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what is the best game of the master system and what is the worst game?

ps:sorry by my bad english

It is a matter of opinion :) Here's a typical answer:

Best: Wonder Boy III
Worst: Alf

I think Phantasy Star is most widely considered best and I agree to that.

Worst depends if you count hacks or unlicenced...
If you include even parts of a game, I name 20km biathlon in Winter Olympics 1994. Not that rest of the game were much better.

my opinion

best: alex kidd in shinobi world
worst:super boy2

Gonna have to say that Alex Kid in Shinobi World has be to the best game at my opinion, but there were plenty of great games for the MS

For me, the best is wonder boy III
The worst is world championship hockey.

I would have to say Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap for best (closely followed by Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Alex Kidd in Shinobi World).

I don't know what the worst game is, but I'll say the built in snail maze game.

Best: Asterix

Worst: F-16 Fighter

Best: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Worst: i don't know.

My best is a hard one. Can't pick between Fantasy Zone, The Ninja, Sonic 2, Wonder Boy 2 or 3.
Worst is much easier. F-16 Fighter.

Logbomber wrote

I don't know what the worst game is, but I'll say the built in snail maze game.

WHAT!? Snail Maze is awesome!

Best - Wonderboy 3 The Dragon's Trap
Worst - Wolfchild

Kaunisto wrote

WHAT!? Snail Maze is awesome!

I knew someone would like it lol. It doesn't have the best visuals ;)

Quite interesting that WB III: The Dragon's Trap and AK in Shinobi World are overwhelmingly viewed as the best games, and indeed they are!

Also interesting that in the sega8bit.com forum "tournament" polls, neither made it to the semi-finals.

I do actually have some plans for a voting system on this site (Non-functional UI exists here) but you really need a lot of votes to get a decent result. We are all tainted by what games we played in our youth, especially with the "worst" - because most people never owned the truly bad titles.

snail maze is ugly, but at least really enjoyable and playable.
exact opposite to scrubby games like championship hockey ^^

"Wonder Boy in Monster Land" is my personal favourite, although "Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap" is closely followed. It's extremely hard to pick though. "Sonic" and "Sonic 2" are also excellent games. As is "Asterix". And "Alex Kidd in Miracle World". And "Alex Kidd in Shinobi World".

Out of the games I owned myself as a kid, I have to say "Champions of Europe" is the worst. It's absolutely impossible to control the ball! One of the worst football/soccer games ever made .... I still played it a lot as a kid though ...

Best: Sonic the Hedgehog, or maybe Alex Kidd in Miracle World
Worst: My Hero or Teddy Boy

For sure to me the best game on Master System is RASTAN!!!!

I beat this game for hundred times and I never get tired!!!

Sorry for the kidding... Really good games are made for this system, is impossible to show one that overcome the others, but a simple list, Rastan, Danan, Power Strike II, Golden Axe Warrior, Master of Darkness, Sonic 1 2 and Chaos, Mercs, Space Harrier and so on....

But the worst I can say, 20 em 1 of TecToy, is simply a piece of sh*t

Maxim wrote

Also interesting that in the sega8bit.com forum "tournament" polls, neither made it to the semi-finals.

I do actually have some plans for a voting system on this site (Non-functional UI exists here) but you really need a lot of votes to get a decent result. We are all tainted by what games we played in our youth, especially with the "worst" - because most people never owned the truly bad titles.

Why not by categories? Soccer, Rpg, Adventure...

Nobody naming Populous? That's my second fav after PS.
On worst list I'd add Afterburner, the gameplay is kind of pointless.

Popolous is also a favorite of mine!
for me, the best game would be Phantasy Star,
and the worst, maybe teddy boy, i haven't played a lot of the less known games in the system...

I can't believe people list Teddy Boy as one of the worst SMS games ever made. at my opinion it's a true classic! When I reviewed it here http://www.retrocopy.com/sega-master-system/teddy-boy.aspx I gave it 9 out of 10 and wrote:

Quote

I love Teddy Boy! I love his bizarre world with colourful backgrounds and strange enemies (ninjas and snails??) and weird physics where up gets you down, and going left makes you end up right. The box text calls it "a video dream", and if it's a dream, it's a strange one. The Teddy Boy world is probably where you end up if you eat those funky mushrooms or experiment with that oddly well smelling glue. But we don't need an explonation for all this weirdness. No story is necessary. Teddy Boy is just there, firing at his enemies that come out from their big dices, making sure he kills everyone before time is up. And it's fun!

I had this game as a kid, and I loved it. I was never able to finish all the 50 rounds though - I probably never got any further than round 20. That was of course until I read in the manual for the game (after I had started to understand some English) about the cheat that makes you able to select starting level. I was amazed by this when I found out about it, and was even more amazed that the manual told us about such a cheat. Back then of course I didn't know about the original arcade version of the game either, and I didn't know that it was called "Teddy Boy Blues" in Japan, and had different music (the same music as a real song with lyrics, called "Teddy Boy Blues"). I think both the Japanese and the Western music used in the game is awesome, and that the SMS version of Teddy Boy is almost as good as the arcade version, even though its graphics is a bit simpler and the bonus games have been replaced. And of course - as all games I played as a kid, the SMS-version holds a special place in my heart.

(BTW: why does text I write get changed? I've written "at my opinion", but when it gets posted it's changed to "at my opinion" ??) At = in

tommy1983 wrote

(BTW: why does text I write get changed? I've written "at my opinion", but when it gets posted it's changed to "at my opinion" ??) At = in

http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=38431#38431

tommy1983 wrote

I can't believe people list Teddy Boy as one of the worst SMS games ever made. 1n my opinion it's a true classic!

Totally agree! I bought Teddy Boy back in my childhood as a budget game and didn't expect much of it, yet received a lot of enjoyment from it.

best: Shinobi (arcade game)
worst: The Cyber Shinobi

For me, the best Master System game ever is Ninja Gaiden. Great graphics, great music, perfect controls.

I don't have a worst game, though.

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maikel Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 4 Location: mogi guaçu	best and worst master system game Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:09 pm
maikel Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 4 Location: mogi guaçu	what is the best game of the master system and what is the worst game? ps:sorry by my bad english

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 8982 Location: London	Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:30 pm
	It is a matter of opinion :) Here's a typical answer: Best: Wonder Boy III Worst: Alf

Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 28 Location: Finland	Posted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:51 pm
Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 28 Location: Finland	I think Phantasy Star is most widely considered best and I agree to that. Worst depends if you count hacks or unlicenced... If you include even parts of a game, I name 20km biathlon in Winter Olympics 1994. Not that rest of the game were much better.

maikel Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 4 Location: mogi guaçu	Posted: Sun May 06, 2012 3:22 pm
maikel Joined: 05 May 2012 Posts: 4 Location: mogi guaçu	my opinion best: alex kidd in shinobi world worst:super boy2

RenagadeMods Joined: 13 May 2012 Posts: 2	Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 5:37 pm
RenagadeMods Joined: 13 May 2012 Posts: 2	Gonna have to say that Alex Kid in Shinobi World has be to the best game at my opinion, but there were plenty of great games for the MS

Kenneth Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 339 Location: Lyon, France	Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 6:00 pm
	For me, the best is wonder boy III The worst is world championship hockey.

Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 126	Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 8:37 pm
Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 126	I would have to say Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap for best (closely followed by Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Alex Kidd in Miracle World and Alex Kidd in Shinobi World). I don't know what the worst game is, but I'll say the built in snail maze game.

S.F Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 325 Location: Netherlands	Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 9:19 pm
S.F Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 325 Location: Netherlands	Best: Asterix Worst: F-16 Fighter

segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 10	Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 12:22 am
segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 10	Best: Alex Kidd in Shinobi World Worst: i don't know.

albino_vulpix Joined: 05 Jun 2007 Posts: 247 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 8:51 am
	My best is a hard one. Can't pick between Fantasy Zone, The Ninja, Sonic 2, Wonder Boy 2 or 3. Worst is much easier. F-16 Fighter.

Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 28 Location: Finland	Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 3:23 pm
Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 28 Location: Finland	Logbomber wrote I don't know what the worst game is, but I'll say the built in snail maze game. WHAT!? Snail Maze is awesome!

meka Joined: 13 May 2012 Posts: 3	best and worst master system game Posted: Mon May 14, 2012 3:33 pm
meka Joined: 13 May 2012 Posts: 3	Best - Wonderboy 3 The Dragon's Trap Worst - Wolfchild

Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 126	Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 10:10 am
Logbomber Joined: 06 Apr 2009 Posts: 126	Kaunisto wrote WHAT!? Snail Maze is awesome! I knew someone would like it lol. It doesn't have the best visuals ;) Quite interesting that WB III: The Dragon's Trap and AK in Shinobi World are overwhelmingly viewed as the best games, and indeed they are!

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 8982 Location: London	Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 1:14 pm
	Also interesting that in the sega8bit.com forum "tournament" polls, neither made it to the semi-finals. I do actually have some plans for a voting system on this site (Non-functional UI exists here) but you really need a lot of votes to get a decent result. We are all tainted by what games we played in our youth, especially with the "worst" - because most people never owned the truly bad titles.

Kenneth Joined: 20 Dec 2004 Posts: 339 Location: Lyon, France	Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 3:08 pm
	snail maze is ugly, but at least really enjoyable and playable. exact opposite to scrubby games like championship hockey ^^

tommy1983 Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 89 Location: Norway	Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 9:36 pm
tommy1983 Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 89 Location: Norway	"Wonder Boy in Monster Land" is my personal favourite, although "Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap" is closely followed. It's extremely hard to pick though. "Sonic" and "Sonic 2" are also excellent games. As is "Asterix". And "Alex Kidd in Miracle World". And "Alex Kidd in Shinobi World". Out of the games I owned myself as a kid, I have to say "Champions of Europe" is the worst. It's absolutely impossible to control the ball! One of the worst football/soccer games ever made .... I still played it a lot as a kid though ...

NonShinyGoose Joined: 19 Mar 2010 Posts: 262 Location: UK	Posted: Tue May 15, 2012 11:55 pm
	Best: Sonic the Hedgehog, or maybe Alex Kidd in Miracle World Worst: My Hero or Teddy Boy

DMN_Sonic Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 42 Location: São Paulo, Brasil	Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 1:21 am
	For sure to me the best game on Master System is RASTAN!!!! I beat this game for hundred times and I never get tired!!! Sorry for the kidding... Really good games are made for this system, is impossible to show one that overcome the others, but a simple list, Rastan, Danan, Power Strike II, Golden Axe Warrior, Master of Darkness, Sonic 1 2 and Chaos, Mercs, Space Harrier and so on.... But the worst I can say, 20 em 1 of TecToy, is simply a piece of sh*t

segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 10	Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:31 am
segarule Joined: 23 Jan 2010 Posts: 10	Maxim wrote Also interesting that in the sega8bit.com forum "tournament" polls, neither made it to the semi-finals. I do actually have some plans for a voting system on this site (Non-functional UI exists here) but you really need a lot of votes to get a decent result. We are all tainted by what games we played in our youth, especially with the "worst" - because most people never owned the truly bad titles. Why not by categories? Soccer, Rpg, Adventure...

Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 28 Location: Finland	Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 2:08 pm
Kaunisto Joined: 19 Apr 2012 Posts: 28 Location: Finland	Nobody naming Populous? That's my second fav after PS. On worst list I'd add Afterburner, the gameplay is kind of pointless.

kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 48 Location: Spain	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 7:21 am
kusfo Joined: 29 Mar 2012 Posts: 48 Location: Spain	Popolous is also a favorite of mine! for me, the best game would be Phantasy Star, and the worst, maybe teddy boy, i haven't played a lot of the less known games in the system...

tommy1983 Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 89 Location: Norway	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 8:16 am
tommy1983 Joined: 18 Dec 2009 Posts: 89 Location: Norway	I can't believe people list Teddy Boy as one of the worst SMS games ever made. at my opinion it's a true classic! When I reviewed it here http://www.retrocopy.com/sega-master-system/teddy-boy.aspx I gave it 9 out of 10 and wrote: Quote I love Teddy Boy! I love his bizarre world with colourful backgrounds and strange enemies (ninjas and snails??) and weird physics where up gets you down, and going left makes you end up right. The box text calls it "a video dream", and if it's a dream, it's a strange one. The Teddy Boy world is probably where you end up if you eat those funky mushrooms or experiment with that oddly well smelling glue. But we don't need an explonation for all this weirdness. No story is necessary. Teddy Boy is just there, firing at his enemies that come out from their big dices, making sure he kills everyone before time is up. And it's fun! I had this game as a kid, and I loved it. I was never able to finish all the 50 rounds though - I probably never got any further than round 20. That was of course until I read in the manual for the game (after I had started to understand some English) about the cheat that makes you able to select starting level. I was amazed by this when I found out about it, and was even more amazed that the manual told us about such a cheat. Back then of course I didn't know about the original arcade version of the game either, and I didn't know that it was called "Teddy Boy Blues" in Japan, and had different music (the same music as a real song with lyrics, called "Teddy Boy Blues"). I think both the Japanese and the Western music used in the game is awesome, and that the SMS version of Teddy Boy is almost as good as the arcade version, even though its graphics is a bit simpler and the bonus games have been replaced. And of course - as all games I played as a kid, the SMS-version holds a special place in my heart. (BTW: why does text I write get changed? I've written "at my opinion", but when it gets posted it's changed to "at my opinion" ??) At = in

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 8982 Location: London	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 9:16 am
	tommy1983 wrote (BTW: why does text I write get changed? I've written "at my opinion", but when it gets posted it's changed to "at my opinion" ??) At = in http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=38431#38431

Frank_fjs Joined: 19 Aug 2011 Posts: 68 Location: Australia	Posted: Thu May 17, 2012 1:46 pm
	tommy1983 wrote I can't believe people list Teddy Boy as one of the worst SMS games ever made. 1n my opinion it's a true classic! Totally agree! I bought Teddy Boy back in my childhood as a budget game and didn't expect much of it, yet received a lot of enjoyment from it.

D Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 150 Location: Almere, The Netherlands	Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 9:25 pm
	best: Shinobi (arcade game) worst: The Cyber Shinobi

Walker Joined: 17 Apr 2012 Posts: 2	Posted: Sat May 26, 2012 4:40 pm
Walker Joined: 17 Apr 2012 Posts: 2	For me, the best Master System game ever is Ninja Gaiden. Great graphics, great music, perfect controls. I don't have a worst game, though.

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