Master System Thread

[Anonymous No.4848797]

Let's discuss SEGA's best console, lads. Favourite games for it? Last played game? Raddest peripherals?

[Anonymous No.4848807]

>>4848797

Zillions pretty nice

[Anonymous No.4848928]

>>4848807
It's ok, sequel's a lot better tho, and has amazing fm synth ost

[Anonymous No.4849128]

>>4848797
Miracle World is really underrated. It seems most people are aware that it exists but haven't played.

[Anonymous No.4849141]

>>4848797
Zaxxon 3d in 3d is pretty fun in 15 minute increments.

[Anonymous No.4849176]

I just beat Kenseiden today. Killed every warlock and just didn't finish the last dojo because I thought I wasn't going to beat the game but it turns out shit gets way easier after the first levels since the ammount of upgrades I had made me almost invincible. This game was impossible for me as a kid.

Raddest peripheral is the Light Phaser. I had loads of fun with it.

[Anonymous No.4849184]

>>4848797
Cloud Master.
Weird but fun shooter.

I also love Castle of Illusion.

[Anonymous No.4849361]

>>4848797

Astro Warrior. I'm actually super jealous of my wife as she had a master system as a kid and this was/is her favorite game for it.

I didn't even know a master system existed until I saw a power base converter and wondered what it was for.

[Anonymous No.4849585]

>>4849361
Same. NES pretty much overshadowed all the competition here. Wish I'd had a SMS instead, in hindsight.

[Anonymous No.4849648]

>>4848797
Just Pieced my self one together, using the HD Retrovision cables on it is amazing. only have Great baseball but it's fun. gonna be getting a Master Everdrive

[Anonymous No.4849650]

>>4849648

[Anonymous No.4849672]

>>4848797
Undoubtedly Sega shittiest console.

Inferior controller to NES with fewer buttons and worse Dpad.

Inferior audio chip to NES (only 1/6 of games supported FM synth and what's worse, FM synth was only available in Japan yet quite a few of those 1/6 game were only released in NA/EU regions)

Inferior video quality to NES with really shitty composite that is not only blurrier than NES but has disgusting jailbars.

Inferior game library to NES with 1/6 as many games (318 vs 1850)

[Anonymous No.4849674]

>>4849648
Does the SMS still have jailbars when using the HD Retrovision cables?
Please examine closely on your CRT.

[Anonymous No.4849698]

>>4849672
RGB video output
Built in game
Backwards compatible
Superior graphics
Non-proprietary controller ports
Sensibly designed cartridge slot
Not made twice as big to appeal to amerilards
Yellow

[Anonymous No.4849715]

it largely lacks games worth playing despite superior graphics to the NES
at least it had a brill version of R-Type
played a bunch of Hang-On and Space Harrier for it, too

[Anonymous No.4849717]

>>4849672
>Sega's shittiest console
I'd argue that'd be the Saturn, though.

[Anonymous No.4849726]

Born in 87, I didn't know the Master System even existed until after the Dreamcast had been released.

I admit I don't own one, but I bought a Power Base Converter (which thankfully fits on my CDX) and a Master System controller.

Truth be told it's a touch difficult to find anything that seems legitimately interesting on the Master System. I have Phantasy Star, which I WANT to play but it's very difficult to stay invested in it. AfterBurner is so choppy it's hard to tell whatever's going on. Hang-On is alright, but Super Hang-On is so much better. Beyond those games I can't seem to find much that interests me enough to want to buy it.

[Anonymous No.4849738]

>>4849698
>RGB video output
which no one ever used back then

>Built in game
not a consideration for true gamers, you are reminding me of normies who never learned the Wii could play other games than Wii Sports

>Backwards compatible
which no one ever used back then

>Superior graphics
colour palette is wider but inferior resolution (256x196 vs 256x240 of the NES) and framerate/scrolling was often worse

>Non-proprietary controller ports
so you can upgrade to Sega Genesis controllers because the SMS controller sucks

>Sensibly designed cartridge
touché

>Not made twice as big to appeal to amerilards
not a big deal unless you live in a broom closet

>Yellow
see above ">superior graphics"

[Anonymous No.4849783]

I really enjoy penguin land.

[Anonymous No.4849804]

Psycho Fox, The mickey Mouse games, The Sonic games, Fantasy Zone series (2 is the best) Danan, The Asterix games, Bonanza Bros, Thunder Blade, Enduro Racer, R-type,

[Anonymous No.4850341]

>>4849726
Most of the light gun games are quite good. Penguin land is also good

[Anonymous No.4850354]

>>4849717
Not him, and I actually think the SMS isn't THAT bad, but nah Saturn is much better: better controller, better library of games (with more exclusives and many ports that are actually still worth playing today).

[Anonymous No.4850638]

I just finished Castle of Illusion. Very fun but easy. It took me around an hour and a half and I spent 2 continues. It gets a bit harder at the last level but even so the level isn't long so getting back to the point you died is a breeze since there isn't much to memorize. As a 6 year old I could just get to the dragon. Closure at last. I love how detailed Mickey's sprites are. Even when he stands over a slope his feet actually fits the ground properly. The backgrounds suck, though.
Now all I gotta do is choose between Lucky Dime Caper and Psycho Fox for more nostalgia overload but I'll do that tomorrow.

[Anonymous No.4850943]

>>4849674
I don't believe so. Honestly i didnt notice any super crisp sprites and bright vibrant colors is alll i saw. Im also using then gen 1 adaptor. Using a 32 inch sony wega trinitron.

[Anonymous No.4850952]

Master System Master Race

Ya'll just jelly you had to COPE with the inferior NES and missed out on the SMS' based library

[Anonymous No.4850954]

>>4850943
Wow i can't type for shit. I didnt happen to notice jailbars. No noise or anything. The cords paired with the gen 1 adapter. Displayed on a sony wega trinitron 32".

[Anonymous No.4851040]

>>4848797
>Let's discuss SEGA's best console
But that's the Mega Drive.

>Favourite games for it?
Phantasy Phucking Star.

>Last played game?
Kenseiden.

[Anonymous No.4852449]

>>4849672
>Inferior video quality to NES with really shitty composite that is not only blurrier than NES but has disgusting jailbars.
Dogshit meme. Enjoy your composite.

[Anonymous No.4852460]

>>4849672
> People actually believe this

[Anonymous No.4852514]

>>4848797
As a kid I remember playing the shit out of Y's, Parlor Games, Alex Kid in Miracle World, Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, and Rampage

[Anonymous No.4853102]

Fav game on the platform.

[Anonymous No.4853105]

The remake is pretty nice.

[Anonymous No.4853138]

>>4849672
>shittiest
It's like he forgot the SG1000 and 32X existed.

[Anonymous No.4853181]

Can someone please suggest some made for both systems where the MS version is better, or at different enough to justify playing both versions?

[Anonymous No.4853250]

>>4853181
Check out Ninja Gaiden for the Master System. It's almost completely different from the other versions based on what I have seen (haven't played it yet, might get it irl soon).

[Anonymous No.4853262]

>>4853181
https://ghostbin.com/paste/ymfrd

Here you go, my friend.

[Anonymous No.4853298]

Have any of you all seen the Mega Man 2 homebrew for the Master System? Whatever happened to it and why was it discontinued?
The link to where you could find the rom is below. For some reason Air Man's theme is Spark Mandril from X1.
http://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/MegaMan2-SMS

[Anonymous No.4853356]

Just played an hour of The Lucky Dime Caper. I'm enjoying it so far, the graphics are pretty and I'm digging the music. Donald sprites are very detailed with lots of animations, for instance, in the hot level he sweats, in the ice level he shivers, when he's standing on an edge he does that almost falling down stuff like sanic and he also has an idle animation. The backgrounds doesn't seem that bad either. The game is way harder than castle of illusion too.

There are some flaws but they're minor and don't take away my enjoyment of it. When Donald stands on an edge and goes into the almost falling down animation, to get away from it he moves slower. Not a big deal some might say it's realistic but I find it somewhat annoying. When you kill an enemy and it drops an item, you can't grab it in the air. You need to wait for it to land to pick it up so if you kill and enemy over a bottomless pit you can't grab it. Another thing is there are some enemies that freeze the screen and you can only proceed after they're killed. The problem is they're usually placed in the far right of the screen and after you kill them you need to move all the way back to the center otherwise the screen will scroll to the right with your character facing it.

Continues are infinite so I don't think I'll have any problems beating it.

[Anonymous No.4853376]

>>4853356
This fucking game made throw the controller.

[Anonymous No.4853441]

>>4853356
The music on the final stage is really awesome. I remember some 25 years ago, my brother finished this game and I only watched - I was too young (I was 4 or 5 at the time) for some of the parts, like that auto-scrolling part in Peru/Mexico (I forgot the name of the stage) and also that part in the volcano where the lava drops on the ice cubes.

[Anonymous No.4853462]

>>4853250
>>4853262

Thank you. Also, I realised I put 'both systems' without putting which systems. I was talking about MD and MS, as they had a lot of the same titles.

[Anonymous No.4853468]

>>4853105
looks like a fucking flash or mobile game, like most cheap remakes

[Anonymous No.4853495]

>>4853181
Double Dragon is a great example. The NES version is an almost different game while the SMS version actually allows co-op while being more faithful to the arcade original.

[Anonymous No.4853502]

>>4853376
When I was younger I couldn't get very far either. At least I got this game basically for free since I rented it and never returned. They called my house a month later, talked to my mom and she told me they asked for it and that I could return it for free. The truth is I lost it somewhere in the living room and then found it some time later. I think it was behind the sofa.

>>4853441
Could be either Peru or Bolivia since the map isn't very accurate, but the enemies attire is Incan no doubt.
There are 2 auto-scrollers and I think they're the same. The problem is, since the last one is right before the boss and if you get hit you lose your weapon. I couldn't for the life of me kill the statues without a weapon. Jumping over the boss' head is fucking hard specially when there's just a single one left.
The part where the lava drops on the ice cubes is hard because of what I said earlier about donald's animation when standing over edges. I lost 2 or 3 lives in this screen.

[Anonymous No.4853523]

>>4853502
Maybe I'm wrong, but I think you can just jump "in" the statues, and it still counts as a hit. I'll see if I can boot the game up.

[Anonymous No.4853565]

Indeed, you can just jump in the statues. Jump on the boulders, then jump on top of the statues.

[Anonymous No.4853579]

>>4853565
The problem is this jump is fucking hard for me lol. When I jump out of the boulder it seems I'm doing a straight jump even while holding to the boss direction. I guess I was too afraid to jump earlier on the boulder since it would mean death.

[Anonymous No.4853604]

>>4853565
Got it now, I was jumping out of the boulder at the wrong time. Good to know.

[Anonymous No.4854467]

Would have to finish Golden Axe Warrior someday. It's hard from the beginning.

[Anonymous No.4854994]

>>4853495
Double Dragon fucking sucks on the SMS. Would rather play the unfaithful NES version over it.

[Anonymous No.4855012]

>>4853468
Nah they did a good job... I'm stuck near the end and can't decide whether to hit a guide or not

Also anybody got tips for the SMS version of pic related, I can beat the arcade one but my strat's not working here

[Anonymous No.4855083]

>>4855012
I could beat it only once with kunais and I didn't even jump.

[Anonymous No.4855161]

Nothing beats the BBC Bridge Companion. It was so good, it only needed one game.

[Anonymous No.4855369]

Played another hour of Lucky Dime Caper today and managed to get to Magica's castle. Probably could beat it today if I wanted since the game has infinite continues but I'm having so much fun with it I'm just not ready to let it go yet.
On the other hand I'm anxious to play Psycho Fox again, although I tried it some years ago and thought it wasn't as good as I believed it was. Now that I lowered my expectations I'm dead set on beating it next.

[Anonymous No.4855775]

>>4855369
psycho fox is a neat speedgame

the physics are weird but fun

[Dillweed No.4855803]

>>4853138
The Sega SG-1000 is good though.

[Dillweed No.4855812]

Too be honest, I had a Sega Genesis, but I never really liked it. When I found the Sega Master System, I actually liked it. The hardware is better than that of the NES, it's got a fucking BIOS w/ a built in game. It's got good 3-D, and good games. For those who say that the Master System is bad, is either a summerfag, or just saw that the pause button was on the console and not the controller, and never actually played the console.

[Anonymous No.4855959]

>>4853105
it's fuckin sjw shit

[Anonymous No.4856279]

>>4855803
Does your SG-1000 exhibit disgusting jailbars on composite using a CRTV?
Please examine it for me.

[Anonymous No.4856320]

>>4848797
Love the Master system, it was my very first console I've ever played.
My brother got it as a gift, and I was only a few years old. But I still remember my favorite game on it was Wonderboy, Followed by Rampage and Shinobi.
I think my brother still has his in storage.

[Anonymous No.4856652]

I recommend Golvellius.

[Anonymous No.4856654]

>>4856652
It's actually top-down most of the time.

[Anonymous No.4856661]

>>4855959
how is it sjw shit?

[Anonymous No.4856735]

>>4855959
Art style is apolitical.

[Anonymous No.4856757]

>>4856735
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_realism
In the game yes, it's apolitical, as a general statement no, artstyles can be political.

[Anonymous No.4856990]

>>4853262

Castle of Illusion was also released on the Mega Drive - is the MS version significantly different?

[Anonymous No.4857023]

>>4856661
>>4856735
Gives new meaning to "Dragon's Trap"

[Anonymous No.4857035]

Master System fans are almost as delusional as Amiga fans.
The thing was shit with zero time-tested classics.
Alex Kidd is laughably off-brand.
The only good Wonder Boy is on Mega Drive.
The only good Phantasy Star is on MD
The MS Sonics are horrid.

Fuck off with this thing. It's utterly unknown in the States for good reason.

[Anonymous No.4857110]

>>4857023
>being afraid of girls

[Anonymous No.4857135]

>>4857110
The intention behind it is to displace you out of your hobby and make you unhappy.

You probably think princess seven dust is a real tripfag and not just a troll

[Anonymous No.4857143]

>>4857035
Hey come on now. MS isn't as laughable as the Saturn

[Anonymous No.4857183]

>>4856661
added a playable girl to wonder BOY to appease the feminist frequency-viewing roasties

>IT'S CURRENT YEAR YOU BIGOTS, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PLAY AS A BOY!

[Anonymous No.4857229]

>>4857183
So? The series had a female protagonist in its last game back in 1994.

[Anonymous No.4857246]

>>4857183
Keep fighting the important battles.

[Anonymous No.4857281]

>>4857229
yeah, and you don't see me calling wonder boy 6 sexist for having to play as a girl, now do you

[Anonymous No.4857286]

>>4857281
Don't you have a containment chan you should be staying at, goobergater?

[Anonymous No.4857309]

>>4854994
>>4855959
This is why I quit retro. You guys are stupid.
>>4857110
I'd rather fill these girl's mom's asses with gallons of Elmers glue while they watched instead of sit on /VR/ and debate a 30 year old console and listen to you shits that have never even played it.

[Dillweed No.4857337]

>>4856279
I don't own a console, yet. Trying to avoid getting one from Cuckbay

[Anonymous No.4857391]

>>4857309
Double Dragon NES really is pretty good

>>4857281
>wonder boy 6
My god, what are you doing

[Anonymous No.4857410]

>>4857309
What's stupid about disliking SMS DD? It's got poor hit detection, lousy controls, and shit sound. Renegade however was a much better porting job.

[Anonymous No.4857447]

>>4856279
>CRTV
CRT TV. Dumbass.

[Anonymous No.4857524]

Everyone shitting up this thread is a Nintendo employee.

[Anonymous No.4857548]

Can the dpad on the original Master System controller be modded to be less mushy, and has anyone here done this? Or should I just get an SG commander?

I know I can just use a MD/Genesis controller, but having extra buttons which are completely unusable feels wrong to me.

[Anonymous No.4857669]

>>4857548
I don't think the buttons are useless. IIRC, the A button on a mega drive controller worked as 1+2 on the master system. Anyway, perhaps you could try to find a korean controller.
https://segaretro.org/Control_Pad_(Master_System)
never put my hands on them but they look nintendoish

[Anonymous No.4857745]

>>4857548
Just emulate it, bro, like all pre-fifth gen hardware.

[Anonymous No.4857990]

>>4849738
>>4849698

[Anonymous No.4858027]

>>4856990
Yeah they're different games.
>>4857035
Ignorant retard who knows nothing about good SMS or Amiga games right here everybody.

[Anonymous No.4858037]

>>4858027
He's absolutely right, though.

[Anonymous No.4858051]

>>4849672
> Undoubtedly Sega shittiest console.
>>4849717
> I'd argue that'd be the Saturn, though.
sega's saturn will forever be the shittiest console ever made. how long did it last in north american? two years? KEK. did saturn ever sell over 20 million machines? yeah, no. fuck off.

>Inferior audio chip to NES
both master system and nes audio was garbage. one isn't less inferior than another. they're both equally garbage.

> Inferior video quality to NES with really shitty composite that is not only blurrier than NES but has disgusting jailbars.
> American: detected

good ol' /vr/.. where compulsive lying americans just can't stop lying.

>>4849726
then don't fucking buy it then. what do we care?

>>4849738
>which no one ever used back then
which rarely anybody used until recent years.

[Anonymous No.4858054]

>>4857035
nobody is as delusional or are such terrible compulsive liars like americans. USA USA #1

[Anonymous No.4858056]

>>4858037
fuck off, samefag.

[Anonymous No.4858057]

>>4858054
go back to /int/ faggot

[Anonymous No.4858072]

>>4858056
>only one person in the world doesn't agree with me
Unfortunately, almost no one likes your shitty computer and shittier console.

[Anonymous No.4858138]

>>4858072
>master system
>shittier than amiga
Alright, now you've crossed the line with your trolling.

NOTHING is worse than the amiga, aside from the zed-echs specky.

[Anonymous No.4858738]

>>4858138
I will certainly side with you on that one.

[Anonymous No.4858767]

>>4858072
>>4858138
>>4858738
same fagging this hard. weeew lad. ever considered suicide? i would if i was as pathetic as this.

[Anonymous No.4859217]

>>4858767
you mad people don't like your overrated eurotrash pc, bruh?

[Anonymous No.4859291]

I wish this thing had more good games but it did have at least a few really nice ones

the NES is just tough competition

[Anonymous No.4859294]

>>4859291
It's got like 10 time more games

[Anonymous No.4859335]

>>4859291
NES is just quantity over quality, much like the PSX, PS2, or Wii. Once you filter out all the garbage you are left with as many good games as the SMS has.

[Anonymous No.4859352]

>>4859335
Get the fuck outta here the NES has Summer Carnival 92 you can't fuck with that

[Anonymous No.4859359]

>>4859352
>8-bit console shmups
lol

[Anonymous No.4859364]

>>4848797
I enjoy collecting for it, lots of neat games, I actually like the credit card sized games they had for it, wish they made more in NA.

Also don't judge the stickers, they make finding shit so much easier.

[Anonymous No.4859369]

>>4859364
wtf is this sega master system cartridge

[Anonymous No.4859376]

>>4859369
They made them red in America for some reason, I have a few brit imports that are white and blue. I bought the library of stickers and put them on myself.

[Anonymous No.4859380]

>>4859376
No, I mean the cartridge called Sega Master System.

[Anonymous No.4859386]

>>4859380
Oh, just a duplicate I have of the ninja, didn't feel like putting it in a box so a slapped a sticker on it.

[Anonymous No.4859398]

>>4859359
Wtf aren't we discussing 8 bit consoles
>>4859364
>I enjoy collecting
What the hell are you rich or something

[Anonymous No.4859405]

>>4859386
I see. You reminded me I gotta beat ghostbusters, the karaoke intro was awesome lol

[Anonymous No.4859415]

>>4859398
not rich, just browse ebay way too much and wait until something comes up below 5 bucks. Patience is the key!

[Anonymous No.4859418]

>>4859352
Power Strike II > that flickering mess of a meme game

[Anonymous No.4859438]

>>4859398
>Wtf aren't we discussing 8 bit consoles
That's the point, stupid. Shmups aren't worth playing on 8-bit consoles.

[Anonymous No.4859463]

>>4859418
>>4859438
>Meme game
I hate to break it to you but NES hate all the good meme (aka really fun) games
Y'all niggas need galaga>>4859438

[Anonymous No.4859479]

>>4859364
No rescue mission?

[Anonymous No.4859663]

>>4859479
Thanks senpai just ordered it for 10.23.

Any good?

[Anonymous No.4859690]

>>4859663
One of my favorite light gun games.

Beginning is easy and it gets nicely tougher through the stages.

Thinking about it i don't think I've seen a gamequite like it

[Anonymous No.4859726]

>>4859690
I think laser ghost is somewhat alike as in a character moves in the screen and you have to kill the enemies trying to get to her.

[Anonymous No.4860638]

>>4857035

[Anonymous No.4860670]

uhhhhhhhhh sooooooooo I just beat Wonder Boy III on my older brothers Master System and this game is a fucking masterpiece???

[Anonymous No.4860749]

Asterix and Alex Kidd in Shinobi World.

Alex Kidd never looked as good as he did on the Master System. Shame SEGA will never re-release Shinobi World for new audiences.

[Anonymous No.4860752]

>>4857183

There's nothing wrong with doing that.

[Anonymous No.4860763]

>>4857183
The 4chan I know would see a new female character as porn potential. What the fuck happened to this dump?

[Anonymous No.4860803]

>>4857023
I like this option. Will encourage girls to play a good game and go searching for other cool old games rather than some horrible modern abomination.

[Anonymous No.4860819]

>>4855012
When you get powerups (in the stage before), you realize some weapons fire faster than others. I think the kunais fire much faster than everything else.
If you die though, then you're pretty much fucked.

[Anonymous No.4860832]

>>4856661
Lol getting angry because you can play a girl fucking grow up its a good remake.

[Anonymous No.4861349]

>>4860763
4chan... has changed

[Anonymous No.4861512]

>>4854467
>that feel when you discover that in the dungeons you can just hide in the doorway and nothing can hit you, not even the bosses

[Anonymous No.4861517]

>>4861349
this place is the same as it was 10 years ago, only thing that has changed is that we swapped out a horse chinned twink for a kooky jap who runs 2chan

[Anonymous No.4861535]

>>4857281
>>4857183
lol who cares dude

[Anonymous No.4862535]

>>4860670
It was good back in the day but it's been surprassed, especially the level design - most of it is just big straight lines.

[Anonymous No.4862547]

>>4857548
aren't there SMS games that actually read the extra button on the Genesis controller to do something?
I know it's possible to do, but I can't remember if anyone actually did it.

[Anonymous No.4862558]

So, I played an hour of Psycho Fox today and I can't say it's a game I would recommend to someone who doesn't have any affection for it. I rented this game many times in my childhood and this is the reason why I'm gonna go until the end because I didn't get to beat it. Like I said before, last time I played it was about 3 years ago and my nostalgia goggles were utterly destroyed. I can't say that my hype-o-meter raised any single bit after playing it today but listening to the main theme again is nostalgic as fuck.

Cool things I didn't remember: you can glide over water when you're running very fast and if you run all the way to the end of a ledge and hold the opposite direction, psycho fox will go into a startled animation and run in the air all the way back to the platform, similar to old cartoons. Pretty neat stuff that I don't remember seeing in any other game.

[Anonymous No.4862562]

>>4862558
So far, the main thing I dislike in the game is the level design. They have a lot verticality, which is usually an welcome addition, but you don't get to see what's below and often times there's nothing in the right side either. In some games, when you hold down, not only the character will crouch but the camera moves further below allowing you to see if there's a safe place to land. In Psycho Fox this doesn't happen so end up making lots of leaps of faith since stage 1 that'll often times lead you to death either by a bottomless pit or by falling straight before an enemy, although getting killed by running into enemies was my fault since the invincibility power-up isn't rare to find, I was just lazy to get into the menu and activate it. This disencouraged me to explore and I ended going through the lowest route possible after losing some lives. Another annoying thing is that for a momentum based platformer you get a shit ton of stair-like platforms. The game gets better in worlds 4 and 5 though.

I played mostly as the monkey. It has the highest jump and doesn't run very fast. The tiger is the fastest character but everytime I got too fast I died, obviously. Might be fun playing as him if you get to know the game better and memorize the levels. The hippo is almost useless his only purpose is to break rocks.

Continues are infinite and take you right back at the stage you died.