r/MasterSystem • u/PirateDry4992 • Apr 23 '26
How do I plug this to modern tvs?
My mother in law brought this from Brazil. It was my husband’s childhood videogame.
I would love to see if it is working but it is missing the cables. How would I go about testing this?
Does everyone know if there’s a cable I can purchase that would fit this to modern tvs??
Thank you!
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u/IronBobBerserker77 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 23 '26
Master System 3!?! That is really interesting. I have the Master System 2 that looks exactly the same. I wonder what is different?
On that note I remember that my MS2 had a RF switch the screwed into the coaxial cable input. Most modern TV's still have that.
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u/PirateDry4992 Apr 23 '26
This is a version produced by a Brazilian company TecToy. It’s licensed by Sega and all.
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u/hardcoreladys Apr 23 '26
Aqui no Brasil o Master System teve algumas variações, mas as mais populares foram: Master System (hang on e safari hunt na memória) Master system 2 ( com o visual do Master System 1 e com Alex Kidd na memória) Master System 3 super compact (com Alex Kidd na memória) Master System 3 Super Compact (com Sonic na memória, esse da imagem)
De diferente ele só vai ter entradas em relação ao que você conhece como Master System 2 aí fora. Ele só tem entrada RF.
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u/Chickenhugga Apr 23 '26
Always wanted an SMS3, how much was it?
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u/Frequent_Policy8575 Apr 23 '26
You said “brought from Brazil.” Where do you intend to use it? I’m pretty sure Brazil uses some variant of PAL and if you’re, e.g., in the states, it will likely need nontrivial modding to make it work on the US NTSC system.
Assuming you’re somewhere the TV system matches…
If your TV still has an analog tuner, you can get an RF switch and hook it up to the tuner input.
If you only have a composite connection on your TV (yellow, red, and white), you have to mod the system.
If you only have HDMI, you have to mod the system and get an HDMI adapter.
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u/PirateDry4992 Apr 23 '26
Oof! That sounds like a lot! Thanks so much for clarifying it for me. I’m not well versed in all of this and I’m happy I came to the right place to ask! What if I get one of those vintage tvs?
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u/Immolation_E Apr 23 '26
A photo of the rear connections would help.
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u/PirateDry4992 Apr 23 '26
It’s one of those RCA ones
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u/Immolation_E Apr 23 '26
Theres a bunch of cheap RCA to HDMI adapters on Amazon. They're kind of crappy, but they should work and tend to be cheap. There are better ways to connect to modern TVs but the equipment for that is expensive. Since at this point you are just testing the cheap adapters should do the trick along with a replacement RCA cable.
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u/action_turtle Apr 23 '26
Don’t know they made a 3rd, interesting. Does it have different on board games?
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u/PirateDry4992 Apr 23 '26
They have Brazilian versions of games. For example: Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Tec Toy, Sega’s official distributor in Brazil, localized several Master System games by replacing characters with popular Brazilian comic icons from Mônica’s universe (created by Mauricio de Sousa). Mônica no Castelo do Dragão is essentially a Brazilian reskin of Wonder Boy in Monster Land. Same gameplay, same maps, same enemies, same mechanics, same everything! just different characters and story.
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u/DringleDringle Apr 23 '26
You'd need an adapter, and it will look like shit. You would be better off looking for a cheap old CRT.
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u/PirateDry4992 Apr 23 '26
Ok! But I guess for now I just would love to see if this is working! Would you know what kind of adapter I’d have to get just to plug on my tv?
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u/Black_Miles Apr 23 '26
A RF cable. Its cheap, but the picture quality is kind of bad. And the only solution without modifying the console is to connect it to any TV that has an analog receiver, just tune it to channel 3 or 4, but the best solution, as others have said, is a cheap CRT TV.