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Family Computer
07-30-2007, 01:23 PM
This is such a nice console design in my opinion—it has that retro high-tech look that can be so cool when done nice.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Sega_MarkIII.jpg
XxHennersXx
07-30-2007, 02:51 PM
This is such a nice console design in my opinion—it has that retro high-tech look that can be so cool when done nice.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Sega_MarkIII.jpg
quite so. Can the MIII play SMS games?
Family Computer
07-30-2007, 04:05 PM
sorry, I don't know the answer to your question
Not too many games I would want to play for the system, but I DO like the hardware design....I hadn't seen such a close-up picture of it before
j_factor
07-30-2007, 04:49 PM
It cannot play US/EU SMS games, at least not without heavy modding. I don't think there's a converter either.
Kamisama
07-31-2007, 09:53 AM
Yes this looks great. Much better than the current consoles. Wii is okay though, but the other are really not what I would call "sexy".
c2000
07-31-2007, 10:29 AM
Yeah, it's pretty cool. I especially like what they did with those controller slots.
Family Computer
07-31-2007, 11:01 AM
It kind of reminds me of some kind of 80s rack mount audio hardware or something.
I think the color scheme is one of the best parts...if it was all back it would be pretty boring
anagrama
07-31-2007, 12:39 PM
Tototek (tototek.com) sell an adaptor to play Western carts on a Mark III or JP SMS.
77punk
07-31-2007, 03:45 PM
ah man.. taht thing is awesome looking.. cheers to sega for making a dream a reality.. too bad it was just a wet dream and people couldnt handle it..
ssjlance
07-31-2007, 04:49 PM
No offense but it looks almost exactly the same as the US/UK version. Just white with a slight difference in placement of controller ports and what looks like a cradle on the sides for holding your controllers.
Family Computer
07-31-2007, 05:02 PM
It looks similar but only in that they have the same unique footprint shape...the differences are actually what makes the design nice to me
http://www.armchairempire.com/images/feature-articles/sega-master-system/sega-master-system.jpg
Cinder6
08-01-2007, 04:00 AM
Yeah, it's quite different from the SMS design. For one thing, it's flat. It does look pretty awesome, though I'm not too keen on the yellow power button. Actually, I like all of Sega's console designs quite a bit (the SMS being the strangest outside of the Genesis+CD+32x conglomeration).
anagrama
08-01-2007, 07:24 AM
The Mark III is also about two-thirds the size of the Western units.
klausien
08-01-2007, 08:29 AM
It looks even cooler with the FM Unit sitting on top, ribbon cable running to the back! :)
Man I wish these weren't so expensive/unavailable in the US!
Family Computer
08-01-2007, 10:28 AM
It looks even cooler with the FM Unit sitting on top, ribbon cable running to the back! :)
Man I wish these weren't so expensive/unavailable in the US!
Klaus, could you post a picture?
Family Computer
08-01-2007, 01:30 PM
wrong topic...deleted.
anagrama
08-02-2007, 07:36 AM
There's a pic of a souped-up Mark III set-up with the FM Unit & Telecon thingy in this SMS Power thread:
http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=6446