Considering a 3DO

[Retronick]

A buddy of mine just found a 3DO FZ-1 bundle on his company's bulletin board for $200. It includes long-boxed copies of Way of the Warrior, Jurassic Park Interactive, Shock Wave, Madden, and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. I'm definitely curious since I never owned the system and there are a lot of titles I've been curious about (Warrior & Street Fighter are two of them), but I feel like a majority of this software I can already get or have on my Saturn. Return Fire is great and I always wanted to try HELL, but what do folks here think? I should mention I have a soft spot for corny FMV, but I also have a TGCD, Sega CD, and DOS titles to scratch that itch.

What do you all think? Is $200 outrageous for this? By my math it's just about right for the system, WotW, & SSF2T alone.

[Aussie2B]

I don't know if that's a fair price compared to current market value, but I definitely wouldn't drop that much for a 3DO. The library isn't great, and most of its worthwhile games can be had on other, much cheaper platforms.

[gbpxl]

Yeah its hard to justify spending the money if you just want to play the games but if you are looking to collect, the 3DO is an awesome system for that and a lot of great titles made their first appearance on that system. Night Trap, Road Rash, Gex, Need for Speed

[Greg2600]

It's not outrageous, but it's not swell deal either. There are some exclusives, but the system has zero copy protection so burn away. Also keep in mind that most Panasonic's need cap replacement, while I wouldn't touch the Goldstar crud.

[Az]

Way of the Warrior is a good game if you enjoy low budget digitized fighters (I do). SSFIIT is a good port, but nothing to write home about nowadays what with it available so many other ways.

That might not be the best price in the world, but IMO it's not outrageous (especially if the games are boxed). If you're buying it to enjoy the games and you know what you're getting into then by all means fire away. Just don't buy it expecting to get that much or more back if you flip it.

[mailman187666]

I suggest getting a 3DO, but I've had one since I was a kid, so I have nostalgia glasses on. You can also burn CD-Rs to play games in it, so you could get the whole library for the cost of your time getting the roms and a stack of blank cds. I feel like you should be able to get that bundle for a little cheaper. Maybe see if they will take $160 and negotiate from there. Just my opinion. If you don't want to wait and have the $200 to spend get it anyway. The way I see it is A) It can be sold but may lose a few bucks from what you paid B) If you enjoy having it, you will forget about the $200 in a couple months because you will already have gotten a few paychecks in that time.

EDIT: After checking ebay completed listings, that is actually a decent deal because street fighter with the box alone goes for between $60-100, Way of the Warrior about $25-$35, and the console about $130