When Nintendo announced that the Virtual Console would be supporting the Sega Master System console you can bet that there were a fair few American gamers scratching their heads in a rather quizzical manner. The console was a complete failure in the US thanks to a combination of poor marketing, terrible distribution, woefully misjudged software choices and the fact that Nintendo's NES was sitting under the TV in pretty much every American household at that point in time.
Check out this feature for an in-depth look at the history of this underrated console.
The Wii is now a retro console. Let’s get nostalgic about an often maligned system.
Crazy to think the WII is to the Switch 2, as the NES was to the WII back then. 20 Year difference.
My wife asks me to bust it out (heh) everyone once in a while to play bowling and tennis with the kids. There was a ton of slop on it but some good stuff as well.
Wii was great but boy howdy did it cause Microsoft to go on a dark walk with the Kinect and the disastrous XBox One launch that they arguably never recovered from.
Not nostalgic for me.. I was there.. anyone who wasnt a little kid realized it was a gamecube with shit tacked onto it, it was the "joke" system and was well below even the switch in terms of comparing it to the latest machines at the time. The machine was well loved by young people and "casual gamers" who now remember it 20 years on, or in most cases more of its sales came in the 15-20 years ago range not right at launch- but again its not nostalgic for people who were "gamers" then really, just for those who ended up with one in their house, the games , graphics, interface and online features were archaic already in 2006.
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It had one of the most influential RPG's of all time...The original Phantasy Star. Personally, one of my very favorite games ever. FOR THE TIME, there was nothing better.
was a fun game. I like the use of both carts and cards. I still have the transbot game card in unopened case. The 3d glasses were a nice addition. First version of home VR type headset.
There was even an adapter for the game gear called mastergear which let you play master system games on the go. Playing the original rtype on the GG screen. Makes me want to dig out my setup just to play rastan.
Heh I had a Master System 3 or more years before I ever had an NES. SMS had some great games, even if it wasn't well received in North America.
I still have this system. This console was the sh!t! Many of fond memories on this bad boy. Alex kid in wonderland. My all time favorite was Kenseiden! That game kicked every inch of some ass. Google it if your unfamiliar with this title. Too bad someone stole that game from me years ago.