TRIP DOES WEAR TIES - CBM and Rudy Give a Compendious Overview of the 3DO, Plus Tengen & Accolade

CBM and Rudy Give a Compendious Overview of the 3DO System, The 3DO Company and its Games, going from the Company's formation to its bankruptcy in 2003. In order to understand how and why the 3DO was created and licensed, one must be familiar with the issues surrounding ATARI's split, ATARI GAMES and TENGEN, Electronic Arts forcing SEGA to Capitulate to its Licensing Terms, and the subsequent Sega v ACCOLADE Lawsuit. CBM and Rudy recount these foundational events before delineating the 3DO's rushed launch in October 1993 (USA).

They talk about the IPO of the 3DO Company, the formation of the 3DO CONSORTIUM, Hardware Specifications and inherent issues with being a 3rd Party 3DO Hardware Manufacturer, and the lack of coordination and standardization of some key parts of the system (Expansion Slots). Further discussion concerns various SHENANIGANS with the 3DO's Controllers, the Whimpered Launch of the M2 as a half-baked arcade system, and the surprising number of AO-Rated Games released. Finishing up, CBM waxes poetic about purchasing a 3DO in 1994, GUARDIAN WAR, Burning Soldier and Oukoku No Grand Chef, while Rudy talks about which games he enjoyed on the system. And lest we forget, while PLUMBERS DON'T WEAR TIES, Trip Hawkins does here!

00:00-08:58 Intro, Rudy's Initial Thoughts on 3DO
08:59-12:43 CBM's Thoughts on Owning a 3DO, Gaming Magazines
12:44-25:58 Nintendo's Onerous Licensing, Atari 2600 & 1983 Video Game Crash, KIRK CAMERON
25:59-27:39 The Horde's NVRAM Catastrophe, Crystal Dynamics
27:40-29:47 NOA Continued, Rudy's Perspective on SNES
29:48-40:12 Formation of ATARI GAMES & TENGEN, Hideyuki Nakajima
40:13-52:06 Tengen's Reverse Engineering of 10NES, ROM Shortage of 1988, TENGEN v NINTENDO
52:07-56:28 Electronic Arts Plotting Strategy, EA's Reverse Engineering of Sega Genesis Dev Kit
56:29-1:00:41 Sega CAPITULATES to Trip Hawkins, Sega Responds with TMSS
1:00:42-1:03:42 Accolade's Reverse Engineering of TMSS, Their Unlicensed Games
1:03:43-1:05:53 Rudy's Memories of UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, Movie Sequels
1:05:54-1:09:57 SEGA v ACCOLADE Lawsuit & Consequences, more TMSS Talk
1:09:58-1:18:54 *3DO START*, Organizing The 3DO Company, ARM and Acorn Archimedes, 3DO HW Specs & RAM Cost in the Era
1:18:55-1:27:16 The 3DO CONSORTIUM, What Does 3DO Name Stand For, Sony Imagesoft and SNES CD Playstation
1:27:17-1:31:49 AT&T and Its 3DO Plans, XBAND, Sierra Online Stake
1:31:50-1:37:20 IPO of The 3DO Company, PHILIPS CD-I Memories, Wacky World of Miniature Golf
1:37:21-1:43:30 3DO LAUNCH in October 1993, Crash N Burn
1:43:31-1:53:25 3DO in 1994, 3rd Party HW Sales Issues, HW Prices of the Era, PHOTO CD
1:53:26-1:54:55 Sega-3DO-ESRB Rating System
1:54:56-1:57:26 3DO Advertising Fund, Digital Video Cartridge on 3DO, Video CD and HDTV-Capable?
1:57:27-2:01:27 3DO Development Kits, NuBus Madness, Sony PS1 Net Yaroze
2:01:28-2:10:51 Goldstar-LG Korean Models, ROB ZOMBIE, Controller Shenanigans, Lack of HW Standardization of Expansion Cards
2:10:52-2:15:38 3DO High Speed Expansion, Lack of Copy Protection, Burning CDs in the 1990s
2:15:39-2:18:49 Lack of Game Library, Saturn-PS! Release worries both Trip Hawkins and NEC
2:18:50-2:23:55 3DO M2 Accelerator AND System, Konami M2 Arcade System, Divestiture of HW IP
2:23:56-2:30:10 The 3DO Company Becomes a Third Party Publisher, ALG 3DO Arcade Games
2:30:11-2:36:16 Magazines Devoted to 3DO, TRACKBALL FUN
2:36:17-2:38:59 M2 Games in Development
2:39:00-2:47:05 3DO AO-Rated Games, Thank you Pioneer LASERACTIVE, Chemistry Lab Fun
2:47:06-2:52:54 Great Games, GUARDIAN WAR, CBM's Purchase of the 3DO in 1994
2:52:55-2:56:43 Burning Soldier, NeoGeo & CPS2 Ports to 3DO, FMV Games, Jurassic Park Interactive
2:56:44-3:02:43 Oukoku no GRAND CHEF, Neo Organic Bioform, Lack of Region Lock
3:02:44-3:08:48 Lucienne's Quest, THE HORDE & Replacement Discs, What Would Rudy Play on 3DO?
3:08:49-3:15:34 Outro