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Sega 32X

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A Mega Drive add-on unveiled by Sega at the June 1994 Consumer Electronics Show. It added processing capability and used its own cartridges.

KEY FACTS

Type: Peripheral
Year: 1994

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References

32Xes.wikipedia.org

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