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OpenSupaplex 32X (supaplex.32x)

A complete, bare-metal Sega 32X port of OpenSupaplex compiled into a 4.00 MiB (4,194,304-byte) cartridge ROM (supaplex.32x) designed for real Sega 32X hardware attached to a Sega Genesis / Mega Drive console.

Sega Genesis / 32X Controller Mod (src/sega32x_input.c, src/supaplex.c)

Designed for both 3-Button (D-Pad, A, B, C, START) and 6-Button (+ X, Y, Z, MODE) Sega Genesis / Mega Drive controllers with zero keyboard or mouse required:

ButtonIn-Game ActionMain Menu / Controls PCB / Virtual Keyboard
D-PadMove Murphy (Up / Down / Left / Right)Discrete Focus-Snap Navigation between all 12 Main Menu panels, 12 Controls PCB chips, and the 4×10 On-Screen Keyboard (Up/Down scrolls LEVEL-LIST or RANKINGS directly when focused)
Button A (or X)Snap (hold A + D-Pad to eat adjacent Infotron/Base without moving) or Plant Red Disk (hold A while still)Activate focused menu item / Type highlighted character on Virtual Keyboard / Cycle next player on PLAYER box / Confirm SKIP LEVEL or DELETE PLAYER
Button BShow Red Disk Inventory Count on Status BarBackspace / Cancel on Virtual Keyboard, Cancel SKIP LEVEL / DELETE PLAYER, Exit STATISTICS / GFX-TUTOR / CONTROLS, or hold B + Up/Down on Main Menu to fast-scroll the 111-level list
Button C (or Y)Toggle Bottom Status Panel On/Off (when pressed standalone)Activate focused menu item / Type highlighted character on Virtual Keyboard / Cycle previous player on PLAYER box
STARTOpen / Close In-Game Pause & Advanced Options Menu (RESUME, RESTART, SAVE/LOAD GAME STATE, SPEED, VOLUME, EXIT LEVEL)Save & Confirm new player name on Virtual Keyboard, or Launch Selected Level immediately from anywhere on the Main Menu
B + START (or MODE)Immediately Exit / Self-Destruct Current LevelOpen Advanced Options Menu from the Main Menu


Credits

Vibe-ported by D-Mar The Daytripper (https://dmar3000.itch.io/) With use of Haroldo-Ok's Sega 32X Skill for Claude and Chilly Willy's 32XDK

  • Original Game (1991): Dream Factory (Philip Jespersen, Michael Stopp, Robin Heydon, Matt Smith, David Whittaker) — Published by Digital Integration Ltd.
  • SpeedFix & Windows/DOS Versions: Herman Perk (v1–4, v6.x) & Elmer Productions (v5.x).

OpenSupaplex (v7.x): Sergio Padrino (sergiou87/open-supaplex).

Download

Download
supaplex.32x 4 MB
Download
SupaplexREADME.md 12 kB

Install instructions

Runs in any 32X emulator (PicoDrive, Ares, Jgenesis) or from a flash cart on real hardware.

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