Electronic Gaming Monthly's Top 21 Sega 32X Games
146After finding massive success with the Genesis, Sega had momentum on their side when going into he 32-bit era. The plan should have been simple: Put all the attention on the upcoming Saturn and then fill it up with the company's most popular arcade games. But as we neared the handover, Sega began to worry. They were concerned that their loyal Genesis users may not want to spend $300 or $400 on new hardware. So, instead of putting all of their attention behind the Saturn, they created this -- the Sega 32X, a half-step plug-in that was supposed to turn your Genesis into a 32-bit powerhouse.
If you know anything about the system wars of the mid-1990s, then you already know that this was a colossal failure. While Sega of America boldly claimed that the add-on would outsell the Saturn and PlayStation by a sizable margin, in reality it only sold 800,000 units, a far cry from the 9.26 million the Saturn would sell or the more than 100 million units Sony would be able to move. Like I said, the 32X was a flop.
In just under a year and a half, Sega and its third parties managed to release only 36 games in the United States. Of those games, Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewed 21 of them. And while that's 58% of the library, they missed out on a few big hitters, like Tempo, Primal Rage and Virtua Racing. But instead of dwelling on the titles EGM didn't review, I want to spend the next few minutes using their own words to countdown all 21 Sega 32X games they reviewed. Come, join me for a brand-new episode of Electronic Gaming Monthly Ranks the 32X.
0:00 - Introduction
2:04 - Commercial: Sega 32X (Introducing)
2:41 - Cosmic Carnage
3:13 - Metal Head
3:47 - Shadow Squadron
4:25 - Corpse Killer
4:56 - Zaxxon's Motherbase 2000
5:32 - Supreme Warrior
6:05 - Slam City with Scottie Pippen
6:30 - RBI Baseball '95
6:56 - WWF Raw
7:36 - T-Mek
8:08 - Star Wars Arcade
8:44 - Commercial: Sega 32X (Cremation)
9:18 - Brutal: Above the Claw
9:49 - Golf Magazine: 36 Great Holes Starring Fred Couples
10:18 - Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure
10:49 - Star Trek Starfleet Academy: Starship Bridge Simulator
11:23 - Kolibri
11:59 - Knuckles Chaotix
12:33 - Virtua Fighter
13:14 - Toughman Contest
13:37 - NBA Jam: Tournament Edition
14:08 - DOOM
14:37 - Commercial: Sega 32X (Crazy Circus)
15:08 - Question of the Day
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