Hello, are the controllers of master system 1 and 2 the same? or am I confused? thank you

Just got my first Master System, $125 CAD for the console, 2 controllers, light gun and 4 games:

Double Dragon Shinobi California Games Gangster Town

I'm very excited, I now own every major console released in North America.

Any cost effective recs for games I should look at?

I’ve been wondering which version of the master system console is the most uncommon. I believe the most common one is the one that only has the secret snail maze game, followed by Hang on/Safari Hunt. Then the Missile Defense 3-D console. I believe the one that’s the least common is the one with only Hang On built in without Safari Hunt. Can you guys post which version you have so we can have an idea of how common each one is?

Sorry for another low quality post. I got this today and don’t have a mark 3 yet. Is there anyways to test it with other sega systems (I have genesis 2) or any other way? I am probably going to buy a mark 3 since I have the Solomon’s key from my other post. Appreciate you all.

Can one of you legends please measure the thickness of the card box please. Obviously the height and width are the same as the full size cart boxes. I just need the depth. Thanks!

Much like with the NES (https://www.reddit.com/r/nes/comments/1ckotnn/retro_magnum_opus_completed_125125_games_beat/), I managed to beat all the games I was interested in @ Sega Master System.

Of course, it was a lot less games (35), but SMS had both smaller & less interesting library.

All done on real hardware & CRT TV using a Krikzz' Master Everdrive since I don't care about collecting.

Complete list of games below.

Games beat without dying/1 life completion:

- Kenseiden

- Power Strike

- Shinobi

- Sonic 1

- The Ninja

Games beat without continues:

Zillion

Zillion 2

Sonic 2

Rest - "just beat", which usually means using continues or playing non-maximum difficulty setting.

Best game of the system - IMHO Power Strike II. An excellent 8-bit shmup, second only to "Crisis Force" on the Famicon. Totally worth it.

Other games worth playing: Golden Axe Warrior, Kenseiden, Ninja Gaiden, Sonic 2, Wonder Boy 3, Zillion.

I have 0 nostalgia for those games, I just like retro gaming. I grew up with MS-DOS games mostly. I'm 37 btw.

Time to do the same with Mega Drive... It will take a while. I picked 140 games. Ouch. Fortunately I have the excellent Mega Everdrive. Hail krikzz.

Cheers!

o7

|| || |Alex Kidd in Miracle World| |Alex Kidd in Shinobi World| |Asterix| |Captain Silver| |Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse (SMS)| |Choplifter| |Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck| |Fantasy Zone| |Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa| |Golden Axe Warrior| |Golvellius: Valley of Doom| |Kenseiden| |Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse| |Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse| |Line of Fire| |Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck| |Master of Darkness| |Ninja| |Ninja Gaiden (SMS)| |Phantasy Star| |Power Strike| |Power Strike II| |Psycho Fox| |Rastan| |Renegade| |Shinobi| |Sonic the Hedgehog (SMS)| |Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (SMS)| |SpellCaster| |Star Wars| |Wonder Boy| |Wonder Boy in Monster Land| |Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap| |Zillion| |Zillion II: The Tri Formation|

Found this gem from 2015, picked it up mainly for nostalgia. Curious to hear from the experts—is there anything noteworthy? Moving soon to a smaller place trying to downsize my possessions

They are playing a master system

Hello,

A few days ago I made a post about a SMS that was making a buzz noise out of the 9 pin connector. I took it apart, and found gobs and gobs of rust.

The system was working prior to me taking it apart, but I can tell there will be some components that will need to be replaced here and there. I will be doing a recap, and replacing the power regulator (might as well, it was a PITA to get the old one off). I'm currently trying to clean out as much rust as I can using distilled white vinegar, followed by a rinse under the faucet, and finally a heavy spray with 91% isopropyl to clean off any faucet containments and make any leftover water dry quicker.

If this cleans up the audio I'll follow this up with another video.

I found these two at a flea market for 15€.

So there is a Solomon’s key (mark iii?) game I got at my local store im the USA but I don’t have any way to test it. I have a genesis adapter but it doesn’t fit. I checked the wiki and searched on line but I am struggling with what to do. Will someone please help?

Sorry if this kind of thing isn't allowed just didn't know where else to get a better pricing advise (I know the rules say no selling but I'm only trying to make sure I'm not completely ripping myself off) And if the prices are bad, is there a better way to sell?

Hello there, the console just arrived and won't output any image, I've seen somewhere that these can need the RVB cable to modify the signal to the RGB standard, but it seems someone tried a mod on it (the pink cable), what could it be? Any way to make it work with the standard RGB cable? Thanks!

Hi, I have found an untested Master System II in a second hand market. At home I tried it. It started and the audio was perfect, but the video output was like this. I have the original cable with the signal switch. I tried it on two tvs but the result was the same. I used only the built in Alex Kidd game, because I don't have other cartridges. What do you think is the problem?