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Posted on 01-31-11 04:13:53 PM Link | Quote
So a while ago I got linked to jap-sai. It's a really great site that sells all sorts of Japanese-region games, often in box and all that fun stuff.

It also has really hilarious descriptions for ... certain things.

There are many ways of remembering the 3DO, and fondly is not one of them. The machine was a nasty, rushed, and poorly thought out stop-gap of a format, released just as the 16-Bit era of the Mega Drive and Super Famicom was coming to a close, and the 32-Bit generation of the Sega Saturn and PlayStation was looming on the horizon.

[...]

The 3DO's eventual withdrawal from the market in mid-1996 was inevitable, and long overdue. Yet, the chain of events surrounding its cringe-worthy lifespan and hilarious demise make for an interesting story - one that should never be forgotten, lest something like this happen again.


Keep in mind that they sell these things. Well, games for it. But still!



One or two (or seven) emails later and oh dear lord what am I doing



Off to Google I go to check the exchange rate and figure out how much I'm going to pay for this thing.

Normally it wouldn't be a big deal, but...

¥ 3,100 = $37.84 U.S. dollars




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Posted on 01-31-11 04:52:34 PM (last edited by Higsby at 01-31-11 05:45 PM) Link | Quote
I was looking through the site and there are quite a few games on there that I've been considering buying off of the internet for awhile. Rockman & Forte for SFC is one of them although I'm not really ready to dish out $69USD for it yet (I've seen it go for cheaper than that on ebay before...).

Be careful not to burn a hole through your wallet Xkeeper.

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Posted on 01-31-11 06:15:37 PM Link | Quote

Wait, wait, they made Faria on the 3D0?

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Posted on 01-31-11 06:23:32 PM Link | Quote
Originally posted by Imajin
Wait, wait, they made Faria on the 3D0?

No apparently it's the Famicom version he's getting.

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Posted on 01-31-11 06:43:56 PM Link | Quote
More than a third of that was for shipping Is it because it's coming from Japan?

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Posted on 01-31-11 07:16:11 PM Link | Quote
What was your first hint?

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Posted on 01-31-11 08:33:01 PM Link | Quote
The good news is that you have a job now, so yeah.

But that is still outrageous.

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Posted on 01-31-11 10:54:54 PM Link | Quote
Problem is that everything they wrote about the 3DO is the honest truth.

(I have heard that the SSF2T port was excellent but... yeah... a handful of great games does not a successful console make.)

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Posted on 01-31-11 11:16:24 PM Link | Quote
And who can ever forget the excellence that was Way of the Warrior for 3DO?

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Posted on 02-02-11 10:29:52 PM Link | Quote
What's with the anamatronic dinosaur there?

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Posted on 02-02-11 10:38:16 PM Link | Quote
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And who can ever forget the excellence that was Way of the Warrior for 3DO?

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That is... too stupid for words.

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Posted on 02-02-11 10:49:27 PM Link | Quote
I see your Way of the Warrior and raise you a Target Terror.

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