Brad2600 Posted July 22, 2005 Share Posted July 22, 2005 (edited) I noticed that on the local Freecycle group, that someone was giving a way a 3DO. So, I talked with her and she's agreed to drop it off to where I am on Monday. It has 2 contollers and no games though. I don't know if there's anything special about the 3DO, but I couldn't turn down a free game console. I'll see if she shows up on Monday though. Edited July 25, 2005 by Kepone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitch Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Grats. I absolutly love my 3DOs. If you're interested you can burn CD-R copies of the games until you get some. The FZ-1 (front loader) is a bit more picky than the FZ-10 (top loader). Not sure about the Goldstar version. I have one but haven't hooked it up to even test it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 I don't even know which model it is yet. Will have to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masschamber Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I've had no trouble with my fz-1 with cd-r . Let me know if you're looking for any particular games, I've got about 20, including lucienne's quest, and super street fighter 2 turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Wow! I certaintly wouldn't have turned it down either. I'd have offered her gas money or to pay for lunch or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 I've had no trouble with my fz-1 with cd-r . Let me know if you're looking for any particular games, I've got about 20, including lucienne's quest, and super street fighter 2 turbo 896748[/snapback] Yeah, I have a FZ-1 and it has no problems with CD-Rs. If you have highspeed you can find lots of games on the alt.binaries.cd.image.3do newsgroup. Easy to download, extract the .iso or .bin files and burn them onto a CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted July 23, 2005 Author Share Posted July 23, 2005 This is the first video game system I've seen offered for free as part of the freecycle thing. I urge you all to join your local freecycle groups. They give away all kinds of good stuff for free basically. In other words, people recycle things they don't use anymore, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindfield Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Wow... they've got groups everywhere. I just joined a couple of local groups myself. We'll see if anything interesting turns up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 23, 2005 Share Posted July 23, 2005 Essential site for the 3DO enthusiast here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted July 25, 2005 Author Share Posted July 25, 2005 Well, the woman with the 3DO dropped it off today. It has 2 controllers and an RF adaptor. I opted to use my A/V cables with it instead. It powers up as witnessed in screen picture. She left an Alice in Chains CD in it, probably so I could test it. It works really good. No games though. Good deal! Got it for practically free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 "practically free?" I thought it was all the way free. What did you give her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Cue the '70s porn music...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted July 26, 2005 Share Posted July 26, 2005 Mice find...What did you give her... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted July 26, 2005 Author Share Posted July 26, 2005 It was FREE...F-R-E-E. I didn't give her anything except for an address. She was attractive though. Hmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TuzenTCA Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Cue the '70s porn music...... 898567[/snapback] It was FREE...F-R-E-E. I didn't give her anything except for an address. She was attractive though. Hmm. 899065[/snapback] pfft., hmm ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 Whatever. You folks are lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Enjoy your FreeD0. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 I have been trying for weeks to arrange a pick-up with a woman who advertised some SNES games on freecycle... She advertised 16 games, that she said "did not work in her machine", by the time she got back to me the first time, it was down to 8 games... and the only time I can go pick them up, it seems I am at work... so week after week goes by and I still have no idea what these games are and why they won't work in her machine... ...and yes, you folks are practically lame... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicgamingguy Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Great find! Congrat's on the 3do addition. We don't have any programs around my area like the one you mentioned, however. I'm always up for flea markets and stuff, and constantly inquiring with my friends if they have anything "free" in the way of game systems to give me. Funny....the answer is always "no"... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted July 27, 2005 Share Posted July 27, 2005 Nothing is ever "free" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted July 27, 2005 Author Share Posted July 27, 2005 I imagine she didn't have to burn that much gas to drop it off. Anyways, are there any 3DO enthusiast sites out there? I did a google search and couldn't quite find what I was hoping for. One of the links in this thread is for a torrent site and not a dedicated 3DO site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGQuarterly Posted July 28, 2005 Share Posted July 28, 2005 I imagine she didn't have to burn that much gas to drop it off. Anyways, are there any 3DO enthusiast sites out there? I did a google search and couldn't quite find what I was hoping for. One of the links in this thread is for a torrent site and not a dedicated 3DO site. 899603[/snapback] Essential site for the 3DO enthusiast here. 896808[/snapback] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad2600 Posted July 28, 2005 Author Share Posted July 28, 2005 I imagine she didn't have to burn that much gas to drop it off. Anyways, are there any 3DO enthusiast sites out there? I did a google search and couldn't quite find what I was hoping for. One of the links in this thread is for a torrent site and not a dedicated 3DO site. 899603[/snapback] Essential site for the 3DO enthusiast here. 896808[/snapback] 899902[/snapback] It gives me an error saying that I'm not authorized to view. Geez. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley Posted July 29, 2005 Share Posted July 29, 2005 Love the 3do. I have a goldstar one, which I've had people tell me is very problematic. Yet, I have had little to no problem with it. Don't know if you knew this, but the 3do didn't have region protection, and some of its best games are the imports. Anyway, good find. I belong to the same group and have yet to find any gems, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted July 31, 2005 Share Posted July 31, 2005 sadly there isnt any real 3do US fan sites but here are a few intersting sites with alot of info to keep you busy. one has box scans http://www.classicgaming.com/museum/3do/ http://www.classicgaming.com/3dotoday/frame0.html and here is one from brazil http://geocities.yahoo.com.br/luciano3do/index.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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