US Master System gave you instructions on how to insert and play the games, along with a secret snail maze game. JP Master System gave you the Space Harrier theme if you didn't insert a game. What did you think was cooler?
I remember when 3D consoles were simplistic like the PS1, PS2, N64, Original Xbox, and the Dreamcast. And online gaming was a thing before PSN, SegaNet, Xbox Live, and Nintendo Network. Take a look at the Famicom Modem, You could bet on horse races online in 1983. There was also GameLine for Atari systems. And the short lived X-Band for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.
@@TheIrkenEmpire420 I have the Famicom Network adapter and owned GameLine MasterModule. :) Also owned/played on SNES X-Band back in the day but only have the Genesis modem today. X-Band is definitely my fave!
Hell, even the Atari 2600 had an online service in the early 80s that later became Quantum Link for the Commodore 64, which would in turn become what we now know as America Online. Online gaming has come a LONG way since its inception. @@TheIrkenEmpire420
Hell yeah, once again listening back to back proves that even with a simpler 8-Bit machine like the Master System, emulators can't pull off SEGA's sound hardware well. Quite weird when this affects the PSG channels on the system as well, as those have always sounded INCREDIBLY simple to my ears.
Apparently they can’t even duplicate it correctly in FPGA. I’m running it on a Japanese MegaDrive (late VA6) with Mega Everdrive Pro and it doesn’t sound anything like this video.
I wonder, does the "Nuked" FM emulation core pass? It proudly touts itself as cycle-accurate, which certainly sounds like a bold claim, and is available as an option in the Genesis Plus GX libretro core (though its CPU intensiveness means its not the default option).
Sometimes, I wish the Game Gear had been given the same sound system as the V2.1 Master System and would have had something similar to this for the BIOS screen if no cartridge was inserted.
@@palaceswitcher Not appreciably. The vast majority of the Game Gear's power draw was the screen backlight. My best guesses are either the additional components pushed them above their target cost to build, or they wanted to keep the gap between Game Gear and Genesis wider.
@@PhirePhlame He was talking about the 2.1 Master System, so the Sega Mark III more accuretely. That has a PSG and an FM chip for sound, which is great for this song
Master System: Here’s some Space harrier music with a message of how to insert a game. Other consoles: Black screen that makes you think that the console is broken.
The Western SMS, which had a BIOS the whole time, unlike the late addition it was in Japan is also pretty cool. The most common version displays an animated splash screen which forms into pretty much the same SMS logo seen here at every startup - even if there's a game inserted, which essentially makes it stand in for the traditional Sega logo that the games themselves would otherwise display. The "no cartridge" instructional screen is static, but if you press a certain button combo on that screen, it'll segue into an actual built-in game: Snail Maze! Later versions would take the concept of a built-in game to the next level by occasionally using that concept as the SMS version of making certain production runs of the system come with a popular game - in other words, instead of just placing that game's cartridge in the box, they'd actually make a modified version of the BIOS which contains said game and boots it in the absence of a cartridge in the slot. Hang-On & Safari Hunt, Hang-On on its own, Missile Defense 3-D with some systems that came with the 3D glasses and lightgun (Snail Maze removed), Alex Kidd in Miracle World (simplified bootsplash with only a static Sega logo), and in Europe even Sonic 1 got this treatment!
I have the PAL version of the SMS II. This makes me want to buy a Sega Mark III just for this intro. I had no idea that SMS/Mark III was capable of a bit of 16-bit sounds!
The Mark III doesn't come with the YM2413; you need a separate FM Sound Unit plugged into the expansion connector at the front of the console. It also lacks a BIOS, so if you were to turn on a Mark III without a game, it'll just sit at a black screen.
Sonic EXE Nintendo Fan no I’m talking about how the Master System and Super Nintendo are alike with their abilities to go beyond with their 8-Bit and 16-Bit sound qualities.
If we're talking about the Master System's PSG, that definitely doesn't hold up against an NES. With FM, it's a different story, but the problem here is that only Japan got the YM2413. Every other region was stuck with PSG, and I personally hate how most Master System games sound without the YM2413.
Gosh this elicits a really powerful nostalgia from me for some reason... I never played Space Harrier as a kid so I'm not sure from where it's coming... Maybe another SEGA game was heavily inspired by this theme? Any ideas? I'm having a really hard time placing it.
There is a problem when using both PSG and FM. You can hear some unintended noise at PSG.And, FM is optional for outside Japan.(Prior to SEGA MARK III), and SMS does not have FM functionality(for outside japan)
@@ThomTomful I've been told the Mark III actually mutes PSG outright when the YM2413 is active on the FM Sound Unit. This doesn't sound like a mixing issue, but rather some weirdness with how the hardware works.
Nowadays half are just bold white capital letters with no effort in the logos. I wasn't even born when the PS2 released and I like the startups of older consoles sometimes.
This BIOS was fit in 8 KB. EIGHT. KILOBYTES. A 0.1 second clip of this song in MP3 would probably be this large. They fitted this song, the mode 7 looking floor, the Sega Master System logo, a font, some text, the copyright and version thingies, the star background, the command to make the stars shine to the end of the song, and the code to control the speed of the floor in 8 KB. Back when developers knew how to save space
I m pround of my MasterSystem ...I m buy this console after this 20 years when have 13 years old when i know this system with a friend school and believe me I m have this system ...Congrats men an a hug from Venezuela
Cartridge slot is completely different in Japan as a result of the Master System’s SEGA Mark III lineage there so don’t expect it to fit/play international games. :(
@@emmettturner9452 but the master system itself isn't region locked. so you could play games from another region (except maybe tweaking the cartridge slot a little bit like playing japanese mega drive games on a foreign mega drive). back then it was a clever idea having a cheap region lock, instead of doing this in software (although there are some games that did so or won't work at all).
@@sweetpeachnectar Yeah, but you literally need a flash cart or a cartridge adapter to play anything else on a Japanese unit. Like NES vs. Famicom, the pins and cartridge shape aren’t even close.
This one was recorded from an authentic Japanese Sega Master System in RGB through an XRGB-Mini at 60 frames per second. The previous one was recorded in Component at 30FPS from a North American Master System that was modified with a YM2413 and the Japanese v2.1 BIOS. The two systems are not quite the same.
Chibi Romano The Japanese Master System has harsher highs from the YM2413, slightly beefier overall bass, easier to hear PSG and far more crackling coming from the YM2413. The crackling is actually inconsistent from one system to the next depending on the LM358 variant used. Some use the CA358 from RCA and some use the NEC uPC358, which crackles quite a lot. I have the latter in my Master System.
I love this. I'd take this over the regular old US master system bios anytime. The US just has a small 8 bit sega chant and then tells you "EY INSERT A GAME YA BONEHEAD!" on a dull black background and no sound of any kind. While Japan has this amazing sounding space harrier theme and a cool little graphical effect.
Wow. This sounds nothing like my Mega Everdrive Pro on a VA6 consoles. I fired it up and instantly thought “this sounds nowhere near as good as the one I remember hearing from TH-cam years ago and it claimed to be recorded from real hardware.” Sure enough, I dig this video back up and mine is terrible in comparison. I wonder what core the MED Pro is using. I’m gonna have to try MiSTer next but I imagine that a better open source FPGA core probably would have improved the MED Pro too.
Yeah the Genesis doesn't attempt to replicate the FM Sound Unit, which this Japanese model has built-in, and this BIOS program has no alternative for if it isn't there (in fact I don't think it even checks).
@@PhirePhlame Yeah, but the Mega Everdrive Pro is replicating the FM hardware in FPGA… just doing a poor job of it. I was actually testing inside a Japanese Megadrive Model 1 with the Triple Bypass (3BP) installed, so the console should have perfect cartridge audio from the MED Pro. I do have a Master Everdrive but it has no FM hardware. MED Pro attempts to get accurate Sega CD audio using MD Fourier to tweak their output but they need to go all the way back to the FPGA implementation of the Yamaha YM2413 to fix this.
the direct translation would be: turn off the power and insert software. or as i would translate: please turn the console off and insert a game. all in all just basic instructions how to operate a console. :)
Back then, South Korea limited imports from Japan and Samsung had to slap their logo on Master Systems (and also Mega Drives) in order to bring them to Korean consumer market. Most of its content got localized or replaced with NA/EU counterpart, but this nostalgic screen has been overlooked and left untouched. Ah, so many good memories... (and the notorious Super Boy)
Imagine Donald Trump turning up to a meeting and even mentioing this game slightly to the anticipated ukraine meeting or anything. What a shit president😂 "Were all gonna become like that sega master system on spacie harrier I mean, fkng crazzzzzy solution to peace that is"
I didn't mind the maze mini-game on the bios of the american SMS, but this is just WAAAY too epic.
You mean Snail Maze?
US Master System gave you instructions on how to insert and play the games, along with a secret snail maze game.
JP Master System gave you the Space Harrier theme if you didn't insert a game.
What did you think was cooler?
Space Harrier theme with FM.
Space Harrier theme bc I have this to thank for introducing me to the game
The japanese message said "Turn off the power and insert soft."So, JP Master system win!
@@ohdeok heh, insert
Japan.
Snails aren't 2 cool as Sanik
I want this played at my funeral.
Same
Same
Same 👍
no, this needs to be at every funeral
No, at wedding not at the 0:52 funeral lol
It’s telling me to turn off the system to insert a game, but my mind says “Welcome to the Fantasy Zone! LET’S BOOGIE!” 😁
Best video game console startup music ever
It’s from a game of course, and you can also hear it in Bayonetta and Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed
I agree
Yup
Yeah absolutely
I knew that because I fuckin' love Space Harrier.
I love how simplistic consoles were before everything turned into 3D
Space Harrier WAS 3D! There were 3D games back as far as the 1970s too!
I remember when 3D consoles were simplistic like the PS1, PS2, N64, Original Xbox, and the Dreamcast. And online gaming was a thing before PSN, SegaNet, Xbox Live, and Nintendo Network. Take a look at the Famicom Modem, You could bet on horse races online in 1983. There was also GameLine for Atari systems. And the short lived X-Band for the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo.
@@TheIrkenEmpire420 I have the Famicom Network adapter and owned GameLine MasterModule. :) Also owned/played on SNES X-Band back in the day but only have the Genesis modem today. X-Band is definitely my fave!
@@TheIrkenEmpire420 Could I add the Sega Channel (unless I'm just being thick) and Satellaview?
Hell, even the Atari 2600 had an online service in the early 80s that later became Quantum Link for the Commodore 64, which would in turn become what we now know as America Online. Online gaming has come a LONG way since its inception. @@TheIrkenEmpire420
I prefer this theme to the original Space Harrier one, there's something awesome about how it sounds.
This needs a 10h version. I'm tired of hitting repeat every 15 minutes.
Or you could always right-click on the video and select "Loop".
This video is infinite loop
this is truly god tier
Hell yeah, once again listening back to back proves that even with a simpler 8-Bit machine like the Master System, emulators can't pull off SEGA's sound hardware well. Quite weird when this affects the PSG channels on the system as well, as those have always sounded INCREDIBLY simple to my ears.
They can, just hear the sega genesis emulator
@@KC-ro9ro you probably have an older version
Apparently they can’t even duplicate it correctly in FPGA. I’m running it on a Japanese MegaDrive (late VA6) with Mega Everdrive Pro and it doesn’t sound anything like this video.
I wonder, does the "Nuked" FM emulation core pass? It proudly touts itself as cycle-accurate, which certainly sounds like a bold claim, and is available as an option in the Genesis Plus GX libretro core (though its CPU intensiveness means its not the default option).
I love how the stars sync up with the music.
Sometimes, I wish the Game Gear had been given the same sound system as the V2.1 Master System and would have had something similar to this for the BIOS screen if no cartridge was inserted.
Ironically, Sonic Chaos sounds better on the Game Gear
It probably would have made its battery life worse though.
@@palaceswitcher Not appreciably. The vast majority of the Game Gear's power draw was the screen backlight. My best guesses are either the additional components pushed them above their target cost to build, or they wanted to keep the gap between Game Gear and Genesis wider.
@@gommodore6441 That's because of updated musical compositions, though. The hardware is essentially the same besides stereo support.
@@PhirePhlame He was talking about the 2.1 Master System, so the Sega Mark III more accuretely. That has a PSG and an FM chip for sound, which is great for this song
This is why I want to collect for the Japanese master system!!!
This is great, thanks so much for posting it!
This theme is great in every way!
これはいい！
I Love this rendition of the Space Harrier Main Theme. Always brings me back to Fall of 2013.
Man, I love all of these videos. GET READY!!
I bet the Japanese weren't disappointed when their Master Systems didn't detect a cartridge.
Master System: Here’s some Space harrier music with a message of how to insert a game.
Other consoles: Black screen that makes you think that the console is broken.
So relatable 😂🤣
Mega Drive being one of those Consoles giving you only a black screen, lol.
Nintendo: flashing black screen so you're SURE it's broken.
The Western SMS, which had a BIOS the whole time, unlike the late addition it was in Japan is also pretty cool. The most common version displays an animated splash screen which forms into pretty much the same SMS logo seen here at every startup - even if there's a game inserted, which essentially makes it stand in for the traditional Sega logo that the games themselves would otherwise display. The "no cartridge" instructional screen is static, but if you press a certain button combo on that screen, it'll segue into an actual built-in game: Snail Maze!
Later versions would take the concept of a built-in game to the next level by occasionally using that concept as the SMS version of making certain production runs of the system come with a popular game - in other words, instead of just placing that game's cartridge in the box, they'd actually make a modified version of the BIOS which contains said game and boots it in the absence of a cartridge in the slot. Hang-On & Safari Hunt, Hang-On on its own, Missile Defense 3-D with some systems that came with the 3D glasses and lightgun (Snail Maze removed), Alex Kidd in Miracle World (simplified bootsplash with only a static Sega logo), and in Europe even Sonic 1 got this treatment!
@@PhirePhlame Thanks for this!
I have the PAL version of the SMS II. This makes me want to buy a Sega Mark III just for this intro. I had no idea that SMS/Mark III was capable of a bit of 16-bit sounds!
The Mark III doesn't come with the YM2413; you need a separate FM Sound Unit plugged into the expansion connector at the front of the console.
It also lacks a BIOS, so if you were to turn on a Mark III without a game, it'll just sit at a black screen.
@@Ace9921 Thx for telling me. I thought SMS and Mark III were the same.
@@mballextra The SMS in Japan is a Mark III with a cool no-cart sequence and integrated FM synth expansion.
SNES: 16-Bit but doesn’t sound 16-Bit
SMS: 8-Bit but doesn’t sound 8-Bit
Are you talking about Genesis Does What Nintendon't???
Sonic EXE Nintendo Fan no I’m talking about how the Master System and Super Nintendo are alike with their abilities to go beyond with their 8-Bit and 16-Bit sound qualities.
@@SpookyShadowEX I have to disagree, the master system's sound capabilities aren't as impressive as the NES at it's best (silver surfer, gimmick, etc)
If we're talking about the Master System's PSG, that definitely doesn't hold up against an NES. With FM, it's a different story, but the problem here is that only Japan got the YM2413. Every other region was stuck with PSG, and I personally hate how most Master System games sound without the YM2413.
@@funnyman2097 Gimmick didn't sound like that with just use of the native hardware. It used the Sunsoft FME-7 sound chip, to add extra sound channels.
Oh woah. We’re both in Redhotsonic’s discord server. Btw what a good song.
Alright, GET READY!
Listening while my brothers fighting and screaming. I still liked it
I love this music
Gosh this elicits a really powerful nostalgia from me for some reason... I never played Space Harrier as a kid so I'm not sure from where it's coming... Maybe another SEGA game was heavily inspired by this theme? Any ideas? I'm having a really hard time placing it.
It could've been Out Run or Fantasy Zone. Or maybe even Phantasy Star.. they all had such memorable music.
@@ozymandias1758 Race of AGES on S&ASRT...
Does anyone know why more Master System games didn't use the PSG and FM in conjunction for music? Was it a memory or CPU issue of some kind?
There is a problem when using both PSG and FM. You can hear some unintended noise at PSG.And, FM is optional for outside Japan.(Prior to SEGA MARK III), and SMS does not have FM functionality(for outside japan)
I don't hear anything funny about the PSG.
Play outrun. You can hear some funny things that you expected.
Also the Mark III with FM add-on doesn't seem to mix them properly; cf. th-cam.com/video/0OAPIzbC1Zc/w-d-xo.html
@@ThomTomful I've been told the Mark III actually mutes PSG outright when the YM2413 is active on the FM Sound Unit. This doesn't sound like a mixing issue, but rather some weirdness with how the hardware works.
THIS IS SO GOOD. HOW? I DON'T KNOW.
This is why i want the past to come back
Consoles were more simple
Good games
And video game logos actually had effort
Nowadays half are just bold white capital letters with no effort in the logos. I wasn't even born when the PS2 released and I like the startups of older consoles sometimes.
Same
Don’t worry. Theirs some good indie games out there.
@@jonahabenhaim1223 Having played Hue just 2 hours ago I can definitely agree
_"Welcome to the Fantasy Zone. GET READY..."_
A thing of beauty!
*Space Harrier!*
*Sonic Retro!*
This BIOS was fit in 8 KB. EIGHT. KILOBYTES. A 0.1 second clip of this song in MP3 would probably be this large. They fitted this song, the mode 7 looking floor, the Sega Master System logo, a font, some text, the copyright and version thingies, the star background, the command to make the stars shine to the end of the song, and the code to control the speed of the floor in 8 KB. Back when developers knew how to save space
1:30
kkkkkkkiiiiiiiinda sounds like Sky Sanctuary from Sonic 3?
wouldn't surprise me if Sonic "took inspiration" from here.
masterpiece
love the sound of sms sound chip
Welcome to the Fantasy Zone get ready.
I m pround of my MasterSystem ...I m buy this console after this 20 years when have 13 years old when i know this system with a friend school and believe me I m have this system ...Congrats men an a hug from Venezuela
Just awesome
noone:
My brain at math: SEGA MASTER SYSTEM SEGA 1987 V 2.1
Space Harrier theme
came here because of RetroRGB Podcast "Interview With Maxim from SMS Power"
Pelo Amor de Deus.... como não se apaixonar por isso.
Não é só um jogo... ♡
@Gilson Marcondes Ladeira :)
oh FUCK
this slaps *too* hard
If I ever get a master system, I'm getting a Japanese one for this reason
Cartridge slot is completely different in Japan as a result of the Master System’s SEGA Mark III lineage there so don’t expect it to fit/play international games. :(
@@emmettturner9452 but the master system itself isn't region locked. so you could play games from another region (except maybe tweaking the cartridge slot a little bit like playing japanese mega drive games on a foreign mega drive). back then it was a clever idea having a cheap region lock, instead of doing this in software (although there are some games that did so or won't work at all).
@@sweetpeachnectar Yeah, but you literally need a flash cart or a cartridge adapter to play anything else on a Japanese unit. Like NES vs. Famicom, the pins and cartridge shape aren’t even close.
Is there a reason why the tiles slow down before the song repeats? I'd take a blind guess at memory or something.
Welcome for the fantasy zone, get ready
What's the difference between this one and your old upload?
This one was recorded from an authentic Japanese Sega Master System in RGB through an XRGB-Mini at 60 frames per second. The previous one was recorded in Component at 30FPS from a North American Master System that was modified with a YM2413 and the Japanese v2.1 BIOS. The two systems are not quite the same.
Ace9921 Well I'm just saying about the music, is there really any difference in the sound?
Chibi Romano
The Japanese Master System has harsher highs from the YM2413, slightly beefier overall bass, easier to hear PSG and far more crackling coming from the YM2413. The crackling is actually inconsistent from one system to the next depending on the LM358 variant used. Some use the CA358 from RCA and some use the NEC uPC358, which crackles quite a lot. I have the latter in my Master System.
Ace9921 I was just hoping for a straightforward answer. XD But of course, SEGA's quality control was never consistent.
How did you modify the BIOS on your NA SMS? Also were you able to play NA cartridges and cards after you flashed on the JP v2.1 BIOS on your NA SMS?
2:07 - 2:59 my favorite part
This is Space Harrier
I love Sega
It’s kind of cool
we all do.
Races of ages brought me here
Man of culture i see
Choco Snap yes
Welcome to the fantasy zone. Get ready!
''its enough to a grown man cry''
awesome
Me and the music on the heaven
Alto homenaje le metio SEGA a Space Harrier en una consola xD
Mine had Alex the kid built in.
In last Friday, I created a private short. It's called game
Sounds Like Gensiss
Amazing SEGA, does it Better, all the time!
Sega Mega Dreamcast- Coming 2022
LOL they already stopped making consoles, stop being silly
Ryuichi Sakomoto approves! I'm guessing.
I love this. I'd take this over the regular old US master system bios anytime. The US just has a small 8 bit sega chant and then tells you "EY INSERT A GAME YA BONEHEAD!" on a dull black background and no sound of any kind. While Japan has this amazing sounding space harrier theme and a cool little graphical effect.
Europe has a game
In fairness, the japanese one ALSO says "insert a game, ya bonehead". Just with style.
Apparently a button combo gets you the game snail maze
Wow.
This sounds nothing like my Mega Everdrive Pro on a VA6 consoles. I fired it up and instantly thought “this sounds nowhere near as good as the one I remember hearing from TH-cam years ago and it claimed to be recorded from real hardware.” Sure enough, I dig this video back up and mine is terrible in comparison.
I wonder what core the MED Pro is using. I’m gonna have to try MiSTer next but I imagine that a better open source FPGA core probably would have improved the MED Pro too.
Yeah the Genesis doesn't attempt to replicate the FM Sound Unit, which this Japanese model has built-in, and this BIOS program has no alternative for if it isn't there (in fact I don't think it even checks).
@@PhirePhlame Yeah, but the Mega Everdrive Pro is replicating the FM hardware in FPGA… just doing a poor job of it. I was actually testing inside a Japanese Megadrive Model 1 with the Triple Bypass (3BP) installed, so the console should have perfect cartridge audio from the MED Pro. I do have a Master Everdrive but it has no FM hardware. MED Pro attempts to get accurate Sega CD audio using MD Fourier to tweak their output but they need to go all the way back to the FPGA implementation of the Yamaha YM2413 to fix this.
That should also be in the American version.
Get Ready 0:26
Space Harrier
電源をOFFにして，
ソフトを入れてください。
0.75x speed is the best to sleep
space harrier.
what does the japanese text say?
(I can't understand Japanese. Ask someone else.)
Turn off the power,
Turn on the software.
the direct translation would be: turn off the power and insert software.
or as i would translate: please turn the console off and insert a game.
all in all just basic instructions how to operate a console. :)
Back then, South Korea limited imports from Japan and Samsung had to slap their logo on Master Systems (and also Mega Drives) in order to bring them to Korean consumer market. Most of its content got localized or replaced with NA/EU counterpart, but this nostalgic screen has been overlooked and left untouched. Ah, so many good memories... (and the notorious Super Boy)
Too bad I've been born 10 years AFTER the release of this console...
SEGA (R)
MasterRace DEMO
Japan is short for epicness
It's spelt 'iconic'
@@FarmYardGaming It's Spelled "Spelled"
I just checked it, apparently it depends - US writing conventions go with 'spelled', but for the UK (where I am) it could be either... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark sent me here!
This is better than Eminem
아이고난 여기가 아니였어!
나는 행복합니다다다다다닳
노래 좋음
JAPAN DOES
*_WHAT AMERICA DON'T_*
American't
Americdon’t
Japan is better then any other country in the world, I wish I was born in Japan
@@jeskonaraku9519 weeb
@VideoGamePlayer lmao the educational system in Japan is worse than US’s?
OUCH, this is painful!
If your ears are sensitive to high frequencies, the Japanese Master System definitely can be rather unpleasant. I'm assuming that's the case for you?
I don't want to insert a game :(
0,75x is PAL version 😂😂
A szinek
Why does this version sound great, but the actual MS game sound worse
Imagine Donald Trump turning up to a meeting and even mentioing this game slightly to the anticipated ukraine meeting or anything. What a shit president😂
"Were all gonna become like that sega master system on spacie harrier I mean, fkng crazzzzzy solution to peace that is"