robotwo Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 24 minutes ago, SlidellMan said: I'd love to make homebrew games for the Sega Master System. I say give it a try, it's a really neat little system to work with. SMS Power has a few tutorials and starter resources as well as a pretty active developer forum where you can discuss specifics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Wing Warriors: Sega Lord X on the Sega Card: Green Beret/Rush 'n Attack: Golden Axe with redrawn graphics: And finally, Chibi Akumas on how to program the SMS and Game Gear in Z80 Assembly: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted April 26 Author Share Posted April 26 I know there's no way to convert Game Gear Games to Master System without decoding in C, even today with like Level Editers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 I thought I would share another one of my favorite SMS OSTs: I wonder how many Master System/Mark III games had parallax scrolling? (Sagaia was one of them.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+-^CrossBow^- Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 8 hours ago, NinjaWarrior said: I know there's no way to convert Game Gear Games to Master System without decoding in C, even today with like Level Editers While I don't know of any ready made converters, there are a few GG games that have been converted to the SMS. I've got a folder for my flash cart with quite a few of those conversions. So there are folks that have done it at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robotwo Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 11 hours ago, SlidellMan said: I wonder how many Master System/Mark III games had parallax scrolling? (Sagaia was one of them.) There's quite a few games that do it, the Master System has a very solid scanline interrupt system that can be configured to generate interrupts every N'th scanline which definitely helps. One unfortunate thing is that you can't change vertical scroll mid frame, so that definitely limits how many fancy scrolling effects you can pull off. One of my personal favourites though has to be the first 2 stages of Aladdin, with a mix of scanline interrupts and animated tiles they created a pretty impressive 3D effect. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-S Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 4 hours ago, -^CrossBow^- said: While I don't know of any ready made converters, there are a few GG games that have been converted to the SMS. I've got a folder for my flash cart with quite a few of those conversions. So there are folks that have done it at least. These are conversions done manually, what some people are trying to figure out is a way to convert them automatically do it using an adapter, maybe with a microprocessor inside it to convert the colors that aren't available on the Master System. But if you already play in a flash cart there aren't many reasons to want something like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted May 3 Share Posted May 3 On 4/25/2024 at 10:08 PM, SlidellMan said: I thought I would share another one of my favorite SMS OSTs: I wonder how many Master System/Mark III games had parallax scrolling? (Sagaia was one of them.) It was quite common, there's gotta be well over 100. The North American launch alone featured 5 games with parallax. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 I love the NES Master System Controller, But not paying like $40 for 1 https://hackinformer.com/2020/05/02/review-custom-sega-master-system-controller-from-retrogameboyz/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted May 12 Share Posted May 12 Game Sack on the Master System's overlooked FM unit: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted May 12 Author Share Posted May 12 4 hours ago, SlidellMan said: Game Sack on the Master System's overlooked FM unit: Was going to post that later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenixdownita Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 (edited) 6 hours ago, SlidellMan said: Game Sack on the Master System's overlooked FM unit: Well given it was only the JP sms that had it integrated and no way to easily add it to the US/EU ones (even today you need lift components and solder the audio channels) I wouldn’t say “overlooked”. Granted you can play those games now with fm on a genesis via the mega everdrive x7 and pro but that’s a totally different solution imho. Did the JP power base converter support fm? ( nope : https://www.smspower.org/forums/6634-SMSFMSoundOnMegaDrivePowerbaseConverter ) Edited May 13 by phoenixdownita 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 A new Master System game on Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/multi-platform-puzzle-game-about-climate-change/coming_soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 23 hours ago, SlidellMan said: Game Sack on the Master System's overlooked FM unit: I like the FM and it is unique, but not growing up with it here in the USA I am must more nostalgic for the PSG sound. But, that said I do have a Japanese SMS with the FM unit integrated. If you play any FM capable game in it you get the FM sound which can be a blessing or a curse depending on what you like. It will not give you the option to play with it off. What I ended up doing in order to play the games without the FM was to hack the roms that included FM so that the console will play them with PSG. I play those through a flash cart. I also had to hack some games to display in english but that is something else entirely 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M-S Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 It's weird that there are games never released in Japan that had the FM audio, perhaps the Master System development kit had an unit built in and the developers didn't know about the fact it wasn't available in the west. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted May 15 Share Posted May 15 (edited) On 5/13/2024 at 3:03 AM, roots.genoa said: A new Master System game on Indiegogo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/multi-platform-puzzle-game-about-climate-change/coming_soon Looks solid! Wish the project page would give more information however. On 5/13/2024 at 2:33 PM, eightbit said: I like the FM and it is unique, but not growing up with it here in the USA I am must more nostalgic for the PSG sound. I enjoy the FM stuff for the sake of novelty, but a lot of the PSG tunes just fit better with the games themselves, IMO. Also, the way some PSG tracks were programmed sometimes sound busier and better accompanies whatever kind of energy a game is going for. Edited May 15 by Austin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroldoop Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 (edited) On 4/22/2024 at 5:02 PM, SlidellMan said: I'd love to make homebrew games for the Sega Master System. SMS Power! has plenty of documentation and tools for making SMS homebrew. Your main options would be: Programming in C using devkitSMS + SDCC + PSGlib Programming in Z80 assembly: I would recommend Maxim's tutorial as a starting point, then hang-on's "Create a Racing Game" Programming in C using Z88DK Other, more limited, alternatives would be: ZX-Basic twee2sam Edited May 18 by haroldoop 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted June 9 Author Share Posted June 9 I'm glad the Master System getting more homebrew Games Waiting for the Castlevania homebrew 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 A video on the Master System Darius 2/Sagaia from someone who knew how to program the system in Z80 Assembly: As an added bonus, here's Inglebard's video: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 Sega Lord X on Alex Kidd in Shinobi World: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlidellMan Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 Bricoda repairs a Master System: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 On 5/12/2024 at 9:19 AM, NinjaWarrior said: I love the NES Master System Controller, But not paying like $40 for 1 https://hackinformer.com/2020/05/02/review-custom-sega-master-system-controller-from-retrogameboyz/ I actually like the original Sega master system controller. Am I in the minority? 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 On 8/9/2024 at 3:58 PM, SlidellMan said: Sega Lord X on Alex Kidd in Shinobi World: I prefer this to Alex Kidd in Miracle World. Banging music on the Master System. Maybe one of the best.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane857 Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 On 5/13/2024 at 7:33 PM, eightbit said: I like the FM and it is unique, but not growing up with it here in the USA I am must more nostalgic for the PSG sound. But, that said I do have a Japanese SMS with the FM unit integrated. If you play any FM capable game in it you get the FM sound which can be a blessing or a curse depending on what you like. It will not give you the option to play with it off. What I ended up doing in order to play the games without the FM was to hack the roms that included FM so that the console will play them with PSG. I play those through a flash cart. I also had to hack some games to display in english but that is something else entirely Does the Japanese SMS console play all region games without modification, US/PAL? I have a modified SMS mark 2 which only outputs composite and obviously no FM sound capability so was thinking of purchasing one.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyous Posted September 8 Share Posted September 8 50 minutes ago, shane857 said: Does the Japanese SMS console play all region games without modification, US/PAL? I have a modified SMS mark 2 which only outputs composite and obviously no FM sound capability so was thinking of purchasing one.. I believe the shape of the cartridge port is different, so you need an adapter to fit the Western cartridges in it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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