Tag: sega master system
The Sega Master System received a new homebrew launch this week with the launch of Flight of Pigarus, an impressive-looking caravan shoot ’em up by Kagesan. Players take on the role of Pigarus, a snout-nosed fellow possessed of distinctly porcine qualities, but with one small difference: he can fly! Equipped with a pair of feathery wings, our piggy pal must…
We rarely feature old News but I thought this one was worth a mention. Ichigo tweeted back in 2017 about a WIP Barbarian port for the Sega Master System titled Cimmerian. In 2016 a demo version was released for a competition held by SMS Power website. Visually the game looks amazing on the humble Master System, with crisp stunning graphics…
Fans of Sega’s jug-eared, one-time mascot might be interested to hear that Domarius Games has just released a Alex Kidd in Pico World for the PICO-8 Fantasy console. For those unfamiliar with the PICO-8, it is a virtual machine designed and developed by Lexaloffle Games primarily as a platform for learning about, developing and creating games for a machine with…
By 1993, the Sega Master System was definitely a machine in decline. Having been supplanted by Sega’s own 16-bit Mega Drive console four years previously, and with the 32-bit Saturn console and 32X expansion due in the not-too-distant future, the future for the 8-bit Master System looked suitably bleak. Fortunately, there was still enough of fan base in certain territories…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new hacks and translations patches. Rom Hacks Adventure Island 3 – Googie Edition (Complete)(Adventure Island III)(NES) Megaman 5 Ridley X Hack 4 (Complete)(Mega Man V)(NES) Metafight EX – Backwards Compatibility Patch (Improvement)(Blaster Master: Enemy Below)(GB) Megaman X – Generation (dashfix) (Addendum)(Mega Man X)(SNES) Air Fortress 2 (Spoof)(Choujikuu Yousai: Macross)(NES) Trans Formers Z…
We all love a good shooter, don’t we? :) Astro Force is a nod to classic Shoot ’em ups from back in the day. Heavily inspired by Thunder force, RSG, Aleste, Gaiares, MSX Nemesis and R-Type, Astro Force features 6 stages, 30+ enemy types, 11 bosses and some lovely music (courtesy of the Mod2PSG tool). If you like shmups, this…
Merciless aliens have overrun a small planet, taking the army by surprise! Now the last remaining defence is the Mecha Research’s Lab and its unique two mechas, but these are the most powerful! Guide Tricia Thunder on board Mecha-8 to gain freedom! The demo will end after level 3, the full game contains 6 levels and is available for a…
UWOL: Quest For Money, first created in 2009 for the good old ZX Speccy by the Mojon Twins, has recently been released for the SG-1000 and SMS as Super Uwol. (new version includes an additional 2 player mode). UWOL has become one of the most ported homebrew titles and is available on many different systems which include the Commodore 64,…
Nostalgia Nerd has published a new video review about the Commodore Game System. Manufactured and released by Commodore in late 1990, it’s production span lasted less than a year and was by all accounts a failure in most departments, especially commercial. Get the full story watching the video, along with some snippets of lesser known information. Be also aware that…
While the Super Nintendo may have had an excellent Game Boy adapter to play the pocket-sized classics on the big screen, Sega never released an equivalent for their colourful Game Gear handheld. With a hefty amount of solder and a custom built board, one retro gamer has made his very own 2-in-1 Master System with a Game Gear cartridge slot…
