Im sorry if this is being discussed somewhere else, but;

How come the Sega Master System isnt listed in the game database? I just wanted to add a few games that I own, but I believe I cant add new consoles, so if a moderator sees this, please add the Master System. Thanks!

In Sweden there really was console war between the SMS and the NES, the cool ghetto boys had the SMS because it had all the cool games like Double Dragon and Shinobi, not kiddy games like the NES! ;) 

It's called the "Genesis" in the US.
It's up there already I believe.

Nope, it was the Mega Drive, one generation later and competitor not to the NES but SNES

I was wondering this myself the other day. I had a SMS as a kid and there were a lot of great games for it.

The Sega Master System was part of the 8-bit generation and was known as the SG-1000 Mark III in Japan. It came before the Genesis/Mega Drive.

^^

Yes, games like:

Ys

Phantasy star

Golvellius

Alex Kid series

and of course

Shinobi ;)

In Sweden it had A LOT of more games released than the NES had, and for a cheaper price :)

I was always biased towards Nintendo, but one christmas I won a whole "SMS plus"  with a lightgun included :) I still have it boxed, in mint condition :D

i agree, the sms was a cool console although i prefered the nes by a long way.

 from what ive read over the years the master system only ever had a decent following in europe and south america selling about 13million units worldwide.

it would be good to see the data on this site as id be interested to see how it faired against the nes in europe.

by the way both shinobi and double dragon were released on the nes to.

^^

Yes both were later - if I remember correctly - released on the NES, but the NES version of Shinobi sucked a** and was in general so shitty that no one wanted to play it even if they got payed to do so. Double Dragon was never released in Sweden because of Bergsala (basically Nintendo of Sweden) had a policy against violent games.

To continue the story about the Great Video Game War of the Eighties (in Sweden) from now on called tGVGWotE(S), there were lots of argumentation between the two camps, the NESers and the SMSers, sometimes even fights.

The arguments were pretty much the same as the ones you find on this forum between XB360 and the PS3. The Proponents of the NES said that the lack of AAA games on the SMS made it the worse choise, mainly the games LoZ and SMB. The defenders of SMS pointed at games like Golvellius and Alex Kid, which they said was far better both in graphics and gameplay. Another argument was that the NES lacked RPGs, something that was true, I dont think that a single RPG were released to the NES in Sweden. Another argument, probably the most common was "the argument on the lack of cool games", "all the war games and cool fighting games are on the SMS". 

Well, we all know who "won" ;) Its not Golvellius or Alex Kid that people think of when someone mentions Video games :) 

Anyway, considering the NA bias, how well did the MSX 1 and 2 in the US? I dont believe anyone in Sweden had one

im not sure they were released in america, i could be wrong tho seeing as im from the UK.

wikipedia is a good source for a lot of console information, check out this link:

History of video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't see Atari Jaguar there either. Though I only have one game (cybermorph) all consoles should be represented.