Need help playing japanese 3do games!

Lisa Neufeld

unread,

Dec 12, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/12/97

to

I recently picked up 3 very cool looking japanese 3do games at a
pawnshop for $20. I have played jap 3do games on my console before but
i didnt notice that these ones say on the cover "for japan only".

Is there a swap method or something to play them with?
I have the original fz-10 model

thanks, any help will be appreciated.

brad

Bojay1997

unread,

Dec 13, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/13/97

to

They should work ok on your system. I have tons of Japanese games and they all
work fine.

Bojay

Lisa Neufeld

unread,

Dec 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/17/97

to

Actually, i have tried playing them and it starts reading the disc then
acts as though there isnt a disk in the drive. Any ideas?

Brad

Joe Petrow

unread,

Dec 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/18/97

to

On Fri, 19 Dec 1997, Al Amaloo wrote:

> Are you using a Goldstar machine? One of the visitors on my web site
> emailed this tid-bit awhile back:
>
> "In a recent mailing from Goldstar, I was informed that Japanese games are
>
> not compatible with the American Goldstar 3DO. This also goes for
> American games which have the option for the Japanese language, such as
> Primal Rage"
>
> Yet another reason to stick with the FZ-1 or FZ-10.

I own an American Goldstar. Not only does it play Japanese games quite
fine (with no stupid swapping techniques necessary as in Playstation,
Saturn et al), I am using it in Japan with no problems. Which is good,
because I can find lots of great 3DO games on clearance for about 100 yen
apiece in Akihabara.

Joe Petrow
joe...@server.berkeley.edu
http://server.berkeley.edu/~joepet

Al Amaloo

unread,

Dec 19, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/19/97

to

Lisa Neufeld <lisa_n...@bc.sympatico.ca> wrote:

>Actually, i have tried playing them and it starts reading the disc then
>acts as though there isnt a disk in the drive. Any ideas?

Are you using a Goldstar machine? One of the visitors on my web site

emailed this tid-bit awhile back:

"In a recent mailing from Goldstar, I was informed that Japanese games are

not compatible with the American Goldstar 3DO. This also goes for
American games which have the option for the Japanese language, such as
Primal Rage"

Yet another reason to stick with the FZ-1 or FZ-10.

_______________________________________________________________________
Al Amaloo - Video Game Strategies Guide at The Mining Company
Cheat codes, hints, and FAQs for over 3,500 games - updated daily
3DO, PlayStation, Nintendo 64, Saturn, PC, and other home systems...
http://vgstrategies.miningco.com

Bojay1997

unread,

Dec 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/20/97

to

I have heard that certain games do not work properly unless your 3do has a
Kanji chip installed. It may be that there were several versions of the
Goldstar 3do. My FZ-1 is a multisystem PAL/NTSC unit with a Kanji chip built
in.

Dave Platt

unread,

Dec 20, 1997, 3:00:00 AM12/20/97

to

Most Japanese games should run fine on a U.S. 3DO console (one which
does not have the Kanji font it its ROM). Properly-written games use
an operating system utility which either accesses the font ROM, or (if
it's not present) loads the necessary glyphs from a Kanji file located
on the CD-ROM. Naturally, the games will run somewhat more slowly on
a system without the ROM, as the CD-ROM drive is slower than the
built-in ROM.

There were a relatively small number of Japanese titles (a few early
games, and some console-model-specific demo CDs) which don't use the
"load it from disc if it isn't in the ROM" routines, and these will
not run on a U.S. 3DO console.

--
Dave Platt Speaker-to-kernels
dpl...@nc.com Network Computer Inc.
Visit the Jade Warrior home page: http://iq.nc.com/jade-warrior/