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(More customer reviews)Yeah, that's what this thing is-- just look at it, sitting ontop of a perfectly good Genesis-- A TUMOR! This thing was a horrible idea and would not have happened if there had been a more cohesive structure in Sega's corporate ladder, but unfortunately here's what happened: Sega of Japan made the Sega Saturn, and Sega of America made the 32x. No-one wanted the 32x, because the Saturn was already out in Japan, so this thing sunk like a rock. It drew precious resources away from the Sega Saturn, and it killed consumer confidence in Sega which they never recovered from. On top of that, this thing is UGLY! It might not look so bad on the box, but that's because they don't show you all the hideous cables you have to hook up to it!
With all that said, there were a small handful of decent games released on the system-- unfortunately though, almost all of them were ports. There was Doom (better graphics than SNES but inferior music), Mortal Kombat II, Star Wars Arcade, Virtua Fighter, Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (although not noticeably better than the SNES version), and all of these are ports. Knuckles Chaotix is pretty much the only 32x exclusive title I can think of that's worth mentionin, and even that paled in comparison Sonic 3 & Knuckles and Sonic CD.
I think that if the 32x had never come out, Sega would still be making consoles to this day. The Sega CD was not successful, although it's agreed that it does have a decent library of games. Customers would have forgiven Sega for the Sega CD's failure because it was a cool innovation that didn't quite take off, but when they made a second add on that was a total turd biscuit, people simple got frustrated and moved on. It's quite fitting that Sega chose an advertising campaign for this thing with sexual undertones regarding the insertion of the 32x into the Genesis's cart slot, because this thing basically raped the Genesis and stole its innocence.
This thing can be found for so cheap now though, there's not much reason to not buy one just for the novelty of seeing some primitive 32 bit games running on a Genesis. Or better yet, if you're proficient with a soldering iron you can try your hand at hacking the thing and putting it directly inside of the Genesis's casing, as some clever hackers have done in the past. This is actually a very cool project because it gives you access to the 32x's fancy 32 bit games without having a hideous tumor and extra cables coming out of your system. Not recommended for amateurs, but still cool none the less. But this thing as a souvenir, but for the sake of your Genesis's dignity don't leave it plugged in unless your playing a 32x game.
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