Classic Game Room - SEGA MASTER SYSTEM II console review
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Classic Game Room reviews the SEGA MASTER SYSTEM II video game console!! The Sega Master System II may be a lighter, cheaper, redesigned version of the original SMS without the card reader slot, but it features a sliding door and built in Alex Kidd game. - Zábava
My very first console with built in "Alex Kidd in Miracle World". The memories. What a beautiful time!
Same here ❤. Christmas 1994.
FERNANDO? I donated that sms, my name ain't Fernando T_T. I remember that when you posted this on classic game room my name was right.
Oh well at least he gave you a shoutout do you still own a game system you don’t need I’d love to have one
Greetings Francesco from Germany:-)
The old days when they still new how to make satisfying buttons. That nice round big puase button :P
The Master System II was my first console. I love the design, so simple and beautiful!
Fanny fact: My parents bought Master System 2 thinking it was Master System 1. Later they bought Master System 2 thinking it was Master system 2.
Result? There were 2 Master Systems 2 at home ^^
The great irony is that the SMS2 was made to be cheaper than the original SMS, but because it was released in lower quantities it is more expensive to obtain today than the original, more fully-featured version.
Timstuff In the US, this is certainly true. But in the UK where I'm from, the SMS 2 is probably the more common model (it was almost at NES levels of popularity over here).
Nope, i keep finding units for 17 dollars, ITS A DREAM!
Here in the UK the mk1 master system is the more rare one.
This brings so many memories, it was my best friends Master System, and we were playing Alex Kidd and New Zealand story! Those were the days!
we called new zealand story Tikkie and that was a hard game !
We are all to the west of the Intergalactic Space Arcade. Fact!! :)
I would love to know if Double Dragon has the same amount of flicker with an actual master system (compared to your review of it with the power base converter.)
I wish to go there one day!
The problem is that I live in chile
wait, i thought you were ON the intergalactic space arcade
@But PAL Region is also using western televisions ;), you have struggles connecting to a ntsc tv ;)
is this a real place to visit???
My second console ever .
Even back then it puzzled me why the Pause button on the console. Having to stand up and walk to the console to go to the item menu in Alex Kidd.
Mine was PAL, I'm British. It came with Alex Kidd in Miracle World built in.
I've owned a Master System II. It was pretty awesome, and it had Alex Kidd in Miracle World built into it.
Just found you on youtube ive subscribed love all the retro games reviews
Great review and btw congratulations sir!
Love your vids man! Always gives me a smile.
I played this system for most of my little childhood and loved it. Altered Beast was a favorite of mine. The built in Alex Kidd was great too!
That snow looks cool!
I remember this console and all my childhood memories.
Does CGR say that whole "Banished from Earth... review everything" sentence in one breath?
I had one of these, but the first one look's more awesome.
I still have this console!
That is impressive!
You have an awesome announcer voice!
The Outdoor Simulation Wall 9000 supports weather? I knew there was a catch to that second hand 8500s.
Someone needs to donate a PAL TV to Mark. It will open a whole new world of possibility.
The outdoor simulation wall is broken and stuck on snow mode. Must be in response to the only rf out on the master system 2.
My first console! I spent countless hours on the few cartridges I had and it never got boring ...
I just so happened to watch this on a day that I'm snowed in
I hope West Ky looks like the "outdoor simulation wall 9000" with all that snow this winter.
I had this! In Australia, it came with Alex Kid in Miracle World built-in!
SNOW??? Its like 90 degrees here in Oregon.
Triple digits over here in So. CA.
*****
Where in Texas? Down here in Houston it's still freaking hot.
Even in Connecticut it's like 80. Where the hell is he?
Today's high is 62 in Illinois. Crazy, huh?
Mid 80s for us in Sunny San Diego
GREAT VIDEO! LOVE THE MASTERSYSTEM
My first console. Happy memories.
Do you know if there is a unit that has all the Sega Master System II games preloaded on it? I really liked the system. I know there is Sega Mega Drive but I’d prefer all SMS2 games on it
I love this, first console I ever played.
I used to have this console and have fond memories of playing games like rainbow islands and alex the kid.
Snow in mid September?
Is he in Calgary? Cause I heard they had snow about a week ago.
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Ah that would explain it...
Outdoor Simulation Door 9000!! Duh! :)
I bought one with Alex the kid in miracle world built in for £60 second hand.Great 🎮 game
What's the deal with being out in the snow at the end?
Do you have Star control for Megadrive/Genesis?
It's an amazing board game/real time strategy/spaceship combat. It's best with 2 people but if not, you can always go against the A.I :)
What is that music at the end?
* snob face *
You dirty uneducated peasant, it's "Mozart: Divertimento In D, K. 251, Andantino"
Thanks Mark! But it appears that your outdoor simulation wall 9000 is broken.
I like to think I'm pretty knowledgable about gaming systems, And I've read many books on the subject, but can anyone tell me why sega felt the need to have a cartridge and card slots on the original master system ? Were they unsure which would take off? Were the cards cheaper to produce than cartridges?
A bit late but the MS1 was a remodelling of the Sega Mk III, originally for the western market. The Mk III supported card games to make it backwards compatible with SG-1000 games.
The MS1 retained it as the card slot supported the 3D glasses as well as a series of small budget games released on the card format (as they were cheaper to produce).
By the time the MSII came out, the card games had been discontinued and the titles had been reissued on cartridges. As there were only a handful of 3D games anyway, SEGA dumped the card slot on the reworked system.
The MSII was intended as a budget system for younger gamers as the Megadrive/Genesis was SEGA's primary system. It's about as stripped down as it could possibly be; however, for all that, it's so well built that it's virtually indestructible and will probably outlive every other console ever produced.
It snowed in Pittsburgh recently?
That's my second console after atari 2600. Lot of memories. Great childhood memories. It came with preinstalled Alex kidd in the miracle world bundle - never managed it to the end. Well, at least sonic the hedgehog was more interesting. Once I had borrowed console to one buddy, and he returned it with the semi broken gamepad. How sad I was you cannot imagine 😁😁😁
my first console!
What's going on with the clone Marks? First one was malfunctioning, now they're rebelling against Mark Prime.
I want to see how the size of that compares to the sega nomad or gamegear
I love the simulated snow. Let's build a virtual snowman!
It's already snowing over there already? It just started getting cold around here in eastern Canada. I feel for ya man.
That's weird this being Made In Thailand I can never find them for cheap like Mega Drive 2 here in Thailand!
I want one of these!
MK1 was made in China
Master System II looks a lot like the Sega Genesis 2nd version :)
I see you bought the Mike and winter DLC for the Outdoor Simulation Wall 9000
I had the original Sega Master System. It came with Hang-On and Safari Hunt and I got Choplifter too. I hated those games at first but time made me like them a little.
I like how you can simulate snow up there in space. I wish it could snow here D:
Of course there's snow, it's the outdoor simulation wall 9000! It can produce any weather condition with any background! It's amazing! (I bought one btw)
Can somebody name the song at the ending? ^^
How did you get snow in Sept? lol ..were you in Canada?...space Canada?
WTF is that at the end with U in the snow with your Master System 2?
you don't get it do you?
I had the master system 2 in the early 90s. Ours came built in with sonic. Great days :')
Awww yeah, that's some Swedish right there at 2:39!
Love it that Sega got so many games etc. localised over here :)
Mark if you can somehow get a Japanese Sega Master System to work and play that great startup song from it in a future review of that particular Sega Master System, you sir will have my gratitude.....and a favorite and a like to the review video.
Western television...? Surely you mean 'American'? Unless you don't count Europe and Australasia as western, but do count Japan and the far east...
If you live in america then europe is to the east. Everyone here, at least in the upper east states, considers europe to be in the east, and asia to the far west.
GoodTofuFriday What the actual fuck?!
GoodTofuFriday What kind of television do Eskimos use? lol
GoodTofuFriday lol. I'd get very confused with that kind of logic. I live in Australia, and consider both Australia AND europe to be part of the west. But... that's a cultural thing. Geographically, from Australia, America is to the east, and Europe to the west. The official definitions though are defined by England, because all lines of lattitude in the modern world (and timezones) are defined relative to the line running through England. Though this actually means Europe is technically in the east... (England is neither east nor west, it is the centre point of the system of measure. XD). America is then at the far western limit, and Japan essentially is at the far eastern limit. (Also means that going west from America takes you into the 'east').
So... Really, in conclusion, geographically none of it really makes any sense, but 'the west' has a clear cultural meaning at least...
Unless of course Mark has a special TV that has shoot outs in dusty saloon bars and chases 'Injuns' through the desert on horse back? Please tell me this is true!
PAL is a western TV format! Last time I checked we are in the West here in the UK!
The outdoor simulation simulates real life winter in space? Now it want one
In Europe the mastersystem gave the NES a run for its money, some videostores only rented Sega games and had an exclusive sega-license
My first ever console! :D
Is there anyway to play Master System Games on a Mega Drive/Genesis?
Yes, through the Master System Converter or third party device. The Mega Drive is actually 100% backwards compatible with Master System, the only thing the converter does is change where the pins on the cartridge is connected since the cartridges are different. Why Sega did this is anyones guess, but I guess to earn money off the converter? Think it backfired. While Master System was successful in Europe, I understand it did bad in the U.S. Having Genesis\Mega Drive play Master System games out of the box would have increased it's popularity and sales in that region I'm sure.
Ah thanks for the answer =)
***** The Power Base Mini only plays SMS Cartridges, not cards. Though considering this video is about the SMS2 and that didn't play the cards either, I guess it's moot? ;)
MrGencyExit64
Sure you don't get card support, but that's not a big deal really.
I had a Master System 2, and loved it :)
My version came with Sonic 1 built in. Though for some reason the ending/credits never displayed when you completed the game o_0
That ending is the perfect expression of what it's like living in the midwest after a cold front.
You sound exactly like Egon Spengler or aka Harold Ramis GHOST BUSTERS !! 😎
Sega has awesome names for their game consoles. Master system sounds awesome.
I've never seen or heard of this, before? Did it have an American release?
nope only Europe and Australia.
hardcpy And Brazil, a brazilian company called Tectoy used to import Sega stuff here, basically from Europe and/or Japan.
yer i heard the master system was huge in brazil.
Basically people jumped into SNES later, while Mega Drive (Genesis) was quite popular, but SNES got all the way.
Love me some snes
I vaguely remember seeing this in toys r us as a kid. Wasn't it grey in the US?
The think the original Master System looks much more stylish. Now review a Master System III. XD
joshua powell Yes. It was only released in certain countries though.
Interesting that a console that comes in English-language packaging and was bought in Italy (and made in Thailand) has a German TÜV seal on the bottom! I guess since the two-prong plug is compatible with sockets in both countries, they only build one version.
We have pal in Australia. Works perfectly on our “ western “ televisions !
I have both of these in my retrogaming collection.
The Mighty Master System mk1 sits aloft my retrogaming cabinet, the mk2 is in a cupboard somewhere 😂
If only that rf out was not slowy on mine, it would,ve be more tolerable to use it but it’s rf out is unforgivenly bad, now i really would like to get my hands on that gamegear to mastersystem convertor adaptor (wich is currently in prototype form) in order to play gamegear games on the mastersystem.
Why aren't these uploaded on your website!?
I may never know how these legendary systems work. But, hey! As long as it plays well, it's cool!
looks like it might be compatible with a genesis power adapter but getting it to work with the american frequencies might be the fun part
I had this console xD
I miss the tactile factor of classic game systems. I just bought a Sega Genesis model 1 at a thrift store and man, does it bring back memories. You pop the cartridge in, flick the power switch and you're ready to go. It's so satisfying. New systems just require you to insert a disk in the drive and start the game from a menu, which is dull as all hell.
What the? Repost or old footage?
Oh my god, I used to have one of these!
Except that mine had Sonic the Hedgehog built into it
Did it run faster?
Slayermetallica69 Maybe, I don't know, it was years ago
***** F*** you I was tired
Master bater system was my first console
Snow already?
Greetings from Italy :D
snow in September?????? where the heck r u???
wish this guy was my boyfreind reminds me of lead stoner in film Grandmas Boy Awsome! Love the master system II still my favourite console
144P? is this just not fully uploaded?
nvm there it is..
Correct. It has to process.
The SEGA CD Model 2 had a door as well, instead of a tray.
I will always be an nes fanboy, but I grudgingly admit I would have loved to play Alex Kidd, and phantasy star back in the day...
You'll have to mod your console so you can play it on a U.S. T.V. Also, you'll need a step up converter for the power.
I don't know Mark...I would say generally speaking a console followed by a number 2 is usually better. Not in the Master System's case but the PlayStation 2 brings up a pretty good argument. ;)
I'm actually thinking about getting the model2.
Can't stand the model1's design for some reason although it has the card slot.
Yeah, that front overlay style panel is ugly..
Good luck, be sure your tv had RF video support cuz the model 2 lack AV composite.
*** VOAN *** Luckily European TVs have quite a variety of sockets to use.
***** That's great, I had a TV/VCR that had both RF and RCA but the RCA plug doesn't work so I had only play all my games through the coaxial plug and with RCA converter. My HDTV had RCA and HDMI support but the AV quality and HDMI quality in playing retro games on those were mediocre at best plus they often lag most of the time. I had nothing against RF but just don't like using those cuz overtime those coaxial pin tend to break. Back in the 16-Bit days, I had gone through at least over 20 of those RF coaxial plugs, it was crazy.
Hehehe finaly a master system review, after such long time, too bad he couldn't make it work on a western tv set? Also the ending was stupid BUT to make it work on a us tv set you do need 1 a pal vcr with composite out, 2 (unless a us tv does support pal via composite) a pal to ntsc convertor, 3 a step up convertor to convert 120 into 240 volt,ntsc games should,ve no issues apart from speed differences and possibly some timing issues, depending on the games you play on it.
Memories 😢
My first console!!!!!!!!!!
Original master system looks like it's right off the death star with the black and red scheme and fonts. Cool system. I think for collector reasons I'd get the og
You should really consider buying a PAL TV. You get so many PAL consoles you really need one.
i had one of those ! :D