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hardware_name  = Sega Master System|
hardware_name  = Sega Master System|
designer        = [[Sega]]|
designer        = [[Sega]]|
manufacturer    = [[Sega]]|
manufacturer    = [[Sega]]<br />[[Tec Toy]] (Brazil)<br />[[Samusung]] (South Korea)|
cpu            = 4 MHz [[Zilog]] [[Z80]]|
cpu            = 4 MHz [[Zilog]] [[Z80]]|
gpu            = 3.846153 MHz [[Yamaha YM2602B]]|
gpu            = 3.846153 MHz [[Yamaha YM2602B]]|
ram            = 24 KB Main RAM<br />16 KB Video RAM|
ram            = 24 KB Main RAM<br />16 KB Video RAM|
media          = [[ROM cartridge]]<br />[[Sega Card]]|
media          = [[ROM cartridge]]<br />[[Sega Card]]|
release        = JP: October 20, 1985 (Mark III)<br />NA: September 1986<br />JP: October 1987 (Master System)<br />EU: 1987<br />Brazil/Korea: 1989|
release        = '''Sega Master System'''<br />Japan (Mark III): October 20, 1985<br />NA (Base System): September 1986<br />Japan (Master System): October 1987<br />EU: 1987<br />South Korea (Gam*Boy): April 1989<br />Brazil: 1989<br />'''Sega Master System II'''<br />NA: 1990<br />South Korea (Aladdin Boy): 1992|
added_to_museum = Not yet|
added_to_museum = Not yet|
}}
}}
'''Sega Master System''', originally known as the '''Sega Mark III''' in Japan, was the second home video game console by [[Sega]].
The '''Sega Master System''' was the second home [[video game console]] by [[Sega]].


==Emulated Sega Master System games owned by WEC Museum==
It was preceded by the [[SG-1000]] and succeeded by the [[Sega Genesis]].
{| class="wikitable sortable"
 
==Console variations==
Sega released the original console as the '''Sega Mark III''' in Japan in [[1985]] and as the '''Sega Base System''' in North America in [[1986]]. [[Samsung]] released this version as the '''Gam*Boy''' in South Korea in [[1989]].
 
The first release of the console under the Sega Master System name was in Japan in [[1987]].
 
An updated version of the console had a form factor similar to the second version of the [[Sega Genesis]] console. Sega released this version as the '''Sega Master System II''' in North America and Samsung released it as the '''Aladdin Boy''' in South Korea.
 
After the release of the Sega Master System II, the original console variation was packaged as the Sega Master System in North America.
 
==Sega Master System games==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
!| Title
!| Title
!| Developer
!| Developer
!| Released
!| Released
!| Added to Museum
!| Notes
!| Notes
|-
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| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Alex Kidd in Miracle World]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Alex Kidd in Miracle World]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Altered Beast]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Altered Beast]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Assault City]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Assault City]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[SIMS|Sanritsu Denki]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[SIMS|Sanritsu Denki]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Astro Warrior]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Astro Warrior]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Aztec Adventure]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Aztec Adventure]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Astro Warrior]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Astro Warrior]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bomber Raid]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Bomber Raid]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[SIMS|Sanritsu Denki]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[SIMS|Sanritsu Denki]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1988
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1988
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Columns]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Columns (video game)|Columns]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1990
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Ecco: The Tides of Time]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Novotrade International]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Novotrade International]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1996
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Fantasy Zone]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Fantasy Zone]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Fantasy Zone: The Maze]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Fantasy Zone: The Maze]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Belt|Fist of the North Star]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | ''[[Black Belt|Fist of the North Star]]''
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 26, 2018
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns ''[[Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise]]'', in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Global Defense]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Global Defense]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kung Fu Kid]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Kung Fu Kid]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[The Ninja]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[The Ninja]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Penguin Land]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Penguin Land]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1987
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Quartet]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Quartet]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|-
|-
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Snail Maze]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Snail Maze]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | [[Sega]]
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | 1986
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | October 31, 2020
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" |  
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; text-align:center" | The WEC Museum owns the [[PlayPal]], in the Master System version is included.
|}
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Latest revision as of 02:35, 7 November 2023

Sega Master System logo.png
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Sega Master System
Designer Sega
Manufacturer Sega
Tec Toy (Brazil)
Samusung (South Korea)
CPU 4 MHz Zilog Z80
Graphics 3.846153 MHz Yamaha YM2602B
Memory 24 KB Main RAM
16 KB Video RAM
Media ROM cartridge
Sega Card
Released Sega Master System
Japan (Mark III): October 20, 1985
NA (Base System): September 1986
Japan (Master System): October 1987
EU: 1987
South Korea (Gam*Boy): April 1989
Brazil: 1989
Sega Master System II
NA: 1990
South Korea (Aladdin Boy): 1992
Added to Museum Not yet

The Sega Master System was the second home video game console by Sega.

It was preceded by the SG-1000 and succeeded by the Sega Genesis.

Console variations

Sega released the original console as the Sega Mark III in Japan in 1985 and as the Sega Base System in North America in 1986. Samsung released this version as the Gam*Boy in South Korea in 1989.

The first release of the console under the Sega Master System name was in Japan in 1987.

An updated version of the console had a form factor similar to the second version of the Sega Genesis console. Sega released this version as the Sega Master System II in North America and Samsung released it as the Aladdin Boy in South Korea.

After the release of the Sega Master System II, the original console variation was packaged as the Sega Master System in North America.

Sega Master System games

Title Developer Released Notes
Alex Kidd: High-Tech World Sega 1987
Alex Kidd in Miracle World Sega 1986
Altered Beast Sega 1986
Assault City Sanritsu Denki 1990
Astro Warrior Sega 1986
Aztec Adventure Sega 1987
Astro Warrior Sega 1986
Bomber Raid Sanritsu Denki 1988
Columns Sega 1990
Ecco: The Tides of Time Novotrade International 1996
Fantasy Zone Sega 1986
Fantasy Zone: The Maze Sega 1987
Fist of the North Star Sega 1986
Global Defense Sega 1987
Kung Fu Kid Sega 1987
The Ninja Sega 1986
Penguin Land Sega 1987
Quartet Sega 1986
Snail Maze Sega 1986