Old 3DO Receipts
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Old 3DO Receipts
I was going through a lot of my long-box 3DO titles a while back and every once in a while a receipt would show up. I thought it was kind of interesting as it provided a sort of snapshot of time from when 3DO games were retailing on store shelves.
The receipts also help to establish a rough timeline for 3DO releases, which is something that is not well documented. Obviously, they don't dictate absolute release dates, but they do create a sort of upper limit to when the title was released since the game had to be available when the receipt was printed (excluding predorders).
If anyone else has receipts for 3DO hardware/software I encourage you to scan them and include them in this thread.
Here are the ones I found:
Pictured below is a Babbage's receipt for AD&D Slayer.
Dated: Sept. 7, 1994
Pictured below is an Electronics Boutique receipt for Mad Dog McCree.
Dated: Nov. 17, 1993
Pictured below is a FuncoLand receipt for Dragon's Lair.
Dated: Jan. 25, 1996
Pictured below is a Software, Etc. receipt for Star Wars Rebel Assault.
Dated: Dec. 3, 1994
Pictured below is a Best Buy receipt for Monster Manor.
Dated: Jan. 19, 1995
Pictured below is a Best Buy receipt for Wing Commander 3.
Dated: Sept. 22, 1995
The receipts also help to establish a rough timeline for 3DO releases, which is something that is not well documented. Obviously, they don't dictate absolute release dates, but they do create a sort of upper limit to when the title was released since the game had to be available when the receipt was printed (excluding predorders).
If anyone else has receipts for 3DO hardware/software I encourage you to scan them and include them in this thread.
Here are the ones I found:
Pictured below is a Babbage's receipt for AD&D Slayer.
Dated: Sept. 7, 1994
Pictured below is an Electronics Boutique receipt for Mad Dog McCree.
Dated: Nov. 17, 1993
Pictured below is a FuncoLand receipt for Dragon's Lair.
Dated: Jan. 25, 1996
Pictured below is a Software, Etc. receipt for Star Wars Rebel Assault.
Dated: Dec. 3, 1994
Pictured below is a Best Buy receipt for Monster Manor.
Dated: Jan. 19, 1995
Pictured below is a Best Buy receipt for Wing Commander 3.
Dated: Sept. 22, 1995
nice to see ones older than my receipts, so none of them are yours then?
mine dont start untill march 1997, and i have every receipt from 1997 untill now saved
if i find them again i might scan a few
oh, oh, oh i have a receipt from 1982 or 83 for a magnavox odessey2 system i might have to scan because i know where that one is
mine dont start untill march 1997, and i have every receipt from 1997 untill now saved
if i find them again i might scan a few
oh, oh, oh i have a receipt from 1982 or 83 for a magnavox odessey2 system i might have to scan because i know where that one is
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here are the first 3do items i bought, and as you know Funcoland never had new items for 3do to sell
these are the store bought games 1997, alot of my receipts are faded
Here is the new panasonic 3do fz10 system from media play 9-29-97 (the last 1 in the store, if they had more i was ready to buy them)
more games and the Starter Kit - and the start of the buy 2 get one free offers they had. heh and the start of me writing on receipts from fleamarkets
and here is the last new store bought 3do game i got, along with the fleamarket 3do finds
and here is the Maganavox Odyssey2 system receipt i got with a fleamarket find
and now the boxed Atari Jaguar Core System - 5-3-97
opps forgot the pics of all my receipts, alot of them are from Ebay in the form of Money Orders
these are the store bought games 1997, alot of my receipts are faded
Here is the new panasonic 3do fz10 system from media play 9-29-97 (the last 1 in the store, if they had more i was ready to buy them)
more games and the Starter Kit - and the start of the buy 2 get one free offers they had. heh and the start of me writing on receipts from fleamarkets
and here is the last new store bought 3do game i got, along with the fleamarket 3do finds
and here is the Maganavox Odyssey2 system receipt i got with a fleamarket find
and now the boxed Atari Jaguar Core System - 5-3-97
opps forgot the pics of all my receipts, alot of them are from Ebay in the form of Money Orders
Ex-3DO collector extraordinaire , but i still have my collection
Villagephotos is dead, need to find my old pics and find another host
Villagephotos is dead, need to find my old pics and find another host
No, unfortunately. While I managed to keep my original system and games complete and mint, I did not hold on to the receipts. I was a little too young at the time, so most of the games were birthday/Christmas gifts, where I didn't have access to the receipts anyway.Lemmi wrote:nice to see ones older than my receipts, so none of them are yours then?
Lemmi - LOL at your collection of receipts.
Awesome additions to the thread.
If we can get enough of these it will make for an interesting timeline of 3DO sales. Unfortunately, I'm guessing there won't be many more entries.
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Re: Old 3DO Receipts
All I can say, amazing. A piece of a culture and media market long dead. Ace indeed.
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