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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark W**a" data-source="post: 69928" data-attributes="member: 1196">I loved the 32X.  In Christmas 1995 my parents couldn't afford a Saturn so I got a 32X and I absolutely loved it. NBA Jam TE on 32X destroys the SNES and Genesis versions.   The sprites scale just like in the arcade version, the sound and voices are very good, I'd say it's nearly arcade perfect.  As was WWF Wrestlemania Arcade.   MK2 on 32X was also the best port you could get at the time.  I also had all the model 1 ports, which were very good.  Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing, Star Wars Arcade... Also had the super scaler games, Space Harrier and Afterburner, which again were arcade perfect.  Other than that I had Tempo (very good platformer) and Knuckles Chaotix (extremely underrated, a fantastic Sonic game in my humble opinion.)What's not to love about an inexpensive add-on that gives you near perfect ports of Midway Texas Instruments board arcade titles, Sega super scaler games, and Sega Model 1 games?  In 1994 that was pretty impressive.A lot of people really don't understand what 32X was supposed to be.  There's a really good article I have in an old issue of Next Generation magazine with an interview with Sega USA's CEO who talks about 32X.  32X was a response to Nintendo's Super FX and other chipped carts.  Sega's rationale was, instead of releasing a game with a special microchip inside, and having to charge and extra 20-30 dollars per cart, they would sell you the add-on, and then charge regular 50 dollar price for the carts.  Which makes a lot of sense, actually, and yields better results to boot.  32X was far more impressive than any Super-FX game, and the 32X version of Virtua Racing smokes the Genesis version which shipped with a special chip for 80 dollars.  Sega also positioned the 32X as a cheaper alternative to Saturn, which is actually why I ended up with one in the first place.  IMO 32X wasn't Sega's grand f-up, it was Saturn.  As much as I love my Saturn with all my heart, it was the wrong hardware at the wrong time... And Sega of all companies should have known, 3D was the future since hello, you pioneered 3D games in the arcade with Model 1 and 2!  But this is topic for another day, it's history it is what it is, but 32X should have been supported between 94-96 to give Sega time to scrap Saturn and put out their own powerful 3D system by late 1996.  Saturn as it was should have never, ever seen the light of day...  Anyways back on topic, my friends and I got a lot of enjoyment out of that short lived add-on.  I was only 11 years old at that time and years later when we got the internet I was shocked to see how badly people crap on the device.  My guess is most people who hate it have never owned nor actually played one back then.</blockquote>

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