Classic Game Room - PANASONIC 3DO console review model FZ-1
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- Panasonic 3DO review. Classic Game Room reviews the PANASONIC 3DO video game console model FZ-1 released in 1993. The Panasonic 3DO has an awesome library of video games like Road Rash, Myst and Novastorm but unfortunately was released with a $700 price tag in the early 90's, yikes! Failure in the marketplace followed but the awesome games still arrived on the Panasonic 3DO. Panasonic 3DO video review features Panasonic 3DO model FZ-1 (as well as comparison shot vs. model FZ-10). Prone to breakage and difficult to repair, the Panasonic 3DO is for serious collectors looking to relive the early 90's in style with some awesome games.
I got so lucky with this, I recently picked up an FZ-1 (minus controller) for 8 dollars at a thrift store. My guess would be that they thought it was a CD player or something, and so it was priced waaaaaaaay under its actual value.
I bought a controller for 10 bucks off ebay, and when I turned on the console, it had a copy of V.R. Stalker in the tray! The system works, and so does the game, so all told, I started my 3DO collection for under 20 bucks!
wow, you are the man!
Julian Ro I'm the man, I'm the man, I'm the maan.
Yo that is cool! :)
Lol you really lucked up and yes the thrift store definitely thought it was a CD player because that's exactly what it looks like. I've been hoping the thrift stores around me will have a 3DO for a cheap price too.
what a bargain
Very underrated system, can't go wrong with a 3DO.
Very true 😭
I have 2 3DO, I have the Panasonic and the goldstar 3DO both with electronic opening draw. I have over 50 original games and both 3DOs work perfectly and I have never had any trouble with them.
Considering inflation, the 3DO would cost $1095.48 today. Damn.
2022 update: Now it would be $1442.
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I remember seeing the 3DO in the 90s and the price was lowered to $399. My parents would have never bought me this thing. :)
Well did you get it?
@@Term271 Unfortunately, no. At least I was able to experience the Sega Saturn and Dreamcast, years later...😅
I never owned one of the actual consoles, but I did pickup a 3DO Blaster back in the day. It was a more affordable alternative for PC gamers. I was convinced at the time that all future video game consoles would have add-on boards for PC gamers; boy was I wrong ;)
Times have changed though, now if you want to pick up a 3DO Blaster because of its rarity, it is more expensive than a used 3DO :P
even today's standards $700 is overpriced, you can get a decent laptop for cheaper
He failed to mention that in March of 1994, it dropped to $499... a 200 price drop. It was essentially 4 or 5 months after release. I know this because as soon as it dropped, I bought it.
EvilMonkeyReturns yes you are right. The whole price accusation thing for the 3do is a bit unfair. IMHO playstation happened, and thats about it.
+Ssj Ichigo The average computer was $1500 + then.
@@DH1986 no it wasn't
@@drunkensailor112 Actually it was. Granted computers back then were more often bundled machines of 2 to 3K for low end business devices that included a monitor, keyboard and sometimes a printer. If you wanted something that ran games like doom half decently you'd be looking at a computer that was closer to 4k.
The difference between the Panasonic and Goldstar was noticed when you open and close the draws. The goldstar open and closed a lot faster and booted up the game faster. The Panasonic 3DOs draw moves like it was too chilled out.
My 3DO I own was the 3DO I brought from Day one. For its time it was a great machine as I moved over from mega CD, and the video scenes were greatly improved, people should not compare it to any modern consoles, because this machine was the best at its time.
My favourite games are, twisted Gameshow, Road Rash, Horde, Demolition Man, Myst, Theme park, space hulk, and many more.
I think the biggest problem with the 3DO, is that most of it's best games were all titles you could find on other platforms.
So do PS3 and Xbox game that pc have
Happy Tylerienmam Networks But it was a different climate for gaming then. A system NEEDED software that set it apart from the rest.
... not until later though, when publishers realized it was sinking and PS1/Saturn was the new hotness. Quite a few titles were first for 3DO like Need for Speed, Return Fire, Gex, etc
EXCEPT Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo, this was the only system at the time that had it as it was exclusive...............for a time anyway as it later came out on PC.
Those games were out on 3DO first
Its a cool piece of tech for its era. I got one a few years back via Craigslist..think I paid about 60 bucks for an FZ10 with 1st and 2nd gen controllers, and about 25 games. Need for Speed and Road Rash are fantastic on this system. Also of note is the lack of copy protection ;)
Forgot to mention the Goldstar version of this. Way better because you could view Kodak Photo CD on it which the Panasonic version did not do .
I have the first release version FZ1 with the non-glossy top, (I have the glossy version too) and they both do Photo CD. Goldstar's version is actually not one of the better designs that were produced( FZ10 being inferior). The Sanyo version is basically a Goldstar in a speedo. IMO...
Imo, if you can understand Japanese, the absolute best game on the 3DO is Policenauts.
+thepirategamerboy12 It's a great game, I really love it, but you can pick it up on the Saturn (which is how I played it).
+SuperSaiyanPikmin but where is sailor moon s 3do
@@user-bu3xt6mj4s yes! A great game ngl for the 3DO and also SFST
I still own my 3DO and still love games like Killing Time, Need for Speed and Road Rash! Poor old Trip Hawkins. The PC community laughed him out of town for having the notion of an upgradable console with multi-media. Fast-forward to 2014 and the Steam Machine will be released. What a bunch of hypocrites!!!
I still got mine too. It's literally still connected to my main television and has been for the most part since I got it. I keep it around just like an old VCR. Sometimes it's nice to play a blast from the past. I just don't like how I can't play any of the American Laser Games anymore unless I get a cat-tube TV... but I have a large library because... I was stupid back in the day wasting all my part-time money on video games.
lol steam machine died like a bitch!!! hindsight is a bitch as well
I'm from the year 2021. What's a Steam Machine?
I remember playing the 3DO (Road Rash of course!) when I contributed to Hyper magazine back in the 90's. That thing was simply amazing for the time with crystal clear cut scenes and complete film clips for the songs featured on the game. Something game companies should consider doing today!
I never heard of this old console before. When I was growing up, I grew up on arcades, Sega, Sony and little bit of Nintendo.
This was the version of the 3DO I had back when it came out. Man this brings back memories.
This video it's almost 11 years old and still is RAD!!!
I recall watching this review a few years back. Anyway, I think the 3DO was way ahead of its time. It had so much potential, but the industry was just not ready for it. Also the initial price drove buyers away. However, prices did go down tremendously in 1994. It's a shame it was considered a failure though.
Mostly due to the way it was advertised and marketed, they called the Genesis and super Nintendo, 2 of the best consoles of all time, baby toys, and the cost was wayyyy out there for most gamers, so they thought, where keeping our toys, thank you and to be 100% honest I kinda Aggree. Even so there is positives to everything, no side has a pure positive or negative.
richard adamson Yeah I've seen those commercials. XD The cost was far out initially. I agree.
After the original playstation, super nintendo this is my favourite console that I've owned. One of the things the revieweres don't mention is the sound... It was amazing, you could have real music with the 3DO. The music in Starfighter was incredible, it was played directly from its cd unit. I remember mine fondly, unfortunately I needed money to move out and sold it for peanuts!
Valter Vilar Wow nice. Damn that sucks you no longer have it.
For me the 3DO is the console a collector's needs to collect and play ports of those old DOS and WINDOWS games, whitout and actual Old retro PC with different operative systems.
The classic game room intro is burnt into my psyche. Thumbs up.
At LAST you review the 3DO! Good job!
Connecting the controllers through the controllers...
That's actually ingenious.
If you're having troubles with the Panasonic 3DO, you should try the Goldstar 3DO. I have owned three of them and they all worked! Also try Star Control II for the 3DO, it's A LOT OF FUN.
Nice review! I love my 3DO and you are right about the FZ-1 model failing. Stay away from it! Had 2 and both went bad. My FZ-10 has been good so far and it is probably the safest version to buy. No problems with my Goldstar 3DO yet either. My Sanyo T-R-Y 3DO seems a little quirky sometimes.
Dude, i can't stop seeing this guy's reviews!! it's like an addiction haha lol
Nice looking console.
Bought the FZ-1 Panasonic Model in 1998 at a pawn shop for $20 with about 7 game, Wing commander 3 and Super wing commander to name a few.... still love this system to this day
In a time when many TV's were mono it was great that the 3DO had a headphone socket in the controller giving u stereo sound... great design choice. one of few...
The 3do was ahead of its time
I had one of these back in 1996 when I was four years old. I didn't have too much fun with it because I couldn't really figure out how to play a lot of the games on it. So my dad returned it and got me an N64, I was never happier to get rid of it.
My dad says we used to play the 3do in the mid ninties and he bought it for me I don't remember but I do remember the system being in the house
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This system was WAY ahead of its time. Things like build in memory for games saves was on the 3DO and only recently is this on current consoles. The one thing I LOVED about the 3DO and wished current companys would do is the headphone jak in the controller. You could play your games as loud as you wanted to, no matter how late it was, and with the headset plugged in you wouldn't keep anyone up. I must have been really REALLY lucky to find my FIRST, used, and working 3DO at a Goodwill store.
Yeah, I remember wanting to buy one of those, but couldn't because back in the price was way out of my reach, Still today I might be able to find one, if I had a bigger room. Thank you for all the great reviews, and for your constant unbiased opinion.
I loved mine! I should never have gotten rid of it. My buddy grabbed the gold star version so he saved a bunch of money. Too bad you didn't show off "Way of the Warrior" which was a cheesy knockoff of Mortal Kombat but with a killer White Zombie soundtrack. Unfortunately, the minute the playstation came out, these consoles were obsolete.
Oh GOD WHY! Why did I sell my 3DO a long time ago? I wished I kept it(in retrospect).. Oh well, at least I still have my Dreamcast!
DC is way better
Great video dude!!! Very neat console trying to hit 25 games 11 so far...
I got one, and it still works! I bought in Miami in 1995, i was at Orland visiting Disney for the first time (I am brazillian) and i wanted a SEGA SATURN, but they didn´t have anyone avaiable at that day, so I bought the 3DO...GREAT CONSOLE, Great GAMES!
I loved this console then and I love it now.
I have an FZ-1 model, as well as an FZ-10 model. I bought them 3 or 4 years ago for $15 each, and they both work! :)
oh lordy mark. The NeoGeo and 3DO were systems That I got to rent but never own. They were so Stunning and amazing.
So glad my FZ-1 works. I hope it doesn't break. It wouldn't break my heart, but my JVC X'EYE dying would. I'd have to take that thing to an electronics repair shop in the year 2036. Sadly I see myself doing the same thing with the PS2, PS1 and Xbox 360 in the nearer future due to lack of backwards compatibility from the new consoles.
Shoulda stocked consoles when I could. Sega Nomads were $80. I remember buying a Model 2 SNES at Wal-Mart for $60. Brand new Model 2's go for $1000+ these days.
I was so lucky, I got a dirty FZ-10 for £5 at a garage sale, cleaned up bought Space Ace and Gex and it works great
Another funny, yet informative review Mark :3
We had one of these when i was little, i played the first need for speed on it. For ours we had wireless controllers so no daisy chaining lol in fact i dont ever recall having wired controllers. I just have so many good memories from playing this system.
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Finally you reviewed that thing.
Good God I love those 90's game boxes
I am so glad to be born in the late 80s I grew up with the sega genesis :)
What an underrated game console.
$700, terrible console.
***** To each their own.
+SolarstrikeVG Demolition Man was quite fun though.
***** Gex too.
I had Gex, sick game. I downloaded it recently from the PlayStation store ps one and can play it on my vita. Paid like £3.50 for the title.
The 3DO was the first 32-bit game console and the first disc based game console ever made. It was nowhere as successful as the original PlayStation, but it had far superior hardware technology as the original PlayStation.
I bought my 3DO for 30.00 from a local video store on the day they announced that they weren't gonna make any more games for it. I had an awful lot of fun with that thing.
Man, Mohammed! You go, man.
i had this first model and bought it right when it came out. it's still running great to this day. paid 700$ I love 'The Horde' on it. one of my all time favorite games
I knew this console here in Brazil in 1994, I had 10 years old, I see a 3d shooter game but I don't remember his name... I can't play in this console, but I see many videos about that here in the Classic Game Room. Thanks for that!
Classic Game Room, make a video about Star Wars Rebel Assault II, this PC Game is Amazing!!!
Thank you!
I still have my 3DO. Once I saw Super Wing Commander I had to get it. Totally was worth it back then. Lots of games for it that were never available anywhere else. Still addicted to Twisted and Icebreaker.
For me, the best consoles are 3DO and Neo-Geo. 3DO has huge library of video style gameplay using film and movies. If you like early Mortal Combat games, you will like 3DO.
I got one of these things for free and it works. Got it out of an old storage building my parents are going through and I was really surprised to find such a thing, especially since it's an old woman's stuff.
I can't wait for your reviews of "Mario Hotel" their Zelda games, and Night Trap!!
I picked up a Goldstar one at goodwill today for $18 & It works like a charm :D
Today I've bought a working 3DO for 10€ in Ballarò market in Palermo! Though I found it with no games and it was quite dirty I think this is quite a deal, even though it wasn’t not working! :) do I've been lucky??
sei molto fortunato, la puoi far riparare. io l'ho beccata a 50 euri funzionante con tre giochi , controller e scatola semidistrutta......avrei rpeferito un neo geo cmq...
@@kernelstudios8996 no, la console funziona, ha sempre funzionato alla perfezione, mi sono espresso male..!
I have a working FZ-1 model, and it's very nice. I also have an FZ-10, but it has a faulty laser.
I played my 3DO for years and never had an issue. The headphone jack in the controller was a great idea. Only downside was the loading time... it was insanely long
Funny that I only just bought a 3DO a little while ago and this video comes up. I think my favourite feature about the 3DO is that it uses normal video and audio out connectors... and S-video comes standard!
I got mine from a mom/pop game store for $10. It was sold as is, and didn't load any games. Since I can repair almost anything, I opened it up and fixed the problem. I noticed that just about every FZ-1 that didn't work, had the same problem.
I had the FZ10. It was an awesome gaming machine. My favorite game was GEX! First game I ever played with a curse word in it,
The 3DO is an example of a console with potential that flopped due to bad business. It was originally going to be a console that would be licensed out to numerous electronics companies to create their own flavors of the console thus driving the costs down. Unfortunately, Panansonic was the only one who signed up and they advertised it as a high-end home entertainment system. I'm sure you all know what happened afterwards.
I have this model now but when I was young in the early 90s this thing was like a myth. Everyone knew about it but no one had ever seen it. Mosly due to the crazy price!
i just picked up a 3do and 13 games today for $100 and the damn thing works, it is a blast to play... thank god for craigslist...lol
Sweet!! Like the look of the housing and the cds are rad.
ooh was that Dragon Lore I saw!! I loved that game as a kid.
Think I played it on the PC though.
That`s probably one of the earliest games I can remember that allowed you to choose a good or evil path.
I had a friend who got his dad to fork out the 700 for this with Way of The Warrior. Haha. Love these Vids Being a 36 year old gamer myself takes me back.
Awesome vid! It's really too bad you got some non working units. That is actually highly unusual. While the Goldstar units are well known to have poorer construction, the Panasonic model(s) is built like a tank. I've owned several over the years, and they still work perfectly nearly 20 years later. In fact, I'd say 3DO is one of the most reliable consoles ever. I doubt most people would have a hard time finding a great. working unit. They are simply too well built.
I have one that's worked since I bought it back when I was in junior high :D
remember that console back in the 90s. didn´t live long.
Don't forget, 3DO was a Console Platform standard that anyone could build for, not just Panasonic. I have a Goldstar 3DO, which still works. Sanyo also made one in Asia. However, Panasonic made the best quality 3DOs.
doohde thanks for these reviews. YOu should know you ARE appreciated. And MANY times over I enjoy your more than your closest 'competition' the angry vid,...yeah you know the rest, I want to avoid giving any comp a involuntary plug here that would NOT be my intention but I had to put you in the ball park to know who I'm speaking of. But yeah I like you more most of the time bc you get straight to the point and tho you are entertaining and not boring you dont' waist are TIME with a lot of fluff
Was talking 'bout Plumbers don't wear ties, E.T. is a great movie. Great avatar btw.
I was fortunate to find a brand new 3DO FZ-10 :D it came with the Gex game included in the box.
I had no trouble finding a working 3DO. The word is is this reputation of the 3DO being hard to find a good one and being prone to failure is WAY overblown.
wow this really makes me want to see some game play!
I'm actually impressed with this console. The disc tray doesn't seem like something that would be on a system that old, along with the headphone jack in the controller, and the fact that you only need to plug a second controller into the player 1 controller for multiplayer is a great idea! Just wish I could have seen some gameplay though.
i miss my 3do. 1995 baby!!
Damn... I think I'll need to find a working 3DO somewhere just to relive the classic Road Rash on it... Oh man, that game was great with an absolutely killer soundtrack
if you do I'd strongly recommend buying it locally; it may be hard to find but I've seen it for sale in person several times, and if you have to pay more than an eBay listing it's worth it to know it works and won't get fucked in shipping.
Mark, you should find the game "Icebreaker" for the 3DO. It was also released on the PC, but was originally released on the 3DO. It was one of my favorite games growing up.
"and it looks like it came from Babbages!" blast from the past right there. :)
I was lucky enough to get a floor model FZ1 from the GoodGuys for $50 back in 95. Still works to this day. Super Street Fighter is all I really play on it. Hey Mark, you should find a CLD-A100 laseractive and review that. Talk about expensive!!!
Those were the days! Still playing Space Hulk and Road Rash from time to time - nostalgia and shit! )))
I loved playing Road Rash!!
I would not have known that unless you pointed that out, there is no way I would have guessed in a hundred years, that a console made in the EARLY 90's doesn't have an HDMI out!
In 1991, the Phillips CDI was the first console to be released with the CD drive.
I remember I used to work in a video arcade that had a Mad Dog McCree cabinet, but if you opened it up, it was just a 3DO FZ-1 with an arcade cabinet built around it. ;-p
Yay! CLASSIC games! :D
I had FZ-10 about 20 years ago and still remember console and a lot of games (especially I like Belzerion - best console game ever). Then I sold 3DO to get money for my first PC (Celeron-400). Anyway the console was funny =)
This was the model of 3DO that I had back in the day. The only reason I even got it was because my genesis and SNES + all my games got stolen out of my house. This was bought with the insurance check. I had very fond memories of Street Fighter, Road Rash, and Need for Speed (among others) on this thing. Plus there was an RPG that was really fun but I can't remember the name. This system was never trying to compete directly with the cartridge systems.
Lookin forward to 3DO reviews
Thank you about the avatar part, yours is nice too.
I'm crossing my fingers for some Wing Commander reviews on 3DO, Wing Commander 3 especially!