Editing 32X (section)

===Sega Neptune===
The Sega Neptune is an unproduced two-in-one Genesis and 32X console which Sega planned to release in fall 1995, with the retail price planned to be under $200.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite magazine|title=CES ProNews Flashes!|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=68 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=March 1995|page=156}}</ref> It was featured as early as March 1995, with ''[[Sega Magazine]]'' saying the console "shows [Sega's] commitment to the hardware",<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=March 1995|title=Introducing... The Megadrive 32X System!|magazine=[[Sega Magazine]]|publisher=[[EMAP]]|issue=15|page=8}}</ref> and that the system would be compatible with the [[Sega_CD|Mega-CD]].<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Mega Drive/Mega Drive 32X/Mega-CD Product Catalogue|url=https://segaretro.org/index.php?title=File:SEGAMegaDrive32XCDProductCatalogue.pdf&page=3|title=Mega Drive 32X}}</ref> Sega cancelled the Neptune in October 1995, citing fears that it would dilute their marketing for the Saturn while being priced too close to the Saturn to be a viable competitor.<ref>{{cite magazine|date=January 1996|title=1995: The Calm Before the Storm?|url=https://archive.org/details/nextgen-issue-013/page/n57/mode/2up|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|publisher=[[Imagine Media]]|issue=13|page=56}}</ref> ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' used the Sega Neptune as an [[April Fools' Day]] prank in its April 2001 issue. The issue included a small article in which the writers announced that Sega had found a warehouse full of old Sega Neptunes, and were selling them on a website for $199.<ref name="EGM">{{cite magazine|title=Sega's Neptune Finally Surfaces|publisher=EGM Media, LLC.|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|date=April 2001|url= https://archive.org/details/electronic-gaming-monthly-issue-141-april-2001/page/n28/mode/1up|accessdate=April 19, 2024|page=30}}</ref>