Inky Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 OK Sega Master System fanatics.. What would you say are the must have games for the console?Some of mine: Fantasy Zone Fantasy Zone 2 Zillion Phantasy Star Shinobi Space Harrier Bomber Raid Let's add to the list! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy B. Coyote Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 I'll toss in... Alex Kidd in Miracle World Golden Axe Warrior Hang-On & Astro Warrior Power Strike Psycho Fox R-Type Sonic the Hedgehog Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
derFunkenstein Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Not yet mentioned: Action Fighter and Montezuma's Revenge. Both are great ports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Maybe not the best but don't sleep on one of my fav pack ins of all time....Hang On/Astro Fighter. I like Rambo and Kenseiden too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 (edited) Govellius Spellcaster Fantasy Zone II Phantasy Star Power Strike Zillion R-Type Golden Axe Warrior (if it's affordable) Psycho Fox Rampage (best port until you could get arcade emulation at home) Wanted and Gangster Town if you have the ability to use the Light Phaser Castle of Illusion Choplifter The Ninja Alex Kidd in Shinobi World The Master System version of Columns has unique tile sets, and is my favorite version until like Columns III on the Genesis. If we're getting fancy, there are plenty of good exclusives from other countries. There's an absolutely excellent version of Bubble Bobble. Baku Baku Animal. Land of Illusion. The Lucky Dime Caper. Power Strike II (too rich for my blood, and I specifically collect Compile games). Vampire: Master of Darkness (fun Castlevania ripoff). SMS exclusive Ninja Gaiden. Chase HQ. Battle Outrun (Chase HQ ripoff). Edited December 27, 2018 by dj_convoy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted December 27, 2018 Share Posted December 27, 2018 Maybe not the best but don't sleep on one of my fav pack ins of all time....Hang On/Astro Fighter. Hang On / Safari Hunt is great as well, again, if you have a Light Phaser and a CRT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8th lutz Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 (edited) Not Mentioned yet: Gauntlet Rastan Solomon's Key I know Solomon's Key was a Japan only release, but I have a reproduction of it. Edited December 28, 2018 by 8th lutz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Others not mentioned yet: Parlour Games for Billiards Reggie Jackson Baseball Y's 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zylon Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Double Dragon Aerial Assault Ultima IV 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Aleste I don't have a Master System (but I do have Super Aleste for Super Famicom)... anything developed by Compile is great. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah98 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 Ghouls n Ghosts is really good for the Master System and somewhat unique. Wonderboy 2 is amazing as well. Hidden gems: Black Belt, Ghost House, Teddy Boy, My Hero, Fantasy Zone: The Maze, Cyborg Hunter, Penguin Land, Ghostbusters (best version), Zillion II, Alien Syndrome, Enduro Racer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NE146 Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 For me the games I had a lot of fun on SMS were the old standard rpg's Phantasy Star & Ys. I had a pretty good collection of SMS games along with the NES, but once the Genesis came out I pretty much abandoned the SMS 100%. Apparently though a lot of the better SMS titles came out after that timeframe, although people in the US weren't privy to a lot of it, which is a shame. I will say for me, Shinobi on the SMS was a disappointment at the time for the fact that you couldn't rapid fire shurikens.. which is what I liked about the arcade game. However I ended up liking the title for what it was.. playing through it. Warning though IT HAS THE WORST ENDING FOR A VIDEOGAME EVER. Ok maybe that's harsh, but "it's up there" with the worst. Just saying.. if you spend the time to get good at the game, don't expect reward. I was also disappointed at the time with Double Dragon after all the hype of it being 2-player. It felt very 'floaty' to me. HOWEVER.. in recent years I've come to realize that it was because of the weak sound. When you play the FM Sound version. It totally changes the feel, at least to me. I've come to like it more these days. Check the difference out: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I've owned the SMS twice before and I'm not going to cheat and read the other comments. In no real order I would love to own a SMS or device that runs that stuff again so I could play some of these once more. - Alex Kidd in Shinobi World - Streets of Rage 1 and 2 (UK) - Master of Darkness (UK) - Sonic 1 and 2 - Shinobi - Outrun - Aztec World - Ys - Rastan - Gauntlet - Ristar - Golden Axe Warrior - Spellcaster - Zillion 2 - Power Srike - (both) Fantasy Zone(s) - Phantasy Star - Golvellius - Rampage - Choplifter - Baku Baku Animal - Dragon Crystal - Enduro Racer - Ghouls n Ghosts - Klax - Ninja Gaiden - Quartet - Wonderboy - Wonderboy in Monster Land - Wonderboy 3 the Dragon's Trap - Bomber Raid - Aerial Assault - Alex Kidd in Miracle World I can remember that many. I was surprised as I only got the SMS in the 2000s and barely touched one before yet there was plenty of quality unique and some quality conversions too. Perhaps I should grab those files and toss them on my ez flash omega using SMS Advance. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eltigro Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 What? No Snail Maze? Just about everyone has that! (I know, some systems have other built in games... it's a joke...) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj_convoy Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 I love Snail Maze. Made me feel like SEGA had given me a warm hug when I got the lowdown about it from them. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted December 28, 2018 Share Posted December 28, 2018 What? No Snail Maze? Just about everyone has that! (I know, some systems have other built in games... it's a joke...) Literally remember how amazed we were to find out about Snail Maze...if it was mentioned in the manual, we obviously missed it! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoolDave Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 So many great games for the SMS... Too many to talk about. I'm going to have to say that Phantasy Star is my favorite game for the system... and for someone who has played 1000's of games over the years, It's in my 10 ten favorites of all time. Going to re-play it again soon... I got the Re-translation of the game and it's claimed to really change the story around... so looking forward to it..and in RGB though a framemeister… it looks epic too. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BydoEmpire Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 My top 5: R-Type Phantasy Star Shinobi Rescue Mission Alex Kidd in Miracle World Lots of other great ones, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cepp Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) For me the games I had a lot of fun on SMS were the old standard rpg's Phantasy Star & Ys. I had a pretty good collection of SMS games along with the NES, but once the Genesis came out I pretty much abandoned the SMS 100%. Apparently though a lot of the better SMS titles came out after that timeframe, although people in the US weren't privy to a lot of it, which is a shame. I will say for me, Shinobi on the SMS was a disappointment at the time for the fact that you couldn't rapid fire shurikens.. which is what I liked about the arcade game. However I ended up liking the title for what it was.. playing through it. Warning though IT HAS THE WORST ENDING FOR A VIDEOGAME EVER. Ok maybe that's harsh, but "it's up there" with the worst. Just saying.. if you spend the time to get good at the game, don't expect reward. I was also disappointed at the time with Double Dragon after all the hype of it being 2-player. It felt very 'floaty' to me. HOWEVER.. in recent years I've come to realize that it was because of the weak sound. When you play the FM Sound version. It totally changes the feel, at least to me. I've come to like it more these days. Check the difference out: Biggest issue for me was the insane amount of flicker. It's too much. I think all of the best games have been mentioned here tbh so I'll just say avoid all Sonic games except for the first one which is excellent. Also, Ninja Gaiden is a poor imitation of the NES games with floaty controls. Castle of Illusion is the best game on the system imo although Wonder Boy 3 gives it a good run for its money. My personal favourite is Alex Kidd in Miracle World, it's a little janky but I love it all the same. Edited December 30, 2018 by Cepp 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonGrafx-16 Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Aleste I don't have a Master System (but I do have Super Aleste for Super Famicom)... anything developed by Compile is great. I should have mentioned that Aleste is Power Strike but Power Strike II has nothing to do with the Aleste series and was not even developed by Compile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 The SMS is probably my 2nd or 3rd favorite console of all Time. My top 10: Choplifter Shinobi Out Run Zillion Black Belt Rampage Paperboy Double Dragon Ghostbusters Rambo: First Blood Part II 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 I am partial to the crappy JVC Star Wars game and would want that if you made me play nothing but Master System. I'd have to refer to this list for suggestions since SMS wasn't my jam. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 It's bootleg as all get out, but that other topic started today asking about SMS everdrive stuff the comments made by the guy who started it got me thinking and reminded me there were crooked SMS Advance build carts for sale on the GBA all over ebay. There is a 106 and a 100 in1 cart, the 100 is far more interesting for the better selection of titles that used saving batteries primarily. If you were to ebay for a master system gameboy 100 (or 106) you'll find them and they have pictures of the game lists of both. Either one has between the notably the best stuff you can get for the system for the most part though some are GG games, while other are GG games that got SMS ported but in the EU vs the US. It may be worth a quick browse for more suggestions. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 What? No Snail Maze? Just about everyone has that! (I know, some systems have other built in games... it's a joke...) My SMS has Hang On built in, and Snail maze is on it. It's the same controller combo to unlock it, just hold that while powering on the system. THe SMS II and the machines that have Sonic built in supposedly do not have snail maze. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoyous Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 I should have mentioned that Aleste is Power Strike but Power Strike II has nothing to do with the Aleste series and was not even developed by Compile. Source? The title screen of Power Strike II for both SMS and Game Gear credit Compile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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