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Sega 32X
Manufacturer: Sega
Release Date RRP Code
Sega 32X
JP 		¥16,80016,800 HMA-0001
Sega 32X
US 		$159.99159.99 84001
Sega 32X
EU 		MK-84201-50
Sega 32X
SE
Sega 32X
AU 		$349349[3]
Sega 32X
BR 		R$399399[2] 150000
Sega 32X
KR 		₩199,000199,000
Sega 32X
TW 		MK-84202-16
Sega 32X
AS 		MK-84202-07

The Sega 32X (スーパー32X) codenamed Project Mars, is a hardware add-on to the Sega Mega Drive created by Sega. It is the second of two major add-ons for the system, the other being the Sega Mega-CD, and was released worldwide in late 1994. The 32X was designed to extend the Mega Drive's lifespan by giving it significantly more powerful 32-bit processing and texture-mapped 3D polygon capabilities. It was thus seen as a logical upgrade to the 16-bit processing and 2D capabilities of the Mega Drive and its main rival, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The 32X was succeeded by the Sega Saturn.

In the interests of simplicity, Sega Retro uses a simplified "Sega 32X" name for the unit, though the official name differs depending on regions of the world. In Japan, it was distributed under the name Sega Super 32X, in North America, the Sega Genesis 32X, in Europe, Australia and Asia, the Sega Mega Drive 32X, in Brazil, the Mega 32X and in South Korea, the Super 32X.

Hardware

The Sega 32X is a large and heavy "mushroom-shaped" unit which plugs into the Mega Drive's cartridge slot. It was designed to be a permanent addition to a Mega Drive setup (unlike the Power Base Converter), acting as both a means to play specialised 32X cartridges, and as a passthrough device allowing normal Mega Drive games to be played. A provided plastic spacer ensuring it can fit inside most official versions of the Mega Drive console.

The Sega 32X plays its own cartridges which are designed to take advantage of the enhancements of the system. These cartridges which will not physically fit in a standard Mega Drive (nor any console produced since), and the setup is designed so as not to interfere with an attached Sega Mega-CD. Like the Mega CD, the 32X cannot function as an independent machine, and therefore always requires a powered Mega Drive to be present when in use.

Numerous factors led to the criticism over the 32X, but one of the major issues is encountered before the system is even switched on. The device requires its own AC adaptor, and a second physical connection to the Mega Drive console from the back of the unit. If the user also has a Mega-CD, this means no less than three power adapters are required (plus a fourth for a television). Both the AC adaptor and 32X Connector Cable are bespoke units - the AC adaptor is more common as it is identical to that seen with the Mega Drive 2 (though is not often covered by universal AC adaptors), but the 32X connector cable is unique to the 32X and was not sold separately (though third parties variants exist).

As an aside, the 32X's video encoder is of a slightly higher build quality than those usually found in later iterations of the Mega Drive, potentially resulting in a slightly clearer image when playing Mega Drive titles.

Furthermore, Sega's AC adaptors of the day were designed so that the transformer was located around the plug area, resulting in several bulky units obstructing surrounding sockets. Due to the extra space required just to plug the console into the wall, Sega eventually released their own Sega Power Strip in North America.

The 32X brings significant visual upgrades to the Mega Drive with inclusion of a 32X VDP, allowing the machine to display up to 32,768 on-screen colours (versus the usual 64 seen in Mega Drive titles) and render more 2D sprites at any given time. Combined with an added two Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC processors (also used for the Saturn), it is better suited to 2D scaling and rotation, and is capable of rendering texture-mapped 3D graphics.

Audio capabilities were also upgraded, including the addition of a PWM audio chip offering extra sound channels and QSound technology, enabling multidimensional sound that allows a regular stereo audio signal to approximate the 3D sounds heard in everyday life (similar to binaural recording).

The 32X is compatible with the Sega Mega-CD, allowing the user to play one of six enhanced Sega Mega-CD 32X games. Its ability to access a wider palette of colours allows for higher quality full motion video than a standard Mega-CD, whose FMV games are in turn often derided for their lack of colour and detail.

Contrary to popular belief, the Sega 32X doesn't employ any regional lockout technology per se, instead relying on the region of the Mega Drive to determine the region of the unit. It does however have a set Genlock frequency which stops 50Hz (PAL) games from working on 60Hz (NTSC) units and vice versa. Due to the 32X only differentiating between frequencies and not region, the Japanese Super 32X and Genesis 32X are identical, and will work on either NTSC console. Much like region modifications on the Mega Drive and Saturn, this is easily changed with slight modifications to the unit, allowing for universal support of all games.

Comparison

North American marketing pitched the 32X as being 40 times more powerful than the Super NES and 6 times more powerful than the 3DO. This is true in terms of CPU performance, as the 32X's dual SH-2 are capable of processing nearly 60 MIPS, compared to the Super NES's Ricoh 5A22 which processes 1.5 MIPS and the 3DO's ARM60 which processes 10 MIPS.

In terms of 3D polygon performance, the 32X is capable of rendering 160,000 flat-shaded polygons/sec and 50,000 textured polygons/sec. In comparison, the 3DO renders 20,000 textured polygons/sec,[7] while the Super Nintendo's Super FX 2 cartridge enhancement chip renders 4,000 flat-shaded polygons/sec and 2,000 textured polygons/sec. This means the 32X renders 40 times as many polygons as the Super FX 2 chip and more than twice as many textured polygons as the 3DO.

Compared to other systems at the time, the Atari Jaguar renders 10,000 textured polygons/sec,[8] while a Pentium 60 PC renders 30,000–50,000 flat-shaded polygons/sec[9] and 6,000 textured polygons/sec,[10]. Meanwhile the Pentium 66 renders 3.6 MPixels/s[11] (compared to the 32X's 18–36 MPixels/s).

Compared to the Sega Saturn, however, the 32X is extremely limited, and indeed owes much of its graphical prowess to the Mega Drive hardware it sits on top of. In the vast majority of circumstances, the 32X works with the Mega Drive to produce an image, to the point where without the connector cable attached, games will still run and may even be considered playable.

While the 32X side is able to output up to 32,768 colours on-screen at once, it is comparitively slow at rendering a full 320x224 image in this mode than the Mega Drive can with its 64 on-screen colours. As such, it is common to see 32X games rely on the Mega Drive hardware to draw large, detailed backgrounds or foregrounds instead (Chaotix, Tempo, Mortal Kombat II). With the 32X side able to pick up some slack in terms of graphics processing, more colours can be reserved by the Mega Drive for this purpose than in the average Mega Drive-specific game, though a 64 colour limit is still in place most of the time.

This hybrid approach was used by many developers to ensure a full 60FPS refresh rate in 2D games. Games which opt to swap the pipeline around - giving the 32X the bulk of the 2D rendering and have the Mega Drive fill the gaps, are often left with slower frame rates (Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure, Brutal Unleashed: Above the Claw), though there are rare exceptions (Kolibri) that manage to display high colour graphics at 60FPS. The ability to fall back on the 16-bit hardware, however, can put the 32X at an advantage over systems such as the Atari Jaguar which is known to befall similar frame rate issues when tackling 2D games.

Similarly the 32X adds a two channel PWM sound chip, itended to complement the existing Mega Drive audio capabilities rather than replace them outright. This means in many cases, the quality of 32X and Mega Drive audio is virtually identical, with some developers failing to make use of this new chip at all.

Models

Main article: 32X consoles.

  • Japanese model

  • North American model

  • European model

  • Brazilian model

  • Asian model

  • South Korean model

  • US model (attached to Sega Genesis II)

  • EU model (attached to Sega Mega Drive II)

  • JP model (attached to Sega Mega Drive II)

  • Prototype "Mega Drive 32" model

Cartridges

Main article: Sega 32X cartridges.

Technical specifications

See Sega Mega Drive specifications for base Mega Drive hardware specifications
  • System master clock rate: 53.693175 MHz (NTSC), 53.203424 MHz (PAL)[12]

CPU

  • Main CPU: Twin Hitachi SH-2 (SH7095) 32-bit RISC processors
    • Clock speed: 23.01136 MHz (NTSC), 22.801467 MHz (PAL)[12]
    • Clock cycles: 46.022721 MHz (NTSC, 23.01136 MHz per SH-2), 45.602934 MHz (PAL, 22.801467 MHz per SH-2)
    • 2x CPU cores: 32‑bit RISC instructions/registers, up to 4 instructions/cycle (2 instructions/cycle per SH-2),[13] 1.3 MIPS per MHz,[14] 59.829537 MIPS (NTSC, 29.914768 MIPS per SH-2), 59.283814 MIPS (PAL, 29.641907 MIPS per SH-2)
    • 4x internal fixed‑point math processors:[15] 2x MULT multiplier DSP,[16][17][18] 2x DIVU division units,[16][17] parallel processing[19]
      • 2x MULT multiplier DSP: 46.022721 MOPS (NTSC, 23.01136 MOPS per SH-2), 45.602934 MOPS (PAL, 22.801467 MOPS per SH-2)[fn 1]
      • 2x DIVU division units: 16/32/64-bit division,[19] 1,180,069 divides/sec[fn 2]
    • 2x DMA units: 2x DMAC (Direct Memory Access Controller),[16] parallel processing[22]
    • Bus width: 64‑bit (2× 32‑bit) internal, 32‑bit external[23]
  • CPU co-processors: Overlay/Underlay processors
    • Mega Drive CPU:
      • Motorola M68000 — 7.670453 MHz (NTSC), 7.600489 MHz (PAL),[12] 16/32-bit instructions, 32-bit internal data bus, 16-bit external data bus, 1.342329 MIPS (NTSC), 1.330085 MIPS (PAL)
      • Zilog Z80 — 3.579545 MHz (NTSC), 3.546894 MHz (PAL), 8/16-bit instructions, 8-bit data bus, 0.519034 MIPS (NTSC), 0.514299 MIPS (PAL)
    • Sega CD CPU: Motorola M68000 — 12.5 MHz, 2.1875 MIPS

Graphics

  • 32X graphics chip: Sega 32X VDP (Sega Custom LSI) @ 23.01136 MHz (NTSC), 22.801467 MHz (PAL)[24][12]
    • Data bus width: 32-bit (16-bit per framebuffer)
    • Word length: 16-bit
  • Features: 3D polygon graphics, Gouraud shading, texture mapping, more sprites, quicker animation[25]
  • Color palette: 32,768 colors[26]
  • Double-buffered framebuffer with three modes:[27]
    • 8bpp "packed pixel" mode: 256 simultaneous colors on screen; each pixel is an index into CRAM (can use full screen)
    • 16bpp "run length" mode: 256 simultaneous colors on screen; each pixel is both a number of pixels to display and the index of CRAM (limits screen size)
    • 16bpp "direct color" mode: 32,768 simultaneous colors on screen; each pixel is the color value (limits screen size)
  • VRAM: 256 KB, split into two 128 KB segments for each framebuffer. A priority system allows partial overlaying/underlaying of Mega Drive/Mega-CD graphics.
    • Sprites, polygons and textures accessed from 256 KB main SDRAM and 4–8 MB ROM cartridge.
  • Resolutions: 320×224, 320×240,[27] 320×204 (direct color),[28] 320×408 (8bpp)[29]
    • Overscan: 450×262 (NTSC), 450×313 (PAL)[30]
  • Refresh rate: 60 Hz (NTSC), 50 Hz (PAL)
    • Maximum frame rate: 60 FPS (NTSC), 50 FPS (PAL)
  • Framebuffer bandwidth: 72.727272 MB/s (36.363636 MB/s per framebuffer)[31][32]
    • SH-2: 36.363636 MB/s (read/write, 1 byte/cycle per SH-2)[33]
    • 32X VDP: 29.488906 MB/s (14.148 MB/s read,[30] 15.340906 MB/s write)[34][35]
    • 68000: 1.917613 MB/s (read/write, 4 cycles/byte)[36]
  • Framebuffer fillrate: 18.181818 MPixels/s (16bpp), 36.363636 MPixels/s (8bpp)[29][37]
    • SH-2: 18.181818 MPixels/s (16bpp),[33][32] 36.363636 MPixels/s (8bpp)
    • 32X VDP: 7.670453 MPixels/s (16bpp), 15.340906 MPixels/s (8bpp)
    • 68000: 958,806 pixels/s (16bpp), 1.917613 MPixels/s (8bpp)
  • 3D polygon geometry calculations:[fn 3]
  • 3D polygon rendering:
  • 2D sprite/tile capabilities: Scrolling,[45] scaling, rotation, alpha blending[46][32]
    • Colors per sprite/tile: 128 (8bpp), 256 (8bpp), 8192 (16bpp), 32,768 (16bpp)
    • Tile size: 8×8 texels, 64 bytes (8bpp), 128 bytes (16bpp)
    • Sprite sizes: 8×8 to 320×240 texels, 64 bytes to 150 KB
    • Maximum sprites/tiles per frame: 3800 sprites/tiles (8bpp, 8×8, 237.5 KB), 1900 sprites/tiles (16bpp, 8×8, 237.5 KB)
    • Maximum sprites/tiles per scanline: 1463 texels, 182 sprites/tiles (8×8)
Overlay/Underlay
  • Overlay/Underlay graphics processors:
    • Mega Drive VDP — 13.423294 MHz (NTSC), 13.300856 MHz (PAL), 8/16-bit data bus
    • Sega CD ASIC — 12.5 MHz, 32-bit (2x 16-bit) data bus
  • Overlay/Underlay Mega Drive VDP planes: 512–1536 color palette, 61–512 colors on screen
    • Sprite plane: 80 sprites/frame, 8×8 to 32×32 pixels/sprite, 16 colors/sprite, maximum 1280 sprite tiles/frame
    • Background planes: 2 tiled scrolling background layers, 8×8 pixels/tile, 16 colors/tile, 320×224 tilemaps, maximum 1808 tiles/frame
    • Fillrate: 6.934358 MPixels/s (read), 6.41376 MPixels/s (write), 6.934358–36.325644 MPixels/s (effective tile fillrate)
  • Overlay/Underlay Sega CD ASIC planes: Enhanced Mega Drive VDP planes, enhanced FMV plane
    • Sprite/Tile planes: 128–1536 colors on screen, sprite/tile scaling and rotation
    • FMV plane: Full motion video, 32,768 colors on screen
    • Fillrate: 6.934358 MPixels/s (read/write), 6.934358–36.325644 MPixels/s (effective tile fillrate)

Sound

  • Sound chip: QSound PWM @ 23.01136 MHz (NTSC), 22.801467 MHz (PAL)[47]
    • Stereo PWM (Pulse Wave Modulation) mixing with Mega Drive sound; additional 2 channels (12 channels in total)
    • 11-bit PWM, stereo PCM output,[26] surround sound

Memory

  • System RAM: 648.5–1368.5 KB total, 512 KB (4 MBit) additional RAM to Mega Drive or Sega CD memory[25]
    • Main RAM: 256 KB SDRAM
    • VRAM: 256 KB FPM DRAM (dual 128 KB framebuffers)[47]
    • Mega Drive RAM: 136 KB (64 KB main, 64 KB video, 8 KB sound)
    • Sega CD RAM: 856 KB (512 KB main, 256 KB video, 64 KB audio)
  • RAM Clear Hardware: 512 bytes (used for flat-shaded polygons)[33]
  • Internal processor cache: 5 KB
    • SH-2: 4 KB (2 KB per CPU)[25]
    • 32X VDP: 1 KB,[48] including 512 bytes (256 words) color palette RAM (CRAM)[49]
  • Cartridge ROM: 4–8 MB[50]

Bandwidth

  • System RAM bandwidth: 118.749992 MB/s (NTSC), 118.330206 MB/s (PAL), 3 data buses, 48-bit data bus width[24][32]
    • SDRAM: 46.02272 MB/s (NTSC, 16-bit, 23.01136 MHz, 43ns), 45.602934 MB/s (PAL, 16-bit, 22.801467 MHz, 43ns)[51][52]
    • VRAM: 72.727272 MB/s (32-bit, 18.181818 MHz, 55 ns, 16-bit per framebuffer, 36.363636 MB/s per framebuffer, 55ns cycles, 80ns access)[53][31]
  • Cartridge bandwidth:[50][32]
    • Game ROM: 13.333333 MB/s (16-bit, 6.666666 MHz, 150 ns) to 28.571428 MB/s (16-bit, 14.285714 MHz, 70 ns)
    • Non-volatile SRAM: 6.666666 MB/s (6.666666 MHz, 150 ns) to 14.285714 MB/s (14.285714 MHz, 70 ns)
  • Internal processor cache bandwidth:
    • SH-2: 184.09088 MB/s (92.04544 MB/s per SH-2, 32-bit per SH-2)
    • 32X VDP: 92.04544 MB/s (32-bit, 23.01136 MHz), including 46.02272 MB/s (16-bit, 23.01136 MHz) color palette RAM[54]

Storage

  • Cartridge: Compatible with all Mega Drive models, JVC Wondermega can store save game/score information.
  • CD-ROM: If you have a Sega Mega-CD; speed same as Sega Mega-CD compatible with audio CD, CD&G, SegaCD and JVC WonderMega

Input/Output

  • I/O: Same as Mega Drive; 32X upgradable; can upgrade the 32X

History

Main article: History of the Sega 32X.

Games

List of games

Main article: List of 32X games.

Games marked with asterisks(*) are enhanced versions of previous Sega Mega-CD-only games, taking advantage of the 32X's improved graphics, which require both the 32X and Mega-CD in order to be played (see Sega Mega-CD 32X).

Launch titles

Japan

North America

Europe

Magazine articles

Main article: Sega 32X/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advertisements

  • 32X ES PrintAd 1994-11 1.jpg

    ES print advert 1

  • 32X ES PrintAd 1994-11 2.jpg

    ES print advert 2

  • BR print advert

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #21: "October/November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)[55]
  • EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)[56]
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Print advert in Next Generation (US) #1: "Premiere Issue 1995" (1994-12-08)
also published in:
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Print advert in Next Generation (US) #2: "February 1995" (1995-01-24)
also published in:
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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #24: "May 1995" (1995-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Mean Machines Sega (UK) #30: "April 1995" (1995-02-28)
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Print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #169: "December 1995" (1995-11-10)
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Print advert in Joypad (FR) #36: "Novembre 1994" (1994-1x-xx)
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Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)
also published in:
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Print advert in Consoles + (FR) #42: "Avril 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
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Television advertisements

  • US TV advert

  • US TV advert

  • US TV advert (with Chill E.B.)

  • US TV advert (with Chill E.B.) (2)

Artwork

  • Japanese logo

  • North American logo

  • European/Australian logo

  • Brazilian logo

Patents

  • USD369352

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:SuperGamePower BR 021.pdf, page 11
  2. ↑ File:SuperGamePower BR 013.pdf, page 5
  3. ↑ File:Hyper AU 014.pdf, page 16
  4. ↑ File:SegaForce SE 1994 0708.pdf, page 37
  5. ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 046.pdf, page 37
  6. ↑ File:HobbyConsolas ES 037.pdf, page 31
  7. ↑ Need for Speed Comparison
  8. ↑ Atari Jaguar 64-bit (The Atari Times)
  9. ↑ 3D Misconceived (PC Graphics Report)
  10. ↑ Spatial Multimedia and Virtual Reality, page 145
  11. ↑ [PC Mag, December 1993, page 39 PC Mag, December 1993, page 39]
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 54
  13. ↑ File:Hitachi SuperH Programming Manual.pdf, page 390
  14. ↑ File:SH-2A.pdf, page 2
  15. ↑ File:Sega Service Manual - Sega Saturn (PAL) - 013-1 - June 1995.pdf
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 File:SH7604 Hardware Manual.pdf, page 3
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 File:SH7604 Hardware Manual.pdf, page 22
  18. ↑ File:ST-103-R1-040194.pdf, page 23
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 File:SH7604 Hardware Manual.pdf, page 303
  20. ↑ File:Hitachi SuperH Programming Manual.pdf, page 31
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 File:Hitachi SuperH Programming Manual.pdf, page 155
  22. ↑ File:SH7604 Hardware Manual.pdf, page 219
  23. ↑ File:ST-103-R1-040194.pdf
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 File:Genesis32XUSManual.pdf, page 7
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 File:Genesis32XUSOverview.pdf
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 File:Genesis32XUSOverview.pdf, page 7
  28. ↑ File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 49
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 50
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 55
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 File:TC511664B datasheet.pdf
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 32.3 32.4 32.5 File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 76
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 File:Genesis32XUSOverview.pdf, page 9
  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 53
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 File:Genesis32XUSOverview.pdf, page 51
  36. ↑ File:Genesis32XUSOverview.pdf, page 53
  37. ↑ File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 42
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 38.2 38.3 Design of Digital Systems and Devices (pages 95-97)
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 77
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 Algorithms for Parallel Polygon Rendering (pages 33-36)
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 Transformation Of Rendering Algorithms For Hardware Implementation (page 53)
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 Algorithms for Parallel Polygon Rendering (page 35)
  43. ↑ Service Games: The Rise and Fall of SEGA, page 154
  44. ↑ State of the Art in Computer Graphics: Visualization and Modeling (page 110)
  45. ↑ File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 51
  46. ↑ Sprite engine for the Sega 32X
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 File:Genesis32XUSManual.pdf
  48. ↑ File:32XUSHardwareManual.pdf, page 41
  49. ↑ File:32XUSHardwareManual, page 13
  50. ↑ 50.0 50.1 Dr. DevSter's Guide to The Sega 32X
  51. ↑ File:Genesis32XUSManual.pdf, page 17
  52. ↑ File:UPD4504161 datasheet.pdf
  53. ↑ File:Genesis32XUSManual.pdf, page 22
  54. ↑ File:Genesis32XUSManual, page 7
  55. ↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 185
  56. ↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 48
  57. ↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 52
  58. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 4
  59. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 8
  60. ↑ VideoGames, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 4
  61. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 7 July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 4
  62. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1996" (UK; 1995-12-xx), page 2
  63. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1996" (UK; 1996-03-21), page 2
  64. ↑ CD Consoles, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 15


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