Thread 12008770

what are the best games for the sega master system?

Some random shit that stands out off the top of my head

Phantasy Star
Wonder Boy III
Outrun
Sonic 1, 2, Chaos
Ghostbusters
Rambo II
Baku Baku
Bonanza Bros.
Moonwalker
Master of Darkness
Bubble Bobble
Castle of Illusion, Land of Illusion, Legend of Illusion (Mickey Mouse games)
Fantasy Zone

>>12008770 (OP)
Rook all teh saem

>>12008859
Damn nigga dem graphix lookin tight

Sagaia and Fantasy Zone are sick if you like SHMUPs. Most games on the SMS have not aged well compared to the NES though.

>>12008873
What a gay nintendo opinion. Sega 4 lyfe nigga.

>>12008897
NES > SMS
Genesis/MD > SNES
Saturn > N64
Dreamcast == Gamecube (they both suck)
Not a Nintendie, faggot.

>>12008873
Im crazy in that i dont see a reason to compare them head to head. Its like they are two seperate machines, almost.

Anyway to answer op, sms was pretty cheap back when i actively collected games. So it was gun to just order random games, the light phaser games are neat. I think choplifter gets overlooked, zillion was fun too but you need scratch paper for the codes.

>>12008978
>two separate machines
yeah, the nes has games and the sms doesn't

>>12008770 (OP)
Here are my personal favorites which I can recommend to anyone:

Aladdin
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Asterix
Asterix and the Great Rescue
Asterix and the Secret Mission
Batman Returns
Black Belt/Hokuto no Ken
Bonanza Bros.
Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Choplifter
Deep Duck Trouble starring Donald Duck
Dynamite Headdy
Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone II: the Tears of Opa Opa
Goldex Axe Warrior
Jurassic Park
Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck
Master of Darkness
Ninja Gaiden
Phantasy Star
Rambo
Rastan
Shinobi
Sonic Chaos
Sonic the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Wonder Boy
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Wonder Boy 3: the Dragon's Trap

>>12008831
>naming games that straight have better versions on other consoles of the same time period

ill you give you the mickey games i guess, and bubble bobble does have exclusive stages and bosses

Best version of Ultima IV

Chopliter
Penguin Land

>>12008873
>Most games on the SMS have not aged well compared to the NES though
It's actually the opposite

>>12008983
Only if you're a burger

>>12008770 (OP)
Rampage

>>12009195
Source?
>>12009196
t. huehue

>>12008770 (OP)
That's clearly the Base System however.

Cloud Master
Penguin Land

>>12011076
Wonderboy in monster world is also very solid

Hurry up and say it.

Man, back in the '90s, we was broke as hell, but my pops snagged a Sega Master System from the Salvation Army for cheap. Monaco GP II is the shit, you faggots talk about fag games but not the heavy hitters like psycho fox or power strike, the fuck?

>>12008770 (OP)
More like
>The Sega Based system
I loved everything about the Master System except the D-pad. Young me was fond of Nintendo's D-pad. I love that it's still developed for in Brazil. Some of the rarer ports blow my mind.

I wonder when the mods will catch on to half the current threads being made by me as thinly veiled meemee bait

Nobody said the ninja? I love this game.

>>12008859
SEGA's Disney titles on Master System for me were just as good as Capcom's NES titles and I'm not joking.

Ninja gaiden on the SMS is better than any nes ninja gaiden

Also mentions
Shinobi
Sonic 1 and 2 and chaos
Alex kid in shinobi world
Enduro racer

Golden Axe Warrior and Wonder Boy III

>>12015360
>Ninja gaiden on the SMS is better than any nes ninja gaiden
Only if you’re afraid of a challenge.

>>12015369
>Golden Axe Warrior and Wonder Boy III
And the Mickey Mouse games

>>12008859
>>12008869
aint gon ngl dat be lookin dope doe

>>12008770 (OP)
If you've played Phantasy Star, most others will disappoint.

Some shoot-them-ups are considered superior to their SNES versions because SNES is hella slow

>>12017228
I don’t believe there are any shmups released on both Master System and SNES.

>>12015993
This, also the sequel, which was great on Master System, but people usually skip it due to the infamous Game Gear port.

>>12017228
>Some shoot-them-ups are considered superior to their SNES versions because SNES is hella slow
Such as?

>>12015993
>>12017706
A lot of people skip the 8-Bit Sonic games because they're on less powerful hardware with less flashy graphics, but I think they have a lot of charm that's unique to them

>>12008770 (OP)
Here's my list, although it lacks some of the Disney titles that often pop up on these sorts of lists as well as games that were probably better off on other systems (looking at you Dynamite Headdy)

Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Alex Kidd in Miracle World II
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Asterix
Aztec Adventure: Golden Road to Paradise
Captain Silver
Choplifter
Danan: The Jungle Fighter
Fantasy Zone
Fantasy Zone II: Tears of Opa Opa
Golden Axe Warrior
Golvellius
Kensaiden
Lord of the Sword
Master of Darkness
Montezuma's Revenge
Ninja Gaiden
Phantasy Star
Power Strike
Power Strike II
R-Type
Rastan
Shinobi
Sonic Chaos
Sonic The Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog II
SpellCaster
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Zillion
Zillion II

>>12009195
Strong disagree here, there are barely any good SMS games compared to the NES's library, and most of the good ones are pretty basic arcade conversions and so-so platformers. Obviously there are standouts, but few that reach the level of innovation or stylishness of their NES counterparts.

>>12017849
I think the Streets of Rage SMS versions are pretty cool desu

>>12017854
Totally legitimate opinion, same with Ghouls N Ghosts, but from what I can tell a lot of these SMS ports of titles that also appeared on the Genesis tend to mostly be strictly worse versions, often with mangled soundtracks that badly attempted to replicate the Genesis versions instead of doing something the SMS could actually handle. I can't think of any reason to include them beyond pure historical interest for the average person trying to get into Sega's earlier stuff

>>12017750
Indeed, both the Sonic the Hedgehog and the Sonic & Tails duologies are incredible.

>>12008873
NES aged better for sure, but then again it's arguably the greatest library ever, Master System still aged well though.

>>12019401
>greatest library
That’s not the ps2. The nes and ps2 both have the issue of being full of absolutely terrible trash and your chance of picking a good game randomly from its library is very low but both have amazing games.
I’d say maybe 1/25 nes games are good.

>>12020039
I'd argue that the NES has about 250 games worth playing, although my personal list does include some famicom titles and a few homebrews. Given that there were less than 1400 officially released titles across the NES/Famicom I would say your odds are way better than 1/25

>>12020039
If you're going by ratio, the Dreamcast wins, its library has the highest average rating of any console. Though some of that is due to the fact that, for whatever weird market reasons, there was a smaller percentage of shovelware crap dumped on it than most other systems. If you want PS2 on top you should be arguing from the number of games rather than ratio of good vs bad

Renegade was better on the Master System over the Nes version, why was that?

Poseidon Wars 3D has the best OST of any 8 bit game period.

>>12008770 (OP)
Man, the peak of the SMS makes the NES look like shit. Why was the better hardware used to poorly?

>>12020324
Because you really weren’t getting many advantages with the hardware (practically any game you can make on Master System is doable on Famicom, once mappers came out) and the Famicom was far more popular, so third parties went there instead. Plus, Sega had already released a console two years prior that they quickly moved on from, so consumer trust in their consoles was already low.

>>12008770 (OP)
I grew up with a Gamegear.

Safe to say most Gamegear games match their Master System variant?

>>12020745
Except for smaller resolution, and I thank sometimes more colors, since Game Gear had a palette of 4096 while the Master System had only 64 colors.

>>12020758
Correct on both counts

not even trolling, Wonderboy in Monster Land is the best game for me in Master System

Golden Axe Warriors is the shit too. Psycho Fox and Alexx Kidd are nice but kinda janky

Disney games as already mentioned

Overall, I think Master system is a little better than the NES, America just never discovered it.
And it shows, indie dev never make new versions of this games, it's always Nintendo and now Ps1

>>12020087
I would also add the fact that the Dreamcast didn't last that long either.

>>12020873
As a kid, I swore by Dragon's Trap, but now I prefer Monster Land. More challenging, gear upgrades feel more impactful, so overall a tightly designed game.

>>12014584
One of the best early titles.

I'll add Submarine Attack (just an okay and pretty easy shmup, but the underwater scenery make it stand out for me)
And Miracle Warriors as it's unique, if a bit clunky, for a console RPG.

>>12008770 (OP)
They all suck don't bother.

>>12020873
>>12021034
Never played either SMS Wonder Boy games but I know a bit about Dragon's Trap
Is this the typical case where the bigger game just has more padding and worse pacing kinda like CV1 vs CV3?

>>12022213
Dragon's Trap is a good metroidvania
Monster Land is a one of a kind arcade with RPG-lite elements, tightly paced yeah

Like "Crash 1 is better than 3 because is simpler", yeah

>>12017268
only one i can think of is r-type, which is much better on the snes

>>12022525
R-Type wasn’t on SNES. Super R-Type was, which was similar to R-Type II, which wasn’t on SMS.