Editing Panasonic M2 (section)

==Games==
In late 1995 four M2 games in development had been shown to the public: ''[[ClayFighter III]]'', ''[[Descent (video game)|Descent]]'', ''Ironblood'' (later released for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]] as ''[[Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft]]''), and an untitled racing game by Studio 3DO (presumably ''[[IMSA World Championship Racing|IMSA Racing]]'').<ref name=NGen12/> A fifth game, ''[[D2 (video game)|D2]]'' (a sequel to ''[[D (video game)|D]]''), was previewed early the following year.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=D2 |magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=92 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=May 1996|page=42}}</ref> Studio 3DO also claimed to be working on a version of ''[[BattleSport]]'' for M2.<ref name=EGM90/> Other confirmed M2 projects include ''[[Return Fire 2]]'';<ref name=NGe10/> ''Power Crystal'', an RPG by British developer Perceptions;<ref>{{cite magazine|title=NG Alphas: Power Crystal |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]] |issue=29|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=May 1997 |pages=72–75|url=https://archive.org/stream/NEXT_Generation_29#page/n72}}</ref> a rail shooter developed by [[Genki (company)|Genki]];<ref>{{cite magazine |title=In the Studio |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=28 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=April 1997|pages=19}}</ref> and ''NFLPA Superstars'', a 6v6 [[Street football (American)|backyard football]] game by Condor (later renamed [[Blizzard North]]), whose budget of nearly $1m helped the company financially during the development of ''[[Diablo (video game)|Diablo]]''.<ref>{{cite AV media |first=David |last=Brevik |author-link=David Brevik |date=11 May 2016 |title=[[Game Developers Conference]] |contribution=Diablo: A Classic Game Postmortem |medium=conference talk |contribution-url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=VscdPA6sUkc |access-date=6 January 2019 |via=YouTube |minutes=30 |archive-date=16 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190116150617/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscdPA6sUkc |url-status=live }}</ref> A game based on the film ''[[Escape from L.A.]]'' was announced in 1996,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Celebrity Sightings |magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=92 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |date=May 1996|page=21}}</ref> but may not have entered development.

In 1996, a ''[[List of Top Gun video games|Top Gun]]'' game was in development by [[Spectrum Holobyte]] but was never released.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/Edge_UK_024/page/n5|title=Cutting Edge - 3DO buoyant as M2 picks up speed|magazine=[[Edge (magazine)|Edge]]|issue=23|publisher=[[Future plc|Future Publishing]]|date=September 1995|pages=6–7}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/3DO_Magazine_Issue_10_1996-05_Paragon_Publishing_GB/page/n33|title=Preview - Coming Soon - M2|magazine=[[Paragon Publishing|3DO Magazine]]|issue=10|publisher=[[Paragon Publishing]]|date=May 1996|page=34}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/3DO_Magazine_Issue_12_1996-07_Paragon_Publishing_GB/page/n3|title=News - E3 '96: 3DO? - M2 Dream List|magazine=[[Paragon Publishing|3DO Magazine]]|issue=12|publisher=[[Paragon Publishing]]|date=July 1996|page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/3DO_Magazine_Issue_12_1996-07_Paragon_Publishing_GB/page/n33|title=Preview - Coming Soon - M2|magazine=[[Paragon Publishing|3DO Magazine]]|issue=12|publisher=[[Paragon Publishing]]|date=July 1996|page=34}}</ref>

[[Capcom]] and [[Konami]] were both later confirmed to be licensed M2 developers.<ref>{{cite magazine  |title=M2: Matsushita Breaks its Silence |magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=22 |publisher=[[Imagine Media]] |date=October 1996|pages=16–19}}</ref>

''[[Ultra Game Players]]'' magazine reported in its July 1997 issue that, according to a former 3DO employee, nearly 80 games were in development for the M2.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Topics: Wiretap - Something's Up M2's Sleeve|magazine=[[Ultra Game Players]]|issue=99|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|date=July 1997|page=20}}</ref>

In 2008, the now-defunct website [[Games That Weren't 3DO/M2]] released a 2d shooter that was originally part of ''IMSA Racing'' as a hidden mini game but was made bootable to work as a stand-alone game on any 3DO M2 hardware.

In 2010 the only completed M2 game, ''IMSA Racing'', was made available to the public.<ref name="Retro122"/>

In 2017, two fully playable builds of [[Ironblood]] were released by a German collector and are available for download to this day.<ref>[http://retro-net.de/downloads.html retro-net.de]</ref>

In January 2020, a compilation demo disc was released by the YouTube channel “Video Game Esoterica”.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yin-Poole |first1=Wesley |title=3DO M2 collector releases playable demo disc for free |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-01-3do-m2-enthusiast-releases-demo-disc-for-free |access-date=5 February 2021 |work=Eurogamer |date=1 February 2020 |language=en |archive-date=21 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210321080206/https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2020-02-01-3do-m2-enthusiast-releases-demo-disc-for-free |url-status=live }}</ref> The disc contains twelve diverse demos from the development period of M2 and includes the only known playable files of the M2 version of D2.

===Konami arcade games based on M2===
* ''[[Tobe! Polystars]]''<ref name=NGen33/> (1997)
* ''Total Vice''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/jugemu-magazine-1997-10-October-600dpi-ozidual/Jugemu%201997%2010%20%28J%20OCR%29/page/193/mode/1up | title=Jugemu Magazine (じゅげむ) 1997 10 October (600dpi) | date=October 1997 }}</ref> (1997)
* ''[[Battle Tryst]]'' (1998)
* ''[[Evil Night]]'' / ''Hell Night'' (1998)
* ''Heat of Eleven '98'' / ''The World Soccer Championship'' (1998)