Overview

Full Name: 3DO Magazine Issue 8
Issue 8
Date Feb/Mar 96
Region: EU
Barcode: 9771355962022 08
Cover Disc Yes
Notes:

Cover Disc

Game	Developer	Publisher	Content Type	Note
Phoenix 3	Gray Matter	The 3DO Company	Playable Demo

Half page overview of how to play (Page 8)

News

$100m Bargain - Page and half article which has some nice screenshots of the Genki M2 Program, also pictures of the Dolphin Game and a shot of a Japan games show that showed the M2, quotes from Panasonic include How they are committed to both a modem and upgrade to the 3DO, Sega insisted in their negotiations to eliminate backward compatibility. Also spoke of an internal clock, so the system could wish you Merry Xmas! (Pages 6-7)
3DO Game Awards - Quarter page article on 3DOs own awards, winners are:

Fighting Game of the Year - Primal Rage
Sports Game of the Year - Slam 'N Jam '95
Strategy/Puzzle Game of the Year - Space Hulk: Vengeance of the Blood Angeles
Edutainment Title of the Year - Station Invasion
Simulation of the Year - Need for Speed
Best 3D Game of the Year - Star Fighter
Two-Player Game of the Year - Return Fire
Interactive Movie of the Year - Wing Commander III
Adventure Game of the Year - Killing Time
Action Game of the Year - Gex
Game of The Year - Need For Speed.

Also in the article is Gold (100k) and Platinum sales (250k) for the following games - Platinum - Fifa, Gex. Gold - Crash 'N Burn, Road Rash, Need for Speed, Shock Wave, Super Street Fighter II Turbo, Total Eclipse, Pebble Beach Golf (Page 7)

Captain Quazar Nabbed - Half page article about how 3DO have bought Cyclone Studios (Page 7)
Gamebusting - Half page article around the Game Guru that is going to be released (Page 8)
The Sumner Brothers - Small article about how Gametek led by Kelly Sumner, has made a distribution agreement with his brother (Who runs Goldstar UK) to sell their games, including Primal Rage, BC Racers, Defcon 5, Fire Wolves and Firewall (Page 8)
ALG exit Arcade - Small article that American Laser Games will be exited the arcade market, instead licencing their games to 3rd parties. They are committing to home systems instead with 2 reported games in the works for M2 (Page 8)

Features

Coming Soon - Two page list of games coming soon, unreleased games include: Acclaim - Maximum Surge, Slam City American Laser Games - Fast Draw Showdown, Madison High, McKenzie & Co, Orbatak, Shootout at Old Tuscon Art Data Interactive - Doom 2, Chess Wars BMG - Loadstar, Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, Wingnut Electronic Arts - Virtual Stadium Baseball, NHL 96, Prowler, Shredfest, Wing Commander 4 Elite - Onside Goldstar: Firewall, Firewolves Infogrames: Alone in the Dark 3 Interplay Productions - Cesars World of Gambling, Clay Fighter 2, Descent, Lost Vikings 2, Waterworld JVC - Deadly Skies, Varunas Forces Panasonic - BIOS Fear, C-Runner, ISIS, Mortal Kombat 3, Luciennes Quest Pony Canyon - F1GP, RunAndGun - Duellin Firemen Studio 3DO - 3DO Baseball, 3DO Decathlon, Golden Gate Universal Studios - Disrupter 7 US Gold - Olympic Basketball Virgin Interactive - Heart Of Darkness and 11th Hour

M2 Games - American Laser Games - Shining Sword, Unknown Game Art Data Interactive - Alien Seed Crystal Dynamics - Racing Game, Electronic Arts - John Madden, Road Rash Interplay Productions - Descent, Clayfighter 3, Iron Blood, VR Sports Spectrum Holobyte - Top Gun Studio 3DO - M2 Racing, Dungeon Game, Battlesport 2, Return Fire 2, Starfighter 6000 Universal Studios - Disrupter 7 Warp - D2 Williams - War Gods (Page 64-65)

Reviews

Game Title	Publisher	Reviewer	Pages	Pg No(s)	Rating
Doom	Art Data Interactive	Stuart Wynne	4	12-15	3
Deathkeep	SSI	Stuart Wynne	3	16-18	4
Alone In The Dark 2	Infogrammes	Mark Wynne	4	20-23	4
Return Fire Maps Of Death	Studio 3DO	Stuart Wynne	2	24-25	5
Foes Of Ali	Electronic Arts	Stuart Wynne	4	44-47	4
Shock Wave 2	Electronic Arts	Stuart Wynne	3	50-52	4

Doom - First things first: forget the hype. While it might be understandable that Art Data should seek to aggressively boost such a massively delayed and skeptically regarded project, the reality turns out to be an embarrassing distance from the talk.
Deathkeep - Overall, Death Keep is squarely placed between the ultra-realism of Killing Time and the dizzying ambition of PO'ed. As you'd expect of a sequel, it's arguably more solid.
Alone In The Dark 2 - Despite Alone 2's merits, the convertsion lets it down somewhat. Rather than exploit the 3DO's 33,000 colour palette, the graphics use the old 256 colour PC format.
Return Fire Maps Of Death - Overall, Maps Of Death is an excellent release which thoroughly overhauls the original. The fact that it retains most of the early levels means even beginners will enjoy it
Foes Of Ali - On the whole Foes of Ali is the most playable next generation boxing game that I have reviewed to date. It is well presented, slick and full of enough options to afford 3DO owners with variety without being excessively complicated.
Shock Wave 2 - Overall, Shock Wave 2's main strength is its flawless composition of state-of the-art FMV presentation with a sophisticated and intelligent tactical shoot-'em-up.

Charts

Gallup Top Ten October 1995...which is the same date as the previous issues chart....:

1. PO'ed 2. StarFighter 3: Alone In The Dark 2 4. Multiple Game Sampler 4 5: Killing Time 6: Theme Park 7: Multi Game Sampler 3 8: FIFA International Soccer 9: Wing Commander III 10:Slayer

Tips

Space Hulk - Pages 27-42

Adverts

Publishers

Panasonic - Action, Adventure, Horror - Two page ad with Strike, Daedalus Encounter and D (Pages 2-3)
3DO - Don't Play a Dodo - Two page ad with the infamous slogan (Pages 48-49)
POed - Full page ad (Back page)

Retail

Computer Exchange - Full page ad with mention they sell 3DO (Page 4)
Special Reserve - Half page ad with over 30 games including 11th Hour, NHL Hockey and Powerslide (Page 19)
Mannerings - Quarter page ad with about 10 games for sale including NHL Hockey (Page 19)
Video Game Centre - Small ad with about 30 games for sale (Page 19)
Console Exchange - Small ad with 16 games for sale (Page 19)
Jive Consoles - Small ad mentioning they sell 3DO games (Page 67)
Alpha Consoles - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO (Page 67)
Holburn Consoles- Small ad mentioning they sell 3DO games (Page 67)
Movie Time - Small ad mentioning they sell 3DO (Page 67)
GamePro - Small Ad with just 8 3DO games for sale (Page 67)
The Chip Shop - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO (Page 67)
Solid Gold Games Centre - Small ad with mention they sell 3DO (Page 67)
Console Connections - Small ad mentioning they sell 3DO controllers (Page 67)
Stewart Electronics - Small ad with about 6 games for sale (Page 67)
Torc - Quarter page ad with mention they are selling 3DO (Page 67)