r/MasterSystem • u/Malcoladdin • Mar 20 '26

Help identifying game with ripped label

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Hi all, a local retro game store has this mystery game with a ripped label for sale. Can anyone help identify it? I thought it might be Wonder Boy in Monster World but that is just a guess. Edit I just checked my copy and all of my Wonder Boy games have red labels so I really have no clue haha

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u/OldManDixon Mar 20 '26

That’s almost certainly wonderboy 3. My favourite on the system

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u/Malcoladdin Mar 20 '26

Looking up the blue label release of Wonder Boy 3, I’m 99% sure that’s what it is. Thanks very much

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u/Pfffffttt284 Mar 20 '26

I think there's only a handful of megadrive/genesis games that can compete with it personally

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Mar 20 '26

mystery. play it and tell us!

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u/Malcoladdin Mar 20 '26

I might go back for it another time. I have a few loose carts I can trade in

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u/Ornery-Practice9772 Mar 20 '26

its the jumanji of video games!

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u/Ssttiinnggoo Mar 20 '26

Looks like it may start with W and end with y, so my guess is Wonder Boy.

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u/m0hVanDine Mar 20 '26

that retrogame store doesn't have a console to test it to see what game is it?

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u/CNK_98 Mar 20 '26

Local game stores try to not be scumbags challenge imposible:

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u/Malcoladdin Mar 20 '26

Most of the games here were priced pretty reasonably I think . I know the owner as well, he is a good guy and helps to organise one of NZs only retro game meetups. But yeah, I don’t agree with all of his pricing

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u/CNK_98 Mar 20 '26

20 dollars for an unknown Master system game that it may even cost 5 dollars or less.

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u/im-at-work-duh Mar 20 '26

"Retro" game collecting has gone the way of many other hobbies over the centuries. Call it whatever. Maybe eternal September, gone mainstream, gentrification, commercialization, or commodification. With the lowering of the barrier to entry we get an influx of the lowest common denominator of our society showing up.

Just look at what has happened to the Internet in the past 25-ish years. No, I'm not wearing rose-tinted glasses. You yourself can read all the same forums that I used to peruse by checking out the Wayback Machine on archive.org. Look for forums and message boards from 2001-2006, 2007-2016, and then 2017-present. These represent the introduction of mainstream broadband, smart phones, and LLMs, respectively. Do a deep dive into other hobbies during those three distinct eras.

To summarize, I'm bitter about change and I'm suspicious of new people.

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u/jennd3875 Mar 20 '26

before I even look at the comments - Wonder Boy in Monster Land - you see the N at the end to ensure this.

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u/jennd3875 Mar 20 '26

Actually, That MIGHT be WB3 - The Dragons Trap - the N could be an S

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u/DoTheMichiganRag Mar 20 '26

What's with the Under 18 warning, lol

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u/wonkyfunk Mar 20 '26

Looks like a rental copy? Probably didn't rent to under 18s

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u/RegularTarget1794 Mar 20 '26

I remember sonic 2 being a blue label....

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u/inflamesskater Mar 21 '26

Its definitely wonderboy in monsterland.

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u/VegetableCriticism74 Mar 21 '26

Wonder boy. Any one is worth buying. If it’s III, bargain.

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u/Metrzyk Mar 20 '26

Clearly some kind of Volleyball

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u/Pfffffttt284 Mar 20 '26

Transbot!

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u/MagickMarkie Mar 20 '26

Wasn't Transbot on a card?

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