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'Sega Master System - 'Christmas''

[SMS] [USA] [VIDEO, COMMERCIAL] [1986]

"It was almost like the videogaming “old days” this June at CES. Atari was showing the 2600 and 7800, Nintendo's booth was crowded with eager gamers, and there was a new kid on the block--Sega showed its impressive Master System for the first time. Our initial reaction to the Sega showing was definitely positive, though we admit to a few reservations about the ability of the market to absorb THREE advanced game systems. Well, we're all for letting the game-buying public make their own decisions." ~Computer Entertainer, July 1986 (Vol. 05, #04)

Games in Ad (order of appearance)

Hang-On

Marksman Shooting & Trap Shooting

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Fantasy Zone

Black Belt

F-16 Fighting Falcon

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Sega followed up their mecha shooter Orguss with a spiritual successor on the Master System in 1985, stripped of any anime license. Called Astro Flash in Japan, it was renamed TransBot elsewhere, likely to capitalize off the Transformers property. It received a cartridge release in Europe and Australia, as well as Brazil, where it was renamed Nuclear Creature.