Sega Master System - Cross-platform games

[Anonymous No.6945129]

I have noticed that many games on Sega Master System are also on other platforms such as Atari ST, Amiga or Commondore computers, NES or later on Sega Genesis. My question is what are some games that I'd rather play on Master System than other platforms? Are some games clearly superior on the device?

[Anonymous No.6945158]

>>6945129
OI WHY DIN YEW MENTION SPECCY YA POOFTA CUNT

[Anonymous No.6945206]

With games that are on C64, nes and sms, you'll most always want to go for the sega master system version.
Ghostbusters
Shinobi
Paperboy
Gauntlet
Double Dragon
California Games
Marble Madness
Bubble Bobble
etcetera
All best on SMS

Not all megadrive/genesis ports on the sms are straightforward downgrades, many are different games worth playing in their own right for example sonic, jurassic park, Aladdin, Mickey Mouse Enchanted Castle, Predator 2, among others yield a different experience between the 8 bit and 16 bit versions.

load up an emulator and try them out for yourself bro, it's dead easy and fun to see the different versions for yourself. Your taste may differ and you might prefer different iterations.
Also some games have some minor to major differences between versions for example alien syndrome is worth playing on the sms and the nes due to different level designs. Alien 3 on nes, sms, C64 and megadrive is similar but with different level designs between them but Alien 3 on SNES is made by a total different company and is completely different.

[Anonymous No.6945221]

I use a flash cart in my master system

[Anonymous No.6945234]

>>6945221
what a mad lad

[Anonymous No.6945237]

>>6945206
Thanks! Will dwell deeper in the subject

>>6945221
Good option to get to know games, but I fear I might just stop collecting other games for the system at that point.

[Anonymous No.6945242]

it was another time.

[Anonymous No.6945248]

>>6945237
I would stop collecting for it and just buy a flash cart save some money in the long run

[Anonymous No.6945258]

>>6945237
Except for games that need a back up battery like phantasy star most games could be added and enjoyed on a flash cart.

[Anonymous No.6945272]

>>6945206
>With games that are on C64, nes and sms, you'll most always want to go for the sega master system version.
>so here's a bunch of crippled arcade ports
>including a couple that are better on other consoles anyway

best stick to the exclusives

[Anonymous No.6945286]

[Anonymous No.6945292]

[Anonymous No.6945297]

>>6945129
>what are some games that I'd rather play on Master System than other platforms?
None. SMS is terrible

[Anonymous No.6945301]

>>6945129
Sonic 1

[Anonymous No.6946080]

>>6945206
C64 has my favorite version of Gauntlet and I've never liked the NES port.

[Anonymous No.6946173]

>>6946080
Most home conversions of Gauntlet are based around the template of Gremlin Graphics' computer ports. The NES one was a totally different game and one thing that kind of sucks is the maps are only 2x2 because they were too lazy to bother with updating the tile map so they limit the size of the maps.

[Anonymous No.6946408]

>>6945221
nice device there.

[Anonymous No.6946459]

>>6945286
Card games were 32k releases, basically the Master System's version of an NROM NES game (ie. single bank). The point of the cards was to reduce costs for these small games that didn't need bank switching.

[Anonymous No.6946480]

The other unique thing about the Master System is that cartridges used custom ROM chips that had the memory mapper integrated into them. It supports 32k, 64k, 128k, 256k, and 512k ROMs so there's just a few sizes and nothing like the bewildering variety of NES ROM/banking setups.

[Anonymous No.6946512]

>such as Atari ST, Amiga or Commondore computers, NES or later on Sega Genesis
Arcade. There are very few reasons to play a SMS in 2020. Sega corrected this problem to some degree with their originals on the Genesis.

[Anonymous No.6946534]

>>6945129
>My question is what are some games that I'd rather play on Master System than other platforms?
All these SMS games are unique despite some sharing names with games on other platforms:

Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic 2
Castle of Illusion
Land of Illusion
Lucky Dime Caper
Deep Duck Trouble
Asterix
Asterix's Secret Mission
Taz-Mania
Psycho Fox
Master of Darkness
Ninja Gaiden
Kenseiden
WBIII: Dragon's Trap
Jungle Fighter Danan
Lord of the Sword
Zillion
Zillion II
Spellcaster
Cyborg Hunter
Jurassic Park
Batman Returns
Aladdin

[Anonymous No.6946552]

Also fuck you Sega for making it RF-only when the toaster NES has composite out.

[Anonymous No.6946687]

>>6946552
Wtf? It had av out? Or am I having a stroke?

[Anonymous No.6946705]

>>6946552
The master system can do native RGB, dumpass.

[Anonymous No.6946736]

>>6945242
i fucking hate that stupid box art. and no, its not that it was a 'different time', its called cheap fucking labor and 5 second artists for your 2nd rate system and games you knew weren't going to sell well. still happens to this day :)

[Anonymous No.6946746]

>>6946736
>having a unified and recognizable box art style is bad

[Anonymous No.6946828]

>>6946736
t. tasteless sperg

[Anonymous No.6946912]

>>6945129
How can an old console look so futuristic?

[Anonymous No.6947927]

The asterix games were way better on sms that even the ones on the 16 bit systems. The sms games were made with real care while the 16 bit versions were shovelware more on the level of cool spot or aero the acrobat.

[Anonymous No.6947937]

Many of its best games were PAL region exclusives, although the vast majority of them will work on NTSC machines (I think only 1-2 games don't).

[Anonymous No.6948057]

Golden Axe Warrior
Miracle Warriors
Choplifter

[Anonymous No.6948730]

>>6947927
>>6946480
thanks anons, I didn't know about that.

[Anonymous No.6948794]

>>6946534
Probably best post ITT

[Anonymous No.6949885]

>>6948794
nah

[Anonymous No.6950779]

SMS Thunder Blade>GEN Thunder Blade

[Anonymous No.6950861]

>>6946736
looking at it now, earlier genesis box art builds on top of it - light gridlines on a dark bg and some more polish (fancier art/logos)

[Anonymous No.6951393]

>>6945292
love how the dragon on the space harrier one just looks stoned and slightly annoyed

also i always wondered what the actual differences there are between the sega mark 3 and the master system, seeing as i've only ever played a master system irl and mark 3 games seem to be synonymous with sms games for emulation

[Gary No.6952026]

>>6945129
It's called the SEGA System.

[Anonymous No.6952157]

>>6952026
hi Gary

[Anonymous No.6952158]

>>6947937
good advice anon.

[Anonymous No.6953745]

>>6952026
based

[Jason No.6953846]

>>6952026
>It's called the SEGA System.
lol the SEGA System.

[Anonymous No.6953916]

>>6951393
The Mark III had the built-in FM synth module which the Master System didn't have and the cartridge pinout was different.

[Anonymous No.6953969]

>>6953916
That pinout difference was to accomodate SG-1000 games. A few of those were still incompatible with the Mark III due to lacking a Sega copyright string in the cartridge header.

[Anonymous No.6953979]

>>6953916
Actually that's imprecise, the Mark III (first model released in Japan) didn't have the FM module, the updated model, which borrowed the Master System brand from the west, did.

[Anonymous No.6954290]

>>6953846
hi Jason

[Anonymous No.6954764]

>everyone shits on the NES Gauntlet port
>everyone always says to play the arcade original if you are going to play
>NES version is the ONLY version that was actually beatable, and not just "play until you get bored and see if you got a high score"