<s>
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
is	O
an	O
add-on	O
produced	O
by	O
Creative	O
Labs	O
and	O
designed	O
to	O
allow	O
compatible	O
Windows-based	O
PCs	B-Device
to	O
play	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
full-sized	O
ISA	B-Architecture
compatibility	B-Device
card	I-Device
,	O
and	O
unlike	O
other	O
such	O
add-ons	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
emulate	O
a	O
3DO	B-Device
system	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
the	O
whole	O
system	O
's	O
logic	O
board	O
is	O
included	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
input	O
(	O
controllers	O
)	O
and	O
output	O
(	O
video	O
&	O
audio	O
)	O
redirected	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
was	O
marketed	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
board	O
for	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
owners	O
(	O
but	O
only	O
drives	O
with	O
a	O
Panasonic	O
interface	O
)	O
or	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
necessary	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
drivers	O
allowed	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
(	O
3.1	O
)	O
based	O
gameplay	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
real-time	O
stretching	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
window	O
and	O
screenshot	O
capturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
graphics	O
boards	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
(	O
1994	O
)	O
were	O
not	O
up	O
to	O
par	O
with	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
needs	O
,	O
a	O
pass-through	O
using	O
a	O
VGA	B-Architecture
feature	I-Architecture
connector	I-Architecture
link	O
was	O
used	O
,	O
thus	O
reserving	O
an	O
area	O
on	O
screen	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
card	O
's	O
output	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
3DO	B-Device
system	O
from	O
Panasonic	O
(	O
REAL	O
FZ-1	O
)	O
an	O
FMV	B-Application
daughter-card	O
enabling	O
Video	O
CD	O
playback	O
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
since	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
failed	O
to	O
achieve	O
momentum	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Saved	O
games	O
were	O
stored	O
in	O
NVRAM	B-General_Concept
on	O
the	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
card	O
was	O
sold	O
with	O
the	O
cables	O
needed	O
,	O
a	O
3DO	B-Device
controller	O
by	O
Logitech	O
,	O
and	O
two	O
3DO	B-Device
games	O
on	O
CD	O
:	O
Shock	O
Wave	O
from	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
and	O
Gridders	O
from	O
Tetragon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
CD	O
,	O
containing	O
demos	O
of	O
popular	O
3DO	B-Device
games	O
was	O
also	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
,	O
but	O
pictures	O
of	O
both	O
titles	O
can	O
be	O
seen	O
on	O
the	O
back	O
of	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
packing	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
