3DO

3DO
Developer: 3DO Company Released in JP: March 1994 Released in US: October 4, 1993 Released in EU: March 23, 1994 This game has a hidden developer message. This game has hidden developer credits.

The 3DO was an attempt by Trip Hawkins (founder of Electronic Arts) at creating a standardized format for video game consoles, similar to what VHS was for videocassettes, right down to licensing out its hardware for various other tech manufacturers to produce in their own styles. Panasonic produced the launch model of the console, with Sanyo and Goldstar later offering their own flavors.

While it had a lot of potential and even some promising early support, mostly from EA (due to Hawkins' ties to the company), it never really broke any ground thanks to its $700 pricetag, which the 3DO Company refused to lower for a while - and when it finally conceded to a price drop, it was too little too late to keep the system afloat.

Developer Message

Present inside all versions of the BIOS is a message from those who worked on the system:

 This WHOLLY ODD collection of code brought to you by:

 Dale "You mean my house burned down last month and I never noticed?" Luck
 -=RJ=- "Hey, I never approved those messages!" Mical
 Joe "You were asleep at the time" Pillow
 Dave "Strictly corect" Platt
 Bryce "Angel of death" "Nesbitl" Nesbitt
 Stephen "Not Stephan" Landrum
 Andy "I miss my Cats" Finkel
 Chris "Whaddya mean you took it out?" McFall
 Drew "Don't touch my toys" Shell
 Mr. Pockets
 Nerf(tm) brand weapons
 Phil "I can't hear you" Burk
 Stan "I thought you were done" Shepard
 Steve "That !@%$#& drive" Hayes 
 Bill Long
 Barry Solomon

 And all those who were not in the building at 2am when the cops
 showed up
 

It can be found at the following locations in the BIOS:

Model	Location (Hex Address)
Panasonic FZ-1	150BC
Panasonic FZ-10	79B4
Sanyo TRY	79A4
Goldstar	79A4

(Source: aliast, suddendesu)