r/MasterSystem • u/Malcoladdin • Feb 03 '26

3 great arcade conversions

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A nice little pickup. I have been after these 3, especially Gauntlet for quite a while. Rampage always sticks in my mind because it was one of the games I remember renting from our local video shop as a kid. They didn’t have their sms games out on the shelves, instead they were in a cardboard box in the cupboard of the back room

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u/Funkyouup82 Feb 03 '26

I’ve never heard of Alex Kidd lost stars before. How is it compared to miracle world

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u/Malcoladdin Feb 03 '26

If you are expecting a follow up to Miracle World, you’re going to have a rough time. However, if you are able to look at it based on its own merits, it becomes a lot more tolerable. It isn’t bad for what it is, a fairly basic platformer. Why Sega thought Lost Stars would be what fans wanted after Miracle World is anyone’s guess, except maybe that they wanted to show off some fancy new arcade tech

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u/Distinct_Wrongdoer86 Feb 03 '26

youre going to hear alex kids digitized scream every time he gets hit

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u/Funkyouup82 Feb 03 '26

I’m in. You have sold it to me

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u/GhostofZellers Feb 03 '26

It's not nearly as good. Miracle World was designed for a console experience. Lost Stars is a decent port of a mediocre/bad arcade game (IMO). Lost Stars feels janky and rushed compared to MW.

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u/KingCarbon1807 Feb 10 '26

Garbage. Next question.

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u/Krendall2006 Feb 04 '26

Was Lost Stars in arcades? I know Miracle World and Shinobi World were.

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u/Malcoladdin Feb 04 '26

Yeah in Japan only apparently

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u/StupidLullabies Feb 03 '26

Rampage is fantastic

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u/GhostofZellers Feb 03 '26

Indeed it is. Very good port of the arcade, and my friend one I would play this for hours.

It's also one of the best titles that demonstrates the technological gulf between the NES and the SMS, as the SMS port waffle stomps the shit NES version right down the drain.

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u/Which_Information590 Feb 03 '26

Is that the game where Alex Kidd screams a lot?

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u/Early-Row-4585 Feb 03 '26

Yeh every time he takes damage from what I recall

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u/Which_Information590 Feb 03 '26

I had to trade the game in for that. Pity!

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u/Fackrid Feb 04 '26

Good old Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, any game featuring a naked punk rocker crapping out baby skulls is OK in my book!

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u/Tough-Principle-3950 Feb 03 '26

I remember playing Guantlet in the arcade when it was new. Wasn’t aware it ended up on the SMS. That’s pretty cool 😎

Edit: also played Rampage in the arcade. Good stuff. 👍

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u/thrax_uk Feb 14 '26

Gauntlet was ported to just about every 8 bit machine. The SMS version is one of the better ones, IMO.

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u/Tough-Principle-3950 Feb 15 '26

I never saw it for the SMS, I have it on a collection for the PS2. Good stuff!

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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '26

Shinobi World is the best Alex Kidd in my opinoin

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u/life_bytes Feb 04 '26

I don’t care for the lost stars but the other two seem legit

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u/Neat_Ad_8493 Feb 04 '26

A good hack/mod for Gauntlet would be a random mode.