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trinisete:
Nice collection and reviews. There two games I have that aren't there.

Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
Chapolim x Dracula

The first is Europe and Brazil only, at last on SMS. There is a NA version on GG.

The second one is Brazil and Mexico only. It's rare, about 700 R$, which may scare at first, but is about 175 dollars.

If you’re going for a complete collection try to find these, if not don’t bother. Both are bad games.

bizzgeburt:

--- Quote from: trinisete on May 08, 2016, 01:20:45 am ---Both are bad games.

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This is something I can't quite confirm - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II has quite a good reputation as a racing game of it's time, being one of the favorite childhood games of David Hamilton 8)

I don't play racing games either but I wouldn't consider it bad just because I for myself don't like/play it :D Compared to games of it's genre and platforms, Super Monaco GP II remains a top notch racer.

soera:
Holy hell, I forgot all about this. It's been 10 years since I did this. Apparently, I never finished either, lmao.

Since then, I have sold off my entire SMS collection.

sworddude:
Never been the greatest fan of master system, has some decent games but that soundcard :o I can see why the Nes crushed this era cause grapicly it's only a slight upgrade compared to what Nes got while having pretty great sound. With sound off it might have had a greater shot ::)

Gotto say ever since I got a system with sound FM mod. allot of games are allot better. music while not great like Nes is pretty decent not ear crushing.

Too bad it's only a thing for 20 - 30 games. and some games only having fm sounds in Japan like phantasy star :P

sly345:

--- Quote from: bizzgeburt on July 09, 2024, 03:45:32 am ---This is something I can't quite confirm - Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II has quite a good reputation as a racing game of it's time, being one of the favorite childhood games of David Hamilton 8)

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That's the Mega Drive Version which is a vast improvement over the first one and had Ayrton Senna work on directly. The Master System game is basically just a lazy rehash of the first SMGP, the SMS version, which was already quite mediocre and the stiff controls are annoying.

--- Quote from: sworddude on July 28, 2024, 04:22:43 pm ---Never been the greatest fan of master system, has some decent games but that soundcard :o I can see why the Nes crushed this era
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In Europe the Master System outsold the NES 5 to 1 or so, it was far ahead in the UK, Spain, France, Italy and Germany (altough Ariolasoft dropped the ball there initially, then again, Nintendo Europe did a way worse job to the point that SMB3 came out after SMW for the SNES was already on the market)

--- Quote from: sworddude on July 28, 2024, 04:22:43 pm --- cause grapicly it's only a slight upgrade compared to what Nes
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Graphically, the SMS is so far ahead of the NES it's not even worth to mention really. Just compare Ghostbusters, Shinobi or any other game that got released on both platforms. Look at SMS games like Aleste, Sonic 1, Land of Illusion, Lucky Dime Caper (nearly looks like a early Mega Drive game), Phantasy Star (the FPS 3D dungeons especially) and it should be obvious that graphically the console was miles ahead and the SMS didn't suffer from the insane flicker (compare Double Dragon) or the garbage pixels on the edges of the screen (just look at Nintendo World Cup) which plague the NES

--- Quote from: sworddude on July 28, 2024, 04:22:43 pm ---Gotto say ever since I got a system with sound FM mod. allot of games are allot better. music while not great like Nes is pretty decent not ear crushing.

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Depends i would say, quite a few games i think sound better in PSG as FM lacks the low frequencies and sounds too tinny, Aleste being an example, Golvellius another. It's probably a question of taste but sound was never the strong suit of Sega, despite having some great composers like Yuzo Koshiro or Tokuhiko Uwabo on board.

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