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SEGA SYSTEM 32 HARDWARE
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HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Main CPU : NEC V60 @ 16.107950 MHz (32 bits RISC CPU)
Sound CPU : Z80 @ 8.053975 MHz
Sound chip : 2 x YM3438 @ 8.053975 MHz + Ricoh RF5c68 @ 12.5 MHz (8 Channel PCM chip remarked as Sega custom 315-*)
Max Colour's : 16384 (8bpp - 16 colour's per sprite)
Goes through a 16->512 indirection table, then selects which 512 color bank to take from 4096. This is used to do colour rotations (the red-yellow rotation of the lava sprites from Galaxy force for instance) without changing the color palette, also allows it to have sprites that rotate colors and sprites that don't on the same screen, and to get different levels of luminosity as well
Sprite Structure : Sprites follow each other in memory except when you stumble on a "go to "
Video resolution : 320 x 224
Board composition : Main board + Rom board
Board Features : 4 BG planes and technically infinite sprites of arbitrary size, BG planes can all be scaled and linescrolled, alpha blending, global RGB brightness control

System Pictures : Main Board - Comm Board
High Quality Pictures (very large) : Main board - Main board 2 - Rom Board

Component Codes:
315-5385 = system controller, timers, general "chipset" if you're into PC hardware
315-5386 = tilemap generator (backgrounds)
315-5387 = sprite generator
315-5388 = video mixer / color blender
315-5242 = video DAC

Emulators : Mame - Modeler

KNOWN SEGA SYSTEM 32 GAME LIST
Page 1 Air Rescue Alien 3 The Gun Arabian Fight Burning Rival Dark Edge Dragon Ball Z V.R.V.S. F1 Exhaust Note F1 Super Lap Golden Axe : The Revenge of Death Adder Holosseum	Page 2 Jurassic Park Looney Tunes : By A Hare Rad Mobile / Gale Racer Rad Mobile R360 Rad Rally Segasonic The Hedgehog Slipstream Soreike Kokorogy 2 Spiderman Super Visual Football / Super Visual Soccer / The J.League 1994

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Jurassic Park 1994


Notes : Licensed from the popular film of the same name. This used the same cabinet as Rail Chase with the big 2 person vibrating and moving seat and you controlling your gun sight by a large flight joystick.
Flyers : Normal Flyer
Sequels : The Lost World (1997) - The Lost World Special (1997)

Looney Tunes : By A Hare 1993 (Prototype)

Notes : To my knowledge this game was never released in the US or Europe, and it is looking increasingly unlikely that it was even released in Japan. What information we have about this game came from a magazine article an article in the May 1993 issue of Electronics Gaming Monthly on page 222. Very little is known about this game apart from that it was released by Sega of Japan in May of 1993, was never manufactured for the US market and that it was shown at the 1993 JAMMA Arcade Show in Japan. I've listed it as Prototype, as anyone I have asked has never heard of it, and as its a big license it would have got everywhere if it was actually released. Any other information would be hugely appreciated.

Rad Mobile / Gale Racer 1990


Notes : This was Sega's first ever 32bit game. Used a unique cabinet in that the motion was controlled by a worm drive that tilted the cabinet left and right instead of the normal pneumatics/hydraulics. Sega was trying to show the power of the system and the game featured some nice weather and lighting effects, which actually did something as you had buttons to turn on headlights and windscreen wipers. This game is also noteworthy for being the first ever game Sonic the Hedgehog appeared in, in this he was a air freshener that dangled from the rear view mirror and moved and tilted with the movement of the car.
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Alternate Flyer
Magazine reviews : C+VG Mar '91 - SU Mar '91
Sequel : Rad Rally (1991)

Rad Mobile R360 1990 (Prototype)
Additional Hardware : R360 cabinet.

Notes : Seen at a Japanese trade show, no other records of the machine reaching production.

Rad Rally 1991

Notes : A 2 player twin version of Rad Mobile, meaning you can race against someone else besides the computer. This was Sega's first twin cabinet, being beaten to first ever by Namco's Final Lap.
Flyers : Normal Flyer
Cabinets : Cabinet
Prequel : Rad Mobile / Gale Racer (1990)

Segasonic The Hedgehog 1992


Notes : Sonic's first arcade outing was this strange isometric 3 player trackball controlled effort, players 2 and 3 were either Ray (an early versions of what would eventually become Tails) or Mighty (who would later appear in only 1 game Knuckles Chaotix) The early Prototype was shown as only a one player game with just Sonic in it (as shown above).
Prequels : Sonic Championship / Sonic The Fighters (1996) - Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) - Sonic The Hedgehog (1991) - Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (1992) - Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (1992)

Slipstream Capcom - 1995

PCB : Slipstream
Notes : Rare capcom game, only 150 pcb's were ever made.

Soreike Kokorogy 2 1994
No images available
PCB : Complete Board - CD Controller PCB - ROM PCB

Spiderman 1991

Notes : Great license of the Marvel superhero game featuring the web slinger himself. Other players could be the less well known Black Cat, Hawkeye or Sub-Mariner as they fought through all of Spideys most well known enemy's, can be up to 4 players at once.
Flyers : Normal Flyer - Alternate Flyer
Cabinets : Cabinet - Front view - Marquee
Technical : Manual
Magazine reviews : SU Nov '91 - C+VG Jan '92

Super Visual Football / Super Visual Soccer / The J.League 1994 1994


Flyers : Normal Flyer

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