Tomb Raider 3do -
But the official reason?
When Core Design announced Tomb Raider , it was a technical marvel. The fully 3D environments, the fluid (if blocky) animation of Lara, and the atmospheric lighting were cutting edge. It was announced for PC, PlayStation, Saturn... and the 3DO. tomb raider 3do
By the spring of 1997, Eidos Interactive officially canceled the 3DO version. It was simply too late. The Saturn version sold poorly enough; a 3DO version would have been financial suicide. To this day, no ROM, no beta, no prototype of the 3DO version of Tomb Raider has ever surfaced. But the official reason
When the press asked Trip Hawkins (3DO’s founder) why Tomb Raider was canceled, he deflected. He didn't say "We couldn't run it." He said "The market shifted." It was announced for PC, PlayStation, Saturn