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Dignan17

Anyway, I loved my Sega Master System, but I'll admit it's hard to hold this one up to the NES. I liked the many games I had for the SMS, but to be honest some of them were ridiculously hard. It wasn't until college that I even beat one of them. The majority of games for the SMS followed the...

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reefinyateef

I had an SMS before I had an NES, mainly cause it was cheaper. The system is ugly - one huge block - and the controllers tended to be a bit uncomfortable. I did like the jet black color though. This is all in retrospect though - I didn't care when i was 8. It wasn't covered in...

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