Panasonic M2 Game Console with Pad

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After 10 years of looking I finally located a unit that Panasonic used at trade shows of the mid 1990's along with a final M2 control pad.
Here is the M2 gaming console and pad shown off by Panasonic at various gaming shows of the mid 1990's.











The pad has an analog steering wheel, analog joystick, D-pad, 7 face buttons, 2 shoulder buttons, and a trigger button on the back.

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Here is some software running on the console. This software came with the unit and control pad. I got extremely lucky on this lot.
Some of these demos were photographed and shown in various gaming magazines of the time.

I'll try to get some images of the other demo's as time permits.




Here is the BIOS screen.







Here is an intro to one of several iterations of the Dolphin demo.












Here is another system demo.

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Here is the "M2 Racer" demo. Note: this is not the same as M2 IMSA racing. This is a second (more basic) racing title for the M2.










Here is a system performance demo.






As I said, there are some more demos and I'll try to get some images/video posted a little later.

[fahlim003]

To be brief. This is seriously cool, especially seeing the controller. Thanks for sharing this.
Also, is that a direct S-video jack on the rear? If so, that's a decent upgrade from the 3DO.

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To be brief. This is seriously cool, especially seeing the controller. Thanks for sharing this.
Also, is that a direct S-video jack on the rear? If so, that's a decent upgrade from the 3DO.

Yes, that is an S-video port on the back. Although, almost every model of the original 3DO system had S-video as well.

[tom]

That would have been an awesome console if released.

[OldSchoolGamer]

Any chance to show those demos running in video? Upload and link to Youtube or something?

[T2KFreeker]

To be brief. This is seriously cool, especially seeing the controller. Thanks for sharing this.
Also, is that a direct S-video jack on the rear? If so, that's a decent upgrade from the 3DO.

Uhm, the original 3DO system has S-Video. There are also Japanese units that ONLY have S-Video and audio out. We's loveded ous 3DO!

[Tupin]

Very cool. May I ask where you acquired it from? All I have seen for sale are the FZ-35S M2 units that were used in Chevrolet dealerships and sell for like $50.

Nice looking system aesthetically as well...

[Bojay1997]

Very cool. May I ask where you acquired it from? All I have seen for sale are the FZ-35S M2 units that were used in Chevrolet dealerships and sell for like $50.

Nice looking system aesthetically as well...

He got it from a Yahoo.JP auction for just over 200,000 Yen ($2600 US at today's lousy conversion rate) a couple weeks ago. Very cool item.

[cityside75]

Very cool. May I ask where you acquired it from? All I have seen for sale are the FZ-35S M2 units that were used in Chevrolet dealerships and sell for like $50.

The days of $50 FZ-35s's are long gone (unless you are selling one ). I scour ebay every now and then for these and the last few have brought in some pretty insane prices. Someone from Japan has been selling beat up units for around $200. He's not charging a lot for shipping, but is estimating 2-3 months delivery time. Before that, someone in the US sold a unit like new in box for somewhere in the range of $1,000!

The leak of the IMSA racing disk image (and the fact that it ran perfectly on the FZ-35s) really spiked interest for that unit.

[fahlim003]

Uhm, the original 3DO system has S-Video. There are also Japanese units that ONLY have S-Video and audio out. We's loveded ous 3DO!

Somehow I forgot about this, as I have a 3DO sitting right in my room and it's been there a while. Still, it's a nice feature to carry over. Only S-video out models though, that's interesting alright.

[Rickstilwell1]

It's amazing how they almost went for completely ripping off the N64 controller's shape. Would the M2 be considered a 64 bit system?