Sega Master System card-based games
Is there a special trick to getting card-based games to work on the SMS? I have Ghost House, which is my only card game, and whenever I try to play it, I just get the instruction screen that says to insert a card or cartridge. This occurred with two separate systems. I also have the 3D glasses, which work fine. I'm thinking it's a bum card, but I want to make sure I'm not doing something wrong.
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On recommendation of someone at another board, I cleaned the contacts of the card using an eraser. Worked like a charm!
Since I answered my own question, feel free to make this a general SMS card thread. So... Did anyone actually buy these card games back in the day? What's your favorite?
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It's sad to say, but I have never played them. I'm gonna have to get some now.
Anybody remember the "SMS Gnomes"? You know, the one's that steal your instruction manuals! They have a taste for card based booklets.
The gnomes spared me the Ghost House manual, but they took the plastic sleeve. Jerks!
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The only SMS card game I had was Spy Vs Spy. I thought it was fun.
Ghost House was great fun!!! It was one of the few Master System games that my local video store rented when I was younger. I rented the hell out of Ghost House and Fantasy Zone.
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I know I'm all but alone on this one, but I really love My Hero ... a great great port of the arcade version IMO with music that gets stuck in my head for days after I play it.
Ghost House, Trans-Bot, and Spy Vs. Spy also have seen plenty of play-time in my SMS card slot.
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Oh, you're not alone. My Hero is great. It's like an Activision 2600 game with really really good graphics. I still play it a lot whenever I'm around a computer with an SMS emulator on it.Originally Posted by Frankie_Says_Relax
I used to love to make fun of My Hero. I understand where some of it's charm lies, but to me, it's an overly frustrating mess of a game. And why does that gangster ride a pig... a PIG?
Here is a really nice detailed review of the game:
http://elafountain.iespana.es/gamemo2.html
How could anyone think Ghost house is great fun?! It is the most frustratingly difficult and cheapest game EVER. Only gods can even make it to level 3 (I did it once after many years).
I used save states and such once to beat the game only to find out you have to do it TWICE! So kiddies, that's not 6 levels, but 12! Beware, the game is truly impossible. I'm absolutely certain no human could ever beat this game legitimately.
-Rob
Last edited by rbudrick; 04-25-2008 at 03:33 PM.
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