13 Forgotten 3DO Fighting Games (Yes, Some Were Good)
447The Panasonic 3DO was an interesting console that failed to gain ground against the multimillion dollar might of Sony’s PlayStation. It is a system that is unknown to almost everyone, even a source of derision for some, but which surprises with worthy titles for those who decide to discover its games.
In fact, despite being a pretty obscure piece of gaming history, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer was one of the most powerful machines of the 32-bit era. More than simply a gaming console, the 3DO was a multimedia center capable of playing CDs and visualizing them – and its ability to play movie-quality video clips was exploited by developers by injecting their games with plenty of FMV sequences.
If there is a genre that has not been explored much on this overlooked console, it is that of fighting games. A genre that features in Panasonic's 32-bit with some Japanese rarities, a few worthy ports of iconic arcade games (such as Samurai Shodown or Street Fighter) and also the occasional experiment with FMVs (in the console tradition). Are you interested in discovering them?
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Games Featured
0:00 Intro
0:19 1994 Rise of the Robots
1:06 1994 Samurai Shodown
1:50 1994 Shadow: War of Succession
2:33 1994 Super Street Fighter II Turbo
3:29 1994 Supreme Warrior
4:04 1994 Ultraman Powered
4:37 1994 Way of the Warrior
5:17 1994 Yuu Yuu Hakusho
5:47 1995 Ballz: The Director's Cut
6:26 1995 Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon S
6:59 1995 Primal Rage
7:36 1995 Foes of Ali
8:09 1996 The Eye of Typhoon
8:43 Outro
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