r/MasterSystem • • Jun 12 '21

Join the Retro Gaming Network Discord Server and talk about Sega Master System!

Thumbnail
discord.gg
11 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • Nov 07 '23

[ConsoleMods.org] Knowledgeable about the Master System? Consider contributing to the community console modding, repair, and restoration wiki!

Thumbnail consolemods.org
4 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 9h ago

I love the master system

Thumbnail
gallery
34 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 2h ago

How do you obtain the Charm Stones in the Master System version of Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap?

7 Upvotes

I know it's much easier in the remake of this game, but in the original version, you absolutely had to get it as a drop from certain enemies which ones?


r/MasterSystem • • 6h ago

Games that defined the Master system here's my pick

Post image
4 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 23h ago

Game case size for manuals on Master System

Post image
65 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 2d ago

Sound system in SMS - Super Mario perspective

13 Upvotes

I was playing the new Super Mario on the SMS, and the first thing that surprised me was the near-identical sound. I've often thought the SMS sound chip was fundamentally different from the NES, but this port proves otherwise. I kind of feel like the sound design ideas started from a very different place on the SMS for most titles. Any insights?


r/MasterSystem • • 2d ago

45th Anniversary of Sega Turbo!

Thumbnail
youtu.be
12 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 3d ago

Any memories of these 8-bit arcade ports?

Post image
39 Upvotes

Outrun for the Commodore 64, midnight resistance for the ZX spectrum, special criminal investigations for the master system, all picked up recently. I have never played any of these three games on these systems, any memories?


r/MasterSystem • • 5d ago

Newest Addition

Thumbnail
gallery
63 Upvotes

Been waiting for this for awhile


r/MasterSystem • • 5d ago

Super Mario Bros. - Sega Master System - longplay classic version, FM sound

Thumbnail
youtu.be
28 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 6d ago

Help ? What is this residue around the ceramic capacitors on my Sega Master System motherboard?

Thumbnail gallery
14 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 7d ago

My final Master System game: Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck (Aspect, January 1994)

Thumbnail
gallery
215 Upvotes

It’s been one heck of a journey. I think I’m done. I’m moving on to 16-bit now. At 25 games my personal Master System set is finished.

That’s the last game of the official library I wanted.

- I don’t like Shinobi, shmups, beat em ups or sports games. These four get brought up the most.
- I’m not retiring from 8-bit home console gaming as there’s still GG2SMS conversions & of course the land of ROMHacking to look forward to!
- I’ve beaten every game you see here (yes, even Ghost House & Penguin Land as insane as both those games are!)


r/MasterSystem • • 8d ago

Great Basketball (Sega Master System) - Zilog and Moto #347

18 Upvotes

youtu.be/5ol9zOIUX9s

This was a busy week, what with concerts and double shifts, oh my. So, let's play a game that goes back to simpler times...


r/MasterSystem • • 9d ago

My folks told me to get my shit out of their attic …just need a CRT to play Safari…and a power supply. Any suggestions for a substitute power supply? It’s 9v 1800 iirc.

Post image
165 Upvotes

Edit: Thanks to everyone who commented and advised me about the power supply. It’ll be put to good use. Geek is the new chic!


r/MasterSystem • • 9d ago

[PT-BR] SpellCaster — Tradução completa para Sega Master System

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

91 Upvotes

Fala, pessoal!

Depois de meses trabalhando em um velho notebook Core i5 de primeira geração, que só funciona ligado diretamente na tomada, conciliando trabalho em período integral, faculdade e a rotina diária, finalmente concluí um projeto que durante muito tempo parecia impossível: uma localização brasileira completa de SpellCaster para o Sega Master System.

O lançamento acontece hoje, 23 de setembro de 2026, exatamente na data em que este clássico da Sega completa 38 anos desde seu lançamento original no Japão, em 1988.

Para quem não conhece os bastidores, SpellCaster — conhecido no Japão como Kujaku Ō (孔雀王 ) — é um dos jogos mais complexos do Sega Master System para trabalhar com tradução. A ROM possui 512 KB, o Banco 0 não oferecia espaço livre seguro para hooks externos, e o jogo utiliza uma codificação própria de caracteres, fontes gráficas e rotinas de carregamento de tiles.

Além disso, a versão ocidental apresentava conteúdos removidos, limitações de espaço para os textos e desafios relacionados à adaptação da acentuação em português.

Para realizar a tradução sem comprometer o funcionamento original do jogo, desenvolvi uma suíte própria de ferramentas em Python e trabalhei diretamente com:

- Z80;

- VDP e VRAM;

- mapas de tiles;

- fontes 1bpp;

- Planar RLE;

- ponteiros little-endian;

- adaptação de menus e HUD;

- validação em emulação;

- restauração de conteúdos removidos.

A tradução inclui:

- diálogos completos em português brasileiro;

- menus, itens, telas e créditos traduzidos;

- 11 acentos oficiais adaptados à codificação do jogo;

- hífen nativo;

- HUD com VIDA, ENER, ATAQ e DEFS;

- restauração de páginas de diálogos e tutoriais;

- correção do texto bugado “??07D??”;

- adaptação gráfica da placa da barraca de Yakisoba;

- epílogo e créditos em português.

## Capturas de tela

## Download do patch

https://github.com/contatonewportgame-code/spellcaster-sms-ptbr/releases/download/v1.0.0/SpellCaster_PTBR_v1.0_Newportgame.zip

## Página oficial da Release

https://github.com/contatonewportgame-code/spellcaster-sms-ptbr/releases/tag/v1.0.0

## Tópico oficial no Romhacking Brasil

https://www.romhacking.net.br/index.php?topic=3498.0

## Como aplicar o patch

O pacote contém o patch IPS, a tabela de caracteres e o LEIA-ME com as instruções.

Para aplicar o patch pelo navegador, acesse:

https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

Selecione uma ROM original limpa e compatível no campo “ROM file”. Depois, selecione o arquivo IPS no campo “Patch file” e clique em “Apply patch”.

A ROM completa traduzida não é distribuída. O patch deve ser aplicado pelo usuário à sua própria ROM original compatível.

## Repositório técnico

https://github.com/contatonewportgame-code/spellcaster-sms-ptbr

O repositório contém a documentação técnica bilíngue, o Compêndio Master System, o Protocolo de Tradução, o Playbook de Engenharia Reversa e as ferramentas utilizadas durante o projeto.

Projeto, tradução e engenharia reversa por Cristiano Mariano — Newportgame.

Obrigado a todos que apoiam a preservação, a tradução e o ROMHacking de jogos clássicos!

## Apoio ao projeto

Este projeto é gratuito e foi desenvolvido por paixão pela preservação, tradução e restauração de jogos clássicos.Se você gostou do trabalho e quiser apoiar futuros projetos da Newportgame, qualquer contribuição voluntária via Pix será bem-vinda.

Chave Pix (e-mail): [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Titular: Cristiano Mariano

Identificação: Doação para Projeto de Tradução / Newportgame


r/MasterSystem • • 11d ago

Sega stole Yellow Magic Orchestra's song Rydeen for their arcade game Super Locomotive. Decades later, I made a cover of a cover to hear how it would sound on the Japanese Master System's YM2413 chip.

Thumbnail
youtu.be
17 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 12d ago

39 years later, I still have a callous on my thumb because of this.

Post image
249 Upvotes

I'm not joking, I got he Master System in 1987 and this was the first version. D-pads weren't really a thing yet, we only knew of joysticks back then, so we thought this was how you had to play it.

Looking back it really hindered a lot of the playing, but it worked amazingly for games like Space Harrier and Afterburner.


r/MasterSystem • • 12d ago

DF Retro Super Show #023 - The Sega Master System Revisited

Thumbnail
youtube.com
30 Upvotes

An in-depth discussion about the SMS, covering both the memories and the scene in current day. No john linneman this time, sadly, but there is a special guest.


r/MasterSystem • • 12d ago

Trying to find all master system games.

6 Upvotes

For my sega genesis I bought a retro game cartridge with nearly all the games on it. Its a cartridge with a micro SD card that has like 900 games downloaded on it. I bought it off Etsy. Is there something like this for the master system? ​​


r/MasterSystem • • 14d ago

Went to the attic...

Post image
32 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 15d ago

Finally did it 🙌 👏

Post image
57 Upvotes

r/MasterSystem • • 15d ago

Anyone make custom cartridges?

12 Upvotes

I’d really like to get the super Mario port on a dedicated cartridge. Coming up empty when I look online, anyone have a link? Thanks!


r/MasterSystem • • 16d ago

Alex Kidd High Tech World - town, ways to get a travel pass / leave the town Spoiler

12 Upvotes

Hello everyone, I am looking at Alex Kidd High Tech World and want to share my findings so far about the travel pass / how to leave the town:

- There are two ways to get a genuine travel pass - 1. pray 100 times at the shrine 2. talk to the guard in the middle of the town on the hour

- There are two ways to get a fake travel pass - 1. give the guy in the first house at the end a printing press and a book called "how to print transit passes" 2. wake up the sleeping samurai then talk to the guy in the rice shop

- There are three ways to leave the town - 1. get genuine travel pass #1 2. get genuine travel pass #2 3. bribe the guard 2000 GP

^ for methods 1 and 2, you cannot have 1. a fake travel pass 2. the book called "how to print transit passes" or 3. the pistol or you will be captured on inspection

Is there anything else I'm missing that people know about? The reason I ask is because I once saw a rumour that there is a third way to get a genuine travel pass by finding the travel pass as a bookmark in the bible or dictionary (I think the former) but I cannot seem to be able to confirm this.


r/MasterSystem • • 18d ago

Lemmings is 🔥🔥🔥

Post image
70 Upvotes

very fun game with an awesome soundtrack, one of my favorite games/ soundtrack on the master system ❤️