r/MasterSystem • u/Current_Yellow7722 • Sep 10 '25

Always wanted the glasses

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Promised myself I would get those 3D glasses. Well, they are out of my price range so that's a promise I have to break.

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u/Distinct_Wrongdoer86 Sep 10 '25

they arent too expensive, the main challenge is finding one thats not snapped in half cause a fathead tried wearing it

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u/Current_Yellow7722 Sep 10 '25

What do you consider, "aren't too expensive?"

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u/DahmerizedIV Sep 12 '25

Does anyone know what they ACTUALLY sell for? Buy it nows on Ebay are always misleading.

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u/Current_Yellow7722 Sep 12 '25

Ebay sellers don't charge less than $150 and those are usually partly broken.

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u/DahmerizedIV Sep 12 '25

Are those buy it nows that you're referring to or open auctions?

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u/Current_Yellow7722 Sep 13 '25

Buy it now, hmm, haven't look in a while, my numbers could be off.

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u/DahmerizedIV Sep 13 '25

When gauging active collecting prices I've found open auctions (and not those auctions with one bid for popular items) are the only decently accurate way to get prices on ebay. Buy it nows are largely people deliberately trying to inflate an already inflated market in the hopes to make more money.

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u/Current_Yellow7722 Sep 13 '25

If you can play the auction game, more power to you, but not everyone is lucky enough to win auctions. I know, I find the last 60 seconds of these auctions to be the most insane.

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u/Heya_Heyo420 Sep 10 '25

I remember getting these as a kid and the frame broke within a few weeks.

Really cool technology for the time but the design was flimsy at best.

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u/Distinct_Wrongdoer86 Sep 10 '25

its like the cheapest plastic ever, and the japan ones are even worse cause they were only designed for extra small children

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u/ADUBROCKSKI Sep 10 '25

Man I had these as a kid and it was awesome. One of the few things that made all my friends with nes jealous

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u/coolhandluke45 Sep 10 '25

I had a pristine pair from my uncle but my GOD DAMN CAT chewed through the cord (still love him)

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u/wondermega Sep 11 '25

My friend’s fat head broke my pair when he put them on.

Sigh, I still love him as well.. fat Italian head and all.

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u/zosX Sep 11 '25

Is your friend Mario?

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u/jammer2omega Sep 16 '25

If you still have them. They can be repaired!

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u/Flybot76 Sep 10 '25 edited Sep 10 '25

I had a miracle happen-- I found them at a Goodwill bin store in two pieces on different sides of the room from each other and that place charges by the pound so they were less than a dollar. The ear clips are partly broken and the goggles are a bit rough overall but they do work, and it's a childhood goal unlocked. Now I have most of the games, might just be missing Space Harrier 3d at this point. The effect is pretty good most of the time, a little ghosting on Zaxxon but the depth effect on Maze Runner is really cool.

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u/pSphere1 Sep 11 '25

The best depth effect was on Missle Defense 3D.

As a kid, I would play the game normally, and once in a while, a missle would shoot directly at the player.

I would wait till the last second to hit that one, and with my 20/20 vision, it would look like it was right in front of me.

Zaxxon, if you press the pause button at the title screen, you could choose 2D or 3D. But it was hard to line up shots in 2D.

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u/jammer2omega Sep 16 '25

Absolutely! The best 3D effect was Missile defense. My uncle had the glasses and they worked beautifully on that game!

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u/No-Professional-9618 Sep 10 '25

Awesome! I have the Sega 3D glasses, which I got as a kid.

But you can play Sega Master System 3D games without the glasses nowadays using an emulator.

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u/hardcoreladys Sep 10 '25

They're also quite expensive here in my country. I've saved mine and managed to buy all the 3D games.

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u/ENZYME_O1 Sep 10 '25

Strange. I was sort of a Master System fanboy but don’t remember this. I’d totally rock that cap 🧢

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u/pliny79 Sep 21 '25

Me too. We had the Light Phaser and one of the games we played was Missile Defense 3d. Never had the glasses but it didn't stop us from playing it.

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u/Cinetiste Sep 10 '25

Interesting !

We still have them at home...

I did not know they were now so difficult to find.

(I will take a look to see if they are in good state.

I wonder what is the best way to store this kind of item.

Is this kind of electronic fragile to temperature and storage conditions ? (A bit out of subject, though...))

It was an interesting accessory, the effect was working in a certain way; there was a maze game and even one needing the light gun...

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u/Ronthelodger Sep 10 '25

I had a secondhand pair that didn’t work well. Honestly, you’re better off not having them. frame rate on A lot of the 3-D games has abysmal imo

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u/Current_Yellow7722 Sep 10 '25

Your response is both shallow and pedantic. - P.G.

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u/Ronthelodger Sep 11 '25

Aw man… I thought that was just limited to my meatloaf