3DO

3DO Interactive Multiplayer

Panasonic FZ-1 R.E.A.L. 3DO Interactive Multiplayer.
Manufacturer	Panasonic, Sanyo, and GoldStar
Type	Video game console
Generation	Fifth generation
Release date	October 4, 1993
Units sold	2 million
Media	CD-ROM
Best-selling game	Gex, over 1 million
Successor	M2 (canceled)

The 3DO Interactive Multiplayer (often just called the 3DO) is a video game console invented by The 3DO Company. It was created by Trip Hawkins, the man who created Electronic Arts. The 3DO was not built by the company itself. They had a list of instructions that other companies could use to build their own. Panasonic made the first models in 1993, and other types of the machine were sold in 1994 by Sanyo and GoldStar.

Many good things were said about it when it was created, including being named Time Magazine's "1993 Product of the Year". It also had many technologies that were new and advanced. It was able to do many things that the Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis (video game consoles that could be purchased at the same time) could not do, including 3D. But the 3DO cost more money than the video game consoles that were already popular. This meant more people bought consoles from Sega or Nintendo instead of the 3DO. Because of this, no more 3DO consoles were made after 1996. It was also not advertised very well, so almost no one knew about it. Some games planned for it include Alone in the Dark, Myst, and Street Fighter II. The 3DO Company also wanted to make another console called the M2, but it was never released.