I picked up a 32x after it didn't take off in a second hand shop.the games were rarer than rocking horse shit and I never found virtua fighter.I did manage to find doom and playing it back the with headphones on was amazing.I also had a fifa game on there,I think it was fifa 96,also very good.I had some god awful beat em up that wanted to be street fighter but in space with aliens,that was awful.but I gotta say I enjoyed my 32x
Great video man, in those days that was the real deal and if you was the owner of such a thing you were the man! haha cool video... now the playstation 3 is like a monster! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO GOOD VIDEO.
@metriodpower AVGN is a nintendo fanboy. He's not a huge fanboy but it's clear he is completely ignorant and bias about sega products. The 32x has plenty of good games and they're often called the best console ports.
@metriodpower Wow I really wanna listen to some 12 Y.O. imature fanboy rant on in capital letters because he thinks he's so cool and he takes everything the AVGN takes seriously even though it's suposed to be for fun. James must think you're such a little faggit. He hates his imature fanboys you know that right? Sonic Adventure WAS one of the best games in 1999 so I don't know what your problem is. Sega is dead and gone but that doesn't mean everything they did sucked back in the day.
@metriodpower If you want to learn about some popular 32x games, then you can look up Mortal Kombat 2, NBA Jam, Blackthorne, After Burner, and Space Harrier. Those are games that are popular on all consoles, so you can't just hate them for being on a sega console. I mention they are on multiple consoles, because you clearly hate the 32x simply because it is a sega product.
@modewr no it was virtua racing for the mega drive (genesis) that had the DSP chip in it. i can remember it cost around £70. an averege mega drive (genesis) game cost £50 at the time.
What they probably should have done was perhaps make a revision to the CDX that also did what the whole combo did, then people could've replaced their combo with one unit that ran all 3 types of games. Sega could've skipped the Genesis 2 for instance & just sell the CDX which ran Genesis & CD games then later on a single unit which played all 3.
I'm not going to mention the possibility of the Saturn having backward-compatibility as I bet Sega wouldn't have wanted that anyway.
The 32X actually had about 40 games for it. However, about 20 of them were either ported from the Mega Drive/Genesis or Mega CD with minor improvements(e.g. After Burner, Night Trap), got an improved Saturn port(e.g.Doom), or both(Virtua Racing, NBA Jam, Primal Rage, Corpse Killer, Mortal Kombat II). Some of the remaining 20 appeared on non-Sega consoles. So in all, there's only about 15 games unique to the 32X.
Actually, the Sega 32X retailed for $149.99 in 1994/1995. I was one of the few who had this thing back then and you're right...it could have been something. I always thought if they released this thing maybe a year earlier it would have been a hit. I mean by 1993 the 3DO was out and they wanted about $700 bucks for it! This would have been a good alternative to give fans a taste of where things were going in gaming.
Anyways, if you want a good game...check out Chaotix if you haven't already.
US&EU names are "SEGA 32X". JP name is "SUPER 32X". Virture Fighter 32X is poor dirty music. But, it's a cartridge game so data loading time less than SEGA SATURN CD-ROM version. Also 32X version be able to change the 3D view point of camera. In Japan, 32X version was sold record only under the 6,000. Because, as for 1995 year's video game market of Japan, the MEGA DRIVE market was almost diying.
I'm a big fan of the 32X. It really was a massive boost to the MegaDrives specs. And still every time I play my favourite 32X games, I always think of what could of been done. Cant wait till I Knuckles Chaotix. "Guano bowls, collect the whole set" hahaha
Did you guys know that Darkstalkers and Castlevania symphony of the night was suppose to be release on 32x?It would of been sweet to see a symphony of the night game on 32x with no loading time at all.
@MN12BIRD Maybe someone formerly with Capcom and/or Konami could make homebrews of those games for the 32X.
And I got a 32X for my birthday this year. However, Knuckles' Chaotix didn't work (but the other games I have, Virtua Fighter and Star Wars Arcade, do). :-(
Call me a idiot but, I heard the 32x actually broke some genesis games, like literally fried them. I can't help but worry since some of my titles are rare.
@Snotnarok I've never had that happen BUT I have heard a few people say it. They might have just "heard it from someone who heard it from someone" so I'm not sure if it's just a rumor or if it can happen. Just not sure but if you're really worried I would just use the 32X when you play 32X games and never use it for Genesis games.
@MN12BIRD It's hard to trust word of mouth with people and older systems, it's usually filled with BS, I heard so much crap about the NES and fixes and whatever. I know you can take it out and such, I'm still looking for a decent deal for a 32X, I found nothing so far, playntrade is asking for 30 bucks and that's madness. Ebay always has "not tested" or "missing cables so I'm still on my quest, but off topic, thanks for replying.
SEGA made it hard for 3rd party developers to get the best out of the hardware back in the days of 32X & Saturn. Providing decent documentation would have helped greatly. Poor decisions like this, killed SEGA's chances in the 32bit battle. But still, despite these errors in judgement from SEGA, nothing can take away their classic status....SEGA FOREVER!
You know what, that does not look at all bad. I got an import Japanese Saturn within a week of its launch in 94, and this was one of the first games I got with the system (along with Clockwork Knight and a few others that were available). This version looks technically VERY close to the Sega Saturn version. I have to say I am impressed that an add on for the Megadrive could produce that (for the time) quality. You were talking about a $20,000 state of the art arcade machine rammed into a cart !
The anticipation for anything new back then had one teetering on nailbiting insanity. The mere thought of having Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing and Doom on a TV screen (and not a 486) was beyond "gotta have it now". Sure I was upset wit the lack of good titles and got screwed in the long run but gamers live for the moment, and the moment was 32x
when the 32x was brand new. A year later they were selling for $30 at Toys R' Us Christmas time 1995
my older bro got this back in the day. we only had like 4 games then we lost some metal insert and it became useless :-/ memories but it let us down compared to other systems and peripherals
Sega of Japan had not informed Sega of America that the Saturn was under development, so when the more information about the Sony Playstations development came out Sega of America became more and more worried. So they developed the 32 X as a counter to the playstation not knowing that the Saturn was under way. But of course, Sega of Japan didnt whant two competing 32 bit systems, and tis is why the 32 X was so quickly abandoned
The Saturn PCB design was really nothing more than a combination Genesis Sega CD, as there was another design that never made it (Jupiter?) that had no CD drive. It was wide and flat. Alot of news and hoopla surrounded the development of the Saturn in 1993. There were various shots of designs of the new console and the Jap Saturn originally was sort of beige and contained a fan on the left front side. fan was later removed but the pinnings were still visible even on the US version early on.
Ultimate Doom on PS1 and Doom 64 both slaughtered the shitty 32x version. Not even close. Also, even the crappy SNES Doom had better music and more levels than 32x Doom. At the time, even John Carmack said Ultimate Doom PS1 was his fav version, right on the box. Swish!
Maybe but I was on the 32x when it arrived and the PS1 wasn't even available yet. That would be the fall '95 as I got a PS1 on release day. So I wore out the 32x and the Jag at about the same time.
@meanmanturbo I don't know where you heard that. First of all, the 32x was released in Japan and Europe. It wasn't something solely created by Sega of America. And when the 32x was conceived, the president of sega in japan was at the meeting and gave the okay on it. The 32x was quickly abandoned, because the industry was moving to disc based media. The 32x also just wasn't as powerful as the Saturn or PS1 so it wouldn't handle the games as well if it did get a cartridge port.
Well i can dream can't i??it would be lovely to see Sega back in the console biz..If id've said to you 10 years back that sonic and mario could maybe appear in the same games or even have sega titles on a ninty console you would have given me the same reply..I think if these two companys joined forces it would probably cause a rift in the space time continuim and mark the start of the end of this dimension!!!(mebby)
The 32X is the reason I stopped buying SEGA products. Lots of people were upset they got screwed over with the 32X, since the company discontinued it almost immediately and threw all their support into the Saturn.
SEGA was insanely popular, but their shady business tactics drove most of their customers to the Sony Playstation.
I purchased the 32X on a Friday. The next day, I read in a popular Sega magazine that Sega already gave up on the 32X so I brought it back on Monday to refund my money. I paid $150 for it and bought 2 games with it. I used the refunded money to buy a CD-deck that I now still use after 15 years. Most wise decision I ever made.
I wonder why it seems like both Sega and Sony have bad track records for good system documentation. I'll admit the DC and PS2 had easy-to-code devkits (such as the WinCE kit the DC used), but most third-party games had awful sound and sometimes even horrible graphics and unavoidable game glitches on those systems as well.
You might've misread my comment, I didn't know the PS2 had a WinCE devkit either, so maybe it doesn't have one. I'd think Microsoft would've kept to themselves as they used a Windows devkit (Visual Studio XDK) for the original Xbox.
I do know, however, that the PS2 had a RenderWare devkit from Criteron (part of EA), as well as Sony's PS2 Linux Kit that might've served that same purpose.
interesting. wish i had one with primal rage 32x version and mortal combat. of course i could just get some ps2 versions of those games in midway compilations that are probably better versions :P
no terminator sega cd defnitly snatcher sonic cd final fight cd and pehaps a few more.sega cd was the bom back in the days.i bought one cheap back in 94 oww was it love,to a point where the crappy fmv games came in.32 was crappy but still not as crappy as a virtual boy.
I really like the 32X. I've had a lot of fun with it and it has been one of the most enjoyable things I have ever collected for. It may have been a little expensive back them but its not expensive at all these days unless you get an unopened boxed one off of ebay. It wasnt a commercial success and has a small library of games but there are a lot of good games for it in proportion to the amount made for it. Overall, its a good system and any SEGA or Genesis fan should check it out.
hey if you ever get knuckles chaotix for the 32x can you make a video of it oh i fyou ever get another 32x it would be funny if you made a video showing what would happen if you put a 32x onto a 32x to 32xs on the genesis
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Great video! I bought the 32X in February of 1995 a month after it's UK release. It was a nightmare due to the amount of cable's it had when added to the Megadrive and Mega CD. Anyhow, like you said the Megadrive was on it's way out in 1995, in fact I remember the last few games in my gamestore were sold off for under £10.00 (Sterling). I picked up Doom 32X, Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter for £25 for all three.
Good times but all too late for Sega, 32X should have been released sooner.
also, there is another one going to be called the "RingWide" which is just another name for the "RingEdge" for other countries, the only difference will be a the processor and video hardware.
That is all the "Ringedge" is, it's an arcade machine dude, it will be in arcade's in Japan and whatnot, and probably not here, if it does come here, it will be a arcade machine, NOT a home console, so yeah.
If Sega does decide to make a comeback on consoles. It would be only fair if they name it Neptune. Since the original Neptune in 1994 never was an official console only a p-type
ahh dude for about a seven year span sega and nintendo were at a stale mate for market shares all over the globe, sega in the U.S stopped manufacturing systems...mainly the sega genises 3 system in 1998 and sold them in too the millenium to get rid stock in stores, so no sega didn't get it's ass kicked either. super nintendo held out as long as sega but i wouldn't say fauls information like they obliterated sega??? not even close to kicking there ass. wow do your homework.
It almost was. Check out the Sega Neptune. But I guess with the Saturn on the way this was just a last ditch attempt to keep the Genesis base going. If the Neptune came out and then the Saturn shortly after it would have pissed off even more people than they already did with the 32x lol
@thevideoguy666 Try marketing a stand-alone console a mere 6 months before another home system was going to come out. Saying it was an "upgrade" as opposed to another console was the only way they could even get it to sell at all.
IMHO what they should have done was make the Neptune also, then market the 32x add-on, the Neptune, then eventually a Neptune/CD combo, as a "budget" next-gen system, as cheap as Genesis hardware had gotten that might have very well been successful.
You must be to young to remember when Sega was good so your opinion is shit if you ask me. Sega ruled the arcades in the early to mid 90s and the Genesis was a great system for its time.
pretty shitty opinion if you ask me man, i mean considering that sega had about 62% of the market back in 94,95 and it beat the snes pretty much in the consol wars of the 16 bit era. you must be 13 years old!?
uuuuhhh... no, snes beat genesis 10 - 1, and im not even kidding, i europe and the UK (like where i come from) sega did beat nintendo, but only in the UK, in america it got its ass handed to it.
10-1? The NES versus the SMS, yes that's true. But Sega actually had a slight lead over Nintendo when they stopped supporting the Genesis with new games.
Had Sega NOT released the 32X, but rather continued to support the Genesis longer then they did, they would have been much better off.
They are planning a new system for 2010 codenamed "Ringedge". (Yes it will be based off of it's arcade counterpart and will be 5X powerful then PS3 but will use a simluar graphics engine.) PM me for details.
SOA designed the 32X,because they didn't know that the Saturn was being worked on. SOJ wanted to sell the Neptune in the U.S. for 1994.
I'm curious about this. I love Sega, but they have such a close relationship now with Nintendo that Sega would really upset the applecart if they suddenly reentered the console market. I'm not totally discounting it though.
Instead of PMing people the info, why don't you just post the info and the source right here? So we can determine if it's false. We have every reason to think it's false otherwise.
Hard to say other than obvious advise make sure all your contacts are clean. The Genesis, the bottom of the 32X, the top of the 32X and the 32X games.
The 32x was decently powerful, but you basically had to program a new architecture in the 32x in tandem with the Genesis itself, and there was time better invested in prepping for the new consoles. Sonic was pointless on the 32x, could've been on the Genesis minus an unnecessary sprite scaling feature. In fact you could cable the Genesis directly to the TV and see just how much it drew.
The 32x had potential, The price was $150 at launch and not enough 3rd party support, if the price came down to about $50 and more 3rd Party Support, the 32x could of been a HUGE success
if you think about it, if you spent $400 on the whole console + addons, you could have spent that money on a Playstation or a Saturn (you would have spent $100 less on a PS1 then on the mega drive package... )
Keep in mind the 32X came out before the PSX and Saturn in North America, and it was Sega's answer to SNES Super FX chipped games, and a sneak peak to what Saturn games would offer.
i think that if sega just would've waited a little longer and done some more work on it they would've had a good idea with the 32x it would've costed less than the N64 and the playstation with better graphics and alot better sound than the 32x add on
Sega was actually going to replace the Genesis 2 with a Genesis that had the 32X built in. I think they should have gone with that route. There was nothing bad about the 32X except the fact that Sega of Japan wanted to promote Saturn instead of it.
this makes the mega cd look great, at least the mega cd has SOME games, and its a nightmare to get set up, i had to get a model 2 mega drive to get it working
I remember I wanted a 32x for vfighter but then I saw the Saturn and that changed it for me. The Sega Saturn coming into production also prolly was another reason the 32x wasn't too popular
I picked up a 32x after it didn't take off in a second hand shop.the games were rarer than rocking horse shit and I never found virtua fighter.I did manage to find doom and playing it back the with headphones on was amazing.I also had a fifa game on there,I think it was fifa 96,also very good.I had some god awful beat em up that wanted to be street fighter but in space with aliens,that was awful.but I gotta say I enjoyed my 32x
joemel2 5 months ago
i have virtua fighter and the 32X ever sinse i was a kid
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WebVMan 8 months ago
Great video man, in those days that was the real deal and if you was the owner of such a thing you were the man! haha cool video... now the playstation 3 is like a monster! THANKS FOR THE VIDEO GOOD VIDEO.
carajo99 9 months ago
this makes me want to play knuckles chaotix on my multiple sega emulator
Thewootman999 9 months ago
AVGN RIGHT 32X IS A FUCKING JOKE ITS GARBAGE
metriodpower 9 months ago
@metriodpower AVGN is a nintendo fanboy. He's not a huge fanboy but it's clear he is completely ignorant and bias about sega products. The 32x has plenty of good games and they're often called the best console ports.
EyeS2pify 9 months ago
@EyeS2pify I'm a bit of a SEGA fanboy but I have to say that the 32X sucked balls.
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32X SUX FUCKING MONKEY ASS
EVERY GAME SUCKED
SONIC WAS THE WORST IF SONIC ADVENTURE WAS GOOD THEN THATS PRETTY FUCKING SAD
SEGA DEAD IT WILL NEVER COME BACK PS3/XBOX/IPOD/WII WILL FUCKING RAPE IT U KNOW ITS TRUE YA FUCKING SONIC FAGS
I LOLD HARD WHEN AVGN BURNED THE 32X, AVGN RIGHT IT SUCK ASS, NUFF SAID!
metriodpower 9 months ago
@metriodpower Wow I really wanna listen to some 12 Y.O. imature fanboy rant on in capital letters because he thinks he's so cool and he takes everything the AVGN takes seriously even though it's suposed to be for fun. James must think you're such a little faggit. He hates his imature fanboys you know that right? Sonic Adventure WAS one of the best games in 1999 so I don't know what your problem is. Sega is dead and gone but that doesn't mean everything they did sucked back in the day.
MN12BIRD 9 months ago 2
@MN12BIRD Sega still makes some nice Games.
ChrisRenucci 9 months ago
@metriodpower If you want to learn about some popular 32x games, then you can look up Mortal Kombat 2, NBA Jam, Blackthorne, After Burner, and Space Harrier. Those are games that are popular on all consoles, so you can't just hate them for being on a sega console. I mention they are on multiple consoles, because you clearly hate the 32x simply because it is a sega product.
EyeS2pify 9 months ago
@metriodpower retarded
carajo99 9 months ago
did you get that thing from value village?
I've only been there like once, and I only know of one in spokane lol
xDaXAFImoshmonkey 9 months ago
good review man!
kyoshiroma 10 months ago
Outrunners would have been nice on this platform.
TheDanHudds 10 months ago
I used to LOVE Toejam and Earl!!
TenshiB 1 year ago
the game on 32x are soo better than the standard gaming on the megadrive. if only they were cheaper when released.
tom3999 1 year ago
Buen video man
TheNewDragon91 1 year ago
Sega should have released the 32x in 1991 or 1992 instead!
Pugslee3 1 year ago
gotta love the smirk at the beginning of the vid. lol kinda like a kid that just got his favorite toy for Christmas.
Bloufo 1 year ago
Look for shadow squadron very good game. i think it's much better then star wars!
zeogeox 1 year ago
i dont actually understand this 32 bit stuff
linkmaster0008 1 year ago
does the genesis work with a japanise 32X and a japanise mega cd? because i just bought both off of ebay for $8! :D
Kennyrules101 1 year ago
I heard that Virtua Fighter for 32x cost $100 because it came with some kind of expensive 3D chip. True or False?
modewr 1 year ago
@modewr False. But Virtua Racing on the Genesis did because of the special SVP chip it had. That must be what you were thinking of.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago 7
@MN12BIRD : Oh yes , thank you for the correction!
modewr 1 year ago
@modewr no it was virtua racing for the mega drive (genesis) that had the DSP chip in it. i can remember it cost around £70. an averege mega drive (genesis) game cost £50 at the time.
david2k 9 months ago
@modewr False. I saw a 32X new for $20. I paid $30 for a new 32X that came with Virtua Fighter.
WebVMan 8 months ago
Mine wont work help plz!
rescuehero942 1 year ago
@rescuehero942 You're probably missing the wires.
pokewhiz7 1 year ago
What they probably should have done was perhaps make a revision to the CDX that also did what the whole combo did, then people could've replaced their combo with one unit that ran all 3 types of games. Sega could've skipped the Genesis 2 for instance & just sell the CDX which ran Genesis & CD games then later on a single unit which played all 3.
I'm not going to mention the possibility of the Saturn having backward-compatibility as I bet Sega wouldn't have wanted that anyway.
adam917 1 year ago
The 32X actually had about 40 games for it. However, about 20 of them were either ported from the Mega Drive/Genesis or Mega CD with minor improvements(e.g. After Burner, Night Trap), got an improved Saturn port(e.g.Doom), or both(Virtua Racing, NBA Jam, Primal Rage, Corpse Killer, Mortal Kombat II). Some of the remaining 20 appeared on non-Sega consoles. So in all, there's only about 15 games unique to the 32X.
AssociationAdmirer 1 year ago
Actually, the Sega 32X retailed for $149.99 in 1994/1995. I was one of the few who had this thing back then and you're right...it could have been something. I always thought if they released this thing maybe a year earlier it would have been a hit. I mean by 1993 the 3DO was out and they wanted about $700 bucks for it! This would have been a good alternative to give fans a taste of where things were going in gaming.
Anyways, if you want a good game...check out Chaotix if you haven't already.
EvilShadow76 1 year ago
Sega was sooo much better than Nintendo!
willmill77642 1 year ago
I had one of those. It was cool. thanks for the post.
STONEYKAT1 1 year ago
Does the 32x effect the sound on genesis games
Alevamltd 1 year ago
US&EU names are "SEGA 32X". JP name is "SUPER 32X". Virture Fighter 32X is poor dirty music. But, it's a cartridge game so data loading time less than SEGA SATURN CD-ROM version. Also 32X version be able to change the 3D view point of camera. In Japan, 32X version was sold record only under the 6,000. Because, as for 1995 year's video game market of Japan, the MEGA DRIVE market was almost diying.
doujindance 1 year ago
I'm a big fan of the 32X. It really was a massive boost to the MegaDrives specs. And still every time I play my favourite 32X games, I always think of what could of been done. Cant wait till I Knuckles Chaotix. "Guano bowls, collect the whole set" hahaha
ozisvirtual 1 year ago
Did you guys know that Darkstalkers and Castlevania symphony of the night was suppose to be release on 32x?It would of been sweet to see a symphony of the night game on 32x with no loading time at all.
burzumaske20 1 year ago
@burzumaske20 Damn I didn't know that. That would have been awesome.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD Maybe someone formerly with Capcom and/or Konami could make homebrews of those games for the 32X.
And I got a 32X for my birthday this year. However, Knuckles' Chaotix didn't work (but the other games I have, Virtua Fighter and Star Wars Arcade, do). :-(
gshowguy 1 year ago
@gshowguy I have knuckle chaotix,its a great game to have.
burzumaske20 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD Maybe former workers of Capcom and Konami can make homebrews of those games for the 32X.
To my knowledge, there are no games from Capcom or Konami on the add-on...
gshowguy 5 months ago
@burzumaske20 Castlevania: The Bloodletting, for the 32X was to be a very unique Mega Drive 32X CD game.
Let's say I know some stuff about unreleased games specialy for SEGA systems.
Mekanaizer 8 months ago
Call me a idiot but, I heard the 32x actually broke some genesis games, like literally fried them. I can't help but worry since some of my titles are rare.
Snotnarok 1 year ago
@Snotnarok I've never had that happen BUT I have heard a few people say it. They might have just "heard it from someone who heard it from someone" so I'm not sure if it's just a rumor or if it can happen. Just not sure but if you're really worried I would just use the 32X when you play 32X games and never use it for Genesis games.
MN12BIRD 1 year ago
@MN12BIRD It's hard to trust word of mouth with people and older systems, it's usually filled with BS, I heard so much crap about the NES and fixes and whatever. I know you can take it out and such, I'm still looking for a decent deal for a 32X, I found nothing so far, playntrade is asking for 30 bucks and that's madness. Ebay always has "not tested" or "missing cables so I'm still on my quest, but off topic, thanks for replying.
Snotnarok 1 year ago
@Snotnarok Never happened to me. Never heard of it.
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Nintendogamr123 8 months ago
SEGA made it hard for 3rd party developers to get the best out of the hardware back in the days of 32X & Saturn. Providing decent documentation would have helped greatly. Poor decisions like this, killed SEGA's chances in the 32bit battle. But still, despite these errors in judgement from SEGA, nothing can take away their classic status....SEGA FOREVER!
JohnJamesMaloney 1 year ago
You know what, that does not look at all bad. I got an import Japanese Saturn within a week of its launch in 94, and this was one of the first games I got with the system (along with Clockwork Knight and a few others that were available). This version looks technically VERY close to the Sega Saturn version. I have to say I am impressed that an add on for the Megadrive could produce that (for the time) quality. You were talking about a $20,000 state of the art arcade machine rammed into a cart !
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prestige160 1 year ago
virtua fighter was the best game for the 32x.
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bilic2 1 year ago
The anticipation for anything new back then had one teetering on nailbiting insanity. The mere thought of having Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing and Doom on a TV screen (and not a 486) was beyond "gotta have it now". Sure I was upset wit the lack of good titles and got screwed in the long run but gamers live for the moment, and the moment was 32x
when the 32x was brand new. A year later they were selling for $30 at Toys R' Us Christmas time 1995
maxti6 1 year ago
my older bro got this back in the day. we only had like 4 games then we lost some metal insert and it became useless :-/ memories but it let us down compared to other systems and peripherals
pillowpannts 1 year ago
Sega of Japan had not informed Sega of America that the Saturn was under development, so when the more information about the Sony Playstations development came out Sega of America became more and more worried. So they developed the 32 X as a counter to the playstation not knowing that the Saturn was under way. But of course, Sega of Japan didnt whant two competing 32 bit systems, and tis is why the 32 X was so quickly abandoned
meanmanturbo 2 years ago 10
The Saturn PCB design was really nothing more than a combination Genesis Sega CD, as there was another design that never made it (Jupiter?) that had no CD drive. It was wide and flat. Alot of news and hoopla surrounded the development of the Saturn in 1993. There were various shots of designs of the new console and the Jap Saturn originally was sort of beige and contained a fan on the left front side. fan was later removed but the pinnings were still visible even on the US version early on.
maxti6 1 year ago
By the way Doom was really good. The only version that beat it was the Jaguar.
The explosions were not toned down and to see a monster blown sky high across the plain was really cool. Nintendo really butchered it.
maxti6 1 year ago
Ultimate Doom on PS1 and Doom 64 both slaughtered the shitty 32x version. Not even close. Also, even the crappy SNES Doom had better music and more levels than 32x Doom. At the time, even John Carmack said Ultimate Doom PS1 was his fav version, right on the box. Swish!
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maxti6 1 year ago
Maybe but I was on the 32x when it arrived and the PS1 wasn't even available yet. That would be the fall '95 as I got a PS1 on release day. So I wore out the 32x and the Jag at about the same time.
maxti6 1 year ago
Ha! True.
coktoe 1 year ago
Me thought Doom sucks on 32x! Even though it ran smoother then sega Saturn version!
Captaintrolltard 1 year ago 2
The playstation blowed away both the Atari Jaguar Doom and 32X. PSX was way better then the Jaguar version.
Captaintrolltard 1 year ago
@maxti6 it was Sega Neptune
sharaynishi 1 year ago
@meanmanturbo : But i read somewhere that Sega were never planning to drop the 32x, they wanted to support it during and after the Saturn lifespan!!!
It's too bad that many people never liked this , a few of its games were awesome!
modewr 1 year ago
@meanmanturbo I don't know where you heard that. First of all, the 32x was released in Japan and Europe. It wasn't something solely created by Sega of America. And when the 32x was conceived, the president of sega in japan was at the meeting and gave the okay on it. The 32x was quickly abandoned, because the industry was moving to disc based media. The 32x also just wasn't as powerful as the Saturn or PS1 so it wouldn't handle the games as well if it did get a cartridge port.
EyeS2pify 9 months ago
the genesis games came in cardbord boxes in 1994
hteman 2 years ago 4
i reckon look out for what nintendo and sega may collaborate on in the future console wise.
dannyofthededd 2 years ago
i doubt that
BinaryReader 2 years ago
Well i can dream can't i??it would be lovely to see Sega back in the console biz..If id've said to you 10 years back that sonic and mario could maybe appear in the same games or even have sega titles on a ninty console you would have given me the same reply..I think if these two companys joined forces it would probably cause a rift in the space time continuim and mark the start of the end of this dimension!!!(mebby)
dannyofthededd 2 years ago
The 32X is the reason I stopped buying SEGA products. Lots of people were upset they got screwed over with the 32X, since the company discontinued it almost immediately and threw all their support into the Saturn.
SEGA was insanely popular, but their shady business tactics drove most of their customers to the Sony Playstation.
Tarwater03 2 years ago 6
@Tarwater03
I purchased the 32X on a Friday. The next day, I read in a popular Sega magazine that Sega already gave up on the 32X so I brought it back on Monday to refund my money. I paid $150 for it and bought 2 games with it. I used the refunded money to buy a CD-deck that I now still use after 15 years. Most wise decision I ever made.
seekerjet 2 years ago
I know what you mean, SEGA 32x was one of the biggest failures in Video Game History.
I have always wondered why after all these years both the SEGA CD and the SEGA 32X have become major collectibles.
Riddler95 2 years ago
yeah like the sega saturn was a failure but everybody loves it. What am I missing??!!?!?!?
intellivisionman 1 year ago
Will it did have some cool arcade ports.
But after the n64 came out my satrun like my ps3 just sat there.
misledlestat 1 year ago
I wonder why it seems like both Sega and Sony have bad track records for good system documentation. I'll admit the DC and PS2 had easy-to-code devkits (such as the WinCE kit the DC used), but most third-party games had awful sound and sometimes even horrible graphics and unavoidable game glitches on those systems as well.
dashwarts 2 years ago
i didn't know the PS2 had a winCE development kit, i know the DC did.
BinaryReader 2 years ago
You might've misread my comment, I didn't know the PS2 had a WinCE devkit either, so maybe it doesn't have one. I'd think Microsoft would've kept to themselves as they used a Windows devkit (Visual Studio XDK) for the original Xbox.
I do know, however, that the PS2 had a RenderWare devkit from Criteron (part of EA), as well as Sony's PS2 Linux Kit that might've served that same purpose.
dashwarts 2 years ago
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Did you shit on it when you received it? I wish i still had my old one so i could have dropped it in the toilet when i had bad diarrhea!
StabbedlnTheKunt6I6 2 years ago
interesting. wish i had one with primal rage 32x version and mortal combat. of course i could just get some ps2 versions of those games in midway compilations that are probably better versions :P
arisechicken82 2 years ago
lethal enforcers on sega cd is great but every thing else sucks
ninendowii2000 2 years ago
This is coming from a Wii fan....
ExtremeBogom 2 years ago
no terminator sega cd defnitly snatcher sonic cd final fight cd and pehaps a few more.sega cd was the bom back in the days.i bought one cheap back in 94 oww was it love,to a point where the crappy fmv games came in.32 was crappy but still not as crappy as a virtual boy.
aryinc 2 years ago
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i got sega neptune for sale everybody $450
jerbar120 2 years ago
lol
ExtremeBogom 2 years ago
explain how you got one if the thing was never made
epinky2295 2 years ago
i remember playing virtua racing on this, that game was the shit
SkankinDevil89 2 years ago 2
I got my Sega 32X back in the summer of 1995 as a gift. While most games were shit...there was a few good titles:
Knuckles Chaotix
Mortal Kombat II
Doom
Virtua Fighter
Star Wars Arcade
The rest were garbage. Especially the CD-32X games...avoid those at all costs.
EvilShadow76 2 years ago 4
yes the are good games for it :)
CIRELUX 2 years ago
those are the only 32x games I have plus Primal Rage lol
epinky2295 2 years ago
hi this system i got is home made i made it. how i made it i got from a website call longhornengineer.
jerbar120 2 years ago
I really like the 32X. I've had a lot of fun with it and it has been one of the most enjoyable things I have ever collected for. It may have been a little expensive back them but its not expensive at all these days unless you get an unopened boxed one off of ebay. It wasnt a commercial success and has a small library of games but there are a lot of good games for it in proportion to the amount made for it. Overall, its a good system and any SEGA or Genesis fan should check it out.
TrueGamer512 2 years ago
The magic mushroom!
28steryan 2 years ago
i had to unscrew this take out the white wires, reattach them and IT WORKS! IM NOT JOKING!
deadguy718 2 years ago
hey jake did you get doom and starwars for the system yet???if not send me a pm .
MNC122703 2 years ago
got mine back in the day for like $10.00 after it flopped & got the games for $5.00 a peace.
wingnut4427 2 years ago
used to own that mini-sega addon, but never managed to make it working.
later i realised i needed special 32bit games or some shit
...good old sega
xStalkerxx 2 years ago
hey if you ever get knuckles chaotix for the 32x can you make a video of it oh i fyou ever get another 32x it would be funny if you made a video showing what would happen if you put a 32x onto a 32x to 32xs on the genesis
brickmaster24 2 years ago
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i blame sega for fucking everything up.
igotyou62 2 years ago
heard of the Dreamcast 2 rumor ? :O
wingnut4427 2 years ago
lol it wont happen sadly not now not never
RIP Sega 1989-2001
Justsmoke42O 2 years ago
1989?...
What happened to the Sega Master System?
seanseanston 2 years ago 11
There is no Dreamcast 2. There's Ring Edge.
Tornado1994 2 years ago
yeah.. found out later. thanks though :D
wingnut4427 2 years ago
It was shitty management. Too many chiefs & not enough Indians.
wingnut4427 2 years ago
weirdly enough, all console-fans seem to greet youtubers by 'hey guys'. at least that's what happened to me for the last 5-6 vids :) might be some sort of secret brotherhood, where you exchange urine and all sorts of...
Catz1987 2 years ago
Great video! I bought the 32X in February of 1995 a month after it's UK release. It was a nightmare due to the amount of cable's it had when added to the Megadrive and Mega CD. Anyhow, like you said the Megadrive was on it's way out in 1995, in fact I remember the last few games in my gamestore were sold off for under £10.00 (Sterling). I picked up Doom 32X, Virtua Racing and Virtua Fighter for £25 for all three.
Good times but all too late for Sega, 32X should have been released sooner.
mmac78 2 years ago
also, there is another one going to be called the "RingWide" which is just another name for the "RingEdge" for other countries, the only difference will be a the processor and video hardware.
anon6655 2 years ago
That is all the "Ringedge" is, it's an arcade machine dude, it will be in arcade's in Japan and whatnot, and probably not here, if it does come here, it will be a arcade machine, NOT a home console, so yeah.
anon6655 2 years ago
If Sega does decide to make a comeback on consoles. It would be only fair if they name it Neptune. Since the original Neptune in 1994 never was an official console only a p-type
Petracurns88 2 years ago
ahh dude for about a seven year span sega and nintendo were at a stale mate for market shares all over the globe, sega in the U.S stopped manufacturing systems...mainly the sega genises 3 system in 1998 and sold them in too the millenium to get rid stock in stores, so no sega didn't get it's ass kicked either. super nintendo held out as long as sega but i wouldn't say fauls information like they obliterated sega??? not even close to kicking there ass. wow do your homework.
ChevyJP86 2 years ago
Why wasn't just it's own console?
thevideoguy666 2 years ago
It almost was. Check out the Sega Neptune. But I guess with the Saturn on the way this was just a last ditch attempt to keep the Genesis base going. If the Neptune came out and then the Saturn shortly after it would have pissed off even more people than they already did with the 32x lol
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
@thevideoguy666 Try marketing a stand-alone console a mere 6 months before another home system was going to come out. Saying it was an "upgrade" as opposed to another console was the only way they could even get it to sell at all.
IMHO what they should have done was make the Neptune also, then market the 32x add-on, the Neptune, then eventually a Neptune/CD combo, as a "budget" next-gen system, as cheap as Genesis hardware had gotten that might have very well been successful.
Dant2142 1 year ago
just bought one for 35 bucks with 10 games
joltcoladude 2 years ago
Grats you own about a 1/3 of all the games made lol.
Thepaddster 2 years ago
Actually the poor quality music in Doom was not coming from the 32x sound chip. The game was programmed to send the music straight to the Genesis!
Superfreaxx 2 years ago
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I dont know whats the aim of making this shit 32 X i want to meet the stupid guy who made 32x and i am gonna stick it in his ass !!!!
32x is shit and by the way the whole sega company is shit !!!!
VampireKiller999 2 years ago
You must be to young to remember when Sega was good so your opinion is shit if you ask me. Sega ruled the arcades in the early to mid 90s and the Genesis was a great system for its time.
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
agreed!
ChevyJP86 2 years ago
i have 4 words.
Sega Genesis Mother Fucker
and i have another 4 words
Sega Dreamcast Mother Fucker
so obviously
Genesis + Dreamcast = Sega kicks ass
quizno1992 2 years ago 2
you were definately not even playing sega genesis back then
32x2z 2 years ago
pretty shitty opinion if you ask me man, i mean considering that sega had about 62% of the market back in 94,95 and it beat the snes pretty much in the consol wars of the 16 bit era. you must be 13 years old!?
ChevyJP86 2 years ago
uuuuhhh... no, snes beat genesis 10 - 1, and im not even kidding, i europe and the UK (like where i come from) sega did beat nintendo, but only in the UK, in america it got its ass handed to it.
so,,, yeah sorry
punkmario06 2 years ago
10-1? The NES versus the SMS, yes that's true. But Sega actually had a slight lead over Nintendo when they stopped supporting the Genesis with new games.
Had Sega NOT released the 32X, but rather continued to support the Genesis longer then they did, they would have been much better off.
cessnaace 2 years ago
Or moved straight onto the neptune, 32x and Mega Drive in one console one power adapter. much better.
Thepaddster 2 years ago
They are planning a new system for 2010 codenamed "Ringedge". (Yes it will be based off of it's arcade counterpart and will be 5X powerful then PS3 but will use a simluar graphics engine.) PM me for details.
SOA designed the 32X,because they didn't know that the Saturn was being worked on. SOJ wanted to sell the Neptune in the U.S. for 1994.
Tornado1994 2 years ago
I very much doubt Sega will ever reenter the console market. I'd love it. But I doubt it.
STAY AWESOME!
cessnaace 2 years ago 2
I have unofficial evidence to prove it.
Tornado1994 2 years ago
I'm curious about this. I love Sega, but they have such a close relationship now with Nintendo that Sega would really upset the applecart if they suddenly reentered the console market. I'm not totally discounting it though.
STAY AWESOME!
cessnaace 2 years ago
I'll PM the info tommorrow. Interesting enough it will be designed with two controllers including one that looks like the Saturn 3D pad.
Tornado1994 2 years ago
That would be great! I look forward to it.
STAY AWESOME, helpful one!
cessnaace 2 years ago
Please, just stop right there. Sega is not releasing a new console. Whatever information you have is false.
famicomdork 2 years ago
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no. I will not. It's is not false.
Tornado1994 2 years ago
Instead of PMing people the info, why don't you just post the info and the source right here? So we can determine if it's false. We have every reason to think it's false otherwise.
famicomdork 2 years ago
i got a 32x and it starts the game but it keeps freezing .could you tell me what could be the problem
trm476 2 years ago
Hard to say other than obvious advise make sure all your contacts are clean. The Genesis, the bottom of the 32X, the top of the 32X and the 32X games.
MN12BIRD 2 years ago
The 32x was decently powerful, but you basically had to program a new architecture in the 32x in tandem with the Genesis itself, and there was time better invested in prepping for the new consoles. Sonic was pointless on the 32x, could've been on the Genesis minus an unnecessary sprite scaling feature. In fact you could cable the Genesis directly to the TV and see just how much it drew.
frigginjoe 2 years ago
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He look like DEXTER
Patricio1731992 2 years ago
I like the 32x
jjjjentges 2 years ago 4
The 32x had potential, The price was $150 at launch and not enough 3rd party support, if the price came down to about $50 and more 3rd Party Support, the 32x could of been a HUGE success
Sega32xdude 2 years ago
It was really underpowered compared to the Saturn and PS, I don't think it could have made it.
jtlbb2 2 years ago
Plus if you didn't already have a genesis, it cost Genesis $ + 32x $
lmcgregoruk 2 years ago
I don't really like the 32X at all. It's cumbersome with it's own power supply and extra video cable.
Enfeeblement 2 years ago
I don't like cars at all. There fast with there own engine and a set of wheels.
MyStaticAge 2 years ago 2
You are absolutely right about Doom. The programmers rushed the game out to meet Sega's deadline for launch.
tnafever 2 years ago
the pricing killed this thing.
if you think about it, if you spent $400 on the whole console + addons, you could have spent that money on a Playstation or a Saturn (you would have spent $100 less on a PS1 then on the mega drive package... )
lightdark28 2 years ago
Keep in mind the 32X came out before the PSX and Saturn in North America, and it was Sega's answer to SNES Super FX chipped games, and a sneak peak to what Saturn games would offer.
tnafever 2 years ago
i like this guy... he doesn't annoy the hell out of me like the AVGN. plus he gives detailed reviews
nilima77 2 years ago
different concept
darkheart220982 2 years ago 6
AVGN is for humour and MN12Bird is for inform us
coolninjatvprod 2 years ago 6
True that
sneegro 2 years ago
an UrinatingTree is Both
XKintaroX 2 years ago
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32x sucks! Sega CD is ok but that peace of shit just sucks.
SetaSiittio 2 years ago
i think that if sega just would've waited a little longer and done some more work on it they would've had a good idea with the 32x it would've costed less than the N64 and the playstation with better graphics and alot better sound than the 32x add on
mferrell9105 2 years ago
Sega was actually going to replace the Genesis 2 with a Genesis that had the 32X built in. I think they should have gone with that route. There was nothing bad about the 32X except the fact that Sega of Japan wanted to promote Saturn instead of it.
tnafever 2 years ago 2
exactly, the "neptune" as the Mega Drive/32X combo was called. would have cost less and could probably have cost more in the region of 170$
given that less parts would have been used to build it.
that would have been good
apparently they built a few of these, and they worked.....
lightdark28 2 years ago
u spent $400 for dat 20 games intellivision 11 200 games
hamster700 2 years ago
34 in the us and 39 total world wide
greenbaypacknintendo 2 years ago
this makes the mega cd look great, at least the mega cd has SOME games, and its a nightmare to get set up, i had to get a model 2 mega drive to get it working
100percentmk 2 years ago
Doom 32x's music wasn't too bad.. it was good enuff... I preferred it over the SNES too symphonic music.
stronty 2 years ago
wow...to think that these graphics were top of the line at some point....WOW
rshandy 2 years ago
They were just like every system looked good for its time.
Zxander34 2 years ago
it was simply an observation that I was making
rshandy 2 years ago
how much was it ?
pspguy711 3 years ago
it was like $200 or $150 i think, but people never really bought it because the sega saturn was on its way in like 3 months or so.
AmgGamer9408 2 years ago
Very good video coz' i buy a 32x (90 €) yesterday with a Genesis 2 .
Très bonne vidéo . J'ai eu la chance d'acheter une 32 x à 90 € avec une MegaDrive 2
fushie 3 years ago
What flag is in the background?
drivojulianrobotnik 3 years ago
Soviet.
MN12BIRD 3 years ago
I guessed that!
I wonder where those thousands upon thousands of flags ended up after 1991.
drivojulianrobotnik 3 years ago
U.R.S.S
Fabyo222 3 years ago
CCCP.
drivojulianrobotnik 3 years ago
I remember I wanted a 32x for vfighter but then I saw the Saturn and that changed it for me. The Sega Saturn coming into production also prolly was another reason the 32x wasn't too popular
xxAlucarDraculax 3 years ago 3
dude.. great review! a recommandation for your 32x: blackthorne! i really like this one!
derdude 3 years ago
Awesome collection!
ArniVillage 3 years ago