Master System:Game Incompatibilites

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The Master System unfortunately has some incompatibilities with various games depending on the model at hand.

Original lists by Tycho on smspower.org

Non-Japanese Games on Japanese SMS

Japanese SMS games are smaller and therefore the cart slot can not physical accommodate non-Japanese games. Adapters exist that allow you to play these games.

Games Incompatible with SMS Model 1 BIOS Version 1.3

Snail Maze only BIOSes are incompatible with the following games.

  • 4 Pak all Action
  • Cosmic Spacehead
  • Fantastic Dizzy
  • Micro Machines
  • The Incredible Hulk
  • Street Fighter II
  • Virtua Fighter Animation

Games Incompatible with Power Base Converter

The following games are incompatible with the Sega Genesis Model 1 with a power base converter.

  • F-16 Fighter (Card)
  • F-16 Fighter (Cartridge)
  • F-16 Fighting Falcon (Card)
  • Monopoly
  • Sega My Card (no picture, sound only)
  • Wonder Boy in Monster World
  • Games that aren't compatible with SMS Model 1 BIOS version 1.3

Games Incompatible with HES Converter

The following games are incompatible with the Australian HES-branded Sega Genesis adapter. The 3D feature of games that use 3D glasses also will not work.

  • After Burner (black screen)
  • Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars (pink screen)
  • Assault City (7034; 7040 unknown)
  • Aztec Adventure (black screen)
  • Golfamania (animated garbage)
  • Golvellius (buzz w/ flickering screen)
  • Parlour Games (garbage screen)
  • Shinobi (black screen)
  • Card Shape games (physical incompatibility)

Games Incompatible with Genesis Controller

The following games are incompatible with a Sega Genesis controller. You can patch games to fix this.

  • Bomber Raid
  • Montezuma's Revenge
  • Penguin Land
  • Shanghai
  • Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
  • Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Tec Toy w/ portuguese text)
  • Wonder Boy in Monster Land

Games Incompatible with SMS Model 2

The Sega Master System Model 2 is not compatible with card shaped games. The 3D feature of games that use 3D glasses also will not work.

Games Incompatible with the Tototek SMS-Mark III Adapter on SMS

  • Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (blank screen; reports of some working)
  • Wanted (red screen)
  • Missile Defense 3D (works, doesn't recognize the light phaser)
  • Rescue Mission (works, doesn't recognize the light phaser)
  • Hang On/Safari Hunt (various glitches; unconfirmed)
  • GP Rider

PAL Games with Issues NTSC Master System

  • Back to the Future Part III
  • Battlemaniacs
  • Bram Stoker's Dracula
  • California Games II
  • Cosmic Spacehead
  • Desert Strike
  • Fantastic Dizzy
  • Home Alone
  • Micro Machines
  • Operation Wolf
  • Predator 2
  • Quest for the Shaven Yak
  • Sensible Soccer
  • Shadow Dancer - The Secret of Shinobi
  • Shadow of the Beast
  • Sonic Blast
  • Sonic The Hedgehog 2
  • Space Harrier (some versions)
  • Street Fighter II
  • Super Smash TV
  • Taito Chase H.Q.
  • The Newzealand Story
  • The Simpsons Bart vs the Space Mutants
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