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Brilliant article.

Unfortunately given Kim ted income as a teenager I would always spend my hard saved cash on a new game versus an action replay or game genie. That said I was always curious. I remember there being coded that allowed to you to “be@ the bosses inSF2 world warrior SNES. Didn’t work terribly well but at the time gamers were so desperate for that!

Why would they ever release SG-1000? The Master System would be a much more popular option with a large number of Sega games that wouldn’t require licensing
Sonic
Hang On
Shining
Alex Kidd
Phantasy Star
Master of Darkness
Etc.

A great console, could even have a 3D glasses version 🤩

As long as it had powerstone! This would have the potential to be awesome 😎

This looks awesome but how would I hide it from my wife? 😂

I am a big fan of these mini consoles as a very accessible entry point to exploring new systems, in addition to scratching that nostalgia itch. This system is a great example of the former. Can’t wait to try my hand at some of the highly regarded classics present. Consider me in🥳

This was a brilliant, entertaining and interesting read - much enjoyed.

Slightly off topic but I loved the use of the Atari logo in Bladerunner 2; evokes memories.

Looks very interesting- does it also cover better known houses as well?

I’ll stick with the original hardware, thanks and my neogeo x.

Great article - although this guy definitely comes across as quite the salesmen!

Whilst I loved stunt race fx at the time, playing it today I can see that it really was pushing the envelope on the SNES - the controls weren’t great, small viewing area and choppy visuals. But combined with the bouncy music and bright visuals it still just about works.

Great start to my Sunday morning.

RIP Jason and thank you for contributing to a magazine that helped define my world view and inspired me to go and work in Japan. The magazine was awesome. I remember the first issue I bought was the super play gold special, which was awesome! Good times, the magazines are still a fantastic read today

A great article which really took me back. I had a SNES back then, but in recent years have really come to appreciate the mega drive more and more. Even the much derided sound chip could pump that bass in a way the SNES could never replicate. Enjoy both for what they are - amazing consoles- and enjoy 😉

@JayJ totally agree

Tower of power - I assume this is sold separately, and so could be imported and attached to the western mini?

I actually prefer the 3 button pad as this was the variant I used back in the day, and a large part of enjoying these products is the nostalgia element. I won’t be playing street fighter 2 much as I already have hyper fighting on the SNES mini and arcade port on my xbox360 so this doesn’t bother me.

So for me I’ll be sticking with the western release for now.

What an interesting article - thanks for all the research that has clearly gone into this. In this day and age it seems almost unbelievable that companies/individuals were able to sell IP they didn’t actually own onto the likes of Sega and Atari.

@Darknyht totally agree

The master system was my first console, and I still have a master system II. It is a great system to collect for as the vast majority of games are pretty cheap. Also, and unusually, Europe was where the most number of titles were published, so prices in the U.K. tend to be cheaper than elsewhere globally (except perhaps Brazil!)

Great great article Damo - unlike many of your readers I only visit this site because of it’s first class retro content.

Atari Lynx compilation - now that would have been interesting!