Being Aussie, the Master System was the business. Alex Kidd in Miracle World would be my number one, but the system has a really great catalog.

I had Dynamite Dux as a kid and i actually have some great nostalgic memories for that game. Probably the first game I ever finished (it's super easy and short)

Love these top 10 list videos! They never get old, especially when we get to hear you reminisce about your memories. Made my morning. Thanks Johnny!

Phantasy Star is such an amazing game! Number 1 Master System game for sure.

As a European, it always sounds a bit weird to me when people say Nintendo "won". Very different story over here, Johnny!

Johnny is Wonderboy confirmed. Real talk though, that entire Phantasy Star segment is a defining reason why this channel is so amazing. So epic.

Wild guess...Phantasy Star number 1?! Lol

oh brother, Phantasy Star is as well my favourite game of all time. Gave me the chills listening to it once you turned on that master system. Thanks.

Johnny , your passion is our passion , I love so much when you show your Segafan heart !

My uncle gave my siblings and I a master system (we were too poor to own a game console, it was the only one we ever had) and we had Rambo 2, choplifter and ghost house. Great games, I still can hear the Rambo music and sound effects

Johnny, I can't stress enough how much I love your enthusiasm for all things nostalgic. I share the same love of the Master System as you, and my favorite game of all time as well is Phantasy Star. Seeing this video pop up put a smile on my face before I even began to watch it. Thank you for the nostalgic joy you always bring me with your videos! Cheers!

the Master System was more popular in the UK than the NES.

I've fallen in love with this system the past few years, and I'm happy to see so many games I also love on this list.

Lol'd at the Dynamite Dux in the thumb. Love these top 10 episodes. Here's my top 10: 1. Phantasy Star 2. Golvellius - Valley of Doom 3. Golden Axe Warrior 4. Alex Kidd in Miracle World 5. Ninja Gaiden 6. Wonderboy III - The Dragon's Trap 7. Ys - The Vanished Omens 8. Space Harrier 9. Fantasy Zone 10. Shinobi

Always look forward to your top 10 videos. So much nostalgia goodness 😁

Master System was a great system! I've got about 25 games from my childhood but I'm going to be putting them up for sale as they don't get much use these days. King's Quest and Alex Kidd in Miracle World were some of my favorite games. Thanks for sharing the memories!

Wow both you and the Top Hat Gaming Man put out Master system videos this week.

My favorite system ever, first system I ever paid for with my own money back in 1988.

Phantasy Star is your favorite game of all time!!! I love you for that! Thank you for this amazing video 👍

Enduro Racer is my favourite, i still play it at least twice a week

I always enjoy these trips down memory lane that these top 10's lead down.

My all-time favorite is Kenseiden. First game I ever beat

You always manage to bring a smile to my face, Johnny. Thanks for the video, great games!

Miracle Warriors and Phantasy Star are what got me into RPGs

Thanks for this look back at a system I'm not as familiar with, Johnny! I always love your enthusiasm and nostalgia for games. Keep up the great work, man.

Couldn’t help but smile when I saw the Master System and Phantasy Star boot up on that old Commodore.

I used to love watching other people play games back then, it was like watching a cartoon you could control

I enjoyed your positivity and enthusiasm. I had an SMS in the UK and I'm pleased it's still big in Brazil.

I got mine in 1987-88, I was 8 years old. My most played games was Shinobi, Double Dragon, Vigilante, Astro Warrior. I owned lots more enduro racer, safari hunt, hang on, ghostbusters, great football, tennis, etc. I even had a few of the little cartridges. This brings back so many memories. I want to buy one for my kids sometime soon. I owned all Segas no Nintendo’s. I had Master system, Genesis, Saturn, every PlayStation 1-4. I still own every PlayStation but I really want a Master System an Genesis again. I have a local store with Master Systems an good selection of games. I forgot pro wrestling, I wore that game out.

Amazing list! Can't wait to collect these and enjoy them on my Mega SG!

Thank you so much for this! You really made my day.

Thanks for your uploads, you’ve brought back memories I forgot I had

We need a dreamcast collection video from you Johnny! Not Only top 10 👍

I love when you do videos like this! So much fun. Man that commadore monitor! That was the first monitor I ever played video games on with the Atari 800 XL computer. You really make me want to track one down now

The love you display for these games is always uplifting

Been waiting for u do cover this!! Thanks. This was my system growing up..

Oh wow - that commodore screen brings me back. Had three of those on a wagon with two NES and one Sega system hooked up so we could play with the neighbours outside! Thanks for the trip back!!!

Ys was named after a legendary sunken city in the region of Bretagne in France, similar to the myths of Atlantis. Funny thing is, I started playing the series with Ys 7 and that's when I first heard of the legend. And I apparently grew up like 50 kilometers away from the supposed location of Ys, lol. It was near the city of Quimper but I had absolutely never heard of that story before the games. Even in France, it's a super obscure legend.

Love your top tens and the review of the games so much passion for the old console best video game youtuber

Great video as always man, love these top 10 games videos ;)

I love these top ten lists. FM sound chip Palma theme is something special to me.

I still remember seeing a dragon from Phantasy Star in one of the original Sega Master System commercials, and basically creaming my pants. I HAD to have that game. It took a lot of wheelin' and dealing with a kid up the block for me and my friend to get ahold of a copy, but it was all worth it. The shear excitement was overwhelming, we were completely mesmerized playing it. My #1 fave as well. I love hearing game nostalgia stories. Reminds me of my own adventures, when the internet wasn't a thing yet.

I really loved R-Type, I played that relentlessly! Excellent list man, great vid as always.

I shore hope Sega bring out a Master system mini that's going to one good as the Mega Drive mini.

I'm pretty sure both Phantasy Star and Miracle Warriors would make my Master System top 10 list as well. I beat Phantasy Star again very recently and I was a long way into Miracle Warriors (also recently) when my cart died. Very fun video to watch. Thank you!

Golden Axe Warrior is the rarest SMS game in NTSC regions. It was released in mid-1991, less than a year before the console was discontinued, and by some accounts was only available for a few months and less than 100,000 cartridges were made (and probably much less than that number were sold in stores).

I enjoy every video m8! Keep up the good work. Greets from the netherlands !

Loving these top 10 vids from you Johnny keep them oh and my top 10 on the SMS are 10. Wonder Boy in Monster Land 9. Rastan 8. R-Type 7. Golvellius 6. Golden Axe Warrior 5. Shinobi 4. Fantasy Zone 3. Ys the Vanished Omen 2. Wonder Boy 3 The Dragons Trap 1. Phantasy Star

Still got mine Zillion was brilliant and shinobi:-))

Amazing little system! I still love playing the games on mine from time to time. Lots of great games on your list. Ys is one of my favourites, too. Was never very good at it and didn’t get anywhere near to completing it. If I were to make my own list I’d have to have Space Harrier and Choplifter on there, but I’m not sure what the others would be. I’ll have to go away and think about this and maybe I’ll make a video response. Thanks for the great video.

Great list! I love me some Master System and I’m going to play through one of these games on your list list week (trying to finish up Final Fantasy now). Always love your vids and positivity

Master System Mini!!! Johnny...can you help make the SMS mini happen by making a video or by talking to one of your Sega contacts? Love your channel...starting watching years ago cause of the SMS coverage. I had most of the games on your list...would love to play some of the harder ones on a mini system with a rewind feature.

What a video that set me right up for the week. Ooosshh cheers Matey 👍😎

I love doing these top game videos. Never gets old no matter how many are out there.

Loved fantasy zone and golden axe warrior growing up

Highlight was the Commodore monitor! PoodlePa went all nostalgic when you talked about "old tech" .. they sure don't build em like that any more.

If everyone watched more Master System game videos, there would be world peace.

I played Phantasy Star 1,2 and 4 a year ago for the first time and I had a blast! Couldn't really get into 3 for whatever reason though. I love your videos Johnny. You're a treasure!

Loved every minute of that Johnny

Your passion is amazing.

You keep us young at heart!

Keep it up John love your videos

We had a C64 and I played a lot of our gaming on that Commodore monitor too! I loved Ys 1&2 on TG16CD and played through it many times so I totally understand your love for that game. Thanks for the video! PS, I just went to Save-on-Foods over the holiday weekend! It was very nice!

Love the SMS! My first console... great episode Johnny!

You introduced me to wonderboy. Im playing the new one and it has the greatest thing a company could have done in a remake. A button that lifts the curtain of the new game and just to witness the classic version of it playing along in the background. How awesome is that.

Master System was quite big here in the UK as well, I had both sms and nes. Have the fondest memories with the master system and still have 50 original games in my collection!

I too was one of the few who had a sms growing up! Great times, great games! I’m glad Johnny gives the sms some love! Phantasy star is one of my favorites along with Alex Kidd, shinobi, double dragon, rampage, golden axe warrior, and wonder boy 3

Yes! Yes! Yes! We finally get to see your Commodore monitor in action at the end :')

I miss you. Love how much you talk about games.

This was before my time, never heard of any of these games except from your previous videos.

fantastic video!

Hi there! I'm new to your channel and I wanna say that you made a really cool list here, and I genuinely felt your passion for the games you talked about.

A+ video Johnny!!! Love the list (would replace High Tech world with Shinobi world IMO) but fantastic!! Commodore monitor is awesome!!!

LOve your videos man! When you'll do your top 10 Playstation one games list?

One of my absolute favourite retro consoles. People trash the box art but I find it hilariously awesome

Sadly I’ve never owned a Master System, but back in the day I had two friends that did and we used to spend hours playing Wonder Boy and DuckTales! This episode was such a nostalgia ride for me! Thanks for making this.

Sick vid, btw you should do a top 10 action rpgs and turn based rpgs. I’ve been starting to collect turn based and would like a list to start my gaming binge from haha.

So glad you mentioned Golden Axe Warrior. Such a great but little known gem.

Golvellius is one of my favorite games of all time. I come back to it every year.

BOTW is your fav game remember? That TV is awesome Johnny thanks for sharing

Love this love your love for video games

I love these SMS reviews. I like that everyone has their favorite SMS games, it makes me reconsider my favorites. Phantasy Star is still an emotional game for me, perfection.

Some of my greatest memories as a child are playing and beating miracle warriors with my father we had the map taped on the wall next to the TV it was amazing !

(Regarding Golvellius)The style of Compile's games' graphics and music has always been compelling to me, it's really unique and kind of eerie, really. My fave from them is Guardian Legends.

I have this console on Mame, and I never new that Alien Syndrome was so much fun until I played it. It's pretty entertaining too. Thanks for this review.

Still have my MS in working condition. I had so much fun with it back in the day as a kid. Still love the Sonic games, Castle of Illusion, Lucky Dime Caper, OutRun, Alex Kidd in MW etc. Still have most of my games too.

I have similar memories with that monitor but with Final Fantasy. I was still using that monitor with my N64, they were amazing!

hey thanks, I'm just going through some old titles to try and emulate on the "Mini" and I added all of these. It's funny, I had a friend Richard who had one of these too! I still have the power base converter so I can play these on my Genesis when I can find them.

The Master System was my first console. I asked for it and got it for Christmas of 1988. I wanted the system for 2 games specifically, Space Harrier and Alien Syndrome, which were the very first games I got for the system. I was a hardcore Sega fan from the Space Harrier arcade game, and just thought the idea of playing the game at home was the most incredible thing to do. Now obviously it wasn't a perfect port but damn if I didn't still love it and play the hell out of it. To this day I am so glad I got this system as it introduced me to what the JRPG genre. Long before Dragon Warrior OR Final Fantasy. And yes it is number one for me as well. My full list in no particular order is....of games I actually played mind you. (Never played Y's....YET!!!) Space Harrier Golvellius Golden Axe Warrior Wonderboy III the Dragons Trap Miracle Warrior R-Type Double Dragon (2- Player co-op...as intended thank you very much!) Dragon Crystal Master of Darkness And of course Phantasy Star! (It's certainly number 1...for the record) I'm right there with you on Phantasy Star as well. Phantasy Star is also what introduced me to video games that went beyond basic video game design of beat the level, go the the next level with 3 lives, and scores. I never had a computer,(which had always had big rpg/adventure games) so I never played anything like it before. The main video games I had access to up to that point were arcade style games. It made me fall in love with the game that drops you off and says, find you way. Find items to get stronger, explore an the open world, go where you want(or at least where you think you can), It's not only my no.1 Master System Game, it's in my top 5 games EVER! Along with Legend Of Zelda, Demon's/Dark Souls, Metroid Prime, and Castlevania Symphony of the Night. All games I re-play at least once a year. If I could only play 5 games for the rest of my life, these 4 along with Phantasy Star would easily be my games for life. And no surprise look how my top 5 games all share similar game design in that they're all quasi open world, and you have to explore, find new weapons and items, backtrack to areas with new items, get your characters stronger as the game continues. Some are more RPG than others, but the mainframe is the same.

Been waiting for this video to drop. Still got my Master System2 Fave games 1 Sonic1 2 Wonderboy III The Dragons Trap 3 Alex Kidd In Miracle World 4 Super Kick Off 5 Double Dragon

I grew up with the Master System. All my friends had either the NES or SNES, and we always "battled" on how Sega was better vs. Nintendo consoles. I remember arguing even on SMS vs. SNES with my neighbor. But when we forgot about the arguments, we always had a super blast when playing the SMS at my basement. My favorites were Transbot, Psycho Fox, Sonic, Asterix, the built in Alex Kidd, and Double Hawk. Oh boy, did we play Double Hawk... We would run out into the woods and play war against imaginary enemies with either plastic guns or wooden sticks after playing the game for hours on end. The SMS has so many great games, it's a pity it seems only the Genesis/Megadrive is seeing any recognition at this time.

I love my sms, had it since I was 13 in the 80s and it still works. Love your shirt, I love that game so much.

I was a nintendo boy back then but i got to say that when i see first time some of those sega master games i was blown away like golden axe, astro warrior and kenseiden, those were magical times indeed my friend

Master System was our first system. I remember me and my older brother getting it for Christmas in 1991 when I was 6 years old. We got Alex Kidd built in to the system and Sonic and it was amazing. We never got too many games like you showed here but we rented quite a few from blockbuster video. I remember Carmen Sandiego was a unique type of game we tried. It's an underrated system. Like you it started my lifelong love of videogames and it will always be special for that

Wow, such a great timing - I am looking to buy some MS games to play on my Game Gear using the Master Gear. :)

LOVED MIRACLE WARRIORS!!! It introduced me to the RPG genre. Loved it for sure. It holds a piece of me gamer heart.

I remember getting Golvellius when I was around 7 maybe 8. I remember trading something in for it at a local mom and pop shop called Fantasy Computers back in 1992. I instantly loved it the first time I played it.

I grew up with it too. Many fond memories.

I loved my sega master system. Alex kid was one of my favorites.

I love your Golvellius T-shirt :) Wonder Boy 3: The Dragon's Trap, Shinobi, Alex Kidd In Miracle World, Golvellius: Valley Of Doom, Golden Axe Warrior, Miracle Warriors: Seal Of The Dark Lord, Sonic The Hedgehog, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, Kenseiden, etc. The Sega Master System was awesome!