The master system had some great games, and it should be very inexpensive to produce. I wish we all were a little more attached to keeping old games going, rather than just focused on the new
That game Battle Axe with the three little middle earth team you can choose and just walk around like in Zelda chopping dudes down and looking for doorways.. like my childhood too man lol. That and Two Crude Dudes I think it was called.
If you’re into playing games retro fanned, I really recommend a retro handhelds. Some notable ones are Miyoo mini plus, Anbernic Rg35xxsp and trimui brick.
You can play sega genesis and other retro consoles all in one and you can take it anywhere.
Al second this(although am just a lazy cunt on his phone) Golden Axe and Streets of Rage and what was the free game with it? Alex's apple or something(or was that a different Sega system?)
Edit to add: Al means I will in Scottish its not an AI thing(just looked at ma comment and thought about that haha)
Tower of Doom and I think Shadow over Mystara? They re-released them for PC as a combined pack and man they are perfect. Easily my favorites even with games like TMNT and XMen
The Sega Genesis was Sega's 16-bit system that had Altered Beast and Golden Axe.
The Sega Master System was Sega's 8-bit system that had R-Type and many, many Alex Kidd games, inclyding that really weird one where you played Rock Paper Scissors with the boss enemies.
Is two crude dudes the game that had the level where you went into a cave on a unicycle in the dark and had to memorize when to jump? If so, fuck that game.
There is indeed a swelling movement that recognizes that video games are art, and art should be preserved. You have Gog, for example, which recognizes that DRM (Digital Rights Management) is an impediment to video game preservation, and therefore has a PC storefront exclusively for DRM-free games. You have the emulation community, which works tirelessly to allow older console games to run on modern hardware. You have companies like Limited Run Games that recognize the essential role of physical media in preserving games. You have the Stop Killing Games movement, which seeks to influence public policy to prevent publishers from pulling online support for games which renders them unplayable.
It's an exciting time to be a retro gamer. The community has never been stronger, emulation is at its peak from a software perspective (even including specialized hardware designed to emulate retro games), and people are finally starting to recognize the value of video game preservation.
OpenGOAL is a phenomenal piece of software, and made my most recent TPL playthrough an unparalleled joy!
I'm really excited about the N64 decompilation projects. We've had the Mario 64 PC port and Ship of Harkinian (Ocarina of Time native port) for quite some time, but the fact that we now have a systemic way to decompile N64 games will open up the floodgates for similar ports of other N64 titles.
Don't forget the wonderful communities for Portmaster, ROM hacks and all the developers still making games for the older hardware!
I want to also shout-out all of the budget retro handhelds from companies like anbernic, retrofit, ayneo and miyoo. It's so cool that I can carry a console that looks like a gba sp in my pocket and be able to run PS1 games, as well as the full libraries of all the classic systems
Haha yup, I've got myself an Odin 2, an Anbernic RG353P, and a Miyoo Mini!
Regarding rom hacks, smwcentral.net is a treasure trove of Super Mario World rom hacks. Some of them are the insanely difficult "Kaizo" rom hacks, others are more in line with the base game's difficulty. Some of them have so many new assets and gameplay mechanics that they're barely recognizable as Super Mario World, others are mostly vanilla assets with new level designs.
But yeah, for a few months straight, my RG353P was basically a dedicated SMW rom hack machine!
Hahaha awesome! I've got the 35xxsp but I'm eyeing up a more powerful device for PS2 era stuff. It's crazy that there's so much to explore even with games that are a decade older than I am. Right now my sp is mostly a metroid/castlevania machine, but I'm sure I'll branch out soon enough
We are at least a decade in to faux returns on gaming performance for the majority of games.
I swear, nothing I have seen looks anywhere near as radically different as things did when comparing 1995 to 2005 with 2015 to 2025.
We peaked in 2012, mainly we have had efficiency improvements on hardware and a lot of fake generated fluff trying to justify these ridiculous machines to compensate for spaghetti code.
We'd be better off focusing on equity now, getting as many 8-16 core CPUs with capable iGPUs into as many hands as possible. Heck, the 4-6 cores are looking really solid too.
But industry is demanding the lemming run towards the "ai" lies, so tech and capital is being focused towards that incinerator.
It uses a System-on-a-chip made by AtGames similar to what many Famiclones use. They stopped using the original hardware around 2007. They’ve stopped adding cartridge slots around that time as well.
The Type 2 a.k.a. Kombi was made and sold until 2014. Although the exterior looked mostly the same, the engine design changed completely several times since the 1930s version.
Not anymore. Brazil ended production of the old Beetle in 1996 which was almost 20 years later than when it stopped being sold in the US (1997.) It was still made in Mexico until 2003 when a new law requiring taxis to have four doors made them not feasible.
In a similar and kind of funny vein, there's a car in Mexico called the Nissan Tsuru which is just an early 90s base model Sentra they kept making until like 2018
I knew people that had the Genesis, and I remember it had some games that were better versions than the SNES counterparts, like Aladdin and Mortal Kombat.
I never knew anyone who had a Master System. It was all NES during that time where I lived. I didn't even know the Master System existed until years later when I played emulated versions of some of the games.
It seemed to have weird pockets of success in parts of the US, certain regional electronics stores who didn't want to bow to Nintendo's monopolistic rules would push them with some minor success.
Yeah, I think in the UK both the Master System and Mega Drive only got discontinued at the same time as the Dreamcast. Meaning they outlasted the Saturn.
Master System was my very first console in 1993 (I know the Mega Drive was already out by then but we didn't have much money and I was 6, so I didn't know any better lol). This thread has warmed my heart! It's nice to know it's still so beloved and popular, at least in Brazil.
Similar story for me. The SMS was my first console in 91 or 92. My friend has gotten a Genesis, so he gave me his Master.
The best part was one of the KB Toys had all their SMS games on clearance by then, so we were able to snag a bunch of them.
It's a shame that the article reeks of being written by AI, with no fewer than nine instances of one of AI's favorite patterns, "It's not just X—it's Y."
Sonic was the first game I played because my older cousin had it and never played it and I thought Sonic was cute. I never was good at it but loved playing it.
I have strong nostalgia from back in the Game Gear days, so the misses got me the Sonic collection for Switch. I friggin suck at it now. Kid me ran through it and now I have to play like it's Mario lol.
It's the other way around the Master System version are the originals (they were released first on the home console), the Game Gear ones are ports
They are mostly the same (there may be some minor changes in some levels and music), but the main difference is Game Gear versions are worse because everything is zoomed in and you can't see most of the level
There are multiple Sonic games on the Master System, they’re just entirely different to the Mega Drive versions. I would bet a small amount of money most of those were released in Brazil.
Fun fact: Phantasy Star 1 was translated in Portuguese and Wonder Boy had sprite swapped into popular Brazilian comic characters. Sega went pretty hard with the Master System in Brazil they even had product placement of in novelas (TV soaps)
THE MAZE WITH THE SNAIL! Why does no one else remember this? I think maybe it wasn't on all the systems? I still have my master system but can't remember how to get it. I think there was some trick to it? Like you had to start it without a cartridge in or something?
Yeah had to start it without a cartridge and press up and both buttons when starting the console . Apparently like you said it wasn’t on all systems only the earlier ones . Since it was an Easter egg I spent waaayyy more time on that then my other games haha
The Game Gear actually had an improved color palette, but the guts were otherwise the same. That allowed you to play Master System games on the GG with an adapter, but the other way around wasn't possible. (And the model 1 Genesis had the Master hardware in addition to the 16-bit stuff as well, so you could also play SMS games with an adapter.)
Phantasy Star got the 3D dungeons from Wizardry, and the creators also played Ultima which has 3D dungeons. The creators mentioned these two games as being an influence in interviews.
Mr. Kodama: That's not clear from my perspective, so I don't know unless I ask Mr. Hayashida. Mr. Aoki himself seemed to have played "Dragon Quest" and it was very interesting, and it seemed that the staff was also doing overseas RPGs such as "Ultima" and "Wizardley". I guess that led to "Fantasy Star" from that point.
―― Did the 3D dungeon have an influence from “Wizardley”?
Mr. Kodama: Well, it was because there was a "Wizardley".
"Wizardley" lol. Also excuse it calling her "Mr Kodama" it's clearly Kodama-san which has been translated.
Zillion (think of metroid)
Zillion 2 tri-formation( Run N Gun), Fantasy Zone (Side srolling shooter with very unique visuals)
Astro Warrior( vertical shooter)
Gangster Town (Lightgun/Zapper game with classy visuals)
IIRC, the Sega Neptune actually got produced for the Brazilian Market whereas it was never officially available anywhere else. It’s a Sega Genesis with a built in 32x
I hope the ones they produce now have the pause button on the controller and not on top of the console. That was the worst shit having to get up and make your way to the console to pause the game without dying or whatever.
It was my first console 😭I was four or five when my dad bought one! My first game was the sonic game, I loved it so much! Wanna get one someday to collect
There's a bunch of homebrew games being developed as well.. wonder if anyone is putting them on cartridges? I imagine there's some sort of cartridge with an SSD slot these days but I dunno
Good stuff. I'm not huge into retro games but I've considered dipping my toes back into it. The only remaining console for me is the Sega Saturn.. would be cool to have something like the Everdrive for it. I'd have to get all the cables and a controller tho. A cheap mega drive or genesis are my second choices
The Saturn has had some breakthroughs recently and now has a device that works similarly to the Everdrive at a very reasonable price.
I used to have one back in the day, and emulate it now from time to time. An excellent library if you like arcade games or JRPG’s. Genuinely my favourite machine with the best controller.
And that's why we should stop supporting these, shitty items, and go retro. There's tons of games and consoles I'm sure most gamers haven't played. Why waste money on incomplete, overpriced games, hard drives, memberships subscriptions, cordless etc while you can just play an old console, heck even emulators? I really don't like how any tech is heading because of capitalism, and valuing that over actual people.
If it was still mass produced here and offered here in the states it would also still be selling. A few of the retro consoles that have come out in the last few years have sold out. But I think there is such a thing as overdoing it and we get a good middle ground of retro releases. Enough to keep us going back for more.
I know retro has a lot nostalgia. But even as a child of the 80s the master system which I owned really lacks games with real depth.
I feel sorry for the poor kid in Brazil that's stuck on that generation of gaming. Like coming back to them day after day got suck a little
For me at least the PlayStation 1 was the generation that brought that extra bit of complexity that I could see even a kid nowdays being able to enjoy day after day.
I know revisiting them is cool for us older guy/girls (yes we've reached that point) but how many retro pies have taken hours to set up only to be played for 20 mins
The master system had some great games, and it should be very inexpensive to produce. I wish we all were a little more attached to keeping old games going, rather than just focused on the new
That game Battle Axe with the three little middle earth team you can choose and just walk around like in Zelda chopping dudes down and looking for doorways.. like my childhood too man lol. That and Two Crude Dudes I think it was called.
Wow memory unlocked.
1 big buff guy, 1 dwarf guy and a babe if I remember correctly
Yes Golden Axe I looked it up. It was a great game
And Streets of Rage too.
Streets of Rage 1-3 is amazing.. 2 player mode is intense.
Only SoR 1 was on the 8 bit master system
Great game, 100%
Golden Axe was the code name for weed in my close circle of friends back in the early 90s
Golden Axe is a good series, but not an easy game whatsoever.
You can play it online or download it btw.
Yo, hook a brother up please, I found nothing.
https://www.retrogames.cz/play_037-Genesis.php
You're a scholar and a gentleperson. Thanks!
If you’re into playing games retro fanned, I really recommend a retro handhelds. Some notable ones are Miyoo mini plus, Anbernic Rg35xxsp and trimui brick.
You can play sega genesis and other retro consoles all in one and you can take it anywhere.
Al second this(although am just a lazy cunt on his phone) Golden Axe and Streets of Rage and what was the free game with it? Alex's apple or something(or was that a different Sega system?)
Edit to add: Al means I will in Scottish its not an AI thing(just looked at ma comment and thought about that haha)
He posted it above!
https://www.retrogames.cz/play_037-Genesis.php
Appreciate that ! Cheers bro(or sis)
Sega emulator, can play it on Nintendo Switch online as well
Golden Axe was the name, but yeah.
It’s been 40 years. The babe is now the battle axe.
I think that is different as there’s no exploring etc. whereas the arcade D&D games have both exploring and the beat em up game style.
Tower of Mystra and whatever the other was. Banging games.
Tower of Doom and I think Shadow over Mystara? They re-released them for PC as a combined pack and man they are perfect. Easily my favorites even with games like TMNT and XMen
Honestly it sounds more like Gauntlet.
Two crude dudes used to be my favorite game to rent lol
Oh man thank you.
Two crude dudes? Wasn't that for Mega Drive? I guess it could have been released on both consoles
I had a Sega, that's about what I can tell you. I don't know what one it was called.
The Sega Genesis was Sega's 16-bit system that had Altered Beast and Golden Axe.
The Sega Master System was Sega's 8-bit system that had R-Type and many, many Alex Kidd games, inclyding that really weird one where you played Rock Paper Scissors with the boss enemies.
Is two crude dudes the game that had the level where you went into a cave on a unicycle in the dark and had to memorize when to jump? If so, fuck that game.
Golden Axe
There is indeed a swelling movement that recognizes that video games are art, and art should be preserved. You have Gog, for example, which recognizes that DRM (Digital Rights Management) is an impediment to video game preservation, and therefore has a PC storefront exclusively for DRM-free games. You have the emulation community, which works tirelessly to allow older console games to run on modern hardware. You have companies like Limited Run Games that recognize the essential role of physical media in preserving games. You have the Stop Killing Games movement, which seeks to influence public policy to prevent publishers from pulling online support for games which renders them unplayable.
It's an exciting time to be a retro gamer. The community has never been stronger, emulation is at its peak from a software perspective (even including specialized hardware designed to emulate retro games), and people are finally starting to recognize the value of video game preservation.
I'd like to add the Videogame Historical Foundation and RetroMags as two others to add to the list if people are interested in some nostalgia trips!
You even have specialized retro-engineering projects, like the OpenGOAL project which is a native port to the Jak game series to PC.
OpenGOAL is a phenomenal piece of software, and made my most recent TPL playthrough an unparalleled joy!
I'm really excited about the N64 decompilation projects. We've had the Mario 64 PC port and Ship of Harkinian (Ocarina of Time native port) for quite some time, but the fact that we now have a systemic way to decompile N64 games will open up the floodgates for similar ports of other N64 titles.
Don't forget the wonderful communities for Portmaster, ROM hacks and all the developers still making games for the older hardware!
I want to also shout-out all of the budget retro handhelds from companies like anbernic, retrofit, ayneo and miyoo. It's so cool that I can carry a console that looks like a gba sp in my pocket and be able to run PS1 games, as well as the full libraries of all the classic systems
Haha yup, I've got myself an Odin 2, an Anbernic RG353P, and a Miyoo Mini!
Regarding rom hacks, smwcentral.net is a treasure trove of Super Mario World rom hacks. Some of them are the insanely difficult "Kaizo" rom hacks, others are more in line with the base game's difficulty. Some of them have so many new assets and gameplay mechanics that they're barely recognizable as Super Mario World, others are mostly vanilla assets with new level designs.
But yeah, for a few months straight, my RG353P was basically a dedicated SMW rom hack machine!
Hahaha awesome! I've got the 35xxsp but I'm eyeing up a more powerful device for PS2 era stuff. It's crazy that there's so much to explore even with games that are a decade older than I am. Right now my sp is mostly a metroid/castlevania machine, but I'm sure I'll branch out soon enough
And now we're starting to see UI interfaces like Issu that make these devices feel like real game consoles.
at the same time I would love it if Sega released a master system classic similar to the NES classic
I love vintage video gaming but old components wear out and shit. I still have my N64 from 1997 but the power supply is giving out :(
edit: now I’m not 100% sure if i read your comment right lol. are you talking about the games themselves or the old hardware?
There's some good FPGA stuff they just released an N64 one
We are at least a decade in to faux returns on gaming performance for the majority of games.
I swear, nothing I have seen looks anywhere near as radically different as things did when comparing 1995 to 2005 with 2015 to 2025.
We peaked in 2012, mainly we have had efficiency improvements on hardware and a lot of fake generated fluff trying to justify these ridiculous machines to compensate for spaghetti code.
We'd be better off focusing on equity now, getting as many 8-16 core CPUs with capable iGPUs into as many hands as possible. Heck, the 4-6 cores are looking really solid too.
But industry is demanding the lemming run towards the "ai" lies, so tech and capital is being focused towards that incinerator.
Old Pokemon games are way better than the new ones. Generation 3-5 are great to replay.
why not both?
Porque no los DOS?
It's made by a company called TecToy, and it comes with 132 games on its memory.
It's been out of inventory for a while now.
They also make an Atari variant like that
Does it have a slot for cartridges too?
No. It’s the blue one in the picture
Does it have any original Master System logic, or is it just an ARM chip running an emulator?
It uses a System-on-a-chip made by AtGames similar to what many Famiclones use. They stopped using the original hardware around 2007. They’ve stopped adding cartridge slots around that time as well.
Is this the same place where you can still get a new '80s VW car?
Actually the last ones were produced in 1996. It was a small goodbye batch. The regular production stopped in 1986.
The Type 2 a.k.a. Kombi was made and sold until 2014. Although the exterior looked mostly the same, the engine design changed completely several times since the 1930s version.
Not anymore. Brazil ended production of the old Beetle in 1996 which was almost 20 years later than when it stopped being sold in the US (1997.) It was still made in Mexico until 2003 when a new law requiring taxis to have four doors made them not feasible.
The Kombi was done until 2013 in Brazil
heads up: you accidentally typed 1997 instead of 1979
I was confused in what way 1996 was 20 years later than 1997
It was 1977!
Oh, I see the way your original comment was meant to be interpreted now. Very weird way to phrase it though
That may be Cuba
In a similar and kind of funny vein, there's a car in Mexico called the Nissan Tsuru which is just an early 90s base model Sentra they kept making until like 2018
The VW Santana was made until 2006 there
I knew people that had the Genesis, and I remember it had some games that were better versions than the SNES counterparts, like Aladdin and Mortal Kombat.
I never knew anyone who had a Master System. It was all NES during that time where I lived. I didn't even know the Master System existed until years later when I played emulated versions of some of the games.
It was popular in Europe & Brazil but not Japan or North America.
It seemed to have weird pockets of success in parts of the US, certain regional electronics stores who didn't want to bow to Nintendo's monopolistic rules would push them with some minor success.
Yeah, I think in the UK both the Master System and Mega Drive only got discontinued at the same time as the Dreamcast. Meaning they outlasted the Saturn.
Yep, I'd never even heard of master system as a kid. Nintendo, SNES, Genesis, then PlayStation, that's what 99% of kids had (if you had anything).
Master System was my very first console in 1993 (I know the Mega Drive was already out by then but we didn't have much money and I was 6, so I didn't know any better lol). This thread has warmed my heart! It's nice to know it's still so beloved and popular, at least in Brazil.
Similar story for me. The SMS was my first console in 91 or 92. My friend has gotten a Genesis, so he gave me his Master. The best part was one of the KB Toys had all their SMS games on clearance by then, so we were able to snag a bunch of them.
Master System was popular in Australia because it had an incredible built in game, Alex Kidd in Miracle World.
Sega does what Nintendon't.
It's a shame that the article reeks of being written by AI, with no fewer than nine instances of one of AI's favorite patterns, "It's not just X—it's Y."
And those double dashes -- (em-dashes?) aplenty too. Yuck!
Sonic was the first game I played because my older cousin had it and never played it and I thought Sonic was cute. I never was good at it but loved playing it.
I have strong nostalgia from back in the Game Gear days, so the misses got me the Sonic collection for Switch. I friggin suck at it now. Kid me ran through it and now I have to play like it's Mario lol.
Sonic didn't debut until the Sega Genesis. The Master System is the system before that.
Edit: actually I'm wrong. Sonic debuted on the Genesis, but Sega also made a couple Sonic games for master system.
I hope we learned something about unnecessary corrections today
Sometimes, you don't gotta go fast
I learned nothing!
Half a dozen. But they're all also on Game Gear.
So are games still produced? Like re-releases or local devs?
People do still make new games for the machine, much like most other retro consoles. I believe Frontier Force was released this year, for example.
IIRC, most of them have built in games now
What’s the best master system game?
Phantasy Star, Golden Axe, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Alex Kidd are all phenomenal
Alex Kidd was built into ours, spent many a long afternoon trying to beat it
There is a 17min speed run out there that really showed me how stupid 8yr old me was that I could barely get to the second boss
The rock paper scissors bosses used to kill me
There’s a remaster available on the Nintendo Switch that allows you to play both the new and the original version, I love this game so much.
Phantasy Star. Always preferred that series over FF.
That dream sequence battle was the first wtf moment for me in gaming
Have you played the MegaDrive (Genesis) version of Sonic too? Is the the Master System version significantly different?
They are completely different games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQPvA0OvR24
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6RtXmMN9Og
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-59vNc4EWm0
Isn’t SMS Sonic based on the GameGear Sonic game?
It's the other way around the Master System version are the originals (they were released first on the home console), the Game Gear ones are ports
They are mostly the same (there may be some minor changes in some levels and music), but the main difference is Game Gear versions are worse because everything is zoomed in and you can't see most of the level
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CQ7G823nw8
Wow thanks for posting those. I never knew there was a difference. Very cool !
It’s mostly a recreation of the Genesis version but a lot slower and thus less fun imo.
Can’t forget Alter Beast
And R-Type
Altered Beast is fun.
But sonic wasn't on master system, I believe. I think it was released for the next generation one, called Sega Genesis, in Brazil at least.
There are multiple Sonic games on the Master System, they’re just entirely different to the Mega Drive versions. I would bet a small amount of money most of those were released in Brazil.
Wonder Boy III is the best through a modern lens. Phantasy Star was the best in its heyday.
A lot of people say Sonic, which to be clear is not just a clone of the Genesis game. I never played it so I can't say.
Fun fact: Phantasy Star 1 was translated in Portuguese and Wonder Boy had sprite swapped into popular Brazilian comic characters. Sega went pretty hard with the Master System in Brazil they even had product placement of in novelas (TV soaps)
Yeah this is probably the best overall, though I actually recommend the modern remake because of the gorgeous art style.
The built in maze
THE MAZE WITH THE SNAIL! Why does no one else remember this? I think maybe it wasn't on all the systems? I still have my master system but can't remember how to get it. I think there was some trick to it? Like you had to start it without a cartridge in or something?
Yeah had to start it without a cartridge and press up and both buttons when starting the console . Apparently like you said it wasn’t on all systems only the earlier ones . Since it was an Easter egg I spent waaayyy more time on that then my other games haha
Columns! The Sega game gear was essentially a portable master system, like the nomad was a portable genesis.
The Game Gear actually had an improved color palette, but the guts were otherwise the same. That allowed you to play Master System games on the GG with an adapter, but the other way around wasn't possible. (And the model 1 Genesis had the Master hardware in addition to the 16-bit stuff as well, so you could also play SMS games with an adapter.)
I didn’t know about the color palette!
Phantasy Star had 3d dungeons, a female protagonist, and a great score. way ahead of its time.
Phantasy Star got the 3D dungeons from Wizardry, and the creators also played Ultima which has 3D dungeons. The creators mentioned these two games as being an influence in interviews.
https://game.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/1150731.html
Translated with Google:
"Wizardley" lol. Also excuse it calling her "Mr Kodama" it's clearly Kodama-san which has been translated.
Asterix
Castle of Illusion
Lucky Dime Caper
Power Strike 1&2
Wonder Boy III
The Power Strike games are great Shoot Em Ups
double dragon
Phantasy Star. The fact that game was made on that system is remarkable.
There's a switch port that is relatively faithful with some QoL improvements like a map.
Zillion (think of metroid) Zillion 2 tri-formation( Run N Gun), Fantasy Zone (Side srolling shooter with very unique visuals) Astro Warrior( vertical shooter)
Gangster Town (Lightgun/Zapper game with classy visuals)
You said my exact list I came here to put, so take the upvote!
Sonic for me no doubt
Hang-on/safari hunt double cartridge. Safari hunt was super fun with all kinds of different rare jungle animals to blast.
I loved Penguin Land (top scrolling maze) and Shanghai, which was a mahjong game
Phantasy Star for sure. Best game experience of my life. R-type, Ghosts 'n Goblins, Psycho Fox and Ys were also my favorites.
Black Belt
Today? Phantasy Star 1 holds up. Golden Axe too.
The Sonic 1 port is.... odd.
The Shining Force games were such fun entry level tactical RPGs.
…are there any Shining Force games on the master system?
No. There were some Game Gear games, but nothing on the SMS.
Road Rash.
IIRC, the Sega Neptune actually got produced for the Brazilian Market whereas it was never officially available anywhere else. It’s a Sega Genesis with a built in 32x
The redone Neptune was an unofficial release last year by a Brazilian company.
https://www.levelup.com/en/news/793720/A-neverreleased-SEGA-console-will-hit-the-market-thanks-to-a-Brazilian-company/
I’m pretty sure that was delayed until 2026 wasn’t it?
Hmm interesting. So there was the neptune with a 32x but no cd drive.. and the cdx with a cd drive but no 32x :D
Is there a place that sells them online and exports them to other countries? I’d love to buy myself one so I can relive my childhood!
You can just buy it online, they exist outside of Brazil
Also, the Genesis (aka Mega Drive) also has been produced here for a LONG time in its third iteration until recently
Brazil always been a SEGA country. We have a lot of nostalgia for the Master System and the Mega Drive.
There was a tv show made by a famous brazilian host (called Gugu) that was made to advertise everything Sega back in the 90s.
Many Genesis games from after the Master System’s “normal” lifespan also got demakes for this market.
I had the 3D glasses and gun with mine. It was awesome.
hell yes Missile Defense 3D. not many video games creep me out but that one did
I’m still upset that my dad gave away my master system to his dipshit girlfriend's dipshit kids
I keep meaning to get another one. Someday
Penguin Land was my jam
Zillion
loved playing these games on my game gear
Super nintendo, sega genesis when i was dead broke i couldnt picture this"
It was all a dream..
Turbografx 16 enters the chat
I have been trying to get my hands on a TecToy Mega Drive for years.
I hope the ones they produce now have the pause button on the controller and not on top of the console. That was the worst shit having to get up and make your way to the console to pause the game without dying or whatever.
Widely produced and sold? What a massive exaggeration lmao
In 2325 the Sega Master System will still be produced in Brazil
The only video game I played to completion was Alex Kidd in Miracle World that came with this console.
It was my first console 😭I was four or five when my dad bought one! My first game was the sonic game, I loved it so much! Wanna get one someday to collect
Ninja Gaiden was so fucking annoying, no saves just die and start the game again!
There's a bunch of homebrew games being developed as well.. wonder if anyone is putting them on cartridges? I imagine there's some sort of cartridge with an SSD slot these days but I dunno
Yes to both. There’s new games being put on aftermarket cartridges, and SSD slot cartridges like the Everdrive.
Good stuff. I'm not huge into retro games but I've considered dipping my toes back into it. The only remaining console for me is the Sega Saturn.. would be cool to have something like the Everdrive for it. I'd have to get all the cables and a controller tho. A cheap mega drive or genesis are my second choices
The Saturn has had some breakthroughs recently and now has a device that works similarly to the Everdrive at a very reasonable price.
I used to have one back in the day, and emulate it now from time to time. An excellent library if you like arcade games or JRPG’s. Genuinely my favourite machine with the best controller.
And that's why we should stop supporting these, shitty items, and go retro. There's tons of games and consoles I'm sure most gamers haven't played. Why waste money on incomplete, overpriced games, hard drives, memberships subscriptions, cordless etc while you can just play an old console, heck even emulators? I really don't like how any tech is heading because of capitalism, and valuing that over actual people.
Damn, this is how i learn this is not common and we have a "unique ganing culture"
Do they output to HDMI?
Can you still ship to the US? I have no idea what happened to our family one :/
Im brazilian and never heard of any of that
Is the system still popular or is it more like a novelty like the rip off NES minis you can get at the mall
I want one, lol
Still have mine, still amazing. Gangster Town forever.
I still love the difficulty of Kid Chameleon. My siblings and me tried to beat that game all together.
If it was still mass produced here and offered here in the states it would also still be selling. A few of the retro consoles that have come out in the last few years have sold out. But I think there is such a thing as overdoing it and we get a good middle ground of retro releases. Enough to keep us going back for more.
Also making a SMS-on-a-chip plus all tge games is a lot of chips in a semi-moder wafer
my friend had that thing, there was a jet fighter or missile control game where you were trying to prevent a nuclear attack
How do I buy it for shipping to Canada?
I know retro has a lot nostalgia. But even as a child of the 80s the master system which I owned really lacks games with real depth.
I feel sorry for the poor kid in Brazil that's stuck on that generation of gaming. Like coming back to them day after day got suck a little
For me at least the PlayStation 1 was the generation that brought that extra bit of complexity that I could see even a kid nowdays being able to enjoy day after day.
I know revisiting them is cool for us older guy/girls (yes we've reached that point) but how many retro pies have taken hours to set up only to be played for 20 mins
"widely" is a strong word. It's more a niche
Dude. Alex Kidd. The two player Rambo game. Mafia shooting game. I loved this console so much.
Still have mine in a box somewhere
I'm hoping to see the day gta6 and the master system are contemporaneous gaming.
You would think they would still be making for it as well.
AAAND... this was my last console
Family in Brazil, can confirm this was huge back in the day, nobody had Nintendo only millionaires.
Sega does what Nintendon't
does it have the 🐌maze game?
I have Brazilian students who told me that a single new game in Brazil costs the equivalent of three months salary.
Nope, that’s false. The minimum salary here in Brazil is R$ 1500. A new game costs R$ 350-400