Master System coming to the Virtual Console next month?

[yamiiguy]

Source (http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/games/articles/0801/25/news075.html)

Sega "Master System" video games, virtual console Wii launch from February. Also distributed in North America and Europe.

Sega, the game software distribution service Wii "virtual console" in the company's "Master System" in the Games from February 2008 to begin Wednesday.
Master System, Sega was released in October 1987 from the game machine, "Sega Mark III" FM gunfire and the sound equipment unit, 3-D glasses with the adapter. This is preceded by the release from the "Sega Mark III" and "Game Gear," and all of "Master System" as a designation that up.
Game software will be delivered in February in action games, "Fist of the North Star" Wii 600 delivery points (600 yen). Since "Fantasy Zone" Wii 500 points (500 yen), and it is planned to deliver it.


I can't wait if true...

[Pit 42]

Other than Shinobi, I'm not really interested. I never really liked Sega's games that much.

[theUndead_feature]

I don't know of any good games for Master system. I think I'll pass for now.

[Shortay]

I don't know of any good games for Master system. I think I'll pass for now.

Same here. We get a low enough number of games as it is...

[ICEknight]

Wonder Boy (s).

[antster1983]

The Alex Kidd series? :)

[The shoemaker]

Japan get it next month not us. But maybe this new system will make nintendo give us three games again. (or for Europe 2)

[Bonesaw]

Great. So not only is Nintendo releasing games with the speed of a herd of stampeding turtles, but now they are adding a crappy system to the mix. If anything, they should have went after true arcade versions of games.

[SegaFan]

I don't know of any good games for Master system. I think I'll pass for now.Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Sonic 1/2 (Master System versions), Sonic Chaos, Phantasy Star, Shinobi, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Golden Axe Warrior. Those are just a few.

now they are adding a crappy system to the mix.No they're not, they're adding the Master System. :p

[Angelic Lapras King]

The Master System alone has over 200 titles, so that should be plenty for everyone. ;)

[Goatlemon]

now they are adding a crappy system to the mix.
No, the N64 was added a long time ago.

*runs from inevitable mass flaming*

[SegaFan]

No, the N64 was added a long time ago.

*runs from inevitable mass flaming*
:lol: I was just about to make that same joke (but with the NES instead of N64) but decided not to.

The Master System is very worthy of being on VC.

[coire]

Perhaps I'd get soem of the Wonderboy games that weren't released/re-released on other systems on the vc, But many is that?

Also, Alex Kidd? I could get the good one(s)...

[ICEknight]

Who put the name "Master System/Game Gear" in the new subforum?

They're not releasing any Game Gear (or portable, for that matter) games on the Wii's VC, and they don't seem to have any future plans for it, at the moment.

[Flamin Skull]

Who put the name "Master System/Game Gear" in the new subforum?

They're not releasing any Game Gear (or portable, for that matter) games on the Wii's VC, and they don't seem to have any future plans for it, at the moment.

check out VCreviews news as well as Neurope there are several sources

[jackaroo]

Who put the name "Master System/Game Gear" in the new subforum?

They're not releasing any Game Gear (or portable, for that matter) games on the Wii's VC, and they don't seem to have any future plans for it, at the moment.

Its true. Game gear games are coming to VC. It was announced that game gear games would be released on Virtual console and will be put under the master system category.

[ICEknight]

I can't find the sources to that info, can somebody please link to an official announcement or something?

Besides, putting GameGear games under a "Master System" cathegory doesn't make much sense, in my oppinion...

[jackaroo]

Cant find any official sources. And if any of these are official i just havent realised :

VC : Reviews - "The first new Virtual Console channel of 2008 has been confirmed and Sega fans should be rejoicing as it's the 8-bit Master System that will be getting the VC treatment. Game Gear software will also to be released under the same channel (which makes sense as technically the two consoles shared the same technology)."
http://www.vc-reviews.com/news/2008/01/japanese_virtual_console_list_february_2008

Nintendo Wii Fanboy : "Awesome news for people who love 8-bit games, or just wonderful things: Sega Master System games will be offered on the Japanese Virtual Console starting in February, with other territories to follow. It looks like the base price for games will be 500 points, with the customary 100 tacked on for licenses. Sega Mark III games and even Game Gear games will be offered for download -- marking the first handheld games available through the VC, all thanks to the Game Gear and the Master System using identical hardware."
http://www.nintendowiifanboy.com/2008/01/25/segaton-master-system-games-on-the-vc-next-month/

Joystiq : "The beauty part is that, since it used the same hardware as the Master System, Game Gear games will also have a shot at VC fame. The first entries will be Fist of the North Star for 600 points and Fantasy Zone for 500 points. They'll only be rolling out to Japan at first in February, but look for other territories to follow close behind."
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/25/sega-master-system-games-coming-to-virtual-console/

1-Up : "IGN reports that the first Master System games (Fantasy Zone and Fist of the North Star) will show up in Japan in February, and to follow in Europe and America. The report goes on to state that games will also be offered from the Mark III (the predecessor to the Master System) and the Game Gear (the full-color, battery-draining answer to the original Game Boy). So next time you feel insulted when someone rags on your console of choice, remember that "console wars" aren't new, and sometimes old rivals can work together. Sort of puts things in perspective."
http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3165615

There you go. They all say game gear and pretty much any other site ive been to says Game gear is coming aswell. Hope this is enough info for ya :)

[Zubiac]

I can't find the sources to that info, can somebody please link to an official announcement or something?

Besides, putting GameGear games under a "Master System" cathegory doesn't make much sense, in my oppinion...

well, it DOES make sense cause the Game Gear IS a portable Master System(Hardware wise).

[ICEknight]

well, it DOES make sense cause the Game Gear IS a portable Master System(Hardware wise).
No, the Game Gear is more powerful than the Master System. It's based on it, but it's not the same thing (both use a different color system and games aren't directly compatible between them, for example).

That's almost like saying the Game Boy is the same as the NES. There were NES adaptors to use the Game Boy games, but that doesn't mean they're the same system.

[Razor61289]

Sonic 1 and 2 are great. Can't wait for Rainbow Islands!! Was much better than the arcade version. Want to try the Alex Kidd games. You never know, we could see Ghostbusters to go with the Wii game?

[zmally]

No, the Game Gear is more powerful than the Master System. It's based on it, but it's not the same thing (both use a different color system and games aren't directly compatible between them, for example).

That's almost like saying the Game Boy is the same as the NES. There were NES adaptors to use the Game Boy games, but that doesn't mean they're the same system.

Actually, you can play any Master System game on the Game Gear, with a handy converter, which you plugged into the top of your Game Gear. The actual hardware was very, very cheap, so the Game Gear must have done all the work eh?

And from what I understand, the Game Gear and Master System were actually exactly the same, but the screen on the Game Gear had limited colours. Games designed for the Game Gear only used the certain colours, but "ports" of master system games were simply put onto a compatible cartridge, and sent to the display the same was as MS, but displayed funny. Hence why in The Incredible Crash Dummies, the GG version the character appears to wear purple clothes :P. Although saying that, the first level of 8-bit Sonic is different between the two consoles...

[ICEknight]

Actually, you can play any Master System game on the Game Gear, with a handy converter, which you plugged into the top of your Game Gear. The actual hardware was very, very cheap, so the Game Gear must have done all the work eh?
Same happened with the MegaDrive and SMS, and the MD is quite a bit superior...
And from what I understand, the Game Gear and Master System were actually exactly the same, but the screen on the Game Gear had limited colours.
The GG supported more simultaneous on-screen colors.

[zmally]

look at the specs, the game gear is technically the same.

Also, the Mega Drive had the hardware to support backwards compatibility, while the game gear was clearly too small to conceal hidden hardware to support extra backwards compatibility.

The Game Gear had a colour palette of 4096, while the Master System had 64, but the Game Gear could only hold 32 colours on screen at one time, while the Master System could hold the full 64.

The Game Gear's CPU was a varient of the Master System's Zilog Z80. This processor was a co-processor in the Mega Drive, allowing Master systems to be played with a converter, but this CPU was only used for this and not normally used.

The Game Gear is pretty much an improved NTSC Master System in a much smaller case, built in screen and runs on 6 AA batteries :P

[SegaFan]

The Master System has a higher resolution though, making it much better for VC than Game Gear. Game Gear games look awful on a TV screen, as we saw in Sonic Adventure DX and Sonic Gems Collection.

The GG supported more simultaneous on-screen colors.I thought both supported the same simultanious colours, but the Game Gear had a bigger colour palette.

[zmally]

yeah I think that's right, but from what I understand there was a sort of exploit on the Master System where the programmer could use 64 colours on the screen at once, and this was frequently used in games... but not GG.

Made evident by playing The Incredible Crash Dummies on the GG, the little man appears the same colour as parts of the wall in the first level (only example I can think of off the top of my head)

But yeah both were officially limited to 32 colours on the screen at once

Oh, and when someone made a GG title, they obviously wouldn't go overboard with the pixels, because GG titles were not intended to be shown on a telly (until the later Sonic compilations) - but more than half were ports of MS games and were just transferred onto the smaller, newer cartridges :)

Hence why my GG's batteries run dry after like an hour of playing an originally MS title lol, but several hours on a GG title!

Pretty weird really. You'd have thought with the amount of money Sega were raking in at the time, they could have gone all out with the Game Gear. But saying that, if they already had a pre-existing 8 bit system being shadowed by the main 16 bit console, it makes sense to have based their handheld console on the 8 bit system.. no need to pay programmers overly much, and there was the literally thousands of Master System games already available on the market!

But comparing the Game Gear to the Master System is like comparing the Nomad to the Mega Drive!

[lspear76]

There are plenty of great games for the Master System. I still have it and almost 100 games. Phantasy Star, Fantasy Zone, Fantasy Zone II, Hang-On, World Grand Prix, Great Golf, Parlour Games, Captain Silver, Rocky, and many more.

[zmally]

There are plenty of great games for the Master System. I still have it and almost 100 games. Phantasy Star, Fantasy Zone, Fantasy Zone II, Hang-On, World Grand Prix, Great Golf, Parlour Games, Captain Silver, Rocky, and many more.

I've got a Master System II with Alex Kidd built in. Probably the best game I've ever played on the system!

[Omegastoopreme]

A cool game is Miracle Warriors, its got all the Final Fantasy elements, admittedly the graphics are poo but the plots great.

[Sektor]

ROAD RASH =p



Awesome =]

[smrpgfanno1]

I don't get it.this thread is called sega master comes in a month. hasn't it been there sinvce the beginning of the virtual console?

[Shortay]

I don't get it.this thread is called sega master comes in a month. hasn't it been there sinvce the beginning of the virtual console?

No, you must be thinking of the Sega Megadrive/Genesis?

[smrpgfanno1]

No, I thought that the sega md, n64, snes, nes, sega master,and tg16 were all there to start.

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

No, I thought that the sega md, n64, snes, nes, sega master,and tg16 were all there to start.

You were incorrect. :(

[smrpgfanno1]

Then what DID they start with?

[Shortay]

Then what DID they start with?

Everything you mentioned minus the SMS.

[smrpgfanno1]

Oh. Thanks.

[miletich3]

sega master is game gear

[Jogurt the Yogurt]

sega master is game gear

Sega Master System is their home console before Genesis. Game Gear is their portable system.