The Mastersystem was huge in the UK... Around 1989 I had a job interview for a company that distributed carts around the country. Unfortunately I didn't get the job, it was my first interview and I was green! I had to walk past walls of games before the interview which I think made me distracted! I didn't know anyone who owned a NES and I remember the first time I saw one I hated the flickering sprites.. Sega forever! ♥
I love the Master System, it was my first console. Growing up in the UK, the games were a good ten pounds cheaper than the NES cartridges (which makes a huge difference when you're a kid); it's part of the reason why we were still getting games released until 1995.
Eu não chamaria o SMS de "cult". O SMS foi muito popular no Brasil. Mesmo após a chegada do Mega Drive, da entrada do SNES pela Gradiente, e até meados dos anos 2000, era super fácil achar modelos do Master System Collection em lojas de departamentos.
Um dos motivos tbm de o master ter feito mto sucesso no Brasil alem da propaganda da Tectoy, foi o fato de ser encontrado para venda em todo o tipo de varejo e as locadoras de filmes da época que começaram a alugar cartuchos de master e nes, tinha até na padaria kkkkk . Fora o avanço tecnológico em relação ao Atari que agora estava começando os jogos com histórias, finais, rpgs, etc.
My least favorite :( imo the nes destroys it.. just the first party Nintendo games alone beats it to me, then add all the others.. no competition. If the pc engine counts as 8bit ( 8bit X2 ) I think that's better as well. The main thing I dislike the master system for is that terrible controller :/
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Hey, a brazilian fan here. Master System was THE gaming console to be posessed here in Brazil in the mid 80's. So I did not rest until I convinced my parents to give me one. haha! I had it from 1986 to 1989, when I was handed a Sega Genesis (a.k.a. Mega Drive here in Brazil). Its limited sound palette is one of the fondest memories I have.
Great to see Americans open their eyes and see how gaming differed around the world and open themselves up to new gaming experiences. Great video as always 👍
The mainstream media in this countrybdoesnt tell us what's actually going on in the world. I didn't see what was going on until I started to travel and work overseas.
Here in Italy the SMS was quite popular in the early 90's because it targeted low budget families that couldn't afford 16-bit gaming. A lot of people throughout those recession times. For some odd reason during the same time period the NES remained a bit of a premium system. The SMS wasn't exactly a cultural phenomenon comparable to what the NES was in the US, anyways. The vast majority of gamers would just play pirated games on computers.
I can tell you...in Portugal SMS only saw the model 2 release...and it sold well, because Sega was the gaming preferred gaming brand, and didn't had the money for 16 bit....SMS was the way to Go!!!! Thx for the awesome content!!!
Im Brazillian and Master System was king here since the early 80´s,, Tec Toy (Sega´s Partner here) invested heavily in Adverts on T.V and Magazines, I went towards Sega solely because it was "The console from the Arcade Company" and as a Arcade rat kid, it was a natural choice.
Damn I don't usually watch long RUclips videos because they usually lose my interest after about 5 minutes, But this was so engrossing I watched the whole thing and didn't even realize 25 minutes had went by, thanks my Lord!
Thank you for the memories. I grew up in Europe, therefore SMS (model 2) was a big part of my childhood. Sega had a strong presence in France at the time and it was my first game system.
You mentioned the Master System's popularity in New Zealand so you get a thumbs up from me 😁 Also thanks for mentioning Asterix and the Secret Mission, it's my favourite sms game! My dad got my brother and I reading Asterix comics at a young age so it was easy to convince him to buy it for us when we finally got a Master System of our own 😁. Still play through it once a year - I live it!
Yeah, in the right hands, it can produce superb looking and even decently sounding (considering the limitations of the Z80 chip) games. My favorite 8-bit console by far and still love it to bits :)
My childhood with the Sega Master System in America mirrored much of your experience. Little did I know for so many years how successful Sega's 8-bit system was in other markets. It's great seeing all these titles that didn't show up on US soil. Shows what the Master System could have been in North America with better marketing. Thanks.
Thank you for a great video. The master system is one of my favourite consoles. Always feels like effort was put into a master system game when mega drive games were just being pumped out. Just a brilliant 8bit system.
I was a staunch Nintendo kid back in the day, my first (and only) Sega console was the Dreamcast. I'm currently binge watching all your content. It's fascinating to see what I missed out on, although my ears have never appreciated the early Sega console sounds.
My first experience with the Master System was a friend of me, who called me over to his house. In his room stood this masterpiece. We played Alex Kidd in Miracle World all the day. I wasn't very good at it, because it was my first time playing a videogame. Two months later I bought my very own Master System - and still playing the best games this day😀
It's always nice when people from the USA discover how popular this system was in some countries. It's hard to describe how big it was here in Brazil, the NES was practically non existent here. Heck, it's 2019 and it's still sold in retail stores, I'm not kidding. It's fun when you go to a store and see PS4 Pro, Xbox One X and Master System sharing shelves. Tec Toy did an amazing job, most notably is the brazilian version of Phantasy Star, the first RPG ever translated to portuguese. We even had exclusive hardware versions and accessories like the 6 button controller that's pretty much a Genesis controller but uses its six buttons for 1, 2, 1+2 instead of A, B and C and rapid fire variations mapped on X, Y and Z. It's a very nostalgic system for me, I'd say that it was the system that made me like video games. Even today I turn it on from time to time, not a week ago I finished some games like Shinobi and Strider. It's always a good feeling when I turn it on and hear that chip tunes that were part of my childhood.
When everyone was getting an NES when I was a kid I got the Sega Master System because I knew it was capable of better graphics and at the time the arcades were filled where's the best arcade games belonging to Sega. I cannot get over how many great titles I missed out on living in the United States.
It was my first console and I will always hold is especially dear. I love the specific MS sound and I have fond memories of many games. It was astonishing when I started my childhood copy of Transbot after more than 25 years and I still knew the game melody by heart. The system gives me something nothing else can.
Growing up here in the United States, I barely remember this system at all. I don't recall hearing anybody talk about it nor did I know anyone who had one, but many years later I started discovering its existence, history, and legacy. I decided sometime around 2004 or so that I wanted one, and have been collecting games for it ever since. I can now see why the system was so popular in other countries and I'm a little puzzled as to why it tanked here in the U.S. like most American kids, I had an NES, and loved it, but didn't know that the Sega Master System was capable of far superior graphics. I recently switched out my Master System RF connector for RCA cables and so I can now enjoy my system with a much clearer picture. This will be great for when I start playing "Golden Axe Warrior" that I recently picked up for about $185! Thank you, Mr Sega Lord X for all of your informative and entertaining videos!
Than you for this awesome video. Growing up in Italy, I was so surprise to find out the Master System (and SEGA in general) was so neglected in the US. Thank you for educating us! Awesome times
The Master System was my first game console in PR. Fun times! I had 18 games and was really surprised by how big the SMS was in the rest of the world! I got an NES eventually, more as complement than replacement.
Very nice by the sound of the description. I was a Nintendo girl and only had a Megadrive/Genesis for Toejam and Earl really, never did much with SEGA systems. It's nice to see what they were like back in the day. ^^ As always, thumbed it up and looking forward to the next SEGA history lesson :p
Nintendo background heavily yes, but I'm 31 now and was never even one of those "SEGA SUCKS" types back then. The technology always amused me with what they could do with it. Only reason I was a Nintendo girl is because my parents bought me a SNES when I was ~4, and of course I only wanted "more mario" games back then.
I love the master system. The first console I fell in love with before getting a megadrive. It's interesting as growing up in UK I only had one friend with a NES but numerous with a master system. Was much more familiar to me. I'd like to explore more.
I wish I had known more about the Master System, it disappeared pretty quickly but it was superior to the NES in some ways. Growing up in Maryland, one of my friends had one, but he didn't have many games for it, and he also had a NES at the same time and then he soon got a TG16 and then a Genesis, so we didn't end up playing too much SMS... I am glad to have been able to play one at a young age, many games still hold up great today and it was a really neat system in that exciting late 80s era! Love the channel brother keep it up
@@SegaLordX I only knew my one friend (who got every system) who had a SMS... I had no idea it was so big in markets like Brazil until recently! Very cool games that not enough people got the chance to play
As another person who lived in Maryland in the 80's, I only knew one friend who had Master System games (he had the Master System adapter for the Genesis). The game he had was Ax-Battler a Golden Axe spinoff. The Kiddie City, Toy town, and Toys'r'us stores just didn't carry them, even though they were advertised on TV.
On the east coast (I am in NJ) the Sega Master System had a very good presence. The system and games were sold at every major retailer I could think of (Kay-Bee, Child World, TRU, Sears) and some other obscure retailers such as "Trader Horn". I picked up my Master System at Trader Horn as a matter of fact. My parents were shopping for a new fridge (they sold home appliances primarily) and I was mesmerized by a SMS display they had there. I came home with the light gun set and a few other games...Ghost House, Transbot and Wonderboy I believe. Two other friends in grammar school purchased it as well and we had a lot of sleep overs and after school SMS game playing sessions. Commercials for new SMS games like Phantasy Star and Double Dragon were on TV all of the time as well. All of this said, I always hear about people in the US not knowing what this system was and I always scratched my head when hearing that. I guess I was in a very lucky area of the USA to have grown up with it as I did. I have more memories with the SMS than I do with the NES to be honest. And, the SMS is the reason I purchased the Genesis on release day. The SMS beyond convinced me that Sega systems were bar none the best. I still feel that way to this day. And, the SMS is and will always be my favorite game console of all time.
My first console that I own (and I still have), I'm from Portugal, the SEGA presence here was strong on that time, great video about Master System, I love it.
I just finished programming my computer with a whole bunch of retro emulators hyperspin and thanks to you I'm finding a bunch of old games that I never knew were on the Sega Master System thanks a lot SLX
I remember playing the SMS back in the day and it came with hang-on preloaded in the system which was unheard of back than so you got more for the value and i didn't really mind the controller and the games were a lot of fun.
Castle of Illusion for the SMS is one of my favourites for the system. I could play that anytime and still enjoy it. I find it more appealing than the 16bit version. Same with Alex Kidd.
The Master System was so uncommon in the part of the US where I love, that I didn't even see one in the wild, well until the 16-bit consoles had come along. The only knowledge I even had of the Master System was from a Sears wish book, where Sega was advertising it as a cheaper alternative to the Genesis. As I recall, Altered Beast was still the Pack in title for the Genesis.
WHOO! Someone mentioned Master of Darkness! The game goes for a heafty price now, but theres a decent game gear port as well, and that's even on 3ds virtual console.
Wow dude! This is a deep dive into the SMS. Great video as always. I was an owner of stacks of Master System games, and you showed me things I never saw.
Always love some Master System content. I've recently become interested in the system after getting PowerBase Mini FM to allow me play SMS games on my Mega Drive. For once, I'm happy to be European gamer as Master System games are relatively cheap and available here, so getting together a respectable collection of SMS games shouldn't be too difficult or expensive. So far I have Shinobi, R-Type and The Ninja to start with, and plan to pick up several more.
I had a friend who had an SMs back in the days, games like Power Strike and Phantasy Star can't be compared to other 8-Bit games, when going through the whole library a little while ago (using emulation) I realized that many SMS games were closer to early 16-bit efforts than NES games! I'd say that its main "weakness" compared to the NES is the missing of start and select buttons on the controller (you know to call up a menu in an action game, change weapon, etc.) it would have enabled more control options... Beyond this, Nintendo's third party and distribution channel control policies did a number on Sega's 8-Bit machine in the US back in the days, one could only wonder what proper Mega Man, Castlevania, or Dragon Quest games would have been like on this machine!
This is now my favorite Sega Lord X video. My first experience with SMS was when i was in a behavioral hospital for kids, friends and family would send me money and when I was released after about 9 months I used that money to buy one, because the hospital actually had an SMS, and I've been a huge fanboy since. Especially when I realized there was no region lock out. It still holds a special place in my heart, and I have a modded one now.
@@SegaLordX Yeah I still remember going to Toys R Us that day fondly. It was a model 2 with Alex Kidd built in. And my parents bought me Moonwalker and Castle of Illusion, eventually I got Penguin Land, Lord of the Sword, Dragons Trap, and Kenseiden. Oh and Captain Silver. Captain Silver is really interesting cause the US version is way cut down and easier. I'm hoping I can get the UK version soon so I can conquer it as well.
Brazil and Europe are the only countries that care about the SMS. In Brazil it was even crazier ('im from Brazil btw). While Nintendo didn't officially sold the NES here, there were hundreds of Famiclones flooding the market. Some very popular famiclones like the Dynavision even had TV ads here. Yet, TecToy did an amazing job with Sega hardware. The SMS was so popular, it was sold and got newer redesigns and models here through the 2000's up until early 2010's. I still have my Master System Handy working. The SMS was a great entry-level console for parents that couldn't aford newer consoles like the Mega Drive and PS2. Many TecToy models had a bunch of build-in games, so parents didn't needed to buy or rent any cartridge. I'm part of a brazilian Master System Facebook group, and its one of the best gaming groups i interacted with. During my childhood i liked playing SMS games like Hang On, Black Belt and Secret Commando.
I never owned a Master System, just a Famiclone called Hi-Top Game before I bought my Mega Drive III. The best thing about those Brazilian Famiclones was the fact that they were actually made in Manaus, Brazil, and were quality products, not that chinese crap we see nowadays.
I am moving to England and one of the first thing I started doing is collecting Sega Master games I never had one in the US and quite frankly thought it was a garbage machine with only like 100 US titles, but once I found out about the 300 or so titles released in Europe I was hooked. There are so many amazing games for the console I never even knew about. I am looking forward to my time on the system in the near future!
You have made and AWESOME tribute to the wonderful Master System here, for me (I´m from Spain, Europe) this 8 bit Sega System was my first contact with videogames and with all the legendary Sega´s IPs like Streets of Rage, Sonic, Altered Beast or Golden axe, in my country the SMS was even more popular than the NES. The Saturn and the Dreamcast often gets the treatment of cult systems on the Internet the most among the Sega Systems, but in my opinion the Master System deserves it even more, I hope that from now on more youtubers began to care about the incredible Sega Master System legacy.
I’m Australian and grew up in the 80s and 90s. Both Nintendo and Sega were popular until Sega released the Master System II for $99. That Christmas I’m not kidding when I say every second kid got one. Maybe more. The school yard became a Master System game swap meet, where we’d buy, sell, swap and barter. Having an NES in this era wasn’t strange, but it was definitely niche. Australia at this time had a Sega Club and when you joined, you got a monthly magazine with news, games reviews, competitions. And there was an art column where readers sent in their own drawings - usually of Sonic beating up Mario, that kind of thing. You could also order merchandise like Sega caps and T-shirts. We also had the free (at first anyway) Sega Hotline where you could speak to an operator and gets hints, tips and cheats. Video shops (what Americans called Blockbuster) has Master System games you could hire, and generally had a good selection. I don’t remember there ever being NES games. Sega was so big here that Sydney had a Sega themed theme park called Sega World. Then the 16 bit era changed things up and the SNES certainly was huge here, along with the Mega Drive (Genesis).
I once bought a whole box of sega stuff on a flea market about 15 years ago. It included a japanese Mega drive, a Master System II and a bunch of cool games. I initially wanted just some of the Mega Drive games but the seller gave me the whole box for a steal. I grew to love the Master System very much. Fantasy Zone! Alex Kidd! Golden Axe Warrior! So many good games available.
Love my Sega master system and here in Europe it was also a big deal, although most of the neighbor kids and my friends had a Nintendo we enjoyed playing the consoles from both companies. Indeed some titles offer 16bit like graphics with good gameplay and that did surprise them as well with what this little Sega could pull of.
My first game console I ever owned, got it 1986-ish.. I would of been 9 years old when I received it one day after School (was not Birthday or any other reason, was just random) .. I got the SEGA Master System Plus box set, Extra controller, Light Phaser, Hang on, Safari Hunt and Snail Maze games built in to the system.. Still own that exact console today :) I'm from the UK where SEGA gets much love. Great early memories "That is why I kept it"
The 8-bit console era didn't catch on so well, here in the UK. But once the 16-bit era kicked in, we caught up bigtime. The NES, which never saw anywhere near the same level of interest as in the US, started to fade and die out as the 90's arrived. But the Master System saw its heyday. The interest in the new 16-bit consoles saw Sega market the new redesigned Master System 2 as a budget option. And price was a very key factor to us Brits. Whilst most kids probably wanted the Mega Drive, the Master System was a generally happy compromise between their desire and their parents' willingness to spend. You could still pick up a new Master System 2 right up until the very end of the 90's, maybe even slightly into the new millennium, as retailers seemed to still be receiving stock well after production ceased. It's something of a cult classic, but I think you'll find slightly more love for the Master System than for the NES, over here.
It’s friday the start of the weekend,and I wish everybody whose gonna play sega master system with a friend this weekend ,a lucky weekend, Yeah those day’s in 1993.
It saddens me that Nintendo bullied and Monopolized the gaming industry during the 8 bit era i North America, if the SMS vs Nes war had have been a fair 1 in the states i could imagine it selling just as well as the Nes, and with it being more powerful than the Nes, maybe beating it. P.S. no Streets of Rage 2?
I was a Master System kid in a Nintendo world. I got the Master System as a gift in 1987 and always preferred Sega after that. I was lucky as the Master System actually had a reasonable retail presence in my area. There were games at a lot of stores, and even flea markets(a great way to get Phantasy Star when it was $70 new in stores). I played a lot of Double Dragon, Shinobi, and Rastan. Eventually, game releases dried up and I got a NES before going 16 bit. I liked the NES a lot too and had gotten to play plenty of it before I got one. But I came to realize that the Master System was the right system for me at that time from about 1987-1990. Most of my favorite NES games are from about 1989 and later. And I may not have found them at the time anyway. I also had a Game Gear(and an adapter to play Master System games), so I kept the Master System in my life. That port of MK3 looks pretty bad. MK2 wasn't so bad, and the first one was pretty good. Anyway, nice video.
I actually played many SMS games via a Game Gear myself. It's how I kept up as well as I did. MK3 plays pretty terrible. It's probably the worst game in the video.
Lord X wouldn't be so awesome if Sega brought out a Master System Mini with all the games built in along with two controllers, the light gun and the 3Dglasses... dude that would be freaking awesome
As far as I know, the Master system was a very popular console in Brazil. It was huge, and it was the best selling console in that country. Here in my country (Argentina) the SMS was an oddity and the NES (particularly the famiclones) ruled the 8 bit market, but the Sega Genesis was THE 16 bit console in the 90's (and even early 2000) It was very popular, almost every kid I knew had a Genesis (me too, obviously) and it was very strange to find someone with a SNES. Excellent video Sega Lord! I really like your content.
My favorite 8 bits console ! The Master System was very popular in France (and cheap) until christmas 1994 where they were still a pack with Master System II and The Lion King in stores ! The last games like The Smurfs, Sonic Spinball and Speedy Gonzales came in 1995, 9 years after the launch of the system !
I am from Brazil and I can say with certainty that MS was the most beloved console here, it was the best seller even in the era of 128-bit consoles such as Playstation 2 for example. I had two Master systems launched exclusively in Brazil. MS 1 with Alex kid in memory and MS 3 with Sonic in memory
Must be the sega fanboy in me from a kid just like u sega lord x!!!u are my top favourite utuber...i like allot of others but u rock love the videos keep em coming master system along with all sega platforms still retail big from my city in canada
Mate , here in Brazil Nintendo only took Sega/TecToy pace when they got a similar arrangement with a JV that had a participation of Sony with the locals ( Playtronic ). And still Sega dominated the market in 16bit era, mostly due to the selection of games
The Sega Master System was popular here in the UK. I got mine in 1988 and built up a collection of 33 games that I eventually sold to get the Commodore Amiga. Since then I've got them back from retro stores and online. It's a shame USA didn't get to experience it the way the rest of the world did.
The Master System only started to show up on my radar recently, and it truly has a fascinating history. I'll definitely have to add Daffy Duck in Hollywood to my list of games to check out, and that version of Street Fighter II might just be worth it for the Master System remix of Guile's theme xD
i remember in the 90s here in Sydney Australia when the Sega Master System was on special for like $99 everyone was buying them .. on your sega master system games list number 144 My Hero was one of my favourite games loved hat game an all the sonic games
I NEEDED to Watch more of this clip, I have some memories of Lucky Dime Caper Master System, even if my converter is not up to snuff, and I have not tried it for years It must be a "Winner game" for as it is when you acknowledegw that easy to tag along gameplay that favours simple Controller directives and the show case of colour palette is there for sport but also leaves a lasting impression when one looks back into experiences from years that have gone by. Master System 2 is the set up that is cheap in Machines' stores here in Kingdom of Sweden, I am Always have 32x connceted and have a handheld for 8 bit games so I have not made it priority number one to get a converter and/or system, but generally speaking I found some games intriguing here, like the Shinobi titles that are on there, and also anything that is more than just a side scroller, i.e. I want the thinker's elements a set up with machine controller and game is like 70 Pounds sterling (£) or a little more speaking i terms of international currency, with Alex Kidd in Miracle World or Sonic built in. saying I am intrigued about some aspects of the game machine in it self does not mean I feel compelled to run out and purchase one of those systems tonight, but I too am taken by suprised speak about aspects such as colourpalette and so on, while In Miracle World in this hand held version has unsteady level design... Like "Oh look... A BIRD.... DEAD!!!!" it is a problem that has a bad effect on overall game play, but I am really fond of Alex kidd. this is beside the Point but why has there not been a Alex Kidd in 3D game from SEGA?
Brazilian here! As you already know, the SMS was the king here whereas the real NES was nowhere to be seen (I was only able to see one when I was already an adult). We had the NES clones though, but the Master System easily outsold them.
Great vid dedicated to a criminally underrated console. Never owned one but my cousin did & it broke so he gave me his games in about early 93 i think so a got a converter for the Megadrive. Had Penguin Land, Enduro Racer, Super Kick Off, Golden Axe, Shinobi & Castle Of Illusion.
I got my first Master System in July of 2017. I have really enjoyed learning about the system, games, and accessories. It is really underrated here in the states. Great video about games not released in the U.S.
Despite the success of the Master System in these regions, the console had an enormous potential that was never fulfilled. As a piece of hardware, was vastly superior to the NES, but that power was never really pushed. Can you imagine a proper Castlevania, or Contra, developed by Konami for the SMS with the increased color count and some sweet FM music? The same happened to all unsuccessful Sega consoles: the Sega CD could really have revolutionized the16 bit console era, and the 32X could have had some amazing, amazing arcade ports; and the Saturn and the Dreamcast had their life cycle cut short without really showing their true colors. That was a great video, and is really nice that you can show people some of these amazing pieces of SMS software.
Still one of the coolest looking consoles ever created. The colors, the shape and that schematic on the front looks really bad ass. It had the better looking gun as well. I played on actual hardware twice in my life. Alf the first time and Altered Beast the second time, years later after I got a Genesis. As you can probably guess, I was not impressed either time. But I appreciate it now.
Hi Lord, I grew up in Brazil and can tell you, it was the opposite of the US situation. It was beautiful. We had our local characters in the games, very cool ads and everyone loved since the Genesis was expensive. Most of the Americans will say that the nes is better but the Brazilians know that the Master System was at least equal or better than the nes. Franchises like Alex Kidd, Wonder Boy, Mickey and Donald Games, Asterix, Sonic etc were unique and most of the Americans don’t know. Never saw a better 8 bits soccer than Tecmo World Cup 93 or FIFA and a better RPG than Phantasy Star, or a better fighting game than Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 (the 3 sucks), etc. Great video. Bring more Master System content please
As a brazilian, my experience was the complete opposite of yours. We didn't have any nintendo presence in the country (at least not officially) until 1993/1994, but Sega (with TecToy) was HUGE with its Master System and Mega Drive afterwards. It's so weird to see how people from overseas have so found memories of the NES while we mainly played alex kidd and other sega 1st party titles.
The SMS was the console I had more games, and, in Brazil, it had a long life coexisting with the Mega Drive/Genesis. Tec Toy even made a wireless console available (the console and game pad was a one piece thing and you held it to play). There are plenty of good games for it and it sure made me a SEGA guy due to the huge game library available at anywhere you'd go to shop. It had games beig sold even on department stores. My top 5 games on the SMS are: Castle of Illusion Wimbledon II Ayrton Senna Super Monaco GP2 Jurassic Park Sonic The Hedgehog
To this day I'm grateful my dad chose SMS while Christmas shopping, essentially, just to be different. We know only one other family that had it...and spent a lot of time watching NES games being played. What's more, we ended up with the Genesis, Sega CD and the Saturn.
@Andrew Mitchell I stopped gaming by '93 or '94 and was more into other things. My brother continued with Saturn, Playstation, N64, Cube, Dreamcast...pretty much everything through the nineties.
You are so right! Here in Brazil, the Master System was the number one videogame in late 80s and early 90s. We basically played Nintendo games only by bootleg videogames like the Phantom System. Tectoy did a great job all these years here with the SEGA brand. Only when the Super Nintendo arrived here by Gradiente, that the market was shaken. We got the battle SEGA vs NINTENDO much later than the rest of the world, hahahah. Great video Lord X, thanks again for the excellent work, man.
The Mastersystem was huge in the UK... Around 1989 I had a job interview for a company that distributed carts around the country. Unfortunately I didn't get the job, it was my first interview and I was green! I had to walk past walls of games before the interview which I think made me distracted!
I didn't know anyone who owned a NES and I remember the first time I saw one I hated the flickering sprites..
Sega forever! ♥
Same for me mate. I knew one person with a nes but several with master system.
I love the Master System, it was my first console. Growing up in the UK, the games were a good ten pounds cheaper than the NES cartridges (which makes a huge difference when you're a kid); it's part of the reason why we were still getting games released until 1995.
Yeah, as a nes owner that was irksome! The master was also kept on as a budget system till 1995
Ah, the Master System... My favorite 8-Bit machine of all time. It's still a very popular and cult machine here where I live (Brazil).
Same thing for me (France)
Eu não chamaria o SMS de "cult". O SMS foi muito popular no Brasil. Mesmo após a chegada do Mega Drive, da entrada do SNES pela Gradiente, e até meados dos anos 2000, era super fácil achar modelos do Master System Collection em lojas de departamentos.
It's amazing that it still has retail availability in some places.
Um dos motivos tbm de o master ter feito mto sucesso no Brasil alem da propaganda da Tectoy, foi o fato de ser encontrado para venda em todo o tipo de varejo e as locadoras de filmes da época que começaram a alugar cartuchos de master e nes, tinha até na padaria kkkkk . Fora o avanço tecnológico em relação ao Atari que agora estava começando os jogos com histórias, finais, rpgs, etc.
My least favorite :( imo the nes destroys it.. just the first party Nintendo games alone beats it to me, then add all the others.. no competition. If the pc engine counts as 8bit ( 8bit X2 ) I think that's better as well. The main thing I dislike the master system for is that terrible controller :/
Hey, a brazilian fan here. Master System was THE gaming console to be posessed here in Brazil in the mid 80's. So I did not rest until I convinced my parents to give me one. haha! I had it from 1986 to 1989, when I was handed a Sega Genesis (a.k.a. Mega Drive here in Brazil). Its limited sound palette is one of the fondest memories I have.
Tmj brother. Aconteceu exatamente assim cmg tbm. Master System era o rei dos consoles no Brasil anos 80.
Great to see Americans open their eyes and see how gaming differed around the world and open themselves up to new gaming experiences.
Great video as always 👍
The mainstream media in this countrybdoesnt tell us what's actually going on in the world. I didn't see what was going on until I started to travel and work overseas.
Here in Italy the SMS was quite popular in the early 90's because it targeted low budget families that couldn't afford 16-bit gaming. A lot of people throughout those recession times. For some odd reason during the same time period the NES remained a bit of a premium system. The SMS wasn't exactly a cultural phenomenon comparable to what the NES was in the US, anyways. The vast majority of gamers would just play pirated games on computers.
3:54 Walter Zenga played SMS ⚽️👍
Master System, the birth of so much we know now 😍
A great machine for sure.
not the birth at all considering that a lot of MS games were arcade, DOS or Genesis ports, but it was a good entry level for a lot of people.
I can tell you...in Portugal SMS only saw the model 2 release...and it sold well, because Sega was the gaming preferred gaming brand, and didn't had the money for 16 bit....SMS was the way to Go!!!!
Thx for the awesome content!!!
Im Brazillian and Master System was king here since the early 80´s,, Tec Toy (Sega´s Partner here) invested heavily in Adverts on T.V and Magazines, I went towards Sega solely because it was "The console from the Arcade Company" and as a Arcade rat kid, it was a natural choice.
Tec Toy did a bang up job getting Sega's products so entrenched there. Win win for everybody.
Same here in the UK :)
Damn I don't usually watch long RUclips videos because they usually lose my interest after about 5 minutes, But this was so engrossing I watched the whole thing and didn't even realize 25 minutes had went by, thanks my Lord!
High praise. Thanks Aaron.
My favourite console. So happy I'm from the UK and had the library of games we did
I worked I a computer shop throughout the 80s/early 90s in the UK.
The 8bit Nes just wasn't a thing.
matt smedley it was a thing where I lived in the north west
Thank you for the memories. I grew up in Europe, therefore SMS (model 2) was a big part of my childhood. Sega had a strong presence in France at the time and it was my first game system.
You mentioned the Master System's popularity in New Zealand so you get a thumbs up from me 😁
Also thanks for mentioning Asterix and the Secret Mission, it's my favourite sms game!
My dad got my brother and I reading Asterix comics at a young age so it was easy to convince him to buy it for us when we finally got a Master System of our own 😁.
Still play through it once a year - I live it!
It's hard to believe the graphics that the Master System was capable of. Daffy Duck is gorgeous and looks better then a lot of 16 bit games.
Zachary Girgenti than* :)
Yeah, in the right hands, it can produce superb looking and even decently sounding (considering the limitations of the Z80 chip) games. My favorite 8-bit console by far and still love it to bits :)
The MD version is still slightly superior in graphics.
My childhood with the Sega Master System in America mirrored much of your experience. Little did I know for so many years how successful Sega's 8-bit system was in other markets. It's great seeing all these titles that didn't show up on US soil. Shows what the Master System could have been in North America with better marketing. Thanks.
Thank you for a great video.
The master system is one of my favourite consoles. Always feels like effort was put into a master system game when mega drive games were just being pumped out.
Just a brilliant 8bit system.
I was a staunch Nintendo kid back in the day, my first (and only) Sega console was the Dreamcast. I'm currently binge watching all your content. It's fascinating to see what I missed out on, although my ears have never appreciated the early Sega console sounds.
Wish I could like this video more than once, informative and enjoyable which is rare for a games related RUclips video these days :)
My first experience with the Master System was a friend of me, who called me over to his house. In his room stood this masterpiece. We played Alex Kidd in Miracle World all the day. I wasn't very good at it, because it was my first time playing a videogame. Two months later I bought my very own Master System - and still playing the best games this day😀
It's always nice when people from the USA discover how popular this system was in some countries. It's hard to describe how big it was here in Brazil, the NES was practically non existent here. Heck, it's 2019 and it's still sold in retail stores, I'm not kidding. It's fun when you go to a store and see PS4 Pro, Xbox One X and Master System sharing shelves. Tec Toy did an amazing job, most notably is the brazilian version of Phantasy Star, the first RPG ever translated to portuguese. We even had exclusive hardware versions and accessories like the 6 button controller that's pretty much a Genesis controller but uses its six buttons for 1, 2, 1+2 instead of A, B and C and rapid fire variations mapped on X, Y and Z.
It's a very nostalgic system for me, I'd say that it was the system that made me like video games. Even today I turn it on from time to time, not a week ago I finished some games like Shinobi and Strider. It's always a good feeling when I turn it on and hear that chip tunes that were part of my childhood.
This console has a special place in my heart as it was my childhood console. Picked one up again recently and re-discovering how great it was.
Appreciate your awesome videos so much Sega Lord X!
Thanks Grant. :)
When everyone was getting an NES when I was a kid I got the Sega Master System because I knew it was capable of better graphics and at the time the arcades were filled where's the best arcade games belonging to Sega. I cannot get over how many great titles I missed out on living in the United States.
I know. All the best stuff came from 1990 onwards.
I was looking for something to watch just now and u uploaded! I love you!
Glad you approve! :)
It was my first console and I will always hold is especially dear. I love the specific MS sound and I have fond memories of many games. It was astonishing when I started my childhood copy of Transbot after more than 25 years and I still knew the game melody by heart. The system gives me something nothing else can.
Growing up here in the United States, I barely remember this system at all. I don't recall hearing anybody talk about it nor did I know anyone who had one, but many years later I started discovering its existence, history, and legacy. I decided sometime around 2004 or so that I wanted one, and have been collecting games for it ever since. I can now see why the system was so popular in other countries and I'm a little puzzled as to why it tanked here in the U.S. like most American kids, I had an NES, and loved it, but didn't know that the Sega Master System was capable of far superior graphics. I recently switched out my Master System RF connector for RCA cables and so I can now enjoy my system with a much clearer picture. This will be great for when I start playing "Golden Axe Warrior" that I recently picked up for about $185! Thank you, Mr Sega Lord X for all of your informative and entertaining videos!
Than you for this awesome video. Growing up in Italy, I was so surprise to find out the Master System (and SEGA in general) was so neglected in the US. Thank you for educating us! Awesome times
The Master System was my first game console in PR. Fun times! I had 18 games and was really surprised by how big the SMS was in the rest of the world! I got an NES eventually, more as complement than replacement.
Very nice by the sound of the description. I was a Nintendo girl and only had a Megadrive/Genesis for Toejam and Earl really, never did much with SEGA systems. It's nice to see what they were like back in the day. ^^
As always, thumbed it up and looking forward to the next SEGA history lesson :p
Really happy to see you enjoy the vids even coming from a Nintendo background.
Nintendo background heavily yes, but I'm 31 now and was never even one of those "SEGA SUCKS" types back then. The technology always amused me with what they could do with it. Only reason I was a Nintendo girl is because my parents bought me a SNES when I was ~4, and of course I only wanted "more mario" games back then.
I love the master system. The first console I fell in love with before getting a megadrive. It's interesting as growing up in UK I only had one friend with a NES but numerous with a master system. Was much more familiar to me. I'd like to explore more.
I wish I had known more about the Master System, it disappeared pretty quickly but it was superior to the NES in some ways. Growing up in Maryland, one of my friends had one, but he didn't have many games for it, and he also had a NES at the same time and then he soon got a TG16 and then a Genesis, so we didn't end up playing too much SMS... I am glad to have been able to play one at a young age, many games still hold up great today and it was a really neat system in that exciting late 80s era! Love the channel brother keep it up
Yeah, where I was the SMS was slaughtered. I'd say its retail presence was insignificant as early as 88. It was amazing how few stores carried it.
@@SegaLordX I only knew my one friend (who got every system) who had a SMS... I had no idea it was so big in markets like Brazil until recently! Very cool games that not enough people got the chance to play
As another person who lived in Maryland in the 80's, I only knew one friend who had Master System games (he had the Master System adapter for the Genesis). The game he had was Ax-Battler a Golden Axe spinoff. The Kiddie City, Toy town, and Toys'r'us stores just didn't carry them, even though they were advertised on TV.
On the east coast (I am in NJ) the Sega Master System had a very good presence. The system and games were sold at every major retailer I could think of (Kay-Bee, Child World, TRU, Sears) and some other obscure retailers such as "Trader Horn". I picked up my Master System at Trader Horn as a matter of fact. My parents were shopping for a new fridge (they sold home appliances primarily) and I was mesmerized by a SMS display they had there. I came home with the light gun set and a few other games...Ghost House, Transbot and Wonderboy I believe. Two other friends in grammar school purchased it as well and we had a lot of sleep overs and after school SMS game playing sessions. Commercials for new SMS games like Phantasy Star and Double Dragon were on TV all of the time as well.
All of this said, I always hear about people in the US not knowing what this system was and I always scratched my head when hearing that. I guess I was in a very lucky area of the USA to have grown up with it as I did. I have more memories with the SMS than I do with the NES to be honest. And, the SMS is the reason I purchased the Genesis on release day. The SMS beyond convinced me that Sega systems were bar none the best. I still feel that way to this day. And, the SMS is and will always be my favorite game console of all time.
Your passion and knowledge is something I throughly appreciate and enjoy. Thanks again for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it. :)
My first console that I own (and I still have), I'm from Portugal, the SEGA presence here was strong on that time, great video about Master System, I love it.
I feel like I'm always binge watching Sega lord! Which it's a great thing
I just finished programming my computer with a whole bunch of retro emulators hyperspin and thanks to you I'm finding a bunch of old games that I never knew were on the Sega Master System thanks a lot SLX
I remember playing the SMS back in the day and it came with hang-on preloaded in the system which was unheard of back than so you got more for the value and i didn't really mind the controller and the games were a lot of fun.
There were a few versions of it that had 2 games preinstalled.
Castle of Illusion for the SMS is one of my favourites for the system. I could play that anytime and still enjoy it. I find it more appealing than the 16bit version. Same with Alex Kidd.
A criminally underrated classic!
The Master System was so uncommon in the part of the US where I love, that I didn't even see one in the wild, well until the 16-bit consoles had come along. The only knowledge I even had of the Master System was from a Sears wish book, where Sega was advertising it as a cheaper alternative to the Genesis. As I recall, Altered Beast was still the Pack in title for the Genesis.
SMS was a power house, if only I would have known about it, I might switched my NES for it :D
Alex kid in miracle world will always have a special place in my heart
30 years later I still have the tune stuck in my head, to me that music is better and more memorable than Super Mario Bros.
Love watching this from a retrospective point of view. I miss these times.
WHOO! Someone mentioned Master of Darkness! The game goes for a heafty price now, but theres a decent game gear port as well, and that's even on 3ds virtual console.
Great video! I'd like to see you do a part 2 & cover more master system games that never saw the light of day in the U.S....
Wow dude! This is a deep dive into the SMS. Great video as always. I was an owner of stacks of Master System games, and you showed me things I never saw.
Always love some Master System content. I've recently become interested in the system after getting PowerBase Mini FM to allow me play SMS games on my Mega Drive. For once, I'm happy to be European gamer as Master System games are relatively cheap and available here, so getting together a respectable collection of SMS games shouldn't be too difficult or expensive.
So far I have Shinobi, R-Type and The Ninja to start with, and plan to pick up several more.
I had a friend who had an SMs back in the days, games like Power Strike and Phantasy Star can't be compared to other 8-Bit games, when going through the whole library a little while ago (using emulation) I realized that many SMS games were closer to early 16-bit efforts than NES games!
I'd say that its main "weakness" compared to the NES is the missing of start and select buttons on the controller (you know to call up a menu in an action game, change weapon, etc.) it would have enabled more control options... Beyond this, Nintendo's third party and distribution channel control policies did a number on Sega's 8-Bit machine in the US back in the days, one could only wonder what proper Mega Man, Castlevania, or Dragon Quest games would have been like on this machine!
This is now my favorite Sega Lord X video. My first experience with SMS was when i was in a behavioral hospital for kids, friends and family would send me money and when I was released after about 9 months I used that money to buy one, because the hospital actually had an SMS, and I've been a huge fanboy since. Especially when I realized there was no region lock out. It still holds a special place in my heart, and I have a modded one now.
Awesome use of those funds. Couldn't have spent it better myself.
@@SegaLordX Yeah I still remember going to Toys R Us that day fondly. It was a model 2 with Alex Kidd built in. And my parents bought me Moonwalker and Castle of Illusion, eventually I got Penguin Land, Lord of the Sword, Dragons Trap, and Kenseiden. Oh and Captain Silver. Captain Silver is really interesting cause the US version is way cut down and easier. I'm hoping I can get the UK version soon so I can conquer it as well.
Brazil and Europe are the only countries that care about the SMS. In Brazil it was even crazier ('im from Brazil btw). While Nintendo didn't officially sold the NES here, there were hundreds of Famiclones flooding the market. Some very popular famiclones like the Dynavision even had TV ads here. Yet, TecToy did an amazing job with Sega hardware. The SMS was so popular, it was sold and got newer redesigns and models here through the 2000's up until early 2010's. I still have my Master System Handy working.
The SMS was a great entry-level console for parents that couldn't aford newer consoles like the Mega Drive and PS2. Many TecToy models had a bunch of build-in games, so parents didn't needed to buy or rent any cartridge. I'm part of a brazilian Master System Facebook group, and its one of the best gaming groups i interacted with. During my childhood i liked playing SMS games like Hang On, Black Belt and Secret Commando.
Yeah, Tec Toy knew how to keep that market coming back for more. It was pretty amazing.
I never owned a Master System, just a Famiclone called Hi-Top Game before I bought my Mega Drive III. The best thing about those Brazilian Famiclones was the fact that they were actually made in Manaus, Brazil, and were quality products, not that chinese crap we see nowadays.
I am moving to England and one of the first thing I started doing is collecting Sega Master games I never had one in the US and quite frankly thought it was a garbage machine with only like 100 US titles, but once I found out about the 300 or so titles released in Europe I was hooked. There are so many amazing games for the console I never even knew about. I am looking forward to my time on the system in the near future!
You have made and AWESOME tribute to the wonderful Master System here, for me (I´m from Spain, Europe) this 8 bit Sega System was my first contact with videogames and with all the legendary Sega´s IPs like Streets of Rage, Sonic, Altered Beast or Golden axe, in my country the SMS was even more popular than the NES. The Saturn and the Dreamcast often gets the treatment of cult systems on the Internet the most among the Sega Systems, but in my opinion the Master System deserves it even more, I hope that from now on more youtubers began to care about the incredible Sega Master System legacy.
Alien 3 - the best looking SMS-game. Great colors, parallax-scrolling, all the weapons etc. A really good and hard game!
Brazil here! I love Master System !
Castle of Ilusion is a excelent game.
Thanks for this video, man! The SMS is one of the systems I have the least amount of experience with, so this helps a lot.
Wait, is that Colonel Sanders in Dynamite Dux?
I’m Australian and grew up in the 80s and 90s. Both Nintendo and Sega were popular until Sega released the Master System II for $99. That Christmas I’m not kidding when I say every second kid got one. Maybe more. The school yard became a Master System game swap meet, where we’d buy, sell, swap and barter. Having an NES in this era wasn’t strange, but it was definitely niche.
Australia at this time had a Sega Club and when you joined, you got a monthly magazine with news, games reviews, competitions. And there was an art column where readers sent in their own drawings - usually of Sonic beating up Mario, that kind of thing. You could also order merchandise like Sega caps and T-shirts.
We also had the free (at first anyway) Sega Hotline where you could speak to an operator and gets hints, tips and cheats.
Video shops (what Americans called Blockbuster) has Master System games you could hire, and generally had a good selection. I don’t remember there ever being NES games.
Sega was so big here that Sydney had a Sega themed theme park called Sega World.
Then the 16 bit era changed things up and the SNES certainly was huge here, along with the Mega Drive (Genesis).
I once bought a whole box of sega stuff on a flea market about 15 years ago. It included a japanese Mega drive, a Master System II and a bunch of cool games. I initially wanted just some of the Mega Drive games but the seller gave me the whole box for a steal. I grew to love the Master System very much. Fantasy Zone! Alex Kidd! Golden Axe Warrior! So many good games available.
Love my Sega master system and here in Europe it was also a big deal, although most of the neighbor kids and my friends had a Nintendo we enjoyed playing the consoles from both companies.
Indeed some titles offer 16bit like graphics with good gameplay and that did surprise them as well with what this little Sega could pull of.
First console I ever played! Loved it so much that I went to nearby country to buy it, but since they didn't had it, I ended with NES :)
Damn my dude, another fantastic video! You make excellent content! Keep up the hard work it'll pay off!
Already has with this great community of subscribers.
My first game console I ever owned, got it 1986-ish.. I would of been 9 years old when I received it one day after School (was not Birthday or any other reason, was just random) .. I got the SEGA Master System Plus box set, Extra controller, Light Phaser, Hang on, Safari Hunt and Snail Maze games built in to the system.. Still own that exact console today :) I'm from the UK where SEGA gets much love. Great early memories "That is why I kept it"
The 8-bit console era didn't catch on so well, here in the UK. But once the 16-bit era kicked in, we caught up bigtime. The NES, which never saw anywhere near the same level of interest as in the US, started to fade and die out as the 90's arrived. But the Master System saw its heyday. The interest in the new 16-bit consoles saw Sega market the new redesigned Master System 2 as a budget option. And price was a very key factor to us Brits. Whilst most kids probably wanted the Mega Drive, the Master System was a generally happy compromise between their desire and their parents' willingness to spend. You could still pick up a new Master System 2 right up until the very end of the 90's, maybe even slightly into the new millennium, as retailers seemed to still be receiving stock well after production ceased. It's something of a cult classic, but I think you'll find slightly more love for the Master System than for the NES, over here.
It’s friday the start of the weekend,and I wish everybody whose gonna play sega master system with a friend this weekend ,a lucky weekend,
Yeah those day’s in 1993.
I still have them days.
It saddens me that Nintendo bullied and Monopolized the gaming industry during the 8 bit era i North America, if the SMS vs Nes war had have been a fair 1 in the states i could imagine it selling just as well as the Nes, and with it being more powerful than the Nes, maybe beating it.
P.S. no Streets of Rage 2?
I had played the Streets of Rage games on the GG at their release, so I was aware of them.
Streets of Rage 2 was a big disappointment over the first SMS one.
I loved this, please make more videos in this style.
I was a Master System kid in a Nintendo world. I got the Master System as a gift in 1987 and always preferred Sega after that. I was lucky as the Master System actually had a reasonable retail presence in my area. There were games at a lot of stores, and even flea markets(a great way to get Phantasy Star when it was $70 new in stores). I played a lot of Double Dragon, Shinobi, and Rastan. Eventually, game releases dried up and I got a NES before going 16 bit. I liked the NES a lot too and had gotten to play plenty of it before I got one. But I came to realize that the Master System was the right system for me at that time from about 1987-1990. Most of my favorite NES games are from about 1989 and later. And I may not have found them at the time anyway. I also had a Game Gear(and an adapter to play Master System games), so I kept the Master System in my life. That port of MK3 looks pretty bad. MK2 wasn't so bad, and the first one was pretty good. Anyway, nice video.
I actually played many SMS games via a Game Gear myself. It's how I kept up as well as I did. MK3 plays pretty terrible. It's probably the worst game in the video.
It's so cool to see content creators from other countries talking about brazil everytime they talk about Master System
Grew up in Australia in the mid 80s and 90s as a Sega kid. Great times
Lord X wouldn't be so awesome if Sega brought out a Master System Mini with all the games built in along with two controllers, the light gun and the 3Dglasses... dude that would be freaking awesome
Day 1 purchase for sure.
As far as I know, the Master system was a very popular console in Brazil. It was huge, and it was the best selling console in that country.
Here in my country (Argentina) the SMS was an oddity and the NES (particularly the famiclones) ruled the 8 bit market, but the Sega Genesis was THE 16 bit console in the 90's (and even early 2000)
It was very popular, almost every kid I knew had a Genesis (me too, obviously) and it was very strange to find someone with a SNES.
Excellent video Sega Lord! I really like your content.
So funny how things can be so different country to country.
My favorite 8 bits console !
The Master System was very popular in France (and cheap) until christmas 1994 where they were still a pack with Master System II and The Lion King in stores ! The last games like The Smurfs, Sonic Spinball and Speedy Gonzales came in 1995, 9 years after the launch of the system !
Whoa... some pretty impressive MS versions shown. Especially those capcom arcade ports.
I am from Brazil and I can say with certainty that MS was the most beloved console here, it was the best seller even in the era of 128-bit consoles such as Playstation 2 for example. I had two Master systems launched exclusively in Brazil. MS 1 with Alex kid in memory and MS 3 with Sonic in memory
Must be the sega fanboy in me from a kid just like u sega lord x!!!u are my top favourite utuber...i like allot of others but u rock love the videos keep em coming master system along with all sega platforms still retail big from my city in canada
Mate , here in Brazil Nintendo only took Sega/TecToy pace when they got a similar arrangement with a JV that had a participation of Sony with the locals ( Playtronic ). And still Sega dominated the market in 16bit era, mostly due to the selection of games
The Sega Master System was popular here in the UK. I got mine in 1988 and built up a collection of 33 games that I eventually sold to get the Commodore Amiga. Since then I've got them back from retro stores and online. It's a shame USA didn't get to experience it the way the rest of the world did.
speaking of master system, you speak with brazilian people.
Pode crer
Master System was my first console! No problem finding the console, extra controllers, and games where I grew up in Texas.
The Master System only started to show up on my radar recently, and it truly has a fascinating history.
I'll definitely have to add Daffy Duck in Hollywood to my list of games to check out, and that version of Street Fighter II might just be worth it for the Master System remix of Guile's theme xD
I just recently played James Bond 007 The Duel on it too. Not bad at all.
@@SegaLordX Hmm, I'll definitely have to look into that one too
@@SegaLordX It does a little more with the console than the MD version does.
great vid -- really getting better at editing!
i remember in the 90s here in Sydney Australia when the Sega Master System was on special for like $99 everyone was buying them .. on your sega master system games list number 144 My Hero was one of my favourite games loved hat game an all the sonic games
I NEEDED to Watch more of this clip, I have some memories of Lucky Dime Caper Master System, even if my converter is not up to snuff, and I have not tried it for years It must be a "Winner game" for as it is when you acknowledegw that easy to tag along gameplay that favours simple Controller directives and the show case of colour palette is there for sport but also leaves a lasting impression when one looks back into experiences from years that have gone by.
Master System 2 is the set up that is cheap in Machines' stores here in Kingdom of Sweden, I am Always have 32x connceted and have a handheld for 8 bit games so I have not made it priority number one to get a converter and/or system, but generally speaking I found some games intriguing here, like the Shinobi titles that are on there, and also anything that is more than just a side scroller, i.e. I want the thinker's elements a set up with machine controller and game is like 70 Pounds sterling (£) or a little more speaking i terms of international currency, with Alex Kidd in Miracle World or Sonic built in. saying I am intrigued about some aspects of the game machine in it self does not mean I feel compelled to run out and purchase one of those systems tonight, but I too am taken by suprised speak about aspects such as colourpalette and so on, while In Miracle World in this hand held version has unsteady level design... Like "Oh look... A BIRD.... DEAD!!!!" it is a problem that has a bad effect on overall game play, but I am really fond of Alex kidd. this is beside the Point but why has there not been a Alex Kidd in 3D game from SEGA?
🔥🔥🔥🔥Doing crazy work with the Sega content🔥🔥🔥🔥
Appreciate the message. :)
Brazilian here!
As you already know, the SMS was the king here whereas the real NES was nowhere to be seen (I was only able to see one when I was already an adult).
We had the NES clones though, but the Master System easily outsold them.
The SMS is pretty impressive graphically esp compared to the NES
It's a more powerful console that's why.
Great vid dedicated to a criminally underrated console. Never owned one but my cousin did & it broke so he gave me his games in about early 93 i think so a got a converter for the Megadrive. Had Penguin Land, Enduro Racer, Super Kick Off, Golden Axe, Shinobi & Castle Of Illusion.
Castle of Illusion was so good on the SMS.
I got my first Master System in July of 2017. I have really enjoyed learning about the system, games, and accessories. It is really underrated here in the states.
Great video about games not released in the U.S.
It's never to late to appreciate old games. Never.
Despite the success of the Master System in these regions, the console had an enormous potential that was never fulfilled. As a piece of hardware, was vastly superior to the NES, but that power was never really pushed. Can you imagine a proper Castlevania, or Contra, developed by Konami for the SMS with the increased color count and some sweet FM music? The same happened to all unsuccessful Sega consoles: the Sega CD could really have revolutionized the16 bit console era, and the 32X could have had some amazing, amazing arcade ports; and the Saturn and the Dreamcast had their life cycle cut short without really showing their true colors. That was a great video, and is really nice that you can show people some of these amazing pieces of SMS software.
It had a proper Castlevania. It was called Master of Darkness (wink).
You have such a great voice for telling stories!
Wow master system has gone up in my estimation even more now. Will have to check out some of these classics.
Still one of the coolest looking consoles ever created. The colors, the shape and that schematic on the front looks really bad ass. It had the better looking gun as well. I played on actual hardware twice in my life. Alf the first time and Altered Beast the second time, years later after I got a Genesis. As you can probably guess, I was not impressed either time. But I appreciate it now.
Haha. Not the 2 best experiences.
The box art got better from 1990 onwards as well.
Hi Lord, I grew up in Brazil and can tell you, it was the opposite of the US situation. It was beautiful. We had our local characters in the games, very cool ads and everyone loved since the Genesis was expensive. Most of the Americans will say that the nes is better but the Brazilians know that the Master System was at least equal or better than the nes. Franchises like Alex Kidd, Wonder Boy, Mickey and Donald Games, Asterix, Sonic etc were unique and most of the Americans don’t know. Never saw a better 8 bits soccer than Tecmo World Cup 93 or FIFA and a better RPG than Phantasy Star, or a better fighting game than Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 (the 3 sucks), etc. Great video. Bring more Master System content please
More SMS content is planned and in the works.
It was my first console and i love it... Amazing games.
As a brazilian, my experience was the complete opposite of yours. We didn't have any nintendo presence in the country (at least not officially) until 1993/1994, but Sega (with TecToy) was HUGE with its Master System and Mega Drive afterwards. It's so weird to see how people from overseas have so found memories of the NES while we mainly played alex kidd and other sega 1st party titles.
Never had a Sega system. Nice to see a channel dedicated to it. Thanks for sharing
No problem. Glad you enjoyed it.
I had no idea that mortal kombat was on the SMS. Learn something new everyday!
The SMS was the console I had more games, and, in Brazil, it had a long life coexisting with the Mega Drive/Genesis. Tec Toy even made a wireless console available (the console and game pad was a one piece thing and you held it to play). There are plenty of good games for it and it sure made me a SEGA guy due to the huge game library available at anywhere you'd go to shop. It had games beig sold even on department stores.
My top 5 games on the SMS are:
Castle of Illusion
Wimbledon II
Ayrton Senna Super Monaco GP2
Jurassic Park
Sonic The Hedgehog
Power Strike is an impressive game. I played master system games more than any other console on my childhood. I had 3 models at time haha
To this day I'm grateful my dad chose SMS while Christmas shopping, essentially, just to be different. We know only one other family that had it...and spent a lot of time watching NES games being played. What's more, we ended up with the Genesis, Sega CD and the Saturn.
@Andrew Mitchell I stopped gaming by '93 or '94 and was more into other things. My brother continued with Saturn, Playstation, N64, Cube, Dreamcast...pretty much everything through the nineties.
You are so right! Here in Brazil, the Master System was the number one videogame in late 80s and early 90s. We basically played Nintendo games only by bootleg videogames like the Phantom System. Tectoy did a great job all these years here with the SEGA brand. Only when the Super Nintendo arrived here by Gradiente, that the market was shaken. We got the battle SEGA vs NINTENDO much later than the rest of the world, hahahah. Great video Lord X, thanks again for the excellent work, man.