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Sega Master System II	Consoles	name image company company_name tabs emulators links videos comments related oc_id source Master System II /media/museum/photos/sega_sms2_1_s.jpg /companies/sega Sega emulators links videos 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 author date text Dave (UK) Sunday 30th August 2020 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 date text rod (canada) Sunday 28th January 2018 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 date text scrappy (usa) Sunday 18th March 2012 SEGA MASTER SYSTEM EXPERT. author date text Joel (Australia) Friday 31st August 2007 the Power Supply was big and the RF out cables where long author date text Ste (UK) Monday 9th July 2007 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 date text Greig (Earth) Monday 9th July 2007 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 date text Thomsonicus (Poland!) Wednesday 16th May 2007 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! /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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