Editing Sega Master System

{{Real world}}
{{Infobox platform
|title           = Sega Master System
|image           = <gallery>
Master System1.png|Model 1
Master System2.png|Model 2
</gallery>
|caption         = The Sega Master System
|aka             = 
*Sega Mark III {{C|JP}}
*Sega Mark IV {{C|Post-1986 codename}}
*Master System II
*Gam*Boy {{C|KOR, before 1991}}
*Aladdin Boy {{C|KOR, after 1991}}
*Master System Compact {{C|BR}}
*Master System III {{C|BR}}
|price           = 
*¥15000 {{C|JP, Mark III}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sega MarkIII|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mk3/|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref>
*¥16800 {{C|JP, Master System}}<ref name="MS">{{cite web|title=Master System|publisher=Sega Corporation|language=Japanese|url=http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/master/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716105805/http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/master/|archivedate=July 16, 2014|accessdate=4 June 2018}}</ref>
*$200 {{C|USA}}
*£99 {{C|UK}}
|type            = Video game console
|manufacturer    = 
*[[Sega]]
*[[wikipedia:Samsung|Samsung]] {{C|KOR}}
*[[Tectoy]] {{C|BR}}
|first_available = 
'''Mark III''':<br/>{{vgrelease|JP=20 October 1985<ref name="m3sega">{{Cite web|title=Sega Mark III Gallery|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mk3/gallery.html|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref>}}
'''Master System''':<br/>{{vgrelease|NA=September 1986<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Computer Entertainer|daate=February 1987|pages=13|url=[[Media:Computer Entertainer.jpg]]}}</ref>|JP=October 1987<ref name="segaJP">{{Cite web|title=Master System Gallery|url=https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/master/gallery.html|publisher=[[Sega]]|language=Japanese|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref>|EU=August 1987<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Sega Release Schedule|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/f/f5/CVG_UK_073.pdf#page=132|journal=Computer & Video Games|date=November 1987|pages=132|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref>}}
'''Master System II''':<br/>{{vgrelease|EU=1991<ref>{{Cite journal|title=New look and price cut for Sega Master System|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/5/59/NewComputerExpress_UK_084.pdf#page=2|journal=New Computer Express|date=June 1990|pages=2|issue=84}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|title=Sega Consoles Get a Revamp|url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d5/NewComputerExpress_UK_111_112.pdf#page=7|journal=New Computer Express|date=22 December 1990|pages=7|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref>|NA=1990<ref>{{Cite web|last=Beuscher|first=Dave|title=Sega Master System|url=http://allgame.com/platform.php?id=23|publisher=AllGame|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102043846/http://allgame.com/platform.php?id=23|archivedate=2 January 2010|accessdate=25 February 2022}}</ref>}}
|discontinued    = {{vgrelease|NA=1992|JP=1991|EU=1996}}
|units_sold      = 
*'''NA''': 13 million (as of 2009)
*'''JP''': 1 million (as of 1986)
*'''USA''': 2 million (as of 1993)
*'''EU''': 6.9 million (estimated as of 1995)
*'''BR''': 8 million (as of 2016)
|cpu             = Zilog Z80A 4MHz
|ram             = 
*8kB RAM
*16kB VRAM
|sound           = 
*{{H:title|3 square wave tone generators and 1 noise generator|Texas Instruments SN76489A}}
*{{H:title|Japanese Mark III exclusive; available as a modification only|Yamaha YM2143}}
|precursor       = [[Wikipedia:SG-1000|SG-1000]]
|successor       = [[Sega Mega Drive]]
}}
{{Quote left|The Challenge Will Always Be There!|Commercial slogan.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wardyga|first=Brian J.|url=https://www.google.co.id/search?hl=id&tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:"Brian+J.+Wardyga"|title=The Video Games Textbook: History • Business • Technology|date=6 August 2018|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=1351172344|quote=One of Sega's popular slogans for the Master System was "'''The Challenge Will Always Be There'''." In retrospect, this slogan was fitting for the company.}}</ref>}}
The {{Nihongo|'''Sega Master System'''|セガ・マスターシステム|Sega Masutā Shisutemu}} is a home video game console introduced by [[Sega]] in 1986 and was capable of 8-bit graphics and sounds. It was a rival to the very successful [[wikipedia:Nintendo Entertainment System|Nintendo Entertainment System]] (NES). The Master System is regarded as being superior to the NES in terms of general system capabilities<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2014/07/hardware_classics_sega_master_system|title=Hardware Classics: Sega Master System|last=McFerran|first=Damien|publisher=Nintendo Life|date=22 July 2014|accessdate=19 February 2018}}</ref> but it unfortunately failed to gain enough attention in both North America and Japan. Its successor is the [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]].

However, the Master System was quite successful in Europe and especially South America. Its lifespan was long enough to see four ''Sonic'' games (except Brazil which has five sonic games), before its discontinuation in 1991 in North America, 1992 in Japan, and 1996 in Europe. Except in Brazil, where this console remains produced to this day due to the massive popularity of this console in that country.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/brazil-is-a-video-game-alternate-universe-where-sega-beat-nintendo|title=Brazil Is An Alternate Video Game Universe Where Sega Beat Nintendo|last=Smith|first=Ernie|date=27 July 2015|publihser=Atlas Obscura|accessdate=1 March 2018}}</ref>

The [[Sega Game Gear]] is based on the Master System's architecture, resulting in the handheld and game console being cross-compatible in certain titles and hardware. Due to the Game Gear's slight technological edge over the Master System however, any title ported to the Master System results in a minor graphical downgrade.

==List of ''Sonic'' games==
{| class = "wikitable" align="center" style="text-align:center"
|-
|[[File:Sonic-8-Bit-Master-System-Box-Art.png|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic-the-Hedgehog-2-8-Bit-Master-System-Box-Art-EU.png|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos Coverart.png|100px]]
|-
|''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
|''[[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|Sonic the Hedgehog 2]]'' {{C|Europe, South America{{Citation needed}}}}
|''[[Sonic Chaos]]'' {{C|Europe{{Citation needed}}}}
|-
|[[File:Dr-Robotniks-Mean-Bean-Machine-Master-System-PAL-Box-Art.png|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic Spinball (SMS).jpg|100px]]
|[[File:Sonic-Blast-Box-Art-Brazil.png|100px]]
|-
|''[[Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine (8-bit)|Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine]]''
|[[Sonic Spinball (8-bit)|''Sonic Spinball'' (8-bit)]]
|''[[Sonic Blast]]'' {{C|Brazil}}
|}

==Characters introduced==
*[[Mecha Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog 2) (8-bit)|Mecha Sonic (''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'') (8-bit)]]
*[[Miles "Tails" Prower]]

==Trivia==
*The Master System so far is the only [[Sega]] system that had two completely different names on the same region, with the Mark III and Master System both having released in Japan.
*The Master System version of [[Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit)|''Sonic the Hedgehog 2'' (8-bit)]] was only released in Europe and South America.{{Citation needed}}
*The Master System VDP was based on a video display controller made by Texas Instruments named the TMS9918 which was used on the preceding Sega console, the [[Wikipedia:SG-1000|SG-1000]].
*The Master System version of ''[[Sonic Chaos]]'' was only released in Europe,{{Citation needed}} while ''[[Sonic Blast]]'' was only released in Brazil by [[Tectoy]].
*The Sega Master System made regular cameo appearances in ''[[Wikipedia:Regular Show|Regular Show]]''. Both console and controllers are exactly the same despite the show apparently being mirrored.
*The Sega Master System has no exclusive ''Sonic'' games, as all games released for it having also been ported to the [[Sega Game Gear|Game Gear]].
*There are 318 games officially released for the Sega Master System.
*The Master System had no region lock chip inside the hardware. This means owners can play any games from any region.
*The Master System is the longest living console in the world, surpassing the Atari 2600. Despite being discontinued internationally by Sega since the 1990s, the console is still in production, specifically in Brazil, after 38 years of its first 1985 introduction in Japan, due to 3rd-party companies producing new variants of the original system.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{WP link|Master System}}
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