--- title: Sega Master System II categories: - Consoles params: name: Master System II image: /media/museum/photos/sega_sms2_1_s.jpg company: /companies/sega company_name: Sega tabs: - emulators - links - videos emulators: - title: Dega url: http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/degatut.htm platform: Windows text: SMS, Mark III and Game Gear emulator - title: MEKA url: http://www.smspower.org/meka/ platform: Windows text: Multi-system emulator (SG-1000, Mark III, SMS, SC-3000, Game Gear, Colecovision, Othello Multivision) - title: Past-O-Rama url: http://www.system16.com/pastorama/ platform: Windows text: Sega systems emulator links: - title: GameFAQs url: http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/sms/game/22669.html text: Excellent site gathering several Sega Master System FAQs - title: IGN.COM url: http://codes.ign.com/lists/20137/068/index.html text: A LOT of Sega Master System game codes - title: MEKA Software Database url: http://www.smspower.org/meka/wip/meka.nam text: Very precise and useful software database (SMS, GG, Coleco, etc.) - title: Official Master System pages from Sega! url: http://www.sega.co.jp/archive/segahard/master/ text: Excellent. Lot of info here (specs, pix, soft lists, ads,etc.) - title: Sega Master System, the console legend url: http://www.geocities.com/snappa_fcw/sega.html text: SMS dedicated website. A lot of stuff here. - title: SMS Power url: http://smspower.speedhost.com/ text: Excellent site supporting all Sega 8-bit systems - title: UK Sega Master System page url: http://www.severedbbs.u-net.com/fletcher/SMS.html text: History, pictures and tech info - title: www.alexkidd.com url: http://www.alexkidd.com/ text: FAQs, Game reviews, hardware & peripheral pics and info, ads, links and much more - title: www.sega8bit.com url: http://www.sega8bit.com/ text: Featuring a games database, release and rarity information, plus the most active SMS related forums on the web videos: - title: Sega Master System TV commercial url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5vreoJLLRM text: 'Length: 31s' comments: - author: Dave (UK) date: Sunday 30th August 2020 text: |- Hi. I am currently going through my SMS games and detailing in a spreadsheet which I own (and which remain). I''ve come across something that has confused me - Captain Silver but with NO barcode on the back of the case. Have you ever heard of this? The items I see on Ebay all have barcodes, where my case instead has an empty space (just the squares of the standard SMS game box). The game appears legit, and works on my PAL SMS. What do you think? Thanks - author: rod (canada) date: Sunday 28th January 2018 text: Never liked the controller for the Master System. The D-pad felt way too imprecise and mushy for my liking, and the buttons just didn''t feel good when you pressed down on them. Thankfully, you can use a regular Genesis controller instead. - author: scrappy (usa) date: Sunday 18th March 2012 text: SEGA MASTER SYSTEM EXPERT. - author: Joel (Australia) date: Friday 31st August 2007 text: the Power Supply was big and the RF out cables where long - author: Ste (UK) date: Monday 9th July 2007 text: Alex Kidd was only built-in on early models of the U.S. and European Master System 2, it was later replaced by Sonic The Hedgehog. As the Master System 2 was never released in Japan there is no built-in Japanese version. All cartridge versions regardless of country have the rice ball, all built-in versions have the hamburger. The most likely reason for the hamburger in the built-in version is that this version was never intended to be released in Japan and was therefore "westernised". - author: Greig (Earth) date: Monday 9th July 2007 text: Remember the master system 2 also came pre installed with the classic game"Alex Kid in Miracle World". Two versions of the game were installed on the machine and can be identified by the meal he eats between levels. On the Jap model he is eating a rice ball but on the American and European model he is eating a hamburger - author: Thomsonicus (Poland!) date: Wednesday 16th May 2007 text: |- SMS II - one cool device!\ I had one with Sonic the Hedgehog built-in.\ The first game I've bought was 'Ultima IV' with a A2 format map and two thick books. Every game was sold inside a standardised cover which included the cartridge and a short info about the game. Nice! related: - /museum/sega-mark-iii - /museum/sega-master-system - /museum/sega-master-system-iii - /museum/sega-sg-1000 - /museum/sega-sg-1000-mark-ii oc_id: 1252 source: url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230323132718/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1252 date: '2023-03-23' --- In 1990 Sega regained the U.S. rights to the [Master System](/museum/sega-master-system/) which they had sold early in the console's life to toy manufacturer Tonka. In an attempt to improve sales a smaller version of the Master System was launched. To cut production costs Sega removed the card slot which meant users could not play Sega Card games or use the 3D glasses. Also removed was the A/V output and the reset button, along with the Expansion port. Despite the Master System II now being marketed by Sega, it was too late for the machine in America and the public simply weren't interested. As a result of poor sales, Sega decided to withdraw the Master System II from the American market in 1992. Support for the console continued in Europe until 1996, where it was eventually dropped to allow Sega to concentrate on the [Mega Drive](/museum/sega-mega-drive/)'s successor, the [Saturn](/museum/sega-saturn/).
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