In North America, the Master System was launched in 1986 at a price of $200 (equivalent to $466 in 2019), including a multicart of the games Hang-On and Safari Hunt. Nintendo was exporting the Famicom to the US as the NES, and both companies planned to spend $15 million in late 1986 to market their consoles Sega hoped to sell 400,000 to 750,000 consoles in 1986. By the end of 1986, 125,000 Master System consoles had been sold, more than the Atari 7800’s 100,000 but less than Nintendo’s 1.1 million.Īs in Japan, the Master System in North America had a limited game library. Sorry, these games are not supported on Mobile devices like the Iphone. If you have a fast, modern computer these games will run very smoothly. No plug-in is required in your web browser, but the emulator does require a modern web browser.
These games are being emulated natively in Javascript. If you grew up in the 80’s you shouldn’t need additional gameplay instructions. Click on the game window and hit the X key to start the game.