32X vs. 3DO vs. Jaguar

[MN12BIRD]

Oh yeah I forgot the 3DO version was also really good. I have a copy but I can't get it to work on FreeDO and it won't play in my real 3DO until I get some better CDRs!

[Tanegashima]

remember, not all games work properly in all 3DOs...the only model that I haven't had compatibility issues with is the FZ-10, all the others like the Goldstar won't run many of the later games for the 3DO.

Which is total absolute proof that Trip Hawkens f-d up the 3DO more than any one person.

[MN12BIRD]

I have an FZ-1 that works great on all my real games but I have really cheap Kodak CDRs and haven't been able to try any others yet for the games I have downloaded.

[j_factor]

Stop pirating.

[bones]

I really do like the 32x, there are some great titles on it, but seriously...we're comparing a Genesis add-on with limited support to 2 other full blown consoles? Voted for Jaguar, great game library Tempest 2k, AvP, Iron Soldier, etc and there's been some good effort to get unreleased games out there for people to enjoy.

[dragonboy]

Do the Jaguar, 32X, and 3DO have any Neo Geo like games? especially like the later shmups and run 'n' gun games on the system? There is not much information about Jaguar and 3DO on the internet, and I don't remember them at all when I was little. I doubt they were selling them at Toys R Us, because I used to go to Toys R Us whenever I bought new games when I was little, and I only remember them selling Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Playstation, and Nintendo 64.

[nissling]

Now, I haven't played Atari Jaguar but I have both 3Do and 32X. The 32X is a nice console. The 3Do isn't you know "Fun as hell" of something like that. It's just....ok. Not more.

[j_factor]

Do the Jaguar, 32X, and 3DO have any Neo Geo like games? especially like the later shmups and run 'n' gun games on the system? There is not much information about Jaguar and 3DO on the internet, and I don't remember them at all when I was little. I doubt they were selling them at Toys R Us, because I used to go to Toys R Us whenever I bought new games when I was little, and I only remember them selling Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Playstation, and Nintendo 64.

They sold Jaguar and 3DO (and 32x) at Toys R Us. You may not remember them because they lacked longevity. The 32x basically lasted for one year, and its total library is 34 games, so it never had more than half a shelf in the game section. 32x had a tiny launch library at the end of '94, games steadily trickled in '95, and by the time Spider-Man was released at the beginning of 1996, many stores were already liquidating their 32x stock. The Jaguar is a similar situation, except it had a slightly longer life and a slightly larger library. The 3DO did better, but the thing had no marketing support. Your young mind might also have confused the 3DO section for Sega CD games, as they usually put the two right next to each other, and they had similar packaging.

Toys R Us was always good about carrying pretty much every system. They even had Pico for a while.

[Aarzak]

Check this circa-1995 ad for the Jaguar, which was released near the impending launch of the original PlayStation in September 1995, and targeting the already-released Saturn as well. Hilarious stuff, though I reckon that by then the Jaguar was hopeless in the public's eye. It's debatable IMO as to which of the three "transitional" 32-Bit consoles was most and less viable at this point, as all eyes were on the Saturn and PlayStation. I really felt sorry for the Jag especially, with Atari releasing that long-overdue CD add-on AFTER the launch of the Playstation and Saturn. Ain't nobody cared by that point. The 32X was amongst the first of these three systems to die in late 1995, with its last release ("Spider-Man": Web of Fire") coming in the early months of 1996. Atari canned the Jaguar sometime in the Spring of 1996 when they announced their exit from the video-game console market for good, and merged with that now-defunct hard-drive manufacturer. 3DO died not too long after, when the company canned their overhyped next-generation console, "M2" and sold the technology off, also canning the 3DO in the process. Sad how all three only lasted half of the lifetime of the Genesis & SNES at most. "Transitional" consoles indeed.

[rcgamer]

I realize this is a sega site, but lets get real, the 32x is nowhere near as good as the 3do. Yes the price sucked, but the system itself was the best technology available at the time.
The 3do had the best version of SFII turbo, the best Madden game hands down at the time, Gex, Captain Quazar, Return Fire, need for speed, the best version of Road Rash, Cannon Fodder, as well as the ones already mentioned in this thread. For a system that only lasted a couple of years it also had hundreds of games. Yes you can say that most were crap but even if 80% were crap that still means it had tons more good games than the 32x.

[Tanegashima]

I realize this is a sega site, but lets get real, the 32x is nowhere near as good as the 3do. Yes the price sucked, but the system itself was the best technology available at the time.
The 3do had the best version of SFII turbo, the best Madden game hands down at the time, Gex, Captain Quazar, Return Fire, need for speed, the best version of Road Rash, Cannon Fodder, as well as the ones already mentioned in this thread. For a system that only lasted a couple of years it also had hundreds of games. Yes you can say that most were crap but even if 80% were crap that still means it had tons more good games than the 32x.

You're absolutely right, on this list the 3DO rocks! The 32X is cool to own for me because I like having all the Sega systems, but the 3DO is a pretty cool system. Captain Quazar, Return Fire and Star Control are reason alone to own this system. What I find crazy is for a system that only sold 500,000 units worldwide by mid 1995 (out for 2 years) the library was MASSIVE, this game has a ridiculously huge library and there definitely a bunch of worthwhile games, many very inexpensive. Road Rash is awesome, but it's real repetitive...

I have an awesome article from Game Players January 1995 (I kept most of my mags from back then...) called The Gloves Are Off! and it has interviews with Sega, 3DO, Nintendo, Atari, and the editor bashes Nintendo and predicts the Saturn will destroy it. I really should scan it for y'all...it's an awwesome read. The predictions are great, the N64 is still called the Ultra 64...neeto stuff. EDIT: As I'm reading through it, it also has a review of Snatcher and gives it an 80% I love nostalgia...

[j_factor]

The thing about 3DO that devalues it for me is that so many of its games were ported to Playstation and/or Saturn. But I'd still rank it above 32x and Jaguar.

[Tanegashima]

Yeah but it's most unique games weren't...I love it, honestly I'll say it, I love the 3DO system. It is awesome. The games are so damn weird, they come in ridiculous boxes, it was horribly marketed but nonetheless awesome. It's region free, it's really cool. The only thing that sucks is most 3rd party controllers don't work right and that 3 button controller is useless for 2-D fighting games which is why I don't have any for it...

The 32X is a novelty for me, strictly useless but I can say I own every Sega system released in N.A. and look down my nose at those who can't.

Owning a jaguar to me, would be like finding a dog turd in my yard: It would sit there, turn gray, everyone would be annoyed by it. The only difference would be I don't think I'd avoid stepping on the Jaguar.

I do love Atari 8-bit systems like the 2600-7800 but the Jaguar is a total, expensive abomination.

I might add, I believe the 3DO library is actually larger than the 32X and Jaguar combined...which is a plus. There are over 220 games for the 3DO and just under/over 100 for the 32X/Jaguar combined and only if you count Jaguar CD's...

[tomaitheous]

What I find crazy is for a system that only sold 500,000 units worldwide by mid 1995 (out for 2 years) the library was MASSIVE, this game has a ridiculously huge library and there definitely a bunch of worthwhile games, many very inexpensive. Road Rash is awesome, but it's real repetitive...

Probably because at $700, the owner was more than likely bound to buy whatever they could for that system to justify the @#$!'ing purchase - haha. Guaranteed user base Two types of people bought that system back in the day - the rich and the suckers.

the 3do had the best version of SFII turbo

Didn't it lack multiple layered scrolls or was it just line scrolls (or both!). Getting diagonals out of the control - you had mod the controller or loosen the screws (my friend had one).

[gamevet]

Didn't it lack multiple layered scrolls or was it just line scrolls (or both!). Getting diagonals out of the control - you had mod the controller or loosen the screws (my friend had one).

There was an official 6 button controller for the game. I remember seeing one in a Walmart clearance bin about 8 years ago, along with the game.