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{{Short description|Video game console platform}} {{Distinguish|text=[[Panasonic MII]], the videocassette format or the Japanese video game developer [[M2 (game developer)]]}} {{Infobox CVG system | title = Panasonic M2 (console) | logo = | image = | caption = | manufacturer = | developer = [[The 3DO Company]], [[Panasonic|Panasonic Wondertainment]] | type = [[Video game console]] | generation = | lifespan = Cancelled | media = [[CD-ROM]]/[[DVD|DVD-ROM]] | CPU = Dual 66 MHz [[PowerPC 600#PowerPC 602|PowerPC 602]] | onlineservice = | topgame = | predecessor = [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]] | successor = }} '''Panasonic M2''', earlier known as '''3DO M2''', is a multimedia terminal and cancelled [[video game console]]. It was initially developed by [[The 3DO Company]] as a [[peripheral]] chip for the [[3DO]] hardware before turning into a standalone successor system. In January 1996, the technology was acquired by Matsushita ([[Panasonic]])<ref>{{cite magazine|title=M2 1/2 in 1998, Trip Speaks Out|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=79 |publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=February 1996|pages=16β18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nfg.2y.net/games/polystars/ |title=3DO M2 / Arcade Review: Konami's Polystars |access-date=2005-12-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060104121554/http://nfg.2y.net/games/polystars/ |archive-date=2006-01-04 }}</ref> who continued development as their own [[game console]] before cancelling it altogether in 1997. The M2 technology was then incorporated into commercial-oriented devices including a [[Konami]] arcade board and in [[Interactive kiosk|interactive kiosks]].<ref name="BusinessWire">{{cite web |date=2000-04-10 |title=Planetweb and Panasonic to Bring the Internet to the Interactive Kiosk Marketplace; Panasonic Internet-enabled M2 Interactive Kiosks to Preview at KioskCom 2000 |url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_April_10/ai_61396150 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110113110857/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2000_April_10/ai_61396150/ |archive-date=2011-01-13 |access-date=2008-03-16 |publisher=Business Wire}}</ref>
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