FreeDO 3DO emulator finally goes Open Source!

[fishy_fiz]

All right, a 3D0 emulator! I can't tell you how long I've been waiting to play...to play...

...wait, it'll come to me...

...oh, right, this is the 3D0 we're talking about, a.k.a. The System Whose Software Library Consists Solely Of Ports From Better Systems And "Interactive Movies." Never mind :/

I dont know what 3do youre talking about, but that description doesnt fit the 3do I know.
Need for Speed and Road Rash began life on this 3do (and it looks somewhat nicer than psx/saturn versions), Space Hulk on the 3do was its own exclusive version (that got butchered and ported elsewhere later on), best version of Street Fighter for a home machine up until that point, Fifa international was overhauled and turned 3d for 3do (well before saturn/psx), Return Fire rocked, Primal Rage mirrored SSF2T, NBA Jam was better on 3do than any system before it, Another World was overhauled (only version to have textured mapped gfx still), Super Wing Commander was the penultimate Wing Commander game up until that point as well as many more.

While it was only short lived there was some quality titles for 3do, and had it survived it couldve gone on to compete with the saturn and psx once they were released. As much as I love the amiga I have to admit that it was in a different league to the cd32 and outshined the Saturn and PSX in some ways too.

[fishy_fiz]

This emulator is pretty heavy though, I doubt OS4.x hardware is up to the task. Higher end Macs (ie. Morphos) might just manage (although it wouldnt be great for a lot of stuff). Only AROS really has the hardware grunt for FreeDO (Win port requires roughly a 2ghz athlon xp if I recall correctly, with an athlon64 the minimum target for a good experience from most games, both of which are significantly more powerful than any available desktop ppc systems)).

[fishy_fiz]

It's not impossible Im confusing this for Yabause actually (sega saturn emulator), but Im pretty sure FreeDO had similar requirements. I'll have to have a look when I get some time, would like to play Another World again anyway after this thread :-)

[fishy_fiz]

You can play Another World and Flashack, this engines was ported to os4 and morphos.

Sure, Im aware of RAW and Reminiscence (I ported both to AROS), but the 3do version of Another World is enhanced over the other versions.

http://www.mobygames.com/game/3do/out-of-this-world/screenshots/gameShotId,161648/