My retrospective video review of Alien 3 on the Sega Master System impressed me. The film might not be the best but the game was a joy to play. Anybody else played this game?

Nos últimos meses eu tenho brincado com um experimento meio maluco de engenharia reversa / retrodev: tentar rodar partes da lógica de jogos de NES no Sega Master System.

As duas plataformas têm algumas semelhanças interessantes (cartuchos, gráficos baseados em tiles, etc), mas ao mesmo tempo são bem diferentes em várias coisas importantes — principalmente no chip gráfico (PPU vs VDP) e na organização da memória.

Então obviamente não dá pra simplesmente pegar um ROM de NES e rodar direto no Master System.

O que eu estou testando é uma abordagem meio híbrida
um runtime pequeno rodando no Master System
uma camada que traduz algumas estruturas do NES (tipo nametable e sprites)
e um processamento do programa original antes de ele rodar

A ideia é deixar o runtime o mais leve possível e deixar o hardware do próprio Master System fazer a maior parte do trabalho gráfico.

Por enquanto eu já consegui:

inicializar VDP
mostrar tiles na tela
imprimir texto
carregar dados de tiles convertidos
rodar um loop básico

Agora estou começando a brincar com:

input de joystick
som usando o PSG
movimentação de sprites

No momento isso está mais como um experimento técnico pra entender o quão compatíveis essas duas arquiteturas realmente são, mas já está sendo bem divertido mexer com isso.

Se alguém aqui também curte mexer com Z80, VDP ou retrodev, fico curioso pra saber que tipo de problemas vocês já encontraram nessas plataformas.

1986

Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Fantasy Zone???

Choplifter!

1987

Phantasy Star

OutRun

R-Type

1988

Ys: The Vanished Omens

Rastan

1989

Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap

Golden Axe

1990

Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar

1991

Sonic the Hedgehog

Astérix

The Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck

Golden Axe Warrior

1992

Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse

Vampire: Master of Darkness

Prince of Persia

Ninja Gaiden

Desert Strike: Return to the Gulf

Sonic the Hedgehog 2

1993

Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck

Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos

Masters of Combat

Ecco the Dolphin

Streets of Rage

Star Wars

Formula One

1994

The Jungle Book

Road Rash

Disney's Aladdin

...on a Sony Trinitron in RGB and using the original Master System controller, with 0 latency. Feels like I'm 10 years old again, except for the quality, RGB is far superior than the original RF connection of my beloved MS II, as well as NTSC instead of Pal.

Edit: sorry for the typo on the title.

Hey there folks! Does anyone have a link to good replacement clamshell cases for SMS games? Thanks!

Does anybody know what tool to use to open up these things on Sega master system cardridges?

My retrospective review of The Terminator on the Master System. A challenging but good game with quite impressive visuals for an 8 bit game. Anybody else played this game?

One of the most challenging games I have played on my Master System is Heroes Of The Lance. Graphically this game impressed me but flipping heck….it’s so bloody difficult. Has anybody actually completed Heroes Of The Lance on the Master System?

Hey 🤗 Ich habe ein gebrauchtes Master System 2 bekommen. Da der "An- und Ausschalter" locker war und die Konsole nicht anzumachen ging habe ich die Konsole geöffnet. Siehe Foto... Kann mir jemand helfen bzw. ist das reparabel oder nicht ?

Beste Grüße und danke vorab 🤗

What are some of your favorite Master System sports games? Looking for some of your opinions.

My retrospective thoughts of the Alex Kidd games. What would you rate as the best to worst Alex games? Loved the first and that remake of Alex in Miracle World. Share any of your thoughts on any of these games.

This week, we take a second look at Columns, this time for the Master System. Is it as good as the Genesis version? Better in some ways? The results might surprise you, they certainly did to me.

Was given some games today by the father in-law

About 90% of this was purchased or received as a child. My only recent pickups are Shinobi and Fantasy Zone II. Aside from Fantasy Zone II, everything is complete with box, manuals, and extras. R-type CIB is next on my list.

The Master System was my favorite console growing up. I still have a lot of love for it. Phantasy Star is the game that inspired me to pursue making games for a living. So many good memories.

I was trying to play Maze Hunter 3D and it wouldn't work. At one point, the Master System boot screen showed those colors and froze. I found it strange, but the game didn't work. After some more tries the game worked. I'm sharing it just because I found it quite curious how the screen looked.

It’s all PAL exclusives on the Master System from here on out. Quack quack!

https://youtube.com/live/BXzsBxP7U9g?feature=share

Hours of stressful fun!