The Master System which was renamed with a redesigned casing from the original Sega Mark III, which had been released in the Japanese market in 1985—is a video game console released by Sega in the North American market in September 1986 to compete with the Nintendo Entertainment System, which had been released in the same market in February 1986 (an earlier test market for NES in New York occurred in October 1985). Originally priced at 200, North American distribution rights for the console were acquired by Tonka before Sega re-acquired the rights themselves and released a further streamlined redesign of the console during the launch of the Sega Genesis. The Master System was later released in Europe in September 1987, in South Korea in April 1989 and in Brazil in September 1989 where distribution rights were given to Tec Toy. A re-release of the console in the Japanese market under the new Master System brand and redesign also occurred in 1987.
There are game titles for the Master System. 20 were released only in Japan, 114 were released only in North America, 158 were released only in PAL regions and 22 were released only in Brazil.
| Title(s) [1] | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Release date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[2] | |||||||
| 20 em 1 | Tec Toy | ||||||
| Ace of Aces | |||||||
| Action Fighter | Sega | ||||||
| data-sort-value="addams family" | The Addams Family | ||||||
| Aerial Assault | |||||||
| After Burner | Sega | ||||||
| Air Rescue | |||||||
| Aladdin | |||||||
| Alex Kidd BMX Trial | Sega | ||||||
Anmitsu HimeJP (1987) | Sega | ||||||
| Alex Kidd in Miracle World | Sega | ||||||
| Alex Kidd in Shinobi World | Sega | ||||||
| Whiteboard | |||||||
| ALF | Nexa Corporation | ||||||
| Alien 3 | |||||||
| Alien Storm | |||||||
| Alien Syndrome | |||||||
| Altered Beast | Sega | ||||||
| Andre Agassi Tennis | Lance Investments | ||||||
| Arcade Smash Hits | |||||||
| Argos no Juujiken | Salio | Salio | |||||
| Ariel the Little Mermaid | |||||||
| Assault City | |||||||
| Asterix | Sega | ||||||
| Asterix and the Great Rescue | |||||||
| Asterix and the Secret Mission As Aventuras da TV ColossoBR (1996) | Sega | ||||||
| Astro Warrior | Sega | ||||||
| Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II | Sega | ||||||
| Aztec AdventureWW Nazca '88: The Golden Road to ParadiseJP | Sega | ||||||
| Back to the Future II | |||||||
| Back to the Future III | |||||||
| Baku Baku Animal | SIMS Minato Giken | ||||||
| Bank Panic | Sega | ||||||
| Basketball Nightmare | Sega | ||||||
| Batman Returns | |||||||
| Battle Out Run | Sega | ||||||
| Battletoads in Battlemaniacs | Syrox Developments | ||||||
| Black BeltWW Hokuto no KenJP | Sega | ||||||
| Blade Eagle 3-D | Sega | ||||||
| Bomber Raid | SegaWW ActivisionNA | ||||||
| Bonanza Bros. | |||||||
| Bonkers: Wax Up! | Al Baker & Associates | ||||||
| Bram Stoker's Dracula | |||||||
| Bubble Bobble Final Bubble BobbleJP | |||||||
| Buggy Run | |||||||
| California Games Jogos de VerãoBR | Sega | ||||||
| California Games 2 | Sega | ||||||
| Captain Silver | Sega | ||||||
| Casino Games | |||||||
| Castelo Rá-Tim-Bum | Tec Toy | ||||||
| Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse | Sega | ||||||
| Champions of Europe | TecMagik | ||||||
| Championship Hockey | |||||||
| Chase H.Q. | |||||||
| Cheese Cat-Astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales | |||||||
| Choplifter | Sega | ||||||
| Chuck Rock | |||||||
| Cloud Master | Opera House | ||||||
| Columns | Sega | ||||||
| Comical Machine Gun Joe | Sega | ||||||
| Cool Spot | Virgin Interactive | ||||||
| Cosmic Spacehead | Codemasters | ||||||
| Cyber Shinobi, The | Sega | ||||||
| Cyborg HunterWW Chōon Senshi BorgmanJP | SegaWW ActivisionNA | ||||||
| Daffy Duck in Hollywood | Sega EU Tectoy BR OziSoft AU | ||||||
| Whiteboard | |||||||
| Dead Angle | Sega | ||||||
| Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck | |||||||
| Desert Speedtrap Starring Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote | |||||||
| The Kremlin | |||||||
| Dick Tracy | |||||||
| Double Dragon | Sega | ||||||
| Double Hawk | Opera House | ||||||
| Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine | |||||||
| Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Mick Lowe Design | ||||||
| Dragon Crystal | Sega | ||||||
| Dynamite Duke | |||||||
| Dynamite Dux | Whiteboard | ||||||
| Dynamite Headdy | Minato Giken | ||||||
| E-SWAT | |||||||
| Earthworm Jim | Tectoy | Tectoy | |||||
| Ecco the Dolphin | |||||||
| Novotrade | |||||||
| Enduro Racer | Sega | ||||||
| F1 Formula OneBR | Lankhor Teque Interactive | ||||||
| F-16 Fighting FalconJP F-16 FighterWW | Sega | ||||||
| Fantastic Dizzy | Codemasters | ||||||
| Fantasy Zone | Sega | ||||||
| Sega | |||||||
| WW Opa OpaJP | Whiteboard | ||||||
| Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau | Tec Toy | ||||||
| FIFA International Soccer | |||||||
| Fire & Forget II | Titus Software | ||||||
| Fire and Ice | |||||||
| Flash, The | |||||||
| Flintstones, The | Grandslam Entertainment | ||||||
| Forgotten Worlds | |||||||
| Gain Ground | |||||||
| Galactic Protector | Sega | ||||||
| Galaxy Force | Activision NA Sega EU | ||||||
| Gangster Town | Sega | ||||||
| Gauntlet | |||||||
| George Foreman's KO Boxing | |||||||
| Ghost House / Chapolim x Dracula Um Duelo Assustador | Sega | ||||||
| Ghostbusters | |||||||
| Ghouls 'n Ghosts | Sega | ||||||
| Global DefenseWW SDIJP | Sega | ||||||
| Global Gladiators | |||||||
| Golden Axe | Sega | ||||||
| Golden Axe Warrior | Sega | ||||||
| Golfamania | 1990 | ||||||
| Golvellius: Valley of DoomWW Maô GolvelliusJP | |||||||
| GP Rider | Sega | ||||||
| Great BaseballJP (1985) | Sega | ||||||
| Great Baseball | Sega | ||||||
| Great Basketball | Sega | ||||||
| Great Football | Sega | ||||||
| Great Golf Masters GolfJP | Sega | ||||||
| Great Golf | Sega | ||||||
| Great Ice Hockey | Sega | ||||||
| Great SoccerJP/PAL | Sega | ||||||
| Great Volleyball | Sega | ||||||
| Hang-On | Sega | ||||||
| Heavyweight Champ James "Buster" Douglas Knockout BoxingUS | |||||||
| Heroes of the Lance | |||||||
| High School! Kimengumi | Sega | ||||||
| Home Alone | |||||||
| Hoshi wo Sagashite... | Sega | ||||||
| Impossible Mission | |||||||
| data-sort-value="incredible crash dummies" | The Incredible Crash Dummies | ||||||
| data-sort-value="incredible hulk" | The Incredible Hulk | ||||||
| The Kremlin | |||||||
| James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod | |||||||
| Joe Montana Football | |||||||
| The Jungle Book | Virgin Interactive | ||||||
| Sega | |||||||
| Kenseiden | Sega | ||||||
| Microsmiths | |||||||
| Klax | Tengen | ||||||
| Krusty's Fun House | |||||||
| Kung Fu KidWW Makai RetsudenJP | Sega | ||||||
| Land of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse | Sega | ||||||
| Laser Ghost | Sega | ||||||
| Legend of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse | Sega | ||||||
| Lemmings | |||||||
| Line of Fire | |||||||
| The Lion King | Syrox Developments | ||||||
| Lord of the Sword | Sega | ||||||
| Loretta no Shōzō: Sherlock Holmes | Sega | ||||||
| Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck | Sega | ||||||
| Mahjong Sengoku Jidai | |||||||
| Marble Madness | Steve Lamb | ||||||
| Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting | Sega | ||||||
| Master of Darkness | |||||||
| Masters of Combat | |||||||
| Maze Hunter 3DWW Maze WalkerJP | Sega | ||||||
| Megumi Rescue | Sega | ||||||
| Mercs | Sega | ||||||
| Michael Jackson's Moonwalker | Sega | ||||||
| Mickey's Ultimate Challenge | Designer Software | ||||||
| Micro Machines | Codemasters | ||||||
| WW Haja no FūinJP | Sega | ||||||
| Missile Defense 3-D | Sega | ||||||
| Monopoly | Nexa Corporation | ||||||
| Montezuma's Revenge | Parker Brothers | Parker Brothers | |||||
| Mortal Kombat | |||||||
| Mortal Kombat II | |||||||
| Mortal Kombat 3 | |||||||
| Ms. Pac-Man | |||||||
| My Hero | Sega | ||||||
| Nekkyuu Koushien | Whiteboard | ||||||
| TecMagik | |||||||
| Ninja Gaiden | |||||||
| Sega | |||||||
| Olympic Gold: Barcelona '92 | |||||||
| Operation Wolf | |||||||
| Sega | |||||||
| Out Run | Sega | ||||||
| Out Run 3-D | Sega | ||||||
| Out Run Europa | |||||||
| Pac-Mania | |||||||
| Paperboy | Sega NA U.S. Gold EU | ||||||
| Parlour GamesWW Family GamesJP | |||||||
| Penguin LandWW Doki Doki Penguin Land: Uchū DaibōkenJP | Sega | ||||||
| PGA Tour Golf | Polygames | ||||||
| Phantasy Star | Sega | ||||||
| Pit-Fighter | The Kremlin | ||||||
| Pit PotWW Fushigi no Oshiro Pit PotJP | Sega | ||||||
| Populous | Code To Go | ||||||
| Poseidon Wars 3-D | Sega | ||||||
| Power StrikeWW AlesteJP | |||||||
| Power Strike II | |||||||
| Predator 2 | |||||||
| Prince of Persia | The Kremlin | ||||||
| The Pro Yakyū: Pennant Race | Sega | ||||||
| Pro WrestlingWW Gokuaku Doumei Dump MatsumotoJP | Sega | ||||||
| Psychic World | |||||||
| Psycho Fox Sapo Xulé Vs Os Invasores do BrejoBR (1995) | |||||||
| Putt & Putter | |||||||
| Quartet | Sega | ||||||
| data-sort-value="quest for the shaven yak" | The Quest for the Shaven Yak Starring Ren Hoëk & Stimpy | ||||||
| R-Type | |||||||
| R.C. Grand Prix | Seismic Software NA Sega EU/AU | ||||||
| Rainbow Islands | I.T.L | ||||||
| Rambo: First Blood Part IINA AshuraJP Secret CommandEU | Sega | ||||||
| Rambo III | Sega | ||||||
| Rampage | Activision NA Sega EU | ||||||
| Rampart | Developer Resources | ||||||
| Rastan | |||||||
| Reggie Jackson Baseball American BaseballEU | Whiteboard | ||||||
| Renegade | |||||||
| Rescue Mission | Sega | ||||||
| Road Rash | Gary Priest | ||||||
| RoboCop 3 | Eden Entertainment | ||||||
| RoboCop Versus The Terminator | |||||||
| Rocky | Sega | ||||||
| Running Battle | Opera House | ||||||
| Safari Hunt | Sega | ||||||
| Sagaia | |||||||
| Satellite 7 | Sega | ||||||
| Scramble Spirits | Sega | ||||||
| Sega Chess | |||||||
| Sega World Tournament Golf | Sega | ||||||
| Sensible Soccer | |||||||
| Shadow Dancer | Sega | ||||||
| Shadow of the Beast | TecMagik | ||||||
| Shanghai | Sega | ||||||
| Shinobi | Sega | ||||||
| Shooting Gallery | Sega | ||||||
| data-sort-value="simpsons: bart vs. the space mutants" | |||||||
| data-sort-value="simpsons: bart vs. the world" | |||||||
| Sítio do Picapau Amarelo | Tec Toy | ||||||
| Slap Shot | |||||||
| Smash TV | |||||||
| data-sort-value="smurfs" | The Smurfs | ||||||
| data-sort-value="smurfs 2: travel the world" | Infogrames | ||||||
| Snail Maze | Sega | ||||||
| Solomon no Kagi: Oujo Rihita no Namida | Aisystem Tokyo | Salio | |||||
| Sonic Blast | |||||||
| Sonic Chaos | |||||||
| Sonic Spinball | |||||||
| Sonic the Hedgehog | |||||||
| Sonic the Hedgehog 2 | |||||||
| Space Gun | Cream Co., Ltd | ||||||
| Space Harrier | Sega | ||||||
| Space Harrier 3-D | Sega | ||||||
| Special Criminal Investigation | |||||||
| Speedball | |||||||
| Speedball 2 | |||||||
| SpellCasterWW Kujaku ŌJP | Sega | ||||||
| B.I.T.S. | |||||||
| Spider-Man vs. The Kingpin | Sega | ||||||
| Spy vs. Spy | Sega | ||||||
| Star Wars | |||||||
| Tec Toy | |||||||
| Streets of Rage | Sega | ||||||
| Streets of Rage 2 | Japan System House | ||||||
| Strider | |||||||
| Strider II | |||||||
| Submarine Attack | Sega | ||||||
| Sukeban Deka II: Shōjo Tekkamen Densetsu | Sega | ||||||
| Summer Games | Zap Corporation | ||||||
| Super Kick-Off | |||||||
| Super Monaco GP | Sega | ||||||
| Super Off Road | |||||||
| Super Racing | Sega | ||||||
| Super Space Invaders | The Kremlin | ||||||
| Super TennisWW Great TennisJP | Sega | ||||||
| Superman: The Man of Steel | |||||||
| Taz in Escape from Mars | Al Baker & Associates | ||||||
| Taz-Mania | Technical Wave | Sega | |||||
| Tecmo World Cup '93 | |||||||
| Teddy Boy BluesJP Teddy BoyWW GeraldinhoBR | Sega | ||||||
| Tennis Ace | Sega | ||||||
| Tensai Bakabon | Sega | ||||||
| data-sort-value="terminator" | The Terminator | ||||||
| Terminator 2: Judgment Day | |||||||
| T2: The Arcade Game | |||||||
| Thunder Blade | Sega | ||||||
| Time Soldiers | |||||||
| Tom & Jerry: The Movie | |||||||
| TransBotWW Astro FlashJP Nuclear CreatureBR | Sega | ||||||
| Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition | Domark | ||||||
| Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | Sega | ||||||
| Ultimate Soccer | |||||||
| Vigilante | Sega | ||||||
| Virtua Fighter Animation | |||||||
| Walter Payton Football American Pro FootballEU | Sega | ||||||
| Wanted! | |||||||
| Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? | Venture Technologies | ||||||
| Wimbledon | |||||||
| Wimbledon 2 | |||||||
| Wolfchild | |||||||
| Wonder BoyWW Super Wonder BoyJP | Sega | ||||||
| Wonder Boy in Monster LandWW Super Wonder Boy: Monster WorldJP Mônica no Castelo do DragãoBR | Sega | ||||||
| Wonder Boy in Monster World | Sega | ||||||
| Woody Pop: Shinjinrui no Block Kuzushi | Sega | ||||||
| World Class Leader Board | |||||||
| World Cup Italia '90 | |||||||
| World Cup USA '94 | |||||||
| World Games | Sega | ||||||
| World Grand PrixWW The CircuitJP | Sega | ||||||
| World SoccerWW Great SoccerNA Sports Pad SoccerJP | Sega | ||||||
| T.W. Games Ltd | Flying Edge | ||||||
| Xenon 2 Megablast | |||||||
| Ys: The Vanished Omens | Sega | ||||||
| Zaxxon 3D | Sega | ||||||
| ZillionWW Akai Koudan ZillionJP | Sega | ||||||
| Zillion II: The Tri Formation | Sega | ||||||
| Zool | Gremlin Graphics Design | ||||||
| Title [3] | Developer | Publisher | Release date | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Panic | Sega | |||||
| Comical Machine Gun Joe | Sega | Sega | ||||
| F-16 Fighting FalconJP F-16 FighterWW | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Fushigi no Oshiro Pit Pot | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Ghost House | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Great BaseballJP (1985) | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Great SoccerJP/PAL | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Hang-On | Sega | Sega | ||||
| My Hero | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Satellite 7 | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Spy vs. Spy | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Super TennisWW Great TennisJP | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Teddy Boy BluesJP Teddy BoyWW | Sega | Sega | ||||
| TransBotWW Astro FlashJP | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Woody Pop: Shinjinrui no Block Kuzushi | Sega | Sega | ||||
| Title | Developer | Publisher | Release date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | |||||||
| Astro Warrior / Pit Pot | Sega | Includes Astro Warrior and Pit Pot. | |||||
| Game Box Série Corridas | Sega | Includes Super Cross, Super Monaco GP, and World Grand Prix. | |||||
| Game Box Série Esportes | Sega | Tec Toy | Includes Great Volley, Super Futebol II, and Wimbledon. | ||||
| Game Box Série Esportes Radicais | Sega | Tec Toy | A stripped down version of California Games, with everything removed apart from the surfing and BMX events. | ||||
| Game Box Série Lutas | Sega | Tec Toy | Includes Shinobi, The Ninja, and Kung Fu Kid. | ||||
| Hang-On & Astro Warrior | Sega | Sega | Includes Hang-On and Astro Warrior. | ||||
| Hang-On & Safari Hunt | Sega | Sega | Includes Hang-On and Safari Hunt. | ||||
| Marksman Shooting / Trap Shooting / Safari Hunt | Sega | Sega | Includes Marksman Shooting, Trap Shooting, and Safari Hunt. | ||||
| Master Games 1 | Sega | Sega | Includes Columns, Super Monaco GP, and World Soccer. | ||||