I think I got the most play time out of R-Type. Honorable mentions, Ghostbusters, Bomber Raid, Rambo, Space Harrier.
Anybody have favorite Master System games?
Submitted 7 months ago by VanHalbgott@lemmus.org to retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Geek_King@lemmy.world 7 months ago
aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 7 months ago
God, Ghostbusters. I never understood the map screen in that game, but it was so much fun to upgrade ECTO-1 and drive around catching ghosts.
Geek_King@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I can’t really say that Ghostbusters for the Master System was a GOOD game lol. I agree though, that map twisted my brain trying to understand the perspective the buildings were drawn in. I also only played the game with a money cheat so I could afford stuff. I think I beat the game a few times, the part at the end of having to time running past the Marshmallow Man sucked.
weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
In the map screen you are drawing your route, that’s why you still need to drive afterwards. You can draw a quick route to quickly get to the building or you can wander around to catch some ghosts with your vacuum.
swordsmanluke@programming.dev 7 months ago
This game is a blatant… homage to OG Legend of Zelda. But IMHO it does almost everything better.
The game begins with
LinkKelesis entering a cavern where an old woman tells him to take a sword - and some boots because our boy can’t even dress himself.After that, you know the drill. Top-down action rpg mode, slaying monsters, leveling up, finding secrets and better equipment.
Where it improves on the original LoZ is that the Master System was more powerful than the original NES, so the graphics here are brighter and more detailed and the audio is crisper.
The structure of the world is more linear than LoZ - but that means it’s a lot harder to get lost. Also, as you unlock gear and powers you can backtrack to discover new secrets in old locations.
The game’s characters vary wildly in tone from angry old ladies berating you for lacking the funds to shop to meandering fairies commenting on snow cones.
I replay Golvellius every few years on whatever the handheld platform dujour is. …I think it’s about time to give out a spin on the steam deck again.
Anyway. If you like that classic Zelda vibe, give Golvellius a spin. It’s seriously one of the best games I played on the old Master System.
swordsmanluke@programming.dev 7 months ago
Self-replying to add a couple other classics that aren’t already in the thread:
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Penguin Land: A Mr-Driller-like puzzler where you are trying to carefully bring an egg safely to the end of the level - but it can only fall one block distance without breaking. Also, there are polar bears you can crush with boulders.
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Zillion: This game has no business being as good as it is. Side scrolling adventure game where you are tasked with rescuing your captured spy-buddies. You have to loot secret codes from the bodies of fallen enemies, use them to unlock laser doors and progress further into the enemy base. It uses exceptionally large and detailed sprites for the time and is a surprisingly “mature” game for the Era. (Not meaning nudity, just that it is more interesting to someone auth the patience to map out a base and write down secret codes)
Skip the sequel, however. Zillion 2 sucked. a lot.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 7 months ago
I still remember the names I gave to all the symbols in Zillion to remember them as I collected them…
Enter password:
Jar, pill, bunny ears, neck
Door opens
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Is Zillion a game that makes use of the phaser?
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RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Great game, terrible password system.
swordsmanluke@programming.dev 7 months ago
True, true… yet still more reliable than LoZ’s “hold the reset button and hope” method of saving the game…
myrrh@ttrpg.network 7 months ago
…master system sonic is best sonic…
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Fantasy Zone, Wonder Boy, Sonic (1), Alex Kidd, Hook
aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Fantasy Zone, Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Hang On, Ghostbusters, and Ghost House. The Master System had some real bangers.
MrEC@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Double Dragon with 2 players was awesome!
fogstormberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 months ago
this was my first video game ever
FriendBesto@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
Wonderboy III
Sonic 2, 3 , & Knuckles, etc.
Altered Beast
Shinobi(s)
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
3, & Knuckles? On the Master System?
skotimusj@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Shinobi and choplifter were my favorites.
HopingForBetter@lemmy.today 7 months ago
Altered Beast (side scrolling platformer/ beatemup with Godzilla style bosses)
Wise fwom youw gwave!
Sabin10@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Hangon, shinobi and rampage were what I played the most.
kurikai@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Asterix
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I’m just commenting here because I have a stack of Master System ROMs, but no idea which ones were worth trying out.
Thanks for all the suggestions! I’ll be back later to judge each of them.
core@lemmy.world 7 months ago
My favorites on the SMS were Wonder Boy III: The Dragon’s Trap and My Hero. I never did finish My Hero. It’s a very hard game but I still found it to be a lot of fun.
lem@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Choplifter
Hang-On
Time Soldiers
poopiddy@pawb.social 7 months ago
Black Belt was cool
jogurt@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I play Phantasy Star 2 or 3 times a year. There’s other games I like a lot (like Wonder Boy) but Phantasy Star is best. I even have a Phantasy Star arm sleeve tattoo.
InFerNo@lemmy.ml 7 months ago
I’ve been trying phantasy star but keep getting wrecked by the dudes near the water. They clap my ass in a few hits. The version I have doesn’t have saves 🥲
WhoDestroysTheGond@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
Wonder Boy 3: the Dragon’s Trap, a simple “Metroidvania” style platformer with fun action and enemy design. No deep story, but one of my all-time favorite game soundtracks
Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Psycho Fox and safari hunt
cantrips@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Surprised I had to scroll this far down for Psycho Fox. That and Wonder Boy 3.
HerrVorragend@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Oh man, the first gaming system I can vividly remember playing.
Rocky was my jam.
OutRun and the Shooting Gallery were a close second and third.
108@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Time Soldiers, I think it was called. Too down Imari Warriors like game.
goombakid@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Kenseiden. I just recently FM sound modded my SMS and the soundtrack sounds awesome! Just a fun hack and slash.
Outrun is a great racing game. I still can play that hours on end.
All the Wonder Boy games.
Phantasy Star for sure.
And just because it was a pack in game, Astro Warriors and Hang on. Just a no nonsense shmup and moto racing.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Phantasy Star. Hands down.
H4mi@lemm.ee 7 months ago
When I was 6, I spent an entire year completing this game. I had about an hour of playtime every day and no access to any walkthroughs or guides. Also I didn’t speak a word of English. It’s one of my favorite childhood memories.
VanHalbgott@lemmus.org 7 months ago
Same.