3DO
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3DO is a fifth-generation home video game console developed by The 3DO Company and known for its advanced multimedia capabilities and high launch price.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 3DO canonical | 18 |
| 3DO Interactive Multiplayer | 7 |
| 3DO Company | 3 |
| 3DO Interactive Multiplayer console | 2 |
| The 3DO Company | 2 |
| 3DO console | 1 |
| 3DO system software | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8552150 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3DO Context triple: [Samurai Shodown, platform, 3DO]
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A.
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a mid-1990s home video game console by Atari, marketed as the first 64-bit system and known for its limited library and commercial failure.
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B.
Atari Falcon
The Atari Falcon is a 32-bit home computer released by Atari in the early 1990s, notable for its advanced audio and graphics capabilities and based on the Motorola 68030 processor.
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C.
Bethesda Arcade
Bethesda Arcade is the ornate, tunnel-like passageway beneath Bethesda Terrace in New York City's Central Park, known for its decorative Minton tile ceiling and role as a key architectural feature of the park.
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D.
Sega Saturn
The Sega Saturn is a mid-1990s 32-bit home video game console by Sega, known for its strong 2D capabilities, complex hardware architecture, and commercial struggle against the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64.
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E.
Atari XEGS
The Atari XEGS is a hybrid video game console and home computer released by Atari in the late 1980s, designed to play Atari 8-bit computer games while also offering basic computing capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 3DO Target entity description: 3DO is a fifth-generation home video game console developed by The 3DO Company and known for its advanced multimedia capabilities and high launch price.
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A.
Atari Jaguar
The Atari Jaguar is a mid-1990s home video game console by Atari, marketed as the first 64-bit system and known for its limited library and commercial failure.
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B.
Atari Falcon
The Atari Falcon is a 32-bit home computer released by Atari in the early 1990s, notable for its advanced audio and graphics capabilities and based on the Motorola 68030 processor.
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C.
Bethesda Arcade
Bethesda Arcade is the ornate, tunnel-like passageway beneath Bethesda Terrace in New York City's Central Park, known for its decorative Minton tile ceiling and role as a key architectural feature of the park.
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D.
Sega Saturn
The Sega Saturn is a mid-1990s 32-bit home video game console by Sega, known for its strong 2D capabilities, complex hardware architecture, and commercial struggle against the Sony PlayStation and Nintendo 64.
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E.
Atari XEGS
The Atari XEGS is a hybrid video game console and home computer released by Atari in the late 1980s, designed to play Atari 8-bit computer games while also offering basic computing capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fifth-generation video game console
ⓘ
home video game console ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
3DO console
ⓘ
linked to:
3DO
|
| audioMemory | 0.5 MB ⓘ |
| audioOutput | stereo audio ⓘ |
| businessModel | licensing to multiple manufacturers ⓘ |
| colorPalette | 16.7 million colors ⓘ |
| competesWith |
Atari Jaguar
ⓘ
Sega Genesis ⓘ
linked to:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega Saturn ⓘ Sony PlayStation ⓘ
linked to:
PlayStation
Super Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ |
| controllerDaisyChainSupport | yes ⓘ |
| controllerPorts | 1 ⓘ |
| cpu | ARM60 ⓘ |
| cpuClockSpeed | 12.5 MHz ⓘ |
| designer |
The 3DO Company
ⓘ
linked to:
3DO
|
| developer |
The 3DO Company
ⓘ
linked to:
3DO
|
| generation | fifth generation ⓘ |
| initialLaunchRegion | North America ⓘ |
| launchPriceUSD | 699 ⓘ |
| lifecycleEnd | mid-1990s ⓘ |
| mainMemory | 2 MB RAM ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
GoldStar
ⓘ
Panasonic ⓘ Sanyo ⓘ |
| maxOnScreenColors | 16.7 million ⓘ |
| mediaFormat | CD-ROM ⓘ |
| multimediaCapabilities |
CD-quality audio
ⓘ
full-motion video playback ⓘ |
| notableGame |
Gex
ⓘ
Return Fire ⓘ Road Rash ⓘ Star Control II ⓘ
linked to:
Star Control
The Need for Speed ⓘ |
| platformName |
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
ⓘ
linked to:
3DO
|
| reasonForCommercialFailure |
high launch price
ⓘ
limited third-party support ⓘ strong competition from other consoles ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1993-10-04 ⓘ |
| subsequentLaunchRegion |
Europe
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ |
| successor |
M2 (cancelled console project)
ⓘ
linked to:
Dreamcast
|
| supports3DGraphics | yes ⓘ |
| supportsFMV | yes ⓘ |
| videoMemory | 1 MB VRAM ⓘ |
| videoOutput |
S-Video
ⓘ
composite video ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: 3DO Description of subject: 3DO is a fifth-generation home video game console developed by The 3DO Company and known for its advanced multimedia capabilities and high launch price.
Referenced by (34)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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