Every Sega Master System Game Released in the US REVIEWED! 

He's a legend no doubt about it.

It’s because it was recorded and edited by Mark Cerny

Get him in your stable

GS is the maaaaaan

OSW jumping off Bret's rope with a top notch comment...osw what bar is gamesack

It's ambitious but not a great video for people that didn't grow up with the master system. Joe sounds flat when talking about absolute classics such as fantasy zone, spellcaster, cloud master and California games just to name a few. I almost feel like he's over making videos.

@@danielnicholson6174 /facepalm

@@danielengel4593 I had this system before most, Christmas 1987 my friend after my Atari 2600.

I didn’t grow up with the master system but love finding new games as an adult. I think he did really well and imagine how long that took. Original hardware and every game, he deserves mad respect.

@@danielnicholson6174 He just doesn't enjoy those games as much as others. He's not gonna love the same games as you or me .

Ghostbusters was a guilty pleasure of mine.

My family loved Monopoly on the Master System. We thought it was way better than the NES version!

Was your babysitter named Heather?

Similar, except my babysitter had wonder boy and sonic

My babysitter use to come over to MY home and I was the one who owned the Sega Master System. LOL. She use to play Double Dragon with me A LOT (Double Dragon on Sega Master System can be played by two players at the same time. It was a great two player team-up game). Rocky was another game we played together (Rocky has a two player mode where player 1 plays as Rocky and player 2 can play as any of the three opponents: Apollo Creed, Clubber Lang (who I always called Mr.T) and Ivan Drago, A.K.A: "Mister I will break you" as my babysitter called him. LOL). Rocky on Sega Master System is actually pretty fun as a two player game. We also played Pro-Wrestling on Sega Master System together and fought each other since that game has a two player versus mode. Most of the time I would play as the Great Maskmen (who were homages to real hall of fame wrestlers known as Mil Mascaras and Dos Caras) and she would mostly play as the Mad Soldiers (who were homages to real hall of fame wrestlers known as The Legion of Doom / Hawk & Animal: The Road Warriors). That game was really good as a two player versus game. Time Soldiers was another Sega Master System game (similar to Ikari Warriors, but better) which had a two player mode where we teamed up together. We would beat the prehistoric and ancient Rome and World War 2 levels together. We both made it together as far as the beginning of the Future World before the enemies would annihilate us. LOL. We also played Great Baseball together (which was another game which played great as a two player game. We would always try out different teams against each other). She liked baseball at the time and so did I. She also helped me level up on YS: The Vanished Omens (YS: Book 1 on Sega Master System. It's a one player only action RPG, but she helped me level up my character in between the main parts of the game. She would have Aron / Adol run around and kill enemies to increase my levels and then hand the controller back to me when I had to go through the main parts of the game. However, she helped me out greatly when it came to navigation (like in the cave), especially when I had to go through the tower since I would easily get lost and she would help me find my way through. Finally, the one game we both HATED was "My Hero" on Sega Master System. We would both take turns playing "My Hero" only for both of us to get extremely frustrated by this crappy game. LOL. It was one of those games with a "FAKE two player mode" (one of those games where each player takes their turn after the other player dies but you can't play together). I think the farthest we made it was the beginning of the third level before we were both killed. We both HATED "My Hero". LOL.

If Dave was still around it would be even better. No disrespect intended to Joe, he’s great.

Indeed, too Stellar

Gave all the games enough time but not to much he did make good!

It's unfortunate, sega only ever re-release a select number of master system games, usually including them in either one of their games, or in their genesis compilations.

I would like to see Nintendo try to revive the the arcade market in the Pacific Northwest and select regions of Canada!

Well, I think it boils down to lack of promotion when the thing was released. Does anybody remember a single Master System ad in the US?

I remember seeing print ads for the Master System version of Asterix, possibly in mid-1991. Sadly it appears it was canceled when the system died. Oh well. It's a great game and I have a copy now. ;)

Pretty close except for Buster Douglas!

@@GameSack maybe you can just acquire Buster Douglas himself instead of the game cart.

@@startedtech He's probably cheaper.

Can't stick him in a Master Syatem though.

@@GameSack Buster actually lives a half mile down the road from me, on a 60 acre ranch. 😂

Grab the romset and the difference between the US folder and the Europe/World folder is just staggering.

*Next we need all Euro releases.*

@@andersgale9544 Heh, that'd be like a two hour video.

@@infernal_monkey Yeah, not counting in the Asia-only titles from Japan, Korea and Taiwan......

Same here. :)

Damn, good memory.....,I believe he said that on their game room tour episode.(edit......upon watching he did say there was one game he didn't have, James buster Douglas boxing. It's a crappy boxing game, it's 2000 in box complete, so who can blame him lol)

I love the original Spy vs Spy on the Sega Master System. My friends hate it though, so I'll have to play this one alone versus the computer.

Not to mention, the Sega made Asterisk and Obelisk games...they're so much better than their 16-bit counterparts....and the 8-bit Core one. But Tonka sold the Master System here, as bad as Mattel sold the NES over on your side of the pond. I saw more people with Atari 7800 consoles, despite the 2600 quality sound. Just the box art alone made the Master System look like a rip-off. Assuming you could find it at all. Sega took over at the last minute, hyped up Sonic and Golden Axe so they could hold their heads high in defeat...and then they were gone.

So I'm watching thinking "He forgot Sonic 2.... ah I bet Joe is playing some sort of joke on us here..... THEY DIDNT RELEASE SONIC 2 IN THE US?!??!?" Well to be honest the first one is better in any case.

What about The Gaming Historian? 😂 J/k I love Game Sack!

LOL

well it might be a good idea

I was raised in the 128 bit era but started with an old Genesis renting cartridges when the stores were already dying. It was probably the best thing that could happen!

Honestly, retro games are just more fun than most of the new games....the stylish and/or cute pixel art, the simple to learn and fun (but hard to master) gameplay...i remember thinking when the 32 and 64 bit systems came out 'why would i ever want to play those crusty old 2d 8-16 bit games ever again?'....little did i know retro gaming would become my fav hobby, when i was in my 40s lol.

I think the speed, lighting, and quantity of visuals are very important to consider. I got fairly overwhelmed playing Sonic 2 the other day (but I still enjoyed it). My point is that I am sure there are slow-paced, non-flashy modern games if overstimulation is a concern. If not, I can invite myself to piss off.

Likewise!

the only thing i have to say about that is, dont be afraid to check out games from other regions, some great games never made the trip overseas and that can go for any console.

@@UltimateGamerCC thats how i found out about jurrassic park, who wouldve thought it would be an excellent platformer if not one of the best for the system

Or , at least , every other Saturday night . Except when there are bonus episodes .

sunday noon for me

Haha enjoy! Sunday morning for me. Ideal breakfast content with a side dish of coffee and some wake n bake. Have a great weekend!

Sunday afternoon for me

I love Cloud Master. So underrated. Love the feel of the Japanese type games like The Ninja, Kensiden and Black Belt

me too, some games looks almost 16 bits

R-Type would melt the NES.

@@ostiariusalpha look at the differences in Rampage too. With games like Strider and Ghouls N Ghosts, Capcom was like, yeah, let’s just make a whole different game or not even try while Sega was like we can port this stuff.

@@DrGamelove The NES could have matched the SMS version of Rampage, it just got a straight up bad port.

yaaaaas

Yes !!!!

yeah

I plan on doing all US TurboGrafx games the next time I do something like this (both HuCard and CD).

@@GameSack Maybe Neo Geo some day? It's such an illusive console to most. I don't think people would mind some emulating and stuff since it's so pricey.

In general the SMS looks good but the palette is awfully saturated and the best looking games are on the NES when the graphics made the most out of the system, for example Kirby's Adventure

Top tier games on the NES, such as Ninja Gaiden II, Kirby, or Bucky O'Hare, had graphical effects that put the Master System to shame. Not that the SMS couldn't do similar effects, but sadly, no one ever made as much effort to actually put them to use there.

@@monolyth421 There is a reciprocal complaint against the NES for is desaturated color palette. It's kind of silly either way, since both systems use CRT monitors, and any decent set should be able to adjust its saturation to your personal preference.

Hasn't?

You might wanna edit your comment

few? Other than Game Sack ,who else?

I love it too, the library on it was a way better good games to bad ratio than the Nintendo