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3DO Firsts?

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:11 pm
by 3DOKid
What did 3DO do first? (before other consoles)

- Daisy chained controls (No multitap)
- Region Free?
- ???

Re: 3DO Firsts?

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:12 pm
by 3DOKid
- headphone jack in controller (Xbox 360 did later?)

Re: 3DO Firsts?

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:15 pm
by 3DOKid
- console with multitasking OS

Re: 3DO Firsts?

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:16 pm
by 3DOKid
- games written to OS rather than Hardware aiding backwards compatibility

Re: 3DO Firsts?

Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2013 10:18 pm
by 3DOKid
- 24bit graphics?

Re: 3DO Firsts?

Posted: Wed Oct 02, 2013 4:55 am
by goldenband
3DOKid wrote:- Region Free?
Naah, there were a bunch of region-free consoles before the 3DO. Intellivision, Vectrex, and Game Boy are three that come to mind, and games from any region work on any console (with the exception of a couple Intellivision games which are buggy on PAL systems, and were reissued to fix the problem). Atari 2600 also had no region lockout, though it did have PAL/NTSC display issues.

Did any other console offer polygonal/textured 3D at 30 fps before the 3DO?