Editing 3DO (section)

{{For|the company|The 3DO Company}}
{{Short description|Video gaming format}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2012}}
{{Infobox information appliance
| title = 3DO
| logo = 3DO_Logo.svg
| logo_size = 65px
| image = 3DO-FZ1-Console-Set.jpg
| caption = The first 3DO machine, Panasonic FZ-1 R.E.A.L. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
| developer = [[The 3DO Company]]
| manufacturer = [[Panasonic]], [[Sanyo]], [[GoldStar]], [[Creative Technology]]
| type = [[Home video game console]]
| generation = [[Fifth generation of video game consoles|Fifth]]
| releasedate = {{Video game release|NA|October 4, 1993<ref name="NGen12"/>|JP|March 20, 1994|EU|June 10, 1994<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 1, 1994 |title=3DO comes to the High Street - in a juggernaut! |page=12 |work=Wokingham Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/822521607/?terms=%22total%20eclipse%22&match=1 |access-date=December 14, 2023 |quote=The latest contender for the next generation of games formats, the Japanese giant Panasonic, is to launch its CD-based Real FZ-1 3DO Interactive Multiplayer today (Thursday). |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215212956/https://www.newspapers.com/image/822521607/?terms=%22total%20eclipse%22&match=1 |url-status=live }}</ref>|KOR|December 3, 1994}}
| price = {{plainlist|
* US$699.99
* JP¥79,800
* KOR₩399,000}}
| units sold = {{Tree list}}
*Worldwide: 1.38<ref>{{Cite news |title=MATSUSHITA DROPS GAME-MACHINE PLAN |newspaper=THE NIKKEI WEEKLY |date=1997-07-07 |page=9}}</ref>
{{tree list/end}} to 2 million<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111822.shtml |title=The 10 Worst-Selling Consoles of All Time |accessdate=2023-07-14 |author=Blake Snow |publisher=[[GamePro]] |date=2007-07-30|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080823192941/http://www.gamepro.com/gamepro/domestic/games/features/111822.shtml|archivedate=2008-08-23}}</ref>
| media = [[CD-ROM]]
| cpu = [[32-bit computing|32-bit]] custom [[ARM architecture family|ARM CPU]] (ARM60)
| CPUspeed = 12.5&nbsp;MHz<ref>{{cite web|title=Panasonic 3DO FZ-1 manual|url=https://archive.org/details/panasonic-3do-fz-1|website=Archive.org|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>
| memory = 2&nbsp;MB [[RAM]], 1&nbsp;MB [[VRAM]]
| storage = 32&nbsp;KB [[static random-access memory|SRAM]]
| onlineservice = Planned but canceled<ref name=gamespy>{{cite web|url=http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=38&game=12index.shtml |title=3DO – 1993–96 – Classic Gaming |publisher=Classicgaming.gamespy.com |access-date=2012-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120415095434/http://classicgaming.gamespy.com/View.php?view=ConsoleMuseum.Detail&id=38&game=12 |archive-date=2012-04-15}}</ref>
| topgame = ''[[Gex (video game)|Gex]]'' (1+ million)<ref>{{cite magazine |title=At the Deadline|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=85|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |date=October 1995|page=174}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Tidbits...|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=76|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=November 1995|page=19}}</ref>{{refn|group=note|Sales figures for ''Gex'' remain unclear. While the October and November 1995 issues of ''[[GamePro]]'' and ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' both state that ''Gex'' exceeded 1 million in sales in July 1995 (well before the game was released for any platform other than the 3DO), an article in ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' also cover-dated November 1995 says that the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer had sold only 750,000 units worldwide.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=75 Power Players: The Evangelist|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=11|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=November 1995|page=56|quote=Global sales stand at around 750,000, with 300,000 sold in the US.}}</ref>}}
| successor = [[Panasonic M2]] (canceled)
| display = 320×240 @ 60 Hz, 384×288 @ 50 Hz; 16-bit palettized color (from 24-bit) or 24-bit true color.
| sound = Panasonic FZ-1 "Clio" DSP: 16-bit stereo @ 44.1 kHz,  4-Channel Dolby Surround;
| graphics = Panasonic FZ-1 "Madam" graphics accelerator
| discontinued = {{Video game release|WW|1996}}
}}
'''3DO''' is a [[video gaming]] hardware format developed by [[The 3DO Company]] and conceived by entrepreneur and [[Electronic Arts]] founder [[Trip Hawkins]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1995 |title=NG Special: 3DO |url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-007/page/n39 |magazine=Next Generation |page=37 |publication-date=July 1995 |issue=7}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=1994 |orig-date=Winter 1994 |title=Trip Hawkins: Interactive Messiah? |url=https://archive.org/details/3DOMagazineIssue10199605ParagonPublishingGB/3DO%20Magazine%20%252301%20(1994-12) |magazine=3DO Magazine |page=11 |publication-date=}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite magazine |date=1995 |title=3DO: Hardware |url=https://archive.org/details/edge-special-edition-1996-essential-hardware-guide-pdf-optimized/ |magazine=Edge Special Edition |page= |pages=54–58}}</ref> The specifications were originally designed by [[Dave Needle]] and [[RJ Mical]] of New Technology Group, and were licensed by third parties; most hardware were packaged as [[home video game console|home video game consoles]] under the name '''''Interactive Multiplayer''''', and [[Panasonic]] produced the first models in 1993 with further renditions released afterwards by manufacturers [[GoldStar]], [[Sanyo]], [[Creative Labs]], and [[Samsung Electronics]].

Centered around a 32-bit [[List of ARM processors|ARM60]] [[RISC]]-type processor and a custom graphics chip, the format was initially marketed as a [[multimedia]] one but this had shifted into purely video games within a year of launching.<ref name=":1" /> Despite having a highly promoted launch (including being named ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's "1993 Product of the Year"), the oversaturated console market and the system's mixed reviews prevented it from achieving success comparable to competing consoles from [[Sega]] and [[Sony]], rendering its discontinuation by 1996. In 1997, The 3DO Company sold its "Opera" hardware to [[Samsung]],<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Writer |first=CBR Staff |date=1997-04-29 |title=SAMSUNG BUYS OUT 3DO'S HARDWARE SYSTEMS BUSINESS FOR $20M |url=https://techmonitor.ai/technology/samsung_buys_out_3dos_hardware_systems_business_for_20m_1 |access-date=2023-01-26 |website=Tech Monitor |language=en-US |archive-date=January 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123051604/https://techmonitor.ai/technology/samsung_buys_out_3dos_hardware_systems_business_for_20m_1 |url-status=live }}</ref> a year after offloading its [[3DO M2|M2]] successor hardware to Panasonic.