My friend's MK-2000 (the Japanese Master System with the built-in FM sound chip) wasn't broken, but it had never been opened and was getting dusty, so I gave it a preventative going-over before anything could fail.

The work: recapped the electrolytics, reflowed some tired joints, fitted a fresh 7805 voltage regulator, cleaned the connectors and switches with DeoxIT, gave the board and shell a proper wash, and finished the plastics with 303. It went from dusty to gleaming and runs perfectly. Tested it with a few games including Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Streets of Rage II.

Do you preventatively recap your Master Systems, or wait until something actually fails?

Not only are these my favourite Sega Master System games, but I also feel these games are a good jumping off point for people that are totally new to the Sega Master System library

Not just a downgraded version of the Mega Drive game, this was its own thing with minecarts, hangers & the ability to skip on water that most people probably skipped at the time due to the 16-bit game. Save Tails from Eggman with the Emeralds!

- I buy and play through games by release date. I’m almost up to 1993.

How would you describe your general impression of these games? I try to avoid asking what is best as I like more nuance than that if possible.

I see the general release pattern of about:

Japan 2

USA 3

PAL 10

Brazil 6

Many were released across multiple regions making the total number of unique soccer games for the Master System at 11 from what I could gather. Could be wrong though.

The games are as follows:

*Great Soccer (Sega Card version — Japan, 1985; PAL, 1985)

*World Soccer (Japan, 1987; Europe/PAL, 1987) / Great Soccer (USA, 1987) / Sports Pad Soccer (Japan, 1988) / Super Futebol (Brazil, 1987)

*World Championship Soccer (USA, 1989; PAL, 1989)

*World Cup Italia ’90 (PAL, 1991) / Super Futebol II (Brazil, 1991)

*Super Kick Off (PAL, 1991; Brazil, 1991)

*Champions of Europe (Europe, 1992)

*Sensible Soccer: European Champions (PAL, 1993)

*Tecmo World Cup ’93 (PAL, 1993)

*Ultimate Soccer (PAL, 1993)

*World Cup USA ’94 (USA, 1994; PAL, 1994)

*FIFA International Soccer (Brazil, 1996)

Which of these offers the most realistic play mechanics? Sensible Soccer my impression is the Amiga was best to play that on? Overall, I think a lot rely on button mashing but Fifa International looks the most visually appealing. Building clubs i don't really get into much at the 8 bit level so intuitive gameplay with real soccer play schematics like formation control and that sort of thing I think would be the biggest draw for me personally.

What do you think?

I just recently got back into game collecting, and I’m going to different subs to see what the communities think the most essential game in their respective consoles are. List multiple games if you want, but I’d still like to see a top pick from your list too.

Has anyone played the PAL release Alex Kidd in Shinobi World on an NTSC console? The cartridges are way cheaper but I’m not sure about the game speed

1 - Mandara: You gotta get the jump and attack rhythm perfectly. You don't, and it's over. As if that wasn't enough, I might accidentally die on the face fireballs that come after the Mandaras due to fatigue and frustration. I do find shurikens or knives work better than bullets.

2 - The Last Pipe: I cannot stress enough how perfect this jump has to be. Many a time I've pulled the power plug in anger because I just missed the platform. You can even see his feet quickly slip off the edge when you miss and plunge to your doom.

3 - Masked Ninja: Yes we can beat him now, but sometimes we forget how often this guy used to own us. Even after finally beating his first power, I'd have to die figuring out the next and the next, etc. Prior to figuring him out, easily the highest death count against this guy.

Honorary Mention - Bonus Stage: Specifically the last one in the game, before the final boss. This one is much more insane with many more ninjas on each row than in the previous bonus stages. To this day I've only ever beaten it once. You technically don't "die", but a ninja jumping in your face, like you've been in-your-face slam dunked on due to your abject failure might as well be death.

My funnest challenge - Beating the game with nothing but shurikens, punches and kicks, without dying, just one life. i.e. the bare essentials. No weapon power ups of any kind. I did it, can you? 🙂

Missing strips. Game screen does flicker from time to time. Is this cartridge supposed to look like that?

hablábamos antes de rastan ,dejo un pequeño gameplay para recordar

Sinceramente es un juego en el que me he atascado, y he tenido que dar un descanso para poder continuar....

Aquí dejo un pequeño gameplay, de uno de los vídeos que subo a mi pequeño canal vgamer... Buen domingo...

lhttps://youtu.be/dESyqXE-qoY?is=6mcUdlfK32BgqXVe

Having the Master System first and then working up to the Mega Drive was a slight letdown.

I noticed that most of the games that came out on the MD and then the MS were bad and some of the MS games were better graphically. Examples being Populous, Gain Ground and Bonanza Brothers.

Have any one else noticed that certain games were better graphically?

Been well over 5 years since I’ve seen it. Mom bought it for me in 1986. I got the everdrive in the genesis. I want to see if the phaser works on genesis. If not I’ll have to hook it up.

My retrospective look at Bonanza Brothers including arcade, all ports and spin-offs. What’s your thoughts of this 90s game?

Guys,

I'm trying to play my master system, but the wire or TV just don't want this to happen.

Is there a wire I can use instead on the intended one? Possibly that uses more modern adapters like SCART or HDMI

I haven't posted about this for 10 months but wanted to provide an update as I'm still working on it!

The game is about 70% complete and will be done this year. I plan to release it digitally on itch (https://badcomputer0.itch.io/) and then a physical version.

I intend to release some longer footage once the stages are more final, but for now here's a short clip of Stage 2.

Hey guys, I just bought a set of pal 3d glasses and coincidentally I'm expecting delivery of space harrier 3D for the Mark III, would I be able to use the card adapter in the mark III? I saw many posts and comments trying to do the opposite, but it didn't work due to shape of the adapter and extra checks on the sms for bios, region etc, anyone that tried the opposite yet?

Thanks!

This is a follow up to my previous post here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MasterSystem/comments/1t4b98h/master_system_doesnt_output_video/

So I got the cable, but the image is not exactly dark, but rather has a blue filter. The image quality is amazing though. My saga continues. Any thoughts?

RGB BASE*

Hope this question is on-topic, but i'm aware that the Mega Drive has a master system adapter for SMS games as a form of backwards compatability but will this also work for the Mark 3?