/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8961642
Lots of good games on there. I just got into the games a few years ago. Those Brazilians were right all along.
Cyborg Hunter is my current favorite

>Game Gear game in the left card slot
This wouldn't actually do anything right? What was that slot even used for if not games?

>>8961642
I vaguely recall playing an education Alex Kidd game with my mom when I was like 4. There were questions like 'how many bones are there in the human body' etc. Was it a Master System game? We had a MegaDrive and I've recently learned that it's backwards compatible, that's how I played the 8 bit Sonic games too

>>8961642
Asterix is easily among the best exclusive games for the system, good taste.
If you're into platformers be sure to play the Sega-developed Disney ones, though they're pretty much in every basic checklist.

>>8961656
Master System played game gear.

>>8961697
No it didn't. Game Gear games have more colors than SMS games, making it incompatible with the hardware. You can patch GG games to play on an SMS with an everdrive.

>>8961697
It didn't, but there was an adapter enabling the other way around.
Also there's fun unofficial stuff like this on the pic

>>8961642
>Fav game so far must be Asterix or Sonic 1.
Outstanding.
Have you played Dragon Crystal yet?

>>8961642
i got an everdrive from overseas (specifically) so it would include the south american deepcuts\


also worth mentioning that the master system will also do the sega my cards and sg-1000 titles; hence the title- "master system" as it played everything sega released up until that point

I've still hardly played anything on this console. I've only tried Ninja Gaiden and Alex Kidd in Shinobi World so far.

>>8961991
Just pick a random game bro, there's not too many NTSC-U releases, maybe 120 in total. I'd say at least 45 of them are pretty fuckin good, the rest are decent. Only a handful are trash. SMS blows the genesis and saturn libraries out of the water

>>8961991
start with the sega my cards and go from there?
there a tons of titles on this system

my previous master system thread got nuked from the archive so everyones recs are gone again

>>8962004
>SMS blows the genesis and saturn libraries out of the water
I doubt it will for me, seeing as those are two of my absolute favorite consoles, but I'll try more games.
>>8962014
I'll do that. I bought a Mega EverDrive recently and threw every Master System game on there since it can also play those.

Great racing games. World Grand Prix and Hang On have very smooth scrolling compared to the NES and even the Mega Drive.

My favorite game is probably the Ninja

>>8962024
you might be able to play sg-1000 titles as well

girls garden
star jacker
etc

>>8961642
The Master has the best scotformer of its era, best Willyvania of its era, best Hydlike of its era, best jarpig of its era, as well as the best shoot-them-down of its era.

How can the NES even compete?

>>8962067
>Master System thread
>austroonlia-kun already seething about Nintendo
You don't even like Sega, you only like bad bong games for the specter.

>>8961696
solid choice

Any of you played this on the master system?

>>8962096
no i only played the bc racers & sega cd versions

is it fun?

>>8962096
only the sequel, Son of Chuck

I remember we had the adapter that fit to the Genesis which allowed you to play Master System games. We got it mostly to play Phantasy Star.

>>8962106
Formerly Rock

>>8962106
Oh yeah,Chuck Rock 2,I'm planning to probably beat the game gear version (which is the same thing,just different level order) sometime.

Does any of you have experience running those SG-1000 games on the Master System? I read that the colors are not the same and some games would flat out won't work.

Same as Master System in the Genesis/Megadrive. I already have the Genesis but I was thinking of getting a MS controller as to get a "purer" experience when playing those games with the everdrive.

>>8962119
Mega Drive doesn't have all the same hardware the Master System has, so some games like F-16 won't work.
No FM sound either.

>>8961642
I've only gotten into it recently myself, I quite like Wonder Boy 3, Golden Axe Warrior and Ninja Gaiden.

>>8962259
>Ninja Gaiden.
Best game in the series, it must be said.

>>8961651
thanks

>>8962119
they run fine on my mark 3
i have an american master system and it seemed fine but i didnt test extensively and it was over AV

>>8962339
sure... if you like easy games.

>>8961964
flower anon i.... wanna see what else is in your house

>>8962067
Care to post the names of these nes killers?
>>8962072
Are you gonna schizophrenically call somebody your boogeyman in every thread?

>>8961642

play Choplifter, Golden Axe Warrior, and Phantasy Star

>>8962259
>Wonder Boy 3
this is the GOAT sms game

how does it compare to the genesis version?

>>8962589
Godlike ost. Better than Genesis.

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse is better than the Genesis version

>>8961651
>Those Brazilians were right

Brazilians have never been right about anything. In this case a sound decision was forced upon them by circumstance but I'm not giving them credit for it

>>8962259
Coincidentally those are probably the only exceptional games on the system

>>8962839
KEK

>>8962694
Sonic 1 is also better on the massy.

>>8963247
Oh, plus phantasy star

>>8962067
>Hydlike
I lol'd. The only good thing to come from your forced memes.

>>8963321
>>8962694
they're different games, not ports.
As for Sonic 1, the Game Gear version is superiour to the SMS version.

>>8961651
br here.
the whole "omg master system is still popular in Brazil!" is actually a meme. Yes we do have a manufacturer called tectoy who has the license for sega stuff and yes they kept making master systems (as well as mega drive), but master system was never as popular as memes made you believe it was. In actual times when it could have been popular it was vastly overshadowed by famiclones (which can't be calculated in quantities sold for obvious pirate reasons, but believe me, for every kid who had a master, 50 had a famiclone).
Master system was mostly the low cost sega console aunts and grandmas would get when kids asked for "the Sega" (meaning the mega drive, which is what kids wanted in the 90s, not the Master)
By the late 90s/early 00s, chipped playstations were super affordable thanks to very cheap bootleg games, and K62 computers let everyone play games on PC for cheap also thanks to piracy (and cyber cafes with LAN)
Master system was never a real mvp as people were made to believe. Sorry for breaking the illusion of brazil being magical master system land.

>>8964001
how so?

>>8961656
That's a hacked console. There's literally a Game Gear inside, connected to the same controller ports. He also added S-Video and RGB outputs, upgraded sound, etc. A stock SMS doesn't come with that slot.

>>8964001
nah, GG Sonic is too zoomed in.

>>8961697
Holy zoomer.

>>8964254
>>8964380
The thing is, the game was developed for the GG, so it takes into account the screen zoom. Here's an example, the first boss fight against Robotnik, on the SMS, he will simply fly on the upper part of the screen and you can't hit him at all, he won't attack either, it's just a time waster and something the devs didn't have into account when making the SMS version. On GG, you can hit him.
It's the opposite of Sonic 2 8-bit, where the first boss is unfairly hard on GG due to the screen zoom, but not on SMS.
GG Sonic 1 also has more colors on screen, a better sprite for Sonic, more background assets, better sound. Ancient, Yuzo Koshiro's company, was funded expressely to make Sonic 1 for Game Gear. The SMS port was probably something they did quickly as a side project while making the main game on GG. I'm not even sure if it was Ancient themselves who made the SMS port.

>>8961697
No. Are you thinking about the Genesis / Mega Drive being able to play Master System games with the Powerbase Converter, alternatively the right kind of flashcart?

any sms games that plays like mega man?

>>8964557
hmmm, can't think of any.
There are Mega Man games on Game Gear though, but I can't recommend them because I haven't played them and they were developed by some westerners, not capcom.

>>8964557
Cyborg Hunter sorta

>>8964557
Psychic World is probably the closest SMS game to Megaman.

For me, those design choices seems more likely constraints caused by the much more educed resolution on Game Gear (160×144) compared to Master System (256×192). For me, that's precisely why I prefer the Master System version and feels like the Game Gear version is a cutoff version.

>I'm not even sure if it was Ancient themselves who made the SMS port.

Both games were actually developped by exact same team
https://www.smspower.org/Games/SonicTheHedgehog-SMS
https://www.smspower.org/Games/SonicTheHedgehog-GG

>le Game Gear version of Sonic 1 is better!
This meme again? We already debunked it.

>The sprites for Sonic, invincibility, and shields were all redrawn to be smaller, to account for the reduced screen size.
>Most stages have altered layouts, from simply moving a few rings around to completely removing or replacing entire chunks of levels.
>Warning signs were added near spike pits and cliffs in Green Hill in the Game Gear version.
>The Special Stages have different layouts in the Game Gear version. On the first "loop", the stages have a time limit of 2 minutes rather than 1.
>Due to the smaller screen, the Green Hill boss flies much lower and can be reached from the ground, making it a complete joke.
>In the Master System version of Jungle Zone Act 2, the screen continuously locks as Sonic travels upwards through the stage, with the bottom of the screen acting as a bottomless pit. This little challenge would naturally have been completely unfair on the Game Gear, so it was removed.
>The first two Acts of Labyrinth Zone have radically different layouts between versions. Most notably, the Chaos Emerald is much easier to get. In the Master System version, the Emerald is sitting in the middle of a spike pit; to get it, the player must collect an invincibility power-up a few screens below, run through a lengthy obstacle course to get to the spike pit, jump in, grab the Emerald, and jump out before the invincibility wears off. In the Game Gear version, it's just... sitting there, out in the open, very near the end signpost.
>The final boss no longer enters a second phase, and attacks with three floor-mounted flamethrowers rather than a moving electric wall. The homing device was also moved from above Robotnik to the middle of the ceiling.

tl;dr: Master version is more challenging and the game had to be dumbed-down to work on GG.

Who wants to bet GG Sonic 1 guy is also the same autist spamming Sonic 3 is better on Saturn than Mega Drive?

>>8965457
based deboonker
for me it's the music in bridge zone

>>8965457
It's all irrelevant since every sonic game is beyond Windows 95

>>8961717
Is this a mock up box or an actual unofficial product that was sold in j pan?

I really want to mod one of my GGs for video out some day. Im surprised it didn't seem to catch on in brazil as much as the master did.

>>8961642
I've still got my PAL one. Asterix is the best, the built in Alex Kidd was good, I also liked the Lemmings port and Cool Spot. I remember spending a lot of time playing Casino Games too

>>8961642
I'm in the process of loading up my mega everdrive pro. Hit me with some Master System games to put on it, all I have listed now are the Sonics and Dragon's Trap.

>>8965884
Rambo
Rtype
Operation Wolf
Road Rash
Ys
Phantasy Star

>>8965884
castle of illusion

>>8964337
gore thread?

>>8965457
>Green Hill boss flies much lower and can be reached from the ground, making it a complete joke.
wasn't this addressed here?:
>>8964486
> the first boss fight against Robotnik, on the SMS, he will simply fly on the upper part of the screen and you can't hit him at all, he won't attack either, it's just a time waster and something the devs didn't have into account when making the SMS version. On GG, you can hit him.
Also
>completely removing or replacing entire chunks of levels.
Examples of this? Especially the removing part.
>>The sprites for Sonic, invincibility, and shields were all redrawn to be smaller, to account for the reduced screen size.
You forgot to mention the Sonic sprite is more detailed on Game Gear than on SMS.

bump

>>8965884
Disney and Asterix platformers

Some of my best gaming memories as a kid were on the Master System:

Shinobi
Wonder Boy 1 and 3
Castle of Illusion
Fantasy Zone 1 and 2
Sonic 2

My best friend at the time loved Asterix, Lemmings and Prince of Persia.

I was going to buy a nes but a big fat lady bought the last 2 in the store, I remember her huge fat ass wobbling as she carried them both under her arms so I got the sega.

>>8969169
Based lardass spoiling her kids

>>8969169
>Sonic 2 over Sonic 1
You poor lad...

>>8969169
based pierce

>>8961642
Zillion is my personal favourite.

Cyber Shinobi.

>>8961665
Alex Kidd in high tech world. At the start you have to collect all the pieces of paper in different rooms of a mansion to form a map. In one room you have to answer a few questions to get a piece. You can win it just repeating it many times to find which answer was wrong but the game has a time limit. Its a great game that I go back to since I know the locations of what you need so I can speed through it.

>>8963321
Super off road way is way the fuck better than the genesis version, it has a nice little tune going on the whole time.

Terminator 2 the arcade game is better than genesis in a way, it has in a way more detailed graphics. The genesis version they forgot to change some of the colours. We rented it and beat it in 2 days.

>>8969169
I used to get super excited if we got a game and it had a different coloured label on the cart. It was special getting a game.

>>8962360
I know so many little tricks for monster land to get extra money. On the area with the pyramid at the end use a tornado to jump over the gap so you can get tones of money then drop down the hole for a double dip.

>>8962371
the /bst/ threads in the archive show all anonkun

find the miracle ball

>>8962067
Best Castlevania Clone as well.

>>8965457
hey deboonker, what about Sonic 2 and Sonic Chaos?

>>8972102
Sonic 2 is pretty obvious that it's meant for the SMS, considering how impossible the antlion boss is on Game Gear.
Chaos is wank regardless if it's SMS or GG.

>>8972093
That game is really fun, a friend had it when I was really young and we could only get to level 2. Replayed it recently and it's quite cool, and still quite tough.
I heard Kenseiden is a good Castlevania clone too.

Dunno if i can talk about it but i bought the alex kidd in miracle world remake and was dissapointed by it, the graphics and music are nice but at the same time makes everything look so bloated you cant distinguish things compared to the original graphics and somehow hitting stuff is even worse than the original.
A shame because I do like the original game a lot.

>>8961642
It's shit compared to the NES

>>8972907
SMS is the N64 of 3rd gen: quality over quantity and the strongest hardware of its generation.

NES is the PSX of 3rd gen: quantity over quality and the weakest hardware of its generation.

>>8972909
Guzzle some more onions, tendie.

>>8972916
did you even read his post

>>8972916
Are you actually retarded, or just pretending?

>>8962119
They work but the color palette is darker than a real SG-1000 and the sound is pitched lower.

>>8961642
The PAL library is bigger than the NTSC one but I don't know how compatible those are with NTSC Master Systems.

>>8971012
>open random thread
>there's a (You)
>Alex Kidd in high tech world.
THAT'S THE FUCKING GAME, NICE, MAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyz-Kp-H4XU&ab_channel=NintendoComplete
Anon my heart is about to explore from nostalgia

is the sms port of ms pacman any good?

>>8973760
Not really because of the "enhanced" graphics although in theory a near perfect port should have been possible as the arcade game had the same CPU so the game logic would have ported over easily.

The NES Ms. Pac-Man is better and copies the arcade graphics straight rather than the ugly attempt at stylized ones on the Master System.

>>8973760
why would you bother with a pacman game when you could be playing the greatest maze game of all time: fantasy zone 3

Why doesn't Sega make a SMS collection or a Master System mini?
I'll be more interested in that over another Genesis compendium.

>>8974821
Because you can just import the real thing from TecToy instead of settling on crap emulation.

>>8974946
lolno those TecToy Master Systems are just an emulator on a chip

>>8974821
It wouldn't sell outside of very specific markets. The smartest move they could do if anything is a Megadrive Mini 3 or something where they add a replica of the power adapter and use that as an excuse to add Master System games to it

>>8969169
Wonserboy 2 is better than 1 and 3.

>>8976030
Monster Lair > WB1 > WBiML > Dragon's Trap > MW4 > WBiMW

>>8976003
Im actually doing this
I bought the official mini adapter and anytime I want to play sms on my mega drive mini I plug it (and a usb where I have my roms behind) which adds my master system selection of games to another directory next to the original MD games. Same menu, same graphics.

I also have this for the megacd and 32x mini. They work really fine with the m2 emulator.

If you really want to play master system on your mega drive mini I think this is the best move, unless they decide to release a proper mini which I sadly doubt it.

>>8976281
Where do you get clean copies of cover art?

>>8974115
thought this was a speccy screenshots from the thumbnail

>>8963321
>massy
I prefer to call it “massuh”

>>8962036
Japanese soul versus Western sales board

>>8964464
>Holy zoomer.
To be fair, master system is already outside the experience of most millennials. I did have a master system as a child but I was born in 1984.

>>8976423
reaching levels of autism that shouldn't be possible

ILL ALLOW IT

>>8977473
which is lame af honestly
i got into the master system BECAUSE of the gamegear

there are several conversions/ports so maybe that anon was using a flashcart and got confused

>>8961642
sonic 1 was the first console game i played as a 6yo wen it was released, alex kidd is a must

also sonic chaos, space harrier and robocop vs terminator which is prob one of the best looking games on the system

the Chadster System is Sega's best console
prove me wrong

>>8977473
hey brother, 7am back from party and born in 1984 too

How many of you played Masters of Combat when it came out?

>>8961642
How much to get someone to do this mod for me with as much care? What is the bill of labor plus parts?