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What's your Top 5 master system and genesis games?

SantaC

SantaC

Member
Even though I am a Nintendo fan, I loved the Sega master system and genesis back in the days. For some reason I found the games to master system slightly more fun than genesis. The Wonderboy games were awesome.


Master System:

1. Wonderboy in monster land
2. YS
3. Zillion
4. Secret Commando
5. Alex Kidd in Miracle World

Genesis (mega drive)

1. Toejam and Earl
2. Wonderboy 3: Monster lair
3. Strider
4. Ys 3: Wanderers from Ys
5. Sonic II
 
J

jarrod

Banned
ARPGs forever!!

01 Govellius: Valley of Doom
02 WonderBoy III: The Dragon's Trap
03 WonderBoy in Monster World
04 Ancient Ys: The Vanished Omens
05 WonderBoy in Monster Land

01 LandStalker: The Treasure of King Nole
02 Beyond Oasis
03 WonderBoy in Monster World
04 Monster World IV
05 The Crusader of Centy
 
SantaC

SantaC

Member
jarrod said:
ARPGs forever!!

01 Govellius: Valley of Doom
02 WonderBoy III: The Dragon's Trap
03 WonderBoy in Monster World
04 Ancient Ys: The Vanished Omens
05 WonderBoy in Monster Land

01 LandStalker: The Treasure of King Nole
02 Beyond Oasis
03 WonderBoy in Monster World
04 Monster World IV
05 The Crusader of Centy
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Another fan of the wonderboy games. They need to be brought back :)
 
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elitehebrew

Member
Genesis
1. Sonic The Hedgehog
2. Sonic The Hedgehog2
3. Shinobi (not sure which one but i played it over and over)
4. Landstalker
5. Gunstar Heroes

Mastersystem (first off only played the system once or twice)
1. What ever game was built into the system lol
2 Phantasy Star (presuming i actually found a copy and got to play it)
 
J

jarrod

Banned
SantaCruZer said:
Another fan of the wonderboy games. They need to be brought back :)
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Hell yes... WestOne recently resurfaced, I'd kill for a WonderBoy Collection on GBA. Sega's even got a working SMS emulator for GBA (used in Phantasy Star Collection), they'd just have to port the Genesis versions of MW3-4. :)
 
SantaC

SantaC

Member
elitehebrew said:
Genesis
1. Sonic The Hedgehog
2. Sonic The Hedgehog2
3. Shinobi (not sure which one but i played it over and over)
4. Landstalker
5. Gunstar Heroes

Mastersystem (first off only played the system once or twice)
1. What ever game was built into the system lol
2 Phantasy Star (presuming i actually found a copy and got to play it)
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In Europe, a game called Labyrinth was built in.
 
D

drohne

hyperbolically metafictive
genesis -

1. alien soldier
2. thunderforce IV
3. gunstar heroes
4. rocket knight adventures
5. musha

hard to stop at 5.

haven't played much master system. ought to remedy that someday.
 
SantaC

SantaC

Member
jarrod said:
Hell yes... WestOne recently resurfaced, I'd kill for a WonderBoy Collection on GBA. Sega's even got a working SMS emulator for GBA (used in Phantasy Star Collection), they'd just have to port the Genesis versions of MW3-4. :)
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Agreed. I need to play those games again.
 
S

Shompola

Banned
MegaDrive

1. gaiares
2. Revenge Of Shinobi
3. Whip Rush
4. Sonic 2
5. Streets Of Rage 2

Master System

1. Wonderboy in monster world?
2. Shinobi
3. Rastan
4. Wonderboy in monster land
5. Golvellius
 
X

xexex

Banned
Master System

1. Phantasy Star
2. Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
3. R-Type
4. Zaxxon 3D
5. Missile Defence 3D



Genesis

1. Herzog Zwei
2. Phantasy Star II
3. Phantasy Star IV
4. Ghouls N Ghosts
5. Thunder Force III
 
I

Iceman

Member
SMS

1. Phantasy Star
2. Shinobi
3. Wonderboy III: Dragon's Trap
4. Alex Kidd in Miracle World
5. Reggie Jackson Baseball (basically Tommy Lasorda Baseball Jr.)

GEN

1. Sonic the Hedgehog 2
2. EA NHL Hockey 93
3. Gunstar Heroes
4. Jungle Strike
5. Phantasy Star IV
 
B

borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
In no particular order

Genesis
M.U.S.H.A
Batman (JPN import)
Herzog Zwei
Thunderforce III
Golden Axe

Honorable mention - Curse.. the first real import I ever played

SMS
Zillion 2 - The Tri-formation
Rescue Mission
Miracle Warriors
Phantasy Star
Alex Kidd
(WBIII and Ys were left off due to vastly superior versions being released and played to death on the TG-16)
 
B

Bauer Action Hour

Member
Never played the Master System...


Genesis:
1) Sonic 3 and Knuckles
2) Streets of Rage 2
3) Super Street Fighter 2
4) Sonic the Hedgehog
5) World Series Baseball
 
Stuggernaut

Stuggernaut

Grandma's Chippy
SMS

- Phantasy Star
- Golvelious
- Miracle Warriors
- Wonder Boy in Monster Land
- Wonder Boy : Dragon's Trap


Genesis

- Phantasy Star II
- Phantasy Star III
- Phantasy Star IV
- Toe Jam & Earl
- Landstalker

I still have 401 Genesis games and 292 Master System games on my computer...this topic will make me play them! Well at leat those 10 :D
 
X

xexex

Banned
TG16 Dragon's Curse had slighty better graphics & audio than the Master System WBIII, but not vastly superior. I have both and played the shit out of the SMS version. didnt play nearly as much of the TG16 upgrade because it seemed basicly the same even with the slight upgrade.
 
B

borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
well, ok, vastly was mainly only going to Ys, but WBIII (or IV depending on how you look at it) does look better on the TG-16 and IIRC the two were only a year'ish apart so if you didn't get to WBIII on the SMS within that year playing it on the TG-16 made more sense.
 
B

Buffy4ever

Banned
SMS
1. Phantasy Star
2. Govellius: Valley of Doom
3. Shinobi
4. R-types
5. WonderBoy III: The Dragon's Trap
..Two other favorites are Rastan and reggie Jackson Baseball

Genesis
1. Mickey mouse Castel of illusion
2. Phantasy Star series ( I know this is cheating but I couldn't decide which I liked best Phantasy Star 2 or 4.)
3. Landstalkers
4. Shinobi 3: Ninja Maters
5. Gunstar Heroes
Thier are so many other games I wanted to list. :(
 
A

ArcadeStickMonk

Member
In no order

Thunderforce IV
Sonic 3 w\ Sonic & Knuckles
Streets of Rage 3
Shinobi 3
Splatterhouse 3


I tore into Shinobi 3 like I tore into Metal Slug 3 earlier this year, attempting to master quick and cool runthroughs. I meant to make movies and upload them.
 
J

jarrod

Banned
xexex said:
TG16 Dragon's Curse had slighty better graphics & audio than the Master System WBIII, but not vastly superior. I have both and played the shit out of the SMS version. didnt play nearly as much of the TG16 upgrade because it seemed basicly the same even with the slight upgrade.
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TG16 Dragon's Curse also had a heroine for a change. Girl power!

The audio was much better too, though the visual difference was mainly more colors iirc.
 
E

evil ways

Member
Master System

1. Shinobi
2. Zillion
3. Aztec Adventure
4. Action Fighter
5. Black Belt

I also had and liked Kung Fu Kid, Rastan, Ghost House, Ghostbusters, Rocky and Golvellius.

Sega Genesis

1. Spiderman vs The Kingpin
2. Revenge of Shinobi
3. Wonderboy in Monster World
4. Ghostbusters
5. Streets of Rage
 
E

evil ways

Member
Yeah, I loved how you had to go through all the rooms killing the "fake" Draculas until you got to the real one.

Plus the music for fighting Dracula was awesome. It was truly a great action, platformer.
 
C

Cimarron

Member
SMS not in order

Govellius: Valley of Doom
Phantasy Star
R-type
Miracle Warriors
Zillion

Genesis

Phantasy Star II
Sonic 2
Landstalker
Thunder Force 3
Phantasy Star IV
 
F

fennec fox

ferrets ferrets ferrets ferrets FERRETS!!!
SMS:

(It is impossible to make a top five list, as there are no good Master System games)

Genesis:

- Sonic 2
- NHL Hockey
- Road Rash
- Headdy
- Sonic
 
M

Musashi Wins!

FLAWLESS VICTOLY!
Genesis:

Pirates! Gold
Gunstar Heroes
Herzog Zweit
Shining Force II
World Series Baseball (95? can't remember which was best)
 
gunstarhero

gunstarhero

Member
(It is impossible to make a top five list, as there are no good Master System games)
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Either you never played any SMS games back in the day or you have bad taste in games... :p

Anyway - top five SMS games:

Zillion - played the fock out of this game over and over... though Apple's sex alludes me to this day...

Phantasy Star - made me a fan of RPGs.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World - Mario killa! (sort of).

WonderBoy 2 in Monster World - LOVED this game - better then Dragons Trap IMO

Kung Fu Kid - Easy as cake, but really fun.

(honarble mention: Rtype, Kenseiden, Rescue Mission, Golvellius)

For the Genny:

Phantasy Star 2 - Best in the series IMO

ThunderForce 3 - Beat this on hard level, without losing a life (obviously played it a lot)

Revenge of Shinobi - with the Spiderman/Batman boss that was later removed.

M.U.S.H.A. - One of my favorite shooters.

Gunstar Heroes - Dont even get me started - best. game. ever.

(Too many more to name - but Beyond Oasis and Mystic Defender get special props.)


Master System:

1. Wonderboy in monster land
2. YS
3. Zillion
4. Secret Commando
5. Alex Kidd in Miracle World
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- I thought I had EVERY SMS game..but I dont recall Secret Commando - any info on it?
 
K

Kweh

Member
Which Wonderboy game let you change into Piranhaman, Lionman, Eagleman etc

I loved that game, you start at the beginning in the dragon's lair
 
J

jarrod

Banned
Kweh said:
Which Wonderboy game let you change into Piranhaman, Lionman, Eagleman etc

I loved that game, you start at the beginning in the dragon's lair
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WonderBoy III: Dragon's Curse (ie: Monster World II).
 
K

Kenobi

Member
Sega Master System

1. Black Belt
2. My Hero
3. Rambo: First Blood Part II
4. Rocky
5. ChopLifter

Genesis
1. Comixzone
2. Joe Montana Footbal (original)
3. Madden 95
4. Strider
5. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition

I miss the SMS sometimes...
 
F

FnordChan

Member
Top Five SMS:

1) Wonderboy in Monster Land
2) Golvellius and the Valley of Doom
3) Shinobi
4) Wonderboy III
5) And, of course, the Maze Game

Good to see all the Wonderboy in Monster Land love here. I played the living hell out of that game and still drag the system out occasionally for a quick run through. And, I recently acquired Zillion and Ys; I'm looking forward to finally getting the chance to play these classics. (Okay, okay, there's always MAME, but it's just not quite the same.)

FnordChan
 
G

GhaleonEB

Member
SMS:
1) Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap
2) Phantasy Star
3) Kenseiden

Genesis:
1) Shining Force II
2) Phantasy Star II
3) Shinobi III
4) Shining in the Darkness
5) Gunstar Heroes
 
B

borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
FnordChan said:
And, I recently acquired Zillion and Ys; I'm looking forward to finally getting the chance to play these classics.
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I can't recommend Y's I&II for the TG-16 high enough... really, it is worth getting a TGCD just for those two. the CD-music to this day is some of the greatest game music of all time.. god.. I would go through random encounters forever on that game just to listen to the music..
 
M

mCACGj

Member
Master System
1. California Games
2. Ghostbusters
3. Great Baseball
4. Choplifter
5. Alien Syndrome

Genesis
1. Sonic
2. Sonic II
3. Sonic III
4. Tommy Losorda Baseball
5. Ecco the Dolphin
 
N

nitewulf

Member
SMS:
space harrier
hang-on
super tennis
safari hunt
missile defense 3d

genesis:
sonic 2
shinobi 3
phantasy star 4
flashback
shining force 2
 
L

Lumix

Member
Master System:

Phantasy Star
Zillion
Space Harrier
R-Type
Alex Kidd in Miracle World




Genesis / Mega Drive:

Phantasy Star II
Herzog Zwei
Strider
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
El Viento
 
B

borghe

Loves the Greater Toronto Area
I can't believe no one else has said the JPN import of Batman.. man... that was so cool... :(
 
SantaC

SantaC

Member
gunstarhero said:
Either you never played any SMS games back in the day or you have bad taste in games... :p

Anyway - top five SMS games:

Zillion - played the fock out of this game over and over... though Apple's sex alludes me to this day...

Phantasy Star - made me a fan of RPGs.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World - Mario killa! (sort of).

WonderBoy 2 in Monster World - LOVED this game - better then Dragons Trap IMO

Kung Fu Kid - Easy as cake, but really fun.

(honarble mention: Rtype, Kenseiden, Rescue Mission, Golvellius)

For the Genny:

Phantasy Star 2 - Best in the series IMO

ThunderForce 3 - Beat this on hard level, without losing a life (obviously played it a lot)

Revenge of Shinobi - with the Spiderman/Batman boss that was later removed.

M.U.S.H.A. - One of my favorite shooters.

Gunstar Heroes - Dont even get me started - best. game. ever.

(Too many more to name - but Beyond Oasis and Mystic Defender get special props.)




- I thought I had EVERY SMS game..but I dont recall Secret Commando - any info on it?
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Secret Commando owned! I can't believe that almost no one mentioned it.

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It's like ikari Warriors but better.
 
F

fennec fox

ferrets ferrets ferrets ferrets FERRETS!!!
gunstarhero said:
Either you never played any SMS games back in the day or you have bad taste in games... :p
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You know who own SMSes? Steers and queers, that's who! NES rulz!
 
DCX

DCX

DCX
Genesis:

- Gunstar Heroes
- Sonic The Hedgehog
- Sonic 3
- Earthworm Jim
- Mickey Mouse Castle of Illusion

DCX
 
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