They're making an arcade system, dear.
Written on March 15th, 2026 by Tech Ads
‘They’re making an arcade system, dear.’
Launched in 1994, the Sega 32X was a 32bit add-on for Sega’s 16 bit Genesis|Megadrive. Designed as a stop-gap solution, it allowed Sega to sell a 32bit console (even if it was an add-on) to compete with Atari’s 32bit Jaguar while Sega continued to develop it’s own flagship 32bit console in the form of the Sega Saturn. While the 32X and the Saturn shared the same SH-2 CPU platform, a lower clock speed and other logical differences blocked the development of games that could run on both devices and, as a result of this (and other market complexities) the X32 failed to find a market. The x32 launched with an initial price of 159.99USD.
A Nostalgia Nerd video on the Sega 32X can be found below.
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