143 reviews by Rain..
Zillion

2012-05-21
From: Rain
Comments: This really was a top game. i loved the thinking and writing down the notes. though i was too lazy to create a map thus i enever completed the game, but i probably will next time. reminds me a little of impssible mission except this game was much much better. I imagine in the era it came out 87, it would have been one of the best games around at the time

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Spy vs. Spy

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: This game was almost brilliant. the 2 player mode was great, but the downfall was the trap system. you basically had to make a guess as to which trap was on which door/furniture. meaning you had a 50/50 chance of picking the correct item to diffuse each trap. if you guessed wrong, you're dead and then the opponent could just do this and wait for you to die then collect all the items you worked so hard to get. It's been a good 15-20 years since i played this so i dunno how well it still holds up, but was a greaat 2 player game

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Star Wars

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: This game had such potential to be a classic. we start off on the hovercraft riding round the desert and go into various areas/caves where it switches to platform mode and you complete tasks/ go through the level, then ride off to find more. Cool feature where you can switch between luke and Han (when you find him) I got stuck on the deathstar though trying to destroy some towers that shoot at you and had no idea what i was supposed to do. quite alet down on these more diffucult later levels. but good game for a bit of boredom killing

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Strider

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: Never played the mega drive or arcade versions, but did see screenshots. this version however i did own, and it was rather dissapointing. slow moving, quite barren/empty atmosphere shocking collision rate and awful jerky movements. It did however provide a slightly playable game, but not for long. i thik i completed the game within a week or 2 and never tocuhed it again

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Strider 2

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: This is basically a slightly improved version of the original game. it moved a bit faster, had slightly better atmposphere, but was a very easy game and was over in no time. must try the rcade/mega drive versions to see if this was wasn't in face overhyped

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Summer Games

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: A very average olympic type game, where bashing buttons is prevailent. a bit more fun to be played multiplyer.

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Super Smash TV

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: Not the worst game. a bit like the running man for sega master system really. go from room to room shoot things, collect money/prizes go to next room, and so on. i dorecll this being quite a difficult game. but 2 player option gives the game a bit more lastability

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Super Space Invader

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: basically space invaders with one or 2 more added fetures (powerups) and different backgrounds keeps things from being samey. other than that not much different. if you like the classic original then you'll like this

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Super Tennis

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: A very slow tennis game...veeery slow. was ok for short while but once you got familiar with the game (which wasnt hard for a slow 2 button sports game) you could finish it without batting an eyelid

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Taz Mania

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: This was a very easy platform game. a bit of fun, i'd call it a poor mans sonic. if itd been a bit harder it would rank a bit higher

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Tecmo World Soccer 93

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: only played this as an in store demo. but for the bried period i did play it it seemed like a good 8 bit soccer game.

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Teddy Boy

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: i don't often have much time for card games, with the lack of memory/depth, repetitive gameplay and no ending. this one is no exception. what i will give it is it is a slightly addictive game and fun to play. but damn it can get tedious

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Tennis Ace

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: I have to say of all the tennis games i ever played this one was the best. (i only played sms tennis games though, 4 in total) i remember playing it with a mate doubles and it was great fun

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Terminator

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: i didnt really get into this game. brief glimmers of hope but felt dissapointed. i guess t the time i hadnt realised the connection between films being made into bad games. perhaps this just wasnt for me and others loved it. dunno

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The Ninja

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: For its time its not a bad game, quite difficult for an early game and apparently actually had an ending. didnt have much fun playing this though tbh as by the time i did id discovered games like wonderboy 3 and phantasy star

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Tom and Jerry

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: this game wasnt really what i was expecting. it looked great though, but i finished it within 2 hours easily. as far as i remember there was a continuous moving screen and basically you just had to not die till you got to the end

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TransBot

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: I can't believe they charged money for this game. while it was entertaining a fun side scrolling shooter with cool transforming features...the game is a continous loop of a couple of minutes. If you're the type of person who likes activities such as 'Watching paint dry' or 'Watching grass grow' or driving your car around roundabout for a few hours then this game is for you. otherwise, you may like this game for about 15 minutes

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Trivial Pursuit

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: This is a great game, as all trivial pursuit games are. only thing is once you play it often you start to know all the answers making the game no fun anymore. im not sure if it was laziness, or the systems capacity, but if this had the amount of questions as the bord game, then it'd be one of the best sms titles

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Vigilante

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: It's been said before. and i'll say it again, this was a poor mans double dragon

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Wimbledon Tennis

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: Not the best tennis game i ever played. but not the worst. it was fast paced and had a cool stat system which ultimatly ruined the game as you become too good,making the final tournament - wimbledon a walk in the park. 2 player mode holds up a little bit better

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Wonder Boy

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: as simple as this game is it's still great. i played it just last year and it was still as good s when i played it 1st in 1992. this time however being older and wiser than then i was able to complete the game properly (getting all the dolls) that was a moment of closure in my life. I'm stillfilled with nostalgia when i see this game or hear the music. i doubt the sequels are actually related to this game in any way at all.

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Wonder Boy III: The Dragons Trap

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: This is the best platformer game ever created. although arguably it could be considered an rpg. It took elements from the previous title and expanded on them. You play as a fire breathing dragon, a swimming fish man, a mouse who can get through the small gaps and stick to the walls, a lion who can break blocls below him, and the flying hawk man. why sega never expanded on the concept of this game with the saturn or dreamcast is a complete mystery. and probably explains why they arent in the console market at the moment. lets hope for future developments. I'm only giving this a 9 for being too short/easy

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Wonder Boy in Monster Land

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: This was my favorite game on sega master system until i played its sequel, and then phantasy star after that. everything about it fills me with nostalgia. and the music is possibly my favorite on the sega. Very hard game though, i wish they'd take that timer out of the game, i think thatd make it quite fair. I hate to say that this game is a blueprint to its superior sequel, but it still ranks in my top 5 sms games. Since 92 ive yet to pass that last level, and i refuse to cheat via emulators or pausing cheat, so i may be trying for a loong time :p

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Wonderboy 4

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: Very underated game. i loved this one. maybe it was becuse i was so happy there was another wonderboy to play. It was a little like dragons trap (3) except more rpg-ish and without the cool transforming things. if you like monsterland or dragons trap then do give this a try you may very well like it

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World Cup Italia 90

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: Not bad. i played the hell out of this game when i got it. finally a fun and challenging sports game on the sms. once you got good at it you could try adding to the challenge by trying to wi as china for example.

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World Cup USA 94

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: bit of a generic soccer game. but for the sega master system it was quite advanced, with all the teams and name changed you could make it. just lacked slightly in the actual game play

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World Games

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: Another 'events' game. this one was a bit more weird than the others though by having quite obscure events, and not many of them. again these games are only worthwhile if you are playing multiplayer. otherwise this is a seemingly average at best game

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WWF: Steel Cage

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: For an 8 bit wrestling game, this looks amazing and played pretty good too. but the game was far too easy! this is a problem ive noticed ina lot of wrestling games on several systems. repetitive moves and easy victories. On sms...this was as good as wrestling got (pro wrestling was the only other i know)

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Ys: The Vanished Omens

2012-05-20
From: Rain
Comments: God i loved this game. 1st time i got it i was 9, me and my friend were too young to understand the game then. so we got stuck a lot. so we made our own game in it, by sitting inthe dark and playing the mine levels. then when the enemys appeared we'd shit ourselfs! haha it was like an early survival horror. Anyway 3 years later i played this game again and was able to understand it better and appreciate it more. while initially the combat system of walking into the enemys seemed stupid you do get used it it, and it makes for a less frustrating game later on when you can just walk straight through the weaker enemys. none of that going into a combat screen every few seconds like in modern rpgs for a random encounter with weak enemys all the time. The music i remember from this game was one of the best on the master system too, and this game is up there with the best on the system

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Phantasy Star

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: This is by far the best game on the sega master system. and even by todays standards this holds up extremely well. Nothing ever came close to this game on any console or arcade until phantasy star IV. This is the only game i will give a 10 rating to Legendary and when i hear the music i feel tingles in my spine

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PitPot

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Apart from this being a short game, i could never pass that damn 2nd level anyway. Would be a better game with more depth and variety on the levels. but all in all a good puzzle game that'llkeep you entertained for about half an hour

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Populous

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: I love this game. definitely the best puzzle game on the sms. wasnt really what i expected it to be when i 1st played it, it was much much better and addictive. you kinda just have to keep building though at some levels with no creativity meaning it can get quite monotonous. Pretty sad that there is no end as well. but the lastabilty of this game goes on almost forever.

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Predator 2

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: I loved this movie as a kid, and i love this movie now. but this game was slightly disspointing (as are most movies made into games). But i wont knock it too much as at the time theres probably not much better they could have done to rush out a good game quickly to go with the films hype. Fun shoot em up that'll keep you coming back a couple of times before it becomes too frustrating

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Prince of Persia

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: One of the better games on the sms. i remember being blown away by the graphics of it back in 93. i do remember the movements being a bit clunky and unforgiving though, but you do get used to it and then this becomes an amazing game. it's also not a difficult game as i managed to finish it as a 10 year old within a week. Never played another prince of persia game after this sms version but im curious to see if pt 2 improved on this one

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Pro Wrestling

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: I got this game the same day i got my sms. and i was so excited, and this game was fun for a moment. i used to pick those blonde guys. anyway once you master this game and realise that you fight the same people 10 times in a row, fight some other guys 10 times in a row, then fight the 1st team 10 more times in a row and thats it. it kinda ruined it, as it was hella repetitive. Bit more fun playing 2 players and going head to head, or playing one player mode and taking a wrestler each and pausing and switching controls after tagging

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Psycho Fox

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: One of the best platformers on the sms. kinda is sega's answer to mario at the time. would have been interesting if theyd made some sequels (Decap attack on the megadrive is a spititual sequel i guess) If sequels had been made we could very well hve seen psycho fox as segas mascott rather thn sonic

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Putt Putter Golf

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Fun little mini golf game. i think if it had been more of a sporting sim game rather than an arcade one it wouldve been better. but allright game to play if youve got a spare 30 mins on your hand

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Quartet

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Havnt really spent much time on this game, found it a little difficult, but im sure once you get the hang of it it's ok. I'llhave to come back toit someday and maybe i will give it a higher rating

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R-Type

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Very good game for it's era and its genre. got pretty difficult in the later levels, and i heard somewhere it couldnt be completed. not sure how true that is though. not really my genre though so never spent much time playing this game. but its playability still holds up today. id say its only woth playing it on a console as trying this on a keyboard would be hard as hell

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Rainbow Islands

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: This game was great, i prefered it to bubble bobble to be honest. found it a bit easy though. but i probably didnt finish it the proper way (by collecting all the rainbows to access the secret last levels)

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Rampage

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: This game was overated...kinda. i played the arcade version and loved it so was very excited to rent this one. and when i did i found it far more inferior, but hey its the sms, not an arcade so what do you expect. Initially it was loads of fun, but it did get kinda repetitive once the novelty wore off

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Rastan

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: great game. played this loads when i was about 10 years old after borrowing from a friend. never passed the final level but will have to revisit this one and do just that. Dunno why it's being compared to golden axe though, its not really like it at all. golden axe was a great arrcade game but it's sms counterpart wasn't the best. this sms game is good though. Also the soundtrack is awesome

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RC Grand Prix

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Initially i loved this game, found it extremely entertaining. but it was far too easy and once you've finished it it didnt really feel like worth going back to.

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Renegade

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: A really sub par beat em up. the 2nd level with the motorbikes always felt like you had to have luck to win that one rather than skill. but dosnt take long to finish this short game. This makes Double Dragon look like a work of art

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Sagaia [Darius 2]

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: I much prefered this game to r-type. It's a very similar game but much easier and with a but more variety

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Shadow Dancer

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: A poor mans shinobi really. With the added feature of having a dog with you. but the controls and movement werent as flowing as shinobi making this game a little on the bad side, but not too bad

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Shinobi

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Classic, nothing much more to say about this game. still hold up today as a great ninja game. 2nd to ninja gaiden on the sms

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Simpsons Vs. Space Mutants

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Same game as BART vs the space mutants. average game which like all simpsons games (bar krustys fun house) was a bit of a let down. allright for an hour or so, but you probably wont wanna come back to it

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Sonic Spinball

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Really is what you expect, a mixture of a sonic title and a pinball game. one minute youre flicking way like a pinblass game then you're running through tunnels collecting thing. Feels a little like a bunch of sonic bonus stages thrown in to make one game. sega again cashing in on their mascott. Still a fun and addictive game

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Sonic the Hedgehog

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: This was the straw that broke the camels back and helped sega finally cash in and rival or usurp nintendo in some markets. Sega finally had their mascot after alex kidd failed to bring any half decent sequels. This was a great game for beginners and experts alike, plus the sms version was different to the megadrive version. These graphics and gameplay on the sms at the time were quite mind blowing. In saying all that, i always have found sonic to be slightly overated, as in sega definitely had better titles out there. but this one was great that it was fun for all sorts of people

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Sonic the Hedgehog 2

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Again sega made a completely different sonic game for the sms than its megadrive counterpart. and this does not dissappoint. was as good as the last one. allthough, didnt really add too much new to it. more of just a rehash. Still holds up today brilliantly

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Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Like someone said earlier 'you played one sonic game you played them all' This one was still a good title, but it was far too easy. it's quite a rare one though as it came quite late in the master systems life, and was often never heard of.

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Speedball

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Ok game. a bit of a mix between ice hockey and handball. if you have a choice go for speedball 2 because it adds so much more to this one (stats, players, substitutes etc..) this one is kinda a blueprint to that one

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Speedball 2

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Cool and original 8 bit sports title (even though it is just a mix of handball and ice hockey Much more fun than its predecessor too, as there are far more details involved. and a great player stat/shop feature to buff up your players (who actually have names! and you can sub) Defo a lot more playback on this one than Speedball 1

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SpellCaster

2012-05-17
From: Rain
Comments: Cool little action/rpg - ish game. could have used a little more work on it or the concept to make this game a proper good one, as in it has potential to be an excellent game if a ffew things had been changed.

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Indiana Jones

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Like almost all other US gold games.. i rented this as a kid and was very very dissapointed

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Ace of Aces

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Last timei played this i was about 10 yers old. i found it hard to understand. i'll have to play it again someday to give it a more honest rating. definitely not the worst game i ever played

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After Burner

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Xmas day 1991, i got this game the same day as i got my master system. my friend styed over and we planned to play this all night. even figured out the cheat early on. then we got to the 12th level...stil to this day i've yet to pass it. Very repetative and overated game TBH, but certainly not the worst

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Aladdin

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: An ok platformer. rented it and finished it within 2 days. good fun but not really too different to several other games on the master system at the time.

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Alex Kidd in Miracle World

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Probably the most played game on the Sega. I spent most of 1992 trying to finish this game. took me about 10 months as a 9 year old. such a classic. i think i wanted more of an rpg element out of it though. prefered this game to all the sonic games. but after this the series went waaay downhill. only the enchanted castle was playable for me after this one

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Alex Kidd in Shinobi World

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game had a lot to live up to and failed miserably. i agree with earlier comments about keeping alex kidd alex kidd and shinobi for shinobi. this comes off as a bad merger of both, nd far too short. still it is a playable game

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Alex Kidd: the Lost Stars

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Did sega even try to compete with nintendo here? i've always been a sega loyalist but as mario on nintendo got better, these alex kidd sequels were really awful. ok so this is a playable game, but as a 10 year old i finished this game within 2-3 hours

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Alien 3

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: The master system really showed what it was capable of later in its lifespan. it's hard to believe this is the same system that brought us teddy boy, great volleyball etc.. The graphics and sound in this game were second to none on the system. great game

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Alien Storm

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Wasn't too bad a game if you think back to the era it came out. i owned this game but didnt play it too often

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Alien Syndrome

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Was an Ok game. running around shooting H.R Giger-esque aliens pretty much cloned from the films. but the difficulty was pretty hard. too many respawning aliens and the time limit kinda stops me from giving it a higher rating

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Altered Beast

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Quite an overated game really. playable for a while, but it's so hard that you start to give up after a while. I finished the Megadrive version on the ps2 sega clssics only because it had a save feature, if not for that i can safely say id've never finished it. but i guess thats why arcade games are made that way, so you feed them more and more coins

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American Baseball

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I'm from New Zealand, we don't play baseball. but when i was younger i did like the sports games, and this one is one of them. I'm not sure how it would hold up today, but i had a lot of fun as a kid playing this one

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Asterix

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Was so excited when i got this game for christmas. and it didnt dissapoint. i spent the rest of the summer playing this game. wasn't too difficult either. for a master system platformer this one is up there amongst the better ones.

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Astro Warrior

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game had me and the family up on several saturday nights trying to finish it and better eachothers scores. a few months later i passed the 3rd level and...back to the beginning. nothing is more anticlimatic than games that did that. Good game for a few short hours of entertainment though

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Astro Warrior & Pit-Pot

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: 1st few times you play each game you think theyre both great, but after a while you realise why you get 2 for 1. Pit Pot was pretty cool, but perhaps i was too young to figure out how to pass the 2nd stage. And astro warrior, good game but really dislike the games that go back to the beginning on a continuous loop with no end

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Ayrton Senna GP

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This was definitely the best racing game on the sms. i came 2nd to ayrton every time i played it though. but ll the different courses, the changing of tyres etc.. made for quite a detailed and realistic racing sim for an sms title

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Aztec Adventure

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Average game, not too bad. i'dve liked more of an Rpg element thrown in there though. still plan on revistiting this game to finish it some day

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Back to the Future 2

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: this really was a crap game. this could very well be the SMS equivalent to atari 2600's ET. Basically to get anywhere in this game you have to be very very lucky, not skillful, just lucky. and thats only the 1st level!

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Back to the Future 3

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This was only marginaly better than it's predecessor which was quite possibly one of the worst games on the sms. absolute crappy rushed out games hoping to cash in on the films

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Bank Panic

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Mildly entertaining game, but ive been told that there is some bug in it and theres no end. which is common for the former card games.

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Bart vs the Space Mutants

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Like all the simpsond games, they were never that good (bar krustys fun house). this isn't an awful game though.

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Basketball Nitemare

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game was ok for a short period, but as stated below once you figured out the technique you could score from anywhere on the court quite often making the game quite pointless to play

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Black Belt

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Ok game for a bit, but quite a repetative side scrolling beat em up. i guess for it's era it's quite cool for it's boss fights

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Bonanza Brothers

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I only played the megadrive version of this so my rating is based on that game, but i thought this game was ok for a bit. it did start getting quite difficult later on, and i think i moved onto another game before playing it properly

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Bram Stokers Dracula

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: A lot of films made into games are quite crappy. this is one of the few i actually don't hate. fun game, cool soundtrack, great atmosphere, quite difficult and challenging side scrolling beat em up/platformer

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Bubble Bobble

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Quite overated really. allthough ive never played 2 player which i hear is far more superior. entertaining game and quite a long game to keep you coming back again and again though

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California Games

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: this game is only really worth it if you have 2 or more people to play against. 1 player is quite pointless.

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California Games 2

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Not really much better than the original. again only really worth it if you have 2 or more friends to play it with

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Carmen Sandiego

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Not a bad game really. with patience anyone could finish this. bit slower thn the original computer game in the sence that you actually walk around cities, but it's a console after all

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Casino Games

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Alright game but really at the end of the day the goal is to win pretend money and thats it. couldve added some feature where you can buy loads of things with the money in the game or something, but i guess the 80's were simpler times in the video game world

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Castle of Illusion

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Sega's answer to ducktales on the NES. I'd say duck tales may be just slightly better. but this really is one of the best platformers on the SMS

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Champions of Europe

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Initially i thought this was a great soccer game. because at the time there were no soccer games where you could choose obscure teams like Faero Islands and San Marino etc.. eventully tht novelty wears off and this becomes quite an average soccer game.

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Choplifter

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game is quite good for the era it came out in but thats about it. playable for a little while

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Chuck Rock

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Generic platformer really. not an awful game from what i remember though

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Cloud Master

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Not a bad game, very difficult though, but quite an original theme for a shooter. never got past the 3rd level

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Columns

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Very simple yet addicitve game. could play this one for several hours every day

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Cyber Shinobi

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game gets several bad reviews but i think it's an allright game. i never knew it was shinobi related which probably helped. Me and my mate would spend many friday nights playing this game listening to metallica as 10 year olds.

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Dick Tracy

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Reeally average game. fun for about 4-5 minutes, then becomes tedious.

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Double Dragon

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Ok game, never was gonna be as good as the arcade game but theres not much sega couldve done about that for an 8bit system in the 80's. i remeber only being able to beat it by cheating by pushing start with player 2 controller just before you die on the last level

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Double Hawk

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Not really my style of game. played it at a mates house 2 player a few times. ok for a little while.

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Dr Robotniks Mean Bean Machine

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: great game, probably my favorite tetris-esque game. the genesis version was a bit better though (as they're supposed to be) but i stillplay this game even today

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Dragon Crystal

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I'm huuge fan of RPG's and i remember playing this in 95 and being disspointed due to the lack of trditional rpg gameply involved. 16 years later i gave it another go, and now i apprecite it a bit more. i dont know how to compare it, maybe a cross between gauntlet and Ys, but it's quite an addictive game. and the randomly generated maps make it all the more fun, meaning the next time you play it's completely different game. Sometimes you need a bit of luck on your side with this. I managed to get to level 30 and could actually see the ending, but the creatures were way too powerful and fast for me to actully reach it. so i officially gave up. may revisit it again one day and give it another crack. very original rpg ish game. but don't expect anything like Govellius or Phatasy Star cos it's not that kind of game

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E-Swat

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I liked the Robocop arcade game at the time, and i thought this game was a sega rip of it. sadly its not...well maybe it is and it's just a poor representation. There are a lot worse games in its genre

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Ecco the Dolphin

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Was plesantly suprised with this game. had a very slight rpg element to it. and was quite original and loads of fun at the time. still managed to complete it within a weekend. but one of sms' better games

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Enduro Racer

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: as soon as me and my mate turned this game on we were both like 'WHOA!' and it was Freakin amazing. but i think we managed to finish the game completely within the 1st night. so playability was great but the length of the game lets it down in the end

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American Pro Football

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Coming from New Zealand where we play rugby american football has never appealed to us. but this game was a lot more fun than the actual game as it was fast paced. Im not sure how it would hold up today though, but back in 1992 this was a lot of fun

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Fantasy Zone

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Classic. I loved this game when i was younger. not becuse i thought it was a good game to play, but that it was so sickly bright and weird! I've recently played it again and i've found it is quite a difficult game. but when it comes to shooters noone wants a severely easy one

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Fantasy Zone 3: The Maze

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Felt a bit like they were trying to take packman and improve it. but...they didnt. allright game, and very playable. but sometimes, less is more

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Flintstones

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Movies and Tv Shows being mde into games always fools you when you're a kid. 'oh i love that show!/movie!' etc so you immediatly assume the game is going to be great. 9 out of 10 times you'll be let down. this game is in that category. To be fair i never progressed past the 1st level where you have the ardous task of...painting the fence. Now most kids don;t want to paint a fence, but someone mustve thought thats what kids love doing, as they made the 1st level of this game, just that, painting a fence. I turned it off after about 3 attempts. still, i wont wrote it off as awful just yet, cos it could very well get better later on. but a good game will captivate you from the beginning, and unless you like painting fences, then this probably won't do that for you

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Forgotten Worlds

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Actually tried playing this once, seemed ok. but the version we rented had a bug in it where it turned off after about 2 minutes sending you back ot the title screen, leving us all shouting F&%$!!!! so sadly cannot rate it

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G-Loc

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game was actually a hell of a lot better than the hyped up afterburner. but i think i completed it within one day. had it been a bit longer or harder it'd get a much higher score

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Gain Ground

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game wasn't too bad really. when it got to the last 10 stages where you could no longer continue it became very difficult. I will be playing this again for closure

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Gauntlet

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: As a huge rpg fan i felt a little conned when playing this game and realising its not really an rpg at all. plus the fact that you know you're playing a game that has no ending makes it feel a little 'whats the point?' But in saying that, it is a coin-op arcade game designed to devour peoples coins, and is quite a fun and addictive game.

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Ghost House

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I brought this game. took it home and it didnt work, so i was very very dissapointed. but the good news was i took it back and managed to get Wonderboy in monsterland instead which made me very happy. 6 months later i got the chance to play Ghost House which made me even more happy that i had Wonderboy. I wont knock the game too much, it's ok, but thats about it. fun for a short period of time

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Ghouls and Ghosts

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I loved this game. hours of fun. and from what i know much much better than the nes version as this one had the option of buying armour which the nes was lacking. I did finish this game quite easily though. not sure but im guessing it had infinite continues

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Global Gladiators

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This was another early 90's generic platformer. i actually kinda enjoyed it though if you can look past the awful mcdonalds capitalism branded over this game. and how McDonalds is trying to portray itself as a company thats enviromentally friendly....seriously..one of the biggest loads of *&^% i ever heard. Still, this is about the game, so as a game itself, i'm going to be unbiased and pretend this isnt a mc s*&t game and rate it as a game for playability

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Golden Axe

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Back in 1991 Golden Axe was my favorite arcade game. and i wanted a sega so bad, and golden axe was on top of my wishlist for games. I got the sega master system for xmas, but not this game. I'm so glad i never owned this game. as you could only pick the sword man. no dwarf, no woman. and it was only a one player game. I would have been very dissapointed. Still, it does play ok, but was an easy game to complete as you just jumped up and swung your sword at every baddie and progressed through the game easily

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Golden Axe Warrior

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Instantly as you start this game you realise it is a zelda clone, but in my opinion it's better. This is definitely up there in the top 5 master system games of all time for me. Great feature with the axe to cut down trees sometimes revealing hidden rooms and things. Getting a Cannoe to progress across rivers later on and to take you to places you couldnt previously get to. If only this game had a sequel or 2

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Golvellius

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This is definitely up there in the top 5 of my favorite master system games ever. Again another zelda-esque clone, but probably better. only thing letting it down for me is the boss levels, while innovative and pretty cool, was far too easy to make one tiny mistake and die. and the password system i was never a fan of, but i guess theres not much you can do about that in an era not as advanced as we became in the 90's I have this game again, and i cannot wait to play it again

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Great Golf

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Sega really did improve in its sports games later on in its life. but in the 80's there was the 'Great' franchise, which by the 90's was quite prehistoric. but if you lok past all that, this game is actually quite a cool golf game for the era it came out. only one course, but you could play 4 players with one controller making it a great multiplayer game, which was it's strength.

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Great Volleyball

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Initially this was quite fun to play, but it did get quite easy once you figured it out, meaning it ended up on the shelf gathering dust

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Hang On (Card)

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: At first you think oh wow a motorbike racing game, but it's not that at all. just a repetitive game of dodging other bikes and reaching the checkpoint to go to the next area, which there is only about 3 of, so you end up on a continous loop that never ends which gets tedious

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Heavyweight Champ

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Cool game to start with, but 20 minutes later you've finished it and you think 'is that it?'

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Impossible Mission

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: was bout 9 when i played this. thought i was going to be playing an action/platformer/shooter type game and did not get that at all. I'd probably appreciate this game a lot more today as i could probably understand it now. but back then i had no idea what i was doing and got the game over screen within about 10 minutes maximum

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Joe Montana Football

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This was an allright football game. sadly only 2 uniform colours though. and a very very easy game i found evetually. even picking the worst team it wasnt a chore thrashing the better teams

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Kenseiden

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Quite a good side scrolling hack n slash for the sms. I can't remember if i ever passed the last boss though.

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Klax

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I think i only played this on the megadrive, but im guessing there was little difference. An ok puzzle game, definitely one of the harder ones, and not as good as mean bean machine, or columns, but still worth a play

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Krustys Fun House

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game is by far the best of any simpsons game i ever played. The others were all such dissapointments. then along came this, and i thought i was going to play another generic platformer, but i was pleasantly suprised to find that this is actually a great puzzle/platformer

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Kung Fu Kid

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Another generic beat em up platformer from the era. but not a bad game. shame about its last ability. fun game to play though

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Laser Ghost

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I played this game when i was quite young, and didnt have a light phaser, so probably missed out on the full enjoyment of it. At the time i hated it, it's kind of like one of those noying levels on game where you have to protect someone, excpet..thats the whole game I'm sure with a light phaser though it wouldve been so much better. Graphically the look and feel of this game was pretty awesome though. and the music was excellent

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Lemmings

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This was probably the best puzzle game on the sms...maybe behind only populous. but soo soo addictive gahh

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Line of Fire

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: My friend brought this game and a sms from a second hand store and i remember we'd play this crank up faith no more cd's while having pre drinks before going out ahh the memories. But all in all, generic, and not the most fun ive had with a shooter on the sms

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Lord of the Sword

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Probably the worst rpg i ever played, allthough it technically isn't an rpg, more a hack n slash platformer. Could still play this today and can see the desire to try and complete it, will probably take a few attemps though as i guess its all about memorising the right route

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Lucky Dime Caper

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: If you plyed any of the mickey games, or ducktales on NEs, then you have played his game. Allthough it too has its slight variations. Very good platformer though was this game, and i prefered it to all the others i mentioned

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Marble Madness

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Mildly entertaining game. perhaps if it had a few more levels it'd be better, there were only 6. and i never did manage to pass that last stage.

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Master of Darkness

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game wasnt too bad, graphics were great just like all the other latter sms titles. Ive never ever played castlevania, but of course i know enough to know this is a clone of it. I found this game far too easy though

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Micheal Jacksons Moonwalker

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Just before i got a master system i wanted this game and golden axe, i never owned either, which im thankful for because they werent very good games on sms. This game does hold up for a while,and is mildly entertaining, but it also has it's elements of ridiculousness which are nessesary if its a game featuring michael jackson (RIP) of course.

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Mirracle Warriors

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game for it's time is a great Rpg. Quite innovative and certainly influenced many Rpg's of this day and age. The letdowns were the endless random encounters, and to walk around which meant moving a cursor across an endless desert which looked just like all the others, meaning you could be wandering around for hours wit all the random fights that pop up I toonever found the last boss, but when i nextload this up if it gets too tedious, theres always google..allthough id really not want to tarnish it by cheating

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Mortal Kombat

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: For a fighting game on an 8bit console this was pretty impressive. Don't think i ever got past the final boss though. but this is about as good as you're going to get on the sms for a fighting game (which is not my genre at all)

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Mortal Kombat 2

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Just played this now online and it's actually quite good for an 8bit fighting game

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My Hero

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I never learnt the lesson not to buy sega games from the 'card' era. i never found enojoyment in games that just went on and on forever on a loop. this was quite a hard game after 2-3 stages and it decieved you intothinking itmay actually have an end. good for 15 minutes of entertainment

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Ninja Gaiden

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game was pretty good for the master system. i think it was back in 1994 i played this game every boring saturday afternoon. Master System really made all their best games from 91-94, sadly it was coming to the end of its lifespan

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Olympic Gold

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: yeah this was a pretty good game for its time. much much better if you played it multiplayer, and def the best olympic-esque game for the sms.

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Out Run

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Yeah definitely an overated game. Still playable, and liked the option of taking different paths. but not alot else going for it

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Pacmania

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: Not bad, not bad at all. prefer this one to the original as it had a bit more variety and more challenges

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Paperboy

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: mildly addictive and entertaining. i hated this when i was a kid as it was too hard. but playing it again recently it's kinda cool

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Penguin Land

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: I love this game. it's cute and it includes PENGUINS! also a good puzzle game, allthough i find that hawk that drops things sooo damn anoying and unessesary

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PGA Tour Golf

2012-05-16
From: Rain
Comments: This game came later on in the master systems life span, but it was easily and by far the best golf game on the sega master system. pretty much a prehistoric blueprint version of the golf games we became accustomed to in the playstation generation

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