WANTED Sega Master System US Sonic $$

[-hellvin-]

I'm pretty sure Raccoon Lad has a genuine US copy.
Do any of you guys have the "US" versions of Spiderman & Strider? I believe they are in the same boat with a US barcode on an otherwise-Euro game.

I bought spiderman from a US seller on ebay but when I received it, it had a PAL barcode, and no sticker. As for Strider, I actually bought that at my local gamezone and it did for sure have the barcode. Stupidly enough, I forgot about it and replaced the box because the plastic was all screwed up and now it doesn't. Oh well, same damn thing as a PAL game so I don't really care.

[gamemaster]

Did Sonic 2 come out in the USA for sms? On sega.com, they say it did. Are the instructions on a pal sonic the same as the USA version?

[tynstar]

Did Sonic 2 come out in the USA for sms? On sega.com, they say it did. Are the instructions on a pal sonic the same as the USA version?

Sonic 2 was not released in the US. The PAL and US version of Sonic instrutions are the same.

[Bluteg]

Who else thinks the US SMS Sonic should be bumped to R8 status? Seems to be rarer than OMG... Stadium Events.

[tynstar]

Who else thinks the US SMS Sonic should be bumped to R8 status? Seems to be rarer than OMG... Stadium Events.

I agree!

[pseudonym]

i don't think it's rare enough to be r8 but it definately doesn't come up for sale as much as some other r7's.

[Charlesaway]

You know, if the game truely is identical to the european game except for a bar code sticker on the outside of the plastic sleeve of the case, then does it really matter? Since there's no difference wahtsoever I don't think it does.

It's not like the whole 'all english case insert' vs the 'bilingual case insert' vs the '5 language case insert' argument. It's just a sticker. The game is identical. They were probably even manufactured at the same time.

Anyhow, best of luck picking one up. Never seen one myself either. Cheers

[-hellvin-]

Who else thinks the US SMS Sonic should be bumped to R8 status? Seems to be rarer than OMG... Stadium Events.

Personally I don't even think it should be a US release. I've never seen anyone confirm having a us barcoded copy. In Sega Visions there's also so many games they reviewed for us release that never came here. Sonic 2, Lucky Dime Caper, Pat Riley Basketball....seems they just canned tons of stuff at the end.

[tynstar]

I will just print my a bar code for teh CIB PAL one I have!

[mikeetler]

Personally I don't even think it should be a US release. I've never seen anyone confirm having a us barcoded copy. In Sega Visions there's also so many games they reviewed for us release that never came here. Sonic 2, Lucky Dime Caper, Pat Riley Basketball....seems they just canned tons of stuff at the end.

Sonic was definitely a US release. I've had a few over the years but never held onto one for myself. Kinda sucks since that and Spider-Man are the only two US SMS games I need.