I remember my friend had an SMS, and I talked him into getting rid of it and getting an NES, even though he loved his Master System. Then I got a Master System, and ended up loving it. Whoops.
Phantasy Star was the game that made me love games with deep storylines and characters and whatnot - it absolutely blew my mind how expansive and complex it was back at that point. I also remember playing Miracle Warriors with a friend, and that was another game that just felt so huge and unbelievable at the time. Also really loved Golvelius and the Zillion games.
Yeah, the SMS kicked the crap out of the NES a lot of the time when it came to multi-console games. SMS Rampage was so, so much better. NES Double Dragon was interesting, but the SMS version was the actual arcade game, and two players, which was huge.
Missile Defense 3D was another game I loved. The SMS 3D glasses were just crazy, and worked so well. Of course, like the VirtuaBoy, they gave you one hell of a headache if you played too long. Still, that is probably to this day one of my favorite light gun games.
I also remember going nuts when I found out that there was a hidden game built into the SMS. *heh* I was so sure at first that it was Phantasy Star 2.
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