I have asked this question myself. 3DO is currently, still, the only platform I collect for. Having done some soul searching, the reason why I collect 3Do is that it's so obscure, it has some meat to it's bones (i.e. Something worth collecting) and it's a generation or era I enjoy.
What I enjoy most is the Internet forums where 3DO is dismissed. I feel, sad as it may sound, duty-bound to wade in and defend the machine:
No games you say? Well, here I am, 3DOKid!, to defend the good systems honour. And so on...
It's liek I enjoy reminding people about Gex and Need for speed. Like a, erm, gaming hero. Sad? yes. True? Yes. yes it is.
Why do collect 3DO?
Why 3DO?
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i started late but in 1997 i finally got my hands on one, after reading about the games and system in magazines for years (this is the year my collecting bug hit me) and i just caught the end of the game liquidations from the stores. i got up to about 60+ games.
then in 2002 i hit ebay and found many more plus i ran into Zangardo who hooked me up with some harder to find games and accessories.
one day i noticed i had about 130 games and wasnt far off from finding them all. the Atari 7800 and the 3DO were the only systems i had all the games released for
when i first got the 3do (my 3rd CD based system behind the Sega CD by only 2 weeks and the CDi i found in the garbage) i loved the colors and the panasonic CD sampler, then i got Road Rash and Need for Speed so i had to see what other hidden gems were out there
i used my old gaming mags to get the games that looked interesting first, then i had to get the crap/hard to find ones off ebay
1997 was a blow out year for my collection, something like 11 systems collected that year and the 3DO and Saturn were the best things i got that year
then in 2002 i hit ebay and found many more plus i ran into Zangardo who hooked me up with some harder to find games and accessories.
one day i noticed i had about 130 games and wasnt far off from finding them all. the Atari 7800 and the 3DO were the only systems i had all the games released for
when i first got the 3do (my 3rd CD based system behind the Sega CD by only 2 weeks and the CDi i found in the garbage) i loved the colors and the panasonic CD sampler, then i got Road Rash and Need for Speed so i had to see what other hidden gems were out there
i used my old gaming mags to get the games that looked interesting first, then i had to get the crap/hard to find ones off ebay
1997 was a blow out year for my collection, something like 11 systems collected that year and the 3DO and Saturn were the best things i got that year
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
I got my first 3DO back in late 1995 with Need for Speed. It has always been a system that I have held in high regard. I have never once thought of selling it off as I have with other systems.
It isn't the first video game system I owned either, which might have explained the nostalgia. There is just something special about that era for me I guess. And more specifically, the 3DO.
Every time in the past when I have felt as if I have found every 3DO title, one or two more come along that I have never even heard of before and I have a good time hunting them down. The same goes for the hardware.
When playing the games, it seems to me that the 3DO has just the right amount of detail to be visually enjoyable and at the same time requires just the right amount of imagination.
As 3DOKid said, there is also something appealing about defending a system that a majority of people like to bash.
It isn't the first video game system I owned either, which might have explained the nostalgia. There is just something special about that era for me I guess. And more specifically, the 3DO.
Every time in the past when I have felt as if I have found every 3DO title, one or two more come along that I have never even heard of before and I have a good time hunting them down. The same goes for the hardware.
When playing the games, it seems to me that the 3DO has just the right amount of detail to be visually enjoyable and at the same time requires just the right amount of imagination.
As 3DOKid said, there is also something appealing about defending a system that a majority of people like to bash.
Bitrate you nailed it!got my first 3DO back in late 1995 with Need for Speed. It has always been a system that I have held in high regard. I have never once thought of selling it off as I have with other systems.
It isn't the first video game system I owned either, which might have explained the nostalgia. There is just something special about that era for me I guess. And more specifically, the 3DO.
Every time in the past when I have felt as if I have found every 3DO title, one or two more come along that I have never even heard of before and I have a good time hunting them down. The same goes for the hardware.
When playing the games, it seems to me that the 3DO has just the right amount of detail to be visually enjoyable and at the same time requires just the right amount of imagination.
I agree 100% and couldn't have put it better!
"purge with fire Bretheren"
3DO is dead , long live 3DO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2kuP_anAc
"The greatest games in the world take seconds to learn but months to master. The worst take months to learn and minutes to finish."...MattyG
3DO is dead , long live 3DO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K2kuP_anAc
"The greatest games in the world take seconds to learn but months to master. The worst take months to learn and minutes to finish."...MattyG