SHIFTY I agree. And even today it still has an audience. Love the 80's.

@@greenkitty82 My favourite game was spellcaster But the difficulty was dark souls level.

SHIFTY never played that one but looking to explore more games on the system as I only have 7. The Mickey Mouse games were pretty good for the time, also really like prince of Persia but I prefer the 80/90s stuff because not only were they the games I grew up with but they just have that charm to them that I don't think the realistic modern stuff has. Don't get me wrong, I do really like the assassins creed games on the newer systems and it's incredible how technology has advanced but I always go back to playing the Master system, snes or megadrive. It's just so much fun.

@@greenkitty82 Asterix was also very good. You need to play spellcaster. Its like a sidescroller RPG. Watch this video. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y55jZdihpsi9qJs.html

@@greenkitty82 The snes is a legend all of its own. What a console

Thanks the Sega Master System is the console that got me into gaming as it was my first ever console. It is one of my favourite consoles of all time.

+1

@Stefano Pavone ,The console and the games.On that time was very expensive to have a Nintendo system.

I used to have a game gear then bought an adapter that allows you to play master system games! Amazing! Extra system with some great games! Choplifter..etc.. fond memories! :D

Fortunately,today we have the emulation.

O sapo xulé was a version of black belt but much much easier???

I forgot about Asterix. That was easily a top 10 (or even 5). But After Burner? It’s good they tried but that game was horrible to play.

California Games was awesome!

Muito bom

Uma lista de top 25 sem California Games, Moonwalker, Double Dragon, R-Type e Phantasy Star não pode ser levada a sério....

Man... I've played Ghouls n Ghost a few mounts ago. And I have a playstation3 ahahahha

+ Wimbledon, Kick Off, Ninja Gaiden...

And Aladdin 😂 that system was the boss

And it still holds up today. I love playing it to completion now and again.

So ahead of its time!

I loved Zillion!

I agree 1000%, its like this is his game collection.

Exactly. Complete weak ass list

Afterburner. Outrun. Hang-On. Rastan. Thunderblade (DAMNED hard!) I still have my SMS, with the deluxe joysticks and about 40 games. Would stack it up against NES ANY day.

Oh yeah. Ghouls N’ Ghosts was great stuff. After Burner… not so much. At least they tried.

I had that game for Master System but I still played it at the arcade (corner shop). The arcade version allowed you to be the gnome and the bikini chick. And two player was great.

Still the same. I got mine on 1988 Xmas with Rastan if I remember well..Sweet times. Now 30 years later i'm writing this message with PS4 internet browser.

Castle of Illusions, Golden Axe Warrior and Penguin Land, you can’t miss those on MS

r type is the best

Also Kenseiden, Zillion II Tri formation and Phantasy Star.

R-TYPE is so hard I’m still on the last level

R-TYPE is so hard I’m still on the last level

I used to love Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, California Games, Lucky Dime Caper (Donald Duck game), Moonwwalker, Taz-Mania. God there's loads! I'm going to have to root around for it :D The Paus button on the console... Hahaha :D

Thanks for watching :)

Yup (y)

Agreed. I wish I got R-Type as a kid. I feel I missed out on a game I know I would have loved.

The only problem with Wonderboy In Monsterland is Wonderboy III. When not comparing it to the third one, it’s an amazing game. More or a linear experience than the third one but I enjoyed that aspect sometimes. And it was so close to the arcade.

Thank You :)

Alex kid!!! Top!!! 👍

Alex Kidd 100% was by far the best game ever

Alex Kidd, golden!

Never mention Astro Warrior! It just continued on an infinite loop. "Alien Syndrome" didn't make the list nor "Quartet" or "Penguin Land". I will always love Black Belt.

Yuri lista os geral r tudo nas Black Belt are the bests

@@AneudiD78 - Alien Syndrome was one of the few games that was better on the NES actually...

@@JohnnyProctor9 I actually didn't want to play it on the NES because the system would glitch on me. It has happened to me midway & couldn't bare the thought of restarting from the beginning.

Thanks 🙂

I’d love to own a Spectrum one day. I’ve never seen one in person - only photos and KZfaq videos. They weren’t really a thing in Australia.

Aljax79 Johnston Thanks :)

Holy shit, someone remembered

Alright game, but too easy. Same with Wonder Boy 1.

Absolutely... Except for Action Fighter.

The Master System really had atrocious sound compared to its contemporaries (Commodore 64 and NES). But some games somehow were magic with their soundtracks, like the top 3 in this list. It goes to show it was great with the right programmers.

R Moocher Thanks for watching :)

@@wizzgamer All good.

It was shit

I was thinking the same thing. This must be Europe or Brazil. In the US, we didn't have half these games.

@@MrAndy87 It was by far the best game on the system. Period. The end.

Yes a true masterpiece, a rpg jewel ahead of its time, best sms game (and wb3 is n°2)

It was amazing for its time, but aged like milk. And I say that even though it is one of my favorite games of all time, but we gotta be honest here.

Rooty Kazooty agree Phantasy Star and streets of rage 2 of my favs

Kenseiden was the bomb!

GHOULS N GHOSTS 😍

Lord of the Sword

kenseiden... a very good game

I agree. I love the Genesis but the conversions on the SMS just aren't meant for 8 bit hardware. They tried but I wouldn't put any in the top 25 games.

Alex the kid

Yup.

no? how could you access that. was it built in like alex kidd was?

@@jamiew1664 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y9iSbNOqt8rFeGQ.html

@@jamiew1664 It was built in to the original Master System as a “hidden” Easter Egg game. But the Master System II (the one with built in Alex Kidd) didn’t have it.

same here ^^

Wonder Boy III, The luck dime caper and Castle of illusion were the best

Twas my second ever games console, after the Atari 2600. Wonder Boy III is the bomb! I quite enjoyed re-playing it to the end a few months back. Also Played Psycho Fox and Castle of illusion a few weeks back. Still a great console to own and game on, for sure!

It was such a pleasure replaying it in recent months. Still an awesome game!

Zillion was the game I've hated the most.

I didn't thanks for the tip :)

Yeh, thanks for that!

Oh yeah, ypu could use your Genesis controllers for the Master System and Atari 2600...if I remember correctly, well one of the old Atari machines. ;)

Atari (prior to the Jaguar) and Sega (prior to the Saturn) both used the RS232 Serial Port as their controller port for their various consoles.

@@jamesfrankiewicz5768 I tried my turbo controller on every game I could play with. I noticed that whenever I played Streets of Rage 2 with Max and slammed somebody, my points quadrupled.

Do you have a Master System, Boodro?

Golvellius! Great shout, I loved that

Rtype

Speelcaster...

Agreed. The charm of the C64 is it’s music and sound. It beats every other system of the day (including Master System). And also for how far the developers stretched its capabilities (e.g. compare it’s early 90s games to it’s early 80s games). But the actual games were usually better on the Master System. Especially arcade conversions. Edit: If you haven’t seen it yet, check out the amazing Sonic The Hedgehog port for the C64. The only thing it requires above a stock C64 is more RAM. It looks as good as the Master System and has the distinctive VIC sound. Oh and the C64 has the full Super Mario Bros. too (using just 64K RAM).

Wayde Brooks Thanks on reflection I probably would nudge it a couple of places higher.

Yeah too bad Zillion is not on the list.

@The Love Motive Happy Holidays to you as well, and keep gaming!!!

*Got my unit on my birthday in 89!*

That's the thing with SEGA "fans". They always ignore actual SEGA classics and focus more on Sonic than anything else. Alas, SEGA themselves also have fallen in the same place as well. Yes, I know SoR4 is coming, but what else is there? Other than lazy compilations. (Genesis Mini excluded. It looks great so far)

hang on was so good

choplifter was the very first video game i ever owned or played, i was hoping it was in the top 10, double dragon too. at least shinobi made the list

There is no thing as too much Sonic. But this list is lacking a lot of great games for sure, like Kenseiden, Fantasy Star, Astro Warrior, Karateka, Asterix and A LOT of others.

PS or Aztec Adventures, Cyborg... there were quiet a lot.

Sweet. I replayed castle recently, but I've gotta get round to playing land, which I haven't played before.

Land Of Illusion was indeed better on every aspect.

To be fair Streets of Rage 1 and especially 2 on the Megadrive/Genesis was untouchable. Any other version would struggle to live up to that. Plus the Master System version lacked the killer soundtrack of the more powerful 16 Bit system.

it's true, I wonder how it isn't as popular in N.America as the rest of the world

If it would have sold good in US, Sega would have had huge edge on Nintendo. When you compare Sega genesis to SNES it is obvious that genesis has more limitations than snes. And still Sega would score a tie agains super nes. Nes had better games than master system but master system had much more powerful hardware than nes, the gap between those two were wider than the gap between snes and genesis, genesis was just little less powerful than snes but master system was moderately more powerful than nes. Nes still had more games and most importantly more good games. Imagine if master system would have had just two hugely succesful game franchises in US. It propably would not still outsell nes but it would have tightened the sales gap between them, would have made Sega household name (before genesis), build a fanbase and customer base etc. Genesis could have the edge on launch if Master System would have reached its full potential. You gotta remember that pressure since the war between 16bit consoles was so tight and bloody, atleast partly was responsible for making Sega of Japan allmost panic and make stupid decisions.

@@joonaslehtonen7965 That is incorrect the SNES had far more limitations then the SEGA Mega Drive. The SNES couldn't process the speeds of the Mega Drive couldn't hold frame rate as well as the Mega Drive, as well as loading was poor on the SNES compared to the SEGA Mega Drive. Another incorrection even though the Nes had more games then the SEGA Master System they were not well made the speeds were very poor on the Nes the frame rate worse the graphics couldn't even process proper quality pixels as well the Nes had far worse hand controllers then the SEGA Master System. The SEGA Master System was greatly more powerful then the Nes had far superior frame rate superior pixels the best in any 8BIT console in history not even graphics on computers could match the Master System.The graphics on the SEGA Master even were more superior then the SEGA Mega Drive when pushed to the limit on some games. The Nes could never hope to achieve this. The only reason we should all know now Nintendo was more falsely popular was because they were incredibly greedy slave drivers taking all the best 3rd company parties for themselves during the 1980s SEGA and Atari were the companys that suffered. If SEGA had any of the 3rd parties working for SEGA SEGA would be in the state NIntendo is in now and Nintendo would be struggling.

@@phantasyboy1031 Cry moar.

The only problem with SMS was the lack of 3rd party support. Nintendo settled a devilish - and smart - deal of exclusivity with all the best softhouses at the time, leaving SMS with a limited and inferior game library compared with NES's.

I had it. I played it for ages.

Phantasy Star has to be #1 on anybody's list of SMS games. It was amazing in time.

Poi

Rastan !!!