the 4 known M2-based arcade games Polystars . . . . . Evil Night aka Hell Night . . . . . Battle Tryst . . . . . Total Vice a nice review of Polystars with some nice pictures http://www.classicgaming.com/shmups/reviews/polystars/
Topper i don´t know if it is portugese or spanish your site but i think there are some friendly people on this forum who could translate the page (or some of it) Xerdopwerko for an example if it is spanish and i think Paulo could translate it if it is in portugese just my two cents
Hey come on, i very much doubt anyone here could differentiate between swedish, Danish, Finnish or norwegian (except the scandinavians, of course)
babelfish or the google translater worked pretty well on toppers site (much better then on the japanese coffee maker =) some nice infos i found there i hope i can use some on my site regarding the 3do m2 (after i asked for permission but the site is far from finish=)
Nubus was kept in the original PowerMacs (x100 series), but was then replaced with PCI. IDE is just for connecting disks. Also, I dare guess that that isn't a Nubus slot. It is a DIN connector, that's true, but it's probably used for some 3DO-specific expansion.
but the 3do m2 developersystem card for emulating the 3do m2 hardware is also based in a powermac nubus slot so maybe its a nubus slot looks like its time i get one of those kiosk systems also =)
not to offend the finnish people but you CAN see difference between danish and finnish and the other scandinavian languages Finnish is related to hungarian in some strange way i can´t remember so Finnish and the Sami Language is the two non scandinavian languages in scandinavia the scandinavian "family" of languages is Norwegian, Swedish(heisan idrougge ) Icelandic and the Faroe Islands language and Danish offcourse. steadster: i smacked myself (not you)
Unfortunately, my french is quite rusty. I did study french for two years, though, and can read it with moderate success. Combining my rusty and quite basic knowledge of this language (though it is very similar to mine), and some help from internet translators, I can render a rather limited translation of the text. _____________________________________ Panasonic FZ 35S Analysis. The Panasonic M2 was, apparently released in an official manner in 1998 in the United States. The machine pictured in this page is originally from Japan, but intended for commercialization in this country. The presence of a documentation that includes both French and English transaations, however, makes one thinkt that it was perhaps intended for the Candian market. The comercialization of this unit was performed under an air of indifference, and it's quite difficult to obtain information. (Picture) The box contains the central unit, documentation and a standard shaped power cord, intended for the 110 Volt standard of the american continent (two pictures) The FZ35S model of the Panasonic M2 presents a disconcertantly "sober" (simple, perhaps?) design. The Panasonic firm had accustomed us to more innovative design, especially in earlier consoles, like the 3DO or the earlier prototypes of the M2. (picture) A simple button upon the face of the unit controls the power (on/off). Another, on the DVD drive, is intended for opening or closing the uinit. A dial, towards the left of the drive, allows the control of volume, like many of the readers of the time. (picture) In the rear of the unit, one can find several ports that are pleasant to see. A switch to toggle an RGB out for a monitor, or S-Video or RCA Composite output. (picture) Two PS/2 ports allow to connect a keyboard, a mouse, or a PC trackball. Two serial ports are equally present and intended to connect a touchscreen or an external modem. A parallell port is also present, that allows the user to connect a printer. The presence of a "controller" port is somewhat perplexing, however. The documentation states that this port is intended for a connection to an input/output low speed peripheral. This port is exclusively for the "interactive multimedia reader". It seems to be the exact same shape of a 3DO joypad port, but since the documentation states the danger of fire or damage to the unit, this was not tested. (picture) When the unit is powered up, a "please wait" screen appears during the first seconds of the start-up process. The hard drive then boots up and the reader attempts to locate a compatible DVD media. Since the processors are not cooled by ventilators, one can expect the machine to operate quietly. However, the extractor fan located in the rear of the unit proves to be quite noisy. (picture) Several types of media were tested. Audio CD, Video CD, Video DVD, and 3DO CDs, for example. None of the media was booted by the unit, however, either original or copies. A screen requesting a disc ("please insert disc") appeared, instead. (picture) Summary The FZ-35S model Panasonic M2 is a media-reader with a dream-like quality of manufacture. However, the design is rather arid, and thus, it does not make a very impressive object to display. And it is not much more than a display object, since the lack of compatible software on DVD, also, reduces this machine's usability to almost nothing. The machine does appear to be greatly powerful, and the characteristics of the market at the time make this unit seem a very "general purpose" machine. One could compare it to the Amstrad GX4000. This console also has a variety of impressive features. It makes one wonder if the availability of too many impressive features reflects the developer's inability to market a properly directed, task-specific unit - thus making it commercially unviable. Taking these characteristics as a whole, the FZ35S is recommended only for collectors.
Evil Night...I think I played that game! Was awesome too, if i remember the right game. Was the middle gun a shotgun thing? Man, i know exactly the place that has/had it, might need to throw an offer at them for the system lol.
I must translate the caracteristics but I have them on the documentation. Here the page translated : http://www.tuvgm.com/3do/pages/english/6_2.php XerdoPwerko, if you want I can put your e-mail on the bottom of the page.
Thanks, Topper. It would be great, dude. Is it alright that if instead of the email you would link to my webpage? Here's the link http://xerdo.monkeysensei.net
