Picked up Phantasy Star. Despite it being tied with Shenmue for my favorite game I have never owned it. At least, I've never owned the original SMS. I've played emulators and sonic's ultimate genesis collection and the phantasy star collection versions. I've just never owned a master system before.
This brings me to my other pickup... a master system. This pickup was inspired by a trade with SlothingXPIG. I have never owned a SMS before. But I decided to drive down to Thrillhouse and pick one up. I was shocked by how beautiful the SMS is in person. Pictures make them look so so. But in person, the SMS might be the best looking system I have seen.
I found this classic description of a master system on the Segabits forum by user Centrale
I love the Sega Master System. Slick and sophisticated, its clean lines and crisp colors suggest an elegant lady assassin ridin' dirty on corinthian leather seats to a ballroom in order to eliminate the latest target. It's got a flow chart printed on it that lets you know how the shit goes down on a day-to-day. Its color scheme: black and red, the colors of a brotherman on the run. It says to me, "fun is serious business."
It's the last SEGA system I need unless I go crazy and start with variations or pick up an SG 1000 or SC 3000.