'Performance is abysmal, bus contention is bonkers, but it does work'
"Can it run Linux?" has joined "Can it run Doom?" as the benchmark for coaxing unlikely hardware into doing complicated things. One enterprising engineer has now brought penguins to the Sega 32X.Fresh from wrangling Linux into life on the ill-fated Atari Jagua games console, a Spanish engineer calling himself cakehonolulu has performed the same trick with Sega's equally unsuccessful 32X and managed to run the operating system on hardware designed for gaming in the 1990s.
Sega 32X add-on on a Sega Genesis console
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The Sega 32X was an add-on for the Sega Genesis (also known in some regions as the Sega Mega Drive). Released in 1994, it arrived just in time to be steamrolled by Sony's PlayStation, who were also grappling with the launch of the Genesis's true successor, the Saturn.
