Anyone have experience with fixing a Sega Master System?

[tpugmire]

There's a bunch on ebay as well.

[pceslayer]

Look for swollen or leaking caps on the board.

Brown stuff might be old solder flux.

Take an old toothbrush with some baking soda and water and scrub the board down.

[pceslayer]

Howd it turn out?  The voltage regulator do the trick??

[jobocan]

I don't really want to try my hand at soldering on my own, but a friend is coming by tomorrow and I'll force him to help me out

[jobocan]

It worked! Now to get games for it that don't suck (well, Hang-on is fine, but the rest I have? meh).

[dccloth]

Sweet good job man!!! Did you try soldering? You should try Fantasy Zone, the Alex kid games, the wonder boy games, golden axe warrior, and phantasy star. Those are my favorites. Double dragon and rampage aren't bad either.

[jobocan]

I didn't solder myself, but my friend did give me a good explanation of to how to do it, so I'll be able to do it if I ever have anything else to fix. Thanks for the game suggestions, I'll try to find those someday (buying SMS games online is a bit pricy, so I'll hope to find some on my various Flea Market trips I'm planning soon).

[pceslayer]

To add to dccloth's list of SMS games I recommend R-Type, SpellCaster and Ys.

Also the SMS is region free so you have the entire European library to choose from as well.

[psydswipe]

My favorites on the SMS are Wonder Boy in Monster Land and Shinobi. For the Phaser I enjoy Gangster Town and Shooting Gallery. The system also has good versions of Double Dragon, Choplifter, and Monopoly.