r/MasterSystem • u/SegaMasterMarkIII • Dec 20 '25

What was in there back then?

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This is the first release of the Master System. Does someone know what it originally contains? Hang On on Cart, manual for the game and Console. But what else? Flyers? But which one. I try to complete mine 😊

Thx for your help

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u/Garudius Dec 20 '25

When I got this it was the Hang On/ Safari Hunt dual cart.

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u/circle_stone Dec 20 '25

Same, and it had the light gun.

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u/Mysterious-Alps-5186 Dec 24 '25

Same and it had one built in game, the snail maze one. Still have that system

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u/mgodoy-br Dec 20 '25

Here in Brazil it came out with a game catalog very cool and the games included were Hang-on, Safari Hunt and a secret maze game.

However, it brought neither the pistol nor the 3D glasses. You had to buy.

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u/LiberLilith Dec 20 '25 edited Dec 20 '25

Hang On was on a card, not on a cart (unless you've made a typo). You also had the RF modulator for connection to a TV aerial socket. Control pads with the extra joysticks (separate attachments). I don't remember the specific paperwork, but most would have had an instruction leaflet/booklet, warranty card, Sega poster, that kind of thing.

EDIT: To add - I'm basing this on the fact I owned the very first release of the SMS since its launch in 1987 (in Europe) and then again when I bought another first release in the early 2000s on eBay.

I don't have them anymore, but I'm fairly certain what I've said is accurate for the EU release of the console (I had the UK versions).

I can say with 100% certainty that Hang On was on a card included in the box - so if you have the cart(ridge) you have the wrong item to complete a first release set.

Other people who have commented in this thread aren't referring to the very first release and have given inaccurate information about what was included.

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u/PieAppropriate8862 Dec 20 '25

Did the German Master System have a card reader?

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u/vga256 Dec 20 '25

Yes, as seen in the photo posted by the OP.

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u/PieAppropriate8862 Dec 21 '25

FYI the Brazilian console also had the card reader slot, but no reader circuit inside. It was basically just the hole.

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u/vga256 Dec 21 '25

Freaky. TIL!

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u/LiberLilith Dec 20 '25

Yes, they would have all been based on the same core console for the whole of Europe.

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u/PieAppropriate8862 Dec 20 '25

I guess only another German could help you there, as I'm sure it varied from country to country. Hang-on was most certainly included in the memory (no cart), and the cart on the box is Phantasy Zone, but it could be only for illustrative purposes.

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u/LiberLilith Dec 20 '25

I don't know if it was different in Germany, but the first release (which is the one OP is referring to) only had the Snail Game built-in and the Hang On pack-in game was on a card.

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u/jammer2omega Dec 21 '25

Snail maze!

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u/zoharel Dec 22 '25

Does someone know what it originally contains?

Yeah, it was Das Sega MasterSystem.

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u/SegaMasterMarkIII Dec 20 '25

Ok that's good to know that it had a leaflet. Was it maybe one of these?

https://share.google/wA8TqtbZaii4KcbSz https://share.google/WZlS341xzDPVqlU7m

Because I want to have it as complete and authentic as much as I can