The Sega Master System Discussion Thread

[TL]

[align=center:2zlxg4un]100 Master System Games[/align:2zlxg4un]

[TrekMD]

Cool video!  That's quite the collection of games!  I wish they had added the names of the games.  I recognize many of the titles but not all of them.

[TL]

I have noticed the Sega Master System card games have been getting very collectable and some of them are going for quite high prices now, here is a complete list of all the ones released for those interested (including Japanese only releases):

Comical Machine Gun Joe (1986)
F-16 Fighting Falcon (1985)
Ghost House (1986)
Great Baseball (1985)
Great Soccer (1985)
Hang On (1985)
My Hero (1986)
Pit Pot (1985)
Satellite 7 (1985)
Spy vs Spy (1986)
Super Tennis (1986)
Teddy Boy (1985)
TransBot (1985)
Woody Pop (1987)

[Crusto]

I thought the top 10 list was shit tbh. Here's mine..

1. Phantasy star
2. Y's
3. Zillion
4. Enduro racer
5. California games
6. Impossible mission
7. Gauntlet
8. R-type
9. Golvellius
10. Space harrier.

[TL]

Good list Crusto, I recently picked up both Space Harrier and Enduro Racer (on card!) and uploaded reviews for them on here.

[TrekMD]

The folks from RetroCollect have posted an article about the Video Game Wars and how they circled around none other than the NES and the SMS.  Interesting read.  Check it out:  The Console That Started A Video Game War.

[TL]

The folks from RetroCollect have posted an article about the Video Game Wars and how they circled around none other than the NES and the SMS.  Interesting read.  Check it out:  The Console That Started A Video Game War.

Yeah I read that a couple of days ago, there are a few minor factual errors but certainly better than some of the stuff that has come from them before.

[SnakeEyes]

That article was pretty good and for once spent some time talking about the MS popularity in Europe. Something really bugged me about the article though, something I did not like.

At first I did not know what it was until I read it again. It was this constant talk of the Nes Club, talking as if there was some sort of secret club that the author hated and deserved to be overthrown or something. I know retro games are a passionate thing for people and everyone has personal opinions but that bugged the shit out of me in that article.

[TL]

That article was pretty good and for once spent some time talking about the MS popularity in Europe. Something really bugged me about the article though, something I did not like.

At first I did not know what it was until I read it again. It was this constant talk of the Nes Club, talking as if there was some sort of secret club that the author hated and deserved to be overthrown or something. I know retro games are a passionate thing for people and everyone has personal opinions but that bugged the shit out of me in that article.

Exactly the same problem I had with it, you saying that has just jogged my memory!

The other thing I didn't like was how made out that the NES was doing well and then the SMS came along and spoiled the party when they arrived at almost exactly the same time.

It also said the 7800 was a dismal failure, which just wasn't the case, it was the no. 2 console in the US outselling the SMS by 2:1 and sold fairly well in the UK too.

[SnakeEyes]

That article was pretty good and for once spent some time talking about the MS popularity in Europe. Something really bugged me about the article though, something I did not like.

At first I did not know what it was until I read it again. It was this constant talk of the Nes Club, talking as if there was some sort of secret club that the author hated and deserved to be overthrown or something. I know retro games are a passionate thing for people and everyone has personal opinions but that bugged the shit out of me in that article.

Exactly the same problem I had with it, you saying that has just jogged my memory!

The other thing I didn't like was how made out that the NES was doing well and then the SMS came along and spoiled the party when they arrived at almost exactly the same time.

It also said the 7800 was a dismal failure, which just wasn't the case, it was the no. 2 console in the US outselling the SMS by 2:1 and sold fairly well in the UK too.

Yeah, I am not a huge atari fan but it does bug me how they are dismissed in articles like this, almost as if the author has to grudgingly mention them and tries to get it out of the way as quick as possible so he can get on with talking about the NES and MS. Atari was a big part of the scene, do it properly and look at all 3.

[TrekMD]

Unfortunately, this type of bias is very common in many of these types of articles.  From the tone of the article it's almost as if an NES fanboy wrote the story.  Still, it is an interesting read despite its faults. 

[SnakeEyes]

Unfortunately, this type of bias is very common in many of these types of articles.  From the tone of the article it's almost as if an NES fanboy wrote the story.  Still, it is an interesting read despite its faults.

Are you kidding me, you need to reread it, if anything he was an MS fanboy. did you not see the contempt he was talking about Nes owners. calling them the nes club in a pretty disparaging way.

I really cant see how you missed that.

[TL]

I didn't notice any bias towards either side really to be honest. It was well written but it seemed that the writer, while aware of a lot that went on, was lacking many of the real facts. Was almost like he was writing his opinion on what happened rather than what actually happened.

[SnakeEyes]

But then something special happened, something not foreseen by the NES club. A new console entered the western gaming industry, the Sega Master System. Like an 8-bit army of superior brightly lit sprites with its super high tech over the top unnecessary peripherals, the black and red 8-bit beast from the east threatened the very existence of the NES club and threatened to cancel out the singular dominance console market of the west. It was here, this is what every NES club member had feared & what every industry journalist and analyst wanted

Without warning, a whole nine months after the NES had been reincarnated by Nintendo of America from the ashes of the Famicom in Japan, the Sega Master System struck, bringing with it a host of fresh titles and extras that no one should be with out

was the pinnacle of what the 1980's 'electronics machine' should look like. Black, narrow, sleek and light with random white arrows pointing to the red over black interface to the centre of the machin

The consoles sleek and imaginative design, superb visuals and sound

In 1987, the Master System ploughed out title after title. From After Burner to Alien Syndrome, Sega had left a scorching mark on the console war that left the NES barley able to keep up



While he did talk about both computers pretty fairly, when it came to personal descriptions he enthused about the MS in a way he most certainly did not about the NES. Nothing wrong with being a fan of one or the other TBH, I was just surprised that someone would actually think he was a NES fanboy.

[TrekMD]

To be clear, I didn't say he WAS a NES fanboy.  You must have missed the word "almost" in there which I used because someone could interpret the writing as coming from a fanboy.  The article is an interesting read regardless and that is why I posted it. Whether he is a fanboy of any system or not doesn't matter.