Since I've gotten my own menu project working and out, I'm looking for a new project to point my tinkering time at.

Is anyone working on a new external ODE? I don't want to take away from anyone who may be making progress on one (nor can I guarantee that I'll succeed on my own).

Thanks!

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I have two Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 consoles, and one of them developed a problem. A technician suggested the faulty component might be a thyristor (SCR), so I replaced it with a TS820-600B.

The console now powers on and displays the 3DO logo, but then gets stuck on a black screen.

I've tested two known-working ODEs, replaced the ribbon cables, and checked the power supply to the Raspberry Pi Pico: 5V and 3.3V are both present.

The USB flash drive LED blinks, but neither the console's ACCESS LED nor the Pico's LED ever flashes, unlike my working FZ-1.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Could the SCR replacement be related, or should I be looking at the CD-ROM interface circuitry or another part of the motherboard?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Wanted to share this with everyone here. With Codex I'm porting Blackthorne to the 3DO. Taking the best of both the SNES and 32x versions, enhancing it for 3DO.

Progress is coming along. All sprites redone, new character portraits. A new soundtrack is in the works, for now SNES soundtrack is there as a placeholder.working in new cinematics as well but those aren't ready yet

Check out the video here and see what you think of this very early build.

https://youtu.be/OfFHhV4g4Jo?si=MUTTFjRFtAbCuNl3

If you hate A.I. that's fine. This port isn't for you then. I'm doing this for me, and for fellow 3DO gamers who want to play something new on their 3DO.

Enjoy!

Firmware

Menu (boot.iso)

FPGA bitstream

In case it wasn't obvious, I did this utilizing Claude. Mainly it was to familiarize myself with the decompilation process which is currently taking the internet by storm in places such as /r/decomps and to learn more about what these AI agents can do.

It's also because Fixel has stopped supporting these devices and they have been out of production for a while now, he has also gone effectively radio silent. Hopefully, this data can assist the end-users and developers of the 3DO community in whatever this may be useful for, hopefully bug fixes and added features and a deeper understanding of this hardware as well as further developments in the ODE space.

If anyone would like to correct anything they find wrong or add more relevant data to the repositories, you are welcome to do so. Forks and stuff are also welcome.

I did have it heavily check against external documentation and reference material as well as cross-checking across the three repos for consistency/accuracy and I tested what I could on my FZ-1 console and my ODE.

I foolishly even gambled a little with dumping the flash with no recovery, luckily it succeeded.

I do not own an Xport external ODE so that was out of the scope of this project, if you have one and you would like to take a crack at it, feel free to utilize this project for any resources it may provide.

If Fixel would like to reach out and have these repositories taken down in order to keep supporting his hardware and software himself, I would be fine with doing so.

I did not write this post with AI, this is all me :)

Hello,

I recently updated Oh My 3DO to desktop app version 1.0.5 and Menu 1.0.4.

New in this version are some optimizations and an upgrade to previews that allow 320x240 30FPS video to play in the menu. They can be about a minute long, which covers all of the previews from EmuMovies.

As always, the entire thing is all open source, so if anyone is building their own menu, feel free to take what you need from Oh My 3DO. The preview codec is in om3dvid.

If you are using Oh My 3DO: thank you. I appreciate it and never expect it.

https://github.com/Scyllinice/oh-my-3do

Was looking through a box of controllers I had and found these three. I know the Goldstar one, but not the other two. One says Logitech and other says UFO. The Logitech one is different than others I've seen. Are these rare / sought after?

I'm really fan of Super Robot Wars franchise i'm curious what if they could be ported this games for 3DO console.

It was be interesing seens many mecha franchise in 1 game on niche console.

# 🎮 3DO ManiacoODE v1.5 — Official Release!

A complete package for the **SataTo3DO ODE** on the 3DO: **new menu** + **new firmware** + **Windows companion app**. Free and on GitHub! 🎉

**🕹️ Menu**

> 📋 All games in one alphabetical list

> 🖼️ Box art + genre, studio & year

> 🎬 Video previews **with sound**

> 💾 Save manager: Console · Memory Unit · USB drive

> 🌐 English / Portuguese

> 🔄 Firmware updates right from the menu

**⚙️ Firmware 1.1.2**

> 📚 Big collections boot fine (tested with 164 games)

> 🔁 Sturdier in-game reset (IGR)

> 🧩 FZ-EM256 Memory Unit support

**💻 PC app (Windows 10/11)**

> 🚀 Prepares the USB drive in a few clicks

> 🗂️ Organizes games (folders by region optional)

> 💿 Converts `.chd` → `.iso`

> 🖼️ Downloads box art, game info & video previews

> 🛡️ Backs up your ODE's **original firmware** before flashing

📥 **Download:** https://github.com/maniaco007/3DO-ManiacoODE/releases/tag/v1.5.2

🌐 **Project page:** https://www.maniacogameroom.com.br/projetos/3do-maniacoode/

⚠️ Save your original firmware first (one click in the app). Games & BIOS not included. Feedback welcome! 🙏

Got the console with the advice 'It read games, but the controller doest work', so i got both the console and a turbo controller.

Well, not sure how the guy tested, but the controller works perfectly fine, so more multiplayer for me XD. The console came with a music cd, and it wasnt reading, but the announce included photos of him playing a game, so i guess it does work.

I needed a few reloads to make the ODE work, but now is working flawlessly, so thats nice :D. When the gun i ordered arrives, i gonna play the hell of all those horrible gun games i want to play so much. Also need to make a hole for the SD extender to reach out of the console.

The big cap looks a little big, so i guess i will recap the console on the near future. I have like other 6 waiting for recap, including a PSX and all his millions of caps... so it will take time haha.

Happy with the guy, so i will look for some mods for sure :D.

Hello,

I've spent some time building and testing a replacement boot.iso and tool set for 3DO ides that use the same command set as FCare's SataTo3DO. If your ODE runs the original boot.iso, there's a good chance this one will also work.

This replacement doesn't require any firmware updates. It actually works around a bug in FCare's firmware that causes some folder navigation problems (like having to go into another directory and back to get into the first directory). It shows cover art, 15 second 30fps previews, and has tools for NVRAM backup and support for save editing.

I built this mainly for my own use, but I figured since it works pretty well, I might as well put it up on Github for anyone to use.

https://github.com/Scyllinice/oh-my-3do

I think it's good to have choice, so I hope u/maniaco_mva releases his soon :). It looks great.

Definitive 3DO Release List

Back in 2014 I made a list of all the released 3DO games out there. I've seen other lists out there, but I had some extra columns for lightgun and mouse support, #of discs, etc. I also included all software and educational titles, demos, kiosk software... anything that has been dumped from a CD (excluding homebrews and prototypes). I found 416 unique titles, at the time I was posting on the 3do Zone Forums and that list was believed to be complete in 2014. We actually discovered a lot of rare titles that were once only rumors, like Oilman and the Toyota kiosk discs. I'm curious to know if any more titles have been discovered since then!

A few notes for anyone who wants to use it or help refine it:

• This list DOES NOT contain any unreleased games, homebrew, or prototypes.  However, it DOES include unofficially released games (Powerslide and Icebreaker 2, for example).  It also DOES contain magazine coverdiscs and demos.
• Since Japanese games can be written in Romaji or translated ( for example:  Sotsugyou Final/Graduation Final), and since some games had different names for different regions, I have chosen to have 3 categories for the game names.  While I have 4 region categories, I chose to leave Korean translations out, as most are known to English speakers by common names.
• Some Japanese games are simply known to English speakers by their translated names, while others were localized and given new names.  As such, the US/UK name column should contain the US/UK name if it was localized in English, or the most common translation if it was only released in Japan.
• The columns for US, EU, JP, and KO are for the release regions.  If the game was released in that particular region, it should have a “1” in the corresponding cell.  I will eventually audit these columns and use a “0” if I know that a game was never released in that area, but for a now, a blank cell could mean that it wasn’t released in that region or it may have been released there but I haven’t checked yet.
• While the 3DO was available in many countries, I only have a “release” column for the US, Europe, Japan, and Korea, as to my knowledge, these were the only countries to have exclusives.
• The Developer/Pubisher column can get a bit messy, as many sites often confuse the two.  Ideally, these would be separate columns.  Maybe some day…
• Outside of the region columns, any blank cell should be considered “unknown”.  Filled cells should contain no errors, please let me know if you find one!!

LAST UPDATE NOTES: 12/17/2014

• Added several demos, including those published as part of the Demo Disc Program.
• Filled most blanks in “Genre”, “Developer/Publisher”, and “Year” columns.  Unknown data has been marked “UNKNOWN”, any info on these entries would be greatly appreciated.
• Added columns for Lightgun and Mouse support
• Added separate entries for the mail-in only discs Killing Time 1.1 and ESPN Golf: Lower Your Score with Tom Kite – Mental Messages.
• Updated entries for Warp’s Flopon/Furopon series to avoid confusion.
• REMOVALS: Dragon Knight III/Knights of Xentar; duplicate entries for Kamachi’s Museum
• MERGED: Kurokishi no Kamen & Ghost Hunter; FireBall!! & Real Pinball; Igo Time Trial 2 & Book of Life and Death; Sangokushi IV & Romance of the 3 Kingdoms; Tozasareta Yakata & Killing Time.
• Thanks to ‘goldenband’, ‘Austin’, ‘FUJISAN’, ‘3DO Si’ and everyone at the old 3DO Zone Forums!

A little beat up, but I've been looking for this one for a while.

Seal of the Pharoah is one of those games where if someone asks if it's good the answer is "No, but you have to play it"

Only saw about a minute of gameplay on this and it looked really interesting, excited to try it out. Anyone here played this one before?

New release for the 3DO!... Get your copy today! The long boxes are limited editions of 100, but you can get the standard jewel case with a pressed disc for 29.. These are on pre-order with an official release at the end of December.

Just arrived today and I’m excited to try out some games, but was wondering if there was a language selection option on the system.

Never knew they was released on the system to begin with. Never in my wildest dreams would I believe I would ever find one in such pristine condition.

Built up a nice collection about 20 games.. highlights are Road rash..need for speed.. gex.. Wolfenstein etc.. the system is mint. I have one problem.. I can't stand playing road rash with no in game music. ( I had the fz-1 20 years ago .so that music is still burnt in my brain..so I'm looking to buy an ,fz-1 now.. please talk me out of it..lol

An in-game reset mod has been added to the project.