Welcome to Michel's Video Games page ! Page visited times since May 22 1995

A place for information about videogames, especially the ones that run on the machines I can play: a 3DO, a japanese Sony PSX and Sun Workstations under X-Window. However, as an old amiga/SNES/Megadrive owner, and as a potential PC owner, I have included in these pages some interesting links I found on the net for these machines.

Six months ago I had alot of time to make pages for the 3DO (most of the 3DO info here is local and compiled by myself), unfortunately I have too much work now (I teach computer graphics and other stuff at the University of Nice, in the south of France) and I don't have time to make pages regularly anymore.

Last updated 17 October 1995

Choose, dude:

• Maybe you want to know more about me.

• Info for your game machine
  • 3DO section. Lots of local stuff there.
  • The sony Playstation/PSX section. I just got my japanese PSX. Expect this section to grow rapidly.
  • Atari Lynx section
  • Atari Jaguar section
  • Nintendo Ultra 64 section
  • Super Nintendo section
  • Game Boy section

• Video Games stores on the Web
• Software companies on the Web
• Electronic Magazines
• Other multi-machines WWW sites
  • These sites contains tons of FAQs
  • Regular sites for video game crazies

• Pinball Games section
• Doom section
• ... to be updated. Check the page!

• Here is the WWW version of the Version 2.4b, and the regular ASCII version, now at revision 3.03a.

Game Reviews & Previews

• Check the 3DO Game Reviews and Previews page!! Plenty of screenshots there too!

Pages dedicated to particular games:

• Road rash:
  • New: the Road Rash WWW page with screenshots, reviews of the game, tricks, undocummented features...
• Need For Speed:
  • Check the Need For Speed (3DO) WWW page with screenshots, reviews of the game...
• FIFA Soccer:
  • Check the brand new FIFA Soccer page. It contains all secret codes, strategies, reviews from people on the net, screenshots, etc...
• Way of the warrior: (thanks to David Liu)
  • Check the Way of the warrior page with everything you want to know about this game: screenshots, previews, info from beta tester David R. Liu, etc... Updated August 15 1994.
• Shockwave:
  • Visit the Shockwave mosaic page with reviews, tips, discussion about this fantastic game, etc...

Game tips, walkthrough, solutions, codes, secrets...

Don't forget to check the pages from the previous section if don't find what you are looking for in this section.

• The Myst Hint Web Page by Remy Ameling.
• The 7th guest Hints WEB page by Remy Ameling.
• Here are some tricks for the game PaTaank.
• New: the secret codes for the game Jammit.
• Here is the list of commands for the (japanese) game Pharaon's Tomb.
• Check this new Burning Soldier codes. Includes a 4-player mode.
• Here are the brand new Super Wing Commander Codes!
• Check this Slayer undocumented feature!
• Slayer sometimes does not want to save your games? Check the Slayer Save Game Explained WWW page!
• Shadow Warriors: some Moves
• Stuck in Doctor Hauzer ? Check the Doctor Hauzer complete walkthrough.
• The Shockwave level guide. If you are stuck in Shockwave, READ IT! Also, check the Shockwave WWW page for reviews, screenshots, infos about the secret mission, etc...
• An english translation of the controls of the game Doctor Hauzer (japanese import) by Walter Horat.
• Alone in the Dark: complete walkthrough posted by Cykill.
• John Madden codes. New! Change the size of the referee!
• Crash'n'Burn FAQ. Updated July 14 1994.
• Total Eclipse codes.
• Out Of This World codes + inside subgame.
• The Horde strategy guide.
• The Horde Video View Code.
• Mad Dog Mac Cree tricks.
• Dragon's Lair Walkthrough
• Stellar 7 tricks and codes. Updated July 12 1994.
• Ultraman Moves

How is the 3DO company going

• Well, you can give a look at the 3DO Stock Price

Games to come

• Digital Currents's 3DO section includes a list of 3DO M2 upcoming titles.

Miscellanous infos

• Screenshots of M2 games + Press Release + system specifications.
• Yes, it's true! Doom is coming for the 3DO.
• This is the official press release about The new Power PC upgrade for current 3DO (Avail. 1995).
• The new 3D Sound system for the 3DO, by Dave Platt from 3DO Corp.
• Here is an interview of Rob Dyer (Crystal Dynamics).
• Read these new informations about the 3DO II.
• Here are the 3DO II specifications. BEWARE: these are not confirmed information.
• This is the official press release about the Real-Time MPEG Encoding System for the 3DO.
• Brad Davidson talks about new joysticks/control pads he saw for the 3DO.
• Here is a very recent (July 1994) interview of Trip Hawkins. He speaks about the future of the 3DO, the new hardwares, etc...
• You want to use a NTSC 3DO on a PAL TV ? Check the NTSC decoder box for the 3DO.
• Plugging a Sega powerstick or a snes joypad into a 3DO. NOT!

3DO sites

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WWW sites

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• The official 3DO WWW server.
• Erin Fritz's 3DO pages are really well done. Very interesting interviews, screenshots, etc... there. One of the best 3DO site with Chuck McGingley's and Chris Long's ones.
• Chuck McGinley's 3DO pages. It's *GREAT* and contains lots of screenshots and up-to-date info. Check it out!
• Chris Long's 3DO WWW page. Very interesting too!
• Dan Ginsburg's 3DO Ressource Index. This one is great and contains reviews of the very last games, a "hints, Tips and Tricks" section, FAQs, and of course lots of videogames links.
• The 32/64-Bit Video Gaming FANATIC has a 3DO section with all the FAQs, tips, etc... Very good site for 3DO owners.
• Hans Jespersen's 3DO page . Keep doing the good work HANS! this page contains MPEG anims and sounds of 3DO popular games, other infos.
• Natedogg's home page contains info about the 3DO and the sony PSX.
• Brian's Meieir's 3DO Secret Codes and Gameplay Hints page contains lots of cheat codes for 3DO games.
• Mr Olympia's Page, Welcome to Digital Currents (3DO stuff including list of upcoming titles).

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  ftp sites

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• Andy Eddy's Video Games FAQS ftp server: tons of FAQs for various systems there, including the 3DO. Some of the files available there in ASCII have been translated by me in HTML format. Check my Video Game FAQ Page.

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  On-Line electronic magazines with 3DO section

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• Hyperactive magazine from Australia. Very good interviews there (MK III authors, etc...) Has a 3DO section with game tricks, reviews, etc...

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  Dead sites ?

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• Dale Drechsler's 3DO page. Did not answer last time I tried to consult it. Anybody knows if this page disappeared ?
• The Video Games Web Page. Should speak about the 3DO.

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Miscellanous information

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• Play US games on a japanese playstation ? Play japanese games on a US machine? One of the easiest solution so far is the so-called swap method. Read this page from Honk-Kong about the stange CD format used by the PSX and Joe's page about the SWAP method at his TRONIX's site (the best internet shop for video games).
• Us owners: if you are in need of installation assistance, experiencing difficulty getting your PlayStation to work correctly, have a defective PlayStation, game, or peripheral, desire to speak to a human, Call SCEA's Consumer Service Technical Support at 1-800-345-SONY (7669).

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  Official sites

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• The Official Sony PlayStation Home Page in the US
• Official PlayStation page in Japan

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  Unofficial sites

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• The Unofficial Playsatation Homepage by Nils Petter Jacobsen. One of the best! A page for each game, very up-to-date information, all the FAQs, etc...
• Pete Lambie's PSX WWW site
• Unoffical PlayStation page in Japan
• The 32/64-Bit Video Gaming FANATIC has a Sony Playstation section. Very interesting site for video games fans. Has a section for each system, all the FAQs, etc...
• The New Playstation Home Page. Plenty of stuff about the PSX there! Very good looking page.

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  Electronic Magazines with Sony Playstation section

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• The Gamezero Sony Playstation section contains game reviews, FAQs, technical information, etc...

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  Software developper's pages

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• Psygnosis On Line PSX section.
• Konami also is On Line, they have a section for PSX games to come.

• An Atari Jaguar page by Christian Svensson. Plenty of interesting stuff there, even for non Jaguar owners. Replaces the old unofficial jaguar page by Nils Jacobsen.
• Jaguar DOOM screenshots are there!
• An nice Atari Jaguar page by Jeff Schlicht. Many info about the Jag there! Check also his "Interesting Thingy" page.

• Cap Scott's Ultra 64 Web at Intelligent Gamer OnLine.

• Here is a new Atari LYNX WWW page with FAQs, game reviews, tricks, codes, etc...

• a site with Game Genie, Goldfinger, Action Replay, and patch codes. Itconverts codes also.
• A page dedicated to the game Killer Instinct
• Checkthis new Super Nintendo WWW page plenty of FAQs, tricks, reviews, *GREAT*
• Super Metroid Walkthrough
• Secret of Mana FAQ

• A nice game Boy WWW page by Marat Fayzullin. Contains lots of stuff: Don't forget to check the very good looking "Cheats and Password page"!
• The Game Boy FAQ

• Electronics Boutique (EB), a mall-based software and videogame retailer you may be familiar with, is now on the Web!
• Tronix Multimedia My favorite Mail-order game company for many platforms. Joe does a great job there. Note to european people: very fast oversea shipping at low price.
• Computer Express Check out Computer Express' selection of 3DO games and hardware. They have decent prices. You can also find their collection of PC Game demos here.
• The Internet Shopping Network
• Used Software Exchange Used 3DO games and software for other platforms can be found at this site.
• Here is the Greenleaf Online Store, which sells video game material for Sega, Nintendo, 3DO, Atari, Sony, and more. Here is a direct link to their video game section

• Electronic Arts WWW page. Contains links to the Origin Systems home page, to the EA ftp server which contains all EA's press releases and lots of screenshots.
• Psygnosis On Line.
• Konami USA.
• Sega maniacs, check the SEGA Web page
• BlueSky Software. They've done many games, including Vectorman, World Series Baseball (Genesis and 32X), and Jurassic Park.

• Look at the Intelligent Gamer Online : Bi-Weekly Journal for the Mature Gaming Community. Very professional with up-to-date infos, rumors, game reviews, etc...
• The Gamezero magazine contains game reviews, FAQs, technical information, etc...
• The Guru. Very good E-ZIne for reviews, codes, etc... has a 3DO and a PSX section among others...
• The NUKE Internet Interface. The video game section is derived from EGM (!!!).
• GD Review (ex Game Bytes) This electronic fanzine talks mainly about the PC and computer games but also has columns for the consoles (SNES, Genesis, Sega CD, 3DO). Very up-to-date.
• Video Gaming Hypermag. You can write your own articles there. Nice pages.

rtfm.mit.edu. For video game newsgroup archives:

Pinballs

• Pinball machines: all you want to know about all the pinball machines in town!

Doom

• Check the DWANGO (Dial-up Wide Area Gaming Operation) web page. It's the only server system endorsed by ID, and has a really good review in this Spetember 1995 issue of PC Gamer magazine.
• NEW! Spacetec IMC are the designer of a brand new product for Doom-related games (3-D controllers), check their home page and their Jumpgate WWW page, which is one of the best-looking page for Doom-Related links.

  The Spacetec IMC 3-D stick :

  
• Here is the Doom FAQ V5.7 ASCII (250k) and The HTML version.
• The ftp server for the wads, editors, faqs, etc...
• DOOM for Sillicon Graphics Workstations is here! If you get an access denied, try later, the site is often overloaded. Get all the sgi* files. IMPORTANT NOTE: DOOM SGI is a normal X11 application. If you run it on a SGI but set the display to any X11 display it will work! On my SUN LX, it runs *GREAT* (at least 20 frames/sec)!. I just don't have the sound.
• SGI DOOM users be happy! Here is the SGI DOOM FAQ!
• The unofficial Doom page
• Another Doom Page
• Again another Doom page
• Guess what ? Yes!a new Doom page!
• You want to Play Doom with a modem ? Check the Internet Modem Player Listing WWW page!. It has a section dedicated to Doom players (and another one to Air Warrior players).
• 3D techniques used by Doom's programmers ? Check this: Doom techniques.
• Is there a doom on internet ? YES! Check WT (What's That), the cooperative InterNet effort (headed by Chris Laurel) to create a sorta Doom-like 3d engine called "wt" ("what's that" -never capitalized). I tried myself the 0.05 version on a sparc LX, and it looks very promising!
• But the best doom-demo like for Sparc Stations or PC users is a demo produced by Criterion Software for Cannon. It shows the power of their 3D library (commercial). Check the demos on the Canon ftp site. The doom demo is REAL 3D (not like Doom) and *very impressive*.

NetMaze (X11 multiplayer game)

• The NetMaze official WWW page. NetMaze is an X11 multiplayer game very similar to Midi Maze on the old Atari ST.

Netrek

• The netrek mosaic server.
• Netrek high scores.

Arcade Games

• The SEGA Virtua Fighter WWW page!
• Real arcade games infos: how to buy one, how to rent one, some FAQs.

Classic video games

• You have an Atari 2600, 5200, 7800, a Mattel Intellivision console, a Vectrex ? Check this Classic Video Games mosaic page!

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