Japanese Only Sega Master System Games
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- čas přidán 23. 07. 2024
- A look at some Sega Mark III(Master System) games that never left Japan in physical form.
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Opening "Sega" jingle is from Astal for the Sega Saturn.
Ending Music during the credits is from Batman for the Sega Genesis.
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Episode Notes:
1. I used Kega Fusion for the Paddle Control games. Mega SG for everything else.
2. As time went on, some of these appeared in Brazil on Tec Toy's reissues. They were, to my knowledge, built into the system and were not stand alone physical releases as they were Japan.
3, As I mentioned, there are a few adventure games that were never released outside of Japan. I can't read them to play them, so they were not shown here.
4. Some of these games are getting really expensive. Solomon's Key and Rygar are approaching $100 these days.
5. The Paddle Control only has a handful of games that use it. I own one but it doesn't work anymore.
6. Sega eventually rebranded the Mark III in Japan as the Master System. It had the FM Module built in.
7. Opa Opa is often said to be Sega's first mascot. I don't agree with this line of thinking. Opa Opa was only used in mascot capacity in Japan, so he was only Sega of Japan's mascot. Sega's first true company/world wide mascot was Alex Kidd.
8. Rygar does NOT have FM support. I had assumed both Tecmo games had it. Solomon's Key is the only one of the two that has it. - Hry
Brazilian only master system games should be an episode too, they got a lot of stuff for both MS and MD
Working on it.
@@SegaLordX I love these types of episodes, there's also a good amount of genesis rpgs that were japan only that have english translations now.
@@SegaLordX thank you very much! cheers from Brazil
@@SegaLordX bro there is a really cool and underrated snes game that I want you to check out. Its called carrier aces
100% agreed!
I spoke with a Sega fan from that parallel universe. The Master System DID indeed get third party support there, but everything is on fire in that universe and covered in wasps, and also the wasps are fireproof and the fire just makes them angry.
you just described Twitter.
I guess you win some you lose some.
Gotta love that cutesy music on Megumi Rescue as people are burning to death in a house fire
And of course the cutesy little skull and skeleton as they leap to their death. It's dark but in a cute way.
Today seems like a good day to play some Master System! Perfect timing! You know, watching these reminds me how this console is pretty much the equivalent of a boosted Atari 7800.
Enjoy!
Nice Maison ikokku pfp
@@jymfiskburk2256 Hell yea, thanks. I've had it for forever tbh.
I last played wonder boy in monster land. Couldn't do it without cheating. No wonder I never completed it.
Great video, always nice to see content on master system.
Megumi Rescue means "Blessing Rescue", if you wanted to know.
Oh, so you're not rescuing Megumis ?
@@Gatorade69 if anything you're rescuing Bakas who cant get out of the building fast enough. XD
I think め組 megumi was also the name of a department of volunteer fire fighters in the Edo period in Japan.
Master system was my first console. Loved it. Wish I'd have kept it, but my mother sold it when I got my mega drive/genesis.
They did have a plug in adapter to play Master System games on the Genesis/Megadrive. My cousin had one. We played a lot of Double Dragon and Cloud Master.
@@AngryCalvin I probably wasn't aware of that at the time. Shame, because I'd have loved to keep the MS games.
"Woody Pop . . . a game where you must protect your balls . . ." 7:30
I really like to see your videos , there's something in here that makes me feel relax and nostalgic and makes me willing for more, maybe it's heavy drugs...
Games like Salomon and Rygar would have been a smash here in Brazil. The padddle controller too. It's easy to say it today but too bad they didn't take their chances with it like they did with the 3D-Glasses.
Thanks for this! I’ve been collecting Master System games for years ,had no idea about Rygar or Solomons key .
I laughed so much harder at "Woody Pop" and "protect your balls" than I probably should have
Even more Solomon! This is puzzle platform heaven.
This video hit home with me! Thank you for sharing this info.
I would've bought Rygar if they had released it for the Master System in the U.S., that game was fun in the arcade and the NES version as well even though that version was different.
Me too. I bought the Xbox Tecmo Arcade Classics just to play arcade Rygar, and frankly would've bought any version of Rygar I could've. Rygar and Rastan were some of my favorite arcade games then, and the Master System Rastan was also a winner!
I like that final line in this video, it put a smile on my face. Good job!
Thank you segalordx. Great work
i loved my master system but hated having to go to the console to pause a game.
true, at least they learned with the Genesis/Megadrive.
@Old Man when i was a little guy my favorite sms game was the dragons trap and after an hour of playing i'd start swearing at my console like a maniac whenever i had to pause to get to the menu to change my magic.
I can always count on the ‘ol SEGA LORD X to release a fun and informative video! *CHEERS!* my dude!!!
8:42 Give me ASTRO WARRIOR any day of the week over this.
Great idea! Please do more videos showing obscure games!
Some great games in there. That fireman one looks ace.
Keep it up.
In fairness to sega not seeking out third party partners:
'Why bother?'
Don't ignore the Master System. Great library.
Absolutely. Highly underrated, especially if you can import.
Great episode as usual.
I'm hoping you do another Japan-exclusive video. There are so many other games to showcase!
sometimes when watching master system games it feels like i need special glasses to protect my eyes from the overly bright colors.
Yeah, bright, but extremely dope.
And the opposite is the c64 imo so dark for my eyes
@@destructodisk9074 there are a couple ok games but the color pallete/scheme most games use is honestly atrocious, theres no blending of colors.
@@systemchris I've never had a problem with the c64. odd.
@@maxxdahl6062 well it isn't a problem it's just a subjective dislike of them haha
This is an interesting topic, and there's still plenty left over for a part 2...though I guess it was understandably the more text-heavy material you left out. The real elephant in the room when talking about Sega in this era is that according to their developers they had a 3 month development limit on games (even for arcade stuff). And people being what they are, that meant the bulk of the work - sometimes nearly all - got done in the crunch of the last few weeks. I really think that showed in Sega's Master System games in a lot of ways compared to what Nintendo was leading with from '86 onward. Sega also cheaping out with no enhancement chips also left their developers with one hand tied behind their backs. And it's a damn shame, because looking at what ace devs like Compile were able to get out of the hardware, and some of the later PAL stuff, showed it could have blown the NES out of the water and even put in a respectable showing against the PC Engine had Sega let it. But, in the grand scheme of things, being forced to move on to 16-bit early might have been the best thing for them.
Master System is a rare case where Japan was the territory most deprived of cool games. No Psycho Fox. No Donald. No Mickey. No Asterix.
Very rare.
Sega sadly seemed to flop console wise in japan until the saturn.
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Then of course the problem with the Saturn was a succeeded well in Japan and only in Japan. Flopping pretty much everywhere else in the world or at least significantly under selling compared to PlayStation.
@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Yeah, the saturn is awesome IF you can import for it. Granted it does have some awesome games here in the states too. But twice as many in japan.
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I mean I'm not trying to crap on the Saturn but the marketing was what really ruined it that and just flat out not bringing a bunch of games over for whatever reason. I mean I know people bought it but I didn't know a single person that ever owned a Saturn. That's not a joke that's not hyperbole I seriously never knew one single person friend, relative etc that owned a Saturn during it's lifetime.
Everyone I knew had a PlayStation every single person, that I knew that gamed at the time. I mean now it's totally worth getting one just for the Japanese exclusives alone but back in the day not only was it difficult to just find a place that sold the Saturn.
(The only place I'm sure sold them because I saw them there were Toys r Us and Sears) Had I known then what I know now I definitely would have invested in stuff like magic Knight rayearth and some of the other better games that have become both incredibly expensive and beloved.
I'm getting my mind blown with this video
Most of these were brought to the brazilian Master System III Collection, even the paddle ones, with digital controller support! I grew up with these games and just now i'm learning these were supposed to be japan exclusive 😅
Great video as always man!
Nicely done!!! Love the master system. Do a european exclusive games next. There's a ton of great stuff that never was released in the US.
Out of the two Salio games, Rygar didn't have FM support, only Solomon's Key did. And were you aware of the Japanese version of Enduro Racer? What we got here and in Europe was half a game, the Japanese got the full game as originally created. Same thing happened with Captain Silver too, although only the US got gypped that time.
You're right about Rygar and FM support. I'll note it in the description. Yeah I know about Enduro Racer.
I don't think we ever had the card games in Brazil. But none of those games seem worth spending time on. I'll definitely check out Rygar and Solomon's Key. Thanks for the SMS love!
You had them but they were on cart and renamed. Transbot was Nuclear Creature etc.
Back in the day all you needed was choplifter, outrun, and hang on
Especially since that is pretty much all you could find on the Sega shelf. Maybe a copy of Ghostbusters or Pro Wrestling
Damn, Rygar on the master system. That one I would like to play to compare. How much better is the NES port? The fact that it's unique is awesome. Would've gave u a reason to own both back in the day
NES Rygar is unique, SMS Rygar is more of a severely downgraded port of the arcade game.
The nes Rygar was a metroidvania type of game and i find it to be the best, even better than the arcade version.
@@franciscor390 Right on. The arcade and Mark III versions of Rygar are quite linear action games, with only a few, simplistic vertical travel areas in a given level, while NES Rygar is more exploratory, with lots of vertical areas and even backtracking being required in some places to unlock progression; not to forget the overhead view areas as well. MkIII and NES ports are graphically on par with each other, which is kind of sad since the SMS/MkIII has quite superior graphical capabilities over the NES.
Keep up the good work
Thank you!
Too bad the paddle controller won't work on an international Master System (at least that's what I hear). Just like the Light Phaser won't work on a Japanese console.
Joe why are you commenting? Shouldnt you be pumping out new content????
Get to work!!
Check out the Tim Worthington FM unit mod, he includes a region switch which allows you to play with the paddle on international Master Systems.
@@alexanderroberts3855 I have that mod. The switch doesn't do anything on my SMS. It only functions on later revisions of the motherboard.
@@GameSack Really? I thought it worked on all Master Systems even the second model. That's too bad. I just leave mine in Japanese mode because I love seeing the "Mark III" logo.
@@GameSack Darn, that is an unfortunate revision limitation. :|
Cool video!
Nice video. There are really few of them, compared to most other systems (like, 600-700 hundred of Famicom games, close to a thousand Saturn games and so on), which is why this is probably the most English-friendly console there is!
Solomons Key is one of my all time favorites. I have a localized reproduction for my SMS. I enjoy it as the puzzles are tweaked differently than the nes release.
The Genesis had some crazy Japanese golf game exclusives too. There is a version of True Golf Presents Wicked 18 called Devil's Course.
Just watch the intro for Battle Golfer Yui. I can't believe that actually exists.
@@budwyzer77 Right?!
that firefighter game actually looks cool
I love learning about region exclusive games! Megumi Rescue and Woody Pop seems fun with paddle controls and the core idea of the Opa Opa game had potential. They would have needed to flesh out the gameplay more though.
Such a lovable machine
Megumi Resque really did reserve a release outside Japan. I didn't know Solomon's Key and Rygar were released for the Master System to be honest. Thanks for making this vid.
Very interesting, I'll never heard about these titles, but the Fire Fighter game looks fun.
A swift kick in the testicular region? I'm dying laughing!
now my Saturday is complete
Solomon's key looks pretty cool. It reminds me a lot of Zipang.
Thanks Mr. Lord!
Great Baseball reminds me of the baseball game I played as a lad on the Atari 2600. On that one the AI controlled opponent never swung the bat and throwing strikes against it was impossible. That game made me have to reevaluate my understanding of baseball when I was older. :)
OMG the planets in the Opa-Opa game are SO CUTE, it's insane!!!
I actually have a SEGA Mark 3 and I'm planning to get some exclusive games as well as some for the SG - 1000, since the Mark 3 is backwards -compatible. Thanks for the video, SLX, I'm writing some of these games down!
whats different between the mark 3 and mark 2
@@videogamepolak0 if I remember correctly the mark 2 was exactly the same as the sg1000 just different style/shell The mark 3 was basically a new system.
RYGAR looked and sounded pretty good. The transitions between levels where your bonus is awarded would of been nice to add by the developer
Love you videos, will you make one about current sega eventually?
Now I really need to get a SMS emulator and a rom to play Megumi Rescue. That looks like a lot of fun.
The Master System was indeed one of the most under appreciated consoles ever. Yeah in Japan and Brazil is top sales there but America didn’t manage to market this console well in its sale. Looking at its Japanese only Master System games really shows that it had some great exclusives but the US didn’t bothered releasing these games. Maybe that’s why it didn’t sell well in the US.
The Master System was the highest selling console in the UK and France and most of Europe until 1996. There were new games in Europe until 1996 like Streets of Rage 2 and Sonic 2 not released in the US. The US had no new games after 1990.
never heard of rygar until the ps2 game in the 00's
7:32 "Woody Pop, which was sort of a Breakout-style game where you must protect your balls..."
Let's fighting love.
Oh, nice intro buddy! How much I wish Sega kept the Japanese styled cover box instead of that horrendous checkered style...
Hey, now that's some hidden gems.
Sega's strategy was all over the map with everything they did until they left the hardware market.
Not sure if "fake" company is the right term. Probably more like a "shell" company.
Same thing though
Absolutely great video as always, keep em coming!
If it's "same thing though" why would you address it in the first place?
5 Star episode ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Love this era of Sega
Dreamcast JP and/or PAL only games? 🤔🥰
I wonder how much of Sega reprogramming most games themselves had to do with Nintendo's exclusivity deals with most of the big 3rd party developers (Capcom, Konami, erc). That hobbled the Genesis a little in the early years too.
You got me at paddle controller
Literally never knew what the hell a Sega Master System was until recent years. I was a late 80's - 90's American child that only had the Genesis. You can hang on to that one Japan, Super Hang On to it.
Haha. It has some decent titles like Phantasy Star but you gotta be pretty hardcore to go back and seriously play and collect them, to be sure.
@Old Man much as i enjoy the Master System, calling the NES overrated is being a little too much of a fanboy.
@Old Man loved double dragon on the master system. Probably my favourite. Mortal kombat, alex Kidd and sonic looked fantastic too on there.
I didn't know that Rygar was made for SMS; I definitely would have picked that one up in 1987-1988 if it were theoretically released then. The NES game is a top three title on that platform for me and I know just by looking at it that the SMS version will not have equal level design, but still it would have been a good game to play through. Looks better then the Lynx version.
My 1st console and my joint favourite with PS1
I just wish I could play on these on my power base converter :/ oh well
Wasn't Woody Pop at least advertised as "coming soon" in the west even if they ultimately nixed any plans to release it here?
I swear I remember Woody Pop as being one of the games on the fold out poster-style ads we got with Sega Master System games in Canada circa 1987. *EDIT:* I checked a couple of dozen Master System games in my basement and couldn't find the advertising poster. Maybe the poster didn't come with the games but rather with the Canadian release of the Sega Master System itself?
I believe Woody Pop was in Canada or movie store in my area had a Japanese copy.
@@georgehancock2307 I don't think I had ever rented it but I know I had at least heard of Woody Pop and I lived in a small suburb off Montreal island, not anywhere near the sort of businesses that would import Japanese games.
The console of my youth, the Sega Master System.
I recently obtained a Super Console X , so now I can try and play all of these games 💪
As a Breakout fan I wish Woody Pop had made it over. It was planned to be released here as it was in some early catalogs
I might be mistaken, but I have a distinct memory of renting Alex Kids BMX in Brazil, back in the day.
Very cool
Sucks we didn't get FM support in the US.
there's a Fantasy Zone PLATFORMER that I played before where you can choose between 3 or 4 different ships and you run kinda like Sonic, but I can't find it anywhere or remember the name. im beginning to think it was a really well done hack or something, but I know it was on Genesis.
I think as well, a reason that these were in Japan is you mentioned that they use the paddle controller. I don't remember that really being a thing in the UK. I've seen it in catalogues if you wanted to order one but I don't know anyone who owned one?
I like those cover art....no like those basic to the core Sega gave us ...
Gutted we have got a release of rygar
7:28 I have a Korean MD bootleg that has a ton of hacks of this one, does the paddle controller even work with the MegaDrive in Master System mode?
Good question. I have no idea.
Wow, that Alex Kidd BMX game is oddly similar to game I made back in 2016. What a weird coincidence.
Master System was a funny console. I never heard of the system till the early 90s when my cousins would get them from garage sales and stuff. They still called it a "Nintendo" and 10 year old me didn't know any better. Just a testament to how little push the system for from Sega, or how big Nintendo was.
Awesome video man! It's a shame the poor support the SMS received in both Japan and the US.
FM sound source is the best👍
Woody Pop looks cool
I can't be the only one who thinks it's really grim and kind of sad seeing people falling to their death in Megumi rescue.
Excellent video!! Love sega and its history.
Are there cardridge adaptors like with the Mega Drive to run Japanese Master System games on a PAL system?
I don't think that the lack of games killed the Master system. The Master system never really had killer app. Nothing like Mario and Castlevania. And at launch it was $50 more expensive. I bought one anyway because I remembered playing it at a Sears and it blew me away, but if it wasn't for that experience at the Sears I probably would have eventually got a Nintendo instead of a Master system just because the Nintendo is 50 bucks cheaper, and that would have let me buy one or two more games
Well, not having a killer app kinda goes hand in hand with lack of games.
@Old Man honestly the only game I remember is maze Hunter 3D. I don't think it was any specific game I think it was just that was the first new console I saw and I was a dumb kid 😀. The funny thing is I did the same thing at the same Sears with Sonic the hedgehog years later
@Old Man Wonder Boy just as good as Mario? maybe with the third game in the series, otherwise not really.
In fact Galactic Protector has 2 player coop option, it's more fun and less difficult when played that way. Just like Fantasy Zone: the Maze. Alex Kidd BMX. Trial needs to be played with the paddle controller.
Alex kid reminds me of newspaper boy on the Genesis. Old memories 😁😂
Dude, Solomon Key and Rygar are on the Nes and on the Switch online.
Yes they are. These are the Master System versions.
Seems so strange to me that Americans didn't really get the master system. It was a major console in UK. 2nd only to the nes in popularity but not by miles.
i got it as a kid, but it didnt help that SEGA didnt advertise as much as they could've, i just remember seeing the commercial like once or twice.
I had the master system 2. I'm from the uk too, and I remember more friends having sega consoles than Nintendo. Infact I only knew one kid who had the NES.
Same with the megadrive. Everyone I knew had one, but none had the super Nintendo.
We got it, it's just Nintendo fucked over other companies with their attempts at a monopoly/blocking strategy. I had two SMS consoles back in the day along with the power base converter.
The old Master System did just a good if not better than the NES in Australia. I knew more people as a kid who had a Master System than a NES. I was the only one with a NES.
BMX Trial: Alex Kidd is an awesome game not sure what your talking about. I agree that Galactic Protector is frustrating, seems designed specifically for the 2 player mode and I only have one paddle controller!
I think the Master System was better than the NES. Only problem is nobody I know had one back in the 80's, which is unfortunate.
Interesting that Rygar had its own version.
"This one is about as fun as a swift kick to the testicular region:"