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@@orderofmagnitude-TPATP It's tremendous on both. It's one of those games that don't grab people in on first glance, you've got to sit down and play it for a while before it really clicks. Never makes these lists it seems, goes totally under the radar. In that way it's like Gain Ground on the Mega Drive, although a totally different actual type of game of course!
I grew up playing a ton of master system games in the 90s and 00s but Phantasy star and Dragon's trap I didn't notice these games till 2013 and 2018. I called my best friend up in 2013 about this 2nd Wonder Boy 3 game called Dragon's Trap and he got hyped and came over to my house (he left his job early btw) we played this game for hours on my Wii Virtual console and we were just stuffing down pizza and fruit soda XD... we felt like kids playing a game that was new to us at the time. in 2018 I bought Phantasy star 1 on Wii Virtual Console just one hour before nintendo shut down the feature of buying wii points. I called my bud up again and told him about this game and the Dragon's Trap remake. He traveled across the UK to come to my old house, stay over for an entire week and play these two games and many others. Just recently he started playing Dragon Quest games because I wouldn't stop talking about them for like a decade now XD and we love RPGs but sadly we can't always get round to playing them :(. Infact in 2019 my friend is going through a very harsh time and what keeps him happy is playing these games I introduced him to and he's moved close to my old house so we can meet more often.
Castle of Illusion, The Donald Duck games, The Smurfs, The Asterix games... Master System excelled in these kind of cartoon platformers more so than the NES. And most of them are missing from the list. Land of Illusion is here but i wonder why all the others aren't.
The Ninja was great with good music. I wish they would release a master system sega compilation for current consoles instead of constant mega drive ones.
The SMS1 was my very first console and turned me into a hardcore SEGA fan! ♥ I was addicted to Psychic World, Hang-On, Wonderboy, California Games and even Rocky! Thanks for this 'tribute' video! It was beautiful!
Thank you SO MUCH for this trip down memory lane! My favorite game of all time wasn't on the list, but I've never met anyone else who's even played it; Penguin Land! Do you remember that one? Tbh I was waiting for Penguin Land all the way to Number One 😂
Even though I grew up with the SMS (me and my brothers pooled our money to get one), Its funny to me to hear that every SMS fan would put Phantasy star at number one when I have to say I never played it back in the day or really feel compelled to do so now. It was the like of lucky Dime Caper, Asterix, Sonic 1 (and 2) or even Impossible Mission or Taz-Mania that I would go for first.
Phantasy Star is available in a "Sega Ages" release version, which offers "quality of life" improvements that make it more playable today. It's available on the Nintendo Switch, not sure of other systems. I played it on my friend's SMS back in the day, and been obsessed with it ever since. Any Sega Master System game list that doesn't include it is illegitimate in my eyes.
I've only been looking into this console library for a few years now, but I've loved just about everything I've come across so far. You covered lots of great games, but if I had to add any, I'd put Psychic World and the Asterix games on there as well. SpellCaster was also a ton of fun. Thanks for a comprehensive list!
I've only played one game from the top 3, spent hundreds of hours on that game. In 1991 someone gave me it and told me to put the nut in the Laconian pot and that was the only clue I had as a 12yr old figuring the game out! It's still one of the games a dip in and out of. Warriors of the eternal sun on the megadrive had a similar feel, another awesome rpg. Always saw golvelious advertised on the foldable master system leaflets but never got round to playing it, Ultima iv and miracle warriors were pretty deep games, and y's is a classic
It went kid kool on nes, then psycho fox on master system then finally magical turbo hat adventure on megadrive, but sprite swapped to decap attack for the western world. All are based on the same game engine.
50: Rambo: First Blood Part II 49: Basketball Nightmare 48: Fantasy Zone 47: Lord Of The Sword 46: Action Fighter 45: Reggie Jackson Baseball 44: Alex Kidd: The Lost Sars 43: Casino Games 42: Road Fighter 41: Montezumas Revenge 40: Wonder Boy 39: Golden Axe Warrior 38: Renegade 37: Bonanza Bros 36: Ghostbusters 35: The Incredible Hulk 34: Ghost House 33: Galaxy Force 32: Scramble Spirits 31: Teddy Boy 30: Fantasy Zone II: The Tears Of Opa-Opa 29: Parlour Games 28: Land Of Illusion (Mickey Mouse) 27: Kenseiden 26: R-Type 25: Zillion 24: Ninja Gaiden 23: Road Rash 22: Space Harrier 21: Enduro Racer 20: Double Dragon 19: After Burner 18: Master Of Darkness (Aka Vampire) 17: Wonder Boy In Monsterland 16: Alien Syndrome 15: Power Strike 14: Rampage 13: Black Belt 12: YS - The Vanished Omens 11: Power Strike II 10: Sonic The Hedgehog 09: Rastan 08: Outrun 07: Alex Kidd In Miracle World 06: Wonder Boy III - The Dragons Trap 05: Shinobi 04: The Ninja 03: Golvellius - Valley Of Doom 02: Alex Kidd In Shinobi World 01. Phantasy Star
Totally agree with you about the soundtrack of Phantasy Star - it is the greatest for any 8-bit system indeed! Also, it's my very favorite game of the SMS. I loved to see Kenseiden and The Ninja as well. I missed Asterix, though... I think it's a lovely game, actually. Maybe Psychic World should have been remembered, but I prefer the MSX version. And great justice you gave to Compile! It's the best third-party developer for the SMS definitely.
Fantastic list filled with lots of amazing nostalgia but there is one HUGE omission for me. Psycho Fox has got to be on this list and it’s my favourite platformer on the Master System by far. What a game that was!!!
You should really give Star Wars a go. Its varied quality gameplay , licensed and published by U.S. Gold, but better in spite of that. its almost the same as the Nes version, true, but thats a classic as well.
Favorite game Fantasy Zone II. Bought the Sega 3D collection for the 3Ds just to have that on the go. The Ninja is great. The arcade version is Ninja Princess. For some reason they changed the main character to male for the home release.
Loved the 'idiot' rating ;-). This is an excellent list Kim and thanks for taking the time to do this! I literally just re-hooked up my Megadrive and plan to play both SMS and Megadrive games in the coming months!
I couldn’t help but laugh when you mentioned the annoying sound Alex makes when he kicks it, as my first thought (being snarky in a friendly way) “so stop dying!” LOL! The Dreamcast is my favorite system, Master System would be #1 just for Phantasy Star! Oh my stars! Phantasy Star 1 is epic. My brother and I played it through at least 15 times! Half together as kids, half as adults! We cherish what we call “The Yellow Folder”, which contains graph paper, step by step maps of EVERY dungeon we made by hand! As well as all character max stats, weapons they can or can’t use, every tiny town or big city with every shop’s items, weapons, cost and effectiveness. There’s a cave on Dezoris with nothing but White Dragons- the ultimate place to “grind levels” (according to the old, free SEGA tip phone line! They sent us a *free* walkthrough! By mail, a huge packet of papers, because it was SEGA and our first RPG! We fine-tuned it, added the dungeon maps that weren’t in the packet. I remember so clearly telling my brother “It says Alys gained a level, but nothing looks any different! What?” That yellow folder is in my safe keeping at the moment, but my brother and I still trade it. It’s a HUGE part of the game for us! That game really helped us bond. And the dungeons have NEVER been outdone! Visually, perfect! The best way to make a 3D maze confusing is to make every bit of it look identical! Screw “overhead dungeon maps” where you can even see enemies before they attack! That’s for losers!!! Phantasy Star meant every single step you took could start a battle you DIE IN. No warnings on attacks! No warning (unless you know how to use the right spell at the exact right step in a dungeon) of “Pit Traps”! You can be 9 floors up a tower, take ONE wrong step and be dropped 1-8 levels lower again without any option but to redo it! Best game ever! I refuse to play any version with textured walls or mini-maps! That’s for Final Fantasy wimps!
Great video. Wonder Boy on the Master System was the first video game I ever owned, so it will always have a soft spot for me. But I had most fun with Rastan on this console...it was just such an excellent port. Another favourite was Chase H.Q.
I'll never understand how an unfunny, boring, seanbaby stealing dipshit like the AVGN has millions of subs but dr sparkle has like fucking barely 8k. Chrontendo/turbo/sega are amazing.
Very first console I bought myself as a kid using paper round money from my mams catalogue... used go to a car boot sale every Sunday to pick up games, if no luck there was a game shop across the road lol.. use to love a game called dead angle, spent hours playing it with my dad, operation wolf, obvs sonics and another fave was 007 the duel and batman returns guilty pleasure.... SORRY FOR GOING ON, THIS VID HIT MY NOSTALGIA SPOT
My top 10 is probably (in no real order): Sonic Choplifter Mickey Mouse: Land of Illusion Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap Golvellius (Tied with Dragon's Trap for my number 1.) Ninja Gaiden (I agree it doesn't touch the NES games but it's a high caliber platformer for the Master System.) Fantasy Zone 2 Kenseiden Rastan R-Type (My favorite contemporary port of the game.)
I've a fond spot for both Battle Out Run and World Grand Prix - I'm probably alone in both of those, but they are both fun racers for their own reasons. Otherwise most of my personal picks are here, so it's a great list for sure! For modern stuff, I'm quite a fan of Flight of Pigarus - a homebrew Caravan shooter which may not be up there with both Power Strike games, but is quite a fun challenge for a short burst of play.
Surprised not to see Spellcaster. Phantasy Star still holds up, I played through all four a couple of years ago, my first time finishing any of them. It held its own. Alex Kidd...I know people have a lot of nostalgia for it, but I just can't see the gameplay as being great because of the wonky hit detection. The hit boxes in that game were just not well thought out. I tried to get through it when it was released on the PS3 and just moved on after a while.
Bah, no Asterix... Also, SMS Monster Land 1 would be a really solid port, but what breaks it for me is that it's missing half of the great music from the AC version (a feat which the C64 port pulled of splendidly). You can't just use the beach theme in level 1!
I wish I was able to play the Master System back in the day when it was current. I would have been the right age for it and with a bit of help from nostalgia I'd probably have more patience to give it's games a fair chance. That being said I'll def be checking some of these out, nice to have a large list of good recommendations.
Nintendo took Rainbow Arts to court for the game Great Gianna Sisters being similar to Mario Bros. We’re they happy with Golden Axe Warrior? Thought I was looking at Zelda.
California Games was amazing as you could get 8 mates round and all play against each other. One of the best games for groups of kids. Way better than nintendo wi and 20years earlier.
You skipped the sword upgrade in the second stage of kenseiden! I remember doing that when I played the game the first few times and the first boss at the end of this stage is almost impossible without it hahah, good old 8bit game difficulty there
I owned a Master System 2 and a NES and preferred the NES, I remember the games I played more. The only game I really remember is an Asterix game, very good.
Great memories... Zillion, Wonder Boy, Kung Fu Kid, Black Belt, Kenseiden, Alien Syndrome, My Hero, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, the Ninja, Shinobi, even Rocky! My favourite was Space Harrier
I'm super happy to see The Ninja and Alex Kidd so high but I'm surprised that Aztec Adventure isn't on the list,it's a hidden gem for sure but I can't argue with the list as there are so many worth while games here
DUDE YOU GOT TO PLAY THE JAPANESE VERSION OF NINJA IT'S A BILLION TIMES BETTER ITS GOT LIKE LOADS MORE LEVELS AND MUCH BETTER COMBAT YOU FIRE DIRECTLY FORWARD IN THE JAPANESE VERSION
Being in Canada, the secondary market is the best of both worlds (also having a lot of Portuguese immigrants helps with the SMS). I found a SMS in a Portuguese junk shoppe for 8 dollars, and managed to build a collection including Cyborg Hunter, Sonic 1, several phaser games (including 2-player Gangster Town), Lost Stars, Dragon's Trap, etc.
Nice shout out for Chrontendo. His droning voice is perfect to fall asleep to, and I do so nightly. Also, nice that Kim likes Montezuma's Revenge. In the 80s as a C64 owner I despised all of those weird looking British platform games that were available from Mastertronic and Firebird. Had no idea that it was the ZX Spectrum to thank for those weird graphics. What does this have to do with Montezuma's Revenge? Well, if a British C64 fan ever wondered why some of the U. S. games looked like crap (M.R., Pinball Construction Set, Choplifter, etc.) blame the Apple II for being our "SPECCY" in forcing graphically poor game ports on the C64. Once you are aware of the Apple IIs graphical style the games that started there but were ported to other computers is unmistakable.
As a life long Sega fan, I really love yoyr videos about all things Sega. You and Daniel Ibbertson truly go above and beyond when making these vids. Thanx! 👍🏻☺️
Rastan, Outrun and a few other Master System conversions have a more weighty, balanced feel to them than other conversions. Long live the Master System.
Awesome vid... absolutely loving the sms lately, just gone through my collection and have set up a console to experience it all. Really enjoyed this vid 👏
I've had no first-hand experience with this system; I have to say though that _graphics-wise_ it blows pretty much everyone else out of the water. Really impressive.
Pretty good list. The order was a bit all over the place but it's not missing much that I would consider essential. Mine would look something like this: Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Power Strike II Alex Kidd in Miracle World Bubble Bobble/Final Bubble Bobble Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa R-Type Ninja Gaiden Zillion Sonic the Hedgehog Kenseiden Golvellius: Valley of Doom Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse Shinobi Jurassic Park Alex Kidd in Shinobi World Asterix Fantasy Zone Power Strike/Aleste Enduro Racer (JP) Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse Micro Machines Phantasy Star Star Wars Sonic Chaos Master of Darkness Wonder Boy in Monster Land Lucky Dime Caper Road Rash Wonder Boy Golden Axe Warrior Slap Shot Penguin Land Rastan Gangster Town Psycho Fox Renegade Solomon's Key Montezuma's Revenge OutRun 3-D Space Harrier 3-D Choplifter! The Ninja Astro Warrior Cyborg Hunter OutRun Rambo: First Blood Part II/Ashura Space Harrier Spellcaster Ys 1, After Burner, Black Belt or Deep Duck Trouble
Even if you set the lowest of standards, the Master System doesn't have more than 10 "good" games. The system wasn't built to have good games. It was built to be a cheap system for parents to buy when their kid asked them for a game console. The only reason that some people "love it", or became "hardcore sega fans" because of it, is because their parents bought it for them. I think i got mine on the Christmas of 1996, with Sonic built in as a game.
Great list as always Kim, and here are some more recommendations.... Ghouls And Ghosts, Asterix, Asterix And The Secret Mission, Star Wars, Prince Of Persia, Bubble Bobble, Alien 3, T2 The Arcade Game, Sagaia, Aerial Assault, The New Zealand story, Speedball 2, Batman Returns, Super Monaco GP, Chuck Rock 2, Cloud Master, Aladdin, Golden Axe, Deep Duck Trouble, Psychic World.
Back in the day I used to play "Global Defense" on the SMS...I managed to complete it, but couldn't manage to get the penguins to dance at the end of the level once I got to the asteroid belt - too much stuff going on at that point. I also managed to complete "Thunderblade".
Road Rash might be my favourite SMS game, that or Ms. Pac-Man. The former was definitely far superior to Outrun imo, that one was merely passable for the hardware and lacking when compared with Rad Racer from around the same time ;o I'm sure Road Fighter was a bootleg too, like a port of the MSX version I think.
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Watching now, but will be surprised if a guilty pleasure of mine is included - it's called Dragon Crystal. Fantastic game!
@@tubey84 loved that on game gear!
@@orderofmagnitude-TPATP It's tremendous on both. It's one of those games that don't grab people in on first glance, you've got to sit down and play it for a while before it really clicks. Never makes these lists it seems, goes totally under the radar.
In that way it's like Gain Ground on the Mega Drive, although a totally different actual type of game of course!
Ohh Psycho Fox! And I still have a soft spot for the SMS versions of Golden Axe and Ghouls N Ghosts...and Castle of Illusion
Easy: Lucky Dime Caper, Phantasy Star, Shinobi and finally: Wonderboy the Dragon's Trap one of my most favourite 8-bit games of all time! XD
I grew up playing a ton of master system games in the 90s and 00s but Phantasy star and Dragon's trap I didn't notice these games till 2013 and 2018.
I called my best friend up in 2013 about this 2nd Wonder Boy 3 game called Dragon's Trap and he got hyped and came over to my house (he left his job early btw) we played this game for hours on my Wii Virtual console and we were just stuffing down pizza and fruit soda XD... we felt like kids playing a game that was new to us at the time.
in 2018 I bought Phantasy star 1 on Wii Virtual Console just one hour before nintendo shut down the feature of buying wii points.
I called my bud up again and told him about this game and the Dragon's Trap remake. He traveled across the UK to come to my old house, stay over for an entire week and play these two games and many others.
Just recently he started playing Dragon Quest games because I wouldn't stop talking about them for like a decade now XD and we love RPGs but sadly we can't always get round to playing them :(. Infact in 2019 my friend is going through a very harsh time and what keeps him happy is playing these games I introduced him to and he's moved close to my old house so we can meet more often.
Did you forgot astérix?
I miss Asterix, Cool Spot and Castle of Illusion.
Cool Spot was amazing on the mastersystem
Yeah, Asterix is brilliant.
Oh yeah, the best Asterix game j can think of! (The arcade game looks great, but is way too hard, from memory)
@@samadriel Asterix and the Power of the Gods on the Megadrive is really good as well!
Yup! Asterix was excellent! Played it to death.
I personally really enjoyed the lucky dime caper
This was always my favourite too. It looks better than some 16 but games
Castle of Illusion, The Donald Duck games, The Smurfs, The Asterix games... Master System excelled in these kind of cartoon platformers more so than the NES. And most of them are missing from the list. Land of Illusion is here but i wonder why all the others aren't.
Because it's not your list you bozo pos clown
The Ninja was great with good music. I wish they would release a master system sega compilation for current consoles instead of constant mega drive ones.
Rastan has an amazing third arcade game that plays like a Final Fight game but with more interesting gameplay.
I cant help but feel that this list was a bit unfair to Asterix.
It's a subjective list, so there is no fair or unfair.
The SMS1 was my very first console and turned me into a hardcore SEGA fan! ♥
I was addicted to Psychic World, Hang-On, Wonderboy, California Games and even Rocky!
Thanks for this 'tribute' video! It was beautiful!
Not many people seem to mention Populous which I thought was a brilliant conversion. Also Gauntlet was great.
I love your best-of lists. It’s just to reassuring and relaxing hearing you talk!
Thank you SO MUCH for this trip down memory lane! My favorite game of all time wasn't on the list, but I've never met anyone else who's even played it; Penguin Land! Do you remember that one?
Tbh I was waiting for Penguin Land all the way to Number One 😂
Even though I grew up with the SMS (me and my brothers pooled our money to get one), Its funny to me to hear that every SMS fan would put Phantasy star at number one when I have to say I never played it back in the day or really feel compelled to do so now.
It was the like of lucky Dime Caper, Asterix, Sonic 1 (and 2) or even Impossible Mission or Taz-Mania that I would go for first.
Phantasy Star is available in a "Sega Ages" release version, which offers "quality of life" improvements that make it more playable today. It's available on the Nintendo Switch, not sure of other systems. I played it on my friend's SMS back in the day, and been obsessed with it ever since. Any Sega Master System game list that doesn't include it is illegitimate in my eyes.
There is some cryptic nonsense in the beginning that had most players stumped.
I think I would have to say my fav, of the games I had for my Master System 2 would have to be Asterix.
“”Lord of the Sword” sounds like the title of an early Testament song.
It certainly has a Disciples Of The Watch vibe.
Manowar
Aaaah !
Two metal kings," wearing jeans and leather, that's manowar's crowd." 😉
I've only been looking into this console library for a few years now, but I've loved just about everything I've come across so far. You covered lots of great games, but if I had to add any, I'd put Psychic World and the Asterix games on there as well. SpellCaster was also a ton of fun. Thanks for a comprehensive list!
I think Psycho Fox deserves a mention as well.
Totally agree.. fantastic game!
Yeah was a bit surprised it wasn't there
*The best some say better than Mario 2?!?* 💡
I've only played one game from the top 3, spent hundreds of hours on that game. In 1991 someone gave me it and told me to put the nut in the Laconian pot and that was the only clue I had as a 12yr old figuring the game out! It's still one of the games a dip in and out of. Warriors of the eternal sun on the megadrive had a similar feel, another awesome rpg. Always saw golvelious advertised on the foldable master system leaflets but never got round to playing it, Ultima iv and miracle warriors were pretty deep games, and y's is a classic
It went kid kool on nes, then psycho fox on master system then finally magical turbo hat adventure on megadrive, but sprite swapped to decap attack for the western world.
All are based on the same game engine.
My favourite MS game was always Spellcaster
Surprised Psycho Fix wasn't on here but great list, great memories!
50: Rambo: First Blood Part II
49: Basketball Nightmare
48: Fantasy Zone
47: Lord Of The Sword
46: Action Fighter
45: Reggie Jackson Baseball
44: Alex Kidd: The Lost Sars
43: Casino Games
42: Road Fighter
41: Montezumas Revenge
40: Wonder Boy
39: Golden Axe Warrior
38: Renegade
37: Bonanza Bros
36: Ghostbusters
35: The Incredible Hulk
34: Ghost House
33: Galaxy Force
32: Scramble Spirits
31: Teddy Boy
30: Fantasy Zone II: The Tears Of Opa-Opa
29: Parlour Games
28: Land Of Illusion (Mickey Mouse)
27: Kenseiden
26: R-Type
25: Zillion
24: Ninja Gaiden
23: Road Rash
22: Space Harrier
21: Enduro Racer
20: Double Dragon
19: After Burner
18: Master Of Darkness (Aka Vampire)
17: Wonder Boy In Monsterland
16: Alien Syndrome
15: Power Strike
14: Rampage
13: Black Belt
12: YS - The Vanished Omens
11: Power Strike II
10: Sonic The Hedgehog
09: Rastan
08: Outrun
07: Alex Kidd In Miracle World
06: Wonder Boy III - The Dragons Trap
05: Shinobi
04: The Ninja
03: Golvellius - Valley Of Doom
02: Alex Kidd In Shinobi World
01. Phantasy Star
Totally agree with you about the soundtrack of Phantasy Star - it is the greatest for any 8-bit system indeed! Also, it's my very favorite game of the SMS. I loved to see Kenseiden and The Ninja as well. I missed Asterix, though... I think it's a lovely game, actually. Maybe Psychic World should have been remembered, but I prefer the MSX version. And great justice you gave to Compile! It's the best third-party developer for the SMS definitely.
The title screen music is so nostalgic, such an awesome soundtrack
I was blown away by robocod on the master system. It's nearly exact to the 16 bit counterparts.
Props for mentioning Alex Kidd in Shinobi World. Incredibly underrated and better than the original Shinobi for not being as frustratingly hard.
Fantastic list filled with lots of amazing nostalgia but there is one HUGE omission for me. Psycho Fox has got to be on this list and it’s my favourite platformer on the Master System by far. What a game that was!!!
Also loved the ninja. My favourite master system game ever though is Psycho Fox.
I loved The Terminator, Batman Returns, Asterix, Jurassic Park, Moonwalker, California Games, Bart vs the Space Mutants, Rampart :)
California Games that was a 'like totally radical dude' game.
Just awesome...so impressed with your channel
You should really give Star Wars a go. Its varied quality gameplay , licensed and published by U.S. Gold, but better in spite of that. its almost the same as the Nes version, true, but thats a classic as well.
Favorite game Fantasy Zone II. Bought the Sega 3D collection for the 3Ds just to have that on the go.
The Ninja is great. The arcade version is Ninja Princess. For some reason they changed the main character to male for the home release.
The SMS really should have gotten a straight port of Ninja Princess. Shame that it didn't happen.
Had no idea there was a port of Road Fighter on the SMS. Played the NES version to death as a kid. Loved it.
Psychic World & Miracle Warriors really should have been on your list, I'm surprised.
Asterix on SMS all time favourite.
Always liked Quartet. No one talks about it. One of the few games I could beat in my youth.
My fave sms game was Ultima 4. I also enjoyed World Games. Populous, Micro Machines and Prince of Persia.
The Ninja was my go to game back then. So glad you had it on your list.
Loved the 'idiot' rating ;-). This is an excellent list Kim and thanks for taking the time to do this! I literally just re-hooked up my Megadrive and plan to play both SMS and Megadrive games in the coming months!
I couldn’t help but laugh when you mentioned the annoying sound Alex makes when he kicks it, as my first thought (being snarky in a friendly way) “so stop dying!” LOL! The Dreamcast is my favorite system, Master System would be #1 just for Phantasy Star! Oh my stars! Phantasy Star 1 is epic. My brother and I played it through at least 15 times! Half together as kids, half as adults! We cherish what we call “The Yellow Folder”, which contains graph paper, step by step maps of EVERY dungeon we made by hand! As well as all character max stats, weapons they can or can’t use, every tiny town or big city with every shop’s items, weapons, cost and effectiveness. There’s a cave on Dezoris with nothing but White Dragons- the ultimate place to “grind levels” (according to the old, free SEGA tip phone line! They sent us a *free* walkthrough! By mail, a huge packet of papers, because it was SEGA and our first RPG! We fine-tuned it, added the dungeon maps that weren’t in the packet. I remember so clearly telling my brother “It says Alys gained a level, but nothing looks any different! What?”
That yellow folder is in my safe keeping at the moment, but my brother and I still trade it. It’s a HUGE part of the game for us! That game really helped us bond. And the dungeons have NEVER been outdone! Visually, perfect! The best way to make a 3D maze confusing is to make every bit of it look identical! Screw “overhead dungeon maps” where you can even see enemies before they attack! That’s for losers!!! Phantasy Star meant every single step you took could start a battle you DIE IN. No warnings on attacks! No warning (unless you know how to use the right spell at the exact right step in a dungeon) of “Pit Traps”! You can be 9 floors up a tower, take ONE wrong step and be dropped 1-8 levels lower again without any option but to redo it! Best game ever! I refuse to play any version with textured walls or mini-maps! That’s for Final Fantasy wimps!
Well said bro. Wow that’s amazing what you wrote. The yellow folder all the maps etc….think I may start another long journey soon
Great video. Wonder Boy on the Master System was the first video game I ever owned, so it will always have a soft spot for me. But I had most fun with Rastan on this console...it was just such an excellent port. Another favourite was Chase H.Q.
I'm glad to hear you also enjoy Chrontendo. That channel is criminally underrated
I'll never understand how an unfunny, boring, seanbaby stealing dipshit like the AVGN has millions of subs but dr sparkle has like fucking barely 8k. Chrontendo/turbo/sega are amazing.
Giving his vids better names would help, I just had a look and they're all called Chrontendo Episode XX... great, what are they about?
@34:34, more like a Ninja Gaiden Clone, It looks like it plays like Ninja Gaiden.
Still looks fun.
Very first console I bought myself as a kid using paper round money from my mams catalogue... used go to a car boot sale every Sunday to pick up games, if no luck there was a game shop across the road lol.. use to love a game called dead angle, spent hours playing it with my dad, operation wolf, obvs sonics and another fave was 007 the duel and batman returns guilty pleasure.... SORRY FOR GOING ON, THIS VID HIT MY NOSTALGIA SPOT
My top 10 is probably (in no real order):
Sonic
Choplifter
Mickey Mouse: Land of Illusion
Wonderboy 3: The Dragon's Trap
Golvellius (Tied with Dragon's Trap for my number 1.)
Ninja Gaiden (I agree it doesn't touch the NES games but it's a high caliber platformer for the Master System.)
Fantasy Zone 2
Kenseiden
Rastan
R-Type (My favorite contemporary port of the game.)
Populous and Monster Land, but then, I had very few MS games before moving to the Mega drive. Please do a top c64 games list, if you can.
I've a fond spot for both Battle Out Run and World Grand Prix - I'm probably alone in both of those, but they are both fun racers for their own reasons. Otherwise most of my personal picks are here, so it's a great list for sure!
For modern stuff, I'm quite a fan of Flight of Pigarus - a homebrew Caravan shooter which may not be up there with both Power Strike games, but is quite a fun challenge for a short burst of play.
Flight Pigarus is great fun, and looks absolutely amazing.
Surprised not to see Spellcaster. Phantasy Star still holds up, I played through all four a couple of years ago, my first time finishing any of them. It held its own. Alex Kidd...I know people have a lot of nostalgia for it, but I just can't see the gameplay as being great because of the wonky hit detection. The hit boxes in that game were just not well thought out. I tried to get through it when it was released on the PS3 and just moved on after a while.
Bah, no Asterix...
Also, SMS Monster Land 1 would be a really solid port, but what breaks it for me is that it's missing half of the great music from the AC version (a feat which the C64 port pulled of splendidly). You can't just use the beach theme in level 1!
I wish I was able to play the Master System back in the day when it was current. I would have been the right age for it and with a bit of help from nostalgia I'd probably have more patience to give it's games a fair chance. That being said I'll def be checking some of these out, nice to have a large list of good recommendations.
Nintendo took Rainbow Arts to court for the game Great Gianna Sisters being similar to Mario Bros. We’re they happy with Golden Axe Warrior? Thought I was looking at Zelda.
California Games was amazing as you could get 8 mates round and all play against each other. One of the best games for groups of kids.
Way better than nintendo wi and 20years earlier.
So happy to see The Ninja on here, I thought it would be over looked. Bloody brilliant.
You skipped the sword upgrade in the second stage of kenseiden! I remember doing that when I played the game the first few times and the first boss at the end of this stage is almost impossible without it hahah, good old 8bit game difficulty there
I owned a Master System 2 and a NES and preferred the NES, I remember the games I played more. The only game I really remember is an Asterix game, very good.
@Kim Justice you missed possibly the best game on the Sega Master System and that was Psycho Fox.. Look it up mate
Great memories... Zillion, Wonder Boy, Kung Fu Kid, Black Belt, Kenseiden, Alien Syndrome, My Hero, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego, the Ninja, Shinobi, even Rocky! My favourite was Space Harrier
Kenseixen was so dam hard lol
I'm super happy to see The Ninja and Alex Kidd so high but I'm surprised that Aztec Adventure isn't on the list,it's a hidden gem for sure but I can't argue with the list as there are so many worth while games here
DUDE YOU GOT TO PLAY THE JAPANESE VERSION OF NINJA IT'S A BILLION TIMES BETTER ITS GOT LIKE LOADS MORE LEVELS AND MUCH BETTER COMBAT YOU FIRE DIRECTLY FORWARD IN THE JAPANESE VERSION
I have to mention that Montezuma's Revenge is one of the weirdest game titles I can imagine. How do you get a video game named after diarrhea?
Psycho 🦊 my No1
Wonder-boy 3 for the win.
wrong space harrier on saturn with also outrun and hang on were best graphics period
I think you can say Phantasy Star was the absolute #1 best looking game of the entire 8 bit generation.
Being in Canada, the secondary market is the best of both worlds (also having a lot of Portuguese immigrants helps with the SMS). I found a SMS in a Portuguese junk shoppe for 8 dollars, and managed to build a collection including Cyborg Hunter, Sonic 1, several phaser games (including 2-player Gangster Town), Lost Stars, Dragon's Trap, etc.
No Prince Of Persia? A fantastic version of a classic game. And Ghouls and Ghosts?
Spellcaster. Asterix
Nice shout out for Chrontendo. His droning voice is perfect to fall asleep to, and I do so nightly.
Also, nice that Kim likes Montezuma's Revenge. In the 80s as a C64 owner I despised all of those weird looking British platform games that were available from Mastertronic and Firebird. Had no idea that it was the ZX Spectrum to thank for those weird graphics. What does this have to do with Montezuma's Revenge? Well, if a British C64 fan ever wondered why some of the U. S. games looked like crap (M.R., Pinball Construction Set, Choplifter, etc.) blame the Apple II for being our "SPECCY" in forcing graphically poor game ports on the C64. Once you are aware of the Apple IIs graphical style the games that started there but were ported to other computers is unmistakable.
Outrun on the MS beats the Mega Drive version........behave yourself Kim
*LOL Wonder Boy III is number one on all or most MS top lists in the world!* 😂
As a life long Sega fan, I really love yoyr videos about all things Sega. You and Daniel Ibbertson truly go above and beyond when making these vids. Thanx! 👍🏻☺️
Said it many time but sonic is way better on the MS one of my favourite games is G-loc
I was addicted to California Games back in the day 🏄♂️🥏
I like your intro, it's very early 80s British. It feels nice.
It's from the mid-80s BBC Video intro animation. I remember it from my ancient Doctor Who VHSs!
Love your channel! 🎉
Miracle Warriors was great!
Think im gonna have to dig the master system out of the folks attic !!!!
Rastan, Outrun and a few other Master System conversions have a more weighty, balanced feel to them than other conversions. Long live the Master System.
I quite like this. Keep it up.
Awesome vid... absolutely loving the sms lately, just gone through my collection and have set up a console to experience it all. Really enjoyed this vid 👏
Asterix and lucky dime starring donald duck.
I also think sonic has the best bonus level and pacmania is the best pacman game.
Wonder boy 3 ace game
I've had no first-hand experience with this system; I have to say though that _graphics-wise_ it blows pretty much everyone else out of the water. Really impressive.
What was it about the Master System's graphics? They're so clean looking, the other 8-bit graphics could be a bit muddy in comparison
The SMS was more powerful than the NES, so the graphics were improved.
Great list and brought back some great memories. Just subbed to your channel. 👏🏻
No Asterix 😭
Great vid, Kim, a few, obvious gems missing, but you did a better job than I'd probably do.
Haha I had the same oversight with the ninja
Pretty good list. The order was a bit all over the place but it's not missing much that I would consider essential.
Mine would look something like this:
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap/Monster World II
Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Power Strike II
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Bubble Bobble/Final Bubble Bobble
Fantasy Zone II: The Tears of Opa-Opa
R-Type
Ninja Gaiden
Zillion
Sonic the Hedgehog
Kenseiden
Golvellius: Valley of Doom
Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
Shinobi
Jurassic Park
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Asterix
Fantasy Zone
Power Strike/Aleste
Enduro Racer (JP)
Legend of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
Micro Machines
Phantasy Star
Star Wars
Sonic Chaos
Master of Darkness
Wonder Boy in Monster Land
Lucky Dime Caper
Road Rash
Wonder Boy
Golden Axe Warrior
Slap Shot
Penguin Land
Rastan
Gangster Town
Psycho Fox
Renegade
Solomon's Key
Montezuma's Revenge
OutRun 3-D
Space Harrier 3-D
Choplifter!
The Ninja
Astro Warrior
Cyborg Hunter
OutRun
Rambo: First Blood Part II/Ashura
Space Harrier
Spellcaster
Ys 1, After Burner, Black Belt or Deep Duck Trouble
Excellent video! The Master System is my absolute favorite console of all time, with the Switch a very close second.
That's an interesting 1 and 2!
Thank you for getting Wonder Boy’s music stuck in my head.
just the name "Wonderboy" gets the Tenacious D song stuck in my head! Damn you, Jack Black!
Even if you set the lowest of standards, the Master System doesn't have more than 10 "good" games. The system wasn't built to have good games. It was built to be a cheap system for parents to buy when their kid asked them for a game console. The only reason that some people "love it", or became "hardcore sega fans" because of it, is because their parents bought it for them.
I think i got mine on the Christmas of 1996, with Sonic built in as a game.
Stay off the crack pipe. You’re wrong in every way. I wanted a sega cause of the games they had.
Great list as always Kim,
and here are some more recommendations....
Ghouls And Ghosts, Asterix, Asterix And The Secret Mission, Star Wars, Prince Of Persia, Bubble Bobble, Alien 3, T2 The Arcade Game, Sagaia, Aerial Assault,
The New Zealand story, Speedball 2, Batman Returns, Super Monaco GP, Chuck Rock 2, Cloud Master, Aladdin, Golden Axe, Deep Duck Trouble, Psychic World.
Road Fighter is on SMS? Is that a pirate port of the MSX version for Mark III?
Psycho fox
Looking forward to watching this! Always insightful and interesting video’s
Back in the day I used to play "Global Defense" on the SMS...I managed to complete it, but couldn't manage to get the penguins to dance at the end of the level once I got to the asteroid belt - too much stuff going on at that point. I also managed to complete "Thunderblade".
Road Rash might be my favourite SMS game, that or Ms. Pac-Man. The former was definitely far superior to Outrun imo, that one was merely passable for the hardware and lacking when compared with Rad Racer from around the same time ;o I'm sure Road Fighter was a bootleg too, like a port of the MSX version I think.
Wowroms time! Thanks, Kim.
Road Fighter is an unreleased Korean game...
WTF No Psycho Fox or Transbot aggggh
Wonder Boy was great on Amiga as a kid. I probably had an unlimited lives cheat because I seemed to be able to finish it