Did you say the built in sonic master system 2 was the more rare version john? as i purchased the sonic version of eBay with 6 other games for just £17 which i thought was an excellent deal, even more now if this version is the rarer version?
@nutbag258 The Sonic model is indeed quite rare, usually the European Master System came with Alex Kidd built-in and for £17 you did bag yourself a bargain.
You forgot to mention the hidden game in the master system. It was like a maze game or something. I think you had to start it without a game installed and press a button. Not sure. that was like 23 years ago.
I would've loved to have a master system, but i don't remember any stores selling them. I got my NES at sears for $80 and didn't know about the master system until the mid 90s.
@jacksaints1: The first model is better. I still have it and it still works My dad bought it for me back in 1987. The reason I kept it is because it has sentimental values.
What does it mean when they say Nintendo had control of 96% of the market?? I know the easy answer is it means nes could make more games than the competition but WHY were they able to??
@HolyNoob98: I'm 32 years old, my dad bought the Sega Master System when I was like about 7 or 8 years old. Action Fighter and Space Harrier are my 2 favorite Sega Master System video games.
Did the Sega Master System II also exclude the advanced sound engine chip that the original Mark III had or was it a direct successor to the Master System released in the states? Cool video, by the way... it's the first time I've ever seen that follow up version of the console.
@keith81081 i had one master system when i was a kid, i used to think snail maze was this big secret. god i miss those days as a trouble free kid sat in my room with my master system
An RF switch from many other game consoles will work (Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, NES, Genesis, Turbografx, SNES, N64, etc. will all work!)
Ugh, that pause button. Seeing that brought back some annoying childhood memories of accidentally hitting reset instead of pause when playing in a poorly lit room. What sadistic bastard thought that it would be a good idea to have pause and reset buttons right next to each other?
Other than that, I loved the master system though. What really stood out for me as a kid was how much more colorful the graphics were over the NES.
Hudson- 1983- MSX Bomberman, on Bee Card, came out in 1983.
Sega- 1984- Sega first released MyCard games in 1984 on the SG-1000 (the Mark II had a MyCard add-on)
FYI, Hudson is the company behind the Turbografx-16. NEC produced the system.
And yes, Sega was releasing add-ons for their consoles before the Master System even hit North American or European shores!!! The Sega CD, off the top of my head, was Sega's FOURTH console add-on in their history.
@Firebomber7 Oh I know about the add-ons. The Master System had a laser gun and 3D glasses long before Sega CD or the 32X for the Genesis. Technically though the Magnavox Odyssey had cards first back in 1972. They were numbered and basically were the same game with some slight alterations.
@CYLLICYBIN: I had the SMS1 back in the day and the version I got, which obviously was prior to yours, didn't have the games Hang on/Safari Hunt built in, but were rather included as a cartridge in the system bundle.
Nice review. Is this system worth getting. I found one at a local store for about 40 dollars. What if I have a Atari 7800 already. Also have all the other sega systems except for this and the GameGear.
Man Phantasy Star was so freaking epic back in the day. I got in on the Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection and it was just as good, if not better, as RPG's today. Man... good old times...
The Disney games on the Master System were fantastic. Really worth your time if you ever find them. I got a MS version II a few years back along with some games and let me tell you, it is worth to own it.
this was the first videogame console i have ever played and it would be really awesome to get my hands on one of these someday to pay homage to my "baptism" for video games. i assume they are quite rare though
Lack of 3rd party support is the only thing that killed the Master System. It was far superior to the NES in pretty much every single aspect, but unfortunately it didn't have the 3rd party support, thus the library of games, to really be competitive.
to get that maze game, if i remember correctly when u switch the system on and the sega logo comes up, hold up on the directional pad plus both buttons at the same time and the maze should start........
I loved this system, it had more processing power than the NES but it did not have the games, its too bad because this console could have gave us so much more than it ended up giving, if you took all the classic NES games and programmed them the right way on the MASTER SYSTEM those games would have looked better and some may have played better but i did not like the controllers at all, but sega came back with THE GENESIS and redeemed themselves,
i just love the shape,colour and the little diagram on the sms..it looks so 80's futuristic...my friend used to lend me his with psycho fox and outrun and i thought it was great..recently found a master system 2 and loads of games left outside a house that was being renovated and the guy painting outside said it was cool to take em.it got a budget re-design to help keep sales going alongside the megadrive i think. I really want a sms 1 though even if just to have on display.
did you actually play the sms 1? one thing you failed to mention was the sms 1 had hang on and safari hunt built into them which you could play depending on which button you pressed on the sega logo screen. but there was also a maze game built in. you had to know the button combination to play it. i always forgot what to hold. so 3 games built in? you dont get that kind of service nowdays.
I've always felt that the Sega Master System was little more than a slightly upgraded Colecovision. That's not to knock it in any way -- this was much of the same basic hardware that powered many arcade machines back in the day.
oh man! I had the sega master system 2 when I was a kid with built in sonic the hedgehog! Then my mum sold it without telling me a few years ago! Oh man i was pissed haha.... How much can you sell them for these days?
I bought sega 1 system just to have something different. Everyone I knew had a Nintendo and we mostly played sports games. The master system had a really good baseball but the Walter Payton football was a huge disappointment. There were a few other games I liked but by the time I bought it they didn't make many more games for it and it went into the dust binds of history for me.
I never owned one of these, but my friend owned the original version and we use to stay up all night playing Zillion! SMS was a great system and very under rated!
@ittelgimaf Same here. I used to play Wonder Boy in Monster Land at my buddy's for hours. I never had a Sega system myself other than a used Dreamcast.
Great video.I still have the model 1 SMS and i usually play with this more than the PS2 and the Dreamcast.One thing that you forgot is that when it first came out,it had a built in game that was actually a maze game.Man what did you remind me.When i brought it from Canada to Greece in 1988,no one ever heard about it untill it came in 1990 and a year later came the Mega Drive.
Dude I never played a real master system in those days myself and friends had NES. I agree the games on the master system were cooler than Nintendo but when NES had a Saturday morning cartoon and breakfast cereal that tasted like crap sega didn't stand a chance. Glad to be a kid of that generation enjoyed the video thanks bro!
I love the master system controller.. ....it was not "unresponsive" at all in my opinion...the fatal flaw WAS the lack of the pause button on the controller it's self however.
@MMZen No biggie... well, that's the problem with the 1st model - the pause and reset buttons are exactly the same size, shape and colour! I drew a diagram/pictogram on a sticky label, numbered it to help me remember which button was which and then stuck it onto the console :) Hope that helps.
in Brazil, Master system I and II are basically the same, even the design, the one you showed in this video as Master System 2, in Brazil it is actually the Master System 3... Weird. hahaha
Thanks for the enjoyable video(s). I only had a Master System briefly man years ago, and have never really thought of getting one till now for my collection.
@pat20105 I agree, it just sounds like his heart's not really in it. It's pretty thorough review as far as technical specs and historical notes are concerned, but just kinda like well i'll pump this out before going to bed, get it done with.
Can you speak a bit louder next time? I can hardly hear you and the lack of excitement in your voice makes this video seem very boring, even though I searched for Sega Master System to hear all about it, you are making me regret it.
shoulda talked about the power base converter for the Genesis as well. :)The power base converter could do the 3D glasses as well if I'm not mistaken.
The SMS processor is actually the processor in the earlier model 1 Genesis/Mega Drive consoles, it's how the power base converter worked, it rerouted the game to run off the sound chip. Smart thinking.
Did you mean the SMS with Sonic built in was a little harder to find?
I have this one boxed with instructions, and in pretty excelltent condition i put it on ebay a while back but it didnt get any attention really, except some weird people wanting serial numbers and asking about buying the box and instructions.
Nice review! My fav system! I got this in '86 (I was 12) and loved it until I replaced it with a bass guitar in '90. As for it being rare: I was one out of 2 kids who owned this in middle school out of a class of over 500 with almost each of them owning an NES. As for the controllers, I never had any issues except for playing Space Harrier. I used an Atari 2600 joystick instead and it worked! Thanks!
is till got mine, and all the games, it works like a charge unlike my NES that is till ahve. I love that it also had altered beast and jungle hunt on MAster System 1
@Megaprimetron i bought a sega genesis model 1 from goodwill as well. for $10 it came with a controller and no cords but luckily i had them. it was in a storage building for years and was covered in dirt..i cleaned it up and it works! try cleaning the games with windex or rubbing alcohol..thats how i got mine to work!
@DURAMATRIX112 well I found out that the power adapter that I tried it with (the three in one NES, SNES and Genesis M1) dosn't work with genesises or Genesi's or whatever the plural is. I returned the boxed genesis to goodwill and got an unboxed HD model one with boxed copies with manuals of sonic 1and2 for$45. I regret returning it. If it has been awhile since I replied to your reply it is because I hardly check my email. I got a new, non transformer channel. It is called Davisguy64
I love SMS... I still have more fun with these games then any PS or Xbox games.
Games back then had more adventure, some SMS games are still hard as hell to finish but you can't help to keep going back for more... Games had more style then, it was not about big graphics, blood and gore, or about sex.... SMS are games that everyone can enjoy... One game super, super hard is Shinobi it's a game that has you on edge until then end... SMS still the best :-D
my god mother got me this for my birthday instead of a nintendo... I remember thinking i had to buy my first game . I found out safari hunt and hang on was built in from some one from my elementary school at the time . lol .... I agree very under rated....
I love my SMS, I have had it since I was a kid, and I actually own a working phaser gun and 3-D goggles. They give you quite a headache after wearing them for a while and are a pain to keep on your nose, but it's nice at the fact that the game can be played in both 2-D & 3-D. Also, whoever mentioned it, Safari Hunt wasn't the only game that used the gun, I have the system at my parents atm so I can't look, but I did have a different game that used the gun.
I just got a Sega Master System 1 at the Salvation Army after years of looking for one. I got it along with a Genesis Model 1 and an 8 track case filled with 35 Atari 2600 games for 25 dollars. It was one of my better finds in quite some time, and I absolutely love my Master System.
That original Master System also has a built-in game - "Snail Maze" (not sure of the title).
It can accessed by pressing the d-pad in various directions while simultaneously pressing button I and then button II during the boot-up "SEGA Logo" screen when no cartridges were inserted.
Other than the poor placement of the pause button, I found the Master System to be superior to the Famicom/NES in every way possible.
model 1 was built in with hang on a 'motorcycle game' and safari hunt witch was a light phaser gun game it was way better then duck hunt for nes there was even a built in extra easter egg game that you had to hold left and B @ the sega logo it was a maze game
The SMS had a peculiar period of popularity here in the UK. Generally, our interest in consoles only took off at the time of the 16-bits. Before that, us UK 80's kids were more into computer systems such as the C64, mainly due to the very low cost of software.
The SMS1 was advertised heavily but, despite it's cool image, sales never really took off. But the launch of the MegaDrive created a brief but huge surge in uptake of the SMS2. It was seen as an affordable way to enter into the Sega arena.
@jamak42 As far as I know, the Snail Maze game was an easter egg game built in to all SMS versions. You hold down the two controller buttons and press UP, as I recall.
so is the sms and smsII like different in any ways apart from its looks and features. I mean has the smsII got more enhanced graphics and hardware, or is it like the ps1 and ps1 slim? the same console but just different casing?
I had my master system in the lat 80s / early 90s, that was the time for the MS. Never had a NES. After SMS I got Mega Drive, then Super Nintendo. 8bit/16bit rules!
I got a SMS 2 for free but it came with no cords or games but since theres a built in game ill just try a bunch or RF and AC adapters from other consoles since my turbo grafix 16 is using a Nintendo RF and a Sega Genesis AC adapter so somethings bound to work. Ive always wanted a SMS i would of preferred a model 1 but a model 2 is just fine.
I got my SMS for 2$ at a thrift store, also 14 games at .50$ each including Phantasy Star : ) It did not include any controllers so i tested it out with the genesis controller. Many games worked perfectly but a few did not. Wonder Boy in Monster Land is one example that needs the SMS controller, the buttons would work but you cant move with the genesis's D-Pad. I can't believe people waste so much money on ebay or playntrade when they can find gems like this at a thrift store for 90% less money
sweet review tehre buddy, nice to see some love for the master system, just one thing, and dont get it wrong, but I cant hear shit, you speak like too low, it's kinda quiet, but still, it's nice to see someone puts some research on it's reviews, so, good work, kudos for that =P
I really want one of these, but the system is always between $50-$70 and I can never afford one. I got a saturn for $35 back in 07, and now the place I got it from wants $70 for them, this is rediculous, Sega systems cost way too much now.
I had both Master Systems (3 is sold in South America I think only) - this is the first time I see that small card size game though... I always wondered what they looked like since I had only regular cartridges for it. Also, I had a light gun for it and Gangster Town for it!
just like to make a couple commnets and a question or 3 my sms actually came with 2 built in games hang on and some shooting game safari hunt i beleive? anyways is this a normal thing? and also ive noticed sms2 is a rare find in the us (at least on ebay) could i buy one from another country or would i run in to issues using ntsc japan or pal?
@92greenz34 I don't know how rare is that version with those 2 games but yeah I've heard about that one, If you buy your SMS2 from Europe, Brazil, Australia and almos any other country except Mexico Yeah, you're going to have problems, first you will have to get an AC Adaptor which matches US MAINS of 110~125 then you will have to get a converter for the video since European And Brazilian models are PAL.
I just bought a sega master system 2 with the in built sonic game for £2.00 GBP..It has the original boxing and packaging and is in very good condition.Did i get a bargain?.
The model 1 had different games built into it too. Mine has Hang On, and a snail maze game. There was a light gun package where the console had both Hang On and Duck Hunt built in.
One neat feature of the model 1 is that it will play PAL games as well as NTSC. It also has no regional lock-out, so you can play all of those games that came out in Europe and Brazil. It has trouble with some of the PAL 3-D games though.
@ShypkusPIes Yup I have one at home. It's a big Cartridge slot that fits into the Game Gear. Although when you insert the Cartridge slot plus the master system game it makes the Game Gear twice as heavy!
Damn ! The SMS was already sold (u huh) Anyway, it wasn't even boxed, and very dusty (why the hell would you put photo's of that on a site anyway?)
I will look further for more consoles, today I got my Megadrive (boxed and in great shape), it even got some games. I'm planning to get a big collection.
hello, my master system 1 is diferent, have only a big master system name without the sega, and my master system 3 is just like your master system 2... lol, thats funny
Thanks for showing. I want to get a replacement SMS cuzza the bad av port on the back of mine and the model 2 intrigued me but now I think I'll skip it. That's an insult that it won't play my card games or use 3d glassed
i bought one of these at a yard sale for 20 dollars with the 3d glasses, light gun, and 7 games in their boxes, i was so stupid because i sold it back for 20 dollars and bought a genisis with 30 games in their boxes, now im thinking of getting a power base converter.
Retailed $200.00 in the U.S. in 1986
Bought on Craigslist for $5.00 in 2012
God I Love Sega!
ESPLTDBASSIST 4 days ago
I have looked for Mortal Kombat for a while all I can find is the PAL version, did they make a NTSC version? or will PAL work in a NTSC console?
RetroGam3Nerd 6 days ago
@RetroGam3Nerd well PAL has a different frames per second speed than NSTC so no, it wont work
4TCRONAN 4 days ago
Did you say the built in sonic master system 2 was the more rare version john? as i purchased the sonic version of eBay with 6 other games for just £17 which i thought was an excellent deal, even more now if this version is the rarer version?
nutbag258 3 weeks ago
@nutbag258 The Sonic model is indeed quite rare, usually the European Master System came with Alex Kidd built-in and for £17 you did bag yourself a bargain.
andrewrunagall 1 week ago
You forgot to mention the hidden game in the master system. It was like a maze game or something. I think you had to start it without a game installed and press a button. Not sure. that was like 23 years ago.
MrRico3423 3 weeks ago
I would've loved to have a master system, but i don't remember any stores selling them. I got my NES at sears for $80 and didn't know about the master system until the mid 90s.
gcastro44 3 weeks ago
I still have the Sega Master System.
r25rjr 1 month ago
What do u like better model 1 or 2?
jacksaints1 1 month ago
@jacksaints1: The first model is better. I still have it and it still works My dad bought it for me back in 1987. The reason I kept it is because it has sentimental values.
r25rjr 1 month ago
What does it mean when they say Nintendo had control of 96% of the market?? I know the easy answer is it means nes could make more games than the competition but WHY were they able to??
dogeymon83 1 month ago
i love my master system and im 13
HolyNoob98 2 months ago
@HolyNoob98: I'm 32 years old, my dad bought the Sega Master System when I was like about 7 or 8 years old. Action Fighter and Space Harrier are my 2 favorite Sega Master System video games.
r25rjr 1 month ago
Yo la tube, tenia juegos 3D.. buenisima!!
Catrafracta 2 months ago
Too bad that sega master system III was only in japan
BLASR24 2 months ago
Did the Sega Master System II also exclude the advanced sound engine chip that the original Mark III had or was it a direct successor to the Master System released in the states? Cool video, by the way... it's the first time I've ever seen that follow up version of the console.
gnoyze 2 months ago
i went from nintendo to sega to playstation.lol
idontsignin 2 months ago
i pick on up four $1 but it did not come with the ac or av but the sega master takes the sega mod1 ac,av hook ups an it works
snookangler87 2 months ago
@keith81081 i had one master system when i was a kid, i used to think snail maze was this big secret. god i miss those days as a trouble free kid sat in my room with my master system
ludlowish 3 months ago
the us sms2 looks different to the eu model
spexbeanfarmer 3 months ago
my first sega master system still works,played today sonic 1
blu1215 3 months ago
i bought one for 6 bucks back in 99....what a degen system the pause buttons on the machine
Gatorade117 4 months ago
Hello , i dont have an RF SWITCH for my sms 2 so if i buy an NES RF SWITCH is this work for my sms or not ? Please answer .
anassgame 4 months ago
@anassgame Yes it works I have used a Nes RF switch on a SMS 2.
PROD932610 4 months ago
@anassgame
An RF switch from many other game consoles will work (Atari 2600, Colecovision, Intellivision, NES, Genesis, Turbografx, SNES, N64, etc. will all work!)
Firebomber7 3 months ago
ok but i dont know how to Replace that RF in SMS 2 ?
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ConsoleBreakdown 4 months ago
Ugh, that pause button. Seeing that brought back some annoying childhood memories of accidentally hitting reset instead of pause when playing in a poorly lit room. What sadistic bastard thought that it would be a good idea to have pause and reset buttons right next to each other?
Other than that, I loved the master system though. What really stood out for me as a kid was how much more colorful the graphics were over the NES.
rerolledDK 4 months ago
Actually TurboGrafx ripped off Sega. The card games came out years before the Turbo system.
TwistedSpeech 5 months ago
@TwistedSpeech
Other way around. Hudson (that designed the Turbo) was first with their Bee Cards on the MSX was years before the Sega Cards.
Firebomber7 4 months ago
@Firebomber7 What year?
TwistedSpeech 4 months ago
@TwistedSpeech
Hudson- 1983- MSX Bomberman, on Bee Card, came out in 1983.
Sega- 1984- Sega first released MyCard games in 1984 on the SG-1000 (the Mark II had a MyCard add-on)
FYI, Hudson is the company behind the Turbografx-16. NEC produced the system.
And yes, Sega was releasing add-ons for their consoles before the Master System even hit North American or European shores!!! The Sega CD, off the top of my head, was Sega's FOURTH console add-on in their history.
Firebomber7 3 months ago
@Firebomber7 Oh I know about the add-ons. The Master System had a laser gun and 3D glasses long before Sega CD or the 32X for the Genesis. Technically though the Magnavox Odyssey had cards first back in 1972. They were numbered and basically were the same game with some slight alterations.
TwistedSpeech 3 months ago
Mini tripod for any digital camera, 10 bucks. Not having to set the entire weight of a Master System onto your vintage cart, priceless.
But seriously, keep up the reviews, informative and fun.
ohgrfreak 5 months ago
@CYLLICYBIN: I had the SMS1 back in the day and the version I got, which obviously was prior to yours, didn't have the games Hang on/Safari Hunt built in, but were rather included as a cartridge in the system bundle.
pattoo1975 5 months ago
anybody watched the regular show where the dudes played with master system? :D
davidofchinkov41 5 months ago
@davidofchinkov41 Watched it and I saw it.
cutemimi25 4 months ago
Nice review. Is this system worth getting. I found one at a local store for about 40 dollars. What if I have a Atari 7800 already. Also have all the other sega systems except for this and the GameGear.
ATARI800XLfan 5 months ago
Man Phantasy Star was so freaking epic back in the day. I got in on the Sonic Ultimate Genesis Collection and it was just as good, if not better, as RPG's today. Man... good old times...
viraticwars 6 months ago
The Disney games on the Master System were fantastic. Really worth your time if you ever find them. I got a MS version II a few years back along with some games and let me tell you, it is worth to own it.
andoc 6 months ago
this was the first videogame console i have ever played and it would be really awesome to get my hands on one of these someday to pay homage to my "baptism" for video games. i assume they are quite rare though
dyremose 6 months ago
You seem to be speaking like there's someone sleeping and you don't want to wake them.
FobbiesAreOwnage 6 months ago
Lack of 3rd party support is the only thing that killed the Master System. It was far superior to the NES in pretty much every single aspect, but unfortunately it didn't have the 3rd party support, thus the library of games, to really be competitive.
FightFireWithFire82 6 months ago
looks like the system from regular show
RandyRocksfull1 7 months ago
@RandyRocksfull1 It is. I noticed that the first time I watched the show. I was really pleased!
BowserKoopaFTW 6 months ago
*puts game*
system:di-di-di-di-di-di-dig champs
danielurb01 7 months ago
to get that maze game, if i remember correctly when u switch the system on and the sega logo comes up, hold up on the directional pad plus both buttons at the same time and the maze should start........
cooll979 7 months ago
watching this again for the thousandth time lol It seems Sega kinda took the hu card route lol
MrTechnoSqueek 8 months ago
I loved this system, it had more processing power than the NES but it did not have the games, its too bad because this console could have gave us so much more than it ended up giving, if you took all the classic NES games and programmed them the right way on the MASTER SYSTEM those games would have looked better and some may have played better but i did not like the controllers at all, but sega came back with THE GENESIS and redeemed themselves,
andyseaview 8 months ago
i just love the shape,colour and the little diagram on the sms..it looks so 80's futuristic...my friend used to lend me his with psycho fox and outrun and i thought it was great..recently found a master system 2 and loads of games left outside a house that was being renovated and the guy painting outside said it was cool to take em.it got a budget re-design to help keep sales going alongside the megadrive i think. I really want a sms 1 though even if just to have on display.
dannyofthededd 8 months ago
"Now the downfall about the controls, is I don't like the controls." LOL
tragicallyhip29 8 months ago 24
did you actually play the sms 1? one thing you failed to mention was the sms 1 had hang on and safari hunt built into them which you could play depending on which button you pressed on the sega logo screen. but there was also a maze game built in. you had to know the button combination to play it. i always forgot what to hold. so 3 games built in? you dont get that kind of service nowdays.
cyllocybin 8 months ago
You should remade the video in higher resolution. The kids deserve to know that Master System stood for. Keep it up!
ClaimhSolais 8 months ago 11
Well, at least it became a collector's item.
Always love retro stuff.
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titanicpiano14 9 months ago
I've always felt that the Sega Master System was little more than a slightly upgraded Colecovision. That's not to knock it in any way -- this was much of the same basic hardware that powered many arcade machines back in the day.
OneEyedJack1970 9 months ago
I like the master system but WHAT WERE THEY THINKING PUTTING THE PAUSE BUTTON ON THE SYSTEM!?
SEGARAMBO 9 months ago
oh man! I had the sega master system 2 when I was a kid with built in sonic the hedgehog! Then my mum sold it without telling me a few years ago! Oh man i was pissed haha.... How much can you sell them for these days?
NZGuitarGuy 9 months ago
I bought sega 1 system just to have something different. Everyone I knew had a Nintendo and we mostly played sports games. The master system had a really good baseball but the Walter Payton football was a huge disappointment. There were a few other games I liked but by the time I bought it they didn't make many more games for it and it went into the dust binds of history for me.
funkeytoad08 10 months ago
I never owned one of these, but my friend owned the original version and we use to stay up all night playing Zillion! SMS was a great system and very under rated!
ittelgimaf 10 months ago
@ittelgimaf i had one, i couldnt wait to get my speccy back!
rainxxxx 10 months ago
@ittelgimaf Same here. I used to play Wonder Boy in Monster Land at my buddy's for hours. I never had a Sega system myself other than a used Dreamcast.
phobos2k2 9 months ago
@phobos2k2 i borrowed dragons trap from my cousin and he never saw it again lol
cyllocybin 8 months ago
Great video.I still have the model 1 SMS and i usually play with this more than the PS2 and the Dreamcast.One thing that you forgot is that when it first came out,it had a built in game that was actually a maze game.Man what did you remind me.When i brought it from Canada to Greece in 1988,no one ever heard about it untill it came in 1990 and a year later came the Mega Drive.
psistis80 10 months ago
Dude I never played a real master system in those days myself and friends had NES. I agree the games on the master system were cooler than Nintendo but when NES had a Saturday morning cartoon and breakfast cereal that tasted like crap sega didn't stand a chance. Glad to be a kid of that generation enjoyed the video thanks bro!
thaddeusmcgrath 10 months ago
didnt sell that much mainly cause of the price compared to a brand new NES for 80 bux with 2 controllers a zapper a rob robot and mario/duck hunt
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coolhandremy 10 months ago
@coolhandremy fag
davidgsr2k 10 months ago
I love the master system controller.. ....it was not "unresponsive" at all in my opinion...the fatal flaw WAS the lack of the pause button on the controller it's self however.
MMZen 10 months ago
@MMZen No biggie... well, that's the problem with the 1st model - the pause and reset buttons are exactly the same size, shape and colour! I drew a diagram/pictogram on a sticky label, numbered it to help me remember which button was which and then stuck it onto the console :) Hope that helps.
SPeacock 9 months ago
in Brazil, Master system I and II are basically the same, even the design, the one you showed in this video as Master System 2, in Brazil it is actually the Master System 3... Weird. hahaha
neverminddy 10 months ago
Holy ffffuuuuuuuuuu shit! A sega master system. I respectfully bow to you...
maugustyniak 10 months ago
Are you holding a flathead screwdriver at 0:49 - 0:51
classicgamer352 11 months ago
Thanks for the enjoyable video(s). I only had a Master System briefly man years ago, and have never really thought of getting one till now for my collection.
guv859 11 months ago
Master 1 much better.
schieese 11 months ago
Europe is full with the Master System and the US is full with the NES ...
that's not cool ... I want many games for both systems ...^^ (without paying 10 euros each ...)
GermanGameRoom 11 months ago
This I explains a lot because I live in the U.S and don't recall EVER seeing a Sega Master System Commercial.
PopcornCoolie 11 months ago
I recently reviewed the model 2. I'd kill for a model 1 though ¬_¬
Whyupgrade 11 months ago
You sound like you had a bad day
pat20105 1 year ago
@pat20105 I agree, it just sounds like his heart's not really in it. It's pretty thorough review as far as technical specs and historical notes are concerned, but just kinda like well i'll pump this out before going to bed, get it done with.
tqsuited 11 months ago
Can you speak a bit louder next time? I can hardly hear you and the lack of excitement in your voice makes this video seem very boring, even though I searched for Sega Master System to hear all about it, you are making me regret it.
omenroc1 1 year ago
shoulda talked about the power base converter for the Genesis as well. :)The power base converter could do the 3D glasses as well if I'm not mistaken.
wingnut4427 1 year ago
The SMS processor is actually the processor in the earlier model 1 Genesis/Mega Drive consoles, it's how the power base converter worked, it rerouted the game to run off the sound chip. Smart thinking.
Snotnarok 1 year ago
Did you mean the SMS with Sonic built in was a little harder to find?
I have this one boxed with instructions, and in pretty excelltent condition i put it on ebay a while back but it didnt get any attention really, except some weird people wanting serial numbers and asking about buying the box and instructions.
clitmint 1 year ago
Let's play some happy, little games... Way to go, Bob!... I mean Gamster81.
WebVMan 1 year ago
Nice review! My fav system! I got this in '86 (I was 12) and loved it until I replaced it with a bass guitar in '90. As for it being rare: I was one out of 2 kids who owned this in middle school out of a class of over 500 with almost each of them owning an NES. As for the controllers, I never had any issues except for playing Space Harrier. I used an Atari 2600 joystick instead and it worked! Thanks!
yournotjohn 1 year ago
@KEWLSTEWIEGUY Master system model I is taller And the master system model II Is smaller.
TheMeleeMaster21 1 year ago
are you herb mellnick from two and a half men?
Supertomiman 1 year ago
Definitely Model 1 is the way to go I think, for the added features sure but Model 2 looks like a cheap knockoff.
illustriouschin 1 year ago
sonic wasnt for the regular sega, sonic came out with the sega genesis
JOKAWILD26 1 year ago
@JOKAWILD26 Right, but they went back and made Sonic for the Master System also.
tylerwarren 1 year ago
is till got mine, and all the games, it works like a charge unlike my NES that is till ahve. I love that it also had altered beast and jungle hunt on MAster System 1
FortFunFilmer 1 year ago
beef and cheese baby, beef and cheese
blizzardballz 1 year ago
Fuck I miss mine
Roninfalls 1 year ago
I love the MasterSystem. You're right John, it's totally underrated. I always thought it looked like a really high-tech Atari system : )
DeviousTelevision 1 year ago
....i want one...
fearzbeazt555 1 year ago
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN! that thing is old! i remember having sega ms but just barely 8D sooo ooold but so cooool!
fearzbeazt555 1 year ago
@Megaprimetron i bought a sega genesis model 1 from goodwill as well. for $10 it came with a controller and no cords but luckily i had them. it was in a storage building for years and was covered in dirt..i cleaned it up and it works! try cleaning the games with windex or rubbing alcohol..thats how i got mine to work!
let me know if it works! :)
DURAMATRIX112 1 year ago
@DURAMATRIX112 well I found out that the power adapter that I tried it with (the three in one NES, SNES and Genesis M1) dosn't work with genesises or Genesi's or whatever the plural is. I returned the boxed genesis to goodwill and got an unboxed HD model one with boxed copies with manuals of sonic 1and2 for$45. I regret returning it. If it has been awhile since I replied to your reply it is because I hardly check my email. I got a new, non transformer channel. It is called Davisguy64
DavisGuy64 1 year ago
@DavisGuy64 oh i see. i use that 3 in 1 adapter as well. wow my sonic 1 is just the box with game.
oh its alright for the late response :)
DURAMATRIX112 1 year ago
I love SMS... I still have more fun with these games then any PS or Xbox games.
Games back then had more adventure, some SMS games are still hard as hell to finish but you can't help to keep going back for more... Games had more style then, it was not about big graphics, blood and gore, or about sex.... SMS are games that everyone can enjoy... One game super, super hard is Shinobi it's a game that has you on edge until then end... SMS still the best :-D
TrainBuffProductions 1 year ago
my god mother got me this for my birthday instead of a nintendo... I remember thinking i had to buy my first game . I found out safari hunt and hang on was built in from some one from my elementary school at the time . lol .... I agree very under rated....
ozeehEnt 1 year ago
yap this master system did i think here ah what a miss good times a had beside this videogame it was so good oh gee :-(
Spokessman 1 year ago
I love my SMS, I have had it since I was a kid, and I actually own a working phaser gun and 3-D goggles. They give you quite a headache after wearing them for a while and are a pain to keep on your nose, but it's nice at the fact that the game can be played in both 2-D & 3-D. Also, whoever mentioned it, Safari Hunt wasn't the only game that used the gun, I have the system at my parents atm so I can't look, but I did have a different game that used the gun.
xxMerlyxx 1 year ago
@xxMerlyxx missle defense 3d and gangster town were phaser games also
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rafa10454 1 year ago
@xxMerlyxx Rambo 3 uses the gun, and it rules. Also Marksman/trap shooting, Rescue mission (or whatever it's called) and Gangster Town use the gun.
damienmetalwind 1 year ago
SMS was fun.
elsquibbs 1 year ago
i still have my SMS from when i was a kid.
its the model 2 with alex kidd built in
OhNoNotMyPenis 1 year ago
hey i just bought a boxed master system 1 with light gun, arcade stick, controller, and five games for £29.99 thats about $46.00 was it a good deal?
LL1K 1 year ago
I just got a Sega Master System 1 at the Salvation Army after years of looking for one. I got it along with a Genesis Model 1 and an 8 track case filled with 35 Atari 2600 games for 25 dollars. It was one of my better finds in quite some time, and I absolutely love my Master System.
suicidalparrot 1 year ago
I have a Master System III wich was only released in Brazil. I will announce on ebay. Its the same model as II but with sonic pre installed.
heberthybr 1 year ago
That original Master System also has a built-in game - "Snail Maze" (not sure of the title).
It can accessed by pressing the d-pad in various directions while simultaneously pressing button I and then button II during the boot-up "SEGA Logo" screen when no cartridges were inserted.
Other than the poor placement of the pause button, I found the Master System to be superior to the Famicom/NES in every way possible.
Resvrgam 1 year ago
model 1 was built in with hang on a 'motorcycle game' and safari hunt witch was a light phaser gun game it was way better then duck hunt for nes there was even a built in extra easter egg game that you had to hold left and B @ the sega logo it was a maze game
mydogprick 1 year ago
The SMS had a peculiar period of popularity here in the UK. Generally, our interest in consoles only took off at the time of the 16-bits. Before that, us UK 80's kids were more into computer systems such as the C64, mainly due to the very low cost of software.
The SMS1 was advertised heavily but, despite it's cool image, sales never really took off. But the launch of the MegaDrive created a brief but huge surge in uptake of the SMS2. It was seen as an affordable way to enter into the Sega arena.
97channel 1 year ago
@jamak42 As far as I know, the Snail Maze game was an easter egg game built in to all SMS versions. You hold down the two controller buttons and press UP, as I recall.
MarkTheMorose 1 year ago
Got a Master System II with Sonic 1 built-in. Came with a controller, and 4 more games all for £5. Good deal methinks.
Ultraboy94fsr 1 year ago
so is the sms and smsII like different in any ways apart from its looks and features. I mean has the smsII got more enhanced graphics and hardware, or is it like the ps1 and ps1 slim? the same console but just different casing?
Dubbed2Death 1 year ago
do u have the sega saturn
Mrnintendo64guy 1 year ago
I had my master system in the lat 80s / early 90s, that was the time for the MS. Never had a NES. After SMS I got Mega Drive, then Super Nintendo. 8bit/16bit rules!
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HenryFlores 1 year ago
I got a SMS 2 for free but it came with no cords or games but since theres a built in game ill just try a bunch or RF and AC adapters from other consoles since my turbo grafix 16 is using a Nintendo RF and a Sega Genesis AC adapter so somethings bound to work. Ive always wanted a SMS i would of preferred a model 1 but a model 2 is just fine.
powerlessatari 1 year ago
I need to get another SEGA Master System, the controller ports in mine are burned out and don't work at all.
Riddler95 1 year ago
I got my SMS for 2$ at a thrift store, also 14 games at .50$ each including Phantasy Star : ) It did not include any controllers so i tested it out with the genesis controller. Many games worked perfectly but a few did not. Wonder Boy in Monster Land is one example that needs the SMS controller, the buttons would work but you cant move with the genesis's D-Pad. I can't believe people waste so much money on ebay or playntrade when they can find gems like this at a thrift store for 90% less money
remagoediv 1 year ago
You got a great deal.
I go to thrift stores quite often but they hardly get any video game systems or video games in.
My local thrift store had a SNES in a few days ago.
Riddler95 1 year ago
Do you have the Sega-Gemini it was Atari clone and played all the games it was also called the coleco-gemini.
wretchedstare 1 year ago
I bought SMS 1 + 2 games + lightgun & controller for 10£ + 7£ shipping :)
TerporFIN 1 year ago
sweet review tehre buddy, nice to see some love for the master system, just one thing, and dont get it wrong, but I cant hear shit, you speak like too low, it's kinda quiet, but still, it's nice to see someone puts some research on it's reviews, so, good work, kudos for that =P
Minority119 1 year ago
I chose the SMS over NES. I loved it, but after a while I got jealous of my friends having NES. So I later bought an NES as well.
RetroVGamer 1 year ago
I really want one of these, but the system is always between $50-$70 and I can never afford one. I got a saturn for $35 back in 07, and now the place I got it from wants $70 for them, this is rediculous, Sega systems cost way too much now.
wiilover55 1 year ago
i never knew the commodore 64 av cable was the same as sms
measuringstick 1 year ago
i remember the maze game you can play when the system had no game in it
aStrayforMyTime 1 year ago
I've got the one with Sonic the Hedgehog built in to it lol. That was my first games console.
ALJ029 1 year ago
I had both Master Systems (3 is sold in South America I think only) - this is the first time I see that small card size game though... I always wondered what they looked like since I had only regular cartridges for it. Also, I had a light gun for it and Gangster Town for it!
Keyframe3D 1 year ago
there was a floppy disk expansion system that coonects to the bottom of the master system. google it sega master system floppy disk system
xboxgamerJ16 1 year ago
just like to make a couple commnets and a question or 3 my sms actually came with 2 built in games hang on and some shooting game safari hunt i beleive? anyways is this a normal thing? and also ive noticed sms2 is a rare find in the us (at least on ebay) could i buy one from another country or would i run in to issues using ntsc japan or pal?
92greenz34 1 year ago
@92greenz34 I don't know how rare is that version with those 2 games but yeah I've heard about that one, If you buy your SMS2 from Europe, Brazil, Australia and almos any other country except Mexico Yeah, you're going to have problems, first you will have to get an AC Adaptor which matches US MAINS of 110~125 then you will have to get a converter for the video since European And Brazilian models are PAL.
Ryoga2K 1 year ago
@Ryoga2K thanks a lot really appreciate it
92greenz34 1 year ago
An upgrade version of an regular Nintendo.
MrInfamous1984 1 year ago
I just bought a sega master system 2 with the in built sonic game for £2.00 GBP..It has the original boxing and packaging and is in very good condition.Did i get a bargain?.
Naomi0111 1 year ago 17
@Naomi0111 Yeah great deal.
Gamester81 1 year ago 8
@Gamester81 Damn $200 in 1986 was a hell of alotta money !
ADZ01982 1 year ago
@Naomi0111 They cost like, $60 online.
GizmoFan1 1 year ago
@Naomi0111 nah sounds pretty high bro
wogfun 1 year ago
@Naomi0111 NICE GLOATING! :D
haxor758 1 year ago
@Naomi0111 bargain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ajchopper 10 months ago
Does the Led turn on without a cartdridge?
gkyy3c 1 year ago
@gkyy3c if you're talking about the let on the SMS1 yes it turns on and actually plays a game that is in the internal memory of the system.
Ryoga2K 1 year ago
@HELLSEEKER33AD
No it really wasn't, the hardware was a lot better than the NES, but the games were terrible.
GrimReaper007 1 year ago
this wasn't a great system, the master system was crap
GrimReaper007 1 year ago
you should review the genesis add on that played master system games. If you already demoed it i apologize
hyrulesurfer1 1 year ago
I love how in this video you talk as if there is somebody asleep next to you :o)
RetroGamerVX 1 year ago 7
@RetroGamerVX Actually my wife was asleep in the other room next store. lol
Gamester81 1 year ago 4
@Gamester81 Aha, that would explain it, your very curtious towards her there :o)
RetroGamerVX 1 year ago
@Gamester81 I think I heard her @ 3:09
Ostnizdasht206 1 year ago
your voice is like, pure bass.
bsilver887 1 year ago
The model 1 had different games built into it too. Mine has Hang On, and a snail maze game. There was a light gun package where the console had both Hang On and Duck Hunt built in.
One neat feature of the model 1 is that it will play PAL games as well as NTSC. It also has no regional lock-out, so you can play all of those games that came out in Europe and Brazil. It has trouble with some of the PAL 3-D games though.
STAY AWESOME! :)
cessnaace 1 year ago
@xxbox6191 My model 1 has Hang On built into it, as well as a snail maze game (which is the one I think you are refrencing).
STAY AWESOME! :)
cessnaace 1 year ago
I still have my Sega Master System 2 ( with sonic not alex the kid ). My 1st ever console that my parents got me.
trivious 1 year ago
@ShypkusPIes Yup I have one at home. It's a big Cartridge slot that fits into the Game Gear. Although when you insert the Cartridge slot plus the master system game it makes the Game Gear twice as heavy!
amplebits 2 years ago
did u have a cold recording this.
had to blast my volume to here you.
Sorry My bad for being a dick
hate mumbling though
Gibson299 2 years ago
You sound like Bob Ross dude!
(and that's a positve thing)
I'm bidding on an e-bay like site in Holland, it's up to 17,50 (SMS 2), thats like 25 dollars i guess, do you think that price is fair?
Regards
Nachovidal3600 2 years ago
LOL Bob Ross huh? Anyways $25 is a good price for a SMS for sure. Good luck winning it.
Gamester81 2 years ago
Damn ! The SMS was already sold (u huh) Anyway, it wasn't even boxed, and very dusty (why the hell would you put photo's of that on a site anyway?)
I will look further for more consoles, today I got my Megadrive (boxed and in great shape), it even got some games. I'm planning to get a big collection.
Nachovidal3600 2 years ago
@Gamester81 just to make sure, can't you play sms games on the sms2 and viceversa?
wylecoyote65 1 year ago
have the exact same master system
dan1986ist 2 years ago
hello, my master system 1 is diferent, have only a big master system name without the sega, and my master system 3 is just like your master system 2... lol, thats funny
duvisa 2 years ago
yes, here in Brazil was a sucess!! the company who sale master system here is Tec Toy
duvisa 2 years ago
Thanks for showing. I want to get a replacement SMS cuzza the bad av port on the back of mine and the model 2 intrigued me but now I think I'll skip it. That's an insult that it won't play my card games or use 3d glassed
dogeymon83 2 years ago
i bought one of these at a yard sale for 20 dollars with the 3d glasses, light gun, and 7 games in their boxes, i was so stupid because i sold it back for 20 dollars and bought a genisis with 30 games in their boxes, now im thinking of getting a power base converter.
kingryan30 2 years ago
Nice video!
I got a litle question: Do you know what power supply the master system 2 uses?You see, I just bought it without the AC adapter.
Eggevin 2 years ago
I have 1 MasterSystem and 2 of the Second model :)
Such awesome systems , but didn't have many big companies making games for them , but that's where homebrew comes in :D
robotwo 2 years ago