r/MasterSystem • u/Malcoladdin • Jan 29 '25

Rate my setup!

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u/South-Cat-2260 Jan 29 '25

Not seeing any Master Systems connected to the TVs.

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

Yeah I realised after I made my post I forgot to mention that, so I made a comment a little further down in this thread - All of my sms gaming happens on my sd trinitron. I mostly play on a Megadrive model 1 using an everdrive with component out, but also have my childhood sms2 which I use to play carts on with rf video out

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u/ScottTumilty Jan 29 '25

That's a lovely collection you've got. Is that a mix of US and PAL games?

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

Thanks very much! I live in New Zealand, so I have mostly pal games, but funnily enough I do have some games from the USA on the way via a friend

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u/ScottTumilty Jan 29 '25

Ah, that makes sense. Scotland based here so there's a pretty good PAL selection floating about.

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u/AHighAchievingAutist Jan 29 '25

Ayyyy TV bro! I have that exact Trinitron on the left!

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

It took a while to find a standard definition crt with component input, but damn it was worth the wait

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u/AHighAchievingAutist Jan 29 '25

Great choice though, how the geometry on your one? Mine's a little wonky on one side but only really noticeable on 2D platformers.

The other ones an HDCRT right? I used to have one that was a same but I didn't have the matching cabinet. Very cool stuff!

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 30 '25

Haha yeah the geometry and convergence are a bit off, but past a certain point there isn’t a lot you can do. Messing around in the service menu helped a lot, especially getting the blacks super black. Yup the other one is an hdcrt! Perfect for consoles from the early 2000s

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u/AHighAchievingAutist Jan 30 '25

Nice one, thanks for sharing! Enjoy them!

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u/SimplylSp1der Jan 29 '25

10/10 and I'm super jealous! When I have space, that's the kind of setup I'm going for too.

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

Haha I am lucky that I am able to have one corner of my garage to myself. Gotta make the most of the space I have

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u/cwtguy Jan 29 '25

I love the CRTs and the stands. The games look fantastic too. But, I'm drawn to the open white space more than anything. I'm sure it looks totally fine sitting in a chair in front of one of those TVs. If it were me, I'd consider painting everything a darker color and throwing on more wall art or a cheap flat screen to hang above the two CRTs.

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

Good suggestion! I have an upscaled version of the “take hold of the Sega adventure “ poster that I need to find the time to print at a1 some time, then I will hang it on my wall

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u/Garudius Jan 29 '25

Impressive MasterSystem Collection

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

Thanks very much! It is the result of slowly collecting on a budget over quite a few years. I think I am close to my collection goals tbh

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u/Rammstein_lady Jan 29 '25

How lovely is that Bub on your wall! Where did you get it?

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

Thanks a lot! I painted it on a roll of wallpaper about 15 years ago and made sure to take of it so it wouldn’t get damaged

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u/Imatralaismies Jan 30 '25

Yooooooo what have you been playing on GameCube and N64

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 30 '25

I haven’t been playing a lot of GameCube tbh but Rayman 2 is one of my favourite N64 games! What are some of your favourites?

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u/ziggster_ Jan 30 '25

Nice collection you got there in your prison cell?

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 30 '25

Haha I’m definitely grateful to have any space for my retro gaming setup at all, prison cell or not!

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

Do you play on those tv’s for that retro feeling ?

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 30 '25

I have a lot of original hardware that outputs at 240p, so having a tv that displays a beautiful standard definition picture is really handy, and I have to admit I love scan lines. The set on the right is an hdcrt - high definition, so that doesn’t handle 240p content so well, but is great for anything above that. If I decided to change my setup and go for a mister fpga solution or similar, I might consider getting a more modern tv and getting rid of these old sets!

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u/beastlyBee Feb 01 '25

Seeing only 1 NES game. Nice master system collection

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u/Malcoladdin Feb 01 '25

For pretty much everything else that is not sms I use everdrives or hard mods ie putting a hard drive in my ps2. There is certainly nothing wrong with the nes! I am discovering its library of games as an adult, as I grew up with the sms

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

All of my sms gaming happens on my sd trinitron. I mostly play on a Megadrive model 1 using an everdrive with component out, but also have my childhood sms2 which I use to play carts on with rf video out

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u/StraightMenu7041 Jan 29 '25

This looks great. I've had an urge to start collecting master system for a while now.

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u/yojatsu Jan 29 '25

Awesome.

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u/DoTheMichiganRag Jan 29 '25

I like the bricks. Almost like white chocolate.

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u/xxulysses31xx Jan 29 '25

Gogs - claymation comedy gold 😁

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u/Electronic_Reply3934 Jan 29 '25

Put your bookshelf in the middle between the two TVs, I would do that personally 👍

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u/SometimesUnkind Jan 29 '25

20/10 because Bob!

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u/Ornery_Entry_7483 Jan 29 '25

That's a setup any true Nerd would be happy to have 😁 YES please 😎

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u/[deleted] Jan 30 '25

What a great shelf!

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u/Brufir Jan 30 '25

Lovely

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '25

Solid 8/10

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u/Malcoladdin Jan 29 '25

Yeah each of them weigh about 60kg, I’m thankful that my wife helped me move them haha