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The Sega 32X 'Mars' version, the one that was actually released, has blinded most of us to the fact that the 32X is a FIFTH GENERATION format. The later unreleased autonomous 'Neptune' and 'Neptune CD' incarnations were meant to serve as the main hosts of the format, with the piggy-backing 'Mars' as a stepping stone. This was Sega of America's blueprint going forward, but Sega of Japan insisted on the cartridge-based 'Pluto' and the CD&Cartridge-based 'Saturn'. Sega of Japan won and the rest is history. In short, the 32X/CD32X format was contemporaneous with the Saturn, thus creating a short-lived Sega Civil War within the Fifth Generation.