This batch of 3DO action pages ranges from fixed-camera horror and arcade shooting to tactical warfare, pinball rivalry, and an unusual fighting game detour.

Alone in the Dark

In the Derceto investigation, Edward Carnby or Emily Hartwood searches a Louisiana mansion after Jeremy Hartwood’s death. Painted backdrops, fixed viewpoints, scarce ammunition, and item-led puzzles make the estate feel deliberately hostile.

Alone in the Dark 2

Carnby’s pirate case sends Edward Carnby into Hell’s Kitchen to find Grace Saunders amid undead pirates and Elizabeth Jarret’s Voodoo. The detective-pulp setup is a sharp change from Derceto, while Grace’s escape chapters trade guns for hiding and quick reactions.

Ballz: The Director’s Cut

the spherical brawler is presented as a revised take on the ball-bodied fighting game, with combo exchanges and a line of animal bosses including a tyrannosaurus, kangaroo, scorpion, ostrich, and bull. How does its oddball roster compare with the stranger 16-bit fighters you remember?

Battle Pinball

the split-screen pinball race puts two score chases side by side, with four characters each linked to a dedicated table. Story battles and tournament brackets give solo sessions a route through the tables, but local competition is clearly the livelier match.

Blade Force

the Helipak campaign takes place in Meggagrid in 2110, where Dr. Grubert equips the player with a flight suit to fight the Pitt family. Seven missions mix urban flight, nine weapons, power-ups, hostage rescues, and boss encounters.

Brain Dead 13

the castle repair call turns a computer repair job into a chain of timed cartoon-horror escapes from Count Cain’s traps. It asks for route memorization and fast directional choices, then makes every wrong answer a gruesome animated gag.

Burning Soldier

the Kaisertian war keeps the fighter on a fixed route while the player moves a targeting reticle across incoming alien craft. Its Laser Vulcan Cannon and homing Blast Smashes suit asteroid fields, mines, and the final push toward Earth.

Cannon Fodder

the six-soldier campaign combines top-down command of a small squad with immediate gunfire across 72 missions. Bridges, forests, water crossings, grenades, rockets, and commandeered tanks turn each objective into a brisk tactical scramble.

Captain Quazar

Quazar’s galactic patrol follows an interstellar marshal through overhead firefights involving rescues, bomb disposal, and enemy clear-outs. Ammo, shield energy, grenades, and destructible scenery make reckless blasting a costly habit.

Which of these would you put on first for a 3DO evening: a Battle Pinball score duel, Cannon Fodder squad mission, or Burning Soldier target run?