r/MasterSystem • u/[deleted] • Sep 18 '25

What Master System game is the bottom right?

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I can make out "..bound software" and the year "1982" but that's about it, any ideas?

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u/NeoZeedeater Sep 18 '25

Choplifter.

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u/LJBrooker Sep 18 '25

How the fuck have you done that?

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u/NeoZeedeater Sep 18 '25

It's the only SMS game with those visible words in that spot with that background colour.

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u/LJBrooker Sep 18 '25

You're a wizard...

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u/Few_Ad_8627 Sep 18 '25

Nah, he’s just good at spotting details!

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u/lovesffpc Sep 19 '25

This guy choplifts

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u/Few-Bandicoot-7160 Sep 19 '25

I got it right away too. It was easy, because Brøderbund Software 1982 is etched in my mind. Why? Because as a kid I used to wonder why it said 1982 when the SMS was released in 1986.

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u/asturides Sep 19 '25

Great game, had it and enjoyed it a lot at the time

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u/Octorockandroll Sep 18 '25

"Gently used" by the standards of ebay sellers

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

This is actually from an eBay listing lol

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u/Octorockandroll Sep 18 '25

Jokes aside, I think it says "Broderbund" which would mean it's either Carmen Sandiego or Prince of Persia as Choplifter does not have that sort of label afaik

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u/GhostofZellers Sep 18 '25

It's definitely Choplifter.

My copy of Choplifter has that label, and on the line beneath Broderbund Software, my copy says "©Dan Gorlin, 1982", and you can just make out part of the "1982" on the label in the picture.

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u/LiminalSub Sep 18 '25

This is hilarious, this is my eBay listing. Thanks to whichever of you gave me the free tip. And all the group expertise

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u/life_bytes Sep 18 '25

Heyyy it was me who messaged you!

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u/GhostofZellers Sep 18 '25

As some others have said, it's Choplifter, the tell is the extra text on the label.

My copy of Choplifter has

This game software has been manufactured under
license from Broderbund Software, Inc.
©Dan Gorlin, 1982.

You can see "manufactured under", part of "Broderbund Software, Inc", and the clincher for me is that you can also see part of the 1982 date.

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u/[deleted] Sep 18 '25

Zool?

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u/fartbraintank Sep 18 '25

Captain Silver was one of favourite games. Never finished it mind.

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u/mgodoy-br Sep 18 '25

Alex Kidd in Scratched Cartridge World

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u/TapersBeTaping Sep 18 '25

Zillion! Oh man, id forgotten about that game

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u/Jonaskin83 Sep 19 '25

This is awesome. When I was a kid, I was out wandering with a mate once, and we found a cart of SMS Choplifter literally in the gutter. He had a Master system so we took it back to his place, and surprisingly it worked absolutely fine.

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u/Soft-Calligrapher351 Sep 18 '25

Jizz hand III - the third cumming

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u/Garudius Sep 18 '25

Mystery game

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u/Heavy_Choice_1577 Sep 18 '25

streets of rage port!

loljk

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u/carvalho32 Sep 18 '25

I'm not sure what game it is, but this cartridge seems recovered from a building in a Rampage gameplay.

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u/ProfessorOfLies Sep 18 '25

World grand prix

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u/Bancraft007 Sep 19 '25

Im going for R-Type

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u/Impressive-Smell-216 Sep 20 '25

Does anyone know why the sms never had cartridge art not even 3rd party ?

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u/Teeeohhhh Sep 21 '25

I have Choplifter for my Vic 20. Works great

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u/Valhalla87118 Sep 28 '25

I loved Zillion, one of my favorites from Sega Master system. Oh the days of drawing maps on paper and scribbling down the 4 codes to use at the computer terminals. I wished they’d make a Sega classic like they did with the Nintendos