Does the 32x do damage to original Genesis games?

[newt42]

The title says it all. I heard this rumor in an AVGN video. Searched the googles and racketboy with no results.

[Hatta]

Never happened to me, or anyone I know. Remember, AVGN is for entertainment purposes only.

[VincentX]

I've had some problems running games with the 32X in the Genesis and then they work just fine without it. But nothing's been damaged that I can tell so that's probably just the connection between the systems.

Also on the AVGN video he said it was just a rumor.

[Niode]

Since this is a question regarding the Sega 32X/Genesis, this belongs in the Sega forum. Please be mindful of where you create new topics in future.

[jfe2]

I've never personally had a problem running Genesis games in the 32X add-on. I recently played through Gunstar Heroes and a horribly dirty copy of Mickey Mania that I had to pretty much refurbish, and I never had any issues.

I figured I probably should note that I don't have the spacer that is supposed to hold the 32X in place. Perhaps that is rumored to do the damage?

[racketboy]

I think you should be fine -- while I didn't play games on my Genesis every day or anything, I did have a 32X on my Genesis for years and never had any noticeable damage.

Carts seem pretty durable and worst-case it would take a lot of repeat use on the same cart (taking it in and out a lot) and you might have to re-buy a cart only-version of the game (dirt cheap in most cases)

So I really wouldn't worry about it.

[ShadicChao]

AVGN exaggerates too much

no the worst thing that can happen is putting it on the 32x on the gensis 2 without the spacer and consantly wiggling

or stacking too many things

game
sonic and knuckles
game genie
cartridge cleaner
32x
genesis

[newt42]

Alright, thanks guys. I've been thinking about buying a 32X and couldn't find that information anywhere else. (Funny how I'd want one after watching AVGN's video. )

[Inazuma]

AVGN exaggerates too much

no the worst thing that can happen is putting it on the 32x on the gensis 2 without the spacer and consantly wiggling

or stacking too many things

game
sonic and knuckles
game genie
cartridge cleaner
32x
genesis

This reminds me of how I used to play Sonic 3 & Knuckes. From bottom to top it went:
Sega CD
Genesis
32X
Game Genie
Sonic & Knuckles
Sonic 3

@OP
I got a 32X when it was fairly new and left it in my Genesis always. After all these years, I have never had any problems or damaged Genesis carts.

[PSony]

It actually slightly improves the Genesis's video. I noticed that on one of my model 1 Genesis, there are faint vertical lines in the background of Sonic 1. Then I hooked up the 32X and the lines were gone. I used the same composite cable and model 1 adapter cable on both times.

The people at sega16 have more information about this.