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By the time 1988 had rolled around I was in need of a new game console. I really didn’t want anything to do with Nintendo or the NES. The NES was a kids toy as far as I was concerned. My main issue was all of the stupid peripherals. The R.O.B. was a kids toy that had no reason being associated with a console. Other add-ons were equally stupid such as the Power Pad and the Power Glove. For some reason I felt Sega had it right. That’s when I decided the Master System was for me.
The Master System came with the light gun and two controllers and a pack in game. The game was in the form of a combo cartridge that included both Hang On and Safari Hunt which was pretty much a clone of Duck Hunt for the NES. The Master System had it’s own share of crazy peripherals the strangest of which was the SegaScope 3-D Glasses. The only game I had that worked with the glasses was Maze Hunter 3-D. It was fun to play but the glasses were heavy and gave you a headache if you wore them for too long. Never really had that many games for the system. One of my personal favorites was Montezuma’s Revenge which I finished a few times. I also had Penguin Land which I got more for my Sister to play, though I enjoyed it as well. I still have the system today and as far as I know it still works.
In the Summer of 1989 I decided to switch up to a Sega Genesis. I was also able to get the Master Drive Converter which allowed all of the Master System games to be played on the Genesis. I had the Genesis out as late as last year during a party to play General Chaos, the greatest game ever made. But I’ll have to pick that up next time.
Stay tuned for part 3 coming up soon.
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