I've gone Mark III crazy as of late and I'm now on a quest of sorts to get every Mark III/Japanese SMS game released and every piece of hardware. Anyone else here collect for the Mark III?
I have a Mark III console, but no games for it yet.
It seems an interesting subject for collecting.
Quote from: manuel on February 23, 2008, 11:23:29 pm
I have a Mark III console, but no games for it yet.
It seems an interesting subject for collecting.
I know, I don't think I know of anyone else in the US who's into the Mark III.
I'll see what the Japanese used game shops have to offer in terms of Mark III.
Do you have any game recommendations?
I'd like some good platformers, adventures and RPGs.
whats a Mark III ???
It's an 8Bit console by Sega, the Japanese version of the Master System if you like.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_SG-1000_Mark_III (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega_SG-1000_Mark_III)
theres a LOT of games on ebay but no systems :-\
Mark III systems aren't very common in Japan either unfortunately. I've only seen 3 in my time in Japan (I haven't been to Tokyo, though. The situation might be different there.) and bought one for 840 Yen. ;D
Quote from: manuel on February 25, 2008, 10:52:55 am
Mark III systems aren't very common in Japan either unfortunately. I've only seen 3 in my time in Japan (I haven't been to Tokyo, though. The situation might be different there.) and bought one for 840 Yen. ;D
Hey, if you ever come across a CIB Mark III let me know.
Can Mark III/SG-1000 Play on the US Master System
Quote from: 2A03 on February 25, 2008, 05:29:20 pm
Quote from: manuel on February 25, 2008, 10:52:55 am
Mark III systems aren't very common in Japan either unfortunately. I've only seen 3 in my time in Japan (I haven't been to Tokyo, though. The situation might be different there.) and bought one for 840 Yen. ;D
Hey, if you ever come across a CIB Mark III let me know.
No problem. 8)
Quote from: MarioMania on February 25, 2008, 11:28:59 pm
Can Mark III/SG-1000 Play on the US Master System
No. SG-1000 and Mark III carts won't work on a US/PAL SMS because they're of a totally different size and pinout. Even if you made an adapter, you would also have to modify the BIOS chip. On the other hand, there are converters that do the opposite. I have one for my Japanese SMS made by ToToTEK and it works great. It's nice to be able to play some of my SMS games with FM sound.
Quote from: manuel on February 26, 2008, 03:33:14 am
Quote from: 2A03 on February 25, 2008, 05:29:20 pm
Quote from: manuel on February 25, 2008, 10:52:55 am
Mark III systems aren't very common in Japan either unfortunately. I've only seen 3 in my time in Japan (I haven't been to Tokyo, though. The situation might be different there.) and bought one for 840 Yen. ;D
Hey, if you ever come across a CIB Mark III let me know.
No problem. 8)
Actually, I should've said if you came across
any CIB Mark III stuff, since that's what I'm aiming for.
After I bought my copies :D, I'll inform you about any good Mark III stuff.
Quote from: 2A03 on February 26, 2008, 03:39:24 pm
Quote from: MarioMania on February 25, 2008, 11:28:59 pm
Can Mark III/SG-1000 Play on the US Master System
No. SG-1000 and Mark III carts won't work on a US/PAL SMS because they're of a totally different size and pinout. Even if you made an adapter, you would also have to modify the BIOS chip. On the other hand, there are converters that do the opposite. I have one for my Japanese SMS made by ToToTEK and it works great. It's nice to be able to play some of my SMS games with FM sound.
I ment was like a Convertor..
I was playing Star Force(SG-1000) on Fusion..I was wonder how cool it would run on the US Master System
Quote from: MarioMania on February 25, 2008, 11:28:59 pm
I was playing Star Force(SG-1000) on Fusion..I was wonder how cool it would run on the US Master System
It would run exactly the same as on an SG-1000, but with a slightly darker color palette.
I found a very nice site about the Mark III and Segas other 8Bit consoles:
http://www.smspower.org/ (http://www.smspower.org/)
Their scan section is incredible. Most games have high quality hi-res scans.