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Late Gen SNES cartridges with custom chip enhancements >>> Sega 32x. Discuss.

No real difference. And the 32x even had extra processors a...
copper domesticated coffee pot ceo
  06/30/25
what's a custom chip enhancement?
splenetic school cafeteria place of business
  06/30/25
SNES cartridges can indeed have custom chips to enhance game...
copper domesticated coffee pot ceo
  06/30/25
sign of the times
splenetic school cafeteria place of business
  06/30/25
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copper domesticated coffee pot ceo
  06/30/25
total dogshit. let's see the SuperFX chip do Space Harrier o...
Vermilion galvanic digit ratio
  11/02/25
This is false imo. SNES could not handle Darxide
Chest-beating Wonderful Spot
  12/01/25
I was the OP of this thread IIRC
copper domesticated coffee pot ceo
  12/01/25
https://www.sega-16.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Darxide-3...
Chest-beating Wonderful Spot
  12/01/25
the games were better because they had more effort and polis...
which is what makes time travel possible
  12/08/25


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Date: June 30th, 2025 1:43 AM
Author: copper domesticated coffee pot ceo

No real difference. And the 32x even had extra processors and stuff. Simply embarrassing for Sega at the time.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744528&forum_id=2...id#49059650)



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Date: June 30th, 2025 1:43 AM
Author: splenetic school cafeteria place of business

what's a custom chip enhancement?

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Date: June 30th, 2025 1:45 AM
Author: copper domesticated coffee pot ceo

SNES cartridges can indeed have custom chips to enhance game capabilities. These enhancement chips, like the Super FX chip, were used to provide features like improved 3D graphics that the SNES's main processor couldn't handle on its own.

Here's a breakdown of custom chips in SNES cartridges:

Enhancement Chips:

These are custom processors designed to add specific features to games, such as the Super FX chip for 3D graphics.

Super FX Chip:

This chip was particularly popular for games like Star Fox, which featured 3D polygonal graphics.

Other Enhancement Chips:

The DSP series (DSP-1, DSP-2, etc.) and SA-1 chip were also used in various games for different enhancements.

Coprocessors:

The CX4 chip, for example, was used by Capcom for specific graphics effects.

Reproduction Cartridges:

Modern reproduction cartridges allow users to create their own SNES cartridges with custom ROMs, potentially including enhancement chips if they can source them.

Flash Carts:

Flash cartridges like the SD2SNES (now FXPAK Pro) allow users to load ROMs onto a cartridge, sometimes with support for games using enhancement chips

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Date: June 30th, 2025 1:57 AM
Author: splenetic school cafeteria place of business

sign of the times

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Date: June 30th, 2025 12:29 PM
Author: copper domesticated coffee pot ceo



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Date: November 2nd, 2025 8:47 PM
Author: Vermilion galvanic digit ratio

total dogshit. let's see the SuperFX chip do Space Harrier or Virtua Racing, let alone VF.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEcZlIcWvb4

on the other hand, it easily could've done this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CLfQJUlUq8

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Date: December 1st, 2025 10:45 PM
Author: Chest-beating Wonderful Spot

This is false imo. SNES could not handle Darxide

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Date: December 1st, 2025 10:58 PM
Author: copper domesticated coffee pot ceo

I was the OP of this thread IIRC

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744528&forum_id=2...id#49476155)



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Date: December 1st, 2025 11:00 PM
Author: Chest-beating Wonderful Spot

https://www.sega-16.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/Darxide-3.gif

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zFY_-cnGEuY/hqdefault.jpg

https://www.lukiegames.com/assets/images/Genesis/gen32_primal_rage_p_ch2bal.jpg

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Date: December 8th, 2025 4:38 AM
Author: which is what makes time travel possible

the games were better because they had more effort and polish put into them, not because the hardware was better (it was in fact CONSIDERABLY worse). 32X is more like GBA level but with full resolution and full RAM, which is pretty beastly for anything short of 5th gen standards with textured models everywhere. and even then someone did a pretty good port of tomb raider on it (both 32X and GBA actually).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5744528&forum_id=2...id#49493075)