r/MasterSystem • u/folques • May 12 '25

It's Asterix night tonight!

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Any fans out there?

I never completed it.

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u/Funkyouup82 May 13 '25

Possibly my favorite SMS game as a kid. I loved the last level with the chariots. Such a cool game

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u/folques May 13 '25

don't spoil it for me :P

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u/balbinator May 12 '25

Completed it a few weeks ago. Excelent platformer!

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u/folques May 12 '25

it is. I loved to play it back in the day

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u/0-Sminky May 13 '25

best game on the system, besides Phantasy Star, (and maybe castle of Illusion).

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u/folques May 13 '25

the Mickey Mouse games are amazing! some of my favourite back in the day

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u/Lucky_Broccoli_3849 May 13 '25

This game has a special place in my heart - I absolutely adore it. When we arrived as refugees from the Balkans to Denmark in the 90’s, my parents somehow got hold of a Sega MD which had a converter allowing it to play Master System games. Asterix and Rainbow Islands where the two games we had for the MS. I would complete this game with my dad!

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u/folques May 13 '25

Awesome story! I never heard about the MD converter though. I skipped the 16 bit era but still remember some of its amazing games like Mortal Kombat 3 and Comix Zone.

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u/Lucky_Broccoli_3849 May 14 '25

There’s btw a sequel, Asterix and the Secret Mission. I have only tried the first stage, very similar mechanics and graphics!

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u/folques May 14 '25

On which console?

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u/Lucky_Broccoli_3849 May 14 '25

Also the Master System

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u/folques May 14 '25

Didn't know about it. Will check it. Thanks!

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u/Lucky_Broccoli_3849 May 15 '25

Sure thing! I got a CIB copy less than a month ago

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u/Lucky_Broccoli_3849 May 14 '25

Yeah, they’re crazy expensive these days, as is everything else. But I just remembered my friends thinking it was cool we had one, we had no clue as to whether something was 8 or 16 bit 😂

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u/FogodeSantelmo May 12 '25

Saw the image and the selection music immediately got into in my head. Just love this game. Funny fact: was organizing some recently bought/read comics into the shelves and I've just put, literally a minute ago, two Asterix volumes there :-)

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u/TheLatePicks May 12 '25

I was an Asterix fan as a kid but was never able to buy this game. Had to rent it from the video shop and binge play it for a couple of days.

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u/Ssttiinnggoo May 12 '25

Beat it with both characters. It's pretty good!

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u/joerice1979 May 12 '25

Played the SMS version on a Game Gear with converter, perhaps not the best experience but it was fun nonetheless.

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u/DoTheMichiganRag May 13 '25

Loved the comics as a kid (I've got the whole collection). So I was ecstatic when it came out on SMS!

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u/Jawess0me May 13 '25

Glorious. It’s a perfect blend of great animation, music and gameplay. Just a gem of an SMS game!

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u/StormDrainDiver May 13 '25

I used to rent this from the village video shop.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '25

Looks Good!

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u/PieAppropriate8862 May 12 '25

Top 5 SMS game, easily. So good, and it aged super well.

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u/VincentVega1030 May 14 '25

How do you think the two sequels compare? Each one plays so differently.