before there was this there was this
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
Sega Master System games while we all
know Sega for the Genesis and a certain
blue hedgehog we will be taking a look
at what came before that Sega’s foray
into 8-bit gaming and their first
attempt at dethroning Nintendo we will
not be including games that were ported
from the Genesis to the Master System so
that Hedgehog we mentioned will not be
on this list number 10 fantasy zone an
invading army a space adventure and a
sentient spaceship with the name that
sounds like a neo pack this game puts
players in the control of Opa Opa an
adorable ship that’s off to stop the
evils of planet men on in this brightly
colored side-scrolling shooter this day
and age were used to seeing some
shooters with cute kirby s backgrounds
but back in the 80s we didn’t expect
something so colorful to be about
blasting your enemies away in a
rapid-fire stream of bullets
number nine East the banished omen
something wonderful happened with video
games in 1987 they started to sell
stories beyond what was written in the
instruction booklet that’s not to say
that video games had no story up until
then we did need a reason to travel
through the Mushroom Kingdom after all
but the thing that makes games like
Mario memorable is the gameplay games
like our number nine pick here are
memorable for everything
gameplay character plot and other
components that people at the time
thought were only capable with movies
and books
number eight psycho Fox once upon a time
animal heroes were everywhere in video
games bats cats squirrels and hedgehogs
there wasn’t a woodland creature under
the Sun that didn’t get a go in this
case we have a fox who can use a shinto
stick to shape-shift into a hippo a
monkey or a tiger as if that weren’t
enough animals there is a feathered ally
in the fox’s quest named bird fly yep
he’s named after what he is and what he
can do we we weren’t the best at naming
things back then
number 7 shinobi who doesn’t love ninjas
they’re stealthy they’re highly skilled
and they do that whole running across
rooftops with the moon serving as a
backdrop thing one of gaming’s most well
known ninjas is ryu hayabusa of ninja
gaiden but before that there was another
ninja on the scene Sega’s Joe Musashi
before we were getting frustrated with
the NES ninjas adventures we were on a
quest to save the children of Musashi’s
clan from the criminal organizations
heed number 6 zillion
in a time where video games were
bouncing back from a huge crash in 1983
there seemed to be a bit of an extra
risk to everything that was being
released this game went a step further
by being based on anime video game
adaptations based on anime aren’t too
surprising now but back then anime was
still a new form of entertainment for
places outside of Japan so we have to
give this space adventure platformer
major points for taking that chance
number 5 operation wolf
operation whoa what’s better than
dumping quarters into a classic arcade
machine dumping quarters into one that
lets you use a gun controller the year
was yes 1997 when gamers were introduced
to Special Forces operative Roy Adams
and trekked with him across different
stages on a mission to rescue hostages
the theft and praying the hostages the
game was a huge success making it
inevitable that it would soon hit home
consoles sadly most ports of the game
didn’t use any sort of gun controller
fortunately for Sega Master System
owners it sport was the exception number
four our type
you know when they say that games were
harder back in the day this is what they
mean this game worked like most
side-scrolling shoot-’em-up s– however
it’s insane difficulty level set it
apart from others like it not only did
you have to worry about enemies on the
screen but the stages would have a
correct way to get through them this was
before the time of walkthroughs and FA
cues so the only way to learn was to get
lucky or fail and try again number three
wonderboy three dragons trap you know
when you begin a game fully powered only
to have it taken away welcome to the
third installment of Wonder Boy up until
this point our hero has saved his
girlfriend from an evil king and has
taken on a dastardly dragon this game
picks up right where the second game
left off where Wonder Boy slays that
dragon only to be turned into lizard man
lose all of his equipment and most of
his health whoops
number 2 Alex Kidd in miracle world
before Sega’s mascot was a speedy blue
hedgehog it was this kit spelled with
two DS for optimal coolness while there
are several installments of the kit
franchise the first game is still hailed
as one of the best ones in the series
which made the fact that it was included
in all Master System consoles internally
all the sweeter platforming adventure
unlike any other
Alex sets out to save the land from the
evil Jenkin with the almighty power of
punching the crap out of things you
gotta love an 8-bit hero who can punch
rocks into pieces before we shut down
our Master System
let’s give it a proper send-off with
these honorable mentions number 7
fantasy star we told you 1987 was a good
year for video games this game was
released just two days after Final
Fantasy and is known as one of the
pioneers of the traditional RPG format
with its overworld maps
interactive towns immersive dungeons and
of course random battle encounters
but what really set it apart was how
great it looked since it used graphical
technology that no one believed could be
done
oh and it had a female protagonist
something else that was pretty rare back
then do you agree with our list which
Sega Master game makes you want to pull
your console out of the closet and boot
it up again for more retro top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
Sega Master System games while we all
know Sega for the Genesis and a certain
blue hedgehog we will be taking a look
at what came before that Sega’s foray
into 8-bit gaming and their first
attempt at dethroning Nintendo we will
not be including games that were ported
from the Genesis to the Master System so
that Hedgehog we mentioned will not be
on this list number 10 fantasy zone an
invading army a space adventure and a
sentient spaceship with the name that
sounds like a neo pack this game puts
players in the control of Opa Opa an
adorable ship that’s off to stop the
evils of planet men on in this brightly
colored side-scrolling shooter this day
and age were used to seeing some
shooters with cute kirby s backgrounds
but back in the 80s we didn’t expect
something so colorful to be about
blasting your enemies away in a
rapid-fire stream of bullets
number nine East the banished omen
something wonderful happened with video
games in 1987 they started to sell
stories beyond what was written in the
instruction booklet that’s not to say
that video games had no story up until
then we did need a reason to travel
through the Mushroom Kingdom after all
but the thing that makes games like
Mario memorable is the gameplay games
like our number nine pick here are
memorable for everything
gameplay character plot and other
components that people at the time
thought were only capable with movies
and books
number eight psycho Fox once upon a time
animal heroes were everywhere in video
games bats cats squirrels and hedgehogs
there wasn’t a woodland creature under
the Sun that didn’t get a go in this
case we have a fox who can use a shinto
stick to shape-shift into a hippo a
monkey or a tiger as if that weren’t
enough animals there is a feathered ally
in the fox’s quest named bird fly yep
he’s named after what he is and what he
can do we we weren’t the best at naming
things back then
number 7 shinobi who doesn’t love ninjas
they’re stealthy they’re highly skilled
and they do that whole running across
rooftops with the moon serving as a
backdrop thing one of gaming’s most well
known ninjas is ryu hayabusa of ninja
gaiden but before that there was another
ninja on the scene Sega’s Joe Musashi
before we were getting frustrated with
the NES ninjas adventures we were on a
quest to save the children of Musashi’s
clan from the criminal organizations
heed number 6 zillion
in a time where video games were
bouncing back from a huge crash in 1983
there seemed to be a bit of an extra
risk to everything that was being
released this game went a step further
by being based on anime video game
adaptations based on anime aren’t too
surprising now but back then anime was
still a new form of entertainment for
places outside of Japan so we have to
give this space adventure platformer
major points for taking that chance
number 5 operation wolf
operation whoa what’s better than
dumping quarters into a classic arcade
machine dumping quarters into one that
lets you use a gun controller the year
was yes 1997 when gamers were introduced
to Special Forces operative Roy Adams
and trekked with him across different
stages on a mission to rescue hostages
the theft and praying the hostages the
game was a huge success making it
inevitable that it would soon hit home
consoles sadly most ports of the game
didn’t use any sort of gun controller
fortunately for Sega Master System
owners it sport was the exception number
four our type
you know when they say that games were
harder back in the day this is what they
mean this game worked like most
side-scrolling shoot-’em-up s– however
it’s insane difficulty level set it
apart from others like it not only did
you have to worry about enemies on the
screen but the stages would have a
correct way to get through them this was
before the time of walkthroughs and FA
cues so the only way to learn was to get
lucky or fail and try again number three
wonderboy three dragons trap you know
when you begin a game fully powered only
to have it taken away welcome to the
third installment of Wonder Boy up until
this point our hero has saved his
girlfriend from an evil king and has
taken on a dastardly dragon this game
picks up right where the second game
left off where Wonder Boy slays that
dragon only to be turned into lizard man
lose all of his equipment and most of
his health whoops
number 2 Alex Kidd in miracle world
before Sega’s mascot was a speedy blue
hedgehog it was this kit spelled with
two DS for optimal coolness while there
are several installments of the kit
franchise the first game is still hailed
as one of the best ones in the series
which made the fact that it was included
in all Master System consoles internally
all the sweeter platforming adventure
unlike any other
Alex sets out to save the land from the
evil Jenkin with the almighty power of
punching the crap out of things you
gotta love an 8-bit hero who can punch
rocks into pieces before we shut down
our Master System
let’s give it a proper send-off with
these honorable mentions number 7
fantasy star we told you 1987 was a good
year for video games this game was
released just two days after Final
Fantasy and is known as one of the
pioneers of the traditional RPG format
with its overworld maps
interactive towns immersive dungeons and
of course random battle encounters
but what really set it apart was how
great it looked since it used graphical
technology that no one believed could be
done
oh and it had a female protagonist
something else that was pretty rare back
then do you agree with our list which
Sega Master game makes you want to pull
your console out of the closet and boot
it up again for more retro top 10s
published every day be sure to subscribe
to watchmojo.com
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