Fixing my 3DO

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Fixing my 3DO

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Cool Story Bro time:

I bought a 3DO FZ-1 a couple of years back at a thrift store. I finally tried to boot it up and test it last night. When I turned it on, the CD tray ejected, but then would not go back in. I opened it up tonight, and it turns out there was a copy of "Jammit" stuck in the back of the drive. I thought that was rather appropriate.
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Limewater wrote:Cool Story Bro time:

I bought a 3DO FZ-1 a couple of years back at a thrift store. I finally tried to boot it up and test it last night. When I turned it on, the CD tray ejected, but then would not go back in. I opened it up tonight, and it turns out there was a copy of "Jammit" stuck in the back of the drive. I thought that was rather appropriate.
Ha, nice.
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:lol: That reminds me of all the times CDs would "vanish" into the innards of my early 2000's Sony 3-disk stereo.
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So what's up, is it working now that you unjammed Jammit?
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Ziggy587 wrote:So what's up, is it working now that you unjammed Jammit?
After getting it out of where it should not have been, I put the game in the tray and it booted right up. I just did a slam dunk with Roxy. I haven't hooked up the audio, though, so I guess it's possible that the sound is messed up, but that's unlikely.

Not bad for $8.
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