Want to pick up a 3DO, question

[Blazing Lazers]

Ok, got a fz1 coming in the ail! What r some essential games I must play??

 

If you enjoy more slowly paced games I'd recommend the RPG Lucienne's Quest and the detective game The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes. There's also a unique pinball game called PaTaank that has you playing as the pinball in a 3D world. There's also an unusual Soviet themed trivia/game show game for two players called Zhadnost that is original, if nothing else.

[Cdk6040]

My Japanese  Fz1 i bought  as a replacement  only plays Japanese  games. Have tried official US games Gex, it sits loading  then spits it out same with US copies.  The Sampler Disk for the 1st fz1 gives me a message then shows information  on the types of media it can support. Music cds work no problem,  Japanese  games, work tested  Road Rash. Is there a mode select  that im not aware of? Everyone in the comments say are all region  free minus the pal versions. Whats going  on here?

[Austin]

On 2/23/2021 at 7:38 PM, Cdk6040 said:

My Japanese  Fz1 i bought  as a replacement  only plays Japanese  games. Have tried official US games Gex, it sits loading  then spits it out same with US copies.  The Sampler Disk for the 1st fz1 gives me a message then shows information  on the types of media it can support. Music cds work no problem,  Japanese  games, work tested  Road Rash. Is there a mode select  that im not aware of? Everyone in the comments say are all region  free minus the pal versions. Whats going  on here?

Your system should play US games just fine. 3DO systems are not region locked in the typical sense (there are weird exceptions, but unrelated to what you are experiencing).

 

I'm not sure how many US discs you tried, but if you only attempted Gex, it could just be a bad disc. It not reading a CDr version isn't necessarily a dead giveaway either (my FZ-1 hates CDr media in general, even with the best discs). I'd try more games and see if the results are similar.

 

FZ-1 systems have been noteworthy for needing the caps replaced. When they start to go bad, it's possible weird behaviors crop up like this. So that's something to keep in mind if this unit hasn't had any maintenance performed on it. These things aren't getting any younger.