RetroArch

RetroArch is a free and open-source, cross-platform frontend for emulators. Retroarch lets you play classic games from various platforms, like the Atari 2600/5200/7800, NES, SNES, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, Neo Geo PlayStation 1 and 2, Game boy color even Sega Dreamcast.

A classic video game system that is dear to my heart is called the Sega Master system. The Master System is an 8-bit third-generation home video game console manufactured and developed by Sega. Despite its technical superiority to the dominant NES, the machine failed to reach critical mass. The Master System was essentially a way of getting their arcade hits into the home. However third generation systems did not have the horsepower to completely replicate the arcade experience. It couldve been something really good, but thanks to nintendo having a near monopoly on the market in the 80s, it just faded into almost obscurity.

Thanks to retroarch the Master System can be enjoyed by generation of people that missed out on it in the system's first run. There was always Sega game called Pantasy Star that I never got a chance to play. Right now Phantasy Star is only available on the Nintendo switch from the Sega Ages series. 

Phantasy Star is a role-playing video game (RPG) developed by Sega and released for the Master System in 1987. Phantasy Star is now considered a landmark RPG. The game was released for the Master System two days after Final Fantasy. Phantasy Star is a traditional Japanese role-playing game with a top down perspective. However when the player is exploring dungeons or when entering a battle it changes to a first person view.

Using retroarch, I downloaded a retro core called Sega - Master System (Emux SMS). The Emux SMS core was authored by Sebastien Ronsse and is licensed under the GPLv2. I obtained a copy of the original Phantasy Star for the master system. 

Note: Retro Arch does not include video games for any system. In United States, copyright protection lasts for 70 years after the creator's death.

Note: Phantasy Star will not reach public domain in the United States until around 2092. 

Did I miss out on plane the original Phantasy Star on the master system? In short yes. It would have been a great game play in the middle of cartoons and homework. I liked it better than Ys I: Ancient Ys Vanished, which came to the master system around the same time. 

 

As far as I know there is around There are 357 video games on SEGA Master System. So now I plan to explore a few more obscure ones like Astro Warrior, Robocop Vs The Terminator, Alex Kidd in Shinobi World, Golvellius: Valley of Doom and James Buster Douglas Knockout Boxing.