Jade Rambles: Most Expensive Retro Games

[MephistoZX]

There's a couple versions of 3DO systems. There's the FZ-10



FZ-1 (which I own)



And the Goldstar, which was a totally different company making a version of the system



System was CD based, and came with only one controller port, but there's an adapter for more. The controllers themselves are pretty bad and the knock-off 3rd party controllers are worse.

The games themselves are pretty interesting studies in gaming at the time, as a lot of them are like interactive stories like Night Trap on Sega CD. In which, you basically just hit a directional button or press a button as fast as possible at prompts to survive or advance the story. Apparently some of the developers believed this would be the wave of the future in storytelling. Some interesting examples of this in 3DO games are Wing Commander III (one of the better ones), Psychic Detective, Sewer Shark, Iron Angel of the Apocalypse, Daedalus Encounter (starring Tia Carrere!), and the worst video game ever made Plumbers Don't Wear Ties. There's a ton more of that style though.

Some of the best games on the 3DO include the super rare JRPG Lucienne's Quest ($130) (I don't own it yet, way too much money)



The original Road Rash ($25 it is listed at on price charting you can definitely get it cheaper)



Space Hulk (highly recommend this one) ($13)



Star Control 2 ($32)



One of the best versions of Alone in the Dark (for its updated soundtrack) ($5)



Cannon Fodder (a neat little action strategy game) ($35)



and Slayer (D&D licensed game), but good luck finding this one. ($10,but I never see it listed anywhere)



There's a few other decent games, like the Wolfenstein port is good, the Gex game is good, and so on. However, a lot of the library is pure crap that I think most people would dislike. There's a ton of awful 3D shooters as well like Off World Interceptor, Shockwave, Total Eclipse, ect. Basically anything that looks like a space shooter on the 3DO, avoid.

It's a neat little system, but you can totally see why it was demolished.

EDIT: Guardian War (listed at $25, you can definitely get this cheaper) is kinda fun too, it's an RPG tactics type



EDIT 2, In keeping with the thread, I have added prices for some of the games. Below are the most expensive 3DO games.

Lucienne's Quest ($130)
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties ($112)

Mind Teazzer ($100, porn game)

NeuroDancer ($85, good luck, this one is rare)

Lost Eden ($70)

Love Bites ($65)

Snow Job ($65)