Proof of ownership of an M2 - FZ-21S1

Yeah it would be interesting for this to be sold to someone who would do somethign with it and keep the forum in the loop rather then someones glass box.

 

I'm bidding on 1 now on eBay - I figured a little bit more debt won't hurt seeing as I'm in the crapper anyway hehehe

I can't code C++ if my life depended on it, maybe if the refractor 2 engine ever went anywhere other than battlefield or rallisport I'd be able to do something with it but bleh If I did win the auction though I'd be more than willing to make some use of the hardware and use it atleast to compile code (If someone else did the coding and sent me the files) which would be better than nothing

 

next full chipped console on ebay is mine =)

 

Which flea market did you go to? I might have to drive up there .

 

...i might have to flight up there!

 

Don't waste your time boys. I got the only one they had. The man has alzhiemers and didn't remember selling it to the week before, and the wife had no clue how they got it. It is a small flea market which only has about 15 permanent vendors and 50 weekly. The weekly vendors are people who live too far out in the country to have a yard sale, so they bring their goods to the flea market.

 

That's a shame. I'd be curious as to how the unit came into North Carolina. As far as I know, there isn't much going on here gaming-wise, other than that guy who is supposedly the "Top 5th Tekken player" in the nation (or was it 12th?).

Is this what a "commercial" M2 would've looked like? I've seen models similar to yours, but they're white (ASSEMbler and zappenduster have one, I think).

 

Yes, the grey units are the closest thing to a finished M2 as you can get. The white units were Protos and Devs.

 

The dark gray unit that I have looks very finished. No hand made parts or connections to be found. BTW check out the new high res pics of it at http://sflynn.info

I'm going to have the unit for a few weeks if anyone can send me a copy of some Arcade M2 software and a regular 3DO disk to try on it.

 

What happens to it after a few weeks? Are you selling it (excuse me if you've already answered that question - I haven't read the entire thread)?

 

I would love to get a hold of any complete M2 unit, but right now it is too rich for my blood.

Does anyone have an exact # of how many full functional M2's there are in existance?


^_^_^

 

i think the number is unknown.

 

I myself have seen less than ten. That includes eBay and whoever owns one up here . That doesn't mean there aren't plenty more, though.

 

just a guess since i watched the ebay sales a little:

alone the interplay sale brought up at least 10 complete development units including mac m2 emulation card, cddrive, cables, power cable including voltage transformater (dont ask me for the english word =) little m2 documentry and the release 3.0 software development kit (might be 15 sold now and some are left i think so i lost track some weeks ago)

in japan i guess there are at least 1 full setup which know and 1 emulation card for mac ( the owner of the full setup tried to sell his some weeks ago and i have heard he has some cards left) that setup was for a m2 mediaplayer programming (16mb instead of the normal 8mb ram i think)

then there is the full console (chipset included not just the cd drive like in the development systems) that rpa bought, this was complete in a case and with controller i think (rpa could you pease send me some pictures of you unit maybe the old ebay ones ?)

then we have the 3do m2 full chipset final stage us version i think from ssflynn in beautifull black (or gray hard to tell) first black unit i have seen ever

and not to forget assembler had or has maybe a m2 himself (not sure if cddrive or full chiped console)

now if you count in the various other m2 related items which are out then you get some more (i have seen around 5 m2 emulation cards going over ebay, one m2 controller bought by me =)

so if you assume that interplay wasnt the only company that had m2s you can guess the number of all m2 ever produced must be above 50

btw. the pc development of diablo (pc game) was in parts founded by the money that 3do gave to the company for producing a football game for the m2 :happyhap:

 

I can get you some pics of my M2 no problem. Just give me your email address.