The Story Of The 3DO - The Console Born From EA's Founder & Makers of The Atari Lynx & Amiga 1000

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The 3DO was one of the most hyped consoles of the 90s. It received a large amount of attention from the mainstream media, financial investors, and gamers alike. When released, it was considered an incredibly powerful and impressive system. So why did it have such a short run and why did the 3DO Company fail. In this video we're going to look at how the founder EA teamed with the co creators of the original Amiga computer and Atari lynx to create one of the most anticipated pieces of gaming hardware from the 90s… only to see it fail to capture the market that seemed to covet it. This is the story of the 3DO. Partial list of sources at the end of description. HistoricNerd ► https://youtube.com/user/historicnerd My Other Gaming Docs ► https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHUm7LVN39la3aUJAS8goeKfZmoSHwufh Follow my Instagram ► http://instagram.com/londonvice Follow me on Twitter ► https://twitter.com/WrestlesGaming Channel Intro/Outro Theme Music Provided By Stevinfinite - https://soundcloud.com/user321724250 Additional Stevenfinite songs in this video : Uzi does it"' and "Ruins" Namaste by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Inspired by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: https://incompetech.com/wordpress/2016/04/inspired/ Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Sources: Billboard 1994 Year In Review - https://books.google.com/books?id=ugsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA92&lpg=PA92&dq=goldstar+3do+$399&source=bl&ots=6WM5Ee8zV7&sig=j9hngtRzjSyYzLO5Bymm0QxFP-U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiwmJjDy7nTAhUD8CYKHddHC9MQ6AEIOTAE#v=onepage&q=goldstar%203do%20%24399&f=false Console Wars – By Blake J Harris New York Times – December 19, 1992 http://www.polygon.com/a/how-ea-lost-its-soul/chapter-1 http://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/1148/vcg-anthology-interview-trip-hawkins-on-30-years-of-electronic-arts http://articles.latimes.com/2003/aug/08/business/fi-3do8 https://www.cnet.com/news/3do-files-for-bankruptcy/ Gamepro Magazine Issue 53 Gamepro Magazine Issue 56 Gamepro Magazine Issue 58 Gamepro Magazine Issue 66 Gamepro Magazine Issue 75 Electronic Gaming Monthly Issue 84 Game Machines – By Winnie Foster Retro Gamer Issue 122 https://www.wired.com/1994/01/3do/ https://davidmullich.com/2013/11/25/the-history-of-the-3do-company/ https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-012 Next Generation Issue 12