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Looking forward to this new installment. Still playing 5 on my Nintendo Switch 👍

Glad to be seeing Breakers getting some love

@N64-ROX sorry, re reading my original comment I can see the confusion. Yes, master system and master system (II) are one and the same.

Alex Kidd was a great game but pretty basic relative to later stuff. The Disney games were usually top notch. I had the original master system growing up, but currently have the master system (II) whose aesthetic I've come to love

I thought the picture was of the master system II, no? Could be my eyesight going.

Glad to see this console getting some love, as it was pretty popular here in the UK. Games such as Sonic, Streets of Rage, Desert Strike and Road Rash really showed off what it was capable of delivering.

Collecting issues of Super Play was one 🕜 f my indulgences. I tried to keep the budget down by being flexible on the quality...I quite like the well thumbed look. And one issue had the readers survey completed (but not sent) so that was interesting to see in itself.

I still regularly re read the magazine and admire the artwork, so money well spent I say 😉

Nice inventive way to use a limited marketing budget.

A class act from Howard Lincoln 🙏

I always liked the look of this game, and it reviewed well. I think Super Play scored it in the high 80s. But I never actually saw a copy of store shelves, and subsequently never made the purchase. Now I'm probably a bit time poor to be able to get good at this 😢

The original Fatal Fury always had a special place in my heart. I remember seeing it on attract mode at our local laser tag centre, but I never had spare change on me to play it. However I really loved the design and South Town setting. Whilst FF2 and Special are better games to play, I think they lost something by moving to a global setting.

FF is a great series with awesome music, settings, characters and novel features.

Excellent and enjoyable article TE 👍. Super interesting to read a perspective of those that were there doing the making, versus the vast majority of us who were consuming the end product.

Would be interesting to read a similar article on the development of the SVP and Virtua Racing on the Sega Megadrive, and their perspective from todays vantage point of what they produced.

A really great interview with good questions posed. Thank you TE 👍

I don't know much about Rares work under Microsoft, but definitely enjoy led their games on the N64. I did have a 360, but pretty much the only game I played on that was Street Fighter 4.

Allows you to play original cartridges via emulation? I can't see the market for this when those cartridges can cost hundreds of pounds

This is a great fun series. I've never played this version so will be looking to pick up.

Looks fun but I'm unsure if the price is justified. The margin on this must be huge, even with the likely small run.

I recall those "Toby" CEX ads in print magazines. Sadly, the Welwyn Garden City CEX branch has recently closed its doors

Have downloaded the app and loving the games 👍

Whilst I'm excited to be playing these games finally (I was the sucker who ordered the headset prop!) at release in the 90s this system was a mess. I was saving up for a Sega Saturn, Project Reality/ultra 64/Nintendo 64 project kept getting kicked further and further down the road and the majority of my friends were hyped about the PlayStation launch. That was the context when Nintendo released a non-portable headset system with a red and black display. Damn, not even Super Play magazine knew quite how to provide positive coverage.

Wind on a number of decades and it is easier to appreciate and celebrate this system for the curio it is and enjoy it as such. But quite how the concept got beyond the design stage I don't know. I guess it surfed the wave of VR hype in the mid 90s.

Still am very excited to be firing up my Switch this evening.

I was loving this until you named the price. Ouch!

This was actually a very playable 1:1 weapons based fighter with a good array of moves. Along Way of the Exploding Fist, this rocked my 1:1 fighting world until SF2 blew my mind.

I remember reading about the VB is Super Play magazine at the time and thinking it was all rather strange, especially with all the hype around the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, neo Geo CD, 3DO and Jaguar at the time. This felt very underwhelming to a 15 year old me.

And the price point was expensive.

Having said that 46 year old me is looking forward to receiving his replica in February 👍

Great article, and I was a big fan of top trumps. I'm addition to the Fantasy pack I also had spaceships, dinosaurs, formula one and motocross. The artwork/image selection for all were fantastic.

Many happy hours.

This is a really excellent game and the studio continues to release further quality
new Sega megadrive titles

Great interview TE, I really enjoyed reading those content. Some great anecdotes.

The best manuals were great, but sadly in Europe they often came in black and white with multiple languages. Unsure if this is unfair, but I always seem to recall more Sega titles containing multiple languages.

This type format was popular in Japan when I lived their in the early 2000s. This looks like a great store and a fun visit.

Ahhh, the 90s. When you couldn't go 2 minutes with a new console launch about to happen. Good times.

Working in EB was a fun time, but those oversized PC games boxes were a nightmare to merchandise i.e. make look like an organized and coherent display.....stuff of nightmares 😂

@mjparker77 MK 3 on the Sega master system was a Brazil Techtoy exclusive and it shows - rushed, buggy and not fun to play IMHO.

MK1 and MK2 were both released in the UK and Europe. If you have original hardware the carts won't set you back too much, and are the best 1:1 fighters on the system by a country mile.

The Middle East was a big market for the Neo Geo, which is why Middle Eastern backdrops often feature in their KOF series. Petrodollars = a wealthy elite who could afford this system back in the day.

As for this game, it plays pretty nicely with a nice team battle effect.

The master system versions were a technical marvel, at least for MK 1 and 2. All special moves included and most standard ones also, despite operating on a two button pad. Sure, it's clearly never going to trouble the Megadrive or SNES conversions, but in terms of pushing base hardware this is up there with the best of them.

Love me a bit of Master System action!

I bought this cart specifically to enjoy the super game boy extras. You get some nice additional surround artwork in a typical Nintendo style.

I never had the SGB back in the day as it was similarly priced to the regular Gameboy, something I could not understand at the time. No it goes for peanuts and is a nice curio.

@bring_on_branstons Your Dad sounds like he had fine taste 👍

I'm a Super Play guy, and they still stand up to a re-read and browse to this day.

How about the home console version of Street Fighter the movie. Superior the arcade version, and would be an enjoyable distraction 😜

@Exerion76 Me too. From memory it was a single track? The graphics, sound and design melded perfectly into one to make the PlayStation the cool kid on the block

Boom 🤯

That's the sound of my jaw hitting the floor.... incredible. My 11 year old Commodore 64 owning self would have lost his little mind over this in an awesome alternative universe

@hisownsidekick dare to dream! Would be awesome and also a money spinner 👍

The Bitmap books are quality, so amazing looking forward to reading this.

Am looking forward to receiving my VB stand and slotting in my Switch OLED to make those red and blacks pop.

Clearly a niche product, but am delighted Nintendo have taken the time and effort.

Great article and thank you for sharing your memories.

As others have expressed, I would love to see a single G&W unit with multiple games on it. I purchased the Mario and Zelda versions which are a great modern take on the formula, but would love to Nintendo explore this theme more fully, especially given the price of existing hardware and their age.

Always good to see a Retro focused business doing well. Long may it continue

It was a great time to be a gamer - seemingly every month a new 32 but system was being announced (or cancelled!). When the PlayStation came out it blew my mind - nobody would have predicted how close Ridge Racer was to its arcade brother. I eventually sold mine to buy a Sega Saturn which in turn I sold to fund the purchase of my N64.

I am grateful later in life to have been able to add those disposed of consoles back into my collection other, oddly, than the PlayStation (although I do have the PlayStation mini to scratch that itch).

In terms of making gaming cool, absolutely. Just look and listen to Wipeout. From a presentational and impact point it was massive.

More articles and interviews like this please. So interesting to read her perspective on life at Nintendo over such an influential, formative period. Comes across really well.

I had Stunt Car Racer on my C64 and even that version was decent (for the time). Those tracks more resembled roller coasters than race tracks. A lot of fun 😊

Hopefully someone's actually gets to play and enjoy this. I know that Go is huge in Japan so I guess that is what is driving the price here.

I had this on my master system, and like the SNES version (but to a lesser extent) they had spruced up the graphics to make more varied environments.

Of course, when I transitioned to my SNES and found out about this version I started saving my paper round money to buy it.

A big shout out to the awesome music in this version. One of my favourite SNES OST.

Am looking forward to giving this a try. Had it in the 90s on my C64. Was a tough but fun game with excellent (for the time) music.

The best just got better! Looking forward to this content being available. Thanks Capcom!

Thanks for raising awareness of this important issue - important we understand all sides 😢 f the debate in this complex area

A friend of mine had an ST, while I was still on my humble Commodore 64. Remember playing hero quest and Cadaver. But he also had a NES so spent more time with Mario and Kung Fu master.