Sega 32X Story | Nostalgia Nerd

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The Sega 32X, also known as the Genesis 32X, Mega Drive 32X and Super 32X is a plugin device for the Sega Mega Drive / Sega Genesis, which propelled the 1988 16 bit console to a lofty 32 bits of undeniable POWERRRR. It was released in 1994 to help compete both with the Super Nintendo and super consoles such as the Atari Jaguar, Amiga CD32 and 3DO. In this video we will follow its story from conception to demise, and find out just what went wrong and what went right for the Sega 32X Add-on. Many thanks to Slope's Game Room for lending his voice; https://www.youtube.com/user/djslopesroom and Ashens for lending me his Sega 32X box & carts; https://www.youtube.com/user/ashens ** For exclusive videos, mystery boxes and other rewards, please consider supporting me at; https://www.patreon.com/nostalgianerd?ty=h ** ☟Sharing☟ If you wish to share this video in forums, social media, on your website, *please do so*! It helps tremendously with the channel! ☟Subcribe☟ https://www.youtube.com/user/nostalgianerdvideos?sub_confirmation=1 ✊Support Me! ✊ *Please consider supporting the channel on Patreon*: https://www.patreon.com/nostalgianerd?ty=h Visit my eBay Shop: http://ebay.to/1QQpYyy Buy From Amazon (Amazon give a small commission to my affiliate account): AMAZON UK - http://amzn.to/2sTOsRW ★Join me on Social Media★ Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/nostalnerd Face: http://www.facebook.com/nostalnerd Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/nostalgianerd Web: http://www.nostalgianerd.com ★Equipment★ Lumix G6 with Vario 14-42mm Lens Nikon D3200 with 40mm Macro Corel Video Studio Ultimate X9 Corel Paint Shop Pro X6 Blue Snowball Microphone ♜Resources♜ Reference; https://www.scribd.com/read/202728988/Service-Games-The-Rise-and-Fall-of-SEGA https://archive.org/details/mean-machines-sega-magazine https://segaretro.org/Sega_32X/Technical_specifications https://segaretro.org/Sega_Neptune http://sega.wikia.com/wiki/Sega_32X https://archive.org/details/bad-influence Super Nintendo Sales Figures: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/nintendo-historical-shipment-data-1983-present.701305/ Genesis Sales Figures (Total sold by 1994): https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_1994-11-21:_Sega_unleashes_arcade_power_for_the_home Videos; https://archive.org/details/bad_influence_se3ep13 (UK 32X Release date) Sonic 4 assets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eYgIgRmm4M RDPH Games: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChFl7z2OzH-5WGy1EKkKgTg Sonic Mars demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7IRF7xG6M4 1994 Summer CES (DigitalNeoHuman): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j1f9SVEDw8 1994 SCES (BiffsGamingVideos): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgeF6mCtDe0 Full Sega Summer 1994 Promo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-s26weytmoU Sega 32X Tech Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOWZbydnlZE Sega Neptune Recreation (In MegaDrive 32X Style) by PorlZilla: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHzlmP_8LX8 / http://www.porlzilla.com/p/sega-neptune.html BG Music by Stefan Netsman, Daniel Gunnarsson, Emil Axelsson, Gunnar Johnsén, Anders Bothén & Raynie. Final 2 tracks are from Mortal Komat (Mega Drive Edition) and Super After Burner (32X Edition). If you believe I have forgotten to attribute anything in this video, please let me know, so I can add the source in. It takes time to make these videos and therefore it can be easy to forget things or make a mistake.