I used to have a 32x back in the day, but you know, Sega did what they did, and it didn’t really pan out. I thought the mushroom system was cool tech, but lamented how little value it added to the Genesis. I essentially gave it away.
The library was small, and even the top tier A-list games barely even graze competency, let alone “good”. Most of them play well enough in emulation (there are exceptions, of course), and even Mister has a core for it now.
Still, I unironically enjoy Cosmic Carnage; Doom on 32x was sadly rushed but the result is hilarious for so many reasons (my favorite is the end of the game dumps you into a fake DOS prompt); and I still remember being legit excited to play Mortal Kombat II on the system, and it got a lot of mileage. So it wasn’t all bad.
It may not make a lot of sense to buy it again now for the nostalgia, especially with all the benefits of hindsight I have. Did it anyway.
Man i fuckin LOVED my 32x when i was a kid. The playstation was out of our budget so I thought the 32x was the next best thing for 32bit gaming. It had the best console port of MKII, Star Wars was the shit, I played the crap out of Doom, NBA Jam, Virtua Racing, Tempo…
But the following year I traded it all in at Electronics Boutique for a credit towards a playstation lol
I think owning this back in the day turned me off console gaming completely. Genesis+Sega CD was lots of fun, I even had the memory cartridge to store more saves.
Then, so many different systems released around the same time, and it was hard to rent and read GamePro and hope you’d pick a good game.
It started with a good idea. Games were selling for the SNES and Genesis with 3D chips built in (and were really expensive). Like Virtua Racer (SVP chip) and Star Fox (FX chip). So why not sell the 3D chip add on separately instead of paying $100 a cartridge.
They botched the release (no 3 games at launch) and full 3D consoles were too close. The Saturn was released in the US 6 months after the 32X.
Would have been interesting if they had released it sooner or if they had released Virtua Racer or Virtua Fighter with the 32X instead of the standalone releases.
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My husband was a Sega kid, I was a Nintendo kid, it’s been fun learning stuff about Sega that I had no idea of :)
Man i fuckin LOVED my 32x when i was a kid. The playstation was out of our budget so I thought the 32x was the next best thing for 32bit gaming. It had the best console port of MKII, Star Wars was the shit, I played the crap out of Doom, NBA Jam, Virtua Racing, Tempo…
But the following year I traded it all in at Electronics Boutique for a credit towards a playstation lol
because eco the freaking dolphin!!!
You might be thinking Sega CD, which had re-releases of Ecco, but not the 32X.
since the 32X ist just an addon, he still can plays Eco on his megadrive 😅
I have wanted an old school mechanical Sega CD for years with the price on them has just gotten stupid.
I think owning this back in the day turned me off console gaming completely. Genesis+Sega CD was lots of fun, I even had the memory cartridge to store more saves.
Then, so many different systems released around the same time, and it was hard to rent and read GamePro and hope you’d pick a good game.
Now you just need to get the CD and your genesis will be complete!
I had this and it was glorious
That would be totally mega.
SEGA shelves at toy stores and rental stores were so chaotic in this era ❤️
It started with a good idea. Games were selling for the SNES and Genesis with 3D chips built in (and were really expensive). Like Virtua Racer (SVP chip) and Star Fox (FX chip). So why not sell the 3D chip add on separately instead of paying $100 a cartridge.
They botched the release (
no3 games at launch) and full 3D consoles were too close. The Saturn was released in the US 6 months after the 32X.Would have been interesting if they had released it sooner or if they had released Virtua Racer or Virtua Fighter with the 32X instead of the standalone releases.
Neat video on the built in 3D chips:
https://youtu.be/yZHFbLfvb8w?si=Xa9zTLMpd0a_Z-Ha
Edit: Video specifically about the 32x
https://youtu.be/sjilAAhp8NI?si=29fyDU_IfLFo-HI-
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