Doom became a " killer app " that all capable consoles and operating systems were expected to have, and versions of Doom have subsequently been released for the following systems: DOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple Macintosh, Super NES, Sega 32X, Sony PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, iOS, Symbian OS, RISC OS, Atari Jaguar, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, Tapwave Zodiac, 3DO, Xbox, and Xbox Live Arcade.

* Hitachi's SuperH, originally in wide use in the Sega Super 32X, Saturn and Dreamcast,

The Sega 32X, codenamed Project Mars, is an add-on for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis video game console.

It was distributed under the name Sega Super 32X in Japan, Sega Genesis 32X in North America, Sega Mega Drive 32X in the PAL region, and Sega Mega 32X in Brazil.

The Sega 32X can only be used in conjunction with a Mega Drive / Genesis system.

The Sega Virtua Processor-based Virtua Racing is the only exception – the game will not run on a Mega Drive / Genesis with a 32X unit attached due to its processor ( there was an enhanced version of the game, Virtua Racing Deluxe, available for the 32X, however ).

Also, Sega's Power Base Converter, which allows one to play Sega Master System games on a Mega Drive / Genesis, could not be used with the 32X attached.

As originally found in some versions of the Sega Master System controller, the center of the Gravis GamePad's d-pad allows a small joystick to be inserted.

Pioneer Electronics ( USA ) and Sega Enterprises released this module that allows users to play 8-inch and 12-inch LaserActive Mega LD discs, in addition to the hundreds of existing SEGA-CD and Genesis titles, as well as standard CD + G discs.

Its shape ( the only American SNES cartridge to not use the standard Nintendo-manufactured shell ) resembles that of the SNES Game Genie or Sonic & Knuckles on the Sega Genesis, with a pass-through cartridge port at the top ; the game requires an " official " Nintendo-licensed cartridge plugged into this pass-through, which allows the game to bypass the SNES's lockout protection and boot up.

* Intentionally making over one hundred strokes in the Sega Genesis game Arnold Palmer's Tournament Golf allows the player to play a short, one-screen-long version of Fantasy Zone as an Easter egg, albeit one which continually loops until the console is either reset or turned off.

* Sega releases Secret Base, which allows two-player cooperative gameplay.

Using the Sega Chihiro arcade board's graphics capabilities, Virtua Cop 3 introduces a new slow-motion " bullet time " mechanism which allows players to slow down time with a step of a special pedal.

that allows one to load and play PlayStation discs on the Sega Dreamcast.

As late as 1993, the Master System's active installed user base in Western Europe was 6. 25 million units, larger than that of the Sega Mega Drive's 5. 73 million base that year.

The Master System thus accounted for nearly half of the active installed base for consoles in Western Europe in 1993 ( 13. 51 million ), and combined with the Mega Drive, Sega represented the majority of the console user base in Western Europe that year.

When a user plays Sega Smash Pack 1, games suddenly quit without error after a certain amount of time.

This version also allowed the user to connect to the Internet via SegaNet and download user-created graffiti tags, or upload tags of their own, as some could also be used to promote other Sega games.

Quake III Arena was released for the Dreamcast ( ported by Raster Productions and released by Sega ) in 2000 and featured 4 player online play versus Dreamcast and PC gamers.

Matching Nintendo's Game Boy, Sega chose not to use regional lockout on Game Gear cartridges, meaning that any system could play any games regardless of the country they were released in.

In the first installment, the player is able to play a Sega Saturn inside the Hazuki Residence and there are several Sega arcade games playable in different locations.

The gameplay was advanced for its time, allowing up to four players to play simultaneously, using mouse, keyboard or ( modified ) Sega Mega Drive joypad, with a parallel port adaptor allowing four joypads / joysticks to be used at once.

The original Master System could play both cartridges and the credit card-sized " Sega Cards ," which retailed for cheaper prices than cartridges but had lower storage capacity.

The Nomad is one of the few Sega systems that can play most games regardless of region without an adapter.

* Pioneer LaserActive — Player that provided the ability to play Sega Genesis ( Mega Drive ) and TurboGrafx16 ( PC Engine ) video games when used in conjunction with additional components ( PACs ).

Sega Master System emulators are usually able to play SG-1000 games, as the real Sega Master System also had that capability.

* Peter Molyneux produced a god game in 1994 called Magic Carpet, originally made for MS-DOS and then ported to the Sega Saturn and Sony PlayStation, where you play a wizard on a magic carpet that collects magic jewels to start cities and defeat enemies.

Sanshiro is a Judo master that tracks down and punishes those who do not play the Sega Saturn.

In addition, Sega took the top tournament players from the arcade version, and captured their style of play for the AI of a player's opponents for this mode.

Along with dedicated Karaoke machines, other consumer devices that play CD + G format CDs include the NEC TurboGrafx-CD ( a CD-ROM peripheral for the PC Engine / TurboGrafx-16 ) and Turbo Duo, the Philips CD-i, the Sega Saturn, Mega-CD, the JVC X ' Eye, the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, the Amiga CD32 and Commodore CDTV, and the Atari Jaguar CD ( which was an attachment for the Atari Jaguar ).

An 8-bit version was also released for the Sega Master System and the Game Gear in 1993, which featured similar game play, but also included a " Puzzle Mode ", in which the player must clear a series of flashing beans amidst a large pile.

This permitted implementation on relatively slow CPUs ( video encoded in Cinepak will usually play fine even on a 25 MHz Motorola 68030, consoles like the Sega CD usually used even slower CPUs, e. g. a 12. 5MHz 68000 ), but tended to result in blocky artifacting at low bitrates, which explained the criticism levelled at the FMV-based video games.

It also ended in retribution for readers who wanted their favorite Sega characters duking it out with Nintendo's characters, which would seem like a play on their rivalry back in the 1990s.

Sega released an a version of the game in 2000 for Dreamcast that added online play.

The game is also available as a standalone unit on the Arcade Legends Sega Genesis Volume 2 plug and play joypad, released by Radica, and the Sega Mega Drive Handheld, a portable game console containing twenty games.

Shortly after the game's release, Sega moved from free online servers used to play the game to a pay model causing a tremendous shrinkage in the player base.

In Sega Genesis port, after the 50th level, you play as one of the snow castle princesses.

By 1993 the 32-bit 3DO platform was released with much developer interest and Sega and Sony let it be known that the Sega Saturn and PlayStation would be ready for the Japanese marketplace in late 1994, and Bandai was also readying the release of their Playdia system.

On January 8, 1994, Hayao Nakayama, then CEO of Sega, ordered his company to make a 32-bit cartridge based console that would be in stores by Christmas 1994.

Developers and licensees had abandoned this console in favor of what they perceived to be a true 32-bit console, the Sega Saturn.

A 32-bit enhanced version of The Lost Vikings II was developed for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation and PC, known in the United States as Norse By Norsewest: Return of the Lost Vikings and in Europe as Lost Vikings 2: Norse by Norsewest.

That same year saw the arrival of the 32-bit era of video game consoles, with the release of the Sega Saturn and Sony's PlayStation, both capable of 3D graphics.

The Sega Saturn was released as Sega's entry into the 32-bit console market.

In the " 32-bit era ," the Sega Saturn was released first and despite success in Japanese markets, it ultimately lacked in sufficient third party support.

Mega Man & Bass was developed for the Super Famicom after the release of Mega Man 8, which preceded Mega Man & Bass on the two 32-bit consoles, the PlayStation and Sega Saturn.

It is the successor to Victory Goal and was later followed by three more titles: Sega Worldwide Soccer ' 98 still on the 32-bit console and two editions of Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000, the second being Sega Worldwide Soccer 2000 Euro Edition for the Dreamcast.

During the 32-bit era multitaps were released by Atari for the Jaguar, Sega for the Saturn and Sony for its PlayStation and PlayStation 2 consoles.

It was released for Mega Drive / Genesis in 1995, Sega Saturn in 1996, and Sony PlayStation in 1997, with the 32-bit versions featuring revamped graphics and different levels than those of the Mega Drive / Genesis version.

Mega Man X3, also originally on the SNES, is based on its 32-bit update for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and PC.