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>>15587404

Sonic the Hedgehog is alright. Just a worse version of the game on the Genesis. If you like RPGs, I'd give Phantasy Star a look, granted the series is known to be pretty grindy.

https://archive.fo/2VER2

>>15587404

Stuff like vampire is a pretty good Castlevania clone along with a few of the Alex kid games most of the first one as I recall. Golden Axe Warrior is also a fun Zelda clone with some nice graphics. There's also a bunch of Game Gear exclusive titles that ROM hackers have been hoarding back to the Master System like ristar and a few others I can't remember but they seem pretty good.

>>15587404

>Are there any good games for the Master System?

No. Go play some of the MD titles you probably missed instead. Here, I'll start you off.

<Crusader of Centy

It's a surprisingly good aLttP clone, absolutely worth a play if you're a fan of the genre.

<Bare Knuckle 3 (JP)

By far the best beat'em'up to come out of gen 4, even if you don't normally like those games, give it a try. The US version (Streets of Rage 3) is butchered and should never be played.

Golden Axe Warrior. Zelda clone that's better than Zelda.

>>15587593

could be worse, could be another gamergay thread

>>15587490

Damn man I didn't know they made an 8-bit Streets of Rage 3 on Master System in 1994. I'll go check that out

These are my favorites for the console:

Penguin Land

Battle OutRun

Golden Axe Warrior

The Story of Mio

Phantasy Star

Shinobi Kidd

Alex the Kid in Miracle World

Sonic 1&2

Psycho Fox

Dragon's Trap

Jungle Fighter Danan

Kenseiden

Spellcaster

Tri Formation

Ninja Gaiden

Master of Darkness

Asterix 1&2

Lucky Dime Caper

Deep Duck Trouble

Castle of Illusion

Land of Illusion

Jurassic Park

Batman Returns

>>15588003

>Are there any good games for the Master System?

<No. Go play some of the MD titles you probably missed instead.

Jamal, please try to keep up.

try to beat AfterBurner.

No save states or cheating.

PHANTASY STAR

>Phantasy Star

The retranslation patch improves it immensely. http://www.smspower.org/Translations/PhantasyStar-SMS-EN

Lot of good suggestions, thanks.

>>15587593

Nigger that is some primo straw grasping.

>>15588391

https://vsrecommendedgames.wikia.com/wiki/Master_System

>>15587444

>Sonic the Hedgehog is alright.

It's like a completely different game. I actually like it a lot. It's like the missing Sonic game since it has such little recognition.

>>15588452

How boring, imagine being so afraid to talk about games you just defer to a shitty wiki ran by redditers to avoid talking about anything interesting.

I'd recommend wonderboy in monster land and wonderboy 3: dragon's trap.

>>15588452

Why the fuck do you use reddit's list?

>>15588538

dragons trap is worst on the sms unfortunately, runs at half the framerate of the PCE version and the remake is pretty much the definitive version now.

>>15588538

>>15588500

I don't see why you guys are so upset about a list, it's just a starting point. You read the list, go play the game and see if its good or not and make up your own mind about it

>>15588556

Because we're on a board for discussion you nincompoop

>>15587444

>>15588471

The games called Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic the Hedgehog 2 on Master System and Game Gear are completely different games than the Sonic and Sonic 2 on Genesis. They're also very good games in their own right. The next two 8-bit games, Sonic Chaos and Sonic Triple Trouble, are also very good. There's a fifth one, Sonic Blast, but it's shit.

There are also a bunch of spinoffs like Sonic Drift and Drift 2, and the 8-bit version of Spinball. Tails Adventure is a Metroid style game that is actually great, though it doesn't play a whole lot like the main entries. Absolute must play. There's also Tails Skypatrol, which is basically a flying shooter, but I never really liked that one.

>>15588574

I don't think the first Sonic game was released on Game Gear in the US, but I could be mistaken. I don't remember it being available when I had one anyways.

>>15588052

This is a great list to start with

>>15588538

If you play Wonder Boy 3 make sure to play with the FM sound the difference is great

>>15588542

Truth be told I haven't touched dragon's trap on the master system in over 20 years. I just remember having fun with it back then. Got the remake so I sure as hell won't dust off the console or emulate it either to compare.

>>15588571

I am here for discussion, I own the master system. Some games that I own and I would personally recommended are After burner, Alex the kid in miracle world, Outrun (fantastic game), Altered beast and Penguin land

>>15588586

It's a legendary game and the remake is perfect. Westone improved game after game and the last Monster World game they made was something special.

>>15588052

Your list is missing outrun.

>>15588582

I don't recall which specific ones off the top of my head, but I know a whole ton of Master System games were never released in the US due to the system being a complete failure there. I never even realized Sega had a system out before the Genesis until reading about it on the internet in the 21st century. Everyone at the time had a Nintendo, and that was it until Genesis came around.

Lots of Master System games are also Brazil exclusives. I think that includes a few of the Sonic games which were otherwise only released on Game Gear.

Kung Fu Kid. Never seems to be mentioned, but I loved that game when I was a kid. Introduced me to the hopping vampire as well.

>>15587404

Phantasy Star is a solid sci-fantasy RPG with a pretty neat 3d effect in dungeons

Notable for having been designed by a woman (Reiko Kodama), having a female protagonist, and actually being good. There's no excuse femdevs, shewas doing it in the 80s

Wonder Boy series

1 is what became Adventure Island on NES

Wonder Boy in Monster Land is alright but I dislike the time limit

Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap is a fantastic action adventure platformer with various character forms that affect movement options. Everyone really should play it at least once. Recently remade for modern systems so faithfully that your old passwords still work

I picked up the master system with two controllers and a dozen games off of ebay for 50 bucks just a few years ago. If you're into retro gaming the master system is a great cheap alternative to overpriced Nintendo shit.

>>15588630

The light gun games are fantastic too. If you've never played Rescue Mission you're missing out.

>>15588556

Reddit attempting to pass off as cuck/v/ is terrible, even if it was run by cuck/v/ it should not be relied upon. Same as the /v/ recommends images circulating every time someone asks for recommendations.

>>15588602

I had fun with monster world. Shame that IV was only released in Japan. At least it eventually got a fan translation.

Shooting Gallery

Marksman Shooting

Gangster Town

Rescue Mission

Laser Ghost

Operation: Wolf

>>15588638

I didn't have a good CRT to play my master system on so I never got a lightgun. I know those guns only work on old TV's

>>15588640

>At least it eventually got a fan translation.

It also got an official translation for the Wii VC release and other releases.

>>15588649

What a shame, it's amazing comparing it to the photosensor in the zapper, the light phaser is remarkably accurate. Rescue Mission has you protecting a trolley from oncoming attacks from soldiers on all sides, mines planted on the rail road, stopping all kinds of enemies. It's a game that requires accuracy and snappy responses and it's extremely satisfying just from the simple fact it's so fast and accurate.

>>15588611

No, I remember Sonic being on Master System in the US because I saw it at Toys R' Us, just not on Game Gear. I think US Game Gear just launched with Sonic 2 and they never bothered releasing the earlier one, but again I could be wrong.

>>15588745

I have several copies of Sonic 1 on Game Gear. To be fair, I never checked if they were imports or whatever. But given how I just stumbled across them at garage sales and stuff, I doubt it.

>>15588640

What are you whining about anyway? Does the list lack any important game that you'd recommend? Go there and add it.

RPG:

Ancient Ys Vanished Omens

Gollvelius

Miracle Warriors

Spellcaster

Action:

Shinobi

Kenseiden

Wonder Boy (2 and 3 especially good)

Black Belt

Rastan

Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse

Racing:

Outrun

Hang On

Shooter:

R-Type

After Burner

Choplifter

Rambo

Please ignore my genres they don't necessarily align.

>>15589086

RPG:

Dunno how the fuck I forgot Phantasy Star.

>>15589236

Even the Mega Drive was not powerful enough to run an acceptable port of that. Emulate the arcade, or play it on the Saturn, PS2, or 3DS.

>>15589353

You obviously haven't played it on the SMS otherwise you'd be dead

>>15589377

True, I just watched a video. Dodged a bullet, phew. Anyway, it doesn't look bad for the system, but the arcade was so astonishing that no home console at the time could touch that sort of graphics.

Phantasy Star is the highest recommendation I can give because it's the only Master System game I've played a bunch of.

Some that I've enjoyed:

Rastan

Psycho Fox

Phantasy Star

Double Dragon (not the greatest, but has coop unlike its NES counterpart)

Wonder Boy 3

Penguin Land

>>15587404

R-type, probably the most technically impressive game at the time of release.

Gain Ground is really fun. The SMS version was built for the system and not a port of the arcade game, with many different levels and I believe a completely new era.

>>15587404

>Are there any good games for the Master System?

Golden Axe Warrior, Choplifter, Sonic, Phantasy Star, Bubble Bobble, Shinobi, and Wonder Boy in Monster Land are all safe bets.

>>15587502

>Zelda clone that's better than Zelda

If I had a nickle for every time I've heard you fucks say this about a game, I would be rich enough to make a Zelda clone that really is better than Zelda.

>>15587404

No. Master System was a piece of shit. Stick to Nintendo.

The Mickey games on Master System were really great : Land Of Illusion, Legend Of Illusion, Castle Of Illusion, even better than the more famous Megadrive version in my opinion.

Aladdin was nice, but not as good as the Megadrive version, and the first level is just a run-and-jump.

>>15587404

Phantasy Star.

>>15588301

Retranslations are fine, but the OG game's perfectly playable.

>>15588391

> Picture of a console with a blank background

> ALL pictures named clipboardimage

> nearly all threads talking about a console with a specific problem

Nope, research done.

>>15591896

Make your hidden gems chart yourself you fucking loser.

I've downloaded a lot of the recommendations. Playing through Phantasy Star 1 right now, but I've also tried out the Wonderboy games. Will be trying out the non-rpg/adventure games in-between sessions of PS1.

>>15591668

I copy/pasted from google. It is one of the first results for Sega Master System. Though do go on with your retarded conspiracy theory if it makes you feel better.