Remember turning on your Sega Master System? It’d go, “Booo-wip, Saaaay-gaaaah!” Ah, those were the days. A simpler time with games like Outrun, Astro Warrior, Shinobi, Alex Kidd, and Great Baseball.

We knew this was coming, but now it's official: Sega said today that games from its classic 8-bit Master System console will soon land on Virtual Console in America. In a rare dose of generosity, Sega ...

The SEGA Master System is the videogame console that almost could. Despite its technical superiority to the dominant NES, the machine lacked just one critical thing: Mario. Without this icon and the ...

After falling in love with videogames during the days of the GameCube, Michael Beckwith has been writing about them since 2014. After graduating from university with a degree in Computer Games Design ...

Beginning next month Sega will release Master System games on the Virtual Console in Japan. The first two titles are Fantasy Zone for 500 Wii Points ($5) and Fist of the North Star for 600 Wii Points ...

On July 15, 1983, the Famicom was released in Japan. The console, later rebranded in the West as the Nintendo Entertainment System, would go on to change video games forever. Did you know, though, ...

The Master System 3 is a console released by Tectoy exclusively in Brazil in 2008. It is a continuation of the long-running Sega Master System line seen in the country, succeeding the line of “Master ...

After receiving his degree in Journalism & Media Communications from CSU in 2019, Erik began building his career in online media, and found his dream job when he joined Game Rant as a staff writer.

Sega was once one of the leading competitors during the console wars. It may have stopped producing hardware, but it made some great consoles.

The Master System isn't the most fondly remembered video game console, but it was one of very few that could actually compete with the NES and its library of games. The Master System isn't home to as ...

What was the first Sega console you ever played: Genesis? Master System? Some Japanese gamers were playing on Sega hardware long before that. In July 1983, long before the advent of Sonic the Hedgehog ...