Master System

[silverback]

well the joy bringer that is ebay brought me 2 master system 2's the other day. 1 power supply, 1 rf lead and box (which needs the lead soldering back in), 2 controllers and 5 games.

Both work, one has Alex Kidd built in and the other has Sonic built in.

I have already got most of the bits I need to RGB and 50/60Hz mod the two of them, I will hopefully get the rest of the bits needed by monday at the latest.

The 50/60 and RGB mods are something I insist upon after modding my Megadrive, the difference is amazing and once you do it you can't go back.

Anyway which system is the rarer? I would say the Sonic version as from my childhood I can only remember playing Alex Kidd as the built in game. But I would like some definate info on which was rarer if anyone has it?

[aw93053]

The older Master System 1 system had different built-in games depending on which year you bought the system. If I recall correctly, there were versions with: Astro Warrior, Hang-On + Safari Hunt, Snail Maze and Alex Kidd in Miracle World.

The first built-in Master System game was Snail Maze, then Safari Hunt + Hang-On. Astro Warrior is probably the rarer one of the bunch. Alex Kidd was the mascot right before Sonic.

[silverback]

all that is common knowledge and didn't answer my question.

All mk1 master systems had snail mnaze in them, the master system 2's didn't sadly.

[elvis]

Anyway which system is the rarer? I would say the Sonic version as from my childhood I can only remember playing Alex Kidd as the built in game. But I would like some definate info on which was rarer if anyone has it?

I don't have any fact to back it up, but I'd have to agree with you on the above.

The "Alex Kidd" version was the first of the SMS2 consoles, and I would say at the peak of it's sales. Of the few dozen consoles I've modded (and the 4 I own), they all come packaged with Alex Kidd.

I definitely saw the Sonic versions for sale back in the day, but I think they were around during the decline of 8 bit when most people were already onto the SNES and MegaDrive/Genesis.

[silverback]

Thats what I think.

The issue is which one do I keep and which one do I sell on?

I need to get rid of my duplicate consoles (baby due in 7 weeks).

I would rather keep the rarer one, but tbh I think I will lose either way as I have a sonic cartridge so that means I could play sonic on the MS if I wanted to but not got alex kidd and tbh I can't recall ever seeing one for sale!