Segaton: Master System games on the VC next month

by JC Fletcher { Jan 25th 2008 at 3:18AM }

Awesome news for people who love 8-bit games, or just wonderful things: Sega Master System games will be offered on the Japanese Virtual Console starting in February, with other territories to follow. It looks like the base price for games will be 500 points, with the customary 100 tacked on for licenses. Sega Mark III games and even Game Gear games will be offered for download -- marking the first handheld games available through the VC, all thanks to the Game Gear and the Master System using identical hardware.

The first two offerings? Fist of the North Star for 600 points (yay?) and Fantasy Zone for 500 points (yay!) Neither Nintendo nor Sega have updated their Virtual Console pages to reflect this development, so we'll get to freak out again when that happens. For now we can just dream about what the future holds. Remember ALF? He could be back -- in Virtual Console form.

Tags: fantasy-zone, fist-of-the-north-star, japan, master-system, sega

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Candace Savino @ Jan 25th 2008 3:46AM

I'm so happy right now! God I love the Sega Master System.

And, oh my, Fantasy Zone!!! ... this is all just too much to take in right now. Excuse me while I go jump up and down for a while. :D

J-Lololololololololololololo @ Jan 25th 2008 5:08AM

i just crapped my pants. i never thought this day would come!!! ALEX KIDD!!! BLACKBELT!!! GHOST HOUSE!! SHINOBI!!! there is a god

Nigeria @ Jan 25th 2008 7:37AM

So what good games did the Master System have apart from Alex the Kidd? And Sonic of course.

XDragon @ Jan 25th 2008 7:46AM

All I have to say is Phantasy Star 1!

racecar @ Jan 25th 2008 8:20AM

My life is complete now! *wipes tear* Phantasy Star, Alex Kidd, Fantasy Zone, Action Fighter... All the great games from my youth are now possible! This makes my day.

-racecar
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racecar @ Jan 25th 2008 8:35AM

Oh, and bonus points to you JC for a good Simpson's reference at the end there.

-racecar
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Nate @ Jan 25th 2008 11:46AM

Agreed on the Simpsons reference. Makes me think of Pogs...

Mr Khan @ Jan 25th 2008 9:11AM

Sweet, Phantasy Star, Shinobi, Alf (lol), and Alex Kidd in Miracle World

More games to purchase, especially Phantasy Star I

Zack W. @ Jan 25th 2008 9:23AM

I remember Fantasy Zone this on NES. Is this one better?

Garu @ Jan 25th 2008 9:27AM

I was looking for ALF to be back... in POG form.

Mr Khan @ Jan 25th 2008 10:50AM

"But i traded your soul for Alf pogs. Remember Alf? He's back, in pog form."

Ghaleon @ Jan 25th 2008 9:32AM

PS is great, but in case you don't recall it's not really worth going through, haha. I think it'll be one of those games like 1/100 downloaders finishes.

Alex Kidd! -- I wish I hadn't bought Miracle World for $15 last fall now.

racecar @ Jan 25th 2008 1:25PM

Dungeon crawling in Phantasy Star 1 made me into a professional cartographer. I always had my stack of graphing paper right next to me every time I was playing. It was a ton of fun.

-racecar
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Buntaro @ Jan 25th 2008 10:00AM

Aleste/Power Strike I and II !!!
And though there might be some licensing issues, I also hope for some Disney games (Perhaps hard to believe for some younger gamers, but back when Sega, Capcom and Konami took care of making cartoon based games, they actually turned out great)

mstngo @ Jan 25th 2008 10:11AM

I was one of the .8 that had one

Please release phantasy star!!!

One of the greatest RPG's of it's time.

Habb @ Jan 25th 2008 11:40AM

Eh, I'd be more excited about this if Nintendo was actually releasing 3-4 games a week in the US. Instead, we are getting 1-2 games a week here. I can't excited about 1 game a week, 2 games a week.

Even when we get the Sega games here, at a rate of 1 or 2 games a week, it's going to take years before Nintendo finally gets to the Sega Master System games that I'd actually want, like Penguin Land and Quartet.