ilovethevectrex Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 how rare is the sega master system 2? how many were sold? i cant seem to find any information about it, so i decided to just ask you guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SmittyB Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I can't say how many were sold but I'd say they're pretty common machines, but I'm talking about the UK where they were more popular than in the US. I can't imagine them being too uncommon over there though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Black_Tiger Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I don't know how many were sold, but there isn't much demand for them and there are more than enough to go around. The full featured regular Power Base SMS is much more desirable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovethevectrex Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 I can't say how many were sold but I'd say they're pretty common machines, but I'm talking about the UK where they were more popular than in the US. I can't imagine them being too uncommon over there though. thanks. ya, i heared that in the us they sold worse than in the uk and other European countries... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovethevectrex Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 I don't know how many were sold, but there isn't much demand for them and there are more than enough to go around. The full featured regular Power Base SMS is much more desirable. thanks ya, thats true. i so prefer the overall design of the 1st one, but i like the fact that the 2nd one is sooooooo much smaller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) US/Canada master System 2 sales were so low that Sega didn't even track them. NTSC models are rather rare, but not impossible to find. IMO, the black PAL ones looked cooler than the grey NTSC decks. Rarest one would be the NTSC SMS II with Sonic built-in. Edited September 19, 2012 by zylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovethevectrex Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 US/Canada master System 2 sales were so low that Sega didn't even track them. NTSC models are rather rare, but not impossible to find. IMO, the black PAL ones looked cooler than the grey NTSC decks. Rarest one would be the NTSC SMS II with Sonic built-in. there is a deal for one on ebay right now, but its 375 bucks... overpriced!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 (edited) there is a deal for one on ebay right now, but its 375 bucks... overpriced!!!! The one I have pictured, I bought new on clearance for $40 back in '92. Try to find controllers made in Japan or Taiwan. The China ones have really twitchy directional control. Edited September 19, 2012 by zylon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovethevectrex Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 The one I have pictured, I bought new on clearance for $40 back in '92. lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGameCollector Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 $70 was what I ended up paying on ebay for my SMS II USA model with Alex Kidd built in. I was able to sell it to someone else for the exact same price. You can tell the USA units from the European units because it has a gray shell instead of all black. I just lost interest in even having an SMS hooked up because of the Everdive MD being able to run the games even on a Genesis 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wood_jl Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I just lost interest in even having an SMS hooked up because of the Everdive MD being able to run the games even on a Genesis 2. This is true, but the SG-1000 library on the Master Everdrive makes it kind of special. I know it's not for everybody, but it's kind of like having "Colecovision II" to play these games. On the StoneAgeGamer website, under Mega Everdrive (the $210 flashcart for Genesis) it says, "A few things that may be added via OS updates in the future: FM sound support for SMS games." I wonder if this means the Mega Everdrive will play SG-1000 games (with sound) too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+SmittyB Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Another option to play SMS games is to get a megadrive/Genesis 1 and use a MasterSystem adapter. It's what I do and I get a much better picture / playing experience than with using the SMS itself.The problem with this is that F-16 Fighter is incompatible with the adapter (although most people don't like it anyway). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace_1 Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 On the StoneAgeGamer website, under Mega Everdrive (the $210 flashcart for Genesis) it says, "A few things that may be added via OS updates in the future: FM sound support for SMS games." I wonder if this means the Mega Everdrive will play SG-1000 games (with sound) too? No. Just... no. The Genesis' video hardware lacks the video mode required by SG-1000 games, so while you can hear them and control them, you won't be able to see anything. I've tried using an SG-1000 game I converted for use on a modified v1.3 Master System and that's exactly what I got: sound, controls, but no video. FM sound is for Master System games with support for the Yamaha YM2413 FM Synthesis chip. Personally, I wouldn't even bother with an FPGA-simulated or software-emulated YM2413 as not a single software emulator can faithfully reproduce the YM2413 (they're all off). Even a counterfeit YM2413 is more faithful to the original Yamaha chip than that. I say you're better off getting a YM2413 (counterfeit or legit, though the counterfeit ones have some differences in the tuning of certain instruments and have VERY noisy audio output, however, there is one particular YM2413 clone, the UM3567, which is supposed to be a 1:1 replica of the YM2413, but it's a bigger chip and the audio appears to be considerably louder than the real YM2413) and integrating it within a Master System converter or your Mega EverDrive (the latter would most likely be near-impossible due to space issues as you not only need the YM2413, but also several other chips in order for the YM2413 to work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaWarrior Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 What's the going price?? If there not in demand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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