3DO:Playing Game Backups

The 3DO has no copy protection built-in, meaning that any out-of-region or homebrew CD-R can boot without performing any physical modification to the console. This section documents how you can play your physical backups on your 3DO, provided that you own it and have previously created a backup.

Prerequisites

• A 3DO model (any model is supported)
  • If your model has trouble reading burned media, try re-adjusting the laser pot. This will, however, requires knowledge of proper maintenance.
• A computer with an appropriate CD-RW burner
• ImgBurn
• High-quality CD-R media (use either Taiyo Yuden (CMC) or Verbatim AZO media, do NOT use CD-RW discs)
• A backup of your disc (can either be in BIN/CUE or ISO format, BIN/CUE recommended)

Burning your backup

1. Open "ImgBurn" and select the icon labelled "Write image file to disc".
2. Under the 'Source' tab, select the 'magnifying glass' icon, and open the disc image you wish to burn.
3. Under 'Settings', make sure that the write speed is set to the slowest if possible (do not use anything like 8x speed or higher, as this will put far more strain on the laser, making it harder to read the disc otherwise).
4. Click the "Burn" button to write the image to the disc.