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Sega Master System II	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs forum_thread emulators links videos related oc_id source Master System II /media/museum/photos/sega_sms2_1_s.jpg /companies/sega Sega emulators links videos 1219 title url platform text Dega http://www.mameworld.net/easyemu/degatut.htm Windows SMS, Mark III and Game Gear emulator title url platform text MEKA http://www.smspower.org/meka/ Windows Multi-system emulator (SG-1000, Mark III, SMS, SC-3000, Game Gear, Colecovision, Othello Multivision) title url platform text Past-O-Rama http://www.system16.com/pastorama/ Windows Sega systems emulator title url text GameFAQs http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/sms/game/22669.html Excellent site gathering several Sega Master System FAQs title url text IGN.COM http://codes.ign.com/lists/20137/068/index.html A LOT of Sega Master System game codes title url text MEKA Software Database http://www.smspower.org/meka/wip/meka.nam Very precise and useful software database (SMS, GG, Coleco, etc.) title url text Official Master System pages from Sega! http://www.sega.co.jp/archive/segahard/master/ Excellent. Lot of info here (specs, pix, soft lists, ads,etc.) title url text Sega Master System, the console legend http://www.geocities.com/snappa_fcw/sega.html SMS dedicated website. A lot of stuff here. title url text SMS Power http://smspower.speedhost.com/ Excellent site supporting all Sega 8-bit systems title url text UK Sega Master System page http://www.severedbbs.u-net.com/fletcher/SMS.html History, pictures and tech info title url text www.alexkidd.com http://www.alexkidd.com/ FAQs, Game reviews, hardware & peripheral pics and info, ads, links and much more title url text www.sega8bit.com http://www.sega8bit.com/ Featuring a games database, release and rarity information, plus the most active SMS related forums on the web title url text Sega Master System TV commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5vreoJLLRM Length: 31s /museum/sega-mark-iii /museum/sega-master-system /museum/sega-master-system-iii /museum/sega-sg-1000 /museum/sega-sg-1000-mark-ii 1252 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230323132718/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=1252 2023-03-23

In 1990 Sega regained the U.S. rights to the 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's successor, the Saturn.

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