It Seemed Rather Promising A programme about forgotten game consoles and the people who confidently bought them. Presented by Will Matthews, formerly known to a small but worryingly persistent corner of the internet as 3DOkid. Part retro-gaming history, part technological archaeology, and part investigation into what happens when clever people become terribly enthusiastic about ideas that don't always work. From forgotten hardware and improbable games to the extraordinary ambitions of the early computer industry, each episode explores the stories behind the machines, the people who made them.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIt Seemed Rather Promising A programme about forgotten game consoles and the people who confidently bought them. Presented by Will Matthews, formerly known to a small but worryingly persistent corner of the internet as 3DOkid. Part retro-gaming history, part technological archaeology, and part investigation into what happens when clever people become terribly enthusiastic about ideas that don't always work.
Recent episodes include "The History of 3DO, Part 2: From Wall Street to the UK Launch" (26 October 2026, 32 minutes), "Gex: What Was a Next-Generation Platformer Supposed to Be?" (23 October 2026, 22 minutes), and "The History of 3DO Part 1: Late '80s till IPO." (23 October 2026, 25 minutes).
It Seemed Rather Promising publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 22 minutes.
Booking probability for It Seemed Rather Promising is 36%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. It Seemed Rather Promising requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. It Seemed Rather Promising's contact route on record: public web form.
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It Seemed Rather Promising
<p>In May 1993, Trip Hawkins had successfully convinced Wall Street that 3DO represented the future of interactive entertainment. There was just one small problem. Somebody now had to build it, ship it, and persuade...
It Seemed Rather Promising
<p>In 1995, the videogame industry had a problem. Everyone knew platform games were enormously popular, but nobody seemed entirely sure what a next-generation platformer was supposed to look like.</p><p>Nintendo stuck...
It Seemed Rather Promising
<p>Before the PlayStation. Before the Saturn. And before anyone thought spending $699 on a games console was a perfectly reasonable idea, there was 3DO.</p><p>In this episode of *It Seemed Rather Promising*, we travel...
<p>In December 1995, Sanyo released N.O.B. Neo Organic Bioform for the Japanese Panasonic 3DO.</p><p>It promised a disturbing science-fiction world, extraordinary computer-generated creatures, genetic experimentation...
It Seemed Rather Promising
<p>Thirty years ago, I bought Myst for the Panasonic 3DO, admired its extraordinary graphics, played it for five minutes and declared it boring.</p><p>In 2026, I decided to give it a proper chance.</p><p>What followed...
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