coleco82 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I am asking the mod or mods if we can start a thread on the Sega Master System. Other systems have their own threads, why not the Master System ? What little I played of it in the late 80s made an impression on me. The red bull caffeine powered umpire in great baseball comes to mind. We all know it played second fiddle to NES, but I think there are enough Master System fans, that the thread would do well Just my 2 cents 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 We could, but then we'd have to post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I think one needs to be from Brazil to fully appreciate the Sega Master System. How many are in a Brazilian? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Gull Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I am asking the mod or mods if we can start a thread on the Sega Master System. Other systems have their own threads, why not the Master System ? What little I played of it in the late 80s made an impression on me. The red bull caffeine powered umpire in great baseball comes to mind. We all know it played second fiddle to NES, but I think there are enough Master System fans, that the thread would do well Just my 2 cents To be fair most of the comments would probably be non US based as the Master System did poorly in the states. It only did bongos in Europe and Brazil. Great system though lots of great games then again I always likes anything else more than Nintendo. Yup traded up my Atari 2600 for a 7800....that NES could not fool me I know I made the better choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Didn't know the SMS was popular in Brazil. Cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Professor Gull Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Didn't know the SMS was popular in Brazil. Cool. They even still make games for it form what I remember recently. Talk about weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 The British SEGA magazines are awesome and fun. They're archived online all over the place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleco82 Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share Posted April 21, 2017 I liked : Double Dragon, Shinobi, Outrun, Rtype, Rastan, Rampage, Pro Wrestling, Rambo, The wonderboy games, phantasy star, sonic the hedgehog, Golden Axe Warrior, Golvellis valley of doom, reggie Jackson baseball, walter peyton football, joe Montana nfl football, great golf, and alien syndrome. My cousin when I was 9 was the only person I knew that had a master system, I loved the design of it, it said " I AM the 80s" lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I never knew anyone with one, until Mord sent me one, but hey, I can say I'm one of the few, the proud, the murrikans with a SMS... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 The FM sound chip is neat, though when you're used to hearing your favorite games sound a certain way, takes some getting used to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelboy Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I was never a fan of the SMS, but I do have fond memories of playing Phantasy Star and Wonder Boy III - The Dragon's Trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 If I had the time, knowledge and stomach for it, I'd volunteer to mod... ...for an NES subforum *ducks flying wooden shoes* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I knew a guy in middle school (so around 87 or 88) who had both an SMS and an NES with ROB. We weren't really good friends or anything. I was at his house maybe once or twice. I remember seeing the SMS, but don't remember if we played it or not or what we would have played. I remember playing Gyromite with two controllers because his ROB was broken or missing parts or something... I have had my SMS for several years now... don't remember exactly when I got it. I've added a few games to it here and there and have 15 games for it, about half cart only. I enjoy it and play it occasionally... last thing I played on it was probably Altered Beast. Not the greatest of games, but it's okay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
high voltage Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I'm still hoping for a Tiger game.com sub-forum. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) I actually knew about the system in the United States since the 1980's, but I didn't get a Sega Master system growing up. It was a combination of reasons including me finally having a chance to get a NES back in 1991. I bought a Sega Master system back when I was in college due to me being a fan of the Phantasy games on the Sega Genesis. I discovered the SMS had the original Phantasy Star in 1994 at a used Video game shop outside the city I live in, but didn't have a SMS convertor or a SMS game console. There is a store a couple blocks away from the college I went to and it had a bunch of used video games and old game consoles including a Sega Master system. I bought my first SMS game in 1998 or 1999 since I saw a SMS game console in the store. I did research on the Sega Master System online and my collection is still growing to this day. My collection does include Brazil SMS games, European SMS games, a reproduction cart of Japan only SMS games, and a couple Game Gear to SMS game conversion cartridges. Based on my collection, I made the conclusion that the SMS sales were affected quite a bit from Nintendo's licensing practices. The system had a lot of potential and I felt NES 3rd games would've been great on the SMS such as Ducktales, Contra as examples. Edited April 22, 2017 by 8th lutz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Castle of Illusion on SMS is one of the best games on the system, both for visuals, and gameplay. The music is also...well, good, considering the limitations of the chip. Sonic games on thE SMS are also impressive : Even if the games come with limtations; one notable difference is that when you are youched, you only lone one ring; that is because the SMS couldn't properly handle drawing several sprites, so the developeds opted for one ring instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Based on my experience on the SMS, These are my favorite games: Solomon's key Phantasy Star Wonder boy 3: Dragon's Trap Columns Shanghai R-Type Shinobi Outrun Power Strike Sonic the Hodgehog Alex Kidd in Miracle World Alex Kidd in Shinobi World Castle of Illusion Bomber Raid Zillion Golden Axe Warrior Rastan Baku Baku Alien Syndrome Cool Spot Fantasy Zone Fantasy Zone 2 Gauntlet Golvellius: Volley of Doom Wonder Boy Wonder Boy in Monsterland Klax Lemmings Pacmania Psycho Fox Taito Chase HQ Asterix Asterix and the Secret Mission Rampage 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BassGuitari Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Maybe just a catch-all Sega subforum instead? If the Master System gets its own subforum, it won't be long before somebody wants a Saturn, Dreamcast, Game Gear, 32X, SG1000, or Pico subforum. And ain't nobody got time for that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800fan Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Golvellius: Volley of Doom Did I miss a game or do you have a rare typo label game? I only know of Valley of Doom, not Volley of Doom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Did I miss a game or do you have a rare typo label game? I only know of Valley of Doom, not Volley of Doom. This is the rare Golvellius tennis game... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+phoenixdownita Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 Did I miss a game or do you have a rare typo label game? I only know of Valley of Doom, not Volley of Doom. This is the rare Golvellius tennis game... C'mon guys that's expected, the title says "thred" so "Volley of Doom" ain't really that bad. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) I dunno... I'm a huge fan of the SMS. Used to be fairly regular over at sega8bit.co.uk (think that was it anyway)... USED to... Point is, with such a limited library, (yes even including all the brazilian and whatnot) , barely any peripherals, hardly any real rarities or oddities, no big mysteries or legends or rumors.... not much in the way of a homebrew scene or even hacks really... there's only so many converstations that can be had... Maybe a "Early Days of Sega" where people could talk about anything Sega prior to the Genesis? But thats really just Classic Gaming General! EDIT: SORRY. Misread... I thought the OP was asking for SMS to have it's own subforum... but to have it's own "official thread" like the TG 16 and Neo Geo is a VERY good idea! Edited April 24, 2017 by Torr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torr Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Didn't know the SMS was popular in Brazil. Cool. Oh yeah. Some of the last releases (in 1999-ish no less) Were Virtua Fighter, Earthworm Jim, and MK 3. MK3 is an abomination... the other two... considering this is the SMS from 1985, and SMS carts were all technically "Stock"; that is they didn't use mappers and expansion chips and whatnot like NES carts did, they are decent. Every region (US, Canada, South America, Europe, Japan, Etc...) All got such different libraries. It's weird to try and collect by region. Here in Canada we were still getting some of the titles that Europe was getting after the Master System was discontinued in the US. Edited April 24, 2017 by Torr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 The mighty SEGA Master System is engraved on my heart, much like the Atari 5200 is. So we always had the unpopular, weird kid consoles... so what? Some of my favorite games: R-Type Space Harrier Govellius Phantasy Star Psycho Fox Zillion Gangster Town Castle of Illusion Fantasy Zone II Power Strike Columns (I actually prefer this to the Genesis version) I had a lot of SMS games as a kid. Nowadays, I need maybe ten or so more games to round out my US collection. When I discovered that the SMS had a second life in Europe (and Brazil), and that there were hundreds more games to collect, I was thrilled. I tend to stick to mostly SEGA published games that never came out here, or certifiably good 3rd party games we never saw (Sagaia, Rainbow Islands and the like). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDIRunner Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 I'm also a big fan of the FM sound mod. I put one in a few years ago and never regretted it. Another small mod I made many years ago was to take a controller and reverse the 1 and 2 buttons. There were a lot of SMS games that had the jump button "reversed" from what many of us Nintendo fans would consider normal. Games like Alex Kidd were unplayable for me. I simply un-soldered and switched the two wires running to each button. Now obviously this isn't always a desirable switch. Some games worth better with the original configuration, but I have several other un-modified controllers for those games. The fun factor for Alex Kidd went way up for me once I could play it with a more comfortable controller configuration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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