One aspect of being a youngest child, i reaped the rewards with video games. I was born in 85 and grew up with a NES. Also had my older brother and sisters Atari 5200 and 7800's. I still remember seeing Sonic for the first time inside a local Walmart. My parents had joined a summer bowling league at an AMF house in 92. The team that finished first, each member got a Genesis. With my brothers being older and having jobs of their own. They bought the Sega CD from Blockbuster, when they were selling some of their former rental units off. Then the same brother bought a 3DO and then finally the 32X when it came out. All my friends had SNES's so they always wanted to come over my house. Playing MK2 on the 32x blew away the 16 bit ports. We played a lot of Virtua Racing, NBA Jam TE, Star Trek, Star Wars, Cosmic Carnage. I even really enjoyed Doom cuz our computer couldnt run it. We had a shareware for Wolf 3D and i had a friend a few houses up that had Doom so i had gotten a taste. I enjoyed it as a kid even though it didnt compare to the pc version. Then...since we had a CD and 32x, my brother had Night Trap. Me and my friends had always heard rumors it turned in to a porn once you got far enough in, but we werent very good lol. We loved playing Slam City and Fahrenheit. Just felt so above what everyone else was playing at the time. Still have a lot of love for these consoles. Please do a second part to this video!
@doomslayerdave
Жыл бұрын
Star Wars Arcade is still a bona-fide hit. What an awesome conversion
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes especially considering this was from 1994
@Mpg-gh5fq
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was one of my favorites. . .except for Admiral Ackbar's voice. It wasn't as good as his voice in the movie.
@jamesdixon6332
Жыл бұрын
Playing Virtua Fighter always made you feel like you were fighting on the moon
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes but everything is so smooth
@GTSN38
6 ай бұрын
Playing virtua always made me want to play any other fighting game.
@dad7275
Жыл бұрын
YES!!! Definitely do another another part! To me add-ons is soo interesting to cover and you do a great job. Very entertaining..😂
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks my friend
@winstonjlee7474
Жыл бұрын
Another excellent video, I would love to see part 2!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@scottdecowski4913
Жыл бұрын
I still own my Sega 32X & WWF Raw is my favorite game I own to go back & play. These style of wrestling games are all nostalgia for me along with Rage in the Cage on Sega CD. Loved this rundown of the 32X! The mysterious woman on commentary? I always assumed it was legendary female wrestler/manager "Scary" Sherri Martel. This game came out right as she made the jump to WCW
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
That could be Sherry or Stephanie Wand, I loved rage in the cage and bought the Sega CD just for it
@XjasondagX
Жыл бұрын
It's Stephanie Wiand. Which is as obscure as it could get. What was it to hard too make a sprite of Charlie Minn or Rob Barlet. Okay I'm just making myself laugh.
@ShadowAngel1860
Жыл бұрын
Sherri wouldn't make sense, since she was fired in Summer 1993 after failing too many drug tests. WWF Raw was made in 1994 and the 32X Version came out in 1995 and by that time, she had already been with WCW for nearly a year. Wiand's a weird choice, as she was only with the WWF from December 1994 to July 1995 but it falls right in the time of hte development of the game.
@GTVNewsForGamers
Жыл бұрын
I hate to be "that guy", but the villains in Night Trap are vampires, not aliens. Also, I think you were a little harsh on Doom. Sure, it's not perfect, but you have to remember it was rushed to market. A lot of titles for the 32X were. I'd hardly call it one of the worst ports when the 3DO exists. Overall, great video! Kinda wish those planned ports of Darkstalkers and AvP made it to fruition. And whatever Castlevania: The Bloodletting was gonna be.
@blackflame4506
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video Patman
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
You bet
@XX-sp3tt
Жыл бұрын
Erm.... Cosmic Carnage's excuse plot was you're on a prison ship and there's only one escape pod...
@Machtimus
Жыл бұрын
I remember renting this at blockbuster and not being impressed at all, and it takes a lot to impress me WOW. THAT DOG HAS A PUFFY TAIL...COME HERE PUFF
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL
@joypadlad
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@joelstratman2872
Жыл бұрын
The broadcaster with gorilla monsoon is Stefanie wiand she's an actress
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@RetroPlayer4000
Жыл бұрын
17:43 Jerry Lawler looks like he's stroking out
@brodogg1313
3 ай бұрын
Part 2 please ❤
@mandroid-rb4uy
Жыл бұрын
Hello PatManQC ...INELVISION 4 Colours thank you for sharing your Knowledge + Wisdom GamingHistorian
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
No problem!
@MarsofAritia
Жыл бұрын
the 32x was sega's biggest mistake. this blunder was what led to the beginning of sega's downfall. the genesis does thing was al nilsen by the way, kalisnke had nothing to do with it despite taking credit, as usual with him. They were already gaining ground before sonic with their sports games.
@joel3792
Жыл бұрын
32x was the reason i skipped on the Saturn, and i guess the first-time i skip on the product due to brand name alone. I did return for the dreamcast later.
@Mauri5io
Жыл бұрын
I bet that games like MKII could've been better with 32XCD version instead of cartridge as well as Virtua Fighter. Basically Sega should've done games on 32XCD from scratch to show the real power of the 32X.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes but the load time would've killed it in my opinion
@mattb9664
Жыл бұрын
I owned a Sega CD for $99 in that summer, when it was starting to go on discounts.. having played with a rather small and lackluster batch of their Sega CD games, I ended up returning it and getting refunded. When the 32X came out shortly later, I could see that there were barely any games available, and it didn't make sense why they weren't using the CD despite the ability to use the Cd for 32X games existing. That's of course before I knew the hardware specs and capabilities. I started 'getting it' that it's not about owning the hardware, but being able to buy, own and play the desirable games on the hardware. Needless to say, I no interest in a 32X.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes, the Sega CD had 220 different titles in the 32X only had 40 So clearly people didn't care for it.
@JW666
Жыл бұрын
A part 2 would be nice =)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
We shall see :-)
@mistress_remilia
Жыл бұрын
"Time Boner!" - Virtua Racing announcer, ca. 1992
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL, comment of the day
@strictlysega
Жыл бұрын
Or the Atari addon for the coleco
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's another good one. Coleco had a lot of add-ons for the system
@VictorHernandez-nj2lo
Жыл бұрын
A fighting game that has a charater named Naruto, that is not from the anime? Wow
@Beanmachine91
Жыл бұрын
i wonder what it was like using the xband
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Not sure, I just read about it in gaming magazines back then
@paultheretrogamer
Жыл бұрын
I maybe in the minority but the 32x qas Underrated and the mega cd im my humble opinion
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
It definitely was underutilized
@paultheretrogamer
Жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries very true
@welding_guy7524
Жыл бұрын
Here’s my story.. I was around 18 when the 32x came out..I had saved up I think it was 169.99 plus enough for a game.. gave up on big n cuz they didn’t have blood and guts..wow the 32x was a shitshow, I was ehh on tg16 , uniracers and dk were the only reason to own a snes.. I owned the 32x for a week.. doom made me nauseous from its choppiness ..tried Star Wars and wasn’t really impressed.. had mom return it to Caldor for me.. she was a pro.then Saturn hit , still wasn’t as impressed.. sega got cocky after they started getting popular..I stuck with Sony and the n64 until Xbox hit the scene.. if sega came out with some kind of light gun system for their light gun games I’d buy it otherwise sega is the past .. sigh let me kill zombies on a projector screen
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't that be awesome
@nehemiahpouncey3607
Жыл бұрын
Sadly never play the 32X.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
You can download and emulator and try it out
@nehemiahpouncey3607
Жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries okay thanks.
@terrysyvertson9205
Жыл бұрын
the only sonic related game was knuckles chaotix
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes that's it. That game didn't make the cut in my video but perhaps there will be a part two
@jfshep2128
Жыл бұрын
Would referee Danny Davis be an announcer?
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
No but that's a good guess
@hodeyfu7617
5 ай бұрын
It wasn’t I’ll conceived, I’ll marketed. It should of been a stand alone, compatible with the Sega cd. They should of held off on the Saturn an extra year.
@zerocool943
Жыл бұрын
BOB BARTLETT is the mysterious unknown host in WWF Raw. He was one of the first host featured on the initial episodes of RAW, and fits the character profile.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Not Unless Bob is wearing lipstick at ringside:-)
@ShadowAngel1860
Жыл бұрын
In Drag? Lol. It's Stephanie Wiand
@Aeonfell
Жыл бұрын
My anecdotal 32x story. Had only a sega genesis. Grandma bought me sonic for the 32x. She tried, love you grandma.
@matthewlane518
Жыл бұрын
My grandma always did her best too, I wanted double dragon for master system but she ended up buying Kung Fu master for the Atari 7800, I never let her become aware of the disappointment cause I know she tried her best, luckily I did have a 7800 and still played the game, it wasn't bad
@RetroPlayer4000
Жыл бұрын
Was a miracle my grandma could poor the tea without spilling it, she tried. But hey at 70 atleast she attempted to try to grasp pole position on the 7800.....looking back now a knitting game would have sold wonders
@matthewlane518
Жыл бұрын
@@RetroPlayer4000 sounds like she was a very cool lady! Pole position 2 on the 7800 was a great game!
@shanksmare8
Жыл бұрын
There is no sonic on the 32x
@RetroPlayer4000
Жыл бұрын
@@shanksmare8 sure there is it's called invisible sonic 32x
@retrospiel
Жыл бұрын
Japan wanted the Saturn, SOA would insist Saturn was too expensive and wanted to stick to the Genesis. 32x/Neptune/Jupiter was the compromise and that is why the hardware was developed by SOA's Joe Miller.
@rvfiasco
Жыл бұрын
Oh hell yes!! We bought this just to play DOOM. aha. Good times!! 😅
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Excellent
@nerdsoftheasylum
Жыл бұрын
18:00 That's probably Stephanie Wiand, Her and Gorilla Monsoon used to do some of the Coliseum Video exclusive matches i think.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Good call
@johnnygrind77
Жыл бұрын
The mystery commentator from the WWF Raw game is Stephanie Wiand. She was around when Todd Pettengill worked for them and she was there for less than I year.
@dboechat
Жыл бұрын
5:16, 5:36 that hair though
@dennismcdonald2607
Жыл бұрын
😂
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
There's a better one posted later in the video :-)
@Djclyve
Жыл бұрын
Raspberry pi has no problem with emulating the 32X… problem is most if not all these games aren’t worth playing!
@Rando1975
Жыл бұрын
Only 40 games developed? Wow. According to Wikipedia, there were over 50 additional games but were never released. Some of them ended up on the Saturn, but most were just canceled.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Only 40 games released, a lot more were developed or moved over to the Saturn like you said
@Rando1975
Жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries The Sega CD was even worse. It's staggering the amount of games that were announced and/or in development, but never released for it.
@MarsofAritia
Жыл бұрын
they shoud've just been on the Saturn in the first place
@orderofmagnitude-TPATP
Жыл бұрын
I loved virtua fighter on my 32x in the day. I had doom, virtua racing and fighter, metal head, star wars arcade... and thats about it
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Except for doom that was the cream of the crop
@Mikey-zj8bn
Жыл бұрын
I really liked sega I mean the super nes had all the great rpgs I loved but tobad sega of Japan dident liesen to the usa side maybe we would have a dreamcast/playstation hybrid right now
@MechaFenris
Жыл бұрын
I almost got a Genesis.... but I was saving for an Amiga 500. :) The rest is computer history....
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
I think you made the right choice :-)
@jamesdixon6332
Жыл бұрын
It's a joy to relive nostalgia with you Patman. Thank you for content and history lessons.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
How nice of you to say, enjoy thanks
@Eastsid3
Жыл бұрын
My brother had the Sega CD, I think he skipped the 32x and we both got Saturn's for Christmas. I always think about how much money we were throwing at Sega only to have basically abandon their system a year or so later.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes that really does suck which turned off a lot of its fan base
@xerokitsune
Жыл бұрын
The Sega was doing weird a rapid fire of hardware releases between 94 and 95, in April of 94 they released the Sega CDX(Genesis, Sega CD, and "portable" CD player all in one that the 32X didn't fit well), the 32x in November, and the Sega Nomad(portable Genesis) in 95. These with the looming release of the Saturn(they had teased before the US release of the 32x) sunk Sega's console viability. This boondoggle of rapid fire planned obsolescent hardware made people worry about the long term viability of the Saturn in the US market and left the Dreamcast looking like a desperate last gasp.
@rockoorbe2002
Жыл бұрын
My sincere opinion about the 32X is, it could have worked if it came our later as a cost effective addition to the Genesis. And I mention this because in 1996 i was 12 years old and i came from a working class family. Thus no way we could have afforded any of the systems from that generation, not even the $299 PlayStation 1. And oddly enough, i got my first job at 15 working part time at a flea market stall next to my brother who was working another stall. With that we ended up going halfsies on a Super Nintendo that came packed with Killer Instinct. And i don't remember how much it ot cost us but it couldn't have been more than $100 in 1999. Bear in mind that year the Dreamcast was already being prepped for launch, Sony was gearing up for thr PS2 and rumors were floating around that Microsoft might enter the console arena. So you can imagine how many people were dumping their 16 bit consoles. That being said, if Sega had not bit the bullet and released the Genesis bundled with the 32X after say, 1997, i would have bought it. I got to play a few Saturn games including Virtua Fighter and Panzer Dragoon and i would have loved to play those on a 32x, even if the quality wasn't up there with the Saturn. But as usual Sega jumped the gun unlike Nintendo who at least had the virtue of being patient and not getting rid of their older systems. And thats how Nintendo won us over. Edit: now I'm remembering th Sega Neptune which was essentially a beefed up Genesis or 32x. If Sega has maybe released that instead of a 32x.
@nickdonaldson692
Жыл бұрын
22 years later and Penny Arcade's pronouncement that Kolibri is "arguably the finest hummingbird-based shooter available on the 32x' has truly stood the test of time.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL, it's fantastic
@EAprima
Жыл бұрын
Always said from Day 1 that even though I was impressed with the 32X, I also thought it was a dumb idea for it would have been better to create a Mega CD Elite/Pro/2/Next/Prime that combined all the 32X stuff but with more colours, better CPU, better sprint manipulation chips, better sound chip and more memory. If they did that, phased out the Mega CD and released the unit 2.5 years prior the launch of the Sega Saturn it would have been perfect. Heck, I remember saying all this when I learned about the 32X in "Mean Machines Sega" magazine. If they played their cards right, they would have been able to relax on the Saturn launch to release a superior machine after learning more about the Playstation instead of rushing it out. We would have gotten something much closer to the Model 2 as a result (A model 1.75 machine) instead of the rambled rushed out execution that only a select few can unleash that was done to the Sega Saturn. Oh man. WhY am I on this rant train again? I've been on this rant and what they should have done train over 20 years ago.
@ostiariusalpha
Жыл бұрын
The 32X would have actually done fine if it had been released 12-7 months earlier; there was no need for a standalone Soopah-Doopah CD console, and one 2.5 years before is entirely unfeasible. Just avoid releasing the 32X under the shadow of the Saturn, and it would have maintained the strong sales it started with. Now for 'druthers, the 32X's VDP _should_ have had at least one (preferably two) extra scrolling BG layers in hardware that used the expanded color palette. As it was, the unit's VDP did hardly anything at, forcing coders to either create BG layers in software on the two SH-2 processors (and therefore becoming stuck with a 30 fps framerate), or use the MD/Genesis BG layers that have the base console's palette limitations. The truly most helpful change would have simply been larger numbers of devkits with better thought out development software. Of course, that crippled the Saturn early on as well, so it was a general Sega problem.
@ShadowAngel1860
Жыл бұрын
@@ostiariusalpha It never would've been a success. There's a reason why NO console expansion ever sold well, not even the Pocketstation for the Playstation was a success, neither was the CD Drive for the Jaguar, the Disk Drive for the N64 or anything else. People won't buy it, the vast majority will argue that they already paid for the console and all games should work on there. And given the price, no even 12 months earlier wouldn't have changed anything, because the next-generation was already on the market (Neo Geo being released in 1990, Jaguar, Amiga CD32 and 3DO in mid/late 1993, people already knew that there were bigger things on the horizon) Nobody would've bought it anyway. The CD at least somewhat made sense, as the CD-Rom was hailed as the next big thing everywhere in gaming but another cartridge based expansion, that seemingly did very little? It was a dumb idea from the get go.
@ostiariusalpha
Жыл бұрын
@@ShadowAngel1860 It was a hundred and sixty bucks, let's not pretend like that was a lot of money in that context. No 32-bit console was that cheap, and it actually sold pretty fast initially; until people realized it only going to recieve a trickle of games and existed in the shadow of more powerful consoles. And add-ons do occasionally sell well when they are properly situated in the market. The PC-Engine CD-ROM units were very successful, for instance, as was the Famicom Disk System. The Jaguar and Amiga CD32 turned out to be complete jokes, they were not a threat to the 32X being released in 1993; and while the 3DO would have been stiffer competition, its absurdly high price would have not compared favorably against a well-supported 32X.
@tarstarkusz
Жыл бұрын
34:29 It's 2023 and that gag is, unfortunately, no longer a gag. In 2023, a man with a mustache in a woman's swimsuit is a woman!!! If you say otherwise, it's off the gulag. Would love to see another highlighting more 32x games. Also, the Doom Reloaded modern hack. It looks pretty good and I'd like to hear your take. Great video.
@matrixman7706
Жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how the diehard Sega fans defend them after they screwed them over with a add-on that they discontinued pretty quickly and cost a lot of money. Nintendo knew better, and they pushed the limits of the SNES and it worked in their favor quite nicely. Sega could’ve did the same with the Genesis. You don’t release a watered down system right before you’re releasing your main system, which was the Sega Saturn. That makes no business sense.
@tarstarkusz
Жыл бұрын
Even if Night Trap was a good game and you had the 32x and a CD drive, there is still a major problem you cannot get over and that is the single speed CD ROM. 150k is simply not enough to fill a screen with full motion video, especially at a full 256 colors (8bpp). Uncompressed, a 1 full frame of video would require 71,680 bytes. We haven't added any audio yet. At even just 30FPS (as opposed to 60), it requires over 2megabytes per second. Even with compression and a smaller screen window (lower resolution video) simply does not allow 30fps at decent color depth. All of the FMV games for the PC require a double speed drive and it absolutely will not work with a singe speed drive. I was a fan of Dragon's Lair and even with a large cache, a single speed drive will not run the game. I upgraded to a double speed drive to play Dragon's Lair. So it was always going to be a very choppy affair. Even with a relatively smaller window, only 64 colors and really high compression (adding artifacts), the genesis couldn't offer FMV at anything other than a low frame rate. I believe Dragon's Lair, Space Ace and other FMV games on the Sega CD topped out at 10fps. Dragon's lair and Space ace are pretty good showings given the hardware.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
I always wondered about that, thanks
@ENiceGeo
Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Tomcat Alley a full screen FMV game?
@tarstarkusz
Жыл бұрын
@@ENiceGeo According to Wikipedia it is. Why do you ask?
@ENiceGeo
Жыл бұрын
@@tarstarkusz How were they able to get games with full screen videos when early games like Sewer Shark were in small windows? Did they just stretch the video to fit the screen?
@tarstarkusz
Жыл бұрын
@@ENiceGeo Probably just tricks to make it look like you are seeing a full screen video. I don't know for sure though. I'm not familiar with the games.
@xChris_Kentx
Жыл бұрын
I always appreciate your videos and the hard work that you put into them, thank you for posting this. I wish that all that effort went in to Sega's overall ecosystem at that time.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy them
@mr.pavone9719
Жыл бұрын
Owning the Genesis, CD expansion AND a 32X was a great way to trip a breaker every time the whole Frankenstein monster was powered up.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL comment of the day
@thisisnotachannel
Жыл бұрын
Uhhh... my breakers never tripped. Unless someone turned on the A/C while I was playing...
@worsethanhitlerpt.2539
Жыл бұрын
It came out too close to Saturn and it needed its own Power adaptor. Those would be the main flaws not counting the lack of good games
@3mate1
Жыл бұрын
16:25 It looks like you're fighting Wes Studi in this match... no doubt since he was pretty popular as the bad guy indian in Last of the Mohicans and Dances with wolves and at the height of his career at about this time.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Good call, could be
@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes
Жыл бұрын
Another superb documentary Patman. I think if they did Outrun for the 32x it might have sold a few more units, but with Saturn on the horizon it didnt stand a chance.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks. I was always hopeful they would have done out run for the Sega CD but the 32X version would've been even better
@ShadowAngel-lt8nw
Жыл бұрын
Considering the Mega Drive already had a very good port of OutRun and the game was ancient by that time, i doubt it would've had any impact. If Doom couldn't do anything (granted, it's a horrible port, but Doom had massive name value back then) then OutRun would've accomplished nothing. Even if the 32X had some awesome exclusive game (let's say Streets of Rage 4 or something) i doubt it would've done anything. The 32X came a) way too late b) after the Mega CD (so people groaned that they had to buy another gadget) and was way too expensive for what it offered. I don't even know why this thing was greenlit to begin with. Had it come out in 1991 for half the price, yes, maybe. It really seems the sole reason why this was made, was that Sega USA wanted to "one up" those pesky japanese with whom they basically were in direct competition.
@MaxAbramson3
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, you can't really be a $160 add on released only 7 months before the big 32-bit monster hits store shelves with some unknown price tag. Kalinske's plan was to sell the already developed $49.95 SVP Lock On cart that everyone was eager to see in action. What most people didn't know was that Daytona USA, Star Wars Arcade, Virtua Racer, and Virtua Fighter were already developed for the SVP and would've brought in millions in revenues and sold hundreds of thousands of Genesis consoles, preventing the money-losing retail buyback of 1994-95.
@kslick4048
Жыл бұрын
I had this. I called it the super nintendo attachment for my genesis.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
No doubt, you can finally run a version of Mortal Kombat 2 which is slightly better than the super Nintendo version for an extra $170
@raygunpyle
Жыл бұрын
"Just stick it in your Genesis!" ...that ad was a lie! Not one ad showed the A/V cords and extra power supply mess 32X was..... I didnt even know 32X required that stuff until I got a 32X for like $10 on eBay and went to hook it up....The ads made it look like the hookup was as simple as a Game Genie!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
I should have mentioned that in the video. That ad was nowhere near as bad as some of the other ones that were released in Europe
@MistaMaddog247
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that and the juvenile innuendo targeted at junior high kids...
@raygunpyle
Жыл бұрын
@@MistaMaddog247 Maybe that was Sega's metaphor for discouraging gamers that age from becoming young parents....hooking up the 32X is as complex as being a parent....I talked about the wires....but I forgot about the prongs in the cart slot....I think those are FCC required but you can run without them, but still.....can you find a 32X ad showing the Genesis/MD clips you need?
@BlackArroToons
Жыл бұрын
Great history of the 32X, PatmanQC! I remember back then, waiting for some must-play 32X games and long term support before considering it, but not enough showed up and Playstation stole all its potential. I was hoping for a lot of Arcade ports, but sadly not enough. After Burner looks great and runs like the arcade on 32X however. Thanks!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
My video could have just been arcade ports but I wanted to mix it up. There were a lot of good ones for the system but not enough for me. Thanks
@laserdiscphan
Жыл бұрын
I actually debated getting a 32X or more specifically a Neptune so I could catch up on all the Genesis games I missed out on (I had a Turbo Duo in the 16 bit years) and enjoy the "Next Generation of Gaming", but when that was cancelled I ended up just getting a Saturn instead. I kinda sorta made the right decision since I didn't miss out on much from the 32X, and now I'm going to be selling my Saturn library of games for a pretty penny since the collectability on those games (like Panzer Dragoon Saga, Magic Knight Rayearth, Shining Force III, etc.) has gone through the roof.
@LeShark75
Жыл бұрын
Like a sensitive circular muscle designed to regulate the flow of human feces, I let the 32x pass me by. I should have grabbed one if only for Afterburner, Space Harrier and Star Wars. But funds were limited back then.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I know the feeling
@sorenpx
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I'd call the 32X "ill-conceived." They really should've sustained it as the 32-bit system for people who can't afford a Saturn or PlayStation. Not everyone had $400+ to spend on new hardware. The biggest problem though was that way too many of the games just felt like 16-but titles. I remember seeing many of the games and being like, "Isn't this supposed to be 32-bit?" Only a few titles, like Star Wars Arcade, felt next-gen. It would be interesting to know how things might have been different once the developers really learned how to take full advantage of the hardware. Sadly, the system was killed off before it was even allowed to get to that stage.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Fair enough. I felt the same way about the Amiga CD32 which was Superior to a regular Amiga 500 in every way but a lot of titles were just ports of the regular Amiga version with better music and possibly slightly better colors.
@wimwiddershins
Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing the 32x on clearance in Kmart for $29.95. Damn! I should've bought all of them.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
You and me both my friend
@Slowgroovin
Жыл бұрын
Personally, I liked the 32X. It wasn't on the level of the Saturn or Playstation, but it could certainly do 3D better than the SNES and Genesis. I liked Doom, Star Wars Arcade, and Virtua Racing.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
I like it as well
@Dorelaxen
Жыл бұрын
To quote MAD Magazine...more like 32 Ecch! I think that might be Sensational/Scary Sherri Martel on commentary next to Gorilla. Not sure, but it does look a little like her.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL, good call. It could be Sherry or it could be someone name Stephanie wand who works with monsoon on various projects
@WWammyy
Жыл бұрын
Project Jupiter sounds like a better idea than the 32x. Similar to mid gen refreshes of today. New 3DS. Oled Switch PS4 pro Xbox one x
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOLI agree
@grgmj1980
Жыл бұрын
That’s sensational sherry, she was announcing in the mid 90’s of the wwf
@nicholasvertucci2054
Жыл бұрын
She did one guest announce spot in 1989. Sherry had been gone from the company for two years when the game came out. It's Lisa Wyant.
@markula_4040
Жыл бұрын
@@nicholasvertucci2054 Who? Never heard that name. Do you mean Stephanie Wiand? I remember her having co-host duties alongside Todd Pettingill during the mid-90's.
@nicholasvertucci2054
Жыл бұрын
@@markula_4040 You're right. I combined Lisa Wolf and her name.
@ResidentNotEvil5
Жыл бұрын
Sega 32X really unnecessary sega spoil bringing all the extra add in Garbage when sega genesis itself huge success
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more
@c0mmenter1
Жыл бұрын
Just in time for Sunday brunch :) I do appreciate the effort of compiling all of this gameplay video and information about the history also the way you effortlessly present It in an entertaining way. Another great video 😁
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Glad you like them! Thanks for the nice words
@3mate1
Жыл бұрын
Those 3D glasses sucked, I had them as a kid. I never got them to work. They looked cool, we pretended to be the Terminator with them but we never used them to play the 3D games the Master System had.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL that's fantastic
@NoelComiX
Жыл бұрын
I love my 32X
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
So do I
@toysandjunk
Жыл бұрын
Given the time period, the woman on commentary might be Stephanie Wiand.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Yes, that's it. Completely forgot about her. Good call
@Streetfighter1977
Жыл бұрын
Wonder what happened to that super Nintendo cd add on? Sure nothing came of it😏😏😏
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL
@backpackingtony1779
Жыл бұрын
I’m really stoned and your videos are prefect while I’m high!!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL, that's high praise. Thanks
@VictorHernandez-nj2lo
Жыл бұрын
Please do a video on Namco's Time Crisis series
@cabbusses
Жыл бұрын
6:50 in light of how the 32x performed vs. The Nintendo Wii as a comparison point, this was a critical mistake to say. Add-ons do not sell like new consoles.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
I agree
@kronosjapan
Жыл бұрын
Givro, the developer of Cosmic Carnage/Cyber Brawl and Mazin Saga also apparently made a 3 Vs. 3 fighter for the arcade called Burning Street. Published by Tecmo, Burning Street was only location tested in Japan and seems to be lost media at this point. Given the look of Cosmic Carnage/Cyber Brawl, it would have been interesting to see what Burning Street was like.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Very cool, I didn't know that
@jamesanthony8438
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't a misstep to me. I loved it. =)
@JEFFALITY
Жыл бұрын
Me too
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
In the grand scheme of things. I liked mine though just wish it was used better
@rgm4646
Жыл бұрын
Ahh yes the console wars. It was a great time to be in games back then. Every game company trying to find and protect their territory. I got my 32x pretty early during its life. I thought it was a good system that didnt get enough support. I blame internal Sega Japan and Sega US fighting for its demise.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more
@MarsofAritia
Жыл бұрын
it was SoA's insistence on pushing this piece of garbage instead of focusing on the saturn which killed them.
@Sinn0100
Жыл бұрын
I don't agree with your assessment of the 32X's hardware. Particularly with the amount of polygons it can display at once. In 1994 it was one of the strongest home based machines when pushing polygonal based graphics. It was more capable than the 3DO and on par with the Jaguar. Finally, I would like to address the 32X port of Doom. When it released in 1994 it was seen as a technical marvel. Finally, Doom could be experienced on a home console featuring most of what made the game incredible. Bashing Doom on the 32X is a very modern phenomenon and often done by people who were not around to experience it when it was new. I know you were around PatmanQC...I'm guessing you've forgotten? At any rate, you got skills my friend. You can tell you know how to play these games. Nicely done and good video. Addendum- The 32X was definitely a huge failure despite how well received Doom was. I myself bought a Jaguar for Doom in 1994 because I couldn't find a 32X in stores (sold out everywhere).
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
The music is terrible, a lot of the levels are missing and the BFG cannot be access unless you use a cheat code. That doesn't sound like a great conversion to me.
@Sinn0100
Жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It was a great conversion in 1994.
@ENiceGeo
Жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries It was at least playable compared to the SNES version. Strafing took a bit to get the hang of, but once you got a feel for it you never look back to the inferior locked side stepping the SNES used.
@lance9864
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I think it’s Sherri on commentary in the WWF game.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. That very well could be
@fernandomonarres8993
Жыл бұрын
Plz do a part two...btw your vids are amazing!!!!!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot
@Jolly-Green-Steve
Жыл бұрын
Sega should have never released the 32X and made the Saturn stock with 4 megs of memory and the ability to play Saturn games from CD or through the cartridge port or a combination of both and also Genesis cart backwards compatibility. If they would have focused on top arcade ports with added content(a lot of arcade ports were left in Japan) they would have had a winner on their hands. They should have worked a deal with Midway or Nintendo to get the first Killer Instinct as a launch title. Also think of a first party conversion of Virtua Racing with a proper career mode and like 20 tracks instead of the mediocre Time Warner version we got. With a better conversion of MK2 because of 4megs of memory and also why did nobody do a home port of Konami's Run And Gun? There are a bunch of Konami/Capcom/Midway games from this era that were either bad ports or not brought home at all or should have been re-released for the upgraded hardware like a deluxe version of Final Fight or Cadilacs and Dinosaurs.
@djaccount5458
Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Poland! :)
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Hello there! Greetings from the USA
@adamofgrayskull7735
Жыл бұрын
Ohh just in time for Sunday dinner.🤘😆🤘
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Excellent, enjoy
@adamofgrayskull7735
Жыл бұрын
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries thank you my friend WE HAVE THE POWER.🤘😆🤘
@STR82DVD
Жыл бұрын
I had the Sega 3d LCD shutter glasses for the Sega Master System. My God the we're tight on the head. They were ok but the experience was just that, ok, not great. I had four titles for the glasses: Space Harrier, Outrun, Missile Command and Zaxxon, which, I Believe, is exactly half of the bloody library that the add-on supported. Every one of the games was underwhelming and I just ended up playing the non-3d iterations that were also included on the supported SMS cartridges. Thanks for the great content young lad.
@penguinjay
Жыл бұрын
Nice truth in advertising for Night Trap!
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
LOL no doubt
@randomwrestlingarchive3937
Жыл бұрын
Could be Stephanie Wyand or Sherri Martel
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Good call, thanks
@nobodyimportant8859
Жыл бұрын
Do another video👍
@kendonl.taylor5111
9 ай бұрын
@PatmanQC - History of arcade game documentary Did you know, there's a code in Cosmic Carnage where you get to play the true version of that game Cyber Brawl?
@donskiver
Жыл бұрын
lol... I see what you did there with the N64 DD. 😏
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Who, me? LOL
@R3troZone
Жыл бұрын
Bought my 32x back in 1997 at Ames Department store when they marked it down to $20 and it came with Doom. I originally passed on the Saturn but finally bought one of the white Japanese models a few months ago for $100. And uh Boxing rings aren't called Squared Circles. They say that in professional wrestling because amateur wrestling matches take place on mats inside a circular ring. Therefor professional wrestling rings are known as "squared circles". But it's not called that in boxing because boxing doesn't take place in a circle on any level. In WWF Raw on the 32X, the other announcer with Gorilla Monsoon is Vince McMahon.
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Heck of a deal on your 32x. That's not Vince McMahon unless he is wearing lipstick.
@joedent3323
Жыл бұрын
I just farted; Blew my duvet clean out of the window. It's OK - I'll blame "Gypsys", when Mothers asked what happened.
@Issicra
Жыл бұрын
I only bought one of these because my roommate had a Genesis, and all the electronics stores were practically giving the 32X away and the games were super cheap. Man, it just wasn't that good.
@Boogie_the_cat
Жыл бұрын
I had one friend who owned this, and i just remember the games being $65 to $70, and then the whole thing was quietly swept under the rug, courtesy of SEGA of Japan and the Saturn. It wasn't a great console, but SEGA of Japan kinda screwed SEGA of America, and then blamed them for it's failure, even though SOJ did so many things that would cause the death of the addon, which just added to the consoles already existing shortcomings. It was a dark time for a diehard SEGA fan like me.
@MarsofAritia
Жыл бұрын
the only reason this thing exists is because SoA whined about the Saturn being too expensive. consumers weren't stupid, all the mags were hyping up the Saturn since 93, no one was going to buy this thing in the first place. and then when it failed, to the surprise of no one but SoA, they had nothing ready for the Saturn since they didn't even intend to release it in America until much later. If SoA actually bothered to support the Saturn, Sega could've had a nice head start to survive the inevitable storm that was the playstation and they would've lasted a lot longer in the console space.
@hidarimak
Жыл бұрын
Sega of America wanted to leave the 32x ports of After Burner and Space Harrier in Japan. Sega of Canada is the reason why the games hit North America.
@XX-sp3tt
Жыл бұрын
Uhhhhhhhhhh..... they weren't aliens. They were vampires, it was only said about a dozen times during the game.
@RetroPlayer4000
Жыл бұрын
Dun a dun a dun dun dun a dun a PATMAN......
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :-)
@jasonz7788
Жыл бұрын
Awesome thanks 👍 great work Sir
@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries
Жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
@brendanroberts1310
Жыл бұрын
I count my 32x as a console rather than a add on as it comes with a different library of games but it doesnt work with out a megadrive so what should it be classed as?
@Barcrest
Жыл бұрын
When you mentioned you would get to doom, I thought you were going to mention the homebrew version. It fixes all the issues with the retail one.
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