<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
code-named	O
"	O
Spellbound	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
32-bit	O
home	B-Device
video	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
developed	O
by	O
Commodore	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
and	O
Brazil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD32	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
and	O
other	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
as	O
its	O
storage	O
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Commodore	O
's	O
Advanced	B-Device
Graphics	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
chipset	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
of	O
similar	O
specification	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
third	O
party	O
devices	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
upgrade	O
the	O
CD32	O
with	O
a	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
floppy	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
mouse	B-Device
,	O
turning	O
it	O
into	O
the	O
equivalent	O
of	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hardware	O
MPEG	B-Application
decompression	O
module	O
for	O
playing	O
Video	O
CD	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Christmas	O
period	O
following	O
its	O
launch	O
,	O
the	O
CD32	O
accounted	O
for	O
38%	O
of	O
all	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
sales	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
exceeding	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
discontinued	O
as	O
Commodore	O
went	O
into	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
demonstrated	O
the	O
CD32	O
at	O
the	O
World	O
of	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
show	O
in	O
September	O
1993	O
,	O
promising	O
to	O
sell	O
the	O
console	O
in	O
some	O
cities	O
by	O
Christmas	O
with	O
wider	O
distribution	O
in	O
January	O
1994	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
reported	O
in	O
November	O
1993	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
significant	O
amount	O
of	O
software	O
will	O
be	O
available	O
immediately	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
in	O
January	O
1994	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
in	O
spite	O
of	O
Commodore	O
's	O
earlier	O
efforts	O
to	O
disguise	O
the	O
fact	O
—	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
is	O
a	O
great	O
gaming	O
platform	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
wondered	O
if	O
the	O
company	O
could	O
successfully	O
market	O
the	O
console	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
;	O
"	O
The	O
CDTV	B-Device
fiasco	O
certainly	O
is	O
n't	O
reassuring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
console	O
would	O
launch	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
in	O
either	O
late	O
February	O
or	O
early	O
March	O
1994	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
$399	O
with	O
two	O
pack-in	O
games	O
,	O
Pinball	B-Application
Fantasies	I-Application
and	O
Sleepwalker	B-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
six	O
separately	O
sold	O
launch	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
long	O
bankruptcy	O
proceedings	O
,	O
also	O
provided	O
some	O
hardware	O
components	O
and	O
software	O
for	O
the	O
American	O
market	O
,	O
including	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
MPEG	B-Application
Video	O
Module	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
officially	O
released	O
by	O
Commodore	O
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
such	O
machine	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
beaten	O
to	O
market	O
by	O
seven	O
months	O
by	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
,	O
a	O
console	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
CD32	O
's	O
68EC020	B-Device
processor	B-General_Concept
has	O
a	O
32-bit	O
data	O
bus	O
both	O
internally	O
and	O
externally	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
386SX	O
in	O
the	O
FM	B-Device
Towns	I-Device
Marty	I-Device
has	O
a	O
16-bit	O
data	O
bus	O
externally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
CD32	O
shipped	O
with	O
2MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
shared	O
between	O
the	O
chipset	O
and	O
the	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
this	O
meant	O
the	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
was	O
bottlenecked	O
when	O
accessing	O
memory	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
an	O
A1200	B-Application
operating	O
without	O
32-bit	O
"	O
fast	O
"	O
(	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
dedicated	O
)	O
RAM	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
brief	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
presence	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
approximately	O
of	O
it	O
were	O
sold	O
in	O
Europe	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
28	O
kHz	O
maximum	O
DMA	B-General_Concept
sampling	O
rate	O
Removable	O
storage	O
Double-speed	O
(	O
300	O
KB/s	O
)	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
(	O
proprietary	O
MKE	O
controller	O
)	O
Input/Output	O
ports	O
Front	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
RS-232	O
serial	B-Protocol
AUX	O
port	O
and	O
for	O
keyboard	B-Device
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
S-Video	O
out	O
(	O
4-pin	O
mini-DIN	B-Protocol
)	O
However	O
French	O
versions	O
had	O
8-pin	O
Mini-DIN	B-Protocol
instead	O
with	O
RGB	O
signals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ProModule	O
,	O
Paravision	O
SX-1	O
,	O
DCE	O
SX-32	O
(	O
which	O
optionally	O
includes	O
68030	B-Device
CPU	B-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
Terrible	O
Fire	O
's	O
TF328	O
and	O
TF330	O
(	O
which	O
add	O
2.5	O
"	O
IDE	O
,	O
keyboard	B-Device
connector	O
and	O
8Mb/64mb	O
of	O
Fastmem	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
devices	O
extend	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
,	O
allowing	O
it	O
to	O
utilize	O
hardware	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
external	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	I-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	O
,	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
keyboard	I-Device
(	O
a	O
CD32-branded	O
keyboard	B-Device
was	O
officially	O
released	O
however	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
AUX	O
port	O
on	O
the	O
left	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
can	O
be	O
turned	O
into	O
a	O
de	O
facto	O
Amiga	B-Application
1200	I-Application
via	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
third-party	O
packages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
upgraded	O
SX-32	O
expansion	O
pack	O
(	O
which	O
included	O
a	O
68030	B-Device
processor	B-General_Concept
)	O
solves	O
these	O
problems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
wishing	O
to	O
repeat	O
its	O
earlier	O
mistake	O
of	O
offering	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
turn	O
a	O
CD32	O
into	O
an	O
enhanced	O
A1200	B-Application
as	O
it	O
did	O
with	O
the	O
A500-based	O
CDTV	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
itself	O
made	O
no	O
hardware	O
available	O
for	O
that	O
purpose	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
its	O
last	O
hardware	O
designs	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
was	O
an	O
external	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drive	O
for	O
the	O
A1200	B-Application
that	O
featured	O
the	O
CD32	O
's	O
Akiko	O
chip	O
,	O
thus	O
turning	O
any	O
A1200	B-Application
into	O
a	O
CD32-compatible	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
own	O
special	O
controllers	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
is	O
also	O
compatible	O
with	O
most	O
9-pin	B-Protocol
D-sub	I-Protocol
controllers	O
from	O
the	O
'	O
80s	O
and	O
'	O
90s	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
controllers	O
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
joysticks	B-Device
,	O
Sega	O
Master	O
System	O
controllers	O
,	O
and	O
all	O
Amiga/C64	O
joysticks	B-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Amiga	B-Device
mice	B-Device
and	O
paddles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CDs	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
CD32	O
conform	O
to	O
ISO	B-Application
9660	I-Application
level2	O
mode1	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
Rock	O
Ridge	O
and	O
Joliet	O
extensions	O
are	O
not	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
this	O
tune	O
ends	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
press	O
the	O
blue	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
game	B-Device
pad	I-Device
to	O
enter	O
a	O
language	O
selection	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
can	O
also	O
press	O
the	O
red	O
button	O
to	O
access	O
a	O
menu	O
where	O
they	O
can	O
view	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
the	O
internal	O
Flash	O
ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD32	O
launch	O
bundle	O
included	O
two	O
games	O
:	O
Diggers	B-Application
,	O
a	O
new	O
game	O
from	O
Millennium	O
Interactive	O
,	O
and	O
Oscar	B-Application
,	O
from	O
Flair	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
later	O
pack	O
includes	O
the	O
one-on-one	O
fighting	O
game	O
Dangerous	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
,	O
a	O
move	O
by	O
Commodore	O
that	O
was	O
met	O
with	O
derision	O
by	O
the	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
reviewers	O
had	O
given	O
Dangerous	B-Application
Streets	I-Application
terrible	O
scores	O
(	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
rating	O
it	O
just	O
3%	O
)	O
and	O
were	O
surprised	O
that	O
with	O
a	O
slew	O
of	O
powerful	O
rival	O
consoles	O
about	O
to	O
hit	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
Commodore	O
would	O
choose	O
to	O
show	O
off	O
the	O
abilities	O
of	O
its	O
machine	O
with	O
a	O
poor	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD32	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
running	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
titles	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CDTV	I-Device
multimedia	O
device	O
,	O
but	O
differences	O
in	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
speed	O
and	O
Kickstart	B-Device
version	O
prevent	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
CDTV	B-Device
titles	O
from	O
running	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
CD32	O
are	O
simply	O
ports	O
of	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
already	O
available	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
benefit	O
of	O
this	O
is	O
that	O
,	O
when	O
appropriate	O
,	O
many	O
games	O
retain	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
use	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
mouse	B-Device
(	O
in	O
port	O
2	O
)	O
or	O
Amiga	B-Device
keyboard	B-Device
(	O
plugged	O
into	O
the	O
AUX	O
port	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
all	O
later	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
the	O
CD32	O
has	O
a	O
hidden	O
boot	O
menu	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
accessed	O
by	O
plugging	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
mouse	B-Device
into	O
port	O
2	O
and	O
holding	O
both	O
buttons	O
down	O
while	O
turning	O
the	O
system	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
options	O
in	O
this	O
menu	O
are	O
not	O
useful	O
on	O
a	O
CD32	O
,	O
but	O
from	O
this	O
menu	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
boot	O
in	O
either	O
NTSC	O
or	O
PAL	B-Language
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
naming	O
,	O
the	O
menu	O
really	O
only	O
allows	O
a	O
choice	O
of	O
or	O
video	O
output	O
;	O
a	O
PAL	B-Language
system	O
booted	O
in	O
NTSC	O
mode	O
will	O
still	O
output	O
a	O
video	O
signal	O
using	O
PAL	B-Language
colour	O
encoding	O
,	O
which	O
will	O
usually	O
result	O
in	O
a	O
black-and-white	O
picture	O
when	O
connected	O
to	O
an	O
NTSC	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
was	O
provided	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
consoles	O
have	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
drive	I-Device
unit	O
attached	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
clock	O
unit	O
,	O
for	O
saving	O
students	O
 '	O
progress	O
and	O
sharing	O
them	O
with	O
teachers	O
.	O
</s>
