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Painstakingly restored and lovingly recreated – Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition is now available on GOG!

Plumbers Don't Wear Ties: Definitive Edition delivers a truly next-generation CD-ROM experience. For the first time since 1993 the original version of the game is faithfully presented alongside 4K remastered photos and a wealth of documentary and interview content. Relive the excitement of John and Jane’s fateful encounter in the first American produced visual novel, learn about the birth of the multimedia era from industry icons, and dive into the origin featuring leading lady Jeanne “Jane” Basone with all-new documentary style content.

Now on GOG!
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pferreira1983: The 3DO was a good machine but this is the game that gave it a negative reputation it didn't deserve.
It had some muscle to it, but the line-up was mostly crummy. The best title I can think of is the Street Fighter 2 port,which is considered to be one of the best ports of the game. Even that had the caveat of having to deal with the three button controller the console was shipped with.
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pferreira1983: The 3DO was a good machine but this is the game that gave it a negative reputation it didn't deserve.
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J Lo: It had some muscle to it, but the line-up was mostly crummy.
The best title I can think of is the Street Fighter 2 port,which is considered to be one of the best ports of the game.
I think, the 3DO version of "The Horde" (1994) was also well received?
Same goes for "Soccer Kid" (1994).
"D" (1995) was a huge success on the 3DO.

And the 3DO was the first system ever, on which the very first "The Need for Speed" (1994) got released.
The PC port followed in 1995, PS and Saturn ports followed in 1996.

All in all, the console had quite a few good (even 'great') games.

But it was too expensive to be a general success, and it had too few exclusives, which could have served as "system sellers" (btw: I think all (?) the exclusives it initially had, were later ported to more successful systems...which in itself tells something about their quality).
Updated m̶y̶ j̶o̶u̶r̶n̶a̶l̶ the list, and added Tierras Salvajes for the complete Picmatic trilogy, thanks.

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pferreira1983: Ground Zero Texas
Thanks, added to the list as well.
Post edited July 14, 2024 by Swedrami
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solseb: So you like junk after all xD and certainly a patriotic approach ....
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SargonAelther: Some junk is so bad that it;s good.
Not the case here.
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J Lo: It had some muscle to it, but the line-up was mostly crummy.
The best title I can think of is the Street Fighter 2 port,which is considered to be one of the best ports of the game.
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BreOl72: I think, the 3DO version of "The Horde" (1994) was also well received?
Same goes for "Soccer Kid" (1994).
"D" (1995) was a huge success on the 3DO.

And the 3DO was the first system ever, on which the very first "The Need for Speed" (1994) got released.
The PC port followed in 1995, PS and Saturn ports followed in 1996.

All in all, the console had quite a few good (even 'great') games.

But it was too expensive to be a general success, and it had too few exclusives, which could have served as "system sellers" (btw: I think all (?) the exclusives it initially had, were later ported to more successful systems...which in itself tells something about their quality).
I completely forgot about NFS. That was another good title. I've never of those other games, though.

I haven't had the console myself, but played it a couple times at my cousin's place. I played a fighting game with robot characters, and some kind of physics game.

Edit: the physics game I'm talking about is this one: https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_incredible_machine_mega_pack

Edit 2: typo.
Post edited July 14, 2024 by J Lo
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J Lo: I played a fighting game with robot characters, and some kind of physics game.
That was presumably "Rise of the Robots" (1995).

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Post edited July 14, 2024 by BreOl72
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J Lo: I played a fighting game with robot characters, and some kind of physics game.
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BreOl72: That was presumably "Rise of the Robots" (1995).

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Yup, that was it. Have you tried it, yourself?
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J Lo: Yup, that was it. Have you tried it, yourself?
No.
I'm not really into fighting games.
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Bad games are as much a part of videogames history as masterpieces.

It's a dangerous line of thought that which postulates that only the good parts of history warrant preservation.

Naturally if someone doesn't feel like chippin' in - HA! that's fine but the notion that it shouldn't be done at all or made available to the general pubic it's weird.
Post edited July 15, 2024 by Namur
This "game" or "visual novel" is proof enough that humanity is not meant to last as a species. Why anyone ever greenlit this utter garbage nonsense is beyond me. Even by the standards of '93, this is atrocious in every possible way. Guess it kinda works if that's what they were aiming for... sorta like modern art that's meant to be terrible on purpose.

Loved the video that AVGN put out about this dumpster fire back in the day. Thought it was some sort of artsy experiment gone wrong. Then I see a "definitive edition" of this crap come out on ALL platforms. Seriously, someone ported this on Xbox! What a time to be alive!
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Namur: Bad games are as much a part of videogames history as masterpieces.

It's a dangerous line of thought that which postulates that only the good parts of history warrant preservation.

Naturally if someone doesn't feel like chippin' in - HA! that's fine but the notion that it shouldn't be done at all or made available to the general pubic it's weird.
All games deserves preservation.

Why do gOg reject some games? Is gOg the correct venue for game preservation? Shoiuld they not just have ALL games, no matter if they are making a profit or a loss?

Or is a store not the correct place for game presrvation?
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amok: All games deserves preservation.

Why do gOg reject some games? Is gOg the correct venue for game preservation? Shoiuld they not just have ALL games, no matter if they are making a profit or a loss?

Or is a store not the correct place for game presrvation?
I don't regard gog, or any other storefront, as the optimal venue for thorough game preservation, no.

I think storefronts can play an important part in it but being for-profit entities obviously preservation won't be their primary goal at all times if at all.

When they do play a part in it i don't think that they should be shot down for it regardless of the perceived quality, or lack thereof, of a specific title.

I don't even care if the main motivation really was preservation or merely profit since preservation is served either way.
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pferreira1983: The 3DO was a good machine but this is the game that gave it a negative reputation it didn't deserve.
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J Lo: It had some muscle to it, but the line-up was mostly crummy. The best title I can think of is the Street Fighter 2 port,which is considered to be one of the best ports of the game. Even that had the caveat of having to deal with the three button controller the console was shipped with.
Gex is a lot of fun, Soccer Kid on 3DO is the best version of that game and there were numerous FMV titles that weren't too bad either. Also Need for Speed.

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BreOl72: I think, the 3DO version of "The Horde" (1994) was also well received?
Same goes for "Soccer Kid" (1994).
"D" (1995) was a huge success on the 3DO.

And the 3DO was the first system ever, on which the very first "The Need for Speed" (1994) got released.
The PC port followed in 1995, PS and Saturn ports followed in 1996.

All in all, the console had quite a few good (even 'great') games.

But it was too expensive to be a general success, and it had too few exclusives, which could have served as "system sellers" (btw: I think all (?) the exclusives it initially had, were later ported to more successful systems...which in itself tells something about their quality).
I agree with all this.

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amok: Why do gOg reject some games? Is gOg the correct venue for game preservation? Shoiuld they not just have ALL games, no matter if they are making a profit or a loss?

Or is a store not the correct place for game presrvation?
It seems GOG release anything. They just released a chicken ops game with PS1 graphics.

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J Lo: Yup, that was it. Have you tried it, yourself?
Rise of the Robots isn't a great game regardless of which platform you play it on. Having said that it has its plus points.
Post edited July 21, 2024 by pferreira1983
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pferreira1983: Gex is a lot of fun, Soccer Kid on 3DO is the best version of that game and there were numerous FMV titles that weren't too bad either. Also Need for Speed.
I forgot about Gex as well. I heard Road Rash was also good.
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J Lo: I forgot about Gex as well. I heard Road Rash was also good.
Oh yeah Road Rash is a good one.