Sega 32x
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![]() The Japanese Sega 32x attached into a Japanese Mega Drive console
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CPU(s) | 2xHitachi SH-2 |
Sound chip(s) | 2xDAC (PWM type, internal) |
Music section | 32x |
Sega 32x is an 32-bit add-on for the Sega Mega Drive, released in 1994. It was released as a warm-up for the Sega Saturn, which was released a few weeks before the
32x, but a few weeks later in Japan. Some games allows you to use both 32x and Mega-CD add-ons, making a new so-system called Sega Mega-CD 32x.
Launch titles 
Sound
- See Sega Mega Drive
The 32x have a PWM sound chip, which is just a 2xDAC.
VGM Scene
You can log 32x VGMs in MESS or in GensGS-r7+ modded by ValleyBell, in order to log RF5C164 and PWM sound-chips. In any situation, you must use GensGS with VGM mod, because the 32x emulation on MESS is very bad, and slow. You only use MESS if you want to search the sound engine, in the Z80 area. Some games uses SMPS Z80, and mostly are from Sega, but 3rd-parties was opted to use custom sound engines, or the GEMS.