Man Goes To PS4 Midnight Launch And Leaves With A… Master System?

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November 19, 2013 at 2:15 pm

One of the things I love about Australia is that it’s one of those rare countries that favoured the Master System over the NES. When I arrived from the UK and found that you were all Master System guys? I instantly felt at home.

It’s for that reason that I know you’ll appreciate the zeal of the man who clearly just wants the world to be as excited about the Master System as they are about the new PlayStation 4. Truly he is doing God’s work (God in this case being Alex Kidd, obviously).

He walks into the store empty handed and walks out pretending he just bought a Master System. Cute.

Also: Moonwalker was the bomb on Master System. The bomb.

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neo_kaiser

November 19, 2013 at 2:19 pm

Gotta admit, way better then some rich kid smashing his new console in front of everyone.

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dc

November 19, 2013 at 2:21 pm

That’s so weird, when I was a kid everyone I knew had a NES/SNES and no one had a Sega console!

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1. mrtaco
  
  November 19, 2013 at 2:23 pm
  
  Must be some kind of weird regional thing.
  
  I’d love to see a map of primary schools colour-coded by which console was dominant.
  
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  1. dc
    
    November 19, 2013 at 2:31 pm
    
    Probably peer pressure thing too. If everyone at school had a Nintendo, I must have one too!
    
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    1. mrtaco
      
      November 19, 2013 at 2:36 pm
      
      You sheep.
      
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      1. dc
        
        November 19, 2013 at 2:39 pm
        
        Hey, we were the first people to have one. Other people were the sheep. I was the shepherd and this was my favourite console on the citadel!
2. wizz-fizz
  
  November 19, 2013 at 2:26 pm
  
  I loved my Master System so much that I bought another on E-Bay when I was in my 20’s
  
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3. sughly
  
  November 19, 2013 at 2:27 pm
  
  Mum gave me a choice between Commodore 64 and Master system. Went c64.
  
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  1. dc
    
    November 19, 2013 at 2:28 pm
    
    Haha! Should’ve gotten an Amiga. So many adventure games. So many. :’)
    
    I still feel like you chose wisely!
    
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    1. wizz-fizz
      
      November 19, 2013 at 2:31 pm
      
      The Amiga came after and out-awesomed the awesome C64 which out-awesomed the SMS :oP
      
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      1. wiz1974
        
        November 19, 2013 at 4:09 pm
        
        oh and before the c64 was the Vic20…thats where my obsession with gaming began 🙂 Although I had the atari 2600 before that it didnt start till the Vic20.
    2. sughly
      
      November 19, 2013 at 3:17 pm
      
      Yeah amiga was later I believe. Didnt even know it existed. But we got this box of like 200 c64 games with it. It was pretty great. This was one of my faves – http://www.mobygames.com/game/c64/labyrinth
      
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      1. dc
        
        November 19, 2013 at 3:27 pm
        
        Oh wow! You and LucasArts go way back. My first adventure was Maniac Mansion on the NES.
  2. wizz-fizz
    
    November 19, 2013 at 2:30 pm
    
    Oh heck, while the Master System was awesome, the C64 was beyond any synonym I can think of for “awesome” I would have gone the C64 too!
    
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  3. braaains
    
    November 19, 2013 at 4:13 pm
    
    He chose…. wisely.
    
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4. travisnew87
  
  November 19, 2013 at 3:46 pm
  
  Had both… my dad was a gamer a bit but all my brothers and sister were big gamers so we always ended getting all of them.
  
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5. ynefel
  
  November 19, 2013 at 3:47 pm
  
  I was the same. Nintendo err’where. Victoria here.
  I knew a couple of people with Master Systems and Mega Drives, but they were definitely the odd ones out. I noticed it seems to vary by state. My housemate is from NSW originally, and all she remembers is Sega.
  
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  1. zombiejesus
    
    November 19, 2013 at 4:13 pm
    
    It was 80% Nintendo when I was growing up in Sydney. Only knew two people with Sega systems and they always ended up coming around to play the NES/SNES anyway.
    
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6. arky
  
  November 19, 2013 at 6:19 pm
  
  Me too!
  
  EXCEPT my friend Mike, who was from Canada (his Dad was on assignment in Australia for a couple of years) and so of course he was a little different. Still, it gave me the chance to play Shinobi and Sonic.
  
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thom

November 19, 2013 at 2:29 pm

See – this is so much funnier than the lame guy smashing the PS4 yesterday.

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foggy

November 19, 2013 at 2:33 pm

Master System > NES

Maybe not, but I love the idea that Sega was ever at the top of the pile.

While you can look back on it now and the NES appears to have more classic games (Metal Gear, Zelda, Final Fantasy) a lot of those classics really hit their strides in the SNES era and beyond. While VERY good, it wasn’t instantly apparent that they’d go on to be legendary series.

Back then you could easily argue that the Sonics, Outruns and Afterburners of the world would go on to be bigger franchises than the games listed above.

Imagine a world where Nintendo and Sega had swapped positions post 16bit era. Super Sega Smash Bros on the motion controlled Sega Master DreamDrive II, 3D Alex Kidd platformers, a Witcher style adult RPG starring Wonderboy!
IT WOULD BE PARADISE!

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1. dire_wolf
  
  November 19, 2013 at 2:41 pm
  
  Doctor Sonic.
  
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2. effluvium-boy
  
  November 19, 2013 at 3:41 pm
  
  One ticket to Foggy’s World, please.
  
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sparta

November 19, 2013 at 2:37 pm

ALEX KIDD 4EVA!!!!

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1. starquake
  
  November 19, 2013 at 8:46 pm
  
  That game changed my life!
  
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zer0entity

November 19, 2013 at 2:41 pm

If anyone says “Alex “the” Kidd” in this thread i’m gonna start throwing bananas.

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1. foggy
  
  November 19, 2013 at 2:48 pm
  
  Just don’t punch anyone with an oversized novelty hand.
  
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  1. foggy
    
    November 19, 2013 at 3:08 pm
    
    Actually, imagine how awesome it would be if Alex Kidd was in the new Smash Bros.
    
    What happens if a Falcon Punch and the Alex Kidd MASSIVE F*CKING HAND punch collide?!?
    
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2. john_stalvern
  
  November 19, 2013 at 11:49 pm
  
  if you’d only refreshed before you posted this comment, haha
  
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3. skinja
  
  November 20, 2013 at 12:34 pm
  
  guilty as charged – ive been calling him Alex the Kidd all these years in pure ignorance.
  
  i hand you my apology.
  
  [sits in the corner in stupid shame]
  
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  1. zer0entity
    
    November 20, 2013 at 1:54 pm
    
    No need to sit in the corner my friend, your apology is accepted, we all make mistakes.
    
    Up until recently i always used to say (phonetically) “Ninja GAY-den” and not “Ninja GUY-den”, which if i’m not mistaken is the wrong pronunciation?
    
    I was really only referring to the people who INSIST it is actually Alex “the” Kidd despite evidence to the contrary. Like.. umm, the TITLE SCREEN.
    
    Now, help yourself to one of my tasty bananas and stop feeling bad about yourself.
    
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shadow

November 19, 2013 at 2:43 pm

Huh, that’s strange, pretty much all of my friends were NES heads and there was one sad kid with a Sega

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cufcfan616

November 19, 2013 at 2:49 pm

I wish I still had my Mega Drive 🙁 Even the name of it. Mega Drive. MEGA. DRIVE. XBox One has nothing on MEGA DRIVE and neither does Playstation

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1. spyder
  
  November 19, 2013 at 3:09 pm
  
  I’ve still got mine! Actually, I’ve got four or five… plus a stack of controllers, assorted peripherals and boxes upon boxes of Mega Drive and Master System games…
  
  Not that I need all of them of course, but once you get locked into a serious Mega Drive collection, the tendency is to push it as far as you can…
  
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2. shanep
  
  November 19, 2013 at 3:23 pm
  
  I had a MEGA PC – best thing ever.
  Amstrad 386sx25 PC with a sliding panel in front that switched it to a megadrive.
  
  Probably the last time the PC master race and consoles coexisted peacefully…
  
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  1. stickman
    
    November 19, 2013 at 4:14 pm
    
    Negative, there’s actually xbox’s and PCs in the same tower being build custom only a few years ago! 🙂
    
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    1. shanep
      
      November 19, 2013 at 4:35 pm
      
      But that’s custom – they are being forced to co-exist 🙂
      
      Regardless – best of both worlds and there should be more of it
      
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      1. jimmydanger
        
        November 19, 2013 at 5:10 pm
        
        Don’t forget the official “Playstation PC’s” in the mid 90’s. PCs with added official Playstation support. That’s the last hybrid PC/Console I remember coming out.
      2. stickman
        
        November 19, 2013 at 5:17 pm
        
        Oooh, cool!
naclj

November 19, 2013 at 3:18 pm

ive still got my MEGA DRIVE as well
i was the odd one with everyone else having a snes.
i think it was the best situation as i got to play different games at friends houses. i always like variety with my games i loved playing mario kart or donkey kong country at a mates place and going home to play sonic.

now i just own everything

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chrisjager

November 19, 2013 at 3:22 pm

Alex Kidd is due for a comeback methinks. Hell, even the Great Giana Sisters are starring in new games. What gives, Sega?

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1. chobi77
  
  November 19, 2013 at 9:03 pm
  
  How about Wonder Boy, they could make them on the 3DS and Vita as metroidvaina type games, like Wonder Boy III: The Dragons Trap.
  
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n0neoftheab0ve

November 19, 2013 at 3:30 pm

From memory the Master System was cheaper; buying an NES was like forking out for an Xbone for quite a few years there

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1. chobi77
  
  November 19, 2013 at 8:36 pm
  
  Yep i remember the NES being around $550 when it came out and the games being anywhere from $80 to $100, i remember paying $100 for Zelda back then and it took me four months to finish it, great times.
  
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ftwstewieg

November 19, 2013 at 3:31 pm

I remember i had a NES and a mega drive and my mate had a maste rsystem i think at the time we were really the only 2 in my school (that i knew) that had them and that was due to older brothers.

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roh

November 19, 2013 at 3:38 pm

There was a kid around the corner with a master system, and another up the road with a nes, but i was the first to get a mega drive (i literally cried, i think i was about 6 or 7) and soon after most other kids in my class got a MD. One kid had a snes, but we were a pretty staunch Sega stronghold.

Saaaygaaahhhhhhh

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unicron

November 19, 2013 at 3:40 pm

Nintendo definitely 10 to 1 in all the places I grew up as a kid. Saying that though didn’t get my first proper console until I was 19 and Bought a SNES. Growing up I had an Apple IIC and then an Amiga 500.

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1. ynefel
  
  November 19, 2013 at 3:49 pm
  
  I started out with an Amiga 500 too. Such a revolutionary piece of hardware – way ahead of it’s time. I remember laughing at my C64 and IBM PC counterparts.
  
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  1. unicron
    
    November 19, 2013 at 5:35 pm
    
    Prince of Persia, Civilization and a scrolling shooter Xenon 2 (I think it was) got the bulk of my playing time.
    
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    1. ynefel
      
      November 19, 2013 at 11:15 pm
      
      Lemmings, Prince of Persia, Hudson Hawk, Magic Pockets, Cannon Fodder, Gods, the list goes on.
      
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      1. chobi77
        
        November 19, 2013 at 11:23 pm
        
        Harlequin, Stunt Car Racer, Super Off Road and Super Cars were some of my favorites.
rivvered

November 19, 2013 at 3:43 pm

Just pointing out that that version (the Sega Master System Plus) didnt have Alex Kidd on it, it was Hang-On and Safari Hunt.
Plus that hidden snail maze you got to by holding Up and both buttons as it boots…
So God would be a snail then in this case….?

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1. ynefel
  
  November 19, 2013 at 3:50 pm
  
  Master System II had Alex Kidd in Miracle World preloaded, from memory.
  
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  1. rivvered
    
    November 19, 2013 at 4:07 pm
    
    Yeah it did, I thought it was a great game back in the day
    
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effluvium-boy

November 19, 2013 at 3:45 pm

NES?
Never heard of it.

MSII UP IN HERE!

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grayda

November 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm

I just watched an Angry Video Game Nerd video about the Nintendo World Championship cartridges, and now I want to get rich and blow all my cash on buying NES games.

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trishool

November 19, 2013 at 4:59 pm

Thats it, everyone get out your old NES/SMS/Mega Drive/SNES this weekend and play hard!

Alex Kidd on SMS FTW!! Some of my best child hood memories playing that game with one of my best mates at that time at his place. Loved it.

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xxryan

November 19, 2013 at 5:13 pm

My first thought was “Why is that man wearing a balaclava?”

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radium

November 19, 2013 at 5:43 pm

Awesome, that guy had an Atari 5600! 😛

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p10der

November 19, 2013 at 7:27 pm

all i had was a vz200….. 🙁 still have a sinclair zx81, Loved my amiga 500. never really played the sega. had some atari friends….. Great vid

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dknigs

November 19, 2013 at 9:50 pm

I still have my original NES box, I should totally do this for the Xbox One launch on Thursday lol.

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stonefalcon

November 20, 2013 at 9:01 am

The Author has goofed. If you look at the box that is a Sega Master System gen 1, not gen 2. The built in game on the gen 1 wasn’t “Alex the Kid in Miracle World”, it was “Hang On” the motorcycle thriller…

Sega FTW though, I love my Master System 2 and Mega Drive + Mega CD + 32x

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1. jdrive
  
  November 20, 2013 at 9:38 am
  
  Hang On plus Safari Hunt and the secret snail maze game…
  
  I didn’t really know anyone with consoles.. we had a SMS1, cousins had a NES, then I just remember people having SNES machines..
  
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jdrive

November 20, 2013 at 9:37 am

MS Moonwalker was totally the bomb. I sold my MS1 + loads of games etc when I got a PS1.. I’ve thought of picking one back up.. but every time I’ve tried to relive the games via emulator I get bored kinda quick… it’s probably because I’m a quicksave/load fiend which takes all the challenge out lol.. I remember playing some Asterix game for HOURS one weekend only to get to the very end and then lost all my lives and couldn’t continue – devastated.

Also getting Teddy Boy instead of Transbot in a game case by mistake. For a 4 year old who wanted flying robots that wasn’t good lol…

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skinja

November 20, 2013 at 12:37 pm

Bonanza Bros? Spy vs Spy? Anyone?

ahh, the good ol days of my master system 2.

just remembered – also had Taz-Mania….

woah, i better sit down – nostalgia rushing to my head….

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Invid

November 20, 2013 at 1:55 pm

I loved my Master System, and later my Mega Drive.
Alex Kidd, Sonic, Golden Axe, and Mutant Legue Football are the games I played when I was young. I wish I still had them…

(And as for c64, amiga ect, I had the Amstrad CPC 464, and have fond memories of that two)

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Richard Atkinson

November 21, 2013 at 2:43 am

In any head to head comparison of games on multiple 8 bit formats, the Master System tends to come out top over the NES. The NES has a larger library of great games, of course, but on those titles where a game was available on both formats, the Master System tends to beat the NES.

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