3 3DO Magazine(US)
Overview
3 For 3DO Enthusiasts was a bimonthly magazine devoted exclusively to the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console. It was produced by PiM Publications, which is better known for long-running Amiga magazine Amazing Computing. (Don Hicks edited both of them.)
History
It was launched during the summer of 1994 with a special 14-page preliminary issue sent for free to members of 3DO's mailing list. The magazine didn't debut on newsstands until the November/December 1994 issue, which featured a full software guide and a promise from Hicks that the mag would soon become monthly in the wake of the CD-ROM revolution.
Unfortunately, the 3DO's fortunes soon turned dour as the PlayStation and Saturn debuted in the U.S. and the fate of the M2 became unclear. 3 ran regularly for all of 1995, then folded without comment in the beginning of 1996, as 3DO officially dropped console support and the system was cleared out of retail stores.
Magazines
| Name | Issue | Publisher | Date | Region | Notes |
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| 3 3DO Magazine(US) Nov Dec 1994 | Issue 1 | PIM Productions Inc | Nov Dec 1994 |  |
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| 3 3DO Magazine(US) Jan Feb 1995 | Issue 2 | PIM Productions Inc | Jan Feb 1995 | |
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| 3 3DO Magazine(US) Mar Apr 1995 | Issue 3 | PIM Productions Inc | Mar Apr 1995 | |
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| 3 3DO Magazine(US) Jun Jul 1995 | Issue 4 | PIM Productions Inc | Jun Jul 1995 | |
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| 3 3DO Magazine(US) Aug Sept 1995 | Issue 5 | PIM Productions Inc | Aug Sept 1995 | |
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| 3 3DO Magazine(US) Oct Nov 1995 | Issue 6 | PIM Productions Inc | Oct Nov 95 | |
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| 3 3DO Magazine(US) Dec Jan 1995/96 | Issue 7 | PIM Productions Inc | Dec Jan 1995/96 | |