Today's super little article is about a nice new development for the Panasonic 3DO. Developer Todd Gill has released 3DO ODE Menu, a replacement interface for several popular optical drive emulators that makes browsing and managing games stored on SD cards easier.

It introduces cover artwork, favorites, recently played games, faster navigation, customizable themes and some useful improvements for multidisc games like Wing Commander III. Gill has also created a companion Cover Maker utility that can automatically find and prepare game artwork, which is a particularly nice touch. I've included plenty of screenshots showing the new interface and how it all works.

I love seeing developers continue to improve the experience of using original hardware, especially for consoles like the 3DO that don't always receive as much attention as Nintendo and Sega's machines. It's not a new emulator or a replacement console, just a nice, useful quality-of-life improvement for people still enjoying their 3DOs more than thirty years later!

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[–] 6 points 8 hours ago

I love to see passionate people working on the slightly more niche retro systems. The 3DO has tons of great, but also strange and unique, games.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child)

    And not a decade too late!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    Seeing that pic of the deck brings back so many memories. I had actually forgotten what both the deck and the controller looked like.

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    [–] 1 point 3 hours ago

    cover art and favorites on an ODE menu is such a nice upgrade. scrolling a wall of filenames on a 3DO was rough

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