ALL 273 US/PAL Sega Master System Games RANKED BY THE CRITICS from WORST to FIRST
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 ก.ย. 2024
- The ultimate showcase of Sega Master System Games. This video ranks all 273 Sega Master System games that were released in North America and in PAL regions using the median scores of critics found in reviews. Compilation Carts like Astro Warrior/Pit Pot were not included but those games were individually ranked if they were released as single games.
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This is by far the most comprehensive, in-depth list of every SMS game I've ever seen. While I haven't played much of the SMS, the one game I did play (and beat) is Ninja Gaiden on there. Definitely a fun installment! A lot of games here that I want to try out myself and want to play! TC, this is easily your best video to date (it is up there with your TC Show episodes), and you can tell how much the SMS meant to you to compile this superb compendium. Excellent video man!
Wow, thank you so much for the kind words. Ninja Gaiden looked so fresh and clean on the SMS, I loved how it was portrayed and the critics agree with you that it's a must play. I hope you get your hands on a SMS some day as it's pretty neat. There are a few games that I think you'd love to play, Zillion being one of them. I also think you should try out the Cyber Shinobi after your love for the series. Thanks for watching and supporting!
Great video. I definitely disagree with some conclusions, but those are great games at the top.
How is it in-depth? He literally devotes one sentence to most games
Wonderboy 3 is my number 1. The story, graphics and charm was on another level. It was also huge and the dragon bosses were amazing.
What a great choice for your top pick! I love wonder boy 3 too. Like you mentioned it has just about everything and those bosses were iconic! Thanks for watching the video buddy, I appreciate every like and sub. Thanks!
The dragons trap if you used the password we3t0ne it unlocked everything...I still remember that from childhood.
It is the best game by a simple rationale: many of the other great gamed on the SMS were either good ports or remakes of other games on other systems. The Dragons trap is a system original, and the only one good enough to get people to make a VERY good remake.
@@bjrneirikstrkersen1021 I'd love a remake/remaster of Psycho Fox/Decap Attack!
dragons trap is my number 1 too! tbh i think it's my fave game across every console ever! x
Wonderboy 3 is for me the best game ever on Sega Master System.
Good story, good game play, control is perfect, it had everything any player wanted. Really wondering why it isn't ranked number 1. 😮😮😮😮😮
I LOVE wonder boy III !! That would be my second favorite game on the system right behind Zillion. Great choice for your No. 1 pick.
1 of the Wonder Boy games should be ranked no 1. I prefer Wonder Boy 2 in Monster land. Straight fwd gameplay that you can beat in 1 sitting.
There's not much to wonder, from what I can gather it wasn't a subjective decision but an objective analysis of many reviews published for each game and a mean score from all of them then produced. So the reason it isn't number one is that on average there were other games reviewed higher than it. Not really anything else to say beyond that.
amazing video, clearly you've put a lot of work on it! But if I can give you a suggestion, please remove the background music when playing the music/sounds of the games, because this way it's pretty painful to listen how they were overlapping all the time :D
Thank you so much for the kind words! I'm making more of these types of videos (working on one for the Sega Saturn) and I agree I'll remove the audio behind the gameplay moving forward. I unfortunately edited the video without proper headphones and that was a big mistake as I didn't hear the background music. My bad!
Wow so many Master System games I remember played or owned
You have a lot of great memories then! I love the library of Master System games and it was fun to discover new ones while creating thsi video. Thanks for watching!
Master system = love
You said it best buddy! Thanks for watching and thanks for the great comment. Hope to see you around more!
It's too bad some of the best games on the system have technically superior versions on the Genesis. It makes it hard for anyone who didn't grow up on it to love it. Shout out to Brazil for keeping it relevant for so long. A lot of those games probably wouldn't have received ports if the Master System didn't dominate that one particular region.
I agree, I'm thankful that the Master System received many ports even if they weren't as technically sound. One port that is particularly great is the Sonic the Hedgehog as it's almost a different version altogether. Thanks for watching! Great to meet more Sega Master System fans!
James "buster" Douglas and George Foremen is the same game, with different name. 😂 Why is in different positions? 😂
Hey there! Thanks for checking out the video, commenting, and asking a very valid question. James Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing was developed by Sanritsu and published by Sega in 1990, while George Foreman's KO Boxing was developed by SIMS and published by Flying Edge in 1992. GFKOB is a reworked version of JBDKB and while they are near identical there are some slight differences in graphics, title screens, speed select screens, and event introductions. Thanks again for watching!
F-16 Fighting Falcon should be the worst of the worst. Not saying Alf is a good game (it's not), but Alf is a hell of a lot better than F-16 Fighting Falcon. Literally any game is better than F-16 Fighting Falcon (which is freaking abysmal). Also, My Hero should be the 2nd worst (that game is freaking HORRIBLE. Even Alf is better than My Hero).
I think both are pretty bad haha. My Hero was sooooo hard it took me forever to get past some sections in it. Man, there were some bad games to go along with some amazing titles. Thanks for watching and sharing input!
Miracle Warriors is that low? No way...
I’d like to see it higher on the list as well. I love the map that it comes with. Great game, thanks for watching!
Props for the massive effort putting together this comprehensive video. One suggestion - don't add music when most clips have their own. The clash ruins the viewers' enjoyment.
Thank you for the kind words and for watching! I totally messed up on the background music, that's my bad! I've since made others like this without including the music.
Smurfs 2 and SCI are definitely not sub 5/10 for the SMS. Home Alone is decent as well. All in all, this critic can suck it.
Well said! Haha thank you for the comment and watching this video. I think there's some value to critic scores but for the most part it's best to the gamer to discover the game for themselves and find the joy or pain in playing a game. There's plenty of games that I've played that critics have crapped on that I love. Thanks again for watching!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames Was joking with that last one tbh but glad you took it well hehe. Was fun to see it all compiled like this.
The problem of this list is that review scores were all over the place due to what was played in what region. Desert Strike being Number 1 is weird and Chuck Rock 2 being 4 shows how this way of ranking things doesn't work. 😆
That is very true, some of the soccer or "futbol" games were rated very highly in Europe where in the United States the scores were less positive. There is a big bias in some areas. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames Also half the games on this list were only reviewed in Europe and not by US or Japanese magazines.
Back in 93 there was this store I found called Toy Liquidators they had hundreds of Master System titles for 10 dollars. I found probably about 20 titles that I would never find anywhere else because they where from Brazil. So I definitely lucked out. And I know so because I had so much trouble finding a virility of titles in normal stores back then. 🍻
What an awesome story! I’m very jealous you were able to get those games. Awesome!
Those Mickey mouse games looked absolutely awesome. I'd like to play some of those good ones. Nice video man You did a great job on this All that research and time spent to make this video should definitely be appreciated. I know all about putting a lot of time and energy into videos that nobody tends to care about. Keep up the great work buddy. ❤️
The Mickey games are fantastic. Lots of great gaming with those titles. Thank you so much for the kind words and saying you appreciate the video. It was a ton of work and I'm exhausted from it but with compliments like that it's all worth it.
The Master System ahhhhhh you got to love it was a hugh success here in the U.K......Love you're video to amazing👍👍👍
Yeah I’m so happy it was a success in the UK! You guys got some awesome exclusives. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Some of your comments on the games are laughable. 😂😂 Clearly never played most of the games yourself lol.
Hey thanks for watching and leaving a comment! I recommend watching the first two minutes of the video where I explain that these rankings were the median scores created by the critics and that the comments and opinions of the games are directly from those reviews. Not mine.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World was always my favorite - I would have ranked Cloud Master a bit higher. Also, Snail Maze - although a simple game still brings back some great memories. And although Astro Warrior is a quick game - I found it pretty challenging. Fun to go back down memory lane and hear the music again (esp from Parlour Games, Alex Kidd and the Lost Stars, and Quartet). Thanks for putting this together!
Love hearing all your input on this. There's some wonderful games on the SMS and it was fun to put them in the order as the critics ranked them. Astro Warrior's music is engrained in my brain from my childhood, and Snail Maze is a great addition for some quick fun. Thanks for watching!
Cloud master was my favorite skillful game
Ecco the dolphin at 12 seriously 🤮
Yeah I don’t agree with how they scored that one either!
Always nice to see what the critics thought back in the days. This must have cost you a lot of time.
I always wanted a Sega Master System but never got one as a kid. Comparing the graphics on the box with my Atari 2600 made me sigh about how awesome it would be if I got that console. Oh well, if that is the biggest disappointment of my childhood I have nothing to complain.
Hey buddy, I really appreciate you checking this video out and giving me a nice comment. I plan to do more videos like this one in the future for more consoles. It's funny when we look back on our childhoods and what we really hoped for. I wanted a PlayStation so bad for years and I finally got one. The Master System is beautiful and I was happy to showcase it. Thanks for watching, hope to see you around!
Wonderboy III is the concessus GOAT game on the SMS
I can agree with that! Such a great game.
My Top 200 :
1. Sonic The Hedgehog
2. Sonic The Hedgehog 2
3. Sonic Blast
4. Sonic Chaos
5. Phantasy Star
6. Space Harrier 3D
7. Zaxxon 3D
8. Poseidon Wars 3D
9. Missile Defense 3D
10. After Burner
11. Paperboy
12. Psycho Fox
13. Ecco The Dolphin
14. Cosmic Spacehead
15. Fantastic Dizzy
16. Aztec Adventure
17. Fantasy Zone 2
18. Fantasy Zone
19. Cloud Master
20. Aladdin
21. Back to The Future part II
22. Special Criminal Investigation
23. GP Rider
24. Road Rash
25. OutRun Europa
26. OutRun
27. F1
28. Super Racing
29. Fire & Forget 2
30. The Cyber Shinobi
31. Enduro Racer
32. Cyber Hunter
33. Zillion
34. Zillion 2
35. The Lord of the Sword
36. Golden Axe
37. Prince of Persia
38. Ninja Gaiden
39. SpellCaster
40. Kenseiden
41. Shinobi
42. The Ninja
43. Golden Axe Warrior
44. Dragon Crystal
45. Rastan
46. Bram Stoker's Dracula
47. Master of darkness
48. Dick Tracy
49. Comical Machine Gun Joe
50. Streets of Rage
51. Streets of Rage 2
52. Black Belt
53. Hokuto no Ken
54. Dragon The Bruce Lee Story
55. Double Dragon
56. Virtua Fighter Animation
57. Street Fighter 2
58. Mortal Kombat 2
59. Mortal Kombat
60. Masters of Combat
61. Renegade
62. Shadow Dancer
63. Superman The Man of Steel
64. The Flash
65. Spider-Man
66. The Incredible Hulk
67. James Bond 007
68. Star Wars
69. The Terminator
70. RoboCop 3
71. RoboCop vs The Terminator
72. T2 The Arcade Game
73. Dynamite Duke
74. Forgotten Worlds
75. Ace of Aces
76. Submarine Attack
77. Gangster Town
78. Action Fighter
79. Hang On
80. Astro Warrior
81. Galaxy Force
82. R-Type
83. Blade Eagle 3D
84. G-LOC Air Battle
85. SDI
86. Flight of Pigarus
87. Sagaia
88. TransBot
89. Bomber Raid
90. Aerial Assault
91. Aleste
92. Scramble Spirits
93. Line of Fire
94. Power Strike
95. Power Strike II
96. Desert Strike
97. Thunder Blade
98. Choplifter
99. Air Rescue
100. Dynamite Headdy
101. Rainbow Island
102. Solomon no Kagi
103. Wonder Boy 3
104. Wonder Boy The Dragon Trap
105. Wonder Boy
106. Wonder Boy in Monster Land
107. Wonder Boy Monster World
108. Alex Kidd in Miracle World
109. Alex Kidd in High Tech World
110. Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
111. Alex Kidd The Lost Star
112. Asterix
113. Asterix and the Secret Mission
114. Asterix and the Great Rescue
115. Penguin Land
116. Ottifants
117. Tom Jerry The Movie
118. Cheese Cat-astrophe
119. The Lion King
120. Impossible Mission
121. Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
122. Desert Speedtrap Starring Road Runner
123. Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse
124. Land of Illusion Starring Mickey
125. Deep duck trouble starring Donald Duck
126. Lucky Dime Caper starring Donald Duck
127. Duffy Duck in Hollywood
128. Mickey's Ultimate Challenge
129. Ferias Frustadaz do Pica Pau
130. Taz-Mania
131. Taz in Escape from Mars
132. The Smurfs
133. NewZealand Story
134. James Pond 2 Codename Robo Cod
135. Cool Spot
136. Zool
137. Ghost House
138. Kung Fu Kid
139. Teddy Boy Blues
140. Bubble Booble
141. Captain Silver
142. Rampart
143. Golvellius Valley of Doom
144. Lemmings
145. Pit Pot
146. Maze Hunter 3D
147. Gauntlet
148. Miracle Warriors
149. Ys The Vanished Omens
150. Gain Ground
151. Time Soldiers
152. Alien Syndrome
153. Alien Storm
154. Alien 3
155. Super Smash T.V.
156. Bonanza Bros
157. Quartet
158. E-SWAT
159. Rambo: First Blood Part 2
160. Rambo 3
161. The Jungle Book
162. Jurassic Park
163. Montezuma's Revenge
164. Back to The Future part III
165. Mercs
166. Double Hawk
167. Danan The Jungle Fighter
168. Klax
169. Baku Baku Animal
170. Columns
171. Flip Flap
172. Super Space Invaders
173. Ms. Pac-Man
174. Pac-Mania
175. Marble Madness
176. Parlour Games
177. Gakuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto
178. Rocky
179. Tecmo World Cup '93
180. Reggie Jackson Baseball
181. California Games
182. California Games II
183. Slap Shot
184. Put & Putter
185. Sega Chess
186. Super Tennis
187. Basketball Nightmare
188. Bonkers Wax Up!
189. Ghouls'n Ghost
190. Chapolim x Dracula
191. Vigilante
192. Psychic World
193. Rescue Mission
194. The Incredible Crash Dummies
195. Ghostbusters
196. Spy vs Spy
197. Buggy Run
198. Super Off Road
199. R.C. Grand Prix
200. Micro Machines
I think someone is a Sonic fan! haha love to see it. Great input, thanks for watching.
Wonderboy 3 and Sonic 1 are my all time favourite Master System games
Awesome to hear it! WonderBoy 3 is one of my all-time favorites. It's so good, and I'm happy you agree.
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames great minds eh. You ever play the 2017 remake? It's wonderful
Finally was able to finish this after watching it over a few days! Really great long form content man! Video was super informative and I learned more about the SMS then I knew. So many cool games. I wish Sega though gave an equal amount of love to these games that they do the ones on the Genesis because eventually these games will be lost to time. Looking forward to the next one!
I appreciate you taking the time to watch this! It was fun to put this together because like you, I learned so much about the SMS and the game library for it. There’s a few games on my list for sure. You’re right, Sega didn’t launch too hot here but they made a good effort with the Genesis. Thanks again for watching buddy!
Amazing library analysis, I wish there was no music in background, it is annoying when overlapping with the clip music. For some games I also would have preferred the original music rather than the FM music.. but I must probably be the only one preferring it to FM!
You're totally right, I made a mistake with the background music. I have a few other videos like this coming up and I made sure to keep the music out of the gameplay footage. Thanks for watching!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames do you think it would be possible to issue a v2 of this video without background music (at least while the clips play?) This is IMO a worthy compendium of SMS, it deserves this extra bit of love :)
R-Type, Alien Syndrome, Desert Strike, King's Quest, and Shinobi were my favorites by far. My brothers and cousins all hated King's Quest, Alien Syndrome, and Desert Strike for some reason, which I never understood. Maybe because I could play them for hours and they had to wait forever for their 'turns' LOL. Anyhow, awesome list/video, brought back a lot of childhood memories for me.
Haha! I remember those days of watching your friends play video games and having to wait your turn. Those are some awesome games you mentioned. Thanks for watching and for the kind words, always great to meet another SMS fan.
Monumental video, but I’m a bit confused by the scoring. I saw some games with 5.x praised and some games with 6.x defined horrible.
Hey buddy! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment. I'll explain kinda how I put together the video so hopefully it makes sense. I took the median score of a bunch of reviews from publications and magazines of each game and compiled the list. The scores were determined by the critics, and I just put them in order. As for the notes on the games, I took a segment from each review and read them to describe the games. Some games I picked up positive praise, while others I picked out negative comments. Hope this clears up how the video was made!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGamesthanks for the explanation! I understand, makes sense!
Excellently constructed video man. I almost 100% disagree with many of the scores and your own opinions on said games, but that’s what is also great about this vid. Keep up the good work!
#JusticeForAlteredBeast #JustForCloudMaster
Haha you goofball, the only opinion in this list that's mine is the one for Zillion. The rest are directly from critical reviews. Thanks for watching!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames I apologize, I thought you were the embodiment of crap review scores 🤣🤣🤣
@@SEGAblocks Oh I am but not in this case! Driver 9.7/10.
Black Belt and The Ninja are scored way too low. Other than that, pretty good.
Just sat through the whole video. What a trip down memory lane. My very first games console was the Sega Master System 2 with Alex Kidd in Miracle World built in. I am in the process of converting my home office into an 80s retro room and planning on picking up the original console again and reliving my youth. Loved this. Just subbed to your channel 👌🏻
Thanks for all the kind words, and it's always great to meet more SMS fans. Best of luck collecting for your collection. Thanks for watching!
I wish they should have port some of these games to the TurboGrafx16.
That would have been cool!
10:50 The game may not have been great but that animation is wonderful for the Master System
It's very cool how some developers were able to push the graphical limits on the Master System. Thanks for watching!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames I find it fascinating how the very last games to be released on a console or microcomputer are sometimes so superior in graphics and performance to the earliest ones but use exactly the same hardware. I'm sure this is because the developers discovered all kinds of tricks to optimize code, learn from other coders examples etc...
Is this format something you plan on revisiting for other systems as well, short reviews from worst to best? That would be really cool!
Hey buddy! Thanks for checking out the video, yes I do plan on creating more videos for consoles like this one. Takes a lot of time and I’m finishing up with my retro gaming talk show but then I’ll start on the console videos again. Hit that sub button if you haven’t yet so you don’t miss them when they come out. Thanks for watching pal!
The disrespect, Rastan at 50 and a soccer game at 6? Rastan is a top 5. Both graphics and sounds are among the very best (if not the best). And one of the best arcade ports, if not the best in that era.
Thanks for watching buddy! The critics that gave the games the scores were definitely subjective. It's fun to hear how everyone disagrees or when others share their favorite games on the console. It was a lot of work to put it together but I'm happy to give this console all the love.
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames I just looove Rastan. Remember playing it in the arcades and having it for the SMS. Was very satisfied with the port they did. I thought it was impressive for an 8bit. SMS is not know for it's sounds, but Rastan had outstanding sounds for the console, very close to the arcade in every way. Can't wait until someone ports it to the Genesis.
Good video but... why did you let the music play in the background while having Master System music? It is a real pain to go through this unfortunately...
Edit: Ok I'm realizing lots of comments says the same.
No worries haha. I made the mistake of keeping the background music. It's on me! Thank you for watching.
Just shows how horrible and clueless "critics" are, especially with all the crappy football games ranking so high, just because the brits have a massive hard-on for football. The prime example is the Mean Machines (Sega) magazine, which rated Super Kick Off an outrageous 96%, higher than any other Master System Game, while giving the superb Golden Axe Warrior 47%, because "It isn't Golden Axe".
That makes sense why a lot of football games scored so high. I forget that many weren’t released in the US but for Europe it was a very exciting time for those games. Thanks for watching buddy!
Castle Of Illusion was so incredibly good on the master system, i never played the second game, but from what i can see they somehow improved that incredible game, I'm so glad the remake lives up to the expectations of the original!
Castle of Illusion is so good and I still need to add it to my collection. Those Disney Platformers were amazing, including the Donald Duck games. Thanks for watching, friend!
I like any 8 bit system Sega is my favourite.
Love to hear it! Thanks for watching and happy gaming my Sega friend.
It's an awesome thing you can play and download these roms on your android gaming emulator as well too 🙏 but an great list from worst to best
Yes, I'm thankful that emulation has helped others experience the Sega Master System. Some of the games can be very pricey! Thanks for watching and leaving an awesome comment. Hope to see you around more on the channel!
Before I watch this video... TIME TO BOOK MARK THIS! Ok, now let's watch this video. LAWD!! You have done something I couldn't have done. Good stuff TigerChainsaw
#datSTROKElife #PutEmInDaCOBRA
Haha mannnnn this is a long video! No shame in chopping it up. It was so much work but I love the SMS so it was cool to put it together. Appreciate you checking this out my guy!
It's Amazing how a lot SMS games look like early Genesis releases. Visually it was way ahead of the NES, the colors just popped off the screen. It's crazy to think that it was an 8 bit system. Thanks for the video. I appreciate the hard work and dedication you put behind your content. Awesome stuff.
The SMS was incredible and it’s always fun to meet others who enjoyed it too and appreciate it. Thank you for the kind words, they mean a lot. I’m working on other videos like this for other consoles. I appreciate the encouragement!
Yeah but the Nes had more games though. On the Master system I only like about maybe 10 games on this. The Wonder Boy games 1-3, Shinobi, Kensieden, Rambo 2, Bomber Raid, Gangster Town & Safari Hunt. Out of those games I listed I only come back & play 2 of them. Which are Shinobi & Wonder Boy 2. Other games on this system I won't play them just because they aren't fun, too complex or you really struggle in them to finish them.
Wonderboy, Wonderboy in Monster World, Wonderboy Dragon's Curse , Psycho Fox, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Asterix, Sonic, Sonic 2 and Sonic Spinball are all terrific games that are still very playable today. Sonic 1&2 and Sonic Spinball are not copies of their Genesis counterparts and a lot of people felt the Master System versions were as good or better. Ghostbusters, Ghouls and Ghosts, Marble Madness and Paperboy are allstill fun and were much better than their Nes counterparts. Captain Silver was and still is oddly addictive. If you love classic console RPGs then both Phantasy Star and Miracle Warriors are top notch. Fantasy Zone the Maze was much better than any 8 or 16bit Pac Man game. Golden Axe: Warrior is a Zelda clone that surpasses the original Zelda . Golvelius is a combination of the original Zelda and Zelda 2 on the Nes but with better resolution and colors. Penguin Land is also an interesting puzzler that is still enjoyable.
Loved reading this comment! Such passion for the Master System, and I agree with a lot of what you said. It's fun to be connected to the community of the master system and see what games people enjoy. My two personal favorites would be Wonder Boy III and Zillion. Thanks for such a great comment and for watching!
Excuse me, sir, but you blaspheme the name of the SINGLE GREATEST VIDEO GAME EVER MADE, SNAIL MAZE!
Just kidding. It's ok. But at least it was free (if you owned a Master System).
Not joking the music for Snail Maze was bomb! Loved hearing it haha. Thanks for watching!
Astérix (the first one) and the first Sonic are my absolute favorites. Astérix is so amazing.
Love to hear it! I'd love to get Asterix into my personal collection.
The Snail Game was actually awesome. Spent hours, days, months on it.
I spent a lot of time with the Snail Maze as a kid. It was a lot of fun and that music was so cheery.
Having played Master System since the 1990s, and watching this video, I see a pattern: many games that are over too soon, because they are too easy and/or too short. It's a shame, since I like the system has a lot of potential.
Happy to hear you've been playing the Master System since the 1990s! Super cool, always fun to meet another fan of the console. Some games were pretty short in my opinion like Transbot but there's still plenty of awesome games to find. I really recommend Zillion if you haven't played that one. Thanks for watching! I appreciate it.
Critics were crazy harsh at the time! I didn't even know that games were still being made for it at the time of mortal Kombat and Jurassic Park
They sure were! Haha. I try and find the good in every game but sometimes that can be tough and the critics didn't sugar coat it. Some of the higher up games I still need to play for myself. Thanks for watching!
Critics didn't even play the games. The Ninja being worst than any US Gold games is just a joke.
And it is just an example.
I'll always love the first Wonder Boy only because back in like '90 I would play it at my mates house and he would always have a melt down over not making jumps properly and hogging more turns lol.
Love to hear the memories!
Dude. Kill the pop music in the background. It's killing this video. There's plenty of us that want to listen thr the games' music. Why would you have 2 pieces of music playing at the same time??
Also, why are you covering up slm much og the game screens with your graphics? Almost every game you show, places the main character in the lower center of the screen, under your graphics.
Hey, thanks for watching the video and sharing your thoughts on it! I debated on cutting the music from the gameplay sections but some of the games had very little to no music so I ultimately decided to keep the music in. As for the graphics, there’s not really a great place to put them on the screen as I wanted to convey all the information with ranking and title. They do disappear after I’m done discussing the game and that gives you 10 seconds of clean screen with the game which I felt was enough. I appreciate your thoughts and suggestions! Next time, I’ll be a little better. Thanks for watching!
These are back when gaming was on the rise from Atari times was going out sega Nintendo were on the rise so yea now you can laugh at sound and graphics of those games compared to now PlayStation Xbox switch is now looking back is ok some good games not all bad
Totally agree, there are some amazing games on the Master System and it's fun to play them. Thanks for watching!
I would change the order of some games. For the biggest changes, I would bump up Master of Darkness, Sonic I, and Rambo First Blood Part II, and I would bump down Sonic II, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and sport games in general.
And now, I got curious to try out Desert Strike.
Oh, I would change the order of a ton of them! For me, I adore Zillion and Wonder Boy the Dragon's Trap. Master of Darkness is another excellent title. Thanks for watching and giving your input. It's fun to see how the critics ranked the games when they were released. I need to get Desert Strike into my personal collection after hearing how amazing it was.
I am terribly sorry man as i skipped that intro part, also it is clear in your title "RANKED BY THE CRITICS", even that i could not see. 🤦♂
As for the back then reviews on various magazines i believe many of them were biased.
Everything had to do with the relationship of the magazine with the gaming company (Sega or Nintendo).
There are many examples from bad games that were praised.
Haha no worries my guy! I definitely disagreed with many of the critics as well. It’s fun to see other opinions on games. I’m sure relationships had a lot to do with coverage. Either way, thanks again for watching 🤙🏻 always fun to discuss gaming and the Master System. I’m looking forward to playing more of these games in the future.
I barely have played any SMS games in my life, but your passion for retro gaming and enormous effort in making this list get a 👍 from me!
Thank you for the great compliment. That means a lot that you were able to see the passion I have for retro gaming. The SMS is pretty sweet, if you ever have a chance to try it out don't pass it up! Thanks for watching and thanks for the awesome comment!
Only a few gun games with the few Side scrolling games are good on this system. That's it. NES had better games at this time & more variety of them.
No way Astron Warrior is easy. No way. Your ship explodes in a first hit.
Very true! It gave me nightmares as a kid trying to beat level three. That OST for it is wonderful. Thanks for watching!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames My best was the end of level two. And I’ve spent many hours in that game.
"We'd rather play Monopoly than Gain Ground. Everyone loves Monopoly!"
"Upgrade mechanics in my racing game? Gross."
"Tiertex does it again! US Gold can do no wrong, so long as they never pull their advertising!"
"Renegade is weak shite. You hear me, Spectrum fans?"
"Too easy." "Too hard." "Not designed for magazine editors."
'A poor Master System release, with little to keep you interested. 7/10."
"Will delight fans of the legendary arcade game. 7/10."
"Sonic? That baby game? No, you want Zool, fool."
Haha yes some of those reviews from the magazine reviews were quite silly. I appreciate you watching! It was a lot of work so I’m thankful for every view and comment. Always great to meet another Sega fan.
Desert Strike...did not see that coming. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game (at least on other platforms that I've tried it on) but when I think Master System...well, I didn't even know the game existed on the Master System, and I've been a Master System Fanboy since about 1985, when I was 8 years old.
It surprised me too when the putting this list together that the best ranked game would be Desert Strike. Truth be told, I still need to play it myself but the critics overwhelming loved it. Putting this video together was a ton of fun because I discovered so many new games that I needed to try out. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
Great video, really enjoyed it. But the one thing I would say is that ur choice to play an overall music thru the whole vid makes it less enjoyable, because this is a video game vid afterall so we'd like to hear each n every games shown here their original music n sound regardless of how short each game clip is shown. So I think to have another song(music) that plays during every game clip overshadowing that game's music and sound is a bad idea. Anyhoo....just my opinion...thanks again n keep up the good work.
That’s totally valid and I’ve heard it a few times! Unfortunately for me, when I was editing this I was on a laptop that doesn’t have the best output for audio so I thought the music was much more soft and barely audible. That wasn’t the case. The good news is that I’m working on two follow up videos where every Sega Saturn game is ranked and I won’t make the same mistake twice! Thanks for watching and commenting. Hope to see you for the other vids too!
Every game sounds practically the same lol. Good job tho man.
Haha, if you ever get the chance, check out some of the top games for this system. They are pretty good! Thanks for watching!
First, Ms Pac-Man is Midway, not Atari.
Second, there's quite a few times, especially in the 5' and 6's where you say a game is great, and the next game, slightly above in rankin, you say is bad. Its like there's no rhyme or reason.
Hey there! Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment. You are very correct, the Ms. Pac-Man arcade cabinet was Midway, not Atari. I just double-checked and while that information is incorrect, it wasn’t me who wrote it. Each game I read a snippet from one of the reviews from the critics. As I explained in the intro, these are the critic’s scores and not mine. So the no rhyme or reason also relates to the reviews that I read being written by many different critics. Wonderful insight though and great catch with ms. Pac-Man! Hope you enjoyed the video otherwise. Thanks for watching!
Cool list, but quite a few games that are listed in very strange positions I think. Dragon Crystal for example is one my favourite Master System games. Another example, Sonic 1 is a lot better than part 2 in my opinion. Krusty better than Sonic? No way...
There are for sure some different opinions on the positions of games on this list! I think the critics were all over the place on certain games, and while I had a blast researching the scores and input from all the critics, I think they got it wrong on a few games like the ones you mentioned. Dragon Crystal is one I keep hearing about and I really need to play it. I've heard it's awesome. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
I beat a few of these games, Y’s, Phantasy Star, and Miracle Warriors to name just a few. That’s when I was a serious gamer… (A kid with free time!😅)
I miss being a kid with free time! Not a care in the world.... I got some serious gaming done then, sounds like you did too! Great games you beat. Thanks for watching!
Master system was a good console that wasn't potential to the fullest. There are games that look more like 12-bit than 8-bit. But it didn't have time to shine and was locked into exclusive contracts by other console brands. Consequence came out very few games. This console had a lot more to give.
Great input and knowledge on the Master System. I agree it doesn't get the love it deserves which is why I wanted to make this video to showcase it. Always fun to meet another Master System fan!
Hi, this video is awesome but only if you collect or want to play on the master system. But if someone has also a genesis. Desert Strike would be a better version on the genesis/megadrive. Also, every game that was released later on a next generation system is 95% of the time the better one. For my personal view it would be a much clearer thing to view a video that was dedicated to the best/original version on the system.
Hey thank you for the comment! You're right, these are strictly games just for the Master System so some of the other ports as you mentioned (the Genesis) may be better suited for games. Maybe I'll make a new video in the future about the Genesis. Thanks for watching!
Loved the Master System except for the stock controller and the stock sound chip. Phantasy Star 1 still the best 8-Bit grinder JRPG.
Someone else mentioned how they didn’t like the stock controller either! I actually really enjoyed it. Phantasy Star is amazing and you nailed it as a grinder. Especially those final dungeons with how tough they can get! Thanks for watching and leaving a comment.
So many things to say about the complaints/script, but... "a pile of old grog?" That doesn't even make sense!🤣🤣🤣
Haha that's fair! When I was writing the script, I took segments from reviews on the games from the critics so it's their words and not mine. But a pile of old grog is just fun to say! My list would be much more different than theirs, but it was still a lot of fun to put together. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Desert strike is damn good. Played the series on nes.
Phantasy Star is on a whole other level though. Was lucky enough to play it on switch.
Desert Strike is great on the SMS, I've never experienced the NES one but now I want to. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment, Phantasy Star is incredible and I did a whole retrospective on it on my channel.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World is my number one, but I am so happy to see Asterix in the top 10. Such an underrated gem, and one of the greatest 8bit platformers of all time.
Alex Kidd is a fun one! I've yet to play Asterix but so many others have commented on how great it is, that I really need to bump it up my list to play. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames Thank you for the great content 👍
Cool list, some of my childhood favourites were ranked super low and some of my disliked games were rated higher than I thought. B
Hey thank you for watching and dropping a comment! This was so fun to make and I learned a lot about games I never knew existed. Some of my favorites were ranked pretty low too. It’s fun hear other opinions. Thanks again for watching!
Hmm gain ground is a master peace. Who ranked this... This is just stupid. Same with dragon crystal.
Gain Ground is one that I'd love to revisit sometime. Dragon Crystal was just featured in my Master System hidden gems video! That game deserves more love for how innovative it was at the time. This list was based on median critic scores, so it has a little bit of input from everyone. Thanks for watching and dropping a comment!
Wonderboy in monster land was was way too low at 21 that definitely belongs in the top 5, have you ever played it properly and got far?
At the beginning of the video I explain that these are not my rankings, but the average scores compiled by the critics at the time of the release of the games. I’d personally have Wonderboy much higher on the list. This was a fun video to put together but again, not my rankings or scores, just the critics! I have another video where called 10 must own master system games where I discuss Wonder Boy in depth.
I disagree about the forgetable bit, that Snail Maze tune lives on in my head to this day, nothing can shift it (I've tried & failed)
LOL I can't get rid of the music in my head either. It was a fun little challenge.
Great work. You've earned a sub. I will say that I can't believe some games are so low - Special Criminal Investigation and Super Tennis are amongst my faves - but just goes to show how all art is subjective!
Thank you so much for the support! I’ve always wanted to play Special Criminal Investigation. When producing this video I actually wrote that one down as one to play after. You’re definitely right, video games are art! Thanks again for the kind words and support.
What do critics know? Way to many golf games high up.
The critics definitely got a lot of these games wrong! My top 10 would look a lot different!
Sega is one of those systems that should have beaten out nintendo, but it largely failed for three reasons: the controllers were silly, their sound quality was terrible, and the library wasn't great overall. It had great graphics, but never managed to lure in very good game developers
I wish Sega could have gotten more developers on the Master System. It's a small library, but when crafted right, the games were amazing. Thanks for watching!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames true, one thing I admire the sega for was that it wasn't afraid of experimenting with new ideas, so the few gems they had were truly awesome
It's a shame that there is this repetitive background music which serves no purpose and prevents you from hearing the sound of the games...
I agree, I learned my lesson not to edit without headphones!
In what world is Carmen Sandiego better than Rastan? (This is not a dig at you, but at critics.)
Hey thanks for watching! I actually love Carmen Sandiego and think it’s one of the best educational games on any console but that being said… I do agree with you! Rastan is better!
I had this system but I do not remember most of these titles. I feel retarded.
There were a ton of games I discovered when making this list! It's fun to discover new titles. Thanks for watching.
I also had a master system as a child. But all my friends had an NES. I was a bit envious of Mario and Megaman etc. and especially because I could not trade games.
I was the only kid I knew who had a SMS, it was both a curse and blessing. Mario and Megaman are great games to be jealous of. Thanks for watching!
fuckin moonwalker has a BANGIN soundtrack. WARNING: do not try to play maze hunter 3D without 3D glasses. lol
Moonwalker has some jams for sure. Man, I'm jealous you got to play all these games in 3D.
i NEED dynamite dux CIB bcuz happy console gamer says it's his most hated game of all time. might be the last SMS game i ever buy
I wonder why he hated it? It looks pretty decent to be honest. You better snag that SMS game buddy, go for the full PAL set too 😂
Wonder Boy 3, Ninja Gaiden and Phantasy Star would be my top 3 for sure. I come back to them the most often. However, Master of Darkness, Golvellius and the Mickey Mouse games are close! Great, comprehensive list. This is one of those consoles where there were very few Japanese exclusives, too, as opposed to the NES/Famicom for instance. Very useful project (I also agree about Alf being the worst :p)
Wonderful choices for your top games! Thank you for the kind words, it was a very long process to make this video but when thoughtful people like yourself enjoy it and leave a great comment it makes it worthwhile. LOL at Alf! 😂
I’ve been thinking a bit about the master system lately and I’ve had a real itch to play the games, this is incredibly comprehensive .
It's such a great console that was very underrated. Thanks for watching this and supporting the video. I really appreciate it buddy! Let me know if you scratch that itch!
Wonderboy 3 is number 7? Buddy you and me are gonna have to have a few hits to sought this out.
I know I know lol just remember I didn’t rank these! My list would be much different than how the critics ranked them. Watch the first two minutes of the video for a better explanation.
global defense sucks. way too high. lol. list is a little outta whack. next u should beat all 273, review them all, and rerank them 😅
I'd love to review every single SMS game, but man this was already so much work! If I didn't have to worry about wasting my life away, I would for sure do that. Zillion would be top 3 for sure.
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thanks for the list i'm just happy Phantasy Star was amoung the top 10 i think it would be number 1 and wonder boy 3 and then 2 castle of illusion even i had the 16 bit version OUTRUN great list & i learned a lot and Phycho Fox was a amazing weird Gem Miracal Warriors a bit higher tho like in to 50 at least but again i liked the game and those types of games
edit read comments IF I remember correctly I wanted ALF the game i was like 9 or 10 years old for xmas it was supose to be avalible in europe it never came so i was disapointed but I got Wonderboy III the drangon trap instead See ALF at the bottum on the list now i undstand why it didn't didnt come maybe ALF was the SMS's Atari E.T game and Honstly i think first few games i bought or got was Rastan & Captain Silver & Alex KId Mirical World (it was Cheap) hang on & safari hunt was build into my Sega Master System
LOL you lucked out as a kid! You didn’t get Alf but instead got wonder boy 3! Now that is a STEAL! Loved all your input. Thanks again for watching friend. Love to see all this SMS memories.
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames wonderboy III was so amazing and the music was so amazing ill will check more stuff on your channel for sure
How can Alex Kidd in miracle world be above Wonderboy in monster land? Cmon pal
Haha it was the critic’s scores!! Not mine!
back to the future 3, the movie, is not crap. It's silly, but it's fun.
Haha fair point! I'll have to revisit the movie. Thanks for leaving a comment!
I don't understand why Alf gets all the hate I rented it multiple times when i was growing up and loved it not that hard of a game definitely not the worst
I'm glad there is one Alf defender here! That's what makes video games great as some may not enjoy a game, while others love it. Happy to hear you enjoyed Alf, I myself haven't had the chance to play it but I know how infamous it is. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video, lots of work. Just to mention, that was Safari Hunt and not Markman Shooter/Trap Shooter. I have to admit, the Master System is my favorite system of all time. Nostalgia from being in high school has a lot tobdo with it. It did have so many great games.
Thank you for watching and dropping a comment! It was a lot of work and I tried my best to be accurate with everything but something was bound to be amiss. Always great to meet more SMS fans, it's a great console.
@TigerChainsawVideoGames it was definitely in no way saying, "You screwed up". I was just pointing it out. No big deal! I enjoyed your video. I couldn't put a top 10 together for the Master System.. I would need maybe 20 places! So many good ones. Ys, Phantasy Star, Fantasy Zone 1&2, Rambo 3, Golvellius, Black Belt, Great Baseball, etc.. it was also a much "easier" time period for me, so when I think of the Master System, I think of those times..
Phantasy Star to me is by far the best game on the system. It's not even close, in my head.
It's one of the best JRPGs in my opinion. I can't believe the incredible stuff they were able to do with it and there's so many innovative elements to Phantasy Star. It's one heck of an experience and it's worth playing. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
Nice list, but the background music is unnecessary and annoying.
Yeah, I wasn't aware of how loud it was during editing. My bad. Thanks for watching!
Kenseiden at 77 is far far too low, should be top 5
Wow, you must really dig that game! Love to hear it.
Ghostbusters should be one at the bottom, ard the 200-ish
Didn't like that one? I can see it.
Wait...there were two different versions of the Master System at launch. The first included two controllers, light phaser, and a multi-cart with Hang-On/Safari Hunt (later that year the game was actually installed in the system). The second version was called the Power Base. It included two controllers and a multi-cart that had Hang-On/Astro Warriors on it. Astro Warriors was a far better game than Safari Hunt...
Very interesting! Going off your information that you provided, I had the first one because I remember the multi-cart of Hang-On/Safari Hunt. My Master System also had Snail Maze on it, which was always a fun little bonus. Always great to learn something new, thanks for watching and leaving a comment!
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Absolutely my friend. I got my Master System the same day as I got my Nes on Christmas Eve of 1986 (divorced parents). The Sega Master System I got was the Power Base model. It came with the Astro Warriors/Hang-On multi-cart and Snail Maze. The way to access Snail Maze was to turn on the Master System without a game, and when the warning screen hit you press up+1+2 at the same time.
My cousin got his Master System a few weeks after mine and his came with the light phaser. What was crazy was his Master System did not come packaged with any game. Both games were built-in and could be accessed by simply turning the console on with no games in the cart slot. He actually broke his console a year after he got it by pulling a cartridge out of the slot while the console was on. I used to do that with mine all the time because it caused certain games to tweak out and do random things. Miracle Warriors was one game that did very odd things when you messed with the cart while playing.
Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting was so bad, he had to put up a video of Safari Hunt instead.
LOL thanks for watching! 😂
some games were really top tier stuff even worth mega drive levels.
Absolutely! I'm blown away by some of these games. Thanks for watching, buddy!
Excuse me?? Back to the Future III was the best of the three movies! Yeesh.
Hey, that was part of the critic's review! Not my opinion haha 😅😂
had the feeling you did not know the library and had a short opinion based on first 2 minutes/gfx of every game...
then you have the background music while playing psg game music... it was a torture to watch.... this video is useless despite all your efforts put into it.
Hey there! Thank you for watching. If you watch the first two minutes of the video, you'll learn that these are not my opinions of the games. My rankings would be much different but I used the median scores of the critics from magazines, articles, and historical data. The opinions that I read come directly from those reviews, so those are their words not mine. When I made this video the background music was hardly noticeable on my laptop, but I realize now that it was a bit too much. Regardless, thanks for watching!
@@TigerChainsawVideoGames ah okey, very strange that median shows THIS order.... but okey, magazines got sponsored by publishers back then so somewhat understandable :)
thanks for your efforts anyway!
Wao, I can't believe that number 1. I own it and, yeah, it's a very good game.
I was very surprised too that it ended up as No. 1 but the critics loved it!! Super cool you own it and have played it. Nice to hear it’s a good game. Thanks for watching!
Konnte der C64 vorher schon bzw finde zum teil die Grafik besser als auf dem Sega
Interesting, thanks for watching!