Sega Master System

[blissfulnoise]

I might add from our experience quality games include:

Action Fighter - Like Spy Hunter... with jets!
Alex Kidd Series minus High Tech World - Well, it wasn't that bad but it's very different from the rest.
Blade Eagle 3D - Fun 3D fighter!
Bomber Raid - Not a horrible horizontal shooter.
Captain Silver - Madness on a cartridge.
Dead Angle - EXCELLENT light gun game!
Fantasy Zone Series - Even The Maze is pretty cool, like pac-man... with jets!
Ghost House - Castlevania-ish, lots of fun.
Kenseiden - Amazing game.  Also Castlevania-ish but stellar in every category.  Even difficulty.  A must own.
Kung Fu Kid - Phantom Fighter/Kung-Fu style game.  Pretty easy from what we played but a lot of fun.
Montezuma's Revenge - Platform/Maze game that's similiar to Pitfall II.  Very good.
Phantasy Star - Knew it was great before hand, it's great!

Games that could be great with more time:

Golden Axe Warrior - Played like a poor man's Zelda.  Could be a rich man's Zelda if we'd played it longer.
Golvellius: Valley of Doom - Crystalis like, but has some almost shooter like levels (this IS a Compile game after all).  But very hard.  More time needed.

Good ports that won't displease:

After Burner - Harder because of issues with scrolling but visually it's very impressive.  Dominates the NES port.
Choplifter - Get to da CHOPPA!
Double Dragon - Co-op.  Any other questions?
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker - Like the mini Genesis version.  Quite good and great tunes.
Outrun - Plays excellently on the SMS.  Shows that Sega really did do what Nintendidn't.

Remember, we stopped at Phantasy Star, one day we'll play through the rest of them.

[yap]

Just to add a couple games I really liked:

Zillion
Pick one of the Wonderboy games.
Zaxxon 3d
Ghostbusters
Pro Wrestling

I had to edit this a bunch because I kept adding games that Blissfulnoise already listed.  

But Zillion and are Pro Wrestling both really good games.

http://en.wikipedia.org/w.../Zillion_%28video_game%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/w...tling_(Sega_Master_System)

[blissfulnoise]

I've got a friend that swears by Ghostbusters on the SMS, but I just don't get it.

It's cool you can upgrade your gear and car and stuff, but the rest of the game just seemed like a chore to get done.

Maybe I need to spend some more time with it.

[Zanicnight]

man sounds like some hardcore gaming. never know maybe one of m friend would so some crazy 28 hours of gaming , right rejinx?

[Rejinx]

Well if you lived down here, we could tag team FFXII and beat it in a weekend.

[Zanicnight]

you never know I might be home not to long after teh relase of FFXII ha ha