Sega Master System Games

[HyruleHero]

Just out of curiousity who has a list of their favorite Master System Games....I have a pretty decent collection and was wondering if there was so games that I fully didn't indulge myself into yet...

[ShinobiMan]

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OK, SMS jokes aside, I found a link to an archived thread from 2002.

Top 20 Sega MAster System Games

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-1484.html

Oddly enough, I didn't post in that thread.

Are you looking for US released games? European? There were 114 US released games and over 300 European. The system was successful overseas and lasted many years longer.

Some must haves:

Alex Kidd In Miracle World, Shinobi, Phantasy Star, Space Harrier, Fantasy Zone, Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap, Zillion, Action Fighter, Golden Axe Warrior.

Hope this has helped.

[Ruudos]

http://www.retro-sanctuary.com/TOP%20100%20Master%20System%20GAMES%20page%201.htm l

[davepesc]

I was a SMS owner back when everyone had a NES, so I'm pretty partial to the little system :)

My favorites:

Fantasy Zone 2
Shinobi
R-Type
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
Miracle Warriors
OutRun
Phantasy Star
Rampage
Double Dragon
Zillion 2

[Nebagram]

Don't forget the SMS Sonic games which are a completely different kettle of fish to the 16-bit ones (and better than the Game Gear versions due to being developed for the larger screen). Sonic 2 in particular is still a bone-crunchingly hard challenge even today.

[Baloo]

Although all of my Master System game experience has been with the Game Gear ports, I'll still list my favorites:

Castle of Illusion
Legend of Illusion
Deep Duck Trouble
Land of Illusion
Sonic 1
Sonic 2
Sonic Chaos

[ButtonMasher123]

Choplifter
Ghost House
Enduro Racer
Outrun
Shinobi
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Ninja Gaiden
Fantasy Zone II
Gangster Town
Shooting Gallery

[TurboGenesis]

:villagepeople:

Aw yeah! I love Sega Master System!

I'll take this moment to post some lesser popular games:

Time Soldiers
Power Strike
Alien Syndrome
Action Fighter
Enduro Racer
Galaxy Force
Bomber Raid
Cloud Master
RC Grand Prix
Quartet

and if you have 3D glasses…
Maze Hunter 3D
Blade Eagle 3D

The SMS is very underrated and under appreciated :(

[Ricochet]

Golvellius: Valley of Doom (Compile/Sega)

Ys: The Vanished Omens (Falcom/Sega)

Wonder Boy in Monster Land (Westone/Sega)

[PresidentLeever]

1. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap
2. Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
3. Alex Kidd in Miracle World
4. Power Strike II
5. Sonic the Hedgehog
6. Bubble Bobble
7. R-Type
8. Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa Opa
9. Phantasy Star
10. Golvellius: Valley of Doom

11. Kenseiden
12. Shinobi
13. Zillion
14. Ninja Gaiden
15. Jurassic Park
16. Solomon’s Key
17. Road Rash
18. Star Wars
19. Laser Ghost
20. The Ninja

[Howie6925]

*Golvellius: Valley of Doom- I beat the game back in the day at the end when they are walking into the sunset it said " to be continued" did they ever make a sequal?
(I guess they did http://www.generation-msx.nl/msxdb/softwareinfo/1138 only on the MSX system)
*Chop lifter
*Kenseiden
*Alien Syndrome
*California Games
*Phantasy Star
*Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap
*Zillion 2
*Alex Kidd in Miracle World
*The Maze Game(the secret built in game)

[Insaneclown]

I have a list man but i dont feel like typing it all out. I have like 200 SMS games...Ill just suggest what the other members suggested. Hehe! Its easier for me.

[mezrabad]

I'm not terribly familiar with the SMS, but I did get the 3-D goggles for it a couple years back. Just recently I was able to get a copy of Outrun 3-D for it. Apparently a NTSC version of this game was only released in Canada. What the hell were they thinking? I can't say I've played it much beyond testing but the 3-D aspect of it is pretty cool.

Looking forward to exploring this system as a whole.

[savageone]

No one cares about Ghostbusters on the SMS any more? :(

[megasdkirby]

No one cares about Ghostbusters on the SMS any more? :(

I like the game, but it was too hard (talking about when going up to defeat Gorza). I did finish it a few times, though.

[ShinobiMan]

No one cares about Ghostbusters on the SMS any more? :(

Love it. Best version of the game IMHO. Although, the Commodore 64 version was great too. Stay away from the NES port. Nauseating.

[megasdkirby]

It might be weird, but my favorite version was the 2600 version!

Simple and clean. :)

[hush]

I have a few sms games even though i was brought up on a steady diet of nintendo i always had a soft spot for the sega
ok my list is as follows
alien 3
arcade smash hits
ayrton sennas super monaco grand prix 2
bank panic
basketball nightmares
black belt
castle of illusion starring mickey mouse
dragon crystal
ecco the dolphin (it was a gifi didnt pay for it i swear)
fantasy zone
ghost house
fifa 95
land of illusion
psychic world
i have others but not sure where

[Ed Oscuro]

I'm not much of an SMS expert (really has few enough games to compete with the top NES / FC titles, and the top ones don't really feel as good as the best of the NES crop, IMO), but here's my own favorites, thus far:

* Aleste / Power Strike
MSX2 version is apparently better though, has a different stage order and possibly less slowdown, though I wouldn't bet on it. Great music when played on a JPN SMS or a Mark III with the FM music module at least!)

* Alex Kidd in Shinobi World

* Power Strike II
Not to be confused with Power Strike II on the GG, aka GG Aleste II, which is probably the better game save for the screen of the hardware it's on

* Ninja Gaiden
Haven't played it much, but it seems a winner.

* Kenseiden
Ditto, but should be a decent-ish Shinobi-alike. Edit: I see I said in 2002 that it was "unplayable," though. I'll have to see if I still feel that way. Same for Shadow Dancer.

* The Ninja
A slight remix of the classic Sega arcade and SG-1000 card, Ninja Princess / Sega Ninja. Very good.

* Golden Axe Warrior
Seems okay, although I don't really drool over Zelda-clones. Better than the original graphically, at least (though it loses something in improving from LoZ's minimalist graphics, just maybe).

* Ys
I'm sure I enjoy this one.

Gosh, there's more, but my brain no worky right now. I have a whole row of SMS games on top of a shelf to go through when the SMSPower gender adapter shows up, though!