For a system that tanked against the NES, the Sega Master System sure has some fans. After Tuesday's RetroCity podcast, I heard from a lot of listeners and readers that harbor nothing but good will toward Sega's 8-bit console. The Master System is also now on the Virtual Console, getting some long overdue love from gamers that may have passed over the console due to the vastly superior marketing of the NES or, well, the awesome-ness of Super Mario Bros.

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Downloading Master System classics on the Virtual Console is a good way to atone for past sins, but there is no comparison to actually buying the original games and slapping them into a real-deal Master System. Master System games had a rep for coming in boxes with absolutely horrid art (the Black Belt and Pro Wrestling boxes are real standouts), which makes them entertaining gaming artifacts. Those white boxes with their silver grids will look great on your shelf when friends some over to raid your game collection. But, believe me, I'm not encouraging a museum mentality here. Old games are still games -- and they deserve to be played.
It's time for you to buy in on the Master System. In the past, we've put Buyers Guides on IGN Retro to help you out when assembling a library. But those were just suggestions and helpful hints. This list is most certainly not. When putting together the list of the seven Master System essentials, I immediately discounted arcade ports because the majority were released as more accurate ports in later years, save for a few unfortunate stragglers like Quartet. I also discounted anything that also appeared on the Genesis, like Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse AKA One of the Best Platformers You Will Ever Play. Instead, I zeroed in on the absolutes -- the games that were Master System only here in the States. Sadly, this meant I had to leave out Ghostbusters, which dropped on many systems but is best on the Master System.
So, these are the games you need to immediately seek out and buy. These are the Master System games you need to dump all your time into. These are the games that will save your cred when you let something slip like praise for Donkey Kong 64. These are the seven Master System games you need to own.

Phantasy Star
Genre: RPG
Year Released: 1988
Why You Need It: Is there any Master System game more revered than Phantasy Star? This epic role-playing game pre-dated Final Fantasy's North American arrival by two years and Dragon Warrior by one, making it the first big exposure to a hardcore Japanese RPG for audiences here. Compared to many RPGs of the era, defined by games like King's Quest and Ultima, Phantasy Star was revelation. The Master System, consistently proving itself to be technologically superior to the NES when in the hands of a capable developer, provided fertile ground for an adventure spanning three planets and dozens of hours. As you gathered up a party to avenge the death of tour brother, you engaged in hundreds of turn-based battles against large, colorful enemies. The overworld maps were lavishly detailed. The game is easy to play and understand, definitely more so than some of the esoteric RPGs that flooded in its wake on the NES.

Japanese commercial for Phantasy Star.

Phantasy Star was not a cheap game for the Master System. Toys R Us sold it for almost $80 when it debuted since the cart had more memory as well as battery back-up. It was almost a dare to gamers. If you were fortunate enough to score Phantasy Star in 1988, though, you were gifted with the doorway to an incredible escape. The game is not exactly cheap to find now, either. But if you want to have any sort of respectable Master System collection, you absolutely must start here. Otherwise, you're just painting over rust.
Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Genre: Platformer
Year Released: 1986
Why You Need It:Alex Kidd in Miracle World has already received a high amount of praise here at IGN retro, and this is likely going to be the last you read of the game for a little while. However, it cannot be repeated enough -- this is a criminally underrated game. Alex Kidd in Miracle World was Sega's attempt to mount any sort of resistance to Mario, and while it failed miserably if you go by such trifling metrics like sales numbers and install bases, the game remains one of the best platformers of the 8-bit generation.

Watch Alex Kidd beat back a bull and explore a cave.

Alex Kidd in Miracle World has not yet arrived on the Virtual Console. But even if it does in the near future, that's no reason to not add this to your Master System collection as soon as possible. The adventure will take several tries to get all of the rock-paper-scissors patterns down, but once you do, you can power through this ultra-colorful adventure with a big ol' smile on your face. This is your second must-buy.

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Penguin Land
Genre: Puzzle
Year Released: 1987
Why You Need It: Penguin land is an action-oriented puzzle game starring Overbite, a penguin agent assigned to move fragile eggs to the bottom of polar bear-filled ice shafts. Overbite can break through ice bricks one at a time and nudge the egg along with his beak. The egg cannot fall more than three spaces, or else it shatters and you must start over. The egg must also not be smashed by falling bricks, or touched by polar bears and hawks. There are 50 puzzle screens in Penguin Land, each successively more difficult to master than the last. And the production values are great. The bright colors and the sharp sprites are buttressed by a fun jingle that plays in the background.
Penguin Land was another not-so-cheap game for the Master System due to the included battery that saved your self-made puzzle screens right to the cartridge for later play. This level editor adds longevity to an already lengthy game. Penguin Land wasn't the most popular game for the Master System, but it certainly deserves to be so now. Buy it third.

NES-101

The NES-101 control deck alongside its similarly redesigned NES-039 game controller.
Manufacturer	Nintendo
Type	Video game console
Generation	Third generation
Release date
Discontinued	September 25, 2003
Media	ROM cartridge ('Game Pak')
CPU	Ricoh 2A03 8-bit processor
Graphics	Ricoh 2C02
Controller input	2 controller ports
Predecessor	Nintendo Entertainment System NES-001
Successor	Super Nintendo Entertainment System (Model SNS-101)

The NES-101 model of the Nintendo Entertainment System (also known as the New NES,^[1] the New-style NES,^[2][3] the top-loading model, or simply the Top Loader) is a compact cost-reduced redesign of the video game console of the same name released by Nintendo in 1993.

Nintendo marketed the NES-101 model as the NES Control Deck, exactly the same as the original NES-001 model, only with a 'new design' mark on the packaging. It retailed in North America for $49.99 USD (equivalent to $86.7 in 2018).^[4] This was at a significantly lower price than the already released Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The NES-101 control deck came packaged with a redesigned version of the standard NES controller (model number NES-039) shaped very similarly to the Super NES controller.

Control Deck (model NES-101)[edit]

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The external appearance of the NES was greatly overhauled and restyled to align its looks to the North American version of the Super NES control deck and to address a number of commonly cited ergonomic problems of the original NES-001 model.^[1] The case design was by Lance Barr, who also designed the North American versions of the original NES and Super NES, as well as the later redesigned Super NES.^[5] The power and reset buttons now matched the curvature of the new look. The NES-101 does not have an LED power light to indicate the unit is on, as the original NES-001 and SNS-001 included.

The most obvious change in the redesign was the removal of the front-loading force-insertion mechanism of the cartridge slot in the original NES-001 model. In that system, the user had to first open the lid of the case, slide in the cartridge, then press it down. The large space inside allowed plenty of room for dust to settle and the contact heads were almost impossible to access and clean without disassembling the system or using the official cleaning kit. Wear and tear was another problem; with continued use, the precision of the mechanism deteriorated and the user would have to poke and nudge at the cartridge to move it to a position that would be read correctly. The NES-101 returned to the standard top-loading method, used by almost all cartridge systems before and since for its ease and reliability.

The NES-101 control deck features the same 7-pin controller ports as the NES-001 and is compatible with all the same controllers and peripherals. The console came packaged with a similarly-redesigned version of the standard NES controller (model number NES-039), nicknamed the 'dogbone' controller due to its shape, instead of the original NES-004 model controller. While the NES-101 console only came with one controller, the NES-039 controller was also sold by itself and is fully compatible with either version of the NES control deck. The NES-039 controller more closely resemble the Super NES controller, with rounded edges that fit more ergonomically in the hands than the rectangular design of the NES-004 model. The A and B buttons were also set at an angle to mimic the Super NES controller as well as provide better ergonomics.^[1] Because of its ergonomic shape, the NES-039 model controller does not fit in R.O.B.'s controller slot.

The 10NES authentication chip was completely removed from the system in an effort to eliminate the blinking red power light problem associated with it in the original NES. The removal of the 10NES chip also allows the system to play games that are unlicensed and/or from different regions such as Europe, something NES-001 systems cannot do without a hardware modification. A minor side-effect is that Nintendo World Championship will not work properly since it needs to know when the console is reset in order to go back to the menu. This signal is only provided by a working 10NES on official hardware.

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The RCA composite video output and audio jacks were removed from the system as well; an RF connection is the only way to connect the system to a television unless one has the console modified to add composite output or uses an RF-to-RCA converter. The original video amplifier circuit path on the motherboard was poorly designed and created faint 'jailbar' interference patterns in the game image.^{[citation needed]}

Family Computer (model HVC-101)[edit]

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The HVC-101 model of the Family Computer is a redesign of the video game console of the same name (commonly known by the shortened nickname of Famicom) released by Nintendo in Japan in the early 1980s. While officially called the Family Computer, exactly the same branding as the original HVC-001 model, it was also marketed as the AV Famicom (AV仕様ファミコンEibui Shiyō Famikon) or New Famicom (ニューファミコンNyū Famikon) to distinguish it from the original model.^[6][7][8] It was released in Japan on December 1, 1993 with a retail price for ¥6800,^[9] and remained in production until September 2003.^[10] The HVC-101 console is stylistically similar to the NES-101 model released in North America a few months earlier, but has some slight design changes to suit the different needs of the Japanese market.

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The biggest difference between the North American NES-101 model and the Japanese HVC-101 model was the replacement of the RF modulator output with the same multi-AV output port that the Super Famicom uses. This also represented the biggest selling point the New Famicom has over the original Famicom, which only has RF output as well. Thus the New Famicom requires either, the monaural (SHVC-007) or stereo AV cables (SHVC-008) that the Super Famicom uses for output (however, the New Famicom is only capable of outputting mono audio, even when using stereo cables). The Super Famicom's S-Video (SHVC-009) and RGB (SHVC-010) cables are not compatible with the New Famicom, despite having the same connector type. Nintendo also sold an external RF modulator (HVC-103) for users who wanted to connect the New Famicom to a TV set which lacked a composite video input. Like with the Super Famicom, Nintendo did not package an AV cable or AC adapter with the New Famicom - both were sold separately. The New Famicom requires the same AC adapter (HVC-002) as the original Famicom and the Super Famicom.

Instead of hardwired controllers like the original Famicom, the New Famicom has the same 7-pin controller ports as the NES (in addition to having a dedicated expansion port for peripherals just like the original Famicom) and came bundled with two connectable controllers (model number HVC-102). The HVC-102 controllers are identical in design to the NES-039 controller,^[11] but have much shorter cords.^[12] In bringing NES-style control ports to the HVC-101 model made the console compatible with all NES controllers as well (although certain NES peripherals that required the second controller port, such as the Zapper and the Power Pad, will not work on the New Famicom). Because the two packaged controllers are identical in terms of functionality, they both lack the built-in microphone that the original Famicom's second controller has in place of the Start and Select buttons.

The HVC-101 has a flat surface in contrast to the convex surface of the NES-101. This was done in order to make the New Famicom compatible with the Disk System add-on, which uses a RAM Adapter that plugs into the console's cartridge slot in order to interface with the main Disk System unit.

Peripherals that work on the New Famicom (rather than on the original Famicom) were sold the Famicom Family New (or FF New) marking, but aside from the aforementioned hookup cables, the only licensed peripheral that was released with this marking was the New Hori Commander (HFC-07) controller, which was the only licensed third-party controller in Japan that has an NES-style controller plug.

Console revisions[edit]

There are two known revisions of the NES-101; both have redesigned circuit boards that improve video output quality. The first has a Nintendo AV multi-out port (the same used in the Super NES, Nintendo 64, and GameCube) that replaces the RF jack completely.^[13] The other looks exactly the same as the rest with the RF video output jack and channel select switch, but with excellent video output quality. These versions were replacements for those who sent their original NES-101 systems to Nintendo with a poor quality video complaint.^[14][15] These models are extremely rare as they mostly came as replacement units from Nintendo,^[16] but the revised AV model was also found in stores such as Meijer^[17] and Radio Shack.^[18] All PAL units, model NESP-101, were shipped with the revised motherboard and cleaner RF output, but video output used the 50 Hz PAL standard rather than the 60 Hz NTSC. The PAL versions also do not have a channel select switch. They also have some minor cosmetic differences. On NTSC top loaders, the RF out panel is made from the same light gray plastic as the top shell. On the PAL version, the RF out panel is made from the same dark gray plastic as the base shell. The PAL console also lacks an 1800 service hotline sticker.

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References[edit]

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4. ^'Nintendo Entertainment System'. Nintendocosmos. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
5. ^Chad Margetts; M. Noah Ward (May 31, 2005). 'Lance Barr Interview'. Nintendojo. Archived from the original on July 22, 2016. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
6. ^'修理の受付が終了した商品 サポート情報' [List of Products That Are No Longer Accepted for Repairs]. Nintendo Homepage (in Japanese). Nintendo Co., Ltd.
7. ^'4-2. ニンテンドーDS Lite開発スタッフインタビュー' [Interview With The Nintendo DS Lite Development Team]. Nintendo Online Magazine (in Japanese). Nintendo Co., Ltd.
8. ^'ニューファミコンとスーパーファミコンジュニアの製造が9月で終了' [New Famicom and Super Famicom Jr. Production to end on September]. Famitsu.com (in Japanese). Gzbrain Inc.
9. ^'HVC-101'. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
10. ^Niizumi, Hirohiko (May 30, 2003). 'Nintendo to end Famicom and Super Famicom production'. GameSpot. Retrieved January 11, 2014.
11. ^'HVC: Family Computer (Famicom)'. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
12. ^'Nintendo AV Famicom (HVC-101)'. i64X. 2012. Archived from the original on February 24, 2018. Retrieved January 28, 2019. Cords on the newer controllers are also slightly longer than those found on the original Famicom, though still much shorter than North American NES cables.
13. ^'AV Top Loader'. Retrieved December 28, 2009.
14. ^'GameTechUS's rare RF redesigned circuit board'. Retrieved June 1, 2010.
15. ^Anderson, Dain. 'NintendoAge » Users » Photos » Dain'. www.nintendoage.com. Retrieved April 16, 2018.
16. ^'Nes Toploader with AV Output'. Retrieved December 30, 2009.
17. ^'Nes Toploader with AV Output'. Retrieved March 9, 2014.
18. ^'Nes Toploader with AV Output'. Retrieved March 9, 2014.

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