Title
Genre
Comments
Primal Rage
2D Fighter
A very dubious 2D fighter that got me death threats last time I criticised.
Regardless, I still think it's below average
**
Rise of the Robots
2D Fighter
An abomination
*
Samurai Shodown
2D Fighter
Don't play it on a PAL Machine, the slowdown ruins it, also play it using the
standard 3DO pad. A very good game.
*****
Shadow: War of Succession
2D Fighter
Instantly regretted buying this 1994. Opinion hasn't changed
*
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
2D Fighter
Best version of Street Fighter II.
*****
Way of the Warrior
2D Fighter
Naughty Dogs little secret. Basically a Mortal Kombat clone. It's at best 'okay'.
**
Ballz: The Director's Cut
2D Fighter
Looks like an Amiga game. Still, it's funny and playable
***
Blade Force
3D Action
Technically wonderful, started to look dated back in the day, especially up
against the PS1. Mediocre game play.
***
Crash 'n Burn
3D Action
Launch Game for the American release of the 3DO. Often over looked, quite
good fun actually.
***
Quarantine
3D Action
Popular amongst US gamers back in the day. I never thought it was very good.
**
Shockwave
3D Action
Hover Shooters were popular on the 3DO and Jaguar. This is one of the best.
Superior to PS1 version.
****
Shockwave 2: Beyond the Gate
3D Action
Better graphics, more diverse game play than the original. Quite a good game.
****
Shockwave: Operation Jumpgate
3D Action
Add-on CD to the original, basically more of the same.
***
Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood
Angels
3D Action
Astonishing beautiful, terrifyingly atmospheric and highly playable today
(2019) Much better than the PS1 version too.
*****
Star Fighter
3D Action
Free world space flying shooty game. Came from the Acorn Archimedes.
Above average
****
Stellar 7: Draxon's Revenge
3D Action
Battle Zone clone. Meh.
**
Super Wing Commander
3D Action
Amiga game on a 3DO. Yawn.
**
Total Eclipse
3D Action
UK Launch game. Very good and plays well today.
*****
Wing Commander III: Heart of the
Tiger
3D Action
Beautiful, engaging game and still lots of fun
*****
BattleSport
3D Sport
Under appreciated futuristic sports game, with spaceship like things. Trust me,
it's pretty neat.
****
Decathlon (USA)
3D Sport
Meh
*
FIFA International Soccer
3D Sport
First 3D version of Fifa? Plays well and looks great.
****
Foes of Ali
3D Sport
Some people like this 3D boxing game. Technically an achievement, was a bit
slow for me.
***
Footie
3D Sport
Not officially released. Plays like sensible soccer.
**
Goal FH
3D Sport
No Comment
*
Jammit
3D Sport
No Comment
*
John Madden Football
3D Sport
Great looking game, taught me (a Brit) how American Football works. Good
fun if you have patience to learn or already know the sport.
****
Olympic Soccer
3D Sport
Football game
*
Olympic Summer Games
3D Sport
Sports game
*
Slam 'n Jam '95
3D Sport
Sports game.
*
Striker: World Cup Special
3D Sport
Football game
*
World Cup Special
3D Sport
Football game
*
World Cup Super Stadium
3D Sport
Football game
*
Alone in the Dark
Adventure
Scary 3D game ported from the PC. Plays well on the 3DO but looks every inch
the PC game it is.
****
Alone in the Dark 2
Adventure
A donkey pooped on the original.
**
Casper
adventure
Under appreciated sort of isometric adventure. A very slick game and well
made. Worth a go.
****
Flashback: The Quest for Identity
Adventure
Platformer from the Amiga / ST stable. It's okay.
***
Star Control II
Adventure
Some people love it, I do not. It's quite boring. But since it makes everyone
else’s Top 10 list I better give it a 5
*****
Off-World Interceptor
Arcade Action
Total Eclipse engine but cyberfuture cars. Not very good.
**
Battle Chess
Chess
Available on every platform ever in the history of everything. Either you like it
or you don't
**
Cyberdillo
FPS
I hate this game.
*
Defcon 5
FPS
A very tedius 3D FPS.
**
Doom
FPS
Sigh.
*
Iron Angel of the Apocalypse
FPS
Another sub-mediocre FPS for the 3DO, with some interesting ideas
**
Iron Angel of the Apocalypse: The
Return
FPS
Better but dumber than the original. If that makes any sense
***
Killing Time
FPS
3DO Studios own answer to Doom. A very sophisticated game that's a
showcase for the power of 3DO.
****
PO'ed
FPS
A FPS game that is graphically impressive take on the Doom genre.
****
Seal of the Pharaoh
FPS
Meh
*
Virtuoso
FPS
Double Meh.
*
Wolfenstein 3D
FPS
Everyone loves it. For some reason. Good conversion, plays well. I don't really
care.
****
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons:
DeathKeep
FPS
Graphically incredible 3D dungeon crawler. Plays nicely and is under
appreciated
****
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons:
Slayer
FPS
Innovative dungeon crawler with very good graphics and sound.
***
Immercenary
FPs
A FPS / RPG open world cross-over game. Very good and very absorbing
game. (See what I did there?)
*****
Pebble Beach Golf Links
Golf
Golf (no one cares)
PGA Tour 96
Golf
Golf (no one cares)
Wicked 18
Golf
Golf (no one cares)
World Cup Golf: Hyatt Dorado Beach
Golf
Golf (no one cares)
20th Century Video Almanac
Info
Edutainment. Meh-ish.
**
3D Atlas
info
Edutainment. Meh-ish.
**
Carrier: Fortress at Sea
Info
Edutainment. Meh-ish.
**
Dennis Miller That's News to Me
Info
Edutainment. Meh-ish.
**
Digital Dreamware
Info
CD visualiser that was all the rage in those days
**
3DO Game Guru
Info
Interesting 3DO memory management
***
Oceans Below
Info
Edutainment. Meh-ish.
Sid Meier's C.P.U. Bach
Info
Allow your 3DO to create Bach themed music. Very interesting but ultimately
meh
**
Space Shuttle
Info
Edutainment. Meh-ish.
**
Creature Shock
Interactive
Movie
A tribute to 1990s CD streamed graphics and abandonment of game play.
Interesting and amongst the best, but very meh.
**
D no Shokutaku: Director's Cut
Interactive
Movie
The best streamed from CD interactive movie. Worth a play.
****
Daedalus Encounter
Interactive
Movie
Tia Carrera and some puzzles spread across 4 CDs. It's okay
***
Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller
Interactive
Movie
Star Studded 3DO game, kind of boring.
**
Lost Eden
Interactive
Movie
Built on the Dune engine from the Amiga. Nice story, nice animations and love
music.
***
Night Trap
Interactive
Movie
I like this. Playable, just if you either cheat or have the patience of a saint.
***
Plumbers Don't Wear Ties
Interactive
Movie
A blonde lady in suspenders and stockings in the highlight
*
Psychic Detective
Interactive
Movie
EA interactive movie. So 1990s it's incredible. Reasonably playable with lots of
endnings. Worth a punt
***
Sewer Shark
Interactive
Movie
Always reminds me of Robo Jox for some reason. Onrails shooter.
**
Snow Job
Interactive
Movie
Adult (ish) point and click adventure. Bored me to tears but has high product
values.
**
Star Wars: Rebel Assault
Interactive
Movie
A conversion of the PC title. Saved by lots of screenshots from Stars. "Meh
plus"
**
Supreme Warrior
Interactive
Movie
From those that brought you Night Trap and interactive first person Bruce Lee
movie. Okay as a spectacle.
**
Captain Quazar
Isometric
Shooter
Isometric shooter. Average to middling.
***
BC Racers
Kart
Made my eye's bleed.
*
Corpse Killer
Light Gun
Brilliant Operation Wolf styled Zombie B-Movie. Plays fine with standard
controller if you don't have a gun.
***
Cowboy Casino
Light Gun
Meh
**
Crime Patrol
Light Gun
Meh
**
Crime Patrol 2: Drug Wars
Light Gun
Meh
**
Demolition Man
Light Gun
With patience it can be played with a regular pad and feature Stalone, Snipes
and Bullock.
***
Last Bounty Hunter
Light Gun
Meh
**
Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold
Light Gun
Meh plus
**
Mad Dog McCree
Light Gun
Very nostalgic if you remember the arcade
**
Space Pirates
Light Gun
Remember the film Ice Pirates? No? Well go find that and watch it instead of
playing this
**
Who Shot Johnny Rock?
Light Gun
Meh
**
Shanghai: Triple Threat
Mahjong
Mah-jong - Boring
**
Burning Soldier
On rails
I liked it. Trip Hawkins liked it. That's good enough for me
***
Microcosm
On rails
Pure 1980s/1990s Psygnosis. Style and no content.
**
Novastorm
On rails
I love this game. That is all
**
Starblade
On rails
A pretty good arcade conversion.
***
Real Pinball
Pinball
Oh dear
*
Gex
Platformer
The only 2D platformer I ever played all the way through. Beautifully animate,
fun and funny to play
*****
Johnny Bazookatone
Platformer
Oh please no. Way too hard.
**
Phoenix 3
Platformer
Meh
*
Soccer Kid
Platformer
Amiga game on a 3DO. Yawn.
**
Bust-a-Move
puzzle
Love it, 'ave some!!!
****
Icebreaker
puzzle
Intriguing
***
Icebreaker 2
puzzle
More intriguing
***
Incredible Machine
puzzle
Never managed to figure it out
**
Jurassic Park Interactive
puzzle
An insult
*
Lemmings
puzzle
Would have been good with mouse support
***
Mathemagics
Puzzle
Yawn
*
Myst
puzzle
Oh how I hate this game.
**
MegaRace
Racing
Pretty but dumb = Pretty Dumb.
**
Need for Speed, The
Racing
The finest game ever made in the history of gaming.
*****
Power Slide
Racing
Unreleased BETA. Interesting, but no game
*
Road Rash
Racing
A joy to behold with more EA polish than a can of EA polish.
*****
Guardian War
RPG
I enjoyed this. Tactical RPG with some fun elements.
***
Lucienne's Quest
RPG
Very good polish Japanese RPG with a great story and characters
*****
Robinson's Requiem
RPG
Meh. I also have the Atari Falcon version, which is also Meh
**
Flying Nightmares
Simulator
Ambitious, but not much fun.
**
VR Stalker
Simulator
An insult to all that is holy
*
Cannon Fodder
Strategy
Needed mouse support, didn't have it. Amiga port.
***
DinoPark Tycoon
Strategy
Rare. Expensive. Mediocre.
**
Panzer General
Strategy
Complicated and niche.
**
Perfect General
Strategy
Even more complicated and niche.
**
Return Fire
Strategy
Awesome. Play it now.
*****
Return Fire: Maps o' Death
Strategy
Carry on playing.
*****
Syndicate
Strategy
See Cannon Fodder for details
***
The Horde
Strategy
Very good and very fun. I liked this a lot
****
Theme Park
Strategy
See Syndicate for details.
***
Club 3DO: Station Invasion
Team / Family
Game
Dear lord, no.
**
Family Feud
Team / Family
Game
Please stop.
**
Twisted: The Game Show
Team / Family
Game
You're hurting me.
**
Zhadnost: The People's Party
Team / Family
Game
How can this be legal?
**
Brain Dead 13
Interactive
Movie
Beautifully animated, needs patience I do not possess.
**
Cyberia
Adventure
PC port
**
Dragon Lore: The Legend Begins
RPG
Some folks love it. Why? I have no idea
***
Dragon's Lair
Interactive
Movie
Never liked it.
**
Escape from Monster Manor
FPS
Made in 6 weeks, a demo for 3DO that became a game.
***
ESPN Baseball: Interactive Hitting
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
ESPN Let's Go Skiing
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
ESPN Let's Play Beach Volleyball
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
ESPN Let's Play Tennis
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
ESPN Step Aerobics
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
Fatty Bear's Birthday Surprise
Kids
Kids
*
Fatty Bear's Fun Pack
Kids
Kids
*
Fun 'n Games
Kids
Dumb
*
Gridders
puzzle
Relatively interesting
**
It's a Birds Life
Edutainment
Features that woman from the Shining
*
Kingdom: The Far Reaches
Adventure
Bloody confusing
*
Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
Adventure
Would have looked rough on the Amiga
**
Love Bites
Naked women
Features women of questionable morality.
*
ESPN Lower Your Score with Tom
Kite - Mental Messages
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
ESPN Lower Your Score with Tom
Kite - Shot Making
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
Mazer
Isometric
Shooter
Possibly made while under the influence of sedatives
**
Mind Teaser
Naked women
A bit to smutty for my tastes.
*
NeuroDancer: Journey Into the
Neuronet!
Naked women
Naked women made boring
*
Orb Attack
Arcade Action
Unplayable
*
PaTaank
Pinball
Innovative 1990s thinking. Yes, 3D pinball.
**
Putt-Putt Goes to the Moon
Kids
Kids
*
Putt-Putt Joins the Parade
kids
Kids
*
Putt-Putt's Fun Pack
kids
Kids
*
Quarterback Attack with Mike Ditka
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
Scramble Cobra
Tolerable
**
Sesame Street: Numbers
Kids
Kids
*
Sex
Naked women
Naughty ladies revealing their private parts. Well, some of them.
*
Slopestyle
Sports
Boring Sports thing
*
Space Ace
Interactive
Movie
Some people love this and I really don't get it.
**
Strahl
Interactive
Movie
Almost playable. As it tells you where to press.
***
Super Model Gail McKenna
Semi-naked
women
Who?
*
ToonTime ...In the classroom
Kids
Kids
*
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Volume One
Kids
Kids
*
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Volume Three
Kids
Kids
*
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Volume Two
Kids
Kids
*
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