Probably gonna play PS this year for the 30th anniversary
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.
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.
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.Probably gonna play PS this year for the 30th anniversary
I'm playing Phantasy Star, the first hour must be the most tedious experience in any RPG, but after that, the game is awesome
Besisdes PS, which are the MUST play from the system?
That is indeed cool ^
Say, this is some rad artwork for Astro Warrior:
Yet I also loved the NA boxart for some reason.
Sega had a toll-free help line? I think Nintendo's cost money. They were local for me so I called the local number.
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.
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?
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.
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.
*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.I'm playing Phantasy Star, the first hour must be the most tedious experience in any RPG, but after that, the game is awesome
Besisdes PS, which are the MUST play from the system?
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.
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.OMG. I remember Wren from PS3! I can't believe he's in another one. That's so cool.
OMG. I remember Wren from PS3! I can't believe he's in another one. That's so cool.
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.
I've actually only played IV myself. But nice catch. Hopefully he/she still tries it out.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.
I've actually only played IV myself. But nice catch. Hopefully he/she still tries it out.
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.
^god i love SMS manuals