SMS built-in games revisions question.

I'm trying to figure out how many revisions of the Master System with built-in games are there in the US.

After repairing a SMS recently, it actually came with the uncommon -Missile Command 3-D- game built-in, model 3010-C.

I know some came with Hang-On/Safari Hunt, some without (although with the secret snail maze game), and I also have a 3010-B model with Hang-on only.

I read somewhere that there is another model with Hang-On/Astro Warrior combo. Can anyone in the US verify this, or was it distributed somewhere else?

mine is a 3d missile defense i hate the title song because i only hear it when i plug in a dirty cart

Some of them came with Alex Kidd too didn't they? IDK, the concept of having games built directly into the system is a mind-boggling concept that I'm utterly fascinated by

i think its weird that there is carts and cards i really don't get the reasoning was the card slot incapable of accepting 2-mega games?

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Originally Posted by negative chill

Some of them came with Alex Kidd too didn't they? IDK, the concept of having games built directly into the system is a mind-boggling concept that I'm utterly fascinated by

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Some SMS2 systems came with Alex Kidd in Miracle World. I've seen and heard a few examples of this from people in the U.S., but can't say for sure if it was released there.

I've also heard that some SMS2 systems had the first Sonic game built-in, but it could have been a European thing. I once read that it was in a particular region of PAL land, but that doesn't rule out it possibly appearing on the latest models released in the U.S., or possibly Canada, which received some games that the U.S. didn't.

Yes true, later versions of the SMS2 had Sonic.

I have one, they aren't as regular Alex Kidd though.

This is an Aussie SMS2.

From my vague memory, I think it has the Fujitsu MB3514 video encoder (as opposed to the Sony encoder).

I have two European systems:

Master System 1 with Safari Hunt
and a Master System 2 with Alex Kidd in Miracle World.

I remember as a kid I had MS1 with Snail Maze and I once had a MS2 with Sonic built in. All European, eventually I can check the model numbers and list them here.

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Originally Posted by Black_Tiger

Some SMS2 systems came with Alex Kidd in Miracle World. I've seen and heard a few examples of this from people in the U.S., but can't say for sure if it was released there.

I've also heard that some SMS2 systems had the first Sonic game built-in, but it could have been a European thing. I once read that it was in a particular region of PAL land, but that doesn't rule out it possibly appearing on the latest models released in the U.S., or possibly Canada, which received some games that the U.S. didn't.

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SMS2 with Alex Kidd in Miracle World was definitely released in US/Canada (I played it in store in WA and at a friend's in BC) although they used Lost Stars art on the package for some reason. Sonic was released in NA on the system's deathbed so there wouldn't have been any point in making a built-in Sonic model here.

I have two European versions of the Master System 1. One has Alex Kidd, the other one doesn't have a built-in game, just a BIOS screen. Though I'm pretty it has the Snail Maze game.

I think the Hang-On / Astro Warrior combo came on a cart and the system had Snail Maze built in. I'm basing this on having met someone who had that setup.

The Master System I have without any built-in games came with Hang On on a card.

i'm kind of sad

press up and button 1 and 2 when you turn it on

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Originally Posted by 0x15e

I think the Hang-On / Astro Warrior combo came on a cart and the system had Snail Maze built in. I'm basing this on having met someone who had that setup.

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My SMS was like that. Well, two SMSes, the first one broked within the warranty period and the replacement was the same way.

My first Master System that I got from a yardsale in the nineties just had the snail maze game on it. I forget what my current one has, if anything. Sounds like an excuse to hook it up, I guess.

Edit: aaaand it's dead! Yay. Yet another case of a system that worked when it was last powered off, and dead when it was taken back out of the box. The worst thing about having an EE degree is that I would rather take it out into the back yard and put thirty rounds of 7.62 through it than even START troubleshooting it.

Sell it on ebay rather than throw it in the trash. Or donate it to someone in the forums. Someone might be able to revive it or at least use some of its parts for repair.