I've been shopping on eBay again and this time I've bought a Sega Master System that was listed as spares or repairs not turning on. Its got a nasty rattle and we discover it missing a part but lets see if we can't get it going again.
Always a good day when a Master System gets some love on RU-vid. Nice work spotting that wonky crystal, that really seemed like a “hang on a sec....” moment.
It was exactly that, just when I touch it and it moved. Probably should have looked their first since the rf shield was loose but got there in the end.
Xtals are indeed on their way since yesterday. If you see weird stuff on the tracking, don't panic, they weren't the usual mail guys and probably their first day because they collected the parcel, came back 5 minutes later to deliver it to me ^-^ I had to explain the guy what "return address" means ahahaha, I'm not making that up. Hopefully, he did what he said he would do and asked Royal Mail to cancel the fact that it's probably already showing as delivered.
I recently got my hands on the Master System 2 after it being a gift a Christmas this year for a trash to treasure restore project.. But i have a guilty feeling that i would also love to have one of these Mark 1 Systems for my collection :)
That "A-ha" moment when discovering the cause of a failure is always awesome. I've never actually played a game on a Master system, as I was already in High school when they came out and cars and girls were far more interesting to me by that time than video games. Most of my buddies that would admit to still playing video games on console were doing so on the NES. Perhaps I'll source one and see what I missed...
Yep that was a real "A-ha" moment when I noticed the damaged crystal. The master system is always overshadowed by the NES but it's a great machine with a good games library. If you can find one I'd recommend it or even just a mega drive with the converter, its backwards compatible to the master system.
I always loved the design of the case of that console. Lots of great games too. I think I'm more of a Sega fan than Nintendo :) Thanks as always for the video :)
I had a MegaDrive, so not used to how the MasterSystem works, but I thought once you'd fixed the regulator, it simply wasn't doing anything as there was no game inserted! I didn't expect the mastersysten to have a sega title screen, AND instructions! That's super cool (And why didn't my MegaDrive have that too??)
There is also a built in snail maze game then the later console has full games built in. I don't know why they didn't include something on the mega drive, maybe by then things had just moved on and they seen no reason for it.
I had the software error problem on my Master System 1. Turns out it was a single broken trace leading to the cartridge slot. What didn’t help my troubleshooting was that I had a card game (I later found was faulty) to test with.
I thought they only called it the Master System in the US and Canada. Interestingly enough it is still sold in Brazil by Tectoy as a plug-and-play console which uses a single-chip implementation of the original hardware.
They don’t sell a version with a cartridge port anymore, haven’t for a while. www.tectoy.com.br/master-system-evolution-com-132-jogos-na-memoria-995020351822-p186
Never had a Master's System...had a Sega Genesis and years later bought a CDX which I still have...ought to take that out of mothballs and see if it still runs. I did get one of those portable clones from AtGames a few X-mas's ago which you can also plug into a TV but the controls aren't as good as an original.
Don't need to bother with the cars as I remember they don't have as much memory. We borrowed som card games once when I was a kid. My hero was pretty good but aggrevating as hell at the end.
This one is meant to have a simple snail maze built into it although I'm not sure as I can't get it to come up. The later master systems had hang on built in then it was the SMS2 with Alex Kidd and finally Sonic. I'm not sure if the Master System 1 ever shipped with Alex Kidd. As far as I know you can burn a rom to change the built in game. That might be worth looking at. The cards come up from time to time on ebay, most the games got ported to cartridge anyway but it would just be nice to have even one.
There’s loads of different versions of the SMS1, depending on the territory and bundle (Safari Hunt and Hang-On for the bundles with the phaser for example),. And you didn’t dream the SMS1 with Alex Kidd in Miracle World, that’s the bundle I had as a kid.
Yeah that'll soon kill the regulator. I can't get the snail game to come up on this machine. I thought you just left it for a few seconds then the screen scrolls to the game?
@@CRG on some you must press button to start the game. Its kind of hidden If you own an original model SMS without a built in game... Turn on your SMS and wait for the instruction screen to appear. With controller 1, press up and hold buttons 1 and 2. First, hold down the sequence given above. While holding, turn the machine on and wait. DackuIa - 12 years ago 0 0 OTHER ANSWERS Turn it on without a cartridge and press up + both buttons It has to be an old model with no built-in games, however
The master system isn't the most expensive console to get back into plus the aliexpress flash cart is fairly cheap. I'm going to order one just to see good it is.
