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The Sega master system appreciation thread of SegaScope 3D!
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To celebrate the new year, I've accidentally made a bunch of new work for myself... by setting up a Sonic blog.
Sonic The Hedgeblog
I own a ton of Sonic stuff and have posted a lot of Sonic artwork across my other blogs (Video Games Art Archive & Old Game Mags) so this'll be a place to post that stuff, as well as other funny bits and pieces I'll find in my collection, old Secrets of Sonic Team stuff, commercial GIFs and more.
Basically I'm a big fan of the Supper Mario Broth blog, and I'd like to do something similar, but for Sonic & Sega stuff,
I'm sure you guys'll love it. Also, follow the twitter!
Sonic The Hedgeblog
I own a ton of Sonic stuff and have posted a lot of Sonic artwork across my other blogs (Video Games Art Archive & Old Game Mags) so this'll be a place to post that stuff, as well as other funny bits and pieces I'll find in my collection, old Secrets of Sonic Team stuff, commercial GIFs and more.
Basically I'm a big fan of the Supper Mario Broth blog, and I'd like to do something similar, but for Sonic & Sega stuff,
I'm sure you guys'll love it. Also, follow the twitter!
sixteen-bit
Member
Probably gonna play PS this year for the 30th anniversary
Laevateinn
Member
I'm getting a Phantasy Star tattoo this spring. I found an artist in Osaka who's a huge fan so I can't see what he comes up with.
sixteen-bit
Member
Cool! Have you decided how big will it be? The Kilian Eng piece for Cook & Becker looks so cool but you'd need to cover your whole body, lol.
Laevateinn
Member
Right now I'm thinking about doing something on my arm so probably not very big. I have super tiny dork arms so it's going to be a difficult palette.
I want it to be something people can see unlike my other tattoo which is between my shoulder blades.
IrishNinja
Member
So, I did it! A friend let me swap boards & my system is now the OG one I grew up with - his was rough, little rust on the AC housing but I cleaned up what I could real well.
Now that I've got that local modder, time to look up those FM boards before Phantasy Star's anniversary! D Lo, were you saying there's usually no switch to them? I'd like to have the option, if possible
Now that I've got that local modder, time to look up those FM boards before Phantasy Star's anniversary! D Lo, were you saying there's usually no switch to them? I'd like to have the option, if possible
IrishNinja
Member
Cool - know any spots shipping from the US that carry them?
gunstarhero
Member
Currently playing the PSII text adventures and getting back in the Phantasy Star "mood" - but plan on diving into PS1 this year as well! Easily the most important game for me ever.
Laevateinn
Member
IrishNinja
Member
^haha i love that, i printed out a screencap where a gal like her is saying "Of Course! SEGA games are best."
RoryDropkick
Member
That is indeed cool ^
Say, this is some rad artwork for Astro Warrior:
Yet I also loved the NA boxart for some reason.
Surely revive Zenoni
Laevateinn
Member
Sega had a toll-free help line? I think Nintendo's cost money. They were local for me so I called the local number.
Sure they did, called it all the time.
The Nintendo customer service line that I called was also toll free.
Craig Majaski
Member
Great thread! I didn't see this posted yet, although please forgive me if it already was. 30 years and a month ago Sega was at the January 1987 CES and had this ad:
Ed Semrad (later of EGM fame) was writing for the Milwaukee Journal and had his impressions from the show floor as well.
Ed Semrad (later of EGM fame) was writing for the Milwaukee Journal and had his impressions from the show floor as well.
baudelinog
Member
Memories! In Spain there was a help line too, managed by a company that had some vinculation with Sega but was not the principal distributor, I think!
I only called once, Spellcaster related question: I stuck for months and MONTHS in one of those static interactive screens, without hints and trying all the possible options with no luck (looking at playtroughs nowadays, I think my cart could have a bug or something - or the younger myself was not so smart). So I called the help line and, yes, that was a line, and there were people at the other side, but no help was offered. "Spell... what?".
It was probably impossible to obtain a good answer, anyway.
I only called once, Spellcaster related question: I stuck for months and MONTHS in one of those static interactive screens, without hints and trying all the possible options with no luck (looking at playtroughs nowadays, I think my cart could have a bug or something - or the younger myself was not so smart). So I called the help line and, yes, that was a line, and there were people at the other side, but no help was offered. "Spell... what?".
It was probably impossible to obtain a good answer, anyway.
IrishNinja
Member
ordered the FM board from AU, should hopefully be here in a few weeks! does anyone have a link on the installation guide, gonna have to take it to a modder down south
also i hit up a closed SMS trade group on facebook, offering mega man for game gear for outrun, space harrier, fantasy zone or psycho fox; one guy offered the first 2 but i'm pushing for 3 out of the 4, cause that strikes me as fair
also i hit up a closed SMS trade group on facebook, offering mega man for game gear for outrun, space harrier, fantasy zone or psycho fox; one guy offered the first 2 but i'm pushing for 3 out of the 4, cause that strikes me as fair
IrishNinja
Member
*edit ahh he's got pics at the bottom of the page, nevermind!
pwnzernator
Member
Preach! Huge part of my childhood...
IrishNinja
Member
score! got this lot today for @ $50:
Space Harrier
OutRun
Quartet
Kung-Fu Kid
Penguin Land
Fantasy Zone (Mark III)
can't wait till they get here! that takes a lot off my list, still kicking myself for not grabbing Psycho Fox for $20 a while back, but it was loose so i figure i'll have other chances.
Space Harrier
OutRun
Quartet
Kung-Fu Kid
Penguin Land
Fantasy Zone (Mark III)
can't wait till they get here! that takes a lot off my list, still kicking myself for not grabbing Psycho Fox for $20 a while back, but it was loose so i figure i'll have other chances.
RoryDropkick
Member
I forgot to post, but a couple of weeks ago my friend came to stay over and let me take my pick of SMS games that he was going to trade in. I ended up with Psycho Fox, Wonder Boy in Monster Land, and Penguin Land. I passed on in-box copies of Time Soldiers, Wonder Boy III, and Spellcaster since I had those cart only already.
davidwhangchoi
Member
i like wonder boy in monster land. i felt like it played like the arcade.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
I can't believe I missed this thread. Recently I started a Youtube channel make videos about games I love, and a big part of that is Genesis/Master System games I missed out on.
Let me tell you gents I just, this very night under a blood-stained moon, beat my very first Master System game. Never played one before! It was Master of Darkness by SIMS (Kinda SEGA) and what a fascinating game with a fascinating history all too common to SMS games to my understanding. It was recommended by someone in the Super Contra thread.
It's much more than a Castlevania rip-off and might even be a great beginner's Castlevania game.
My first video was for Streets of Rage 2, and since then I've basically been filming a level, editing and narrating, and releasing on a level-by-level basis. This game is the first where I"m recording my entire playthrough, editing out the chaff, and then making just a highlight reel where I discuss what I can find out about the game, my experiences with it, and how I liked it. It's been a fun experience and all the playing, replaying, recording, and editing has made me feel like I really have an intimate relationship with the game. Since I first recorded Streets of Rage 2 I've invested in real editing software (Adobe Premier Elements), bought an honest-to-goodness mic, and just ordered a webcam so I can appear in the videos too. I'm just having a blast learning simple video production and trying to have a more outgoing and enjoyable persona and speaking voice. To think this all began because I wanted to document all the great SMS and Genesis classics I missed out on.
I feel like Master of Darkness had some things that Castlevania could learn from. I really enjoyed the admittedly simple story cinematics.
The SMS seems like a weird system, though I count the Genesis as one as well. I had a Genesis as a kid but was 99% a SNES kid, and my Genesis laid dusty beside. There's a TON of great stuff on those boxes I really want to try.
Let me tell you gents I just, this very night under a blood-stained moon, beat my very first Master System game. Never played one before! It was Master of Darkness by SIMS (Kinda SEGA) and what a fascinating game with a fascinating history all too common to SMS games to my understanding. It was recommended by someone in the Super Contra thread.
It's much more than a Castlevania rip-off and might even be a great beginner's Castlevania game.
My first video was for Streets of Rage 2, and since then I've basically been filming a level, editing and narrating, and releasing on a level-by-level basis. This game is the first where I"m recording my entire playthrough, editing out the chaff, and then making just a highlight reel where I discuss what I can find out about the game, my experiences with it, and how I liked it. It's been a fun experience and all the playing, replaying, recording, and editing has made me feel like I really have an intimate relationship with the game. Since I first recorded Streets of Rage 2 I've invested in real editing software (Adobe Premier Elements), bought an honest-to-goodness mic, and just ordered a webcam so I can appear in the videos too. I'm just having a blast learning simple video production and trying to have a more outgoing and enjoyable persona and speaking voice. To think this all began because I wanted to document all the great SMS and Genesis classics I missed out on.
I feel like Master of Darkness had some things that Castlevania could learn from. I really enjoyed the admittedly simple story cinematics.
The SMS seems like a weird system, though I count the Genesis as one as well. I had a Genesis as a kid but was 99% a SNES kid, and my Genesis laid dusty beside. There's a TON of great stuff on those boxes I really want to try.
MissCauthon
Member
my dad bought me this console before the NES. Wonderboy in monsterland was my favorite, and also Space Harrier This takes me back
IrishNinja
Member
damn, nice! wish i could find a good deal on Master of Darkness, missed the boat on that one before it shot up
oxrock
Gravity is a myth, the Earth SUCKS!
I had completely forgotten about the SMS until I saw this thread. Our SMS had hang-on preloaded and we also had double dragon, cloud master,Rocky, Penguin land, and some crappy football game that would only let me punt no matter what. My brother and I spent countless hours replaying those game over and over again on a tiny b&w tv set. One day I came home from school to find it had vanished. My parents got tired of us fighting over games and decided to donate it. We had to wait for several years until we were allowed to get an SNES to replace it. Those were hard times.
Fun fact, my mother also donated my SNES and all my games without a word as well years later. (In the ps2 era iirc, i was no longer living at home at the time.) Man, would love to have them both back and get back into some retro games.
Fun fact, my mother also donated my SNES and all my games without a word as well years later. (In the ps2 era iirc, i was no longer living at home at the time.) Man, would love to have them both back and get back into some retro games.
baudelinog
Member
IrishNinja
Member
wait, i might be remembering it wrong, but: D Lo/y'all, did one of you say the Mark III paddle controller won't work on a US SMS? how exactly does one play Megumi Rescue over here?
ThEoRy...
Member
Grew up on the Master System. Only maybe 2 or 3 of my friends had one and we used to trade back and forth so we could play all the games. Mostly everyone had a nes so I was sort of the gaming outcast and I sorta liked it. Too many great games to list here and I'm sure you are already aware of them. I would like to ask if anyone else remembers the Sega Visions magazine? It was free if you just called 1800usasega and just asked for it. I called that number so many times. Lol anyways here is a link to the sega visions archive. http://segaretro.org/Sega_Visions Check it out for a trip down memory lane.
Paddles are region locked, as surprising as it may be. You need to flick the switch on the FM board you installed to put the console in Japanese mode.
[edit] And switch it back to use the Light Phaser.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
I remember this! That's where I used to lust after SEGA's VR headset for the Genesis. Did that ever come out?
On another note, my video on Master of Darkness (SMS version) has been published! https://youtu.be/VRb1cUi7r28
My first SMS game and I really tried to do something a little higher quality than I usually do. Whole game in one vid, cover all the points of interest edit out all the deaths and boring bits, just give info and my feelings on it. I definitely intend to do more SMS and Genesis stuff in the future. What a fun couple of consoles that I almost completely skipped out on.
Great thread! I didn't see this posted yet, although please forgive me if it already was. 30 years and a month ago Sega was at the January 1987 CES and had this ad:
Ed Semrad (later of EGM fame) was writing for the Milwaukee Journal and had his impressions from the show floor as well.
That's an awesome ad, thanks for posting it!
mindatlarge
Member
*Edit* Scratch that, didn't catch that you were asking about Master System or apparently that I was posting in a Sega Master System thread. :I That I know very little about.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
Phantasy Star IV is amazing. The sprite work, the music, the story, it's a total gem of a game. It holds up pretty well to this day in terms of gameplay as well.
OMG. I remember Wren from PS3! I can't believe he's in another one. That's so cool.
mindatlarge
Member
He's probably my favorite character from IV. If you haven't played IV yet, do yourself a big favorite and check it out. Too bad it was released in the shadow of FFIII/VI, even though its considered one of the best RPGs on the Mega Drive, I think it deserves to be mentioned as one of the best JRPGs of all time.
Laevateinn
Member
Wren is an AI and a model of robot so the one in Phantasy Star IV is not the same one that is in III.
mindatlarge
Member
I've actually only played IV myself. But nice catch. Hopefully he/she still tries it out.
Horseticuffs
Full werewolf off the buckle
I've actually only played IV myself. But nice catch. Hopefully he/she still tries it out.
Oh for sure I will. I recall him being some sort of robot. I really liked PS3 and played it tons of times, but never touched any other games in the series. I missed vast swaths of SEGA goodness back in the day
IrishNinja
Member
oh shit, why did i totally forget i'd have that option here?! now i really gotta track down a paddle on the low!
is ebay really my best resource there? wondering what's a good price for one now. they gotta hold up better over time than the poor US sports pads.
IrishNinja
Member
^thanks man, mzo's hitting japan soon so i'm hoping he finds me one for a fair price.
still, what an amazing week for SMS pickups - in addition to the aforementioned Space Harrier, Fantasy Zone (Mark III), OutRun, Kung-Fu Kid, Penguin Land & Quartet (arriving thursday!) a friend is sending extra copies of Master of Darkness & Dragon's Crystal that e had! those were huge on my list.
while finding him some stuff in return, im thinking about grabbing Double Dragon (i know) and Sonic 2 since both are on the cheap.
still, what an amazing week for SMS pickups - in addition to the aforementioned Space Harrier, Fantasy Zone (Mark III), OutRun, Kung-Fu Kid, Penguin Land & Quartet (arriving thursday!) a friend is sending extra copies of Master of Darkness & Dragon's Crystal that e had! those were huge on my list.
while finding him some stuff in return, im thinking about grabbing Double Dragon (i know) and Sonic 2 since both are on the cheap.
IrishNinja
Member
^god i love SMS manuals
ive been sitting on ths FM board for a week or so now, really hoping to get it modded next weekend! the switch release + family stuff pushed it back, but it's gonna be so cool when it's properly setup.
ive been sitting on ths FM board for a week or so now, really hoping to get it modded next weekend! the switch release + family stuff pushed it back, but it's gonna be so cool when it's properly setup.
Shin Johnpv
Member
I finally got a copy of Golvelleus in case with manual. Super excited to play it but it'll have to wait till after BoTW.
Me too. I love the illustrations and points values listed for each enemy type. Simpler times.
IrishNinja
Member
so my FM board & switch should be installed soon! a local buddy who runs a Retro shop is working on it, good dude
I know.I've asked but any more ideas on finding a mark III paddle for megumi rescue/woody pop etc now that I can play em? loose ones on US eBay are too pricey (seriously I've seen them posted for more alone than with the system) and my man Mzo had no luck finding one on a recent Japan trip
I know.I've asked but any more ideas on finding a mark III paddle for megumi rescue/woody pop etc now that I can play em? loose ones on US eBay are too pricey (seriously I've seen them posted for more alone than with the system) and my man Mzo had no luck finding one on a recent Japan trip