The Master System (マスターシステム Masutā Shisutemu), often called the Sega Master System or SMS, is a third-generation video game console that was manufactured and released by Sega in 1985 in Japan (as the Sega Mark III), 1986 in North America, 1987 in Europe and 1989 in Brazil.
The Sega Mark III was released in Japan on Sunday, October 20, 1985 at a price of ¥15,000 as a competitor to Nintendo's Family Computer (NES).
The original Master System could play both cartridges and the credit card-sized "Sega Cards,"
which retailed for cheaper prices than cartridges but had lower storage
capacity. The Master System also featured accessories such as a light
gun and 3D glasses which were designed to work with a range of specially
coded games.
The Master System was released as a direct competitor to the Nintendo Entertainment System in the third videogame generation. The Master System was technically superior to the NES, which predated its release by nine months in North America,[17] but failed to overturn Nintendo's significant market share advantage in Japan and North America.[18]
The Light Phaser was a light gun created for the Master System, modeled after the Zillion gun from the Japanese anime series of the same name. The phaser was heavier than its Nintendo counterpart, the Nintendo Zapper,
but considered by some to have a more responsive trigger and more
accurate targeting. As with the Japanese-market Nintendo Zapper, the
Light Phaser looked realistic enough to warrant parental pressure to
alter the device so that police would not confuse it with a real gun.
Altered Light Phasers are distinguished by a hand-painted neon orange
tip and are much rarer than their solid color counterparts.
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