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- 82AVERAGE USER SCORE5 ReviewsEngadget Reader90August 1, 2011Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback!The best in its category. We highly recommend it. - Engadgetdignan1780May 25, 2011Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback!Anyway, I loved my Sega Master System, but I'll admit it's hard to hold this one up to the NES. I liked the many games I had for the SMS, but to be honest some of them were ridiculously hard. It wasn't until college that I even beat one of them.The majority of games for the SMS followed the old arcade game design where each level is merely faster with more enemies, and went like that until you couldn't keep up and died. We're not talking Zelda here.But there was enough fun to be had on the SMS. As far as I know, it's the first system to do 3D, even having active shutter glasses, and it worked surprisingly well! The framerate was pretty low, but it was still a lot of fun.In the end, it's not surprising that the NES kicked the SMS's butt. The SMS was fun, but nowhere near as good as the NES.Engadget Reader50May 23, 2011Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback!A disappointing product with a lot of problems. - EngadgetEngadget Reader90August 7, 2010Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback!The best in its category. We highly recommend it. - EngadgetEngadget Reader100July 9, 2009Feedback submitted!Unable to submit feedback!I had an SMS before I had an NES, mainly cause it was cheaper. The system is ugly - one huge block - and the controllers tended to be a bit uncomfortable. I did like the jet black color though. This is all in retrospect though - I didn't care when i was 8.It wasn't covered in Gamepro as much as NES, but I was still able to get a grasp on some of the good games. The first time I ever saw parallax scrolling was while playing Choplifter on the SMS. Safari Hunt is superior to Duck Hunt. I had a lot more fun with it - more animals to shoot (wow that sounds creepy), and the most annoying / hypnotizing intro music ever in a game.In general, the graphics seemed to have a bit more shine. Many SMS games were better than their NES counterparts - Shinobi, Double Dragon, California Games and Rampage come to mind. Also, I was a big fan of the Sega arcade games such as Afterburner, Hang On, Space harrier, and Out Run, so it was great to have 8 bit versions of these to play at home. Hell, I even had the SMS version of Altered Beast.One other aspect of the SMS that impressed me was the quality of its sports titles. They were a lot more serious than Nintendo's early options. Great Baseball in particular was a nice baseball experience, and even had voice clips for Strike, Foul, and Out.All in all, a great system with tons of great memories.
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GAME FORMAT
Cartridge
CONTROLLER TYPE
Wired
MOTION CONTROLS
No
VIDEO OUTPUTS
Antenna / RF
BACKWARD COMPATIBLE
No
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