Top 20 Sega Master System Games

[digitalpress]

Discuss.

Remember that if a game that you feel belongs here is missing, tell me what you would remove in its place.

Alex Kidd Miracle World
Alex Kidd Shinobi World
Castle of Illusion
Fantasy Zone 2
Ghouls ‘N Ghosts
Golden Axe Warrior
Golvellius: Valley of Doom
Maze Hunter 3D
Montezuma’s Revenge
Out Run
Phantasy Star
Power Strike
Psycho Fox
Rastan
Rescue Mission
R-Type
Shinobi
Space Harrier
Wonderboy III: Dragon’s Trap
Zillion

[congobongo]

What no Transbot?

ha ha... kidding of course

[Lady Jaye]

I mostly agree with you, Joe, except maybe for Alex Kidd (can't stand that series!). Then again, I love the game Cloud Master, which isn't too popular among SMS fans.

I think that Montezuma's Revenge for the SMS is the best port of the game. the graphics are improved, and Montezuma Joe controls like a charm.

I also definitely agree over Wonderboy 3 and Castle of Illusion.

[Kroogah]

I'd like to see Alien Syndrome on there somewhere....

Oh, Lady Jaye, you're not alone. Cloud Master ROCKS!

[Raccoon Lad]

Hey, you do know that there are nearly 300 more games that were released outside the US, don't you? A US only list, how sad. I expected better of you Joe.

[TheRedEye]

I know it's the common as dirt cart in every stack, but Choplifter was always a fave...

[Raccoon Lad]

Replace Space Harrier 3D with Space Harrier, Space Harrier3D had even choppier scaling and enemy movement than the original, plus the music wasn't as memorable.

Replace Fantasy Zone with Fantasy Zone 2, FZ2 had more variety, better graphics, and cooler bosses.

Drop Golden Axe, I didn't think it was all that good.

Maze Hunter 3D, even though it's DA' BOMB with the 3d glasses, take away the 3D, and it's not really a top 20 game.

Wonderboy 1 and 2 ROCK!!!, though not quite as great as WB3.

And where's Psycho fox? I love that game!

I'll have more input later when I have some time to put some serious thought into this matter.

[mrlooneyman]

what about action fighter,moon walker and the greatest game of all time DOUBLE DRAGON

[Kid Fenris]

Drop Ys: The Vanished Omens, says I. It's a rather unimpressive port of the Turbo-CD classic. Either of the first two Wonder Boy games would be a valid substitute, and Psycho Fox isn't too shabby either.

[Arqueologia_Digital]

I think the best games are (in no order):

Alex Kidd in Miracle world
Alex Kidd in Shinobi world
Aztec adventure
Phantasy Star
Shinobi
Sonic
Zillion
Wonderboy III: Dragon’s Trap
Golden axe
Out run 3D
Space harrier 3D
Wonderboy
Psycho fox
Double dragon
Castle of illusion
Moonwalker
Fantasy zone
Montezuma´s revenge
Columns
Dr. Robotnik´s mean bean machine

Thanks and bye

Matías :morning:

[hamburgler]

Phantasy star
Fantazy zone
R-type
Fantazy zone maze
Wonderboy
Wonderboy 3
Super wondeboy
Rampage
Afterburner
Hang on
Alex Kidd in miracle world
Shinobi
Zillion
Zilion 2
Montezuma's revenge
Double dragon
Aztec adventures
Rescue mission
transbot
Rambo

[Nature Boy]

I'm totally going on memory here, but I loved Quartet back in the day. Perhaps it warrants mention?

[congobongo]

I'd replace Golden Axe with Cyborg Hunter or even Rastan.

[Keyngs]

Golvellius was the best game for the master system by far.I remember when it first came out.i thought the music was of top quality, gameplay was great with those turbo controllers, and all those cheat passwords! wow !!! When I fimally did beat that game,i was excited to see that it may have a sequel. But nothing ever came of it here in the u.s. i called sega, and called again i had all my friends call too. I still leave e-mails to sega about re-releasing it Like "Rygar", "Ninja Gaidain" and "dragons lair",It could be eaisly ressurected. but of course those guys at sega,gave up on Golvellius. But I Havent! ........ also if anyone played that import of golvellius 2 for that MSX system let me know. cause i would love to know at least how the story really ends thanks, Tom

[Ed Oscuro]

Shadow Dancer looked pretty nice, plays awful though. Somewhere between Shinobi on the SMS and...Cyber Shinobi. Which is saying "somewhere between heaven and hell" simply because of the responsiveness and the tendency of assailants to appear with a bullet following in short order. Died a couple times right at the start because of that; a Shinobi game shouldn't be played by simply crouch walking right all the time.

I must admit that, before this five minute period, I'd never played the SMS Shinobi. Which is bad considering I own the complete game (no system, that's why), and worse, I've been playing the PC-Engine Shinobi quite a bit recently. Well, it was a pleasant surprise that I didn't die with one hit...and...what else is good about this game? You have a bonus stage. Hitting targets on the bonus stage seems impossible to me, I think the ninjas present a smaller target at the front row than they did in the back. Add to that what I'm sure is a slower shuriken firing rate, and this isn't a very playable bonus stage. Is this really one of the better games on the system? :+ maybe I'll take Shadow Dancer, then...

Kenseiden is pretty much unplayable, but it should gain some points for style.

All this considered, Shadow Dancer doesn't really play THAT bad, even if you don't see the carbineers before you shoot them most of the time :P

My vote -- however misguided -- is to replace Shinobi with Shadow Dancer.

Here's a game that I thought had some merit:

Sagaia. I saw the name in what one of our sellers in the Selling forum had up for PAL SMS; it's a pretty good port of some random game in the Darius series! (clues: fish, Taito.) Responsive, neat effect in the background, nice sized enemies, and powerups.

[Ed Oscuro]

I'm also having difficulty seeing exactly what is so special about Golvelius. You can't turn backwards in the sidescrolling areas which isn't that great. They compensate for that with the level design, but it really feels dumb. I've never seen a snake that would eschew striking its prey from the back just because it offends a certain set of morals :P Graphically, it's a nice break from the NES stuff and feels like classic 1980s anime (or Wonderboy games) but that doesn't carry a game for me.

[Keyngs]

Well, you may have a point there. about the side scrolling part, but it was a very large game(golvellius) and was a joy to journey through. we can leave this subject to rest if you wish. All i would like to know, is how it really ended cause im 29 now and would like to put it behind me and finally get a good nights rest! lol

[Balloon Fight]

i love columns and rastan.

Castle of Illusion is a definite must also.

[-J-]

what about global defense its one of my favorite master system games

[Evil E]

Astro Warrior should be in there somewhere!