{{short description|American video game company}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox company | name = The 3DO Company | logo = 3DO Company logo.png | logo_caption = The final logo used from 1997 until May 2003 | type = [[Public company|Public]] | traded_as = {{NASDAQ was|THDO}} | fate = [[Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] | successor = | founded = {{Start date and age|1991|09|12}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=3DO&SearchSubType=Keyword|title=Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs | California Secretary of State|website=businesssearch.sos.ca.gov|access-date=February 9, 2017|archive-date=May 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517152836/https://businesssearch.sos.ca.gov/CBS/SearchResults?SearchType=CORP&SearchCriteria=3DO&SearchSubType=Keyword|url-status=dead}}</ref> | defunct = {{End date and age|2003|5|28}} | location = [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]], [[California]], U.S. | industry = [[Video game industry|Video games]] | key_people = [[Trip Hawkins]], [[RJ Mical]], [[Dave Needle]] | products = {{Unbulleted list|[[3DO]]| ''[[Army Men (series)|Army Men ]]'' series| ''[[Battletanx]]'' series| ''[[High Heat Major League Baseball]]'' series| ''[[Might and Magic]]'' series| }} | subsidiaries = [[New World Computing]] }}
'''The 3DO Company''' was an American [[video game company]] based in [[Redwood City, California]].<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010331180502/http://www.3do.com/privacy/index.html Legal notices]." 3DO Company. March 31, 2001. Retrieved on November 3, 2012. "The 3DO Company, 100 Cardinal Way, Redwood City, CA 94063."</ref> It was founded in 1991 by [[Electronic Arts]] founder [[Trip Hawkins]] in a partnership with seven other companies to develop the [[3DO]] standard of video gaming hardware. When 3DO failed in the marketplace, the company exited the hardware business and became a [[Third-party developer|third-party video game developer]] and published well-known games series like [[Army Men (series)|''Army Men'']], ''[[Battletanx]]'', ''[[High Heat Major League Baseball]]'' and ''[[Might and Magic]]''. It went bankrupt in 2003 due to poor sales of its games.
==History==
===Hardware developer (1991-1996)=== [[File:3DO-FZ1-Console-Set.jpg|thumb|A Panasonic FZ1, the first commercially released [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]] system]] Trip Hawkins wanted to get into the hardware market after the software market exploded with interest thanks to his involvement at [[Electronic Arts]]. When the company was first founded, its original objective was to create a next-generation CD-based video game system specified as the [[3DO]], which would be manufactured by various partners and licensees; 3DO would collect a royalty on each console sold and on each game manufactured. For [[Video game publisher|game publishers]], 3DO's $3 royalty per sold game was very low compared to the royalties [[Nintendo]] and [[Sega]] collected from game sales on their consoles. The 3DO Company and its initiative received the backing of several industry figures including [[AT&T]], Electronic Arts, [[GoldStar|Goldstar]], Matsushita (owner of [[Panasonic]]), [[MCA Inc.|MCA]], and [[Time Warner]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Elmer-Dewitt |first=Philip |date=1993-09-27 |title=The Amazing Video Game Boom |url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,979289-3,00.html |access-date=2024-09-18 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |issn=0040-781X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Caruso |first=Denise |date=October 2, 1995 |title=TECHNOLOGY: DIGITAL COMMERCE;3DO's chief pauses for a mea culpa, then offers an advanced games machine. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/02/business/technology-digital-commerce-3do-s-chief-pauses-for-mea-culpa-then-offers.html |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>
The launch of the first 3DO system in October 1993 was well-promoted, with a great deal of attention in the mass media as part of the "[[multimedia]] wave" in the computer world, the first player being a [[Panasonic]] model at the price of [[US$]]699 ({{Inflation|US|699|1993|fmt=eq|r=-2}}).<ref name="gamersatwork">{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/gamersatworkstor0000rams |url-access=registration |last=Ramsay |first=Morgan |year=2012 |chapter=Trip Hawkins |title=Gamers at Work: Stories Behind the Games People Play |pages=1–15| location=New York|publisher=Apress |isbn=978-1-4302-3351-0}}</ref> Poor console and game sales trumped the enticingly low royalty rate and proved a fatal flaw. While 3DO's business model attracted game publishers with its low royalty rates, it resulted in the console selling for a price higher than the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|SNES]] and [[Sega Genesis]] combined, hampering sales. While companies that manufactured and sold their own consoles could sell them, [[Loss-leading|at a loss]], for a competitive price, making up for lost profit through royalties collected from game publishers, the 3DO's manufacturers, not collecting any money from game publishers, and owing royalties to the 3DO Company, had to sell the console for a profit, resulting in high prices.<ref name="Retro122"/> As the console failed to compete with its cheaper competitors, game developers and publishers, while initially attracted by low royalties, dropped support for the console as its games failed to sell. Stock in the 3DO Company dropped from over $37 per share in November 1993 to $23 per share in late December.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=3DO Sales Slow, Stock Suffers|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=66|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=March 1994|page=186}}</ref> Though the company's financial figures dramatically improved in the fiscal year ending March 1995, with revenues nearly triple that of the previous fiscal year, they were still operating at a loss.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tough Year for 3DO|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=84|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=September 1995|pages=138–140}}</ref> The console's prospects continued to improve through the first half of 1995 with a number of critical success, including winning the 1995 [[European Computer Trade Show]] award for best hardware.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=PlayStation Dominates European Show |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=6|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=June 1995|page=14}}</ref>
===Third-party developer (1996-2003)=== In January 1996, The 3DO Company sold exclusive rights to its next generation console, [[Panasonic M2|M2]], to [[Panasonic|Matsushita]] for $100 million.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Deal Propels M2 into System Wars |magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=89 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=February 1996|pages=16–17}}</ref> Thanks in part to revenues from the sale of M2 technology to Matsushita and other licensees, in the first quarter of 1996 the 3DO Company turned a profit for the first time since it was founded, with a net income of $1.2 million.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tidbits |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]] |issue=84|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=July 1996 |page=15}}</ref> Over the second half of 1996, the company restructured to focus on software development and online gaming, in the process cutting its staff from 450 to 300 employees.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Tidbits|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=88 |publisher=[[Ziff Davis]] |date=November 1996|page=21}}</ref> President Hugh Martin was given full operating control, while Hawkins remained with the company as chairman, CEO, and creative director.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=3DO Company Restructures to Focus on Internet Games|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=99|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |date=December 1996|page=32}}</ref> The M2 would never launch, as Matsuhita cancelled it in 1997.<ref name=Retro122>{{cite journal | last = Matthews | first= Will | date = December 2013 | title = Ahead of its Time: A 3DO Retrospective | journal = [[Retro Gamer]] | issue = 122 | pages = 18-29 | publisher = [[Imagine Publishing]]}}</ref>
After selling the M2 technology to Matsushita, the company acquired [[Cyclone Studios]],<ref name=NGen14>{{cite magazine|last=Sherman |first=Christopher |title=Movers & Shakers|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=14|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=February 1996|page=25|quote=It wasn't by mistake that 3DO's first acquisition since its sale of its M2 technology to Matsushita is designed to pump up Studio 3DO, the company's software arm. The move continues the diversification of The 3DO Company, the once-only licensor of gaming technology, into a software development house.}}</ref> [[New World Computing]],<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The World According to Trip |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=22 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=October 1996|page=159}}</ref> and Archetype Interactive. 3DO established a new office in [[Redmond, Washington]] devoted to PC games development, with [[Tony Garcia (video game producer)|Tony Garcia]] as its head.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Svenson|first=Christian |title=3DO Renaissance Continues |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=22|publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=October 1996|page=26}}</ref> In mid-1997 it sold off its hardware business to [[Samsung]] for $20 million, making a final break from its origins as a console developer.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=News Bits|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=108|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=September 1997|page=22}}</ref>
The company's biggest hit was its series of ''[[Army Men]]'' games, featuring generic green plastic soldier toys. Its ''[[Might and Magic]]'' and especially ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic]]'' series from subsidiary New World Computing were perhaps the most popular among their games at the time of release. During the late 1990s, the company published one of the first 3D [[MMORPG]]s: ''[[Meridian 59]]'', which survives to this day in the hands of some of the game's original developers. ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic III]]'' (1999) saw unexpected success in Eastern Europe due to its low performance requirements, hotseat multiplayer and localization in Polish and Russian.<ref name=RussianFans>{{cite web |last1=Widomska |first1=MJ |title=What's The Deal With Heroes of Might and Magic III? |url=https://loading.bar/articles/whats-the-deal-with-heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029025340/https://loading.bar/articles/whats-the-deal-with-heroes-of-might-and-magic-iii|archive-date= October 29, 2020}}</ref> In May 1999, 3DO opened up a European branch, entitled 3DO Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3doeurope.com/ |title=Home page |website=3DO Europe |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20021124032146/http://www.3doeurope.com/ |archivedate=November 24, 2002}}</ref>
===Bankruptcy and legacy=== 3DO struggled in the early 2000s. According to the SEC, the company reported a net loss of over $10m in the nine months to December 2002.<ref name=SEC>{{cite web |title=ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEEDING File No. 3-13294 |url=https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2008/34-58982-o.pdf}}</ref> The company filed for [[Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code|Chapter 11 bankruptcy]] on May 28, 2003.<ref>{{cite web|last=Becker|first=David|title=3DO files for bankruptcy|url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/3do-files-for-bankruptcy/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211001/http://news.cnet.com/3DO-files-for-bankruptcy/2100-1047_3-1011266.html| archive-date=2021-10-01|website=[[CNET]]|access-date=December 22, 2011|date=May 29, 2003}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Employees were laid off without pay. Three companies explored buying the company outright, but an ongoing SEC investigation into the accounting practices of the industry made this less attractive. Instead, the company's assets were put up for sale in an auction. Many of the assets such as game brands and other [[Intellectual property|intellectual property]] were sold to rivals like [[Microsoft]] (''High Heat Baseball''), [[Namco]] (''[[Street Racing Syndicate]]''), [[Take-Two Interactive]] (''Army Men'') and [[Ubisoft]] (''Might and Magic'', ''Heroes of Might and Magic'').<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/namco-ubisoft-and-ms-carve-up-3do-assets|title = Namco, Ubisoft and MS carve up 3DO assets| date=August 18, 2003 }}</ref> Founder Trip Hawkins paid $405,000 for rights to some old brands and the company's "Internet [[patent portfolio]]". The ''Army Men'' brand sold for $750,000, then a high amount in games acquisition terms.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fahey |first=Rob |date=2003-08-20 |title=Final results of 3DO asset auctions released |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/final-results-of-3do-asset-auctions-released |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=GamesIndustry.biz |language=en}}</ref> The company was void from early 2003, but its registered securities continued to exist until the conclusion of the SEC investigation in 2008. The SEC issued trading restrictions and revoked the securities in December 2008.<ref name=SEC/><ref>{{cite web |title=SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Release No. 58981 / November 20, 2008 |url=https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2008/34-58982-o.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Release No. 59156 |url=https://www.sec.gov/files/litigation/admin/2008/34-59156.pdf}}</ref>
{{Quote frame |quote=I no longer own any 3DO IP, don't keep track of it and don't personally know any owners. Finding it would be like discovering the Ark of the Covenant! Nearly 30 years ago Matsushita and Samsung bought the system and hardware IP and the people involved then have retired. 3DO game software IP was auctioned off in 2003. Microsoft bought High Heat Baseball, Ubisoft bought Might and Magic. I believe Army Men is now owned by Take Two. Mystery solved? |author=Trip Hawkins |title=Founder EA & 3DO<ref>{{cite web|title=Where Did 3DO Go? |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_x77bdlawA/| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211001/https://www.instagram.com/p/B_x77bdlawA/| archive-date=2021-10-01 |date=4 May 2020|access-date=25 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |align=right|width=25%}}
Some of the former 3DO IPs remained active for years after the studio's closure. The ''Army Men'' franchise was [[Army Men: Soldiers of Misfortune|in use on console till 2008]] and continued longer on mobile, concluding with ''Army Men Strike: Toy Wars'' in 2017. The ''Might and Magic'' franchise is still active under Ubisoft as of 2026.
In April 2020, the rights to over 30 classic 3DO titles were purchased from Prism Entertainment by Ziggurat Interactive, a company which specialises in re-releases of older games. The company cited a desire to bring more classics to digital storefronts, and broader efforts towards [[Video game preservation|game preservation]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Taylor |first=Haydn |url=https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-27-ziggurat-interactive-acquires-3do-game-company-portfolio| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211001/https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2020-04-27-ziggurat-interactive-acquires-3do-game-company-portfolio| archive-date=2021-10-01 |title=Ziggurat Interactive acquires 3DO Game Company portfolio |publisher=GamesIndustry.biz |date=April 27, 2020 |access-date=December 18, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Their work has included the remastered ''[[Killing Time (video game)|Killing Time]]'', which was released in 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ziggurat Interactive Is Reviving Multiple Retro Titles In 2020! |url=https://gametyrant.com/news/ziggurat-interactive-is-reviving-multiple-retro-titles-in-2020 |website=GameTyrant |date=3 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Game preservation is difficult work – but we must do it now |url=https://www.gameshub.com/news/features/game-preservation-nightdive-ziggurat-2645208/ |language=en-AU |date=12 September 2024}}</ref>
==List of games== {{Missing information|section|years of publication for titles listed below|date=February 2023}}
===Developed=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Title !Alternative title !Notes |- | ''3DO Games: Decathlon'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men (video game)|Army Men]]'' | | [[Personal computer|PC]] version. |- | ''[[Army Men: Air Attack]]'' | '''''[[Army Men: Air Combat]]''''' {{small|(on [[Nintendo 64]])}} | PC, [[Nintendo 64]], and [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] version. |- | ''[[Army Men: Air Attack 2]]'' | '''''Army Men: Air Attack - Blade's Revenge''''' {{small|(in EU)}} | |- | ''[[Army Men: Air Combat - The Elite Missions]]'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men: Air Tactics]]'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men: Green Rogue]]'' | '''''Army Men: Omega Soldier''''' {{small|(in EU)}} | |- | ''[[Army Men: Sarge's Heroes]]'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2]]'' | | Nintendo 64, PlayStation, and [[PlayStation 2]] version. |- | ''[[Army Men: Toys in Space]]'' | '''''Army Men in Space''''' {{small|(in EU)}} | |- | ''[[Army Men: World War]]'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men: World War - Final Front]]'' | '''''Army Men: Lock 'n' Load''''' {{small|(in EU)}} | |- | ''[[Army Men: World War - Land, Sea, Air]]'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men: World War - Team Assault]]'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men 3D]]'' | | |- | ''[[Army Men II]]'' | | PC version. |- | ''[[BattleTanx]]'' | | Nintendo 64 version. |- | ''[[BattleTanx: Global Assault]]'' | | |- | ''[[Blade Force]]'' | | |- | ''[[Captain Quazar]]'' | | |- | ''[[Crusaders of Might and Magic]]'' | | |- | ''[[Club 3DO: Station Invasion]]'' | | |- | ''[[Dragon Rage]]'' | | |- | ''[[Escape from Monster Manor]]'' | | |- | ''Family Game Pack Royale'' | '''''Family Game Pack''''' {{small|(on [[PlayStation (console)|PS]])}} | |- | ''[[Game Guru (3DO)]]'' | | |- | ''[[Godai Elemental Force]]'' | | |- | ''Groovy Bunch of Games'' | | |- | ''[[Gulf War: Operation Desert Hammer]]'' | | |- | ''[[High Heat Major League Baseball 2002]]'' | | PC, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 version. |- | ''[[High Heat Major League Baseball 2003]]'' | | PC and PlayStation 2 version. |- | ''[[High Heat Major League Baseball 2004]]'' | | |- | ''[[Jonny Moseley Mad Trix]]'' | | PlayStation 2 version. |- | ''[[Jurassic Park Interactive]]'' | | |- | ''[[Killing Time (video game)|Killing Time]]'' | | 3DO version by Studio3DO; Win95 and Mac port completed by Logicware, Inc. |- | ''Meridian 59: Vale of Sorrow'' | | |- | ''[[Portal Runner]]'' | | PlayStation 2 version. |- | ''[[Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball 2001]]'' | | |- | ''[[Sammy Sosa Softball Slam]]'' | | |- | ''[[Shifters]]'' | | |- | ''[[Twisted: The Game Show]]'' | | |- | ''[[Vegas Games 2000]]'' | '''''Midnight in Vegas''''' {{small|(in EU)}} | PlayStation version. |- | ''[[Warriors of Might and Magic]]'' | | PC, PlayStation, and PlayStation 2 version. |- | ''[[WarJetz]]'' | '''''[[World Destruction League: WarJetz]]''''' | |- | ''[[World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks]]'' | | PlayStation and PlayStation 2 version. |- | ''[[Zhadnost: The People's Party]]'' | | |}
===Published=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Title !Developer(s) !NA !EU !Notes |- | ''3DO Buffet'' | [[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''Action Man: Destruction X'' | [[Blitz Games]] | {{no}} | {{yes}} | Licensed from [[Hasbro Interactive]]. |- | ''Alex Ferguson's Player Manager 2001'' | ANCO | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Army Men]]'' | [[Digital Eclipse Software|Digital Eclipse]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | "align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Game Boy Color]] version. |- | ''[[Army Men: Air Combat]]'' | Fluid Studios | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | ''[[Army Men: Operation Green]]'' | Pocket Studios | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Army Men: RTS]]'' | [[Pandemic Studios|Pandemic]] | {{yes}} | {{partial|<small>[[Personal computer|PC]]/[[PlayStation 2|PS2]]</small>}} | The [[GameCube]] version was co-produced with [[Coyote Games|Coyote Developments Ltd.]] |- | ''[[Army Men: Sarge's Heroes 2]]'' | GameBrains/[[3d6 Games]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Game Boy Color version. |- | ''Army Men: Turf Wars'' | [[Möbius Entertainment]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Army Men 2]]'' | Digital Eclipse | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Game Boy Color version. |- | ''[[Army Men Advance]]'' | DC Studios | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Aqua Aqua]]'' | Zed Two | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Arcomage]]'' | [[New World Computing]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[BattleSport]]'' | [[Cyclone Studios]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Other releases than the 3DO published by [[Acclaim Games|Acclaim]] |- | ''[[BattleTanx]]'' | [[Lucky Chicken Games]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Game Boy Color version. |- | ''[[Chaos Overlords]]'' | Stick Man Games | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Clash 'n Bash'' | Human Soft | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Cubix - Robots for Everyone: Race 'N Robots]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Blitz Games]] | {{yes}} | {{partial|<small>PS only</small>}} | |- | ''[[Cubix Robots for Everyone: Showdown|Cubix: Robots for Everyone - Showdown]]'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} |Released days after 3DO went defunct. |- | ''[[Gobs of Games]]'' | 2<sup>n</sup> Productions | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Also known as '''''Games Frenzy''''' in Europe. |- | ''[[Gridders]]'' | Tetragon | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | [[Heroes Chronicles|''Heroes Chronicles'' series]] | New World Computing | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | [[Heroes of Might and Magic (Game Boy Color)|''Heroes of Might and Magic'' (Game Boy Color)]] | [[KnowWonder Digital Mediaworks|KnowWonder Digital<br />Mediaworks]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon Bone Staff|Heroes of Might and Magic: Quest for the Dragon<br />Bone Staff]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="2"|New World Computing | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Succession Wars]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic II: The Price of Loyalty]]'' | [[Cyberlore Studios]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic III]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="6"|New World Computing | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Also known as '''''[[Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia]]'''''. |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic IV]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic IV#Expansion packs|Heroes of Might and Magic IV: The Gathering Storm]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Heroes of Might and Magic IV#Expansion packs|Heroes of Might and Magic IV: Winds of War]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[High Heat Baseball 1999]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="2"|Team .366 | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[High Heat Baseball 2000]]'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[High Heat Major League Baseball 2002]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="2"|Möbius Entertainment | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | "align="center" rowspan="2"|[[Game Boy Advance]] version. |- | ''[[High Heat Major League Baseball 2003]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |- | ''[[The Horde (video game)]]'' | [[Crystal Dynamics]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |"align="center" rowspan="1"|[[MS-DOS]], [[Sega Saturn]] and [[FM Towns]] |- | ''[[Jonny Moseley Mad Trix]]'' | GFX Construction/RTG<br />Studios | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |"align="center" rowspan="1"|[[Game Boy Advance]] version. |- | ''[[Jumpgate: The Reconstruction Initiative]]'' | [[NetDevil]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | "align="center" rowspan="2"|''[[Killing Time (video game)|Killing Time]]'' | |Studio3DO | {{yes}} | {{no}} | 3DO version - 1995 |- | |Logicware | {{yes}} | {{no}} | PC & Mac ported version for Mac & PC/Win95; small print release on Mac and an even smaller print-run on PC/Win95 |- | ''[[Legends of Might and Magic]]'' | New World Computing | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''Mathemagics'' | L3 Interactive | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Meridian 59]]'' | Archetype Interactive | {{yes}} | {{no}} | First edition of the game (1996). |- | ''[[Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="4"|New World Computing | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Might and Magic VIII: Day of the Destroyer]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Might and Magic IX]]'' | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''Player Manager 2000'' | ANCO | {{no}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''Phoenix 3'' | Gray Matter Studios | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Portal Runner]]'' | Handheld Games | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Game Boy Color version. |- | ''[[Requiem: Avenging Angel]]'' | [[Cyclone Studios]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''Snow Job'' | Ix Entertainment | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[Soccer Kid]]'' | [[Team17]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | 3DO version only - 1994. Original game made by [[Krisalis]]. |- | ''Spaceward Ho! IV'' | GhostNose Software<br />{{small|([[Delta Tao Software|Delta Tao]] licensed)}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Star Fighter (video game)|Star Fighter]]'' | [[Krisalis]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | 3DO version only developed by Tim Parry and Andrew Hutchings, and original game developed by Fednet Software. Ports developed and published by [[Acclaim Entertainment]] and in Europe by Telstar. Also known as '''''Star Fighter 3000'''''. |- | ''Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Cup Challenge'' | "align="center" rowspan="2"|ANCO | {{no}} | {{yes}} | "align="center" rowspan="2"|PlayStation and PlayStation 2 version. |- | ''Sven-Göran Eriksson's World Cup Manager'' | {{no}} | {{yes}} |- | ''[[The Need for Speed]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="1"|[[Electronic Arts]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | |- | ''[[TOCA Championship Racing]]'' | [[Codemasters]] | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Uprising: Join or Die]]'' | "align="center" rowspan="3"|Cyclone Studios | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Uprising 2: Lead and Destroy]]'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Uprising X]]'' | {{yes}} | {{no}} | |- | ''[[Vegas Games 2000|Vegas Games]]'' | Digital Eclipse | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | Game Boy Color version. |- | ''[[Vegas Games 2000]]'' | New World Computing | {{yes}} | {{no}} | PC version. Also known as '''''Vegas Games: Midnight Madness'''''. |- | ''[[Warriors of Might and Magic]]'' | [[Climax Studios|Climax]] | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | "align="center" rowspan="2"|Game Boy Color version. |- | ''[[World Destruction League: Thunder Tanks]]'' | Sunset Entertainment | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |}
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===Canceled=== * ''Army Men: Arcade Blasts'' * ''Army Men: Platoon Command'' * ''[[Army Men: Sarge's War]]'' (Released by Global Star Software) * ''[[The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (video game)|The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]''
===Distributed (U.S. only)=== * ''[[Pinball Builder|Pinball Builder: A Construction Kit for Windows]]'' * ''Pinball Gold Pack'' {{div col end}}
==3DO Rating System== {{More citations needed section|date=February 2007}} The ''3DO Rating System'' was a rating system created by The 3DO Company and used on games released for the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]]. The rating system, which went into use in March 1994, uses the following four categories:<ref name=GPro57>{{cite magazine |title=Rated E|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=67|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=April 1994|pages=174}}</ref>
*'''E''' - '''Everyone''' *'''12''' - '''Guidance for age 12 & under''' *'''17''' - '''Guidance for age 17 & under''' *'''AO''' - '''Adults Only'''
These ratings would appear on the lower front and back of the packaging, while the back of the packaging also specified what content was present in the game. In late 1994, the majority of 3DO's competitors signed on with a new rating system from the [[Entertainment Software Rating Board]]; despite this, the 3DO Company opted to continue providing their own rating system, leaving publishers of 3DO games to decide whether to use the 3DO Rating System or the new ESRB ratings.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Hey, How Do You Rate?|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=78 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=March 1995|page=10}}</ref> The 3DO rating for each game was designated voluntarily by the game's publisher,<ref name="GPro57"/> in contrast to the ESRB ratings, which were determined independently by the ESRB.
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==External links== {{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area|Companies|Video games}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20030926102547/http://3do.com/ 3DO.com on September 26, 2003] (courtesy of [[Internet Archive#Wayback Machine|Internet Archive Wayback Machine]]) * [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.3do.com 3DO.com index at Internet Archive Wayback Machine] * [http://www.mobygames.com/company/3do-company 3DO] profile on [[MobyGames]]
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