Here’s a Sega Master System (pretty much a Game Gear) running on an STM32 dev board. Also included are some ROMs for some classic games – Sonic the Hedgehog, Castle of Illusion, and The Lion King.

The Master System was originally launched in 1985, but didn't arrive in Brazil until 1989. It has remained in continuous production under TecToy for 36 years—longer than anywhere else in the world.

The Master System isn't home to as many iconic franchises as the best NES game s, or even the best Sega Genesis games, but it does have some stone-cold bangers and forgotten gems of its own.

For a system that tanked against the NES, the Sega Master System sure has some fans. After Tuesday's RetroCity podcast, I heard from a lot of listeners and readers that harbor nothing but good ...

According to PriceCharting, a loose copy of ALF on the Sega Master System sells for around $54.40 USD. Montezuma’s Revenge Has a Vengeful Price Release Date - Circa June 1989 .

By downloading a small image and printing it out, you can have your very own paper Master System model! Make the image download here . The instructions for assembling the model are in Japanese ...

The system’s card slots were later used by the first edition of the more popular Sega Master System (as we saw last week), and indeed, a planned third iteration of the SG-1000 (the Sega Mark III ...

The Sega Master System is under-appreciated for two reasons: the Genesis and the NES. It never really rose to a place of true competition for the NES, despite having many incredible games on offer.

The Master System is Sega’s Genesis precursor. It’s an 8-bit machine, but it was a bit more powerful than the NES. While the Master System wasn’t a big hit in the U.S., it found success in ...

The Master System fared much better in territories like Europe and Brazil, and with worldwide sales topping out at around 13 million, according to IGN, the console was far from a complete failure ...

The problem was Sega had announced the Saturn. The 32X was designed by the US team and the Saturn was being designed by the Japanese team. As a young gamer I was unaware of all these background ...

The first two Master System titles to make the leap are Sega's Fantasy Zone and Fist of the North Star, both released in North America for the Master System in 1986. Fist of the North Star was ...