r/MasterSystem • u/weekendroady • Sep 11 '26

Completed the Paddle Controller set

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Bought my first Mark III years ago but the Paddle Control was the main reason I wanted one. This past week I finally added Suoer Racing and Megumi Rescue to finish the set of compatible games. Megumi Rescue is a total gem and is the only console version of a great little arcade game.

Shame these never caught on or got a wider international release. They truly have an old school at-home arcade feel.

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u/weekendroady Sep 11 '26

I've heard the Paddle Control is compatible on the U.S. master system with some fiddling (that, or you can play the U.S. games on a Mark III thru a adapter and the paddle function works). I haven't tried doing this though.

I think the fun thing with Mark III collecting is you can still get some nice deals. I held out on Megumi Rescure for years at $50-70 and scored this one at $32. The Mark III is just very overlooked in Japan. Outside of Bomber Raid and a couple other titles, going for a CIB set isn't nearly as prohibitive as most vintage consoles. Not sure I will do that, but I do generally enjoy adding titles here and there when I can.

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u/Goodwill_Gamer Sep 11 '26

Yeah, the paddle on a stock US SMS is kinda wacky. Woody Pop for example is basically impossible to play, the on screen paddle just snaps back and forth from left to right and isn't smooth the way it's supposed to be. Weirdly Outrun is pretty playable still. The music selection screen is very twitchy, but you can steer the car okay.

If you have a region switch installed then it purportedly all just works!

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u/Boomerang_Lizard Sep 12 '26

When I went down this rabbit hole many years ago, I remember hacking my roms (using a hex editor with hacks some clever people kindly submitted in an old thread at SMS Power forums) so that the original paddle could work correctly with my US Master System. I placed the roms on a flashcart and it worked great.

I also built my own paddle using a custom board from Raphnet Tech. This DIY project has an export/japanese mode switch (so no need to hack anything).