2014, pc, point and click, Professor Vetus I Presume, renewed for 2014, seasons, watch Futurama Online, wiki, windows 1 Comment »
Swing Copters Ported to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Console by Homebrew Developer
April 1st, 2015 Carl Williams The 3DO, a console that promised so much but delivered so little, had a lions roar but the bite of a kitten. While that attempt at a console gaming standard has failed (there were a handful of manufacturers for the console) its legacy lives on thanks to homebrew developers. While Dong Nyugen is better known […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 3do, blabla, Dong Nyugen, flappy bird, Play Swing Copters, retro, retro game, retrogaming, Swing Copters download, Swing Copters Game, Trip Hawkens No Comments »
Battletanx Blows Up Nintendo 64 – December 31st, 1998 – Today in Video Game History
December 31st, 2014 Carl Williams Battletanx on the Nintendo 64 did not have set sales records. The 3DO Company game certainly did open, even if ever so briefly, a new genre of gaming. One that few companies jumped in on, such as Sega did with Alien Front Online which was “similar”. The year is 2001, a virus has wiped out […]
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Posted in News, Nintendo, Nintendo 64 Tags: 3do, 64, action, battletanx, console, end of the world, game boy color, nintendo, retro, shooter, sixty-four, tank, virus No Comments »
Source Code for Doom 3DO Released
December 7th, 2014 Carl Williams Doom was THE first person shooter for a long time, even after Quake was released Doom was still holding its own with gamers. Doom hit many platforms from the PC where it originated to less powerful consoles such as the Super Nintendo and even the Sega Saturn. The Playstation versions were pretty darn good and […]
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Posted in Console, News Tags: 1995, 3do, August, Christmas, classic, Doom, E.T., first person shooter, fps, october, port, Rebecca Ann Heineman, retro game, retrogaming 1 Comment »
Game Mod: Ur-Quan Masters Now Available in HD
November 26th, 2014 Carl Williams Okay, who remembers the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console? The one from the early to mid-90’s that was going to revolutionize gaming with all kinds of things that didn’t come true. One thing did come true on Trip Hawkens’ little console that he got everyone else to manufacture- we got one hell of a great game […]
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Posted in Comp, Console, News Tags: 3do, Accolade, Crystal Dynamics, dos, hd, indie retro news, pc, retro, retro game, retrogaming, source port, Star Control II, Ur-Quan Masters 1 Comment »
Revenge of the License – Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angels
October 5th, 2014 Michael Crisman It’s October! Tradition dictates in October that we go looking for games which go well with a Halloween theme, because what about the first half of this sentence was unclear? We got an early start with last week’s column, and we’re rolling right along. Today we’re looking at a game with a similar first-person shooter […]
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Fan Translation/Bandit Gaming- Crime Patrol 2 Drug Wars for PSOne Translated to English, Updated
August 29th, 2014 Carl Williams This is a first for us here at Retro Gaming Magazine- our first combo Fan Translation/Bandit Gaming article. For those of you keeping track, Crime Patrol 2 only officially hit the 3DO and the CD-i platforms as far as retro consoles (Digital Leisure made it available for the average DVD player about 12 years ago […]
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Posted in News, Sony Tags: 3do, ALG, American Laser Games, arcade, bandit gaming, carl williams, CD-i, Crime Patrol 2, Dragon's Lair, Drug Wars, fan translation, Laserdisc, light gun game, playstation, retro, retro gaming magazine, Rusian, shooter, Space Ace, triverse 2 Comments »
New Game: Five Nights At Freddy’s Shows Full Motion Video is Not Dead
August 25th, 2014 Carl Williams First, you may be wondering why we are covering Five Nights at Freddy’s here on Retro Gaming Magazine. It is simple, Full Motion Video (FMV) games go way back in gaming, to the 80’s actually. Titles like Night Trap (reboot currently looking for funding on Kickstarter) and Sewer Shark were the norm back in the […]
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Posted in Comp, News Tags: 3do, carl williams, Double Switch, Five Nights at Freddy's, fmv, full motion video, Ground Zero Texas, night trap, pc, Prize Fighter, retro, retro gaming magazine, rgm, sega cd, sega saturn, Sewer Shark, steam, windows 2 Comments »
