20 Best Sega Master System Games of All Time

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You can learn a lot about the early days of the war between Sega and Nintendo by looking through the best Sega Master System games. Also known as the Sega Mark III in Japan, the Sega Master System was the company’s third variation of their SG-1000 system. It was released in Japan in October of 1985, but what makes the Master System a little more interesting than anything Sega had done with home consoles up to that point was that the Mark III was going to get a North American release, as well. By the end of 1985, it seemed as though the home video game market was recovering (albeit slowly) from the infamous crash of 1983. Sega would try to get their foot in the door through a partnership with toy manufacturer Tonka, but this proved to be pointless. By the end of the 80s, the Sega Master System had done underwhelming business, but was not a complete failure either. Enough was accomplished to compel Sega to stick around and try again with the Genesis. Unless you live in Brazil, where the Master System sold some 8 million units and continues to receive new games to this day, we’re celebrating an ambitious flop. The Sega Master System may not have outperformed the NES, but we’ll see from this look at the best games for the console that it had and still has plenty of fun to offer. 00:00 Intro 01:34 20. The Lucky Dime Caper 02:25 19. Ghouls n Ghosts 03:24 18. Psycho Fox 04:24 17. Bubble Bobble 05:21 16. Master of Darkness 06:21 15. Ys: The Vanished Omens 07:17 14. Fantasy Zone 08:08 13. Power Strike 09:16 12. Road Rash 10:16 11. Operation Wolf 11:14 10. Prince of Persia 12:17 9. Golden Axe Warrior 13:08 8. R-Type 14:04 7. Shinobi 15:10 6. Out Run 16:05 5. Wonder Boy 3 16:59 4. Land of Illusion 18:02 3. Sonic the Hedgehog 19:06 2. Phantasy Star 20:09 1. Alex Kidd in Miracle World 👉Want to see what other consoles have to offer in terms of their best games? Here's our complete playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJ7jWF3QKD8&list=PLe6Km7QryeUTJzSKE7WcLfjpcMsfmla-H WEBSITE: https://culturedvultures.com FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/CulturedVulturesGaming/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/CultVultures Cultured Vultures is a good YouTube channel with very good content and it would even gooder if you would sub. We cover retro games, all things PlayStation and much, much more with our gaming lists and guides #gaming #sega #mastersystem