Ok this is why I like this channel. These guys are master story tellers. They explain every little detail about what ever the topic is. They also talk to us as if we are great friends who were there experiencing the same thing. Which many of us did. I can visualize everything talked about. I can relate to these guys. Other gaming channels will talk to you like we know nothing. Not this channel. Respect.
Master system graphics are still nice bro, i love the colorpallets on it, i don't know how to say in english. But the colors are just so ''live''. Other then the nes (wich is a great console to)
I'm in the UK too. I was undecided between the SMS and the NES. I passed up on the NES as it's just way too ugly. 30 years later and I've got a huge game collection, but still can't bring myself to buy a NES. I play my NES games on a SNES with the RetroBit RetroPort.
HappyConsoleGamer And we still have it to sell in stores, brand new. Well, almost... Same name, same company that release back in the 80's, but a clone machine with 132 games on memory (or 30 in a portable without screen).
Vocês no brasil em relação ao master system foram uns grande sortudos tiveram muitos titulos exclusivos para o vosso pais, alguns ainda chegaram aqui a Portugal lembro-me de ver à venda aqui jogos do sapo xule mas deve ter sido em números reduzidos porque nunca mais lhes pus a vista em cima até hoje mesmo na net em sites de jogos usados.
Awesome collection. Looks like every USA retro-gamer not even know about this console. Brazilian's Sega publisher Tectoy developed some exclusive Master System titles late 90'. Not big deal, but some collectors love it. Phantasy Star is the best game of the Universe, keep going with this great work!
Socky Noob or because he didn't mention the one game that person liked so they raged out and disliked it. People take game lists very serious for some reason.
Holy Shit! Wonder Boy 3! This game was amazing. My mum got it for me for my birthday and I played the shit out of it. Even my mum played it and enjoyed it. Great memories. The Master System in general was great. It was my first ever game's console. I had Double Dragon too. Used to play it in arcades and I couldn't believe it when I was able to play it at home.
+Wrestlingiswrestling My mum bought me Wonder Boy 3, as i played the previous one before although i borrowed 1 and 2. Still to this day Wonderboy 3 is in my top ten all time games. plus it had rpg elements that got me into rpg's. The game had great music, graphics and gameplay. All i can here is the 'Sidecrawler theme' which is a good thing. So nostalgic.
for you guys who say "I love this game and would play it again" there is a mod for it (I usually hate game mods) that is absolutely incredible. I believe it's called Dragon's Curse or something similar, and WOW did they do an incredible hack up on it. There are a few problems with the game play, if you don't explore the entire (greatly expanded) area you can miss vital keys and have to revert to previous save (no more codes, it has legit saves) and all shops have Karma Stone counts on them so you cannot enter them without the required number of stones.. Well worth looking into.
Wish the games weren't such a pain in the ass to find around my area. Though if there's a title I always try to tell people to check out if they're getting into it.....Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, that game is the shit \m/
Something you can appreciate AlphaOmegaSin. I look at my PS1 collection of 100 games... 66 of them are JRPGs, lol. Yep, that has been my genre!!!! Funny thing is.. lately I am more into arcade games (Shoot em ups, gunners, beat em ups and fighters). Lot's of Neo Geo AES and PC-Engine for the past year!!!
You could allways import some, europe have tons of master system games, and theyre not that expensive. Offcourse the shipping should be taken into account
Dude I feel ya. Eastern Pennsylvania is a bit harsh sometimes when it comes to master system shit. whenever I am at an outdoor flea market that I know sells games, I rarely see master system games. I know an indoor one that sells tons of old games, even master system, but its a bit too much to pay for me. I am always lookin for deals!
***** hmmmm....central pa there isnt alot....but we have a chain of locally owned retro stores. 3 within all 40 mins of eachother...and they got about 40 different ones in total..and this is what? 114 USA carts i think
I was one of the weird guys with a master system and all my friends had nintendo. The games I used to play on it were Alex Kidd Miracle World, Reggie Jackson Baseball, WB monsterland and Blackbelt
Great video, obviously! I always got a kick when Genesis games would turn on the SMS sound chip and use it for part of the music. Even some 32X games did this. Knuckles Chaotix is a great example of PSG combined with FM and PWM. I didn't care much for Zillion 1 or 2. I can't decide which one I like less.
we had zillion 2 as a kid and i found it so frustratingly hard i even tried to swap a friend for zillion one using the reasoning that he was getting more from zillion 2 because it was part 2 lol
I got me Mega drive for x-mas and had to trade my Master System and NES for games. My damn brother years later broke my Mega Drive and secretly bought a new one and put it in its place. Pissed off about that because it's not the one I grew up with. No games any more though, damn.
One of the best games of all time in my opinion...Wonder Boy 3: The Dragons Trap. My favourite game of all time! Highly underrated and an amazing classic game!
Golvellius is one of my most beloved games from my childhood. I just want to thank you for making this video. I had completely forgotten the name and tried for years to remember it. This video brought back so many awesome memories of that game!
First system I ever played. My cousin had one, we'd play Wonder Boy 1 and 2, Double Dragon, Tag Team Wrestling, California Games. Love the SMS, i'm a Nintendo guy, but i'd love to get a Master System to replay some of those old games.
Another game that was not mentioned, and one that I've recently discovered; Golden axe warrior. Its a Zelda clone, but a really good one. I urge collectors to seek it out.
when i were a kid i used to rent a master system, and i use to pick phantasy star every time because sometimes i got lucky that someone else had played the game longer. so when i picked it up i was at another saving spot in the game. i LOVED that game. then i bought the system and i was the only one owning the system, everybody else had a NES.
I want to see Andrew on the show like Robman...ohhh man, you, robman AND andrew all sitting down in like a 40 minute episode and talkin about the good ol days, that would rock
I am an American who grew up with a Commodore 64 at home in 87-92 instead of an NES or Master System. To this day I am the only American I've ever met who can say this. But it was cool, because it made my house "different" to other kids and we were open to a whole world of other 8 bit games that most others didn't, and then I'd go to others houses and play NES too of course. Never knew anybody with a Master System, but I always imagined it was a lot like being at my house with the Commodore 64 was, kids used to be blown away when they'd realize how much better the sound was in my games compared to the NES games
It's funny you picked up Ultima IV at the end, because for us at my house, that WAS your version of Phantasy Star. Ultima IV for Commodore 64 was the game that introduced me and all of the kids in my neighborhood to RPGs and we were fuckin BLOWN AWAY!
Wow, big trip down memory lane for me. My dad had a Master System long before I got an NES. Was such a great system. I remember playing the stupid little hidden snail maze game on the system that you could start without a cartridge in it. Good times.
I love the Master System it was one of the very first consoles I ever had as a kid. I have so many great memories of this machine playing games like Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Bubble Bobble, California Games and so many more. It's a shame it didn't catch on in the U.S as well as it did in the UK and Europe I think given more of a chance in the U.S it may of out done the NES.
My friend had one and I was always so fascinated with it. I remember playing Shinobi on it. I don't know if that game is any good or not but it was the best thing ever back then.
Yeah Shinobi on the Master System was awesome and Wonder Boy in Monster Land was at the time possibly the best game ever made loved that game and still to this day I have never completed it.
Well Genesis for much of it's life owned the NES and SNES. Genesis was my first console, I still remember getting home from school, and popping in Tom and Jerry, or Road Rash.
My favorite console of all time. That soundchip, and so many memories, of discovering new games, and buying them. It is the console that changed my life, honestly. If i am the person that i am today, it is because i had a Sega Master System. And that Wonderboy II music.. soooooo good.
HappyConsoleGamer Been subbed to you for a looong time. I rarely comment on ANY videos, but this one hit home for me. I was born in '81, had the Master System back in the day. Mom bought every game I asked for at Toy R' Us. I still remember that huge wall of games. It was such a great store in my hometown that they actually had an open console to try before you buy. I later realized that was the only store that did that. When she couldn't grandma was always there for me, without me asking. Amazing how she knew which ones to get that I didn't have. I didn't think about it back then, but obviously my mom asked her...I was so gullible. =P Here's my Top 10, based on how much time I put into them: 10 - After Burner (so much fun, yet every level was basically the same) 9 - California Games (Hacky-Sack achievement list...nuff said) 8 - Penguin Land (Still a difficult game today...Blue Penguin FTW!) 7 - Time Soldiers (Infinitely better with 2 players) 6 - Parlour Games (Loved the Billiards and Darts) 5 - The Ninja (Rage-gaming began early for me) 4 - Alex Kid in Shinobi World (♥ Chibi Shinobi ♥) 3 - R-Type (If you don't know this game...we aren't friends) 2 - Golvellius: The Valley of Doom (Hard to beat in one run & good music) =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= MY FAVORITE MASTER SYSTEM GAME OF ALL TIME ~~~~~~~~1 - Wonder Boy III: The Dragons Trap~~~~~~~~ =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= A few others that I liked a lot: Zillion 1 & 2 Aztec Adventure Kenseiden (easter egg of Alex Kidd, in level 3 I think) Spy vs. Spy (on the flat card) Altered Beast Space Harrier Rampage Double Dragon Shinobi Black Belt Lord of the Sword Columns (Tetris) Wonder Boy
Just recently picked up a Master System for my collection.. I never had one as a kid but my friend Philip had one and I would go over every morning and play it while waiting for the school bus.. Awesome childhood memories..
Thanks for sharing your memories. I remember being 6 and asking my parents for a Nintendo because my neighbors had one. My parents came home with a Master System instead, which I never even heard of. As a kid my favorite games were Outrun, California Games, Reggie Jackson Baseball, Psycho Fox, Dick Tracy, Penguin Land, Rambo 3, Missile Defense and Wonderboy in Monster World. Beating Wonderboy after many months of practice when I was 7 is still one of my great gaming accomplishments. I never got a chance to play Phantasy Star or Wonderboy 3 as a kid since they were both very expensive games. Nowadays both of these as well as Shinobi are now some of my favorite games for the system. It's a great console to collect for because most of the games can be found for a bargain and in good condition thanks to the sturdy boxes.
Dude, you forgot to mention the nice Sonic games, the fighting games (Masters of Combat, Streets of Rage, etc) , Disney games etc... also to mention that it was a huge success in Europe and Brazil...
+Game Moments Vault these were games that came out way later in the console lifespan. by then, the mega drive was out and people like me and probably the guy in the video had moved on from the 8-bit era.
+nuncaleite right, Master System had a long life in Brazil (my home country) and Mega Drive was expensive... I got the Super Nintendo as a next console, 3 or 4 years after having the SMS
What you say is so true. Its not just about the game but the life you had growing up with this console. From sitting in the school yard talking about the system and games. memories at home and life growing up. Thankyou for such a great review with very many emotional attachments to life itself. Very well articulated
Most underrated system ever. Better graphics than the NES. As a kid we got the Master System and NES one Xmas. I actually preferred and spent more time playing the Master System due mainly to the Wonder Boy series. Thanks for giving this underrated System the love that it deserves!!
+hartfoundation99 The Master System is a great machine which deserved better exposure but better than the Genesis? lol, the Genesis has better hardware design, better controler and much better library so you're plain wrong. Also isn't it you who constantly post "geneSUX geneSUX" on some others Master System related video? lol, talking about fanaticism ;)
+alex ojideagu US vastly overhypes the NES and developers wise it would have been great to see more japanese games on Master System but Nintendo and their shit restrictions towards third parties prevented companies such as Capcom or Konami to release games on it which would have ended better than on NES. Not only this wasn't fair towards Sega but also us, gamers, missed out on great things :/
@Yohko M. You're right LOL, hartfoundation99 is always shitting on the Genesis, even in other comments right here! Bizzare how he's such a SMS fanboy and Genesis hater.
The SMS and MD are my two favorite consoles of all time. Yah I didn't grow up with them being born in 1994 and all but it didn't stop me from discovering them and loving the two consoles.
Dude, this was my first 8bit system! All my friends had Nintendo's but I ended up getting this for Xmas and loved it!! What was really cool tho is that my mother had mad insite and we were in the process of moving to a new city. She found out that there was a rental store that only rented video games and had both Nintendo AND Master system games. Knowing this she ended up buying me the system for Xmas. My very first RPG was Miracle Warriors and I loved it. Then Phantasy Star blew that away. Golvellius(sp?) was great, so was Ghostbusters, Spy Vs Spy the cool card carts...Rampage, Cyborg Hunter, the free copy of Double Dragon that you sent away for. You could kill your partner and take away his life's and stack them to yours. I will always have a total love affair with the Master System...
Wow what a great story :) I was born in 1992 So the master system was before my time really you would have thought that I grew up in the 32-bit era? which I did In the late 90s But The first console I ever played when I was 4 years old was a Sega master System at my cousin's house they were playing Mickey mouse's castle of illusion and sonic the hedgehog 1 and it just blew my mind just being able to control these characters on screen and I remember asking my parents for a Sega master System That Christmas but this was 1996 And they'd just been discontinued in the UK that year So you could only get them used and my parents were very big on getting a warranty with an item like that so they ended up getting me The Sony PlayStation which I played from 1996 to 2002 is still one of my favourite systems But I will never forget the Sega master System And how it got me into wanting a video game system
Most of my friends during that time had the NES console. I wasn't impressed by it. My best friend at the time ended up getting SEGA Master System. I played it and was impressed and I had to get one for myself. I did. Going from the Atari 2600 to a SEGA Master System was like a night and day difference. I absolutely LOVED it. From the day I bought that system, I was all about SEGA. Nintendo just didn't exist to me at that time. I became a total SEGA Fanboy. You mentioned Phantasy Star. I was BLOWN AWAY by the game also. Phantasy Star is THE game that got me hooked on RPGs.
Great video, (subbed).... I used to love my Master System. Foolishly sold it many many years ago to buy an Amiga. :(. I spent countless hours playing Miracle Warriors. I completed it a few years ago via a Master System emulator. Finally ticked of my gaming bucket list. Cheers from Scotland. Take care. :)
Hey, Johnny, I don't know if you know it, but you should really play SpellCaster! It's a very fun and unique game. P.S. I was watching the video and I just noticed I was wearing that same shirt while watching it! lol
When I was growing up my older cousin Dale who lived down the road from me who was already married, and had 1 kid at the time was a huge gamer, and had every system out(no TG-16 as it was not common here in SC) and I would go too his place, and spend hours playing Master System games(only catch was I had too baby sit, which was a small price too get to play cool games), like Fantasy Star, or Alex Kidd as all I had at home at that time was my NES, Commodore 64, and Apple ][ie machines, and it was breath of fresh air to play something new, and I was blown away the day he got the Genesis model 1, playing Sonic, and it would not be till after the Model II came out, my mother finally got me a Genesis. Good memories indeed. Awesome Video there man, keep up the good work.
I never heard of anyone with a Sega Master System..Many had Genesis including me but the master system has gotta be that one system I always wanted but was more like a Unicorn
I grew up as a child playing Sega Master System & onto the Genesis with my real Dad. So many good game's. We owned almost every game. Many late night's playing and conquering new level's. All the kids in my neighborhood and NES & SNES and I was always amazed at their game's when I went to their homes and they'd be amazed when they came over and saw my collection of Sega games. So many memories & so nostalgic. Unfortunately in my late teens my step dad gave them all away. He did ask me first if it was alright since I never played them anymore cause I had other interests and hobbies at the time. And they went to a young kid that was a friend of the family so I'm glad someone else got to cherish these game's as well. Though I'm slowly building up the collection again. With mainly just the greats but they're all great.
Now thanks to the, only in it for the money resellers, the whole Sega Master System market is plagued with high prices too. I swear, all the greedy eBay, Amazon, and Flea Market resellers just need to go away.
Phantasy Star I was technicaly more impressive than Final Fantasy I, I played Phantasy Star IV as first game in series but than I became curious and replayed older games and man, first Phantasy Star was really impressive as 1987 game. Who had 3D dungeons in 8-bit era? Dungeon Master on Atari ST/Amiga had them but they were 16-bit. For me killer app for system, but very expensive and rightfully so. Plus R-Type have cool version on Master System.
No shit. The Master System was more advanced than the NES, still the NES got more memorable games. Just shows how better specs don't make the better game.
Johnny, I just want you to know that I really love your channel. The work that you guys do is fantastic and it is mind boggling to me that you don't have more subscribers. I am subbed to a lot of gaming channels, and you honestly have some of the best, quality content on RUclips. I love how each episode is like a conversation rather than a presentation. Keep doing what you're doing and I will certainly be looking forward to your next video!
Love it! In grade school I was "that kid" that had an SMS instead of an NES. I remember buying "Dragon's Trap" at a weird sale at Blockbuster Video for just a couple bucks. That was pretty much the greatest bargain of my life.
I don't know why Americans were so obsessed with the NES. The Master System was far superior in every technical aspect but it lacked a little on the controllers themselves. But as far as games and comparisons, the truth is right before your eyes. You can also compare Ghouls and Ghosts, Bubble Bobble, Altered Beast, Alien 3 and Double Dragon on both machines and judge for yourself. Although there is nothing difficult to judge, this is clear as night and day. In the 8-bit TV consoles, SEGA was the king. Other awesome games on the Sega Master System that you should definitely check out are: the first Asterix, Asterix and the Great Rescue, Psycho Fox, Shinobi, Jurassic Park, Lemmings, R-Type, Shadow Of The Beast, Populous, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap (which will also have an HD remake very soon), Cool Spot (with graphics almost 16-bit), Master Of Darkness, Super Kick Off, Ultimate Soccer, Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 just to name a few. Go watch any of these games and then go watch some NES games... It's a real shame that such a great console as the Master System, didn't had the media exposure that it deserved and all because Nintendo was more capable at marketing on the US than Sega. In Europe, Master System was the king of the time because simply it was better than the NES. In America, people were deceived by a clever Nintendo marketing department and they thought that the NES was on top of the world. No, it wasn't. The best 8-bit console that existed, was and always will be, the Sega Master System.
Korakaris it was never advertised in America, the only place I ever saw it was in a sears catalogue, even games he talks about in the video that he liked for nes like final fantasy wasn't big because it wasn't advertised
It had to do with the marketing. Sega wasn't the best at marketing. Nintendo really nailed sales, it's how they rocked the market during the video game crash.
This was the first "next gen" Console I got after the Atari 2600. This thing blew me away. I remember my friends had the NES and they were very impressed with the graphics quality. I loved the SMS.
I used to play Master System at my cousin's when I was like 7-10 years old. But she left us soon. My top games would be The Lucky Dime Caper, Castle Of Illusion, Sonic and Asterix. The Dragons Trap is the bomb. But it's no game of my childhood so it doesn't count. But even without nostalgic feelings I can say that it's one of the best games of the 8bit/16bit era. My childhood console is the Mega Drive btw. Still got it, works perfectly. It's sublime, s'godlike, s'gooooood!
Wonderboy III: The dragon's trap is my favorite game on the Master System. I never got tired of it. It's a big part of my childhood, and I still play it now and then.
Master System was my first console. Forever linked to my childhood and is almost emotional to think about because those are days I wish I can relive. Great video. Alex Kidd in Monster Land is my #1.
There is something about the master system sound that you recognise instantly. Just like a C64 owner would recognise music on a sid chip. I'm UK based so master system was the 8bit console of choice here, happy memories & still have a working system today in 2019.
Looking at this video now...it is not cheap anymore. I still love his videos and I enjoy hearing his personal take on these games and machines. I am a collector like him and I am currently building a home arcade with my fiance.
Games,although not real,these games of ours give us such great memories.My first system I played was the SNES with my older brothers and the first system I owned was the PS2 and it was the first system I bought with my own hard earned baby sitting money(a service I still do to this very day mind you!),what a buy that was,huh??
Even though I was born after the master system and NES days, it's still awesome to hear about them, and what games gamers were playing back than. Johnny and Robman seem like two very down to earth cool guys, and are fun to listen to. Because of them I feel like I have to play the original phantasy star games (played online for the gamecube and absolutely love it) and mega man.
I remember when i was younger seeing this in a gaming magazine. and was blown away. Never seen a commercial for it. BUt i did always want one. growing up
When I was a grade school kid in the 90s, I always thought the Genesis was the only system Sega made. Then in high school, one of my buddies mentioned the Sega Master System and was surprised to know there was a console before the Genesis. Pretty sure that I would've known of the Master Systems existence, had I owned many gaming magazines. I discovered it through emulation and I loved the games. Now I own a couple of SMS games like Phantasy Star, Shinobi, Action Fighter, Fantasy Zone 1 and 2, and so on. Normally I don't really care about systems I didn't grow up with. But the Master System library impressed me, that I'm willing to make an exception. Also thank you for sharing your memories about the Master System. Stories from long time fans who grew up with one, made me appreciate my small collection of SMS games. Still building it to this day. Out of all the SMS videos I've seen on RUclips, this is definitely one of my favorites. Can't wait to have some of these in my collection.
As a Child I was not Really a SEGA Fan even though I looked forward to going to my cousin to play it. Now I am older I truly appreciate the console and now own several.
My brothers and I got a SMS together with WB in Monster Land in about 1990 and we loved it! My father even played Hang On, the built-in game, sometimes.
the master system is the first console i got to play as a kid because my much older cousin had one. double dragon, zillion and rampage were the games i played.
The Master System holds a lot of nostalgia for me. It is related to the MSX computers (in a shared heritage) that I like so much. I never owned one back in the day, only playing it in the store I worked in, but can remember playing a lot of the early games and enjoying them. I only really got to experience the early games, but titles like Fantasy Zone, Alien Syndrome and Space Harrier are stand outs for me. Since then I have discovered a lot more excellent, very playable games that came out for the system. Almost have a complete world set (excluding the Tec Toy releases). I enjoy each game as I find it :)
My NES friends loved the master system I had back in the 80's. I recently picked one up and got a bunch of games for it, it still is an awesome system. My favorite games are Zillion, Wonder Boy III, R-Type, Maze Hunter 3D, Golvellius and Shinobi.
One of the main things I remember about SMS games was how freaking hard they were. :) I also remember playing the arcade version of Wonderboy at an arcade at The Royal Melbourne show back in the early 90's.
LOVE your passion for being the original SEGA Master System fanboys!!! Forever and a day I'm that kid like yourself was the rare case of having Sega instead of Nintendo.The fact you still support it is incredibly awesome!!!.🎮🎮💯💯🙌🙌👌👌👌🎮🎮🎮🎮
grew up with the Master System here in Sweden, and i love it, many of the games you talk about i acctualy playd back then, i especially love Wonder boy 3, acctually completed it after 20 years, awesome system and so overlooked
I absolutely love the master system. It was my first system growing up and I still collect as much as I can for it today. I remember that one fateful day when I was 10 that I finally beat Shinobi. Some of your favorite games are mine also. I still play through Phantasy Star every year or two. It holds up surprisingly well even to this day. Loved the episode. :)
I remember when I was a kid my SNES reset button got stuck down so I had to send it to Nintendo to be fixed. This was just at the start of the summer holidays here in the UK. As a stop gap my parents bought me a second hand master system II with Alex the kid built in and 2 games which were sonic 2 and the ninja. Needless to say I have fond memories of playing my master system, my friend also had one so I'd borrow games from him as well, that ninja game was so damn hard. When my SNES came back (which took about 6 weeks) I'd still play the master system quite often and I loved it
This was my first console and I got it in 1988 as well Golvellius got me through a time in hospital and still love it. One of my fave consoles ever if not my fave. Defo the one I played the most as it was through my childhood.
Many old games were $70 or more. I remember buying Zaxxon on the Colecovision for $69.99. I was happy to have found a shop in the 90's that was selling new Genesis games for $49.99. Good times! :)
I love the Master System along with the Sega Game Gear, especially in the music/sound department. It used a Texas Instruments SN-76489 Sound chip that used PSG.
I'll never forget the first time I played Phantasy Star, on my 13th birthday. I had no concept of what an RPG was, and was totally confused at the idea of 'going to the next level'. I was wondering why the level looked the same after I'd supposedly just gone up a level. It took ages to click that it meant my level of experience had gone up!
I only remember one person having a nintendo. Everyone I knew had a sega master system. I loved playing r-type. It was the closest the average person could get to the arcade version
The first console i had. I aways wanted a videogame, but never actually asked for one to my parents, but some day, a friend of my mom convinced her to buy her son old videogame. So go out and bought it, more of doing a favor to her friend, but boy, after turning the system on and played some Sonic THe Hedgehog, i was hooked for life.
Ok this is why I like this channel. These guys are master story tellers. They explain every little detail about what ever the topic is. They also talk to us as if we are great friends who were there experiencing the same thing. Which many of us did. I can visualize everything talked about. I can relate to these guys. Other gaming channels will talk to you like we know nothing. Not this channel. Respect.
Wow big thank you! We are just having fun here talking about our old memories, I am glad people get a kick outta them :)
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Yea I feel the same way as him, it's like you can visualize easily what you're saying
Totally agree so true i wish i had a friend like Johnny and Robman.
The shenmue and skipping school episodes are legendary really can relate lol awesome channel fully agree with justin!
Master system graphics are still nice bro, i love the colorpallets on it, i don't know how to say in english. But the colors are just so ''live''. Other then the nes (wich is a great console to)
The master system was bigger then the nes over here in the uk.
Same in Australia.
I'm in the UK too. I was undecided between the SMS and the NES. I passed up on the NES as it's just way too ugly. 30 years later and I've got a huge game collection, but still can't bring myself to buy a NES. I play my NES games on a SNES with the RetroBit RetroPort.
I found the NES was still more popular in Australia. But the SMS wasn't unpopular by any means. I preferred the SMS though.
In my school in the UK I'd say it was 90% sega master system and megadrive, 10% nes and snes.
Lol but in the majority of the world Nintendo hammered Sega to the ground
The master system is one of the most underrated piece of hardware in gaming history
Master system and Saturn are ridiculously underrated
Here in Brazil, Sega Master System was very, very famous back in the end of 80´s and early 90´s !!!! Great Video !!!
The one thing I have learned over the years is how popular the master system was in Brazil! huggge fan base there! :D
HappyConsoleGamer And we still have it to sell in stores, brand new. Well, almost... Same name, same company that release back in the 80's, but a clone machine with 132 games on memory (or 30 in a portable without screen).
Does it still play cartridges? Or even Sega Cards?
SonicBoone56 No, only internal memory.
Vocês no brasil em relação ao master system foram uns grande sortudos tiveram muitos titulos exclusivos para o vosso pais, alguns ainda chegaram aqui a Portugal lembro-me de ver à venda aqui jogos do sapo xule mas deve ter sido em números reduzidos porque nunca mais lhes pus a vista em cima até hoje mesmo na net em sites de jogos usados.
I loved my sms. And only now am i seeing it being given the appreciation it truly deserves. Underrated system.
My first console, awesome memories 😁
Same for me! Amazing flashback
Me too.
Alex Kidd is still my all time favorite character. I have just so good memories on miracle world. So sad that sega just leave that dude behind
Awesome collection. Looks like every USA retro-gamer not even know about this console. Brazilian's Sega publisher Tectoy developed some exclusive Master System titles late 90'. Not big deal, but some collectors love it. Phantasy Star is the best game of the Universe, keep going with this great work!
One person disliked this video because they are a Nintendo fanboy.
Socky Noob or because he didn't mention the one game that person liked so they raged out and disliked it. People take game lists very serious for some reason.
Golvellius was my favorite Sega Master System game, followed by Transbot and Teddyboy cards. Forgot all about that game until now!
Holy Shit! Wonder Boy 3! This game was amazing. My mum got it for me for my birthday and I played the shit out of it. Even my mum played it and enjoyed it. Great memories.
The Master System in general was great. It was my first ever game's console. I had Double Dragon too. Used to play it in arcades and I couldn't believe it when I was able to play it at home.
+Wrestlingiswrestling My mum bought me Wonder Boy 3, as i played the previous one before although i borrowed 1 and 2. Still to this day Wonderboy 3 is in my top ten all time games. plus it had rpg elements that got me into rpg's. The game had great music, graphics and gameplay. All i can here is the 'Sidecrawler theme' which is a good thing. So nostalgic.
for you guys who say "I love this game and would play it again" there is a mod for it (I usually hate game mods) that is absolutely incredible. I believe it's called Dragon's Curse or something similar, and WOW did they do an incredible hack up on it. There are a few problems with the game play, if you don't explore the entire (greatly expanded) area you can miss vital keys and have to revert to previous save (no more codes, it has legit saves) and all shops have Karma Stone counts on them so you cannot enter them without the required number of stones..
Well worth looking into.
Wonder boy 3 the dragons trap is still my top game of all time.
Yeah, it is timeless and hasn't aged a bit.
Wish the games weren't such a pain in the ass to find around my area. Though if there's a title I always try to tell people to check out if they're getting into it.....Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, that game is the shit \m/
Something you can appreciate AlphaOmegaSin. I look at my PS1 collection of 100 games... 66 of them are JRPGs, lol. Yep, that has been my genre!!!! Funny thing is.. lately I am more into arcade games (Shoot em ups, gunners, beat em ups and fighters). Lot's of Neo Geo AES and PC-Engine for the past year!!!
... and listen to more Acid Bath (Dax Riggs)!!!!
You could allways import some, europe have tons of master system games, and theyre not that expensive. Offcourse the shipping should be taken into account
Dude I feel ya. Eastern Pennsylvania is a bit harsh sometimes when it comes to master system shit. whenever I am at an outdoor flea market that I know sells games, I rarely see master system games. I know an indoor one that sells tons of old games, even master system, but its a bit too much to pay for me. I am always lookin for deals!
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hmmmm....central pa there isnt alot....but we have a chain of locally owned retro stores. 3 within all 40 mins of eachother...and they got about 40 different ones in total..and this is what? 114 USA carts i think
I was one of the weird guys with a master system and all my friends had nintendo. The games I used to play on it were Alex Kidd Miracle World, Reggie Jackson Baseball, WB monsterland and Blackbelt
blackbelt is the best! could never get past oni as a kid tho. it was depressing.
In Europe it was the reverse, few people had an NES
Wonderboy in monster land is probably my fav MS game, I had the 3D glasses and light gun too. Such great memories
Great video, obviously! I always got a kick when Genesis games would turn on the SMS sound chip and use it for part of the music. Even some 32X games did this. Knuckles Chaotix is a great example of PSG combined with FM and PWM.
I didn't care much for Zillion 1 or 2. I can't decide which one I like less.
we had zillion 2 as a kid and i found it so frustratingly hard i even tried to swap a friend for zillion one using the reasoning that he was getting more from zillion 2 because it was part 2 lol
This console must be the most underrated. It is overlook because of the NES and how it revived gaming. I wish I had a Master System it looks awesome.
The NES did not revive gaming in Europe and the mastet system destroyed it 2-1 in sales
ojideagu I know. I meant to say in the United States.
Oh Master System I will always love you
I got me Mega drive for x-mas and had to trade my Master System and NES for games. My damn brother years later broke my Mega Drive and secretly bought a new one and put it in its place. Pissed off about that because it's not the one I grew up with. No games any more though, damn.
There are a lot of gamer channels and a lot of people talking about games on youtube, but you my friend, are the most passionate one out there.
One of the best games of all time in my opinion...Wonder Boy 3: The Dragons Trap. My favourite game of all time! Highly underrated and an amazing classic game!
Golvellius is one of my most beloved games from my childhood. I just want to thank you for making this video. I had completely forgotten the name and tried for years to remember it. This video brought back so many awesome memories of that game!
It's such a great game.
I LOVE THE SEGA MASTER SYSTEM TO THIS DAY!!! I just loved the game OutRun!
Me too. I play my SMS games on my Mega Drive with the converter.
Outrun is one of my favourites along with Speedball 2.
First system I ever played. My cousin had one, we'd play Wonder Boy 1 and 2, Double Dragon, Tag Team Wrestling, California Games. Love the SMS, i'm a Nintendo guy, but i'd love to get a Master System to replay some of those old games.
I wish I lived in the dimension where Sega still makes consoles, and Microsoft doesn't.
And sony wasn't the big giant of the 2000s
when i got my master system xmas 88 i think double dragon and golden axe were the two games i got i loved it was my first console great memories
Another game that was not mentioned, and one that I've recently discovered; Golden axe warrior.
Its a Zelda clone, but a really good one. I urge collectors to seek it out.
when i were a kid i used to rent a master system, and i use to pick phantasy star every time because sometimes i got lucky that someone else had played the game longer. so when i picked it up i was at another saving spot in the game. i LOVED that game. then i bought the system and i was the only one owning the system, everybody else had a NES.
I want to see Andrew on the show like Robman...ohhh man, you, robman AND andrew all sitting down in like a 40 minute episode and talkin about the good ol days, that would rock
I am an American who grew up with a Commodore 64 at home in 87-92 instead of an NES or Master System. To this day I am the only American I've ever met who can say this. But it was cool, because it made my house "different" to other kids and we were open to a whole world of other 8 bit games that most others didn't, and then I'd go to others houses and play NES too of course. Never knew anybody with a Master System, but I always imagined it was a lot like being at my house with the Commodore 64 was, kids used to be blown away when they'd realize how much better the sound was in my games compared to the NES games
It's funny you picked up Ultima IV at the end, because for us at my house, that WAS your version of Phantasy Star. Ultima IV for Commodore 64 was the game that introduced me and all of the kids in my neighborhood to RPGs and we were fuckin BLOWN AWAY!
This was my first system, I regret getting rid of it like 10 years ago.
Wow, big trip down memory lane for me. My dad had a Master System long before I got an NES. Was such a great system. I remember playing the stupid little hidden snail maze game on the system that you could start without a cartridge in it. Good times.
I love the Master System it was one of the very first consoles I ever had as a kid. I have so many great memories of this machine playing games like Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Bubble Bobble, California Games and so many more. It's a shame it didn't catch on in the U.S as well as it did in the UK and Europe I think given more of a chance in the U.S it may of out done the NES.
My friend had one and I was always so fascinated with it. I remember playing Shinobi on it. I don't know if that game is any good or not but it was the best thing ever back then.
nailed it!
Yeah Shinobi on the Master System was awesome and Wonder Boy in Monster Land was at the time possibly the best game ever made loved that game and still to this day I have never completed it.
Well Genesis for much of it's life owned the NES and SNES. Genesis was my first console, I still remember getting home from school, and popping in Tom and Jerry, or Road Rash.
Wonderboy 2 was great! Wonderboy 3 blew all other platform/RPGs out of the water!
My favorite console of all time. That soundchip, and so many memories, of discovering new games, and buying them. It is the console that changed my life, honestly. If i am the person that i am today, it is because i had a Sega Master System. And that Wonderboy II music.. soooooo good.
HappyConsoleGamer Been subbed to you for a looong time. I rarely comment on ANY videos, but this one hit home for me.
I was born in '81, had the Master System back in the day. Mom bought every game I asked for at Toy R' Us. I still remember that huge wall of games. It was such a great store in my hometown that they actually had an open console to try before you buy. I later realized that was the only store that did that. When she couldn't grandma was always there for me, without me asking. Amazing how she knew which ones to get that I didn't have. I didn't think about it back then, but obviously my mom asked her...I was so gullible. =P
Here's my Top 10, based on how much time I put into them:
10 - After Burner (so much fun, yet every level was basically the same)
9 - California Games (Hacky-Sack achievement list...nuff said)
8 - Penguin Land (Still a difficult game today...Blue Penguin FTW!)
7 - Time Soldiers (Infinitely better with 2 players)
6 - Parlour Games (Loved the Billiards and Darts)
5 - The Ninja (Rage-gaming began early for me)
4 - Alex Kid in Shinobi World (♥ Chibi Shinobi ♥)
3 - R-Type (If you don't know this game...we aren't friends)
2 - Golvellius: The Valley of Doom (Hard to beat in one run & good music)
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MY FAVORITE MASTER SYSTEM GAME OF ALL TIME
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A few others that I liked a lot:
Zillion 1 & 2
Aztec Adventure
Kenseiden (easter egg of Alex Kidd, in level 3 I think)
Spy vs. Spy (on the flat card)
Altered Beast
Space Harrier
Rampage
Double Dragon
Shinobi
Black Belt
Lord of the Sword
Columns (Tetris)
Wonder Boy
Just recently picked up a Master System for my collection.. I never had one as a kid but my friend Philip had one and I would go over every morning and play it while waiting for the school bus.. Awesome childhood memories..
Rambo was my first game for that system.
Fun as f%ck!
The battery in my phantasy star sms still works, I bought it in 1988!
Does it still work now?
Nice stack of sms games bro i love this system!
Why did they make the US cases so stupid looking?
Thanks for sharing your memories. I remember being 6 and asking my parents for a Nintendo because my neighbors had one. My parents came home with a Master System instead, which I never even heard of. As a kid my favorite games were Outrun, California Games, Reggie Jackson Baseball, Psycho Fox, Dick Tracy, Penguin Land, Rambo 3, Missile Defense and Wonderboy in Monster World. Beating Wonderboy after many months of practice when I was 7 is still one of my great gaming accomplishments.
I never got a chance to play Phantasy Star or Wonderboy 3 as a kid since they were both very expensive games. Nowadays both of these as well as Shinobi are now some of my favorite games for the system. It's a great console to collect for because most of the games can be found for a bargain and in good condition thanks to the sturdy boxes.
Master System was more successful down here in Australia too in comparison to the NES
This is like a time machine for me ..Very good Memories with sega as a child
Dude, you forgot to mention the nice Sonic games, the fighting games (Masters of Combat, Streets of Rage, etc) , Disney games etc... also to mention that it was a huge success in Europe and Brazil...
+Game Moments Vault these were games that came out way later in the console lifespan. by then, the mega drive was out and people like me and probably the guy in the video had moved on from the 8-bit era.
+nuncaleite right, Master System had a long life in Brazil (my home country) and Mega Drive was expensive... I got the Super Nintendo as a next console, 3 or 4 years after having the SMS
+Game Moments Vault Europe and Brasil got some of the best SMS games... the late Sonic, Electronic Arts games, Disney games, Codemasters, etc...
+Gabriele Riva codemasters? ?
Game Moments Vault
Yes, Micro Machines, Fantastic Dizzy.
What you say is so true. Its not just about the game but the life you had growing up with this console. From sitting in the school yard talking about the system and games. memories at home and life growing up. Thankyou for such a great review with very many emotional attachments to life itself. Very well articulated
Most underrated system ever. Better graphics than the NES. As a kid we got the Master System and NES one Xmas. I actually preferred and spent more time playing the Master System due mainly to the Wonder Boy series. Thanks for giving this underrated System the love that it deserves!!
It's not underrated in Europe. It's the US that completely overhypes the NES
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The Master System is a great machine which deserved better exposure but better than the Genesis? lol, the Genesis has better hardware design, better controler and much better library so you're plain wrong. Also isn't it you who constantly post "geneSUX geneSUX" on some others Master System related video? lol, talking about fanaticism ;)
+alex ojideagu
US vastly overhypes the NES and developers wise it would have been great to see more japanese games on Master System but Nintendo and their shit restrictions towards third parties prevented companies such as Capcom or Konami to release games on it which would have ended better than on NES. Not only this wasn't fair towards Sega but also us, gamers, missed out on great things :/
@Yohko M. You're right LOL, hartfoundation99 is always shitting on the Genesis, even in other comments right here! Bizzare how he's such a SMS fanboy and Genesis hater.
The SMS and MD are my two favorite consoles of all time. Yah I didn't grow up with them being born in 1994 and all but it didn't stop me from discovering them and loving the two consoles.
Dude, this was my first 8bit system! All my friends had Nintendo's but I ended up getting this for Xmas and loved it!! What was really cool tho is that my mother had mad insite and we were in the process of moving to a new city. She found out that there was a rental store that only rented video games and had both Nintendo AND Master system games. Knowing this she ended up buying me the system for Xmas.
My very first RPG was Miracle Warriors and I loved it. Then Phantasy Star blew that away. Golvellius(sp?) was great, so was Ghostbusters, Spy Vs Spy the cool card carts...Rampage, Cyborg Hunter, the free copy of Double Dragon that you sent away for. You could kill your partner and take away his life's and stack them to yours.
I will always have a total love affair with the Master System...
Wow what a great story :) I was born in 1992 So the master system was before my time really you would have thought that I grew up in the 32-bit era? which I did In the late 90s But The first console I ever played when I was 4 years old was a Sega master System at my cousin's house they were playing Mickey mouse's castle of illusion and sonic the hedgehog 1 and it just blew my mind just being able to control these characters on screen and I remember asking my parents for a Sega master System That Christmas but this was 1996 And they'd just been discontinued in the UK that year So you could only get them used and my parents were very big on getting a warranty with an item like that so they ended up getting me The Sony PlayStation which I played from 1996 to 2002 is still one of my favourite systems But I will never forget the Sega master System And how it got me into wanting a video game system
Totally agree about the sound...I can hear castle of illusion playing through my head
Most of my friends during that time had the NES console. I wasn't impressed by it. My best friend at the time ended up getting SEGA Master System. I played it and was impressed and I had to get one for myself. I did. Going from the Atari 2600 to a SEGA Master System was like a night and day difference. I absolutely LOVED it.
From the day I bought that system, I was all about SEGA. Nintendo just didn't exist to me at that time. I became a total SEGA Fanboy. You mentioned Phantasy Star. I was BLOWN AWAY by the game also. Phantasy Star is THE game that got me hooked on RPGs.
Great video, (subbed).... I used to love my Master System. Foolishly sold it many many years ago to buy an Amiga. :(.
I spent countless hours playing Miracle Warriors. I completed it a few years ago via a Master System emulator. Finally ticked of my gaming bucket list. Cheers from Scotland. Take care. :)
Hey, Johnny, I don't know if you know it, but you should really play SpellCaster! It's a very fun and unique game.
P.S. I was watching the video and I just noticed I was wearing that same shirt while watching it! lol
Spot on! Its on my top 10 list for top games all systems included.
When I was growing up my older cousin Dale who lived down the road from me who was already married, and had 1 kid at the time was a huge gamer, and had every system out(no TG-16 as it was not common here in SC) and I would go too his place, and spend hours playing Master System games(only catch was I had too baby sit, which was a small price too get to play cool games), like Fantasy Star, or Alex Kidd as all I had at home at that time was my NES, Commodore 64, and Apple ][ie machines, and it was breath of fresh air to play something new, and I was blown away the day he got the Genesis model 1, playing Sonic, and it would not be till after the Model II came out, my mother finally got me a Genesis. Good memories indeed. Awesome Video there man, keep up the good work.
Double Dragon SMS ALL DAY!!!
I never heard of anyone with a Sega Master System..Many had Genesis including me but the master system has gotta be that one system I always wanted but was more like a Unicorn
My first console lol
Mine too after a 2600!
I grew up as a child playing Sega Master System & onto the Genesis with my real Dad. So many good game's. We owned almost every game. Many late night's playing and conquering new level's. All the kids in my neighborhood and NES & SNES and I was always amazed at their game's when I went to their homes and they'd be amazed when they came over and saw my collection of Sega games. So many memories & so nostalgic. Unfortunately in my late teens my step dad gave them all away. He did ask me first if it was alright since I never played them anymore cause I had other interests and hobbies at the time. And they went to a young kid that was a friend of the family so I'm glad someone else got to cherish these game's as well. Though I'm slowly building up the collection again. With mainly just the greats but they're all great.
Now thanks to the, only in it for the money resellers, the whole Sega Master System market is plagued with high prices too. I swear, all the greedy eBay, Amazon, and Flea Market resellers just need to go away.
An ancient stone with carvings in it, would cost alot of money. But a stone with carvings today would have no value. Time = Value.
@@knight654654 Greed =/= value
yes a video game that came out when i was born in 24-02-1986 Awesome.
Phantasy Star I was technicaly more impressive than Final Fantasy I, I played Phantasy Star IV as first game in series but than I became curious and replayed older games and man, first Phantasy Star was really impressive as 1987 game. Who had 3D dungeons in 8-bit era? Dungeon Master on Atari ST/Amiga had them but they were 16-bit. For me killer app for system, but very expensive and rightfully so. Plus R-Type have cool version on Master System.
No shit. The Master System was more advanced than the NES, still the NES got more memorable games. Just shows how better specs don't make the better game.
Johnny, I just want you to know that I really love your channel. The work that you guys do is fantastic and it is mind boggling to me that you don't have more subscribers. I am subbed to a lot of gaming channels, and you honestly have some of the best, quality content on RUclips. I love how each episode is like a conversation rather than a presentation. Keep doing what you're doing and I will certainly be looking forward to your next video!
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Happy to announce we are working on one! :)
HappyConsoleGamer +1 Dagger of limitless skittles! Taste great but totally useless. Our DM is very imaginary.
HappyConsoleGamer
My DM was a stoner and invented the magic "bowl of ever smoking". ....(sigh)... yeah.
HappyConsoleGamer cool man cant wait
Love it! In grade school I was "that kid" that had an SMS instead of an NES. I remember buying "Dragon's Trap" at a weird sale at Blockbuster Video for just a couple bucks. That was pretty much the greatest bargain of my life.
I don't know why Americans were so obsessed with the NES. The Master System was far superior in every technical aspect but it lacked a little on the controllers themselves. But as far as games and comparisons, the truth is right before your eyes. You can also compare Ghouls and Ghosts, Bubble Bobble, Altered Beast, Alien 3 and Double Dragon on both machines and judge for yourself. Although there is nothing difficult to judge, this is clear as night and day. In the 8-bit TV consoles, SEGA was the king. Other awesome games on the Sega Master System that you should definitely check out are: the first Asterix, Asterix and the Great Rescue, Psycho Fox, Shinobi, Jurassic Park, Lemmings, R-Type, Shadow Of The Beast, Populous, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap (which will also have an HD remake very soon), Cool Spot (with graphics almost 16-bit), Master Of Darkness, Super Kick Off, Ultimate Soccer, Mortal Kombat 1 and 2 just to name a few. Go watch any of these games and then go watch some NES games... It's a real shame that such a great console as the Master System, didn't had the media exposure that it deserved and all because Nintendo was more capable at marketing on the US than Sega. In Europe, Master System was the king of the time because simply it was better than the NES. In America, people were deceived by a clever Nintendo marketing department and they thought that the NES was on top of the world. No, it wasn't. The best 8-bit console that existed, was and always will be, the Sega Master System.
Korakaris it was never advertised in America, the only place I ever saw it was in a sears catalogue, even games he talks about in the video that he liked for nes like final fantasy wasn't big because it wasn't advertised
+shadowshinobi06 the Japanese console had an fM audio chip
It had to do with the marketing. Sega wasn't the best at marketing. Nintendo really nailed sales, it's how they rocked the market during the video game crash.
This was the first "next gen" Console I got after the Atari 2600. This thing blew me away. I remember my friends had the NES and they were very impressed with the graphics quality. I loved the SMS.
Master System was always better than NES. Nintendo was pure hype that everyone bought into.
I used to play Master System at my cousin's when I was like 7-10 years old. But she left us soon. My top games would be The Lucky Dime Caper, Castle Of Illusion, Sonic and Asterix. The Dragons Trap is the bomb. But it's no game of my childhood so it doesn't count. But even without nostalgic feelings I can say that it's one of the best games of the 8bit/16bit era. My childhood console is the Mega Drive btw. Still got it, works perfectly. It's sublime, s'godlike, s'gooooood!
Wonderboy III: The dragon's trap is my favorite game on the Master System. I never got tired of it. It's a big part of my childhood, and I still play it now and then.
PineKushDude Some of the best 8-bit has to offer. Favourite game of my stack for sure.
Master System was my first console. Forever linked to my childhood and is almost emotional to think about because those are days I wish I can relive. Great video. Alex Kidd in Monster Land is my #1.
There is something about the master system sound that you recognise instantly.
Just like a C64 owner would recognise music on a sid chip.
I'm UK based so master system was the 8bit console of choice here, happy memories & still have a working system today in 2019.
Looking at this video now...it is not cheap anymore. I still love his videos and I enjoy hearing his personal take on these games and machines. I am a collector like him and I am currently building a home arcade with my fiance.
Games,although not real,these games of ours give us such great memories.My first system I played was the SNES with my older brothers and the first system I owned was the PS2 and it was the first system I bought with my own hard earned baby sitting money(a service I still do to this very day mind you!),what a buy that was,huh??
11:25 You did justice to that title sir! one of my fav games of all time
Love the Wonderboy games!
Even though I was born after the master system and NES days, it's still awesome to hear about them, and what games gamers were playing back than. Johnny and Robman seem like two very down to earth cool guys, and are fun to listen to. Because of them I feel like I have to play the original phantasy star games (played online for the gamecube and absolutely love it) and mega man.
I remember when i was younger seeing this in a gaming magazine. and was blown away. Never seen a commercial for it. BUt i did always want one. growing up
When I was a grade school kid in the 90s, I always thought the Genesis was the only system Sega made. Then in high school, one of my buddies mentioned the Sega Master System and was surprised to know there was a console before the Genesis. Pretty sure that I would've known of the Master Systems existence, had I owned many gaming magazines. I discovered it through emulation and I loved the games. Now I own a couple of SMS games like Phantasy Star, Shinobi, Action Fighter, Fantasy Zone 1 and 2, and so on. Normally I don't really care about systems I didn't grow up with. But the Master System library impressed me, that I'm willing to make an exception.
Also thank you for sharing your memories about the Master System. Stories from long time fans who grew up with one, made me appreciate my small collection of SMS games. Still building it to this day. Out of all the SMS videos I've seen on RUclips, this is definitely one of my favorites. Can't wait to have some of these in my collection.
As a Child I was not Really a SEGA Fan even though I looked forward to going to my cousin to play it. Now I am older I truly appreciate the console and now own several.
I played Fantasy Zone II to death. I got my SMS for Christmas in 1988. I couldn'tsleep, I was so excited to have my own.
My brothers and I got a SMS together with WB in Monster Land in about 1990 and we loved it! My father even played Hang On, the built-in game, sometimes.
the master system is the first console i got to play as a kid because my much older cousin had one. double dragon, zillion and rampage were the games i played.
The Master System holds a lot of nostalgia for me. It is related to the MSX computers (in a shared heritage) that I like so much. I never owned one back in the day, only playing it in the store I worked in, but can remember playing a lot of the early games and enjoying them. I only really got to experience the early games, but titles like Fantasy Zone, Alien Syndrome and Space Harrier are stand outs for me.
Since then I have discovered a lot more excellent, very playable games that came out for the system.
Almost have a complete world set (excluding the Tec Toy releases). I enjoy each game as I find it :)
My NES friends loved the master system I had back in the 80's. I recently picked one up and got a bunch of games for it, it still is an awesome system. My favorite games are Zillion, Wonder Boy III, R-Type, Maze Hunter 3D, Golvellius and Shinobi.
One of the main things I remember about SMS games was how freaking hard they were. :)
I also remember playing the arcade version of Wonderboy at an arcade at The Royal Melbourne show back in the early 90's.
mortal kombat2, sonic1 and 2, the various donald ducks... so many more games that are so good!
LOVE your passion for being the original SEGA Master System fanboys!!! Forever and a day I'm that kid like yourself was the rare case of having Sega instead of Nintendo.The fact you still support it is incredibly awesome!!!.🎮🎮💯💯🙌🙌👌👌👌🎮🎮🎮🎮
grew up with the Master System here in Sweden, and i love it, many of the games you talk about i acctualy playd back then, i especially love Wonder boy 3, acctually completed it after 20 years, awesome system and so overlooked
I absolutely love the master system. It was my first system growing up and I still collect as much as I can for it today. I remember that one fateful day when I was 10 that I finally beat Shinobi. Some of your favorite games are mine also. I still play through Phantasy Star every year or two. It holds up surprisingly well even to this day. Loved the episode. :)
I remember when I was a kid my SNES reset button got stuck down so I had to send it to Nintendo to be fixed. This was just at the start of the summer holidays here in the UK. As a stop gap my parents bought me a second hand master system II with Alex the kid built in and 2 games which were sonic 2 and the ninja. Needless to say I have fond memories of playing my master system, my friend also had one so I'd borrow games from him as well, that ninja game was so damn hard. When my SNES came back (which took about 6 weeks) I'd still play the master system quite often and I loved it
Yeah. 88 was a weird time to see other consoles. I grew up with atari and Famicom. Seeing the PC engine blew me away in 1988 :D
I agree, the Master System was one of the great, criminally underrated game consoles.
It wasn't underrated in Europe it was the highest selling console in 1993 just ahead of the megadrive
This was my first console and I got it in 1988 as well Golvellius got me through a time in hospital and still love it. One of my fave consoles ever if not my fave. Defo the one I played the most as it was through my childhood.
Many old games were $70 or more. I remember buying Zaxxon on the Colecovision for $69.99. I was happy to have found a shop in the 90's that was selling new Genesis games for $49.99. Good times! :)
Love the Sega Master System!!! Alex Kidd in Miracle World was the first game I played as a kid I was 6 years old when I got my SMS!!!
First system I ever purchased with my own, hard-earned cash. Thanks for sharing the memories, HCG.
I love the Master System along with the Sega Game Gear, especially in the music/sound department. It used a Texas Instruments SN-76489 Sound chip that used PSG.
My first console back in the day, a master system 1 with Bomber raid & Rescue mission with the light phaser gun, i still really love those 2 games
I grow up with the Master System. Here only the VERY rich kids had the NES, all the rest of us had the Master System.
What a system!!!
I'll never forget the first time I played Phantasy Star, on my 13th birthday. I had no concept of what an RPG was, and was totally confused at the idea of 'going to the next level'. I was wondering why the level looked the same after I'd supposedly just gone up a level. It took ages to click that it meant my level of experience had gone up!
Some of my favorite Master System games are Spellcaster, Cyborg Hunter and Rastan
I only remember one person having a nintendo. Everyone I knew had a sega master system. I loved playing r-type. It was the closest the average person could get to the arcade version
The first console i had. I aways wanted a videogame, but never actually asked for one to my parents, but some day, a friend of my mom convinced her to buy her son old videogame. So go out and bought it, more of doing a favor to her friend, but boy, after turning the system on and played some Sonic THe Hedgehog, i was hooked for life.
Dude, you and I are in sync with the epicness. Every game, everyone one, I own and played like mad. I should make a video on my collection one day.
The master system was my childhood ! Amazing system :-)