Popular in the UK and Brazil, I never knew anyone who had one here in Greece. What are some of your favorite games and memories from it? It could be any iteration of the console.
My friend nextdoor had a Master System. I remember playing a lot of California Games, especially surfing and footbag.
My first system was a ColecoVision, but Master System is really the first system I have vivid memories of from childhood. I think the Master System overall was my favorite part of being 4-6 years old - playing Shooting Gallery, Fantasy Zone, Ys, Missile Defense 3D (I think that was the name), etc., It also felt mysterious (?) to me because a.) I was the only kid I knew with one and b.) things like the hidden game (I forget the game exactly) that would come on if turned on the system with no cartridge inside.
I’m still making them for the first time! i never had master system but i got a nice retro game collection going for twitch streaming and included the master system library, so I’ve finally been able to check it out
I had an OG one in US. I never met anyone else that did except my uncle. My first game was Fantasy Zone. Remember finding it very stressful . Played a lot of Psycho Fox, Space Harrier, built-in Hang-On and shooting gallery, Outrun, Rampage. Lots of weird games too. The Space Harrier and Outrun soundtracks were bangers.
My friend’s dad worked at a local electronics store, so he was the only person I knew that had the “weird” consoles - Sega Master System and TurboGrafx-16. Alex Kidd and Wonder Boy were the favorites, of course… I liked how you got to buy your choice of weapons in Fantasy Zone.
Years later, I found my own SMS at Goodwill! I need to get a multicart because I only have Fantasy Zone, Ghostbusters, and R-Type.
I’m not Brazilian or French, so my main memory is walking past the boxes on the store’s video games aisle. The graph paper pattern on the labels was cool.
When I was around 7-8 years old I’d get up early some Saturday mornings and do some simple chores around the house. Things like vacuum the living room and clean my room. Then I’d ask my parents for some money to go rent a Sega Master System and a couple of games. The console was around 5€ and the games 2€ each.
There was a gas station around a kilometer from our house that rented out games. So I’d walk there on my own, ask for a console, pick a couple of games, some candy, give them my personal details and hand over the money. Then carry the stuff back home.
I rented and played a bunch of different games like Psycho Fox, Ghost House, World Games and Alex Kidd. But the games I really fell in love with were games like Wonder Boy III, Miracle Warriors, Lord of the Sword, Spellcaster and Phantasy Star.
My older brother and me would take turns playing. For RPG’s I’d go to bed early and get up early while he’d stay up late. So we would essentially play in shifts. The console and games needed to be returned at 18:00 on Sunday, so we’d try to get the most out of it.
My brother fell out of gaming and doesn’t remember half of the games we played. But I still treasure those weekends and remember all the Master System games from my childhood.
When i finished S.C.I.
It’s a fairly difficult game, but one of my favorites as a child, i spend days trying to pass the last stage who have only half of the time.
I still remember the adrenaline burst i get when i was almost doing but it was on the last five seconds.
The final scene with the dectetives posing and calling themselves a heroes and the little girl reunited with her father before the final screen it’s still in my memories
Stealing graph paper from my dad’s desk so I could manually map the dungeons in Phantasy Star.
