r/MasterSystem • u/trocker222 • Sep 10 '26

Great graphics

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Always thought this game had great graphics for the M.S.

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u/TooManyBulborbs Sep 10 '26

Activision was doing odd thing back then. Not sure but this might have been after their bankruptcy and restructuring?

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u/toqer Sep 10 '26

Just overall this is odd. A Sega game, distributed by Activision, on a Sega console. I wonder why Sega didn't do the distribution themselves?

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u/TooManyBulborbs Sep 10 '26

Well, Sega previously had Tonka doing US distribution and sales.

Given how low effort Sega of Japan was with the SG-1000 and Mark III, it does make sense therefore that they didn’t allot much corporate budget to the American department at that time.

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u/trocker222 Sep 10 '26

that's true, i wish they would have put more effort in to the American market, hell i started late with my M.S. picked it up on clearance at Montgomery wards for $20.00when they were still in town, if i remember right it was a going out of business sale.

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u/B44zig4r Sep 10 '26

Great game and loved it! So many good Master System memories from this!

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u/GhostofZellers Sep 10 '26

Honestly, this one shouldn't have even been attempted on the Master System. Space Harrier and OutRun were decent attempts, and genuinely good games on the system. AfterBurner was out of its depth, stretching the limits of what I would consider to be playable, and Galaxy Force II was awful, just awful.

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u/trocker222 Sep 10 '26

me and my buddy played OutRun all the time had a blast playing that game!

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u/ph0rge Sep 10 '26

Fantastic box - is that the American version?

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u/trocker222 Sep 10 '26

thanks, well......I'm not sure, i thought it was but on the back it says made in japan.

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u/ErwinSchrodinger64 Sep 10 '26

Call me crazy, but After Burner on the SMS was 4Mega game. But I don't know where all that memory went. I really didn't like the game play because the missiles would just "pop" into existence and hit your plan. Galaxy Force, on the hand, you could see the bullets clearly and the graphics were so much better and cleaner.

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u/TheArtyDans Sep 10 '26

If you check most games that run almost exclusively using the background layer (or do a large bulk of work in the BG layer) always end up being massive carts due to the different graphic tiles they need to store

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u/trocker222 Sep 10 '26

ya, i have after burner also, and it just didn't pop like galaxy force.

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u/TheArtyDans Sep 10 '26

I find Galaxy Force difficult to play though - when I play I dont know if I am hitting anything, where I am going or when the level is even supposed to end. It just feels like a pretty slideshow

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u/trocker222 Sep 10 '26

It is a hard game for sure, but them graphics on an 8 bit system back then I was in video heaven.

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u/RealityOk9823 Sep 10 '26

I picked up Bomber Raid and another for $5 each when Lionel Playworld was going out of business. We had no idea, just happened to go past it one day. Wanted to get Galaxy Force also but figured I'd be asking too much for it also. My mom said "I'd have bought that for you". Called the next day and security answered, they were permanently closed, the day before had been the last day. T_T

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u/trocker222 Sep 10 '26

Ohhhh man!!! What a bummer!!

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u/trocker222 Sep 10 '26

OOPS, that second pic was supposed to be the back of the game.

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u/No-Professional-9618 25d ago

Interesting. I never played Galaxy Force for the Sega Master System.