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Yeah good old 17% slower PAL with it's letterbox display. This is of course only if the original NTSC versions weren't adapted correctly (or at all) for PAL. As for the two auctions: Same game, there's no difference! The game was not adapted to PAL, hence the back of the European box says that it d...

I've got a high-res version of that video (captured by Madroms), which also has correct colors (the car is red, not orange ). I can upload it if anyone is interested.

Anyone tried it on Win9x or ME yet? If ASPI doesn't work there, I'll remove it completely.

FZ-DR21 drive box (mid-1996, no M2 hardware inside): http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/4582/fzdr21zx2.jpg FZ-21 prototype (late 1996, fully working M2 unit): http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/6040/fz21protoya3.jpg Final FZ-21S1 kiosk unit (early 1998): http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/886/fz21s1fina...

That's what you meant with "original model"... The FZ-21S wasn't really the original model, though it depends on your definition. Anyway, no, I don't have an FZ-21S. Currently not worth the money for me, as I can do much more with the FZ-35S. The FZ-21S is a nice unit to put in a showcase, but that'...

This is the unit that plays dvds if I am correct. Yes, it's an FZ-35S 1H1-M with a DVD drive and a 20 GB hard disk (there were a lot of variations). The most advanced piece of M2 hardware that was ever build. :) And the only unit that can (theoretically) play all M2 software, even the arcade games....

I'd also like to see some shots of the 2 kiosk units. Here's my kiosk unit along with a proto controll pad: http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/2267/m2ch2.jpg Looks a bit used, but that's because I actually used it a lot for testing. I have pictures of virtually every piece of M2 hardware and of most ...

I wonder how many here actually even have a working M2 setup.

Personally, I don't like a sticky topic for a certain subject (M2 in this case), as whatever you post in there will get lost too fast...

I've voted 'yes'. I really like to see a M2 section here!

The devkit has been leaked. The console has been around for over a decade. Surely somebody should have been able to do something by now! First of all, the SDK has been leaked, not the devkit. ;) The SDK is quite old and rather useless without having the shitload of docs that came with it. And even ...

and the only problems ive heard from FZ1's are the fuse's blowing, its been awhile but a guy on atariage had a problem that replacing the fuse didnt work because everytime he found a fuse the system would blow it up You know, when that happens everytime, it's not the fuse that causes the problem. :...

As I've already mentioned in the "Introduce yourself" topic, I wrote a small Windows tool that allows reading of and extracting files from 3DO discs. I wrote this tool mainly for myself while doing research on how the M2 kiosk units work (filesystem-wise, boot files, etc.) and how to get them play t...

then how is it that we are able to extract the contents and files from 3do discs then? Im not sure if you have seen any of the programs, but it extract all the encrypted files from the discs on a PC. Mind you, I wrote such a program myself ( screenshot ). :D Only the boot files are encrypted with a...

"Real Sound"? That game without any graphics? Hard to believe that it contains any hidden D2 for M2 stuff. But if it does, it's most likely the other part of the intro (the San Francisco scene).

Afaik, the encryption has not been fully cracked yet. The SDK will work with a boot disc. You would insert the encrypted boot disc, let it load to a certain point and then insert the unencrypted game. Quite similar to the disc swap trick to play backup copies on an unmodded Playstation.

There's no region lock on 3DO, but a few "NTSC" titles don't work on PAL units and vice-versa. But if none of your 20 games work on a PAL unit, then I'd say the unit is broken.

3DOKid wrote:Do you get Retro Gamer in Germany?

Not sure about whole Germany, but it's not available in the small city I live.

T2KFreeker wrote:Windowskiller, haven't you also been over on JSII lately? I swear that I have seen the name before.

Yep, I'm everywhere.

I've talked to Kenji Eno and he told me that he doesn't have anything of D2 left. It's unlikely that someone else has, so this game is most likely lost forever. :( It also said that the dev PC's that held D2 now no longer existed... That's what most former M2 devs said when I talked to them. Not sur...

Lemmi wrote:i put a bid on one of those Joysticks once but it went for $200+ and it was the only one ive ever seen on ebay

I sold mine on eBay not long ago, it went for 15 Euro. That's the same price I bought it for earlier.

FIFA Soccer, of course. I've never played any of the others, as I don't like football, boxing, golf and baseball...

Thanks. :) Though I'm not that happy that you uploaded it at youtube (crappy quality, weired format, etc.). I thought you could provide a good-quality avi or mpeg, which I could then use to build a demo disc that would run on the M2 kiosk unit. But I guess I have to hunt down that 3DO Live! cover di...

3DOKid wrote:That is the one I have. I'll capture it later today...

Great, thanks!

the one on 3DO Live! #10 that i have http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/Lemmi731/3DOLivenumber10a.jpg is about 10 min long and it starts out like the one in that link 3dokid posted, after it ends it moves onto 1998 and a pregant lady on a plane http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f105/Lemmi731/3D...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6O6jKswvQ4 I've not seen this one before. It's the D2 demo for the 3DO M2. I have 2 D2 demos and this isn't either of them. Does anyone know if the music is original? That's the bonus video which is included in the japanese Dreamcast version of D2. It's the first hal...

Actually, as far as I know the 3DO had the best FMV of any version. I think the pc was only half the screen size (think early sega cd, but w/higher resolution) The difference was that the 3DO version had the FMVs running in full-screen because the screen resolution was only 320x240 (same resolution...

Would you care if I borrowed some of your GUI layout ideas for the design of my own app?

Nope, feel free to borrow as much from the GUI as you want.

The country flags aren't my design, but they are used everywhere. I think they came from a free resource.

Trev wrote:This is the first time I have ever heard of Daedalus beig on cd-i ...

Probably because Daedalus Encounter doesn't exist on CD-i.

Trev wrote:I never knew that about the Goldstar machines. How do you tell which version you have?

If it has a normal cd tray, then you have the second model. The first model does not have a cd tray at all, instead the whole cd drive comes out of the unit.

There were two different versions of the Goldstar 3DO. The first one had a cd drive similar to the one used in the Sanyo 3DO. That one had huge problem with quite a few games. Goldstar then replaced the cd drive with a more ordinary one, which fixed almost all compatibility problems.