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Sega Master System is Reborn

Posted by michael on from the buy-one-get-one-free dept.

Nick of NSTime writes "Various sources are reporting that a Brazilian company is releasing a new version of the venerable Sega Master System, dubbed the Sega Master System III. The case is a radical departure from the old SMS and SMS II. The thing to get excited about: it will include 74 games built-in. The translated page can be found here."

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  1. Re:More companies should follow suit... by -douggy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I rekon that Nintendo could easily do this with all the Nintendo and Rare made games. Imagine every mario/donkey kong/zelda/pinbot/snakeratle n role/ et al from the NES and SNES I know there were good games from lots of other companies but at the time nin had a big share in rare so maybe they would be easiest to get the licences for (maybe not after the MS buyout...)

    I'd gladly pay for such a disc. From what i've read around with a dreamcast and a nes emulator this could be done but I am not sure how good those emulators are. Nintendos would be spot on. Hell they could bundle a nes type comtroller.

    Plus everybody know SMB3 and SMW are the best two mario games ever.

  2. as a brazilian... by wneto · · Score: 5, Interesting

    i can say its pretty sad. While some of you think about the "nostalgic cool factor", its just an economic solution for us. Brazils minimum wage is around $54 USD (R$200 - yey), so this console is one of the very few afordable eletronic gadgets avaiable for this xmass. Everyone wants a ps2 or a xbox.. but they cost around r$1800 ($493 usd) and the games around r$180 ($49 usd). The only solution then its to revive old gadgets with the technology avaiable, as importing anything right now is practically impossible. A few days ago i started to get the catalogs and it was really scary. The latest pentium 4 3ghz box? Not less than r$10k. A tablet pc? not less than $15k. Something to give you an idea: a new car, built here, starts at r$13k.

    - Dad. I want a xbox!
    - No can do, son. Heres your 8 bit master system.

    - Dad. I want a new box. I cant play any new games on this pentium 133.
    - Ok son, heres your pentium 233.

    - Dad. I want a tablet pc.
    - No can do son. Dont you prefer a brand new car? Its cheaper!

    aargh!

    Yes. It is sad.